








The Devil In Velvet
Main Series #1242. Penguin reprint, published 1962.
The year is 1925 when fifty-eight year old Nicholas Fenton, a History professor at Paracelsus College, Cambridge, casually announces to a much younger friend, Mary Grenville, that he has sold his soul to the devil. He has read a manuscript about the death by poison of Lydia, Sir Nicholas Fenton’s wife, in 1675 and wishes to return to that time, and take over the body of this unrelated person. By doing so he hopes that he can undo history, thus stopping the actual murder. Does he succeed though?
Condition grading: Fair. Creasing and wear to spine. Light creases to right hand side of front cover. Light creases across rear cover. Foxing to rear cover. Light foxing to front cover. e. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Main Series #1242. Penguin reprint, published 1962.
The year is 1925 when fifty-eight year old Nicholas Fenton, a History professor at Paracelsus College, Cambridge, casually announces to a much younger friend, Mary Grenville, that he has sold his soul to the devil. He has read a manuscript about the death by poison of Lydia, Sir Nicholas Fenton’s wife, in 1675 and wishes to return to that time, and take over the body of this unrelated person. By doing so he hopes that he can undo history, thus stopping the actual murder. Does he succeed though?
Condition grading: Fair. Creasing and wear to spine. Light creases to right hand side of front cover. Light creases across rear cover. Foxing to rear cover. Light foxing to front cover. e. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.