Colin Dexter — The Jewel That Was Ours
London, Macmillan, 1991. First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition copy of this detective novel by popular author Colin Dexter, ninth in the Inspector Morse series. The first edition stated of this work by popular author Colin Dexter. Ninth in the inspector Morse series. A wealthy elder woman has a heart attack and dies in her room, but her handbag with the Wolvercote Tongue, a priceless jewel, is missing. Morse believes this case to be an easy one to solve, until a real murder convinces him otherwise. With unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear only. Dustwrapper is unclipped, with only minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.
