Second-hand Books for Sale
Proceeds go to fund Awards.. Where there is demand for one book by several people it will be sold on a first-come-first-served basis. Order from jasmine@sayers.org.uk who will advise total cost including postage and packing
DLS
Biographies
Hitchman, J: Such a Strange Lady: A Biography of Dorothy L Sayers. NEL 1975, HB with DJ, vgc £5.00
Brabazon, J: Dorothy L Sayers: The life of a Courageous Woman. 1981 Gollancz, HB with DJ 1st edition vgc £10.00
- As above with library mark and no DJ, otherwise gc, £5.00
Coombes, D; Dorothy L Sayers: A Careless Rage for Life, Lion 1992 HB with DJ vgc £10.00
- As above exactly.
Reynolds, B: Dorothy L Sayers Her life and Soul, 1993 Hodder & Stoughton, HB with DJ vgc £10
Forssman I; Ich War Schon Immer ein Robustes Kleines Biest. Dorothy L Sayers Leben und Werk 1st edition, Sealed in plastic £10.
Works about Sayers’ work
Brunsdale, M: Dorothy L Sayers: Solving the Mystery of Wickedness, Berg NY, 1990 HB no DJ vgc £10.00
Loades, Ann: Dorothy L Sayers: Spiritual Writings, SPCK 1993, paperback, vgc £7.50
Simmons Laura K: Creed without Chaos: Exploring Theology in the writings of DLS, 2005 1st edition, Pb, signed, vgc £10
- Exactly as above but unsigned. Slight fading to spine £7.50
Thurmer, John: Reluctant Evangelist: Papers on the Christian Thought of DLS, 1996 signed. Vgc pb £5.00
Thurmer, John: A Detection of the Trinity, 1984, Paternoster Press, pb good condition £3.00
Kent Sprague, R: A Matter of Eternity: selections from the writings of DLS; Eerdmans
USA, 1973, HB with DJ, perfect condition £5.00
- Kent Sprague, R: A Matter of Eternity, as above.
Essays by Dorothy L Sayers
DLS: Begin Here, 1940 2nd impression, vgc but damaged book jacket. £20.00
The following are a series of pamphlets of talks given by DLS:
DLS: The Greatest Drama Ever Staged, tiny presentation copy with slightly battered cover but otherwise vgc £3.00
DLS: Strong Meat
Hodder and Stoughton £2.50
DLS: The Other six Deadly Sins
- As above
Methuen £2.50 each
Poetry
DLS Et al ed: Oxford Poetry 1919 contains 3 DLS poems; Blackwell, 1920 1st Edition HB original binding (no DJ) vgc £15.00
Plays by DLS:
The Man born to be King, Gollancz 1st cheap edition, 24th impression 1969 HB DJ (protected) excellent condition £10.00
The Man Born to be King, Gollancz 1943 13th impression, HB DJ excellent condition £5.00
The Devil to Pay: Gollancz 1939 HB no DJ slightly scruffy, some pencil marks. £3.50
The Just Vengeance, Wipf and Stock USA 2011 perfect condition as new pb £10.00
The Emperor Constantine, Gollancz 1952 HB no DJ, some ex Libris marks £3.00
The Emperor Constantine, Gollancz 1951 1st ed HB no DJ some ex libris marks, loose spine £3.00
Novels and short stories
The Documents in the Case, 3rd impression with DJ, Gollancz £5.00
- Exactly as above
As above in Penguin Mystery and Crime, 3rd impression 1937 Slightly battered copy £2.50
Busman’s Honeymoon reissued 1972 Gollancz, HB with battered DJ but otherwise vgc. £5.00
Have His Carcase Penguin Crime Edition 1962. Rather battered and well loved! £2.50
Lord Peter Views the Body, Short stories, Japanese edition, 2023 £5.00
With Jill Paton Walsh
Thrones, Dominations, Hodder and Stoughton 1998 excellent condition with DJ as new. £10.00
A Presumption of Death, Hodder and Stoughton 2002 Excellent condition with DJ as new, signed. £10.00
Collected stories:
Tales of Detection Mystery and Horror ed DLS 4th impression 1940 HB no DJ good condition £7.50
Tales of Mystery and Adventure, Allied Newspapers LTD Manchester, no date. Hard Back, no DJ slightly foxed edges otherwise acceptable. Contains The Fountain Plays by DLS £2.50
My Best Detective Story, Anthology chosen by own authors, Faber & Faber, includes The Inspiration of Mr Budd by DLS. HB no DJ £5.00
Bilingual journals of the Inklings of Aachen
Frankenstein 1818-2018 Parable of the Modern Age £5.00
Der Inklings und der Erste Weltkrieg £5.00
Geister (Ghosts) May 2015, Leipzig £5.00
Flora and Fauna in fantastic worlds 2019 symposium in Bonn £5.00
And:
DLS Kelle Laip? (Whose Body?) 1995 pb (Tallinn), vgc £3.50
Gilbert Keith Chesterton Prophet mit Spitzer Feder by Gilbert Kranz , 2005 HB vgc with DJ. Signed. £10.00