UK8vo HBdw/dj1st edn thus.Originally published in 1953.Shelley Smith is the pseudonym of Nancy Hermione Bodington.One of 12 titles of Crime Club's Jubilee reprints especially selected and introduced by Julian Symons.Chosen from titles which appeared under the imprint during the years 1930 - 1955and which were out of print at time of selection. FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip £4.75which then has an ink cross through it to dw/dj.Brightcrispcleanglossy laminatedgilt colour background with b/w Crime Club logo to top of front panel and b/w letteringrear panel with the other 11 titles from this series advertised to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wearor creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges with inevitable but very light dust-soiling and toning and minimal sporadic foxing/spottingfore-edges bright and clean with similar but less foxing/ spotting; contents crispbrighttightcleansolid and sound- pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornersappears unread - apart from my own collation.Brightcrispcleansharp-corneredpublisher's original green black mottled faux leather rexine bds with brightcrispstamped gilt Crime Club logo to front bd within a single-line edge border and bright crispstamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK8vo HBdw/dj1st edn14-166pp paginated includes a prologue 13 chapters and an epilogue or cod-pieceplus unpaginated story's precis to half-title pagetitle pagededicationcontents list/tableand an introduction by Julian Symons and 2pp blanks at the rear. Lancelot Jones was on his way to his first job - as tutor to an Indian Rajah's son.But the Rajah's ancient plane and incompetent pilot decanted him in the middle of a desertand the wrong desert at that. Thereseeking shadehe foundin the only dwelling of any size within milesa curious oldEnglishwoman called Alva Hine. Alva Hine buttonholed the prim Mr Jones as the Ancient Mariner once made a wedding guest his audience.She told hima strange story of a summer of fifty years agoof love and hate and murder in a respectable middle-class Victorian household . . . Julian Symons describes this masterly tour-de-forcefirst published in the Crime Club in 1953as 'that raritya totally original work of crime fiction.It may enthrallamuse or annoy you' he says'but you will have read nothing else quite like it.' Shelley SmithBritish detective novelist.At intervals in the years 1942 - 78 she has written 14 crime novelsinitially classic-type whodunitslatterly psychological suspense storiesthough she hardly sticks to any sort of formula.At her very best she achieves a very high level of writingand she can produce a plot of enormous ingenuity. he lonely attract her and the way that a minor criminal act can lead inexorably to the greatest one of all. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015and in this year toothe UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion templatealtering it's pricesweight allowancesdimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! Soplease contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk for correct shipping/ Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! LONDON.COLLINS CRIME CLUB,1980. hardcover
SparkNotes. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. SparkNotes unknown
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1951. Softcover. Genealogical society slip attached inside the rear cover. Written "dup" and "seen" on the front cover badly erased. There are at least 3 date ink stamps. . Maryland Historical Society paperback
Bernard Babani Publishing 2001. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item450grams ISBN:9780859345200 Bernard Babani Publishing paperback
Shelley Admont Publishing. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. Shelley Admont Publishing unknown
Providence R.I.: Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association 2015. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean bright pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. Contents: Sackett "It's in the cards": the evolution of the Sackett family's business. Foster The Jews of Fox Point. Lindenbaum How I came to live in Chepachet. Goldowsky Beginning my career part I: medical training early years of practice and the draft. Goodwin Proud to be a Yankee. Schwartz Never far from south Providence part II: a momentous deade. Eihenbaum Romek's odyssey part II: The Lodz ghetto. Jewish Eagle Scouts: Narragansett Council 1923-2005. Rubin My black soul and white skin: a memoir. Markoff Alton: a camp beloved by Rhod Islanders. Binder Becoming a Jewish writer and storyteller. Blake Rabbi Gutterman's study. Afsai A small window between two distant worlds: Qes Efraim's visit to Rhode Island. Goodwin Wondrous Rimmonim: ownership holiness beauty rarity and value. Berger America's oldest synagogue wrestles with court battle and its own decline. Fink An album of my alums. Foster For Anne. 61st annual meeting of the association. In memoria. Funds and bequests. Life members of the association. 9.0" tall; 196 pages. Rhode Island Jewish Historical Association unknown
