The Resource Weekend at Thrackley, Alan Melville ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards
Weekend at Thrackley, Alan Melville ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards
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The item Weekend at Thrackley, Alan Melville ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Weekend at Thrackley, Alan Melville ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).
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- Summary
- Jim Henderson is one of six guests summoned by the mysterious Edwin Carson, a collector of precious stones, to a weekend party at his country house, Thrackley. The house is gloomy and forbidding but the party is warm and hospitable except for the presence of Jacobson, the sinister butler. The other guests are wealthy people draped in jewels; Jim cannot imagine why he belongs in such company. After a weekend of adventure, with attempted robbery and a vanishing guest, secrets come to light and Jim unravels a mystery from his past
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 235 pages
- Note
- "Originally published in 1934 by Skeffington & Son, Ltd."--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9781464209710
- Label
- Weekend at Thrackley
- Title
- Weekend at Thrackley
- Statement of responsibility
- Alan Melville ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards
- Subject
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- Country homes -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- England -- Surrey
- Fiction
- Hospitality
- Hospitality -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- truePoor men
- truePrecious stones
- Precious stones -- Collection and preservation
- trueRich people
- Rich people -- Crimes against
- Rich people -- Crimes against -- Fiction
- Secrecy
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- Surrey (England) -- Fiction
- trueThieves
- trueUpper class
- trueWeekends
- trueWorld War I veterans
- Precious stones -- Collection and preservation -- Fiction
- Collectors and collecting
- Collectors and collecting -- Fiction
- Country homes
- trueCountry homes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Jim Henderson is one of six guests summoned by the mysterious Edwin Carson, a collector of precious stones, to a weekend party at his country house, Thrackley. The house is gloomy and forbidding but the party is warm and hospitable except for the presence of Jacobson, the sinister butler. The other guests are wealthy people draped in jewels; Jim cannot imagine why he belongs in such company. After a weekend of adventure, with attempted robbery and a vanishing guest, secrets come to light and Jim unravels a mystery from his past
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10687968
- Cataloging source
- OMN
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1910-1983
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Melville, Alan
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6025.E436
- LC item number
- W44 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Edwards, Martin
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- British Library crime classics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Country homes
- Secrecy
- Hospitality
- Rich people
- Collectors and collecting
- Precious stones
- Surrey (England)
- Collectors and collecting
- Collectors and collecting
- Country homes
- Hospitality
- Precious stones
- Rich people
- Secrecy
- England
- Label
- Weekend at Thrackley, Alan Melville ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards
- Note
- "Originally published in 1934 by Skeffington & Son, Ltd."--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1042814513
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 235 pages
- Isbn
- 9781464209710
- Lccn
- 2018933805
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1042814513
- Label
- Weekend at Thrackley, Alan Melville ; with an introduction by Martin Edwards
- Note
- "Originally published in 1934 by Skeffington & Son, Ltd."--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1042814513
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 235 pages
- Isbn
- 9781464209710
- Lccn
- 2018933805
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1042814513
Subject
- Country homes -- Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- England -- Surrey
- Fiction
- Hospitality
- Hospitality -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- truePoor men
- truePrecious stones
- Precious stones -- Collection and preservation
- trueRich people
- Rich people -- Crimes against
- Rich people -- Crimes against -- Fiction
- Secrecy
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- Surrey (England) -- Fiction
- trueThieves
- trueUpper class
- trueWeekends
- trueWorld War I veterans
- Precious stones -- Collection and preservation -- Fiction
- Collectors and collecting
- Collectors and collecting -- Fiction
- Country homes
- trueCountry homes
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