‎Police‎

‎SILVESTER, Frey‎

‎DER POLIZEIHUND: SEINE GESCHICHTE, ZUCHT UND ABRICHTUNG. - Mit vielen Abbildungen.‎

‎Berlin, Verlag von Neufeld und Henius, ohne Jahr (1910). 230 (4) Seiten, mit einigen - teils ganzseitigen - fotografischen Abbildungen; 14 S. Verlagswerbung zum Thema. - Dunkelblauer Original-Leineneinband mit hellblauem Deckel- und Rückentitel sowie montierter großer farbiger Orig.-Vorderdeckelillustration; 8vo.(ca. 19 x 13 cm).‎

‎*** 1. AUFLAGE, GEBUNDENE ORIGINALAUSGABE DES SELTENEN WERKES: ''Während alle übrigen Werke, die sich mit dem Polizeihund befassen, vorwiegend oder allein die Dressur behandeln, ist in dem hier vorliegenden Bucheall und jedes enthalten, was der Besitzer eines solchen Hundes wissen muß. . .''(Begin des Vorwortes). - SEHR GUTES EXEMPLAR.‎

Bookseller reference : 2311100196xpkv

‎SIMENON‎

‎Pedigree et autres romans‎

‎In 12 reliure éditeur plein cuir, titre et filets dorés, jaquette en rhodoïd, étui cartonné avec portrait. Edition établie par Jacques Dubois avec Benoît Denis. Titre, LXXXVI 1699 pages, tête orangée. Bibliothèque La pléiade NRF 15 avril 2009. Très bon état. Proche de notes et variantes. plans de Liège-complément bibliographique l’état de neuf. Contient : les gens d’en face- les trois crimes de mes amis- Malempin –La vérité sur bébé Donge- Pédigrée- je me souviens- les complices- les autres- la chambre bleue-appendice lettre à ma mère. Préface, chronologie -Note sur la présente édition-notices‎

Bookseller reference : 10862

‎SIMENON‎

‎Romans 2‎

‎in 12 reliure éditeur plein cuir, titre et filets dorés, jaquette en rhodoïd, étui cartonné avec portrait. Edition établie par Jacques Dubois avec Benoît Denis. Titre, 1736 pages, tête orangée. Bibliothèque La pléiade NRF 18 avril 2003. Très bon état , proche de l’état de neuf . Contient : la neige était sale-les mémoires de Maigret-la mort de Belle- Maigret et l’homme du banc-l’horloger d’Eveton-le Président-Le train-Maigret et les braves gens-les anneaux de bicêtre-le petit saint- le chat-- Introduction-1948-1989-Notices-notes et variantes-bibliographie-filmographie-‎

Bookseller reference : 10861

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎African Trio Talatala Tropic Moon Aboard the Aquitaine‎

‎New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1979. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0151039550 . a little edge wear and rubbing speckling to top edge two pages dog-eared. Jacket in new Brodart spine sunned corners bumped a little edge wear and sunning. A nice copy. ; <i>Talatala and Tropic Moon</i> translated by Stuart Gilbert. <i>Aboard the Aquitaine </i>translated by Paul Auster and Lydia Davis. Short preface by the author from his reporting on Africa during the early 1930s. ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 325 pages; <p>"'The time of colonial Africa is running out' Simenon wrote in 1932. But the exotic alien aspects of life on that continent inspired him to some of his very best psychological fiction. The isolation and perpetual challenge Africa presented to European settlers served as a catalyst for the type of confrontation Simenon has always portrayed with particular brilliance: that dark frightening moment when a man is faced with the kernel of possibility within himself aware of how helpless he is to control his fate. " . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 8574 ISBN : 0151039550 9780151039555

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎Inspector Maigret and the Burglar's Wife‎

‎Roslyn NY: Walter J. Black. Good with no dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Spine slanted corners bumped minor edge wear half-ring dampstain on front board. Illustrated book plate inside cover. A little darkening but text is clean and unmarked. <p> "The burglar's wife reported her husband had seen Maria lying dead in a pool of her own blood. But why had the burglar skipped town And why did Maria's prosperous dentist husband and aristocratic mother-in-law insist Maria had left Paris of her own free will <br> Here was a caper to baffle even the master sleuth. A case with too many clues -- and no crime. A killing with too many suspects -- and no corpse. Before Maigret got to the bottom of things he would be thrust deep into a whirlpool of twisted passion and dangerous emotion -- where evey smile masked hate . . . and every corner turned could lead to murder . . ."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Walter J. Black hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 003488

