Edmund Crispin [Robert Bruce Montgomery] — Holy Disorders
London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1945. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Crispin's second Gervase Fen crime novel, set during the Second World War. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of the crime writer and composer Robert Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978), best known for his Gervase Fen novels and for his musical scores for the early 'Carry On..' films.Holy Disorders (1945) is the second novel of the Gervase Fen crime series, in which the amateur detective must solve a murder in a Devon cathedral. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart, though faded to the spine. A little bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .