The Way Through The Woods
London: Macmillan, 1992. First Edition. 8vo, 9 1/8 x 6 inches (232 x 152 mm); (16), 296 pp. Endpapers with map of Wytham Woods. Original full green cloth binding with gilt title on spine, original dust wrapper, unclipped and protected in archival mylar sleeve. Internally pages are bright and clean and firmly bound, with a small stain to the left edge, not affecting pages.
FIRST EDITION – INSCRIBED "For Ed & Pam, | With love, as ever" and SIGNED by the author.
The TENTH novel in the Inspector Morse series, it received the Gold Dagger Award in 1992 and was adapted for television in 1995, as an episode of the Inspector Morse series. Plot: A beautiful young Swedish woman, Karin Eriksson, goes missing. A year later, an anonymous riddle, in the form of a five-stanza poem, is sent to the police and the case is reopened. The police ask The Times for help with the poem. Morse and Sergeant Lewis are put in charge of the new investigation.
COLIN DEXTER (1930–2017) was a renowned English crime novelist best known for creating the erudite, music-loving Inspector Morse. The novels are noted for complex, crossword-style plots and were adapted into the hit TV series Inspector Morse (1987–2000), starring John Thaw, which spawned the spin-offs Inspector Lewis and Endeavour. Dexter’s novels are recognized for their intellectual, witty, and deeply atmospheric depiction of Oxford, ensuring his legacy alongside classic mystery authors. His excellence was recognized with several Crime Writer's Association awards: Two Silver Daggers, Two Gold Daggers and A Cartier Diamond Dagger. He also received an OBE for his services to literature in 2000. He lived in Oxford, was an avid crossword setter for The Oxford Times, and died in 2017.
The author inscribed the book to his good friend EDGAR GEOFFREY RAYNER (born 1927) and to his wife Pam. E. G. Rayner is an historian and prolific author of popular history books (many with co-author Ron Stapley, including Who Was Mr Nobody: Debunking Historical Mysteries, 2007; Debunking History, 2009; Debunking Women's History, 2010. Dexter and Rayner met while teaching at Wyggeston Grammar School —Colin Dexter's first teaching post after graduating from Christ's College, Cambridge. Although Dexter had moved on to Corby Grammar School by 1959, the two collaborated on two books on liberal studies, aimed at students in 6th form or first years of further education, in an attempt to stimulate discussion. The books were published in 1964 and 1965.
Condition: Fine / Fine.
Item number: 2297
ISBN: 0333583736
Price: $300.00
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