Ngaio Marsh — Died in the Wool

London, Collins; The Crime Club, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this engaging New Zealand detective tale, published by The Crime Club, and with the original dust wrapper. A first edition. In the publisher's original red cloth, with the original unclipped pictorial dust wrapper. The second impression. Penned by New Zealander and writer Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh. Marsh was a contemporary and genre peer of Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Margery Allingham. The annual Ngaio Marsh Awards are presented to New Zealand crime, thriller and mystery novels, in her honour. Marsh's most prominent creation is the fictional Inspector Roderick Alleyn, who features in this work. His thirteenth appearance. This novel is set on a remote sheep farm on the South Island, and has since become one of four Alleyn novels to be adapted for television. Bond in original red cloth. In original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart. Mild bumping and rubbing to extremities. Mild fading to head and tail. Text block slightly cocked. Small loss to rear paste down. Dust wrapper a little worn. Moderate rubbing and chipping to extremities. Moderate losses to spine. Moderate age toning to dust wrapper. Minor and moderate closed tears to extremities. Significant closed tear to spine. Internally, firmly bound, with infrequent minor strain. Pages generally bright and clean. Moderate scattered spotting and age toning to text block edges. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.