[Rarebooks] Offering: Seven Brother Cadfael Mysteries

[Michael John Thompson]

Seven Ellis Peters / Brother Cadfael firsts:

Priced individually, or as a lot.


1.  PETERS, Ellis. THE LEPER OF ST. GILES. The 
Fifth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. New York: 
William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1982. First 
American Edition. Octavo, original tan boards 
with brown cloth spine titled in silver. 223 pp. 
A virtually fine copy in like dust jacket, price 
corner intact. A fresh, clean copy. Near Fine in Dust Jacket. Hard Cover.
¶ A beautiful Princess about to be bartered into 
a loveless marriage, a young nobleman who loves 
her and refuses to lose her - and a murder. The 
fifth Brother Cadfael mystery.                 $150.00

2.  PETERS, Ellis. AN EXCELLENT MYSTERY. The 
Eleventh Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. London: 
Macmillan 1985. First Edition, First Printing. 
Octavo, original red boards titled in gilt on 
spine. 190 pp. Light browning to text block, 
otherwise a fine copy in a fine dust jacket, 
price corner clipped. Fine in Dust Jacket. Hardcover.
¶ The siege of Winchester sends monks streaming 
across England seeking safe haven. Two arrive at 
Shrewsbury Abbey. A young man seeks out the older 
of the two monks, wanting his approval to marry a 
young woman once meant for another, and she 
cannot be found.               $150.00

3.  PETERS, Ellis. THE RAVEN IN THE FOREGATE. The 
Twelfth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. London: 
Macmillan 1986. First Edition, First Printing. 
Octavo, original black boards titled in gilt on 
spine. 201 pp. Light browning to text block, 
otherwise a fine copy in a fine dust jacket, 
price corner clipped. Fine in Dust Jacket. Hardcover.
¶ The harsh, unforgiving Father Ailnoth is 
brought as pastor for Holy Cross church in the 
foregate. When he disappears just two weeks 
later, Cadfael and Hugh Beringar solve the mystery.               $75.00

4.  PETERS, Ellis. THE ROSE RENT. The Thirteenth 
Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. London: Macmillan 
1986. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 
original green boards titled in gilt on spine. 
190 pp. Light browning to text block, a fine copy 
in a fine dust jacket, price corner intact. Fine in Dust Jacket. Hardcover.
¶ A young monk is murdered next to a white rose 
bush at a home bequeathed to the Abbey by a young widow.                $75.00

5.  PETERS, Ellis. A RARE BENEDICTINE. (The 
Advent of Brother Cadfael). London: Headline. 
1988. First Edition, First Printing. Large square 
octavo, original blue boards titled in gilt on 
spine panel, coated yellow endpaper. 123 pp., 
colour frontispiece, numerous full-page colour 
plates & Initital letters in colour throughout. A 
fine copy in a near fine, slightly rubbed dust 
jacket. Near Fine in Dust Jacket. Hard Cover.
¶ Collects three stories, 'A Light on the Road to 
Woodstock', 'The Price of Light', and 'Eye 
Witness', all reprinted from the annual anthology 
'Winter's Crimes' and here first collected. The 
illustrations by Clifford Harper are all done in 
a very pleasing medieval style, the book is very attractive.            $40.00

6.  PETERS, Ellis. THE SUMMER OF THE DANES. The 
Eighteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. Toronto: 
Stoddart Publishing Co. 1991. First Canadian 
Edition, from British sheets. Octavo, original 
black boards titled in gilt on spine. 280 pp., 
map endpapers. Light browning to text block, a 
fine copy in a near fine dust jacket hich shows 
some light rubbing. The Canadian editions issued 
by Stoddart are the Export editions of the UK 
(Headline) first editions. Near Fine in Dust Jacket. Hardcover.
¶ Brother Cadfael is pleased to join his young 
friend Mark, now a deacon, on a mission of church 
diplomacy in Wales. Travelling in the safety of 
the Prince of Gwynedd's train, they are brought 
to unexpected dangers, as they seek to keep a 
young Welsh woman free from harm.                $25.00

7.  PETERS, Ellis. THE HOLY THIEF. The Nineteenth 
Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. London: Headline 
1992. First Edition, First Printing.  Octavo, 
original green boards titled in gilt on spine, 
map endpapers. 282 pp. Touch of bumping to head 
of spine, light browning to text block, a near 
fine copy in dust jacket, price corner clipped. 
Near Fine in Dust Jacket. Hardcover.
¶ Heavy rains flood the river which in turn 
floods the Abbey, threatening the precious 
reliquary of Saint Winifred. When the waters 
recede, the saint is gone, beginning a long 
search with tangled motives, including a murder 
that challenges the monks.              $25.00


Or take the lot for $250 US, postpaid in North America.




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Michael John Thompson, Antiquarian Bookseller
Imladris
5275 Jerow Road
Hornby Island, BC
Canada V0R 1Z0
Ph:  250-335-1182
Fax: 250-335-2241

http://www.ThompsonRareBooks.com
http://www.BeltaneBooks.com
http://www.Mjtbooks.com