Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1937. Second Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); black cloth, stamped in light blue; 381pp. Spine sunned, slightly wrinkled; boards mildly soiled and rubbed. Textblock toned along edges and margins; pp165-178 chipped along fore edge; else sound, Very Good.
The eleventh and final Peter Wimsey (described by Sayer as a cross between Fred Astaire and Bertie Wooster) mystery story by the multitalented English author Dorothy L. Sayers. It was adapted from a play of the same name by Sayers and Muriel St. Clare Byrne, in which Wimsey and his new wife (and fellow sleuth) Harriet Vane end up solving a murder mystery on their honeymoon.
Price: $45.00