death comes ladys steps (8 resultados)

Trade Paperback. Condición: Good. Large Print Edition. Spine slanted & creased, cover creased with corners bumped and minor edgewear. Ex-library with minimal stamps. Text is clean and unmarked. "Lew Deever, the greatest bank robber of them all, had eluded justice for twenty years. When young Inspector Beaton was sent to Lady's Holt to investigate a strange murder - there was a story of a grey hooded figure which had been seen in the house of a Mrs. Sylvia Temple - by some strange coincidence there seemed to be many of Deever's old acquaintances in the vicinity, all searching for the Tranter Steal - Deever's biggest haul - half a million in gold."; Ex-Library; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.

Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. LARGE PRINT EDITION. Lower edges of boards have wear. Gift inscription inside front cover, discard sticker in margin of first text page. Text pages clean. Large Print edition.

Condición: Good. First Published. 248 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Laminated pictorial jacket over red cloth. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Boards assumed in good condition as covered with library-laminated jacket. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Original Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. There is a little fading at the top of the spine where the jacket is damaged and the rear panel has two small surface marks. Otherwise the boards have only a slight spine lean and light bumping to the bottom corners. Page edges browned with a one inch patch of spotting to the top edges and a few scattered spots to the fore edges. The first few pages have a little creasing and tiny tears to the top of the edges near the spine. One inch creases to the bottom corners of two pages and the pages are slightly browned but otherwise unmarked. The jacket has chipping and creasing at the top and bottom of the spine where there is a little loss. There is extensive tearing along the right edge of the front panel which has several small pieces of tape to reinforce it - I am not sure whether it was actually completely detached or not before the tape was applied. The front panel is also quite heavily creased. The rear panel has closed tears to all four corners. First printing.

Cloth. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. None Ilustrador. First edition. The first edition, a very scarce copy of this detective fiction by W. Murdoch Duncan. The first edition stated. A very scarce copy of this detective fiction following the story of Inspector Beaton and one of the greatest bank robbers of all time. A story of violence, mystery, murder, and strange events.William Murdoch Duncan was a prolific Scottish thriller author, who published about two-hundred-and-twenty crime novels, some under his own name, sone under pseudonym (John Cassell, Peter Malloch, Neil Graham, and Lovat Marshall.)With price-clipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with titles stamped in black to spine. Externally, lovely with minor shelfwear. Dustwrapper is price-clipped and excellent with minor shelfwear only, pricing still present to front fly leaf 6/- net. Internally, firmly bound. Minor faint spotting to top edge, not affecting pages which remain bright and clean. Fine. book.

8vo, pp. 224. Original green boards, lettered in black to spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Spine ends a little bumped, but a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with some wear to foot of spine, and tape reinforcement to reverse. First edition. One of more than two hundred novels by the insanely prolific Duncan, who also wrote under a number of pseudonyms. This is one of six books he had published in 1952 alone. Scarce in the dust jacket. HUBIN, p. 129.

Secondhand, Hardback. , . NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.Author: W. Murdoch DuncanFormat: HardbackRemarks on Condition : First Edition ,Fine, Dust Jacket: Poor with some silverfish damage, In good conditionDeath Comes to LadyOs Steps is a detective novel by W. Murdoch Duncan, featuring Inspector Beaton and a notorious bank robber. The book is a story of violence, mystery, murder, and strange events. The book was published by Andrew Melrose in 1952, and has 224 pages. Additional remarks: Slight water damage to DJ and endpapers. DJ is also clipped but protected within a plastic sleeve. Brown hardcover cloth with black lettering. Mild bumping to corners and edges. Binding remains tight. Secondhand, Hardback.