Fletcher c j h (71 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: New. "I think that it is desirable to discuss the affair - here, in the room in which the Bishop's body was found."A pernicious parson outwits the thieves of a priceless chalice from the parish treasury. A beloved vicar contemplates a perfect crime when a blackmailer comes knocking. Poisoned pen letters lead to a fall from grace for a rector's wife, and a suspicious fall from the second storey for the rector.Gathered here in this new collection are some of the greatest mystery tales in which the tendrils of crime steal into the churchyard, featuring clergymen and nuns as victims, amateur sleuths and villainous perpetrators of the devil's work. Replete with a fascinating introduction and notes from one of the guiding lights of crime fiction, Martin Edwards, this anthology delivers cosy brainteasers and fiendishly-fashioned stories with a sting in the tail, from a congregation of writers including Joyce Porter, H. C. Bailey, Cyril Hare and Edmund Crispin.…

Condición: very_good. This book is in Very good condition. There may be a few flaws like shelf wear and some light wear.

Paperback. Condición: New. "I think that it is desirable to discuss the affair - here, in the room in which the Bishop's body was found."A pernicious parson outwits the thieves of a priceless chalice from the parish treasury. A beloved vicar contemplates a perfect crime when a blackmailer comes knocking. Poisoned pen letters lead to a fall from grace for a rector's wife, and a suspicious fall from the second storey for the rector.Gathered here in this new collection are some of the greatest mystery tales in which the tendrils of crime steal into the churchyard, featuring clergymen and nuns as victims, amateur sleuths and villainous perpetrators of the devil's work. Replete with a fascinating introduction and notes from one of the guiding lights of crime fiction, Martin Edwards, this anthology delivers cosy brainteasers and fiendishly-fashioned stories with a sting in the tail, from a congregation of writers including Joyce Porter, H. C. Bailey, Cyril Hare and Edmund Crispin.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Cover with light wear and bumps, notably to spine ends. Pages with light wear and toning but otherwise clean and intact throughout. Please see image. 352 pages. Reissue with blue cloth pictorial cover (no DJ) - date uncertain as only has the original 1940 copyright date and is published by Harper & Row rather than Harper & Brothers.…

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. 512 pp. Pictorial boards; pale blue endpapers; illustrated in full colour throughout. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings; as issued, no dustjacket. Cover art by Phlcold. This anthology contains: Beachhead by Clifford D. Simak; A Martian Odyssey by Stanley G. Weinbaum; Leaving for te Moon by Jules Verne; The Cycap Notebooks by Stephen James; On Mercury by John Munro; Sultana's Dream by Rokheya Sakhawat Hossain; Time After Time by Stephen James; The Worlds of If by Stanley G. Weinbaum; Planetoid 127 by Edgar Wallace; The Time Traveller by H. G. Wells; The Shadow and the Flash by Jack London; The Man Without a Body by Edward Page Mitchell; The New Sun by J. S. Fletcher; London Times 1904 by Mark Twain; A Tales of Negative Gravity by Frank R Stockton; The Cylinder Opens by H. G. Wells; The Horror of the Heights by Arthur Conan Doyle; The Monster Maker by W. C. Morrow; Micromegas by Voltaire; Armageddon 2419 AD by Phillip Frances Nowlan; Mellonta Tauta by Edgar Allan Poe; Battling the Morlock by H. G. Wells; and In a Thousand Years by Hans Christian Andersen. Size: 8vo. Philcold; (ilustrador). Book.…

