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The Remorseful Day by Colin Dexter, Signed First Edition with Dust Jacket

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A Signed First Edition, [First Printing] of 'The Remorseful Day' by Colin Dexter in Fine condition in a Very Good condition dust jacket published by MacMillan (An imprint of MacMillan Publishers Ltd) in 1999

The Remorseful Day [Inspector Morse Series Number Thirteen] by Colin Dexter, First Edition with Dust Jacket

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Condition Summary: (Fine/Very Good) A sound book with clean boards and pages which is SIGNED by Colin Dexter on the title page, in a generally tidy dust jacket. All notable faults: Dust jacket has moderate wear on the corners

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Book Number B0014673
Title The Remorseful Day
Author(s) Author: Dexter, Colin [Norman]

Colin [Norman] Dexter (1930-)—English crime writer, known for his Inspector Morse novels. He started writing after being forced by to retire from teaching by the onset of deafness, producing the first Morse Novel Last Bus to Woodstock in 1975 and the last The Remorseful Day in 1999. The Crime Writers' Association awarded him Silver Daggers for Service of All the Dead in 1979 and The Dead of Jericho in 1981 and Gold Daggers for The Wench is Dead in 1989 and The Way Through the Woods in 1992 as well as a Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement in 1997. The books were adapted for television, with 33 episodes produced between 1987 and 2001

Edition and Format First Edition, [First Printing] Book edition identified by: Publisher's imprint information states 'First published in 1999 by MacMillan' and publisher's imprint line 13579108642. Dust jacket edition identified by: Priced £16.99 on the front flap. [References: Cooper and Pike p 112 to 113]

Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). [x], 374 printed pages in black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, in dust jacket. ISBN 033376157x [9780333761571]
Publisher(s) MacMillan (An imprint of MacMillan Publishers Ltd), London, 1999

Macmillan and Co. Limited—(Founded in 1843) A British publisher founded by Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, two brothers from the Isle of Arran which has published works for Charles Kingsley, Thomas Hughes, Francis Turner Palgrave, Christina Rossetti, Matthew Arnold, Lewis Carroll, Alfred Tennyson, Thomas Hardy and Rudyard Kipling. [McBride page 65] [Zempel and Verkler page 269] .

Series Inspector Morse Series Number Thirteen

Inspector Morse Series—A series of Detective novels featuring Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse and Robbie Lewis who are in the CID of Thames Valley Police. The books are notable for their false leads, red herrings and numerous and ingenious plot twists: Last Bus to Woodstock, Last Seen Wearing, The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn, Service of All the Dead, The Dead of Jericho, The Riddle of the Third Mile, The Secret of Annexe 3, The Wench is Dead, The Jewel That Was Ours, The Way Through the Woods, The Daughters of Cain, Death is Now My Neighbour and The Remorseful Day. 33 television episodes staring John Thaw were also produced by Central Independent Television from 1987–2000. The series contains 13 books. The first book was originally published in 1975 and the last book was originally published in 1999

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The last Inspector Morse Novel. The investigation into the murder of Yvonne Harrison is stalled, but Morse seems reluctant to take the case on….

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