‎Simenon Georges; Varese Louis translator‎

‎Maigret and the Gangsters‎

‎New York: Avon Books. Very Good. 1988. 1st Avon Printing. Mass Market paperback. 0380704145 . <br>Slight reading crease a little edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 151 pages; <p> "Maigret and the Gangsters finds Chief Inspector Jules Maigret of the Paris crime squad reluctantly helping the hapless Detective Lognon discover the identity of a body dumped from a passing car and immediately picked up by another before the corpse is even cool. Maigret soon realizes he is dealing with genuine American gangsters and everyone from Pozzo a shady restaurateur to ever-reliable Luigi owner of the stylish Manhattan Bar is warning him to back off. When Lognon himself is kidnapped the case becomes grislier than ever and a wild chase to the finsh for the honor of <i>la patrie</i> and the self-esteem of the unflappable pipe-smoking Maigret." . Avon Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 9143 ISBN : 0380704145 9780380704149

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎Maigret and the Idle Burglar aka Maigret and the Lazy Burglar‎

‎<p>First edition first printing of the 2006 Red Classics series of the fifty seventh novel in the Maigret series. Originally published in 1961 in French translated to English in 1963 and published under the title Maigret and the Lazy Burglar. In fine unread condition.</p> Penguin Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : biblio16383

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎Maigret and the Calame Report aka Maigret and the Minister‎

‎<p>First US edition first printing of the forty sixth novel in the Maigret series. Also published as Maigret and the Minister. At the head of the dustjacket's spine there is a 1/2 inch closed tear. Light edge wear. Price clipped otherwise in good / good condition.</p> Harcourt, Brace and World hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : biblio13353

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎Maigret and the Apparition aka Maigret and the Ghost‎

‎<p>First US edition first printing of the sixty second Maigret mystery. Originally published in France in 1964. Published in the UK in under the title Maigret and the Ghost in 1976. Light edge wear. In near fine / near fine condition.</p> Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : biblio7092 ISBN : 0151551251 9780151551255

‎Simenon Georges translated from the French By Lyn Moir‎

‎Maigret and the Killer‎

‎New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. First American Edition. Hardcover. Spine somewhat slanted ex-library with pocket and usual stamps DJ in protective plastic wrap taped to yellow boards. Top corner of DJ wrinkled. Text is clean and unmarked. <p> "'Somebody killed my boy. . . Why But why' Maigret and Madame Maigret were having their monthly dinner at the Pardons' Maigret's physician when Pardon was called away to a young man lying wounded on the sidewalk. Accompanying Pardon Maigret is drawn into one of the most perplexing and also potentially dangerous cases of his career."; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 006728

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎Maigret and the Spinster‎

‎New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good. 1982. Mass Market Paperback. 0156551292 . Slight shelf wear. small stain at bottom of front edge. Very clean copy. <p> Translated by Eileen Ellenbogen <br> "For six months a plain young woman had been pestering Maigret with the complain that the furniture in her apartment shared with an aunt mysteriously shifted position at night. Everyone at police headquarters was convinced it was all imagination and they teased Maigret about his 'girl friend.' Her endless patience got on his nerves and even her spinsterish look irritated him. No wonder he put off seeing her on a particularly busy day. It was a postponement he came to regret. <br> As Maigret endeavors to solve a case in which he considers himself guilty he must reconstruct events that have gathered dust for years wade through interrogations of witnesses who want to mislead him and try to get inside the mind of a greedy mistrustful old woman."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 000940 ISBN : 0156551292 9780156551298

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎Maigret and the Madwoman‎

‎New York: Harvest / HBJ. Good. 1979. Mass Market Paperback. 0156551225 . Spine slightly creased a bit slanted covers a bit creased and bowed out corners bumped including some pages book has a gentle curver to it. Text is clean and unmarked. <p> "This is a very special case in Maigret's experince in which he invests his heart as much as his ingenuity. A nice old lady meticulously groomed and showing no signs of derangement timidly tries to see the famous detective and finally accosts him in the street. She is frightened: someone invades her apartment during her absences. Nothing is missing. But says she there are minute changes in the positions of objects which to her prove the presence of an intruder. Maigret's subordinates shrug her off as a lunatic and she becomes known at Police Headquarters as Maigret's Madwoman. But Maigret is touched by the look in her eyes and promises to go and see her. Someone else however gets there ahead of him. <br> Translator: Eileen Ellenbogen.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Harvest / HBJ paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 003455 ISBN : 0156551225 9780156551229

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎Maigret Bides His Time‎

‎San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Good. 1986. 27th Edition; Second Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0156551519 . <br>Spine a bit slanted scuffed a little edge wear a little cover creasing and scuffing. A few pages with crayon markings but the text is clearly readable. Reading copy. ; <br>Translated by Alistair Hamilton. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 155 pages; <p>"The daring daylight smash-and-grab robberies of jewelry store windows by a gang of Corsican bandits have tested Maigret's legendary patience for over two decades. When Corsican immigrant Manuel Palmari turns up slumped in his wheelchair shot through the head a generation of conspiracy begins to unravel. Sweeping through Palmari's seedy boardinghouse room by room the Inspector interviews a bizarre collection of characters and unearths a secret buried in the rubble of World War II that provides the final clue to Maigret's longest case. " . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 9145 ISBN : 0156551519 9780156551519

