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1960rif. 355490725753London: Hamish Hamilton 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 12s 6d net to the inside flap. pp192. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine illustrated dustwrapper designed by Youngman Carter. A tiny strip of fading to the tail of the spine and minor foxing to the top-edge otherwise a near fine copy in a complete dustwrapper priced 12s 6d net to the inside flap as called for. The dustwrapper is complete with the customary spine fading such that the red spine lettering is now completely invisible a common fault with this title. There is bit of soiling to the left hand edge of the back panel. Superb cover art by Youngman Carter. Further photographs available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
rif. 71017London: Routledge 1940. Detective fiction FIRST BRITISH EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.viii; 312. mid-blue cloth lettered in gilt to spine the primary binding- copies were also lettered in black. Contents clean no inscriptions edges and text block uniformly toned cloth covers show some wear/rubbing small cup ring to front spine sunned. Very good without the rare jacket. London: Routledge, 1940 unknown
1963rif. 355490726006London: Hamish Hamilton 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Stewart Jean translated by: Maigret's Memoirs London: Hamish Hamilton 1963. 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 Youngman Carter. Boards bright and clean. No inscriptions. Spine tips bruised some foxing to the page block edges and the early/late pages of the book otherwise very good indeed a fine copy in like dustwrapper which is browned to the cream spine slightly worn to the extremities and with a thin patch of discolouration to the verso at the head of the spine and the top left-hand corner of the front panel. Quite a nice copy. Superb cover art by Youngman Carter. Further photographs available upon request Hamish Hamilton hardcover
rif. 73135London: Hamish Hamilton 1964. Detective fiction FIRST UK EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.189 1. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine illustrated dust-jacket by Youngman Carter. Contents clean no inscriptions covers are fresh. Price-clipped jacket is rather worn with some chips and tears larger loss to foot of spine. Fine in a good jacket. A particularly elusive Maigret title. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964 unknown
rif. 72508London: Routledge and Keagan Paul 1950. Crime stories FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.262. Publisher's orange cloth stamped in black to spine dust-jacket designed by 'mb' with price 9/6 to flap. Owner name to endpaper edges spotted text block clean jacket with some minor nicks and tears to extremities spine lightly sunned. Very good. Two short stories one a family drama the other a police procedural featuring Inspector Maigret's former assistant Lucas. 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 Keagan Paul, 1950 unknown
1963rif. 355490725767London: Hamish Hamilton 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 12s 6d net to the inside flap. pp158. Publisher's red cloth with silver titles to spine illustrated dustwrapper designed by Youngman Carter. Boards bright and clean. No inscriptions. A fine or better copy top edge a little bit dusty in a fine dustwrapper with no wear tears or pieces missing. Very scarce in this condition. A sublime copy. Superb cover art by Youngman Carter. Photographs/scans available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
rif. 74473London: 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
rif. 69724London: 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
1964rif. 355490723153London: Hamish Hamilton 1964. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition Thus. Publisher's blue boards with gilt lettering to the spine. A VG copy in like price-clipped dustwrapper with several tiny edge tears neatly repaired on the verso. Shows well. Comprising Maigret and the Young Girl; Maigret's Little Joke; Maigret and the Old Lady; Maigret's First Case; and Maigret Takes a Room. Photographs/scans available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
1991rif. Q-0151370575Harcourt 1991-09-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harcourt hardcover
rif. Q-0151314071Harcourt Brace & World. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover
2004rif. Q-1590170962NYRB Classics 2004-07-31. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! NYRB Classics paperback
1962rif. 7154Paris: Presses de la Cité 1962. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1962 13.50 x 21.50 cm relié First edition there were only 100 large paper copies. Handsome autograph inscription from the author to Georges Simenon. A very good copy. Presses de la Cité unknown
rif. 0241890640.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2014rif. 1-0141396881Penguin Classics 2014. Hardcover. New. 544 pages. 9.75x6.25x2.00 inches. Penguin Classics hardcover
1979rif. Q-0151039550Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
rif. M06M-00740Pocket. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. French edition. Pocket unknown
1949rif. 17624London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ is price-clipped. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 248 pages . Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover
1987rif. Q-0151926859Harcourt 1987-10-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harcourt hardcover
rif. 459550Hamish Hamilton. Hardcover. Good. "Complete Maigret Short Stories Volume II". 18 Maigret stories. Hardback book in good condition. Light creasing to spine. Light marks to edges of text block. With dust jacket in good condition in protective wrapper. Not price clipped. Ends of spine bumped. Light shelf wear to edges. Surface wear at top back joint by spine. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
1954rif. 841G28London: Hamish Hamilton 1954. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 7.5" by 5". None. The first UK edition of these classic crime stories by Georges Simenon. The first UK edition. Comprising of 'Belle' and 'The Brothers Rico'. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Two classic crime stories by Georges Simenon. 'The Brothers Rico' was adapted into a popular American crime noir film starring Dianne Foster and Kathryn Grant. Georges Simenon was a Belgian author and the creator of the fictional detective 'Jules Maigret'. He was one of the most notable writers of the 20th century with over 200 novels and 150 novellas published. The half title page is present. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally excellent with light shelf wear to the edges. The original unclipped dust wrapper is in excellent condition. Some shelf wear to the edges with two small closed tears to the front panel. Small ink mark to the rear flyleaf. Price label to the front flyleaf. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age-toned to the edges but otherwise very bright and clean. Fine Hamish Hamilton hardcover
1986rif. Q-0151227004Harcourt 1986-04-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harcourt hardcover
1975rif. Q-0151551456Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1975-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
1959rif. mon0000062803Hamish Hamilton 1959-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
1973rif. 2090202118000861Tokyosogensha 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Tokyosogensha paperback