death maiden de patrick (9 resultados)

Softcover. 12mo., 190 pp. Popular Library 36. A Lieutenant Trant Mystery. Front cover art by H. Lawrence Hoffman. Good with overall wear and creasing and spine lean.

Softcover. Condición: Very good. Great condition. Front cover is creased. Inside is clean and unmarked.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Paperback Edition. Vintage Paperback Popular Library #36 Solid First Paperback Printing. Only original 1939 publication date listed but actually 1944 (Holroyd). Square and tight with fairly mild page toning. Some edge wear and rubbing to hinges. Still bright with no chipping, creases, or tears. Though not marked in any way, this came directly from the library of H. Lawrence Hoffman who illustrated the front cover. His son, David Hoffman, the noted documentary filmmaker, has signed a statement with information about his father, the artist, and attesting that the book was from his library. A copy of this is included. A presentable, collectable copy of an uncommon book in any condition and at a great price.

PAPERBACK. 1st edition thus. 190pp, 12mo. Popular Library #36. cocked binding remains tight, clean throughout, tanned page edges, creases to spine, colorful wraps with diagonal creases to the front, bumped at the bottom of spine, Good.

Couverture souple. Condición: Bon. "Patrick QUENTIN. LETTRE EXPRESS POUR MISS GRACE. Edition Ditis / Flammarion , Paris, "Detective Club" # 72, 1953, EPUISE EN LIBRAIRIE, broche, format 11*17.5 cm, 190 pages. Coiffes et coins plats un peu touches, autrement BON ETAT Traduction de l'americain (Death and the Maiden - 1939) Série Inspecteur Grant Encore une lettre exprès pour Miss Grace ? Si ça continue, il faudra lui affecter un facteur particulier ! Dire qu elle en reçoit deux par jour et depuis des semaines que dure ce petit jeu, pas moyen de lui arracher ne serait-ce que le nom de leur auteur. Mademoiselle croit sans doute astucieux de faire sa coquette. Tout de même, qu une fille aussi insipide que Grace suscite de tels témoignages d affection, c est énervant. Pourtant Si son mystérieux correspondant n avait rien de l amoureux transi ? Et si cette lettre exprès devait être la dernière que Grace recevait ? Ecrit en 1939, la troisieme enquête du lieutenant Timothy Trant PRIX EN L'ETAT".

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Books Inc. Edition/First Printing, August 1944 as stated on the copyright page. Originally published in 1939. Hardcover in dustjacket. 308 pages. A Midnight Mystery Books. A Lieutenant Trant mystery. Q. Patrick was a pen name used by Hugh Callingham Wheeler, Richard Wilson Webb, Martha M. Kelley, and Mary Louise White used to write detective fiction. Most were written by Webb and Wheeler, or by Wheeler alone. Edgewear to the extremities of the dustjacket, especially at the top corners. Black boards with gilt lettering. Great cover of woman in red dress with eyes closed. Color still bright. Solid spine with little toning. Red top page edges with small 1/2" circle stain. Very clean pages and endpapers with no interior writing or marks. Not ex-library. A very good dustjacket over a near fine copy of this scarce title. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box.

308pp. 8vo. Original cloth, marked on lower panel. Edges and early leaves foxed. Very light insect damage to ffe. A touch canted, otherwise a very good copy. First UK Edition.

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Limited editions. Complete in twelve volumes. Publisher's original cloth, each with an unique design in gilt to the upper board and titles in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Each volume with a frontispiece illustration. Volume 1, H. E. Bates: The Duet. Numbered 95 of 285 copies. Black cloth. Illustrated with line drawings within the text. A very good or better copy, just a couple of foxing spots to the prelims, in a very good dustwrapper that is toned to the spine and nicked and creased at the edges; Volume 2, A. L. Pavey: At Home. Numbered 68 of 285 copies. Brick red cloth. A very good copy, a few spots of foxing to the prelims and text block edge, the dustwrapper toned to the spine and nicked and creased at the edges; Volume 3, Rhys Davies: One of Noah's Early Days. Numbered 71 of 285 copies. Dark grey cloth. A very good copy with light spotting, the dustwrapper toned to the spine and nicked and creased at the edges; Volume 4, John Collier: Variation on a Theme. Numbered 34 of 285 copies. Green cloth. A very good copy, spotted to the prelims, the dustwrapper toned, nicked and chipped at the spine, the edges a little nicked and creased; Volume 5, John Hampson: Man About the House. Numbered 5 of 285 copies. Grey cloth. A near fine copy, faintly spotted to the prelims, the dustwrapper toned to the spine and a little nicked and creased to the edges; Volume 6, Patrick Kirwan: The Life and Death of St. Herbault. Numbered 39 of 285 copies. Black cloth. A near fine copy, the prelims with faint spotting, the dustwrapper toned to the spine and a little nicked and creased at the edges; Volume 7, H. A. Manhood: Maiden's Fury. Numbered 3 of 285 copies. Pink cloth. A very good or better copy, with some spotting to the prelims, the dustwrapper toned to the spine and with a few closed tears and some creasing to the edges; Volume 8, James Hanley: At Bay. Numbered 38 of 285 copies. Blue cloth. A very good or better copy, with some spotting to the prelims, the dustwrapper toned to the spine and with a few closed tears and some creasing to the edges; Volume 9, Arthur Calder-Marshall: A Pink Doll. Numbered 9 of 285 copies. Pink cloth. A very good copy, with some spotting to the prelims, the dustwrapper toned to the spine and with a few closed tears and some creasing to the edges; Volume 10, Seàn O'Fàolain: There's a Birdie in the Cage. Numbered 13 of 285 copies. Green cloth. A very good or better copy, with some spotting to the prelims, the dustwrapper with a few nicked to the somewhat toned spine; Volume 11, Graham Greene: The Bear Fell Free. Numbered 7 of 285 copies. Greyish brown cloth. A very good copy, with some spotting to the prelims, the dustwrapper toned to the spine and with a few nicks and closed tears to the edges and fold corners; Volume 12, T. F. Powys: Make Thyself Many. Numbered 1 of 285 copies. Blue cloth. A very good or better copy, with some spotting to the prelims, the dustwrapper toned and with some creasing to the head of the spine. Each volume is signed by the author on the limitation page. The 12 titles in the Grayson Books series were issued in a limited edition of 285 copies, of which 250 were for sale to the public. All books feature an original work of short fiction and were published in 1935. The series was edited by John Hackney. It is uncommon to encounter a complete set. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. The true first edition of this Golden Age Detective mystery, preceding the 1944 Books Inc edition. Bears comparison with the similarly themed (and also excellent) Ira Levin novel 'A Kiss before Dying'.\n\nA VG copy with no inscriptions (no jacket).