The China Roundabout
Josephine Bell
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1956
Used
Hardcover
From
Copper Street Books, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
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Description:
Scarce title. Stated "First printed 1956," no other printings stated, but there are reviews on DJ. Partial pieces of DJ are glued to front board and inside cover. This was circulated at a theater in Australia (Balwyn) and has an "M" on spine, sticker from Balwyn Book Club on front end paper (plus prior owner name), Balwyn stamps inside in several places, and extensive writing on rear end papers, see photos. Book shows rubbing wear on spine, edges and corners and has light spine lean. Interior pages are mostly good but there are a number of brown spots, light foxing on a few pages, and one tear observed. No other writing observed. See photos. Seller Inventory # 62424BEL
Bibliographic Details
Title: The China Roundabout
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton, London
Publication Date: 1956
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Murder on the Merry-Go-Round (The China Roundabout)
Published by
Ballantine Books, Inc., New York, 1965
Used
Mass Market Paperback
First Edition
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ballantine Mystery Paperback Original U2159. First US edition. Originally published in hard covers in the UK by Hodder in 1956 as The China Roundabout. Edge and surface wear to the covers with some browning to the rear cover along the right side. Edge rubbing to the spine. Insides of covers browned. Small dark mark on the top edges of the pages. Pages browned with a three inch long half inch wide stain affecting the bottom of the first page with this stain gradually diminishing in size through the first half of the book. The first page also has an ink stamp on it - some sort of furry animals - but the pages are otherwise unmarked. First printing. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Seller Inventory # 017207
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The