MITCHELL: Skeleton Island (Mrs Bradley, No. 40) (Severn House, 1985)

Description: TITLE: Skeleton Island AUTHOR: Mitchell, Gladys PUBLISHER: Severn House, Date: 1985 ISBN: 0727811886 FORMAT: Hardcover, 213 pages EDITION: First Edition Thus (First Reprint of the 1967 Michael Joseph original edition) PRINTING [if applicable]: 1st Printing BOOK CONDITION: Very Good+ JACKET CONDITION: Very Good+ DIMENSIONS (if available): 20.3 x 13.4 x 2.0 cm KEYWORDS: Skeleton, Island, Gladys, Mitchell, Mrs. Bradley, Laura, Gavin, Menzies, Lighthouse, Mystery, Detective, Mystery DESCRIPTION: From the dustjacket flap: "When Colin Spalding agreed to stay with his father in the old lighthouse he had rented for the summer, he did so reluctantly - and only because his father's second wife would be there. For Colin believed himself to be in love with the beautiful Fiona. His attentions were diverted, however, by the arrival of Laura Gavin, acting as temporary matron with the small prep school which had rented a local hotel - and it took little persuasion for him to take up the post of junior master at the school. There he met a former acquaintance, Ronald Ferrars, with whom his step-mother had once had a ship-board romance. But when Ferar's body was found at the old lighthouse, Colin was a suspect for murder... "Fortunately, Laura was at hand to persuade her employer, Dame Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley, to visit the scene and uncover the unsavoury truth... "Gladys Mitchell has had immense success with all her novels featuring Dame Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley, that indomitable solver of the most complex of crimes, among them "Pageant of Murder" and "The Croaking Raven", which are also available from Severn House." CONDITION: Black spine with white and red text. Jacket has a Brodart cover, previous bookshop price sticker on front flap, price clipped, no tears. Boards have a slight dent on front, otherwise sound, binding strong, corners sharp. Textblock has tiny stain on fore edge, otherwise clean, appears free of other internal markings. A very nice copy of this scarce reprint of an equally scarce title by Mitchell. FROM THE BOOKSELLER: Thank you for visiting the Dactyl Books eBay Store! Dactyl Books is a second-hand and antiquarian reseller of books specialising in History, Science, Literature, and Mystery & Detective Fiction, but we have a little bit of everything in our boxes of goodies! If you are looking for a specific title or edition, don't hesitate to send it on to us and we will be glad to check our stocks and give you our opinion on how best to find your desired title. SHIPPING NOTES: Orders placed will generally be shipped within one business day. 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