Shakespearean actor Ambercrombie Lewker turns detective when a member of his climbing party is killed on what was supposed to be an easy route on a mountain in Wales. First U.S. publication, Pub. in UK in 1951.
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Shakespearean actor Ambercrombie Lewker turns detective when a member of his climbing party is killed on what was supposed to be an easy route on a mountain in Wales. First U.S. publication, Pub. in UK in 1951.
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Add this copy of Death on Milestone Buttress to cart. $9.00, good condition, Sold by Prairie Archives rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, IL, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Rue Morgue.
Add this copy of Death on Milestone Buttress: an Abercrombie Lewker to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by MLC Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Northfield, MN, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Rue Morgue Press.
Add this copy of Death on Milestone Buttress to cart. $14.00, like new condition, Sold by Murder By The Book rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cranston, RI, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Rue Morgue Press.
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Add this copy of Death on Milestone Buttress [White Circle Crime Club] to cart. $24.41, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1952 by Collins-The Crime Club.
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VG. Nd. [c. 1952]. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, paper stock a little tanned, spine a little canted); pp. 256 with a crag diagram. A very good copy of a rare book, uncommon in any edition, first published in 1951. [Neate X69: Milestone Buttress is a well-known crag in Snowdonia]. The first Abercrombie Lewker mountain murder mystery, set in Snowdonia.
Add this copy of Death on Milestone Buttress to cart. $30.36, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Rue Morgue.
Add this copy of Death on Milestone Buttress to cart. $56.46, good condition, Sold by Burwood Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wickham Market, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1951 by Geoffrey Bles.
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First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 285. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered black on spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. Lacks front endpaper and half-title page with hinge slightly cracked. Inner flap of dust jacket attached to front pastedown. Covers slightly marked and faded; good copy.
Add this copy of Death on Milestone Buttress to cart. $70.96, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Rue Morgue.
Add this copy of Death on Milestone Buttress to cart. $74.10, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Rue Morgue Press.
Add this copy of Death on Milestone Buttress to cart. $106.48, good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1951 by Geoffrey Bles.
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VG- No Jacket. 12mo. burgundy cloth (ex-library, erased rsm to verso title page, vestiges of labels to front endpapers, else unmarked; cloth rubbed, paper stock a little tanned & thumbed, occ. spots, some paperstock tanning; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 286 (last blank), with a crag diagram. A very good copy of an uncommon title in a sturdy library binding. [Neate X69: Milestone Buttress is a well-known crag in Snowdonia]. The first Abercrombie Lewker mountain murder mystery, set in Snowdonia.
Interesting to read murder mystery involving mountain climbing. Mr. Lewker is an enjoyable sleuth. Sort of low keyed. Great descriptions of the Welsh countryside.