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Simenon, Georges
Act of Passion New York Review Books Classics
New. Brand new and still unused unknown
Bookseller reference : 1590173856 ISBN : 1590173856 9781590173855
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Simenon, Georges (1903 - 1989)
Act of Passion
London: Routledge 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Varese Louise translated by: Act of Passion London: Routledge Kegan Paul 1953. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 10s 6d net to the inside flap. pp224. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy with offsetting to both sets of end-papers in a VG complete dustwrapper with the red spine lettering faded to pink. Photographs/scans available upon request. Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490725730
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Simenon, Georges
Act of Passion New York Review Books Classics
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 1590173856.G ISBN : 1590173856 9781590173855
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Simenon, Georges
Act of Passion.
New York: Signet. Fine with no dust jacket. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First American paperback edition. INSCRIBED & dated in year of publication by Georges Simenon to his publisher Kurt Enoch president of New American Library. Fine in pictorial printed wrappers. First rate association and rare as such. ; 4 1/2" X 7"; 144 pages . Signet. paperback
Bookseller reference : 3114316
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989)
Affairs of Destiny. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited 1947. Crime Fiction First film tie-in edition. Second printing overall first was 1942. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.255; 1 blank. Publisher's blue cloth stamped in black to spine photographic film tie-in dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Contents clean and fresh jacket rather worn with loss at foot of spine and some scratches to front panel. Two murder stories the first of which 'Newhaven-Dieppe' was filmed as 'Temptation Harbour' as advertised on the jacket. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1947 unknown
Bookseller reference : 69808
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989)
Affairs of Destiny. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited 1947. Crime Fiction First film tie-in edition. Second printing overall first was 1942. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.255; 1 blank. Publisher's blue cloth stamped in black to spine photographic film tie-in dust-jacket priced at 8/6 with reduced price label 7/6 attached. Contents clean and fresh jacket panels are bright spine is worn with loss at ends browning. Uncommon. Two murder stories the first of which 'Newhaven-Dieppe' was filmed as 'Temptation Harbour' as advertised on the jacket. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1947 unknown
Bookseller reference : 70805
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Simenon, Georges
Affairs of Destiny
London: Hamish Hamilton 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in dustwrapper. Publisher's original light green cloth with black titles to the spine. The cloth clean and fresh. No inscriptions. Clean contents. A very good copy the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips and corners. The fragile first issue dustwrapper is priced 8s net to the inside flap and is in good condition. It is chipped at the head and tail of the spine and has a closed tear to the upper spine fold and small nicks at the corners. A scarce wartime Simenon first edition. Contains 2 stories: "Newhaven-Dieppe" and "He Woman of the Grey House". Further photographs available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490725192
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Simenon, Georges (1903 - 1989)
Affairs of Destiny
London: Routledge 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Gilbert Stuart translated by: Affairs of Destiny London: Routledge 1942. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 8s. net to the inside flap. Publisher's turquoise-green boards with black lettering to the spine. Boards exceptionally bright and clean apart from a strip of fading at the spine tips. No previous owner inscriptions. There is a former owner's name and contemporary date to the front paste-down. Very clean interior. No foxing. Overall a near fine copy. The very good dustwrapper is faded to the spine with a touch of wear at the spine tips and with totally unnecessary strips of brown paper-based tape to the verso along the top and bottom edges. "Affairs of Destiny" is one of the scarcest wartime Simenon first editions the dustwrapper of which was made from very poor quality paper hence why it never turns up in really fine condition. A fragile and scarce war-time production. Uncommon. Contains two novels: Newhaven - Dieppe and The Woman of the Grey House. Further photographs available upon request. Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490725714
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Simenon, Georges; Gilbert, Stuart (Trans )
Affairs of Destiny
London: George Routledge & Sons. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. DJ is slightly darkened with minor rubbing at the spine ends. Front panel of DJ shows photos from the film "Temptation Harbour". ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 255 pages . George Routledge & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17625
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Simenon, Georges; Gilbert, Stuart (Trans )
Affairs of Destiny
London: George Routledge & Sons. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ is lightly soiled. Spine is browned with chipping at the bottom rubbing at the top. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 255 pages . George Routledge & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 17626
