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rif. 0884360474New. paperback. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. paperback
1969rif. 52881London: Hamish Hamilton. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Original cloth gilt. First UK edition. Spine ends and one point turned/bumped mild spine ridge small stain to heel. Tiny stain to ffep. The DJ is soiled chipped with loss and interior tape repair to spine heel creased/rubbed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 507 pages . Hamish Hamilton hardcover
1971rif. 165369London: Hamish Hamilton 1971. First UK Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. A bright clean copy. Hamish Hamilton unknown
1932rif. 48896New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1932. Very Good-. New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1932. First US Edition. Octavo 19cm; publisher's red cloth black spine titling; 244pp. Light shelf wear and scattered soil to cloth boards spine a bit faded partly effaced ex libris to front pastedown and old glue residue to rear pastedown evidently from an old library card though the book is otherwise free of library markings. Overall Good to Very Good. The third Maigret novel though only the second to appear in book form originally published in France in 1931 as Le Pendu de Saint Pholien. Covici Friede Publishers unknown
1971rif. 165369London: Hamish Hamilton 1971. First UK Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. A bright clean copy. Hamish Hamilton unknown books
1932rif. 48896New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1932. Very Good-. New York: Covici Friede Publishers 1932. First US Edition. Octavo 19cm; publisher's red cloth black spine titling; 244pp. Light shelf wear and scattered soil to cloth boards spine a bit faded partly effaced ex libris to front pastedown and old glue residue to rear pastedown evidently from an old library card though the book is otherwise free of library markings. Overall Good to Very Good. The third Maigret novel though only the second to appear in book form originally published in France in 1931 as Le Pendu de Saint Pholien. Covici Friede Publishers unknown books
1965rif. 002149London: Hamilton 1965 apart from offset toning to the feps book is near fine DW is unclipped and tidy but for minor insect damage showing as holes to the fore edge folds only tiny area to front fold and 35mm at the top of the rear fold a little soiling to the extreme edges of the rear panel . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Hamilton hardcover
1963rif. 81325Garden City:: Doubleday & Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. B00150XOUM . Translated from the French by Joanna Richardson. First American edition. Near fine in a very good age toning dust jacket.; 162 pages . Doubleday & Company, hardcover
rif. 585437London: 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
1961rif. 32442London: Hamish Hamilton 1961. First edition in English. Inked name to front paste down slight spine lean a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to edges and folds small closed tear at base of spine panel with include split at lower rear spine fold. 32442. Octavo boards. Mystery novel. Reference: Hubin p. 740. Hamish Hamilton unknown
1940rif. b10906New York: Harcourt Brace 1940. First Edition . Hardcover. VG/Fair. Very good in blue cloth-covered boards with brief foxing on the top edge and a lean and in dust jacket with edgewear and missing the top one-third of the spine. Previous owner's small photograph and name and address on the front pastedown beneath the flap. Harcourt, Brace hardcover
1965rif. 1016Harcourt 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
1963rif. 81325Garden City:: Doubleday & Company. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. B00150XOUM . Translated from the French by Joanna Richardson. First American edition. Near fine in a very good age toning dust jacket.; 162 pages . Doubleday & Company, hardcover books
rif. 585437London: 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 books
1978rif. Q-067179051XPocket Books 1978-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Pocket Books paperback
rif. 0140045112.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
rif. 86167London: The Folio Society 2019. Complete in 3 hardback volumes. 8vo 22cm by 14cm v 142pp; iv 155pp; iv 154pp. Each volume has a frontispiece and text illustrations from wood engravings by Harry Brockway. Bound in the original illustrated cloth bindings in contrasting colours red blue fawn with the original grey cloth slipcase. This is a mint set still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. London: The Folio Society, 2019. hardcover
1943rif. 355490718102London: Routledge 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. A library stamp to the last page of text and glue reside from the removal of library labels to the rear free end-paper and the rear paste-down otherwise a VG copy in nice clean condition. The D/W has a large internally repaired closed tear across the front cover. A quarter of the spine is missing at the base there is a slither of loss to the head and there is a chip at the bottom of the front cover not affecting any lettering. The effect of such loss to the spine and front cover has been cleverly disguised with photocopies placed underneath. Looks surprisingly good considering. Price present for what it's worth. Scans invited. An uncommon book in D/W. Despite its faults this copy shows reasonably well and is priced accordingly. Routledge hardcover
1988rif. 355490717535London: Hamish Hamilton 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's orange boards with gilt spine lettering. The page block edges lightly toned to the page block due to the poor quality of paper used otherwise a fine copy in like D/W. A very nice copy indeed. Inexplicably uncommon. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
rif. 73370London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1953. Thriller FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH first impression. Octavo 19 x 14cm pp.224; 2 blank. Publisher's pale blue cloth with red titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced 10s 6d. Contents clean no inscriptions jacket with some minor creases and short tears mostly to top of rear panel. Very good indeed. A dark psychological account of a man overcome by buried passions who becomes a murderer. Basis for the 1952 French drama film 'Forbidden Fruit'. 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 & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1953 unknown
1953rif. 355490723889London: 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
1949rif. 355490725721London: 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
rif. 73129London: Hamish Hamilton 1972. Crime Fiction FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.4 184 4. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Bernard Higton. Trivial handling. Simply a fine fresh copy. First published in French as 'La Folle de Maigret' 1970. Maigret attempts to solve the murder of an old lady who had suspected she was being watched. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1972 unknown
1962rif. 355490725763London: Hamish Hamilton 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 12s 6d net to the inside flap. pp160. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine illustrated dustwrapper designed by P Youngman Carter. A slither of fading to the spine tips otherwise a bright and clean near fine copy no inscriptions in like dustwrapper with miniscule chipping hardly worth mentioning to the top left and right hand corners of the spine and with faint mark to the rear panel. Great cover art by the distinguished Youngman Carter. A very nice copy indeed. Further photographs available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
rif. 74363London: Hamish Hamilton 1954. Crime Fiction FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.286; 2 blank. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine illustrated dust-jacket designed by Fritz Wegner priced at 10/6. Contents clean no inscriptions edges a little dusty. Jacket is rather worn and tired with some chips creases and tears spine sunned. Two short cases for Inspector Maigret. A most elusive title. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1954 unknown