Murder at School Was It Murder? by James Hilton Taking place in that most traditional and confounding of English settings, the public school. Colin Revell, impudent Oxonian and sometime sleuth, returns to his alma mater Oakington to puzzle over a schoolboy's "accidental" death. The accidents multiply in frequency and horror as Colin idly pokes about the Gothic quads, and the tightly modulated suspense ripens with a generous foretaste of Hilton's later acclaimed talent: finely perceived, individual characters, overwhelming ...
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Murder at School Was It Murder? by James Hilton Taking place in that most traditional and confounding of English settings, the public school. Colin Revell, impudent Oxonian and sometime sleuth, returns to his alma mater Oakington to puzzle over a schoolboy's "accidental" death. The accidents multiply in frequency and horror as Colin idly pokes about the Gothic quads, and the tightly modulated suspense ripens with a generous foretaste of Hilton's later acclaimed talent: finely perceived, individual characters, overwhelming atmosphere, and full complement of adventure and romance. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
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Add this copy of Murder at School (Fingerprint Books) to cart. $7.27, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by Hamish Hamilton.
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Add this copy of Murder at School a Detective Fantasia to cart. $29.99, very good condition, Sold by Koster's Collectible Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Farmingville, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by Hamish Hamilton Ltd.
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Very Good, Very Good. 8VO, Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. Clean orange cloth boards lightly bumped. Previous owner's name inked out on first endpaper. Text pages are clean. Photo illustrated dust jacket is lightly scuffed and looks good in new protective mylar. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.
Add this copy of Murder at School to cart. $30.00, like new condition, Sold by Scene of the Crime Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Niagara Falls, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by Hamish Hamilton Ltd.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. First thus edition first printing of the only novel James Hilton published under the Glen Trevor pen name. Originally published in 1931. Published in the US under the title Was It Murder? A hint of shelf wear. In near fine /... 188 p. Fingerprint Books. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of Murder at School: a Detective Fantasia to cart. $319.38, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1934 by Macmillan.
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Used-Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) First published 1931; new edition, reprinted 1935. In green cloth with gilt. Owner's name on front free end paper; pink mark on page fore-edge; spine faded & browned, with wrinkled & worn gilt.
