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Simenon, Georges (1903-1989)
The Little Saint
London: Hamish Hamilton 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Frechtman Bernard translated by: The Little Saint London: Hamish Hamilton 1966. First UK Edition. pp143. Publisher's teal cloth with gilt titles to spine illustrated dustwrapper designed by Paul Bacon Studios. Several tiny spots to the front board otherwise a fine copy in a VG complete dustwrapper with several short edge tears and associated faint creases. Surprisingly uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490723940
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Simenon, Georges (1903 - 1989)
The Little Man from Archangel
London: Hamish Hamilton 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 10s 6d net . Publisher's blue boards with gilt spine lettering. Boards exceptionally bright and clean. No inscriptions. A slither of fading to the base of the spine minor foxing to the top edge and offsetting to both sets of end-papers otherwise a fine copy in a VG complete dustwrapper minisculy frayed at the tip of the spine with a few foxing spots to the top of the back panel. A nice copy. Further photographs available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490725743
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Simenon, Georges (1903 - 1989)
The Little Saint
London: Hamish Hamilton 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 18s net to the inside flap. pp143. Publisher's teal cloth with gilt titles to spine illustrated dustwrapper designed by Paul Bacon Studios. Spine tips bruised and foxing to both sets of end-papers otherwise a near fine copy in like minutely rubbed dustwrapper. A nice copy. Further photographs available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490725780
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Simenon, Georges
The Little Saint
Harcourt Brace & World Inc. New York 1965; First Edition; 8vo 186 pages; black cloth. The book which marked a departure in subject and mood for Simenon and the one which in 1965 he told Time Magazine that he would choose if he were allowed to keep but one of all his novels. Translated from the French by Bernard Frechtman. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Clean crisp bright and sharp no price clipping no ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1016
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Simenon, Georges
The Lodger 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 : 0151529604.G ISBN : 0151529604 9780151529605
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Simenon, Georges
The Lodger English and French Edition
Harcourt 1983-10-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harcourt hardcover
Bookseller reference : Q-0151529604 ISBN : 0151529604 9780151529605
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Simenon, Georges and translated by Stuart Gilbert
The Lodger
San Diego New York ET AL: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0151529604 . A Fine edition in an equally unblemished dust-jacket ; The Lodger is a novel written by Georges Simenon and translated by Stuart Gilbert. The story follows a detective Jean Ray who is asked to investigate the death of a woman who has been living in the same building as him. The woman Mrs. Kapp has been living in the building for years and is known to be a recluse. The detective begins to suspect that she may be the victim of a crime and begins to investigate her past. He soon discovers that she is a widow who has been living in the building because her husband died in a car accident. The detective begins to investigate her husband's death and discovers that he was involved in a shady business deal. The detective is able to solve the crime and prosecute the people responsible.; 8vo; 165 pages; Price . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 56286 ISBN : 0151529604 9780151529605
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Simenon, Georges
The Long Exile
London: Hamish Hamilton 1983 G/VG-. 8vo. original brown boards gilt ex-library with RSMs notations etc. to outer leaves RFE excised a few leaves at rear neatly reaffixed paperstock toning occ. spots and marks in dustwrapper priced £8.95 net in UK only rubbed & creased some sunning and marking; pp. 366 last blank. A good reading copy of an uncommon title in a presentable jacket one of his so-called 'roman durs' hard novels. First English. Hard Cover. G/VG-. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 032999 ISBN : 0241107628 9780241107621
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SIMENON, Georges
The Long Exile.