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Simenon, Georges
African Trio: Talatala Tropic Moon Aboard the Aquitaine
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
Bookseller reference : Q-0151039550 ISBN : 0151039550 9780151039555
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Simenon, G
Ami Maigret
mass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
Bookseller reference : 2258000424.G ISBN : 2258000424 9782258000421
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989)
AU BOUT DU ROULEAU
Paris: Les Presses de la Cite 1947. 1ª Edição . Editorial / Hard Cover. Bom / Good / Bon. In-12º187x123. 1 volume de 246-1 pp. <br/> <br/> Les Presses de la Cite hardcover
Bookseller reference : 036688
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Simenon, Georges (1903-1989)
Aunt Jeanne
London: Hamish Hamilton 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: Hamish Hamilton 1953. First UK Edition. pp185. Publisher's blue cloth with red titles to spine illustrated dustwrapper. A fine copy the usual offsetting to both sets of end-papers in a near fine dustwrapper with a hint of rubbing at the head of the spine and a tiny closed tear with associated crease to the top edge of the back pane. The dustwrapper is priced 8s 6d net to the inside flap. A very nice copy indeed in really bright condition with none of the dulling so often seen with this title. Photographs/scans available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490723889
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989)
Aunt Jeanne. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1953. Thriller FIRST UK EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.186. Publisher's dark blue cloth with burgundy lettering to spine with monochrome photographic paper dust-jacket priced at 8/6. No inscriptions some spotting to top edge jacket gently used with a neat tear to rear subtle fading to spine. Very good indeed. Aunt Jeanne who has ruined herself in various ways eventually returns to the people and places of her childhood only to find that they too have changed or decayed. A psychological drama from a master storyteller. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1953 unknown
Bookseller reference : 70734
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Simenon, Georges
Aunt Jeanne English and French Edition
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0151097925.G ISBN : 0151097925 9780151097920
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SIMENON, Georges
Aunt Jeanne
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First British edition. Originally entitled Tante Jeanne. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury. Owner name on front pastedown tips of spine are quite faded endpapers are lightly foxed with small stain on page edges and on pages 10-11 about very good in a good only dust jacket with loss of the spine ends short chips and tears along the extremities. A French novel. Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd hardcover
Bookseller reference : 513573
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SIMENON, Georges
Aunt Jeanne.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1953. First UK edition third overall first impression inscribed "to Ralph this very first book written in a house I love and he loves "factuellement" G. Simenon Shadow Rock Farm Lakeville 1955" to front free endpaper. Most certainly Ralph Ingersoll 1900-1985 an American writer editor and publisher from whom Simenon bought Shadow Rock Farm in Lakeville Connecticut in 1950. The town became the background for his 1952 novel La Mort de Belle. A very good copy of one of Simenon's non-Maigret novels "a book of remarkable pity and understanding". Octavo. Publisher's blue cloth titles in red on spine. With dust jacket. Light discolouration to spine and boards edges. A very good copy in the bright dust jacket a few small tears and nicks to edges a little rubbed traces of a tape repair to bottom edge of front panel damp stain to verso of spine and front panel. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 135410
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Simenon, Georges
Aunt Jeanne - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
San Diego New York ET AL: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1950. First US Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0151097925 . An unblemished first American edition/first printing housed in an equally Fine dust-jacket; Aunt Jeanne is a suspenseful and dark novel about a woman who is blackmailed into helping a group of criminals.; 8vo; 154 pages . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 55340 ISBN : 0151097925 9780151097920
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Simenon, Georges and translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury
Aunt Jeanne
San Diego New York ET AL: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. 0151097925 . A Fine edition housed in a Fine dust-jacket ; Aunt Jeanne is a novel by Georges Simenon and translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury. The story is set in the 1930s in a small town in France. Aunt Jeanne is a spinster who has been living with her sister since their father's death. The sisters are very close and Jeanne is the caretaker of her sister's welfare. One day Jeanne's sister dies and Jeanne is left alone. She is forced to take a job at the local paper mill to support herself. Jeanne is very sad and lonely and begins to drink heavily. Eventually she is arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct.; 8vo; 154 pages; 7 . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 58492 ISBN : 0151097925 9780151097920
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Simenon, Georges
Autograph Note in French Signed
"GS" on printed engraved card; 5 7/8" x 4 1/8" n.d. With his Lausanne Vaud Switzerland address. Very good.