VG, sewn, in orig. tan on black wrapper. vii, 183 p.; 20.5 cm. Binding is Paperbound.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. 273 pp., xi. '1' in number line. Contents divided into 17 Essays in 2 Parts: Part I DEBATES OVER AUTHORITY IN MEDICAL DECISION-MAKING Andrea L. Bonnicksen, "Introduction"; (1) William J. Winslade, "End-of-Life Medicine, Law, and Ethics: A Twilight Zone"; (2) John J. Paris and Frank Reardon, "Physician Refusal of Requests for Futile or Ineffective Interventions"; (3) Tom Tomlinson, "Refusing Demands for Attempted Resuscitation: Ethics and Hospital Policy"; (4) Robert Baker and Martin Strosberg, "The Bioethical Revolution of 1988: The Future of the Futility Controversy"; (5) Marion Danis and Larry Churchill, "Evolving Trends for Advance Directives"; (6) Timothy E. Quill, "A Case of Individualized Decision Making"; (7) Albert R. Jonsen, "Reflection on Washington State's Initiative 119"; (8) Robert W. Wood and Ralph Mero, "Washington State's ' Death with Dignity ' Initiative"; (9) Richard M. Zaner and Mark D. Fox, "Selective Termination and Moral Risk: Choices and Responsibility"; (10) Eugene Pergament. "In Utero Treatment: Fetal Surgery"; Part II NEW CHALLENGES IN MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION Robert H. Blank, "Introduction'; (11) Charles R. McCarthy, "Overview: Challenges for the 1990s"; (12) Carol Levine, "Women as Research Subjects: New Priorities, New Questions"; (13) Joan Porter, Marta Glass, and Wayne Koff, "International AIDS Vaccine Trials"; (14) John C. Fletcher, "Human Fetal and Embryo Research: Lysenkoism in Reverse--How and Why?"; (15) Mary B. Mahowald, "Brain Development, Personality, and Neurografts"; (16) Deborah Mathieu, "Ending the Experiment: Dilemmas of the Experimental/Therapeutic Distinction"; (17) Arnold E. Relman, "Economic Incentives in Clinical Investigation"; "About the Contributors", pp. 269-273. Blue cloth with brilliant gilt lettering on spne; Medium gray endpapers. Glossy dustwrapper not price-clipped (NO price) with medium gray vertical side borders for vertical light gray wide strip down middle front cover, with larger and smaller yellow Title and Editor Names boxes (for dark blue lettering) across top and bottom front cover, respectively. Very faint stain at foot of fore-edge (trapezoidal, 3/8" x 5/8", light Tan [vs. white remainder]; NO warping, NO odor, NO bleeding onto truly trivial); Cosmetic: very small bump-wrinkle to dw only at top spine and small dimple at gutter just below midpoint on left front cover, else unqualifiedly As New: Review Copy with Review slip laid in (Orig. Price in 1993, $45.00): Tight binding (NO cracks); Sharp corners (NO bumps or curls);NO rubbing wear; NO previous owner names. Clean text. UNREAD. Essentially: Flawless. …

paperback. Condición: Good. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good. There is a gift note behind the cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Book is in near fine condition. Front cover has previous owners signature. Pages are clean and crisp and free from markings.

