The Raven in the Foregate: The Twelfth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1986. A first U.S. edition of the twelfth volume in the series of mystery novels featuring Brother Cadfael, Ellis Peters' iconic Crusades veteran turned monk, herbalist, and amateur sleuth set in 12th century Shrewsbury.
First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 1/2 blue cloth, white paper over boards, 200pp, blue endpapers. Item #900420
ISBN: 0688065589
In a mild December in the year of our Lord 1141, a new priest comes to the parishioners of the Foregate outside the Abbey of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Father Ailnoth brings with him a housekeeper and her nephew -- and a disposition that invites murder...
Bumping to bottom-edges of boards, droplets of staining to paper over boards (coffee? - see photo), very good in dust wrapper with a 3/16" tear bottom-edge of front panel and a 1/8" tear head of spine, in protective mylar.
Price: $20.00