Ellis Peters - Black is the Colour of my True-Love's Heart - Morrow, 1967 - 1st Edition 1st Printing - No statement of edition or mention of later printings present on copyright page as required in order to denote the first printing of the first edition.

This example with shelf wear, rubbing to tips, and light sunning to spine ends in a chipped, lightly soiled, and tanned dust jacket with shelf wear to edges. A still presentable example of this uncommon earlier novel by the master of mystery famous for her Amelia Peabody character which was developed decades later.