Condición: good+. pulp magazine, 25¢, stories, discussions and articles. softcover, spine taped with binding tape, 144 pages, cover good, pages good, binding good.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Dust Jacket. Reprint; Seventh Printing. Clean hardback tightly bound in black cloth with red titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, page edges foxed, no inscriptions. 492 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Dark red covers with gilt lettering on spine. Light wear to spine-ends. Sound binding. Clean pages. Contents include: Minutes of Proceedings and Papers and Discussions at the Annual Meeting in London on 5-6 May, 1921; The welding of steel in relation to the occurrence of pipe, blowholes, and segregates in ingots, by H Brearley; The scientific control of combustion, by H T Ringrose; Notes on the cleaning of blast-furnace gas, by H S Fowles; Blast-furnace and cupola slags, by J E Fletcher; The prevention of hardening cracks and the effects of controlling recalescence in a tool steel, by Shipley N Brayshaw; On the cause of quenching cracks, by K Honda, T Matsushita, & S Idei; Solid solution of oxygen in iron, by Dr J E Stead; Cupric etching effects produced by phosphorus and oxygen in iron, by J H Whiteley; Roentgen spectrographic investigations of iron and steel, by Dr A Westgren; Comparison of different methods of estimating sulphur in steel, by T E Rooney; 'Slip-lines' and twinning in electro-deposited iron, by W E Hughes; The protection of iron with paint against atmospheric erosion, by J Newton Friend; Notes on the Progress of the Home and Foreign Iron & Steel Industries 1921. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 02617051081. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Dark red covers with gilt lettering on spine. Light wear to corners and spine-ends. Sound binding. Clean pages. Fold-out drawings are intact, crisp and clean. Contents include: Minutes of Proceedings and Papers and Discussions at the Annual Meeting in London on 10-11 May, 1923; The reactivity of coke as a factor in the fuel economy of the blast-furnace, by E R Sutcliffe & E C Evans; British steelworks gas-producer practice, by Fred Clements; On some characteristics of moulding sands and their graphical representation, by J E Fletcher; Some observations on the effect of small quantities of tin in steel, by J H Whiteley & A Braithwaite; The production of single metallic crystals and some of their properties, by Prof H C H Carpenter; The correlation of the chemical constitutions of 'true steels' with their micrographic structures, by Dr J O Arnold; Economic principles governing the use of electrical power in iron and steel works, by C A Ablett; Some properties of steels containing globular cementite, by Dr C H Desch & A T Roberts; The constitution of basic slags - its relation to furnace reactions, by T P Colclough; The constitution of the alloys of iron and nickel, by D Hanson & J R Freeman jun; A contribution to the study of hardness, by Prof C A Edwards & C R Austin; The variation of Brinell hardness number with testing load, by H O'Neill; The cold-working of steel with reference to the tensile test, by John Stead; Some mechanical properties of a series of chromium steels, by C R Austin; The Ael range in alloy steels, by J J A Jones; Change of density of iron due to overstrain, by J W Landon; The changes in iron and steel below 400 C, by A Goffey & F C Thompson; A note on temper-carbon, by L Northcott; The potential energy of cold-worked steel, by T F Russell; Note on a value for the surface tension of iron sulphide, by E J L Holman; Some experiments on grain growth in iron and steel - part I, by L E Benson & F C Thompson; On the structural constitution of iron-carbon-silicon alloys, by K Honda & T Murakami; Notes on the Progress of the Home and Foreign Iron & Steel Industries 1923. Numerous fold-out drawings and plans. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 02617051085. All our books are sent by tracked mail. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to some locations.…

SingleIssueMagazine. Condición: Fair to Good-. Vol. 1, No. 12. Bedsheet-sized pulp. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. Cover by Paul for "The City of the Living Dead" by Laurence Manning & Fletcher Pratt. Includes "Gulf Stream Gold" by Ed Earl Repp; "The Infinite Brain" by John C. Campbell; "The Day of the Beast" by D. D. Sharp; "The Evening Star" (pt. 2 of 2) by Dr. David H. Keller; "The Horrible Transformation" by J. Stallworth Daniels; "Science Questions and Answers"; "The Reader Speaks"; "Science News of the Month". Letters from Alan Glasser and others. Illustrated by Paul and Butterfield. Stains; soiling; small losses; rear cover nearly loose; bent from poor stacking; tanning; stamp on front. Book.…

Condición: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Medium green cloth 8vo with gilt lettering on front board and backstrip. Bumped corners and light fraying and wear. A couple of small patches of damp staining on back board. Frontispiece. Interior is secure, clean and clear save for some light foxing. Contains several plates. Untrimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