Bookseller reference : 604448
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Simenon, Georges
Barrio negro
Tusquets Editores 1996. Tapa blanda. 2ª Mano. Andanzas 278. . . . . Tapa blanda con solapas 168 p. ; 21x14 cm Tusquets Editores unknown
Bookseller reference : 178699 ISBN : 847223794x 9788472237940
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Simenon, Geoerges (Joseph Christian (12 Februaro 1903 - 4 Septembro 1989)
Begräbnis des Herrn Bouvet Das
HEYNE WILHELM 1976. 3. softcover. HEYNE, WILHELM paperback
Bookseller reference : 17301 ISBN : 3453120698 9783453120693
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Simenon, Georges
Belle
mass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
Bookseller reference : 0451011244.G ISBN : 0451011244 9780451011244
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Simenon, Georges
BELLE.
New York: Signet. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First American paperback edition. Also first separate printing under this title having been published earlier in the collection "Tidal Wave." INSCRIBED & dated in year of publication by Georges Simenon to his American publisher Kurt Enoch president of New American Library. Near fine in pictorial printed wrappers. A few mild traces of shelf-wear. An association of singular distinction. ; 4 1/2" X 7"; 142 pages . Signet. paperback
Bookseller reference : 3114319
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Simenon, Georges (preface); Mourlot, Fernand (compiler); Buffet, Bernard
Bernard Buffet: Lithographs 1952-1966
New York NY: Tudor Publishing Company 1968. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Folio. Includes cardboard slipcase and heavy clear acrylic dust jacket. Trade Edition. Includes 66 reproductions of lithographs plus 11 original full-page lithographs made especially for this edition including frontis and cover. Minor shelfwear to DJ: light scuffing along edges and spine light fading along edges and spine three small closed tears along top spine edge. Erased pencil notation at top right corner of front endpaper. Tightly bound no marks. Volume is in Near Fine-minus condition. Tudor Publishing Company Paperback
Bookseller reference : 062331
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Simenon, Georges and Fernand Mourlot
Bernard Buffet: Werkverzeichnis Der Lithographien 1952-1966
Cologne Germany: Orangerie Verlag 1967. Hardcover. VG- corners & spine ends rubbed. rubbing to lower cover edges. abrasion to textlbock edge affects the pg edges of 31-46 w/ rubs & creases. pictorial boards w/ black printing. 180 pgs w/ 66 color plates & 10 original lithographs; 11 lithograph is considered cover. text in French. Pages have occasional light marks or specks of foxing; some ink ghosting from opposing plates/pages otherwise a nice bright copy with all original lithographs. Orangerie Verlag hardcover
Bookseller reference : 187470
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Simenon, Georges
Betty
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0241891531.G ISBN : 0241891531 9780241891537
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Simenon, Georges
Betty
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1975. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket; Betty is a compelling psychological mystery novel by Georges Simenon. It follows the life of Betty a young woman who is married to a violent alcoholic man. One day Betty disappears and her husband becomes increasingly suspicious. He begins to investigate her disappearance and discovers that Betty has been having an affair with a wealthy man. The man she was cheating on her husband with is also the one who has been paying for her husband's expensive alcohol habit. In the end Betty's husband is able to find out the truth and he and Betty are able to reconcile.; 8vo; $20.00 . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
Bookseller reference : 101582
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SIMENON, Georges
Betty.
