new york harper and brothers publishers 1940 (13 resultados)

Blue Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good + Jacket. Tenth Edition. A reprint, in the same format as the first, no later date indicated but rear cover advertises the Second Boys Book of Great Detective Stories (1940). Not price clipped but with a Bullocks Wilshire label covering the price on the front flap. Dust jacket is clean and bright, spine with just a little fading, and a little light edgewear along top edge of rear panel. An exceptional copy although the book is not rare.

Cloth(Hrdcvr) w/DJ. Condición: Used-Good/Used-Good. Black & White Photographs Ilustrador. New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Used-Good/Used-Good. (1940). . Cloth(Hrdcvr) w/DJ. Sm 4to., 393 pp., DJ foxing, rubbed frayed, foxing, bottom spine water stained, cover bottom spine stained, light foxing to endpapers and page edges .

Cloth. Condición: G/No Dustjacket. Black & White Illustrations Ilustrador. 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. G/No Dustjacket. (1940). 2nd Edition. Cloth. 8vo., 303 pp, slightly blunted tips, a few slightly worn hinges .

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Very good condition. Red cloth binding. Spine is somewhat faded. Spine tips are bumped. 324 pages.

Cloth(Hrdcvr). Condición: G/G. Black & White Photographs Ilustrador. New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. G/G. (1940). . Cloth(Hrdcvr). Sm 4to., 393 pp., DJ chipped & Frayed, soiling .

Hardcover. Sm 8vo (8.25" x 5.5"), blue paper over boards. 10 pp. Gift inscription reading "Jamie, from Dick, December 7, 1940." CONDITION: Near-fine, covers and spine lightly toned. Set by hand at the Golden Hind Press, Madison, NJ, bound by the Haddon Craftsmen in Camden NJ, 1940.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Anthology of detective stories by some of the great English authors. Includes works by E.C. Bentley (Philip Trent), Agatha Christie (Poirot), Dorothy Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey) John Rhode (Dr. Priestley) and others. Each story has a brief introduction about the author and the story. A very good copy with some mild rubbing to edges in a very good dust jacket, with some edge wear and rubbing, minor loss at corners and spine ends. (11813).

Hardcover in dj. 8vo (8.5" x 6"), pebbled brown cloth. xxviiii, 402 pp. Bookplate on ffep. CONDITION: Very good, faint white spots on front cover, some offsetting from front panel of dj on pastedowns and endpapers; good dj, worn at extremities with a few small tears. First edition, first printing, "one of 500 copies on thin paper" possibly sent out for review or promotional purposes. BAL 3564.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition (so stated). 8vo. Frontispiece and 14 b/w halftone illustrations. Dust jacket (price clipped; short tear; few nicks; creases). Very good. 381 pages. From the library of noted "Gone With The Wind" Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre bookplate on the front pastedown.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Seventh edition (so stated; "L-P"). 8vo. Translated from the French by Denver Lindley. Dust jacket (unclipped; few nicks; short tear). Very good. 255 pages. Signed and inscribed by Andre Maurois on the half title page: "Pour Arthur S. Wiley qui comprend la France. . .Andre Maurois". Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First edition ("8-0.G-P"). 8vo. Pictorial endpapers by Stockton Mulford; color pictorial dust jacket by George Giguere. Dust jacket (unclipped; few small chips). Very good. No signatures or bookplates. From Zane Grey's estate, with his blindstamp.

First U. S. edition. Published in the U. K. in 1939, using the title, "Death Of An Aryan." Author's third mystery novel. Fine, bright copy in dust jacket with light restoration to the spine ends and corners. Vachell, the local C. I. D. officer, tries to find a killer who takes pleasure in torturing his victims and then piercing their skin with arrow poison for which there is no known antidote. An attractive copy.

First U. S. edition. Fine, bright, tight copy in dust jacket, completely unfaded, with light restoration to the spine ends and extremities. A well to-do young woman who owns three homes, has an adequate income, and is the beneficiary of a long run of good luck, puts her life in jeopardy the moment she decides to rent her town house. Attempts on her life were made in London, on vacation in the Swiss Alps, and in an unlighted Paris alley. What has gone so dreadfully wrong in her life?