The Body In The Library
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1953.
It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cheeks.But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry?The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery… before tongues start to wag.
Condition grading: Good. Minor wear to spine ends. Couple small marks to top section of front cover. Wear to top right and bottom left corner tips of front cover. Some small brown and white marks down left edge of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1953.
It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cheeks.But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry?The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery… before tongues start to wag.
Condition grading: Good. Minor wear to spine ends. Couple small marks to top section of front cover. Wear to top right and bottom left corner tips of front cover. Some small brown and white marks down left edge of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.



Penguin 1st Edition, published 1953.
It’s seven in the morning. The Bantrys wake to find the body of a young woman in their library. She is wearing evening dress and heavy make-up, which is now smeared across her cheeks.But who is she? How did she get there? And what is the connection with another dead girl, whose charred remains are later discovered in an abandoned quarry?The respectable Bantrys invite Miss Marple to solve the mystery… before tongues start to wag.
Condition grading: Good. Minor wear to spine ends. Couple small marks to top section of front cover. Wear to top right and bottom left corner tips of front cover. Some small brown and white marks down left edge of rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.