A Morbid Taste for Bones. A Mediaeval Whodunnit - Ellis Peters (Pseud. Edith Pargeter) 1977 - MacMillan London Limited, London - First Edition A fine and thus scarce true first edition of the first Brother Cadfael mystery, set in twelfth-century Britain. After leaving his home in Trefriw, Gwynedd, apprenticing with an English wool merchant and participating in the First Crusade and other adventures, Cadfael ap Meilyr ap Dafydd returned to England and joins a Benedictine monastery in Shrewsbury as gardener, herbalist and occasional translator.

Yes, he is Welsh, and yes this is a fine copy, with none of the toning to the spine usually encountered.

‘Cadfael must surely become a cult figure of crime fiction.’ –
Financial Times, London.
  First edition, first state (page 97 line 10 repeated twice), not to be confused with the Book Club edition which is frequently and incorrectly offered as the first edition. The book club edition states ‘This edition published 1977 by Book Club Associates’ on the copyright page.

Reference: Herbert,
The Oxford Companion to Crime & Mystery Writing, 51, 329,

Octavo (book size 20.3 x 13 cm) pp. 191 [1]. In publisher's light brown cloth, spine lettered in black. Dust jacket priced £3.50 net to lower corner of front flap.
  Condition: Fine with a modicum of rubbing to outer edges, in fine dust jacket.   Ref: 109332   Price: HK$ 6,000