Innocent Blood [Signed]

London: Faber and Faber, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Signed by P. D. James on the title page.

Original full cloth; pictorial dust jacket with the price of UK5.95. No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal handling; Text has evenly age-toned as is typical. 8vo; 8 inches tall; 276 pages. First Edition, First Printing.

P. D. James first standalone novel. "P. D. James has burst the bounds of her territory . . . and written a novel that is subtle, rich, allusive, and most cunningly plotted. . . . We are held in tingling suspense." ― The New York Times

Phyllis Dorothy (truncated) James was an English novelist best known for creating the police detective Adam Dalgliesh. She worked in the National Health Service and the Home Office From 1949 to 1968, in both the Police Department and Criminal Policy Department.

All that experience was used in her novels. She won awards for crime writing in Britain, America, Italy, and Scandinavia, including the Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award and the National Arts Club Medal of Honour for Literature. She received honorary degrees from seven British universities, was awarded an OBE in 1983 and was created a life peer in 1991. (Inventory #: 17282)