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎Maigret Goes Home‎

‎New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Good in Good dust jacket. 1989. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 0151551502 . <br>Ex Library with the usual stamps stickers and pocket. Spine cocked slight edge wear. Jacket in plastic protective sleeve glued to pastedowns a little edge wear and rubbing. A good reading copy. ; <br>Translated by Robert Baldick. ; Inspector Maigret; Ex-Library; 7 ¾" X 9 ¾"; 139 pages; <P>"At the crack of dawn on a raw morning Chief Inspector Maigret finds himself in the church of Saint-Fiacre in the village where he was raised. He's there as a result of an anonymous note threatening that someone would die in the church at the first Mass of All Souls' Day. The arrival of the Countess de Saint-Fiacre elicits many fond memories for Maigret and as these recollections busy his mind she rolls from her pew to the floor-dead! Everyone is suspect in this masterful tale of aristocrats fallen on hard times." . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 8885 ISBN : 0151551502 9780151551507

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎Maigret Hesitates‎

‎New York: Harcourt Brace & World Inc. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1970. Book Club BCE/BOMC. Hardcover. <br>Red boards with black lettering 182 pp Book club edition. Corners bumped slight edge wear spine slightly cocked. Jacket in new Brodart spine sunned minor edge wear and chipping especially along spine some sunning. A nice copy. ; <br> Originally published under the title "Maigret Hesite." Translated from the French by Lyn Moir. ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 182 pages; <p> "Despite the expensively elegant stationery Inspector Maigret had given the anonymous letter very little thought. He was accustomed to receiving crank mail that spoke of unreported crimes and innocent victims. However reading the letter more closely he began to see something that disturbed him. . . It was the neurotic power-crazed personality of a ruthless killer. The Inspector had no trouble tracing the stationery to the house where it came from - the sumptuous Paris establishment of an expert in Maritime Law. But from there on Maigret floundered - who had written the letter Who was about to commit murder And above all who was the potential victim The final solution came as a deadly surprise to everyone. . . Including Maigret." . Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 8575

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎Maigret in Exile‎

‎New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 0151551472 . <br>Black cloth with silver lettering 162 pp. Spine slightly cocked corners bumped slight edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in new Brodart slight edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; Translated by Eileen Ellenbogen. ; Maigret; 7 ¾" X 9 ¾"; 162 pages; <p> "Maigret has fallen into disfavor with his Paris superiors and been spitefully shunted to a district supervisor's job in the provinces on the northern French coast. Here among mussel-gathers and lobstermen he suffers depression and boredom. He is an outsider; even the local police inspector is dull and predictable as everything in the coastal villages appears to be. But then murder brings the spice of death to Maigret's life. <br> "This is an unusual Maigret in an unusual setting. It was written in Nieul-sur-Mer - where Simenon spent part of the war years an exile himself- and belongs to the high-watermark years of his productivity." . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 8882 ISBN : 0151551472 9780151551477

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎Maigret Sets a Trap translated By Daphne Woodward‎

‎New York: Harvest / HBJ. Good. 1990. Third Printing. Mass Market Paperback. 0156551268 . <br>Some scuffing along spine minor edge wear and rubbing some cover creasing. A nice copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 182 pages; <p> "Maigret baits a clever trap to lure the murderer of five stocky women all brutally knifed in the streets of Montmartre one hot and steamy summer. Playing on the perverse vanity of the killer the Inspector narrowly misses capturing his culprit. Finally he succeeds in uncovering a clue that leads him to a trio of suspects entangled in a web of guilt and possessiveness so tight that the unraveling nearly exhausts Maigret - until at last he uncovers the tortured motives behind the crime. " . Harvest / HBJ paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 9146 ISBN : 0156551268 9780156551267

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎Malempin‎

‎Gallimard. Good. 1967. Reprint Edition. Soft Cover. Spine slightly slanted/creased some edgewear/bumping cover shows some creasing. Text is in French. A clean unmarked copy.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; This synopsis is from <i>The Family Lie</i> which is listed as a translation of <i>Malempin</i>. "A physician watches by the bedside of his son who is stricken with diphtheria. Ordinarily he is too busy for introspection but now the isolation forced upon him releases to the surface of his mind a traumatic experience from his own childhood linked also to illness - a crime committed by his parents. Family ties appear as family lies sustained by hypocrisy fear - and love. <br>" Simenon's mastery shows in the vividness of the pictures arising out of a long-buried memory which stand outin the light of true flashes of recognition. The past as resuscitated in the claustrophobic sickroom atmosphere has a haunting quality an eerie suspense. This is a remarkable study of family relationships destructive and contructive and of a father's unspoken communication with a beloved threatened child. " . Gallimard paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 003409