Paris:: Presses de la Cite 1961. First edition; No. 51 of 100 deluxe copies. in sheets unbound folded signatures; preserved in a custom slipcase and chemise. Leather gilt book label of Florence and Edward Kaye on chemise; else fine. . 8vo. Presses de la Cite, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 25091
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SIMENON, Georges
Betty. Translated from the French by Alastair Hamilton
1975. SIMENON Georges. Betty. Translated from the French by Alastair Hamilton. Orig. wrappers. London: Hamish Hamilton 1975. Advance proof copy of the first edition in English. A fine copy. unknown
Bookseller reference : 19414
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989), [LOWE, Eileen M, translator]
Big Bob
London: Hamish Hamilton 1969. Intrigue FIRST UK EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 14cm pp.174; 2 blank. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Jillian Willet priced at 18s / £0.90. Contents and page edges clean no ink names jacket very lightly handled. Fine. Was Bob's death by suicide or accidental drowning A psychological thriller from a master of the genre. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1969 unknown
Bookseller reference : 73140
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Simenon, Georges
Big Bob
London: Hamish Hamilton 1969. A first edition first printing published by Hamish Hamilton in 1956. A near fine book without inscriptions in a very good unclipped wrapper with some wear to the edges. Hamish Hamilton unknown
Bookseller reference : 13367
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Simenon, Georges
Big Bob;
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 024101770X.G ISBN : 024101770X 9780241017708
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989)
Black Rain. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited 1949. Crime stories FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.264; 2 blank. Publisher's yellow cloth stamped in black to spine dust-jacket designed by 'mb' priced at 9/6. Contents clean no inscriptions. A near fine copy of the book in a near fine lightly used jacket with a little sunning to the spine panel. A fresh-looking copy. Uncommon thus. Two short stories one being a murder investigation the other a psychological drama. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1949 unknown
Bookseller reference : 70798
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Simenon, Georges
Black Rain
London: Routledge 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1949. First UK Edition. pp 264. Publisher's pale ochre cloth with black titles to spine illustrated dustwrapper designed by MB. A hint of foxing to the page block edges otherwise a VG copy in a VG dustwrapper with minor creasing chipping and wear wear to the spine tips and several historic tape repairs to the verso. Spine just a hint faded. Photographs/scans available upon request. Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490724699
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Simenon, Georges
Black Rain
London: Routledge 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1949. First UK Edition. pp 264. Publisher's pale ochre cloth with black titles to spine illustrated dustwrapper designed by MB. Boards exceptionally bright and clean. No inscriptions. No foxing. A lovely bright and clean fine copy. The dustwrapper is price-clipped to the front flap but is otherwise a beautiful near fine example with the orange portions of the wrapper un-faded. No loss to the wrapper. A superior copy of a fragile book seldom seen in such bright and attractive collector's condition. A rare survival. Photographs/scans available upon request. Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490724698
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989)
Black Rain. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited 1949. Crime stories FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.264; 2 blank. Publisher's yellow cloth stamped in black to spine. Contents clean no inscriptions covers gently handled. A near fine copy without the scarce wrapper. Two short stories one being a murder investigation the other a psychological drama. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1949 unknown
Bookseller reference : 73422
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SIMENON, GEORGES
CABECA DE UM HOMEM A
CIA DAS LETRAS. new. Maigret tenta provar a inocncia de um homem condenado morte por um assassinato brutal. Enquanto se desenrola seu plano ele encontra expatriados americanos com segredos que podero trazer toda a verdade tona. CIA DAS LETRAS unknown
Bookseller reference : 9788535924\'978
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SIMENON, GEORGES
CACHORRO AMARELO O
CIA DAS LETRAS. new. "O Cachorro Amarelo"" se passa na cidade costeira de Concarneau na regio francesa da Bretanha. Ap�s o assassinato de um mercador de vinhos Maigret passa a desconfiar de Emma uma garonete submissa. A chave para a resposta contudo est num misterioso cachorro amarelo que vaga pelas redondezas e costuma repousar aos ps de Emma. CIA DAS LETRAS unknown
Bookseller reference : 9788535924510
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SIMENON, GEORGES
CASO SAINT-FIACRE O
CIA DAS LETRAS. new. "O Caso Saint-Fiacre"" o dcimo terceiro livro protagonizado por Jules Maigret em que finalmente conhecemos seu passado. Ele filho do administrador de um castelo ao sul de Paris para onde volta pela primeira vez desde o enterro do pai. O motivo Um bilhete annimo: um crime seria cometido no local durante a missa de finados. Antes do fim do sermo a condessa de Saint-Fiacre morre subitamente. Sua fam�lia est falindo. O filho um aproveitador. O secretrio seu amante e poss�vel herdeiro. Os atuais administradores do castelo oportunistas em potencial. O padre um omisso. Mais que investigar os suspeitos o maior desafio de Maigret enfrentar as lembranas que Saint-Fiacre lhe desperta. CIA DAS LETRAS unknown
