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Lord Peter views the body / Dorothy L. Sayers.
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi Sayers, D. L.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wimsey, Peter, Lord (Fictitious character), 1890-.
- Wimsey, Peter.
- Detective and mystery stories, English.
- Genre:
- Detective and mystery stories, English.
- Mystery fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (autograph, July 1973) (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 255 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Avon Books, 1972.
- Summary:
- Nine mystery stories in which the aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey tackles seemingly insoluble crimes.
- Contents:
- The abominable history of the man with copper fingers
- The entertaining episode of the article in question
- The fascinating problem of Uncle Meleager's will
- The fantastic horror of the cat in the bag
- The unprincipled affair of the practical joker
- The undignified melodrama of the bone of contention
- The vindictive story of the footsteps that ran
- The bibulous business of a matter of taste
- The learned advenure of the dragon's head
- The piscatorial farce of the stolen stomach
- The unsolved puzzle of the man with no face
- The adventurous exploit of the cave of Ali Baba.
- Notes:
- "One dozen mystery gems ..."
- Second printing, Decemvber, 1972.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- OCLC:
- 973119524
- Publisher Number:
- N454 Avon
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