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎Sunday‎

‎Harbrace Paperback Library. Good. 1976. Mass Market Paperback. 0156863014 . Corners bumped a little edge wear reading crease a little soiling. Text is clean and bright. A nice copy. <p> "A Sunday in May -a Sunday like any other at the popular inn on the Riviera except that this is the day Emile the chef and proprietor is preparing to murder his wife. He has rehearsed for a year. Ada his mistress is waiting on tables. His wife is ready for lunch before writing checks for the customers. Emile is in the kitchen. Everything is set. Simenon builds the suspense with his incomparable mastery of character bringing a silent struggle between husband and wife to a ruthless and quite unexpected culmination." <br> Translated by Nigel Ryan.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Harbrace Paperback Library paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 006537 ISBN : 0156863014 9780156863018

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎The Family Lie‎

‎New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 0151562474 . <br>Red boards with gold lettering 146 pp. Corners bumped slight edge wear spine cracked at page 20. Jacket in new Brodart spine a bit sunned slight edge wear. A nice copy. ; <br> Jacket states that this was translated by Caroline Hillier but the title page shows the translator as Isabel Quigly. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 146 pages; <p> "A physician watches by the bedside of his son who is stricken with diphtheria. Ordinarily he is too busy for introspection but now the isolation forced upon him releases to the surface of his mind a traumatic experience from his own childhood linked also to illness - a crime committed by his parents. Family ties appear as family lies sustained by hypocrisy fear - and love. <br>" Simenon's mastery shows in the vividness of the pictures arising out of a long-buried memory which stand outin the light of true flashes of recognition. The past as resuscitated in the claustrophobic sickroom atmosphere has a haunting quality an eerie suspense. This is a remarkable study of family relationships destructive and contructive and of a father's unspoken communication with a beloved threatened child. " . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 8522 ISBN : 0151562474 9780151562473

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎The Hotel Majestic aka Maigret and the Hotel Majestic aka The Cellars of Majestic‎

‎<p>First edition first printing of the 2007 reprint edition of the twentieth novel in the Maigret series. Originally published in 1942 in French translated to English in 1977 and published under the title Maigret and the Hotel Majestic. Republished in 2016 under the title The Cellars of Majestic. In fine unread condition.</p> Penguin Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : biblio16389 ISBN : 0143038451 9780143038450

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎The Iron Staircase‎

‎New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good. 1981. 27th Edition; 1st American Paperback. Mass Market paperback. 015645484X . Corners bumped a little edge wear and rubbing black line across bottom edge 1.45 written on front endpaper. A nice copy. ; <br>Translated by Eileen Ellenbogen. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 176 pages; <p>" Etienne Lomel still loves his wife but he fears her. Lying ill in his room at the top of the iron staircase he listens to every move she makes in the shop below. Will he come to the same fate as her former husband while she and Etienne were lovers When did he first begin to feel the burning sensation in his throat Is anxiety slowly killing him or is it poison <br>" Under the surface of routine life Lomel's terror intensifies and explodes resolving his suspicion in a totally unforeseen way. " . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 8607 ISBN : 015645484X 9780156454841

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎The Little Saint‎

‎New York: Pocket Books. Good. 1967. Mass Market Paperback. Front cover creased and bowed out corners bumped minor edge wear a couple pages creased along fore edge some darkening. A tight attractive copy. <p> "With great warmth and understanding Simenon tells the poignant story of a unique little slum boy and with charm and meticulous detail he recreates the whole colorful ere of Paris in the 1890's capturing the spirit of the time of Lautrec the early Picasso Braque and Matisse." Described as Simenon's favorite novel of the hundreds he wrote. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman.; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall . Pocket Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 002311

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎The Misty Harbour aka Death of a Harbour Master‎

‎<p>New Translation copy of the fifteenth novel in the Inspector Maigret series. Also published under the title Death of a Harbour Master. Light edge wear. In near fine condition.</p> Penguin paperback‎

Bookseller reference : biblio9890 ISBN : 014139479X 9780141394794

‎Simenon Georges‎

‎The Yellow Dog aka A Face for A Clue aka Maigret and the Concarneau Murders aka Maigret and the Yellow Dog‎

‎<p>First edition third printing of the 2006 Red Classics series of this stand alone mystery novel. Originally published in 1931 in France. Translated into English in 1939 under the title A Face for a Clue. Then again in 1980 under the title Maigret and the Concarneau Murders and then in 1987 under the title Maigret and the Yellow Dog. In fine unread condition.</p> Penguin Books paperback‎

Bookseller reference : biblio16382 ISBN : 0141025913 9780141025919