James, P.D. SHROUD FOR A NIGHTINGALE. London: Faber and Faber, 1972. First edition. Octavo. Notably SCARCE FIRST edition of this detective novel and of a TV series of four dramas developed from the novel, featuring private detective Cordelia Gray, the protagonist of both this title and James' "The Skull Beneath the Skin", which introduced a new type of female detective at the start of the feminist era. Bound in the publisher's blue cloth covered boards. Contents clean and bright. Boards square and tight. Top and leading edge lightly spotted. Couple tiny faint spots to the front board. In the dust jacket, which is lightly rubbed and a bit worn. SCARCE and EARLY in DUST JACKET!  Please see photos for additional condition and edition clarity.

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