West Lafayette Indiana: MAJLS 1995. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean bright pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. Contents: Foreword. Richie Japan: the presentational urge. Tsubaki Japanese classical drama as viable English playscript. Quinn Critical perspectives on the Noh play Izutsu. Mangolini Commedia dell'arte and Kyogen: two popular theaters at the opposite sides of the Silk Road. Nishiuchi Zeami's Riken and Godamer's Spiel: a comparative analysis of the performative space. Tsutsumi Signs of performanc: Benten Kozo by Kawatake Mokuami. Quinn High metabilism: Manga circa Showa 50's. Lippit Liquid Cinema: topologies of emulsion in two Japanese films. Kern Santo Kyoden's The Merchandise You All Know as Mechandise: self-reflective promotion across two media. Thomas Kawatake Mokuami as lyricist. Sakamoto Tono monogatari as performance: literary representation of Tono legends by Yanagita Kunio. Gerbert Festival performance: what light can it shed on literary performance Round table discussion: The teaching of Japanese theater and film. ; 8.5" tall; 218 pages. MAJLS unknown
Oxford: Oxford University Press 2000. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean bright pages. Wrappers clean with minor handling wear. Contents: Grant The bimillennium. Mills Achilles Patroclus and parental care in some homeric similes. Parisinou "Lighting" the worrld of women: lamps and torches in the hands of women in the late archaic and classical periods. Hales At home with Cicero. Rossi The tears of Marcellus: history of a literary motif in Livy. Gildenhard and Zissos Inspirational fictions: autobiography and generic reflexivity in Ovid's poems. Woods Caligula's seashells. Clark Animal passions. Tougher Ammianus Marcellinus on the Empress Eusebia: a split personality Reviews. ; 9.25" tall; 152 pages. Oxford University Press unknown
Tempe Arizona: Charles Schlacks Jr. Publisher 1982. Softcover. Good with no dust jacket. Publication is in the English language. Two-volume set. Sound binding on both volumes with clean off-white pages. Wrappers are foxed with light overall shelf wear. ; Contents: Part 1 - Spechler "Permitted Dissent and Soviet Politics: The Case of Novyi mir." Shelley Historical Trends in Moscow and Leningrad Crime." Lubrano "Survey Research as a Source of Information for Soviet Science Policy." Powell "The Soviet Union in the 1980s: A Crisis of Leadership and Legitimacy." Book reviews. Part 2 - Hannigan and McMillan "The Soviet-Iranian Gas Agreements: Nexus of Energy Policies East-West Relations and Middle East Politics." Chotner "Institutional Innovation under Khrushchev: The Case of the 1962 Reorganization of the Communist Party." Sochor "NEP Rediscovered: Current Soviet Interest in Alternative Strategies of Development." Hill "The Contribution of Soviet State Standards to the Assessments of Soviet Product Quality." Watson "Gorshkov's Views on a Unified Military Strategy and its Implications for the Soviet Navy." Book reviews. ; 9.0" tall; 262 pages; Re#. Charles Schlacks Jr., Publisher unknown
Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes 1962. Softcover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated by H�ctor Xavier. Publication is in the Spanish language. Sound binding cocked. Clean lightly tanned pages with light reading wear including several pages with creasing at corner. Wrappers are tanned soiled with overall handing wear. ; Contents: Pardo Garc�a Sonetos de "Los angeles de Vidrio." Shelley Poemas. Covantes S�lo el principio: cuento. Instituto Ignacio Ram�rez inauguraci�n. Secci�n de m�sica. Garc�a Ponce El teatro contempor�neo. Luna Arroyo La danza en M�ico. La vida cultural. Villagr�n Garc�a La proporci�n en arquitectura parte VI. ; Cover Art; 8.75" tall ; 96 pages. Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes unknown
Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes 1963. Softcover. Good with No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated by Carlos Orozco Romero. Publication is in the Spanish language. Sound binding cocked. Clean lightly tanned pages with light reading wear including several pages with creasing at corner. Wrappers are tanned soiled with overall handing wear. ; Contents: Supervielle El ni�o poema Este poco poema. Shelley Notas acerca de el cuarteto de Alejandr�a. Bueno Sonoridad 7 belleza de la lengua. Carvajal Jules Supervielle Reflexi�n-homenaje.Hourcade Jules Supervielle poeta de la muerte y de la vida. Bibliograf�a de las obras de Jules Supervielle. Secci�n de m�sica. Ilina La ense�anza musical en la URSS. Crespo de la Serna Presencia de Carlos Orozco Romero. Villase�or El mejorcito del pueblo comedia en un acto. Tovar trans. El viol�n de Rothschild cuento por Anton Chejov. La vida cultural. Microscopio cultural. Ram�rez Sotomajor Comentarios sobre la arquitectura contempor�nea de Jalisco. ; Cover Art; 8.75" tall ; 112 pages. Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes unknown
Wilmington Delaware: Michael Glazier 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Barely perceptible bump to bottom rear corner previous owner's label on front free endpaper and a tiny point of rubbing at head of spine o/w no signs of use or wear in dark blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering. Dust jacket is clean crisp bright and unmarked with mild edge wear. A panoramic well-researched biography of Atlanta's first Archbishop a staunch adocate of reform with a strong sense of social justice. 9.25" 21.5 cm tall; 371 pages. Michael Glazier unknown
Andres Bello. Used - Like New. Ships from Reno NV. Book in almost Brand New condition. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! Andres Bello unknown
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