Condición: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Post 8vo. Green cloth binding. Gilt lettering on front cover and backstrip. Bookplate inside front cover. Firm binding. Pages clean. Frontispiece. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. 1st Edition. Turquoise Cloth boards with gilt blocked titles to spine and front board, 250 x 160 mm approx. xii + 252 pp. b/w frontis + 105 other photo illustrations of which 7 in colour on 83 plates + fold out map to rear all as called for. Published by OUP for The Royal Horticultural Society. 1952 First Edition. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good / Poor (Book- shelf wear to extremities of cloth boards- colour rubbing only, ink gift insc. Christmas 1953 to front free end paper, hint of foxing to paste downs. Dust Jacket- Numerous significant chips/loss and heavily rubbed, white titles a little tanned, mild to moderate foxing to rear panel and flap folds). No other notable defects). A sound reading / reference copy.…

Paperback. Condición: New. "I think that it is desirable to discuss the affair - here, in the room in which the Bishop's body was found."A pernicious parson outwits the thieves of a priceless chalice from the parish treasury. A beloved vicar contemplates a perfect crime when a blackmailer comes knocking. Poisoned pen letters lead to a fall from grace for a rector's wife, and a suspicious fall from the second storey for the rector.Gathered here in this new collection are some of the greatest mystery tales in which the tendrils of crime steal into the churchyard, featuring clergymen and nuns as victims, amateur sleuths and villainous perpetrators of the devil's work. Replete with a fascinating introduction and notes from one of the guiding lights of crime fiction, Martin Edwards, this anthology delivers cosy brainteasers and fiendishly-fashioned stories with a sting in the tail, from a congregation of writers including Joyce Porter, H. C. Bailey, Cyril Hare and Edmund Crispin.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Reprint. NO JACKET. 1948 reprint. Hardback. 21.5x16cm. 696 pages with 16 black & white illustrations. SPINE LETTERING IS VERY DULL. Clean & tight book. SOME FOXING. Flat pages. No inscriptions. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL TRACKED 24 next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref H201.…

VG turquoise boards in sl. spotted dj. Ink signatures on ffep. v, 329 p.; 21.5 cm. Binding is Hardcover.

Pub. Gold Stamped Cream Cloth. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No as Issued. 82pp. 12 colour plates & 4 b&w.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. 164 Pp + Ads By Various Publishers At Rear. Errata Slip Tipped In. Light Yellow Ribbed Boards Printed In Blue, Spine Label. . First Printing. Worn And Dusty, Top And Bottom Of Spine Chipped Away, Spine Label Intact Except For Tiny Chip At Lower Left Corner. Elaborate Pictorial Engraved Bookplate Of Gwynneth Capes. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. 4to. there are 11 books on dorset natural history and archaeological society, one is a large 8vo in pb by r. h. bunting 4 copys are hb by j. m. j. fletcher 8vo and 6 are hb by e. c. chancellor four are 4to and two 8vo. they are in vg condition all are ex-library. Book.…

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Pictorial green hardcover. Spine ends rubbed with slight loss. Corners bumped with slight loss. A few marks to cover. Some light foxing, pages slightly toned. Tissue-guarded color plates with black and white illustrations throughout.

Condición: New.

Paperback. Condición: New. "I think that it is desirable to discuss the affair - here, in the room in which the Bishop's body was found."A pernicious parson outwits the thieves of a priceless chalice from the parish treasury. A beloved vicar contemplates a perfect crime when a blackmailer comes knocking. Poisoned pen letters lead to a fall from grace for a rector's wife, and a suspicious fall from the second storey for the rector.Gathered here in this new collection are some of the greatest mystery tales in which the tendrils of crime steal into the churchyard, featuring clergymen and nuns as victims, amateur sleuths and villainous perpetrators of the devil's work. Replete with a fascinating introduction and notes from one of the guiding lights of crime fiction, Martin Edwards, this anthology delivers cosy brainteasers and fiendishly-fashioned stories with a sting in the tail, from a congregation of writers including Joyce Porter, H. C. Bailey, Cyril Hare and Edmund Crispin.…

Condición: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

Hardcover. Condición: Brand New. illustrated edition. 300 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.