Bookseller reference : 9788535926231
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SIMENON, GEORGES
CAVALARICO DA PROVIDENCE O
CIA DAS LETRAS. new. O comissrio Maigret est sob a chuva perto de um canal. Uma mulher bem vestida Mary Lampson foi estrangulada num estbulo ali perto. Por que sua vida hedonista e cheia de glamour teve um fim brutal num lugar ermo como esse Decerto seu marido taciturno Sir Walter sabe alguma coisa - ou talvez as respostas estejam com a tripulao da balsa Providence. CIA DAS LETRAS unknown
Bookseller reference : 9788535924169
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Simenon, Georges
Chez Krull
mass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
Bookseller reference : 2070259528.G ISBN : 2070259528 9782070259526
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Simenon, Georges
Chez Krull
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0856172065.G ISBN : 0856172065 9780856172069
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Simenon, Georges (1903-1989)
Chez les Flamandes : roman inedit / Georges Simenon
Paris : Artheme Fayard 1932. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 250 pages; Physical desc. : 250 p. ; 17 cm. Subject: French fiction --Fiction in French 1900 - Texts including translations. Paris : Artheme Fayard paperback
Bookseller reference : 181941
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Simenon, Geoerges (Joseph Christian (12 Februaro 1903 - 4 Septembro 1989)
Chien jaune Le
LIVRE DE POCHE LE. 1. softcover. Maigret LIVRE DE POCHE, LE paperback
Bookseller reference : 49221 ISBN : 2253142921 9782253142928
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SIMENON, Georges
Chit of a Girl with Grahame Book Company Thoth Bookseller Ticket
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited 1949. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First English edition. Translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury. Small octavo. Handsome Thoth bookseller ticket black and red of Sydney's Grahame Book Company on front pastedown. Binding cocked with modest offsetting on endleaves very good or better in a price-clipped and modestly soiled good only dust jacket dampstained at the spine with a couple of tiny nicks. The dampstain is most visible on the interior. Prints the novellas Chit of a Girl and Justice. Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited hardcover
Bookseller reference : 585437 ISBN : 0151032661 9780151032662
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Simenon, Georges
Chit of a Girl
London: Routledge 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1949. First UK Edition in dustwrapper. pp 265. Publisher's dark-pink cloth with black titles to spine illustrated dustwrapper. Boards bright and clean and un-faded apart from a slither of fading at the spine ends matching wear in the dustwrapper. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Clean interior. Overall VG copy with light offsetting to the end-papers. The dustwrapper is priced 9s 6d net to the inside flap as called for. The dustwrapper has chipping rubbing and shallow loss at the spine tips not affecting any lettering and a couple of short closed tears neatly repaired on the verso with filmoplast Overall quite a nice copy with a very clean back panel. Further photographs available upon request. Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490725194
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989), [SAINSBURY, Geoffrey, translator]
Chit of a Girl
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1950. Mystery stories FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.265; 3 blank. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black to spine dust-jacket designed by 'mb' priced 8/6. Contents clean no ink names jacket lightly worn only. Near fine. Two short stories one concerning two sisters the other a tale of crime and vice on the French Riviera. Haining; The Classic Era of Crime Fiction p167 2002 Steinbrunner & Penzler; Ency.of Mystery & Detection p363-5 1976. Eric Quayle; The Collectors Book of Detective Fiction p.99 115. 1972. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1950 unknown
Bookseller reference : 73171
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Simenon, Georges (1903 - 1989)
Chit of a Girl
London: Routledge 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Sainsbury Geoffrey translated by: Chit of a Girl London: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1949. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 9s 6d net to the inside flap. pp 265. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. Boards bright and clean and un-faded apart from a slither of fading/bruising at the spine ends matching wear in the dustwrapper and faint offsetting to the end-papers. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Clean interior. Overall a VG copy in a very good dustwrapper with the brown block and author's name faded to a dark olive green. There is minor loss to the spine tips and a couple of short edge tears and associated creases to the top edge. There is also a tiny concertina tear to the middle of the spine and a tiny hole also to the spine. Great cover art by 'MB'. Prints the novellas 'Chit of a Girl' La Marie du Port and 'Justice'. In 1950 Ka Marie du Port was adapted into a French film of the same name directed by Marcel Carne and starring Jean Gabin Blanchette Brunoy and Nicole Courcel. Further photographs available upon request. Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490725721
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