San Diego:: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0151529973 . Translated from the French by Eileen Ellenbogan. First American printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge Some light foxing on top edge else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 107136 ISBN : 0151529973 9780151529971
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Simenon, Georges
The Long Exile English and French Edition
Harcourt. dj in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1983. Harcourt hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011691 ISBN : 0151529973 9780151529971
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Simenon, Georges
The Long Exile 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 : 0151529973.G ISBN : 0151529973 9780151529971
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Simenon, Georges; Sainsbury, Geoffrey [Translator]
The Madman of Bergerac
Penguin Books 2007-06-05. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Books paperback
Bookseller reference : Q-0143111965 ISBN : 0143111965 9780143111962
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989)
The Magician. Translated from the French by Helen Sebba
London: Hamish Hamilton 1974. Crime Mystery FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.188. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Beverly Lebarrow priced at £2.25 to front flap. No inscriptions edges clean and white. A crisp fine copy. A novel concerning an alcoholic conjuror. A supreme storyteller this is one of Simenon's non-series pyschological dramas which are amongst the finest in the genre. This element of his craft has been praised by writers from Ernest Hemingway to Andre Gide. Haining; The Classic Era of Crime Fiction p167 2002 Steinbrunner & Penzler; Ency.of Mystery and Detection p363-5 1976. Eric Quayle; The Collectors Book of Detective Fiction p.99 115. 1972. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974 unknown
Bookseller reference : 69076
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Simenon, Georges (1903-1989)
The Magician
London: Hamish Hamilton 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Sebba Helen translated by: The Magician London: Hamish Hamilton 1974. First UK Edition. pp188. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine illustrated photographic-style dustwrapper designed by Beverly Lebarrow. A fine copy in like dustwrapper. A lovely copy. Photographs/scans available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490723959
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Simenon, Georges (1903-1989)
The Magician
London: Hamish Hamilton 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Sebba Helen translated by: The Magician London: Hamish Hamilton 1974. First UK Edition. pp188. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine illustrated photographic-style dustwrapper designed by Beverly Lebarrow. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with just the faintest of creases at the head of the spine hardly worth mentioning. A nice copy. Photographs/scans available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490723960
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989)
The Magician. Translated from the French by Helen Sebba
London: Hamish Hamilton 1974. Crime Mystery FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.188. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Beverly Lebarrow. No inscriptions gentle spotting to top edge jacket is clean and fresh price clipped. Near fine. A novel concerning an alcoholic conjuror. A supreme storyteller this is one of Simenon's non-series psychological dramas which are amongst the finest in the genre. This element of his craft has been praised by writers from Ernest Hemingway to Andre Gide. Haining; The Classic Era of Crime Fiction p167 2002 Steinbrunner & Penzler; Ency.of Mystery and Detection p363-5 1976. Eric Quayle; The Collectors Book of Detective Fiction p.99 115. 1972. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974 unknown
Bookseller reference : 70856
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989)
The Magician. Translated from the French by Helen Sebba
London: Hamish Hamilton 1974. Crime Mystery FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.188. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Beverly Lebarrow. Some dustiness to top edge. Mild edgewear. Near fine. A novel concerning an alcoholic conjuror. A supreme storyteller this is one of Simenon's non-series psychological dramas which are amongst the finest in the genre. This element of his craft has been praised by writers from Ernest Hemingway to Andre Gide. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974 unknown
Bookseller reference : 73774
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Simenon, Georges (trans Helen Sebba).
The Magician
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0241890632.G ISBN : 0241890632 9780241890639
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Simenon, Georges
The Maigret Collection: 1 Penguin Modern Classics
Penguin Classics 2015. Paperback. New. 912 pages. 8.03x5.31x2.52 inches. Penguin Classics paperback
Bookseller reference : 2-0241253160 ISBN : 0241253160 9780241253168
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989), [BUDBERG, Moura, translator]
The Man on the Bench in the Barn
London: Hamish Hamilton 1970. Thriller FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.170. Publisher's blue cloth gilt titles to spine pictorial dust-jacket designed by Bernard Higton priced at £1.25 / 25s. Contents clean no ink names. Simply a fine fresh copy. A murder-mystery set in New England during a blizzard. Haining; The Classic Era of Crime Fiction p.167 2002. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1970 unknown
Bookseller reference : 73122
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Simenon, Georges (1903 - 1989)
The Man on the Bench in the Barn
London: Hamish Hamilton 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced £1.25/ 25s net to the inside flap. pp170. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine illustrated photographic-style dustwrapper designed by Bernard Higton. Boards exceptionally bright and clean. No inscriptions. Very light foxing to the top edge otherwise a fine copy in like complete dustwrapper with the purple spine lettering faded by just one shade. A very nice copy indeed. Further photographs available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490725797
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SIMENON, Georges
The man on the boulevard
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Bookseller reference : 0141025905.G ISBN : 0141025905 9780141025902
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Simenon, Georges/ Romano, Marc/ Thin, D/ Sante, Luc (Introduction by)
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
New York Review of Books 2005. Paperback. New. translation edition. 203 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.75 inches. New York Review of Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 1-1590171497 ISBN : 1590171497 9781590171493
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989)
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert
London: George Routledge and Sons Limited 1942. Murder mystery FIRST UK EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 14cm pp.199; 1 blank. Publisher's russet cloth lettered in black illustrated dust-jacket. Contents clean no inscriptions wrapper with some chips and tears rubbed to spine rather clumsy price clip to flap. Very good. Rare in jacket. Suspenseful thriller in which a pretty cabaret dancer comes to an untimely end in an Amsterdam hotel and her acquaintance the placid chess-playing Dutchman is plunged into a series of narrow escapes in a real-life chess-game with the Surete Generale of Paris. London: George Routledge and Sons Limited, 1942 unknown
Bookseller reference : 70738
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Simenon, Georges
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By
NY: Reynal & Hitchcock. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Original cloth. 1st US edition. Spine ends worn points lightly bumped. Board joints are foxed. Page edges and DJ back panel are toned. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is worn along edges and spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 195 pages . Reynal & Hitchcock hardcover
Bookseller reference : 57068
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Simenon, Georges
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By.
New York: Reynal and Hitchcock. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 195pp One of Simenon's most highly regarded novels. A remarkably nice copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Reynal and Hitchcock hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3117945
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Simenon, Georges (1903 - 1989)
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
London: Routledge 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Gilbert Stuart translated by: The Man Who Watched Trains Go By London: George Routledge and Sons Limited 1942. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 7s 6d net over-printed OVERSEAS EDITION. pp.199. Publisher's russet cloth lettered in black to the spine. A slither of fading at the spine tips matching wear in the dustwrapper spine tips bruised and a bookseller's ticket to the front paste-down. No inscriptions. A solid VG copy. The very good dustwrapper has minor loss at the spine ends not affecting any letter and a bit of further wear and associated creasing at the top left and right hand corner of the front panel. A notoriously fragile dustwrapper produced to war-time standards. Uncommon. A psychological crime novel. The story follows Kees Popinga a conventional and orderly Dutch accountant in Gronigen whose stable existence shatters upon discovering that his employer has gone bankrupt leading him to impulsively flee his family head to Paris and descend into a spree of deception theft and murder as he desperately seeks to re-invent himself. The basis for the 1952 British movie directed by Harold Spence starring Claude Rains as Popinga which transposes the action to London but retains the novel's core exploration of moral collapse. Further photographs available upon request. Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490725715
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Simenon, Georges
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By 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 : 1590171497.G ISBN : 1590171497 9781590171493
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Simenon, Georges
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By
Penguin 2017-10-17. 2150. paperback. New. 5.08x0.60x7.75. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX0241258553 ISBN : 0241258553 9780241258552
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Simenon, Georges
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By
London: Routledge 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's brown boards with black lettering to the spine. A touch of foxing to the top and fore edges otherwise a bright and clean book that is in near fine condition with no inscriptions. The dust wrapper is priced 7s 6d net to the inside flap as called for and is frayed/creased at the head of the spine with a tiny chip from the bottom right-hand corner of the spine. A much nicer copy than normally seen of this notoriously fragile early war-time Simenon. In our experience one of the scarcest titles in the Simenon canon. Scarce. Photographs/scans available upon request. Routledge hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490721813
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Simenon, Georges
THE MAN WHO WATCHED THE TRAINS GO BY
Reynal & Hitchcock Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. A VERY GOOD FIRST IN DJ. dampstain not affecting text. Reynal & Hitchcock, Hardcover
Bookseller reference : pe 506
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Simenon, Georges
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By New York Review Books Classics
Brand: NYRB Classics 2005-06-10. Translation. paperback. New. 5.02x0.49x7.97. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: NYRB Classics paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX1590171497 ISBN : 1590171497 9781590171493
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Simenon, Georges (1903 - 1989)
The Man with the Little Dog
London: Hamish Hamilton 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 15s net to the inside flap. pp160. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine dustwrapper designed by Youngman Carter. A near fine or better copy in like dustwrapper with none of the usual fading to the fugitive red spine lettering with the back panel beautifully clean. A very nice copy indeed. Great cover art by Youngman Carter. Further photographs available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490725775
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989), [STEWART, Jean, translator]
The Man With The Little Dog
New York NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989. Intrigue FIRST US EDITION stated. Octavo 21 x 14cm pp.vi; 169; 1 blank. Publisher's green cloth with copper titles to spine pictorial dust-jacket designed by Paul Bacon priced at $16.95 to front flap. Contents clean jacket is fresh. One of Simenon's human dramas being the tragic story of a successful family man now fallen on hard times friendless and working as a bookshop assistant run by a former sex worker accompanied by his rescued stray dog Bib. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989 unknown
Bookseller reference : 75289
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SIMENON, Georges
The Methods of Maigret
Garden City: Doubleday / Crime Club 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. Jacket art by Jack Keats. Translated by Nigel Ryan. Slight toning on flyleaves faint spotting on front board top corner lightly bumped very good in a very good dust jacket with chips and tears small stains and an interior tape repair. Doubleday / Crime Club hardcover
Bookseller reference : 593355
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Simenon, Georges
The Misty Harbour Inspector Maigret
Penguin 2015-08-25. Reprint. paperback. New. 5.12x0.45x7.69. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX014139479X ISBN : 014139479X 9780141394794
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Simenon, Georges
The Negro
London: Hamish Hamilton 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in dustwrapper. pp.191. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Boards exceptionally bright and clean. A gift inscription to the front free end-paper. A near fine copy in like dustwrapper with a large price-clip to the inside flap and a slightly toned spine. The rear panel is clean and bright. A nice copy of one of the rarer Simon first editions from the 1950s. Further photographs available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490725203
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989), [SEBBA, Helen, translator]
The Negro
London: Hamish Hamilton 1959. Murder mystery FIRST UK EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.191; 1 blank. In publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine in pictorial dust-jacket designed by Peter Edwards. Contents clean neat ink name/date to endpaper jacket with some light wear and soiling flap is clipped and re-priced by the publisher at 12/6. A corpse is found near a railway wayside halt. Assumed to have fallen from the overnight train sightings from the station keeper would suggest otherwise. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1959 unknown
Bookseller reference : 74473
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Simenon, Georges (1903 - 1989)
The Negro
London: Hamish Hamilton 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in price-clipped and re-priced dustwrapper. pp.191; 1 Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine in pictorial dustwrapper designed by Peter Edwards. Spine tips bruised and a couple of tiny bumps to the boards otherwise a near fine copy in like dustwrapper 12s 6d net with a small rust mark to the back panel. Further photographs available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490725749
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Simenon, Georges (1903 - 1989)
The Neighbours
London: Hamish Hamilton 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in dustwrapper. pp.158. Bound in publisher's grey cloth with silver titles to spine. Pictorial dust jacket designed by Jillian Willett. Boards bright and clean. No inscriptions. Top edge a little foxed otherwise a near fine copy in a VG dustwrapper which is complete but a bit rubbed. Uncommon. A nice copy. Further photographs available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490725789
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Simenon, Georges
The Night-Club
London: Hamish Hamilton 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in dustwrapper. pp.144. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Photographic dustwrapper designed by Beverley LeBarrow priced at £4.95 to the inside flap. Boards bright and clean. No inscriptions. Contents clean and tidy. There is a tiny bit of loss to the top right-hand corner of the front free end-paper possibly a production fault. Overall a VG copy. The dustwrapper is also in VG condition its only minor fault being some pale foxing spots to the front flap. There is no fading to the pink spine lettering. A nice copy. Quite uncommon in our experience. Further photographs available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 355490725217
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989), [STEWART, Jean, translator]
The Nightclub
New York NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979. Intrigue SIGNED FIRST US EDITION stated. Octavo 21 x 14cm pp.iv; 175; 1 blank. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine pictorial dust-jacket designed by Jack Ribik priced at $7.95 to front flap. With autograph of Georges Simenon to the title page dated 1983. Contents clean jacket is fresh. Belgian crime writer Simenon was an Americanophile; during the 40s and 50s he lived in Arizona California and Connecticut; two of his children were born in America and he was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America. In later years he returned to Europe but maintained ties with the U.S. visiting on several occasions. Signed American editions are therefore more accessible than their British counterparts. New York, NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1979 unknown
Bookseller reference : 75287
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Simenon, Georges
The Nightclub English and French Edition
Harcourt 1979-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harcourt hardcover
Bookseller reference : Q-0151655898 ISBN : 0151655898 9780151655892
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Simenon, Georges
The Nightclub - 1st Us Edition/1st Printing
New York And London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1979. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151655898 . A Fine first American edition/first printing housed in a like dust-jacket; is the story of a petty criminal Francis and the nightclub he owns. Francis is a small-time crook who has been in and out of jail for the past ten years. He is desperate to get out of the life he's been living and find a new way to make a living. When he meets Lola a beautiful woman who runs a nightclub Francis is determined to make her his partner in crime. Lola is a dangerous woman who has a lot of money and wants to use Francis to get it. She is also a man-eater who will do anything to gain the love and respect of the men in her life. As Francis and Lola become closer they realize that they have more in common than they thought. They are both prisoners of their own lives and they are both looking for a way out. The Nightclub is a story of love betrayal and redemption.; 8vo; 175 pages . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
Bookseller reference : 55391 ISBN : 0151655898 9780151655892
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Simenon, Georges
The Nightclub
New York And London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0151655898 . An unblemished edition in a Fine dust-jacket ; The nightclub is the perfect place for a man to meet a woman. It is dark full of smoke and music and it is the only place where the two of them can be alone.; 8vo; 175 pages . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
Bookseller reference : 57045 ISBN : 0151655898 9780151655892
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Simenon, Georges and translated by Jean Stewart
The Nightclub - 1st US Edition/1st Printing
New York And London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1979. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0151655898 . A Fine first Printing of the First American Edition housed in an equally lovely dust-jacket; is the story of a man named Jean who has retired from the world of nightclubs and dives. He spends his days gardening and watching old movies. One day he is visited by a mysterious woman who tells him that he has been chosen to participate in a contest to find the best nightclub in the world. He is asked to leave his home and travel to different clubs around the world to find out which one is the best. Along the way he meets interesting people and experiences exciting adventures.This novel is a fascinating exploration of the world of nightclubs and the people who frequent them. It is an entertaining and suspenseful read that will leave you wanting more.; 8vo; 175 pages . Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
Bookseller reference : 58188 ISBN : 0151655898 9780151655892
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Simenon, Georges
THE NOVEL OF MAN.
NY: HARCOURT BRACE & WORLD. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in brown & black cloth in a clear tissue wrapper. Special publisher's New Year's keepsake. Not issued for resale. Clear tissue age toned. . HARCOURT, BRACE & WORLD. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8617
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989), [FRECHTMAN, Bernard, translator]
The Old Man Dies
London: Hamish Hamilton 1968. Suspense FIRST UK EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.144. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine illustrated dust-jacket designed by Peter Bate. No inscriptions contents and edges clean jacket lightly used with minor rubbing and a little wear at crown label over artist's name presumably applied by publisher since fallen away. Very good indeed. Rather scarce. Human intrigue concerning behaviours in the aftermath of the death of an elderly restaurateur whose family 'gather round like jackals waiting for the financial pickings'. A fine psychological thriller from a master of the genre. 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: Hamish Hamilton, 1968 unknown
Bookseller reference : 69724
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SIMENON, Georges
THE OLD MAN DIES. Translated from the French by Bernard Fretchman.
Lond. Hamish Hamilton. 1968. Or.bds. Dustjacket with design by Peter Bate Pristine copy in a pristine dj. 1st Eng. ed. Scarce. Lond. Hamish Hamilton. unknown
Bookseller reference : 209174
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SIMENON, Georges (1903-1989), [FRECHTMAN, Bernard, translator]
The Old Man Dies
London: Hamish Hamilton 1968. Suspense FIRST UK EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.144. Publisher's green cloth with silver titles to spine illustrated dust-jacket designed by Peter Bate priced 18s. No inscriptions contents and edges clean jacket lightly used with minor rubbing some creases and tears label over artist's name presumably applied by publisher. Very good. Rather scarce. Human intrigue concerning behaviours in the aftermath of the death of an elderly restaurateur whose family 'gather round like jackals waiting for the financial pickings'. A fine psychological thriller from a master of the genre. 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: Hamish Hamilton, 1968 unknown
Bookseller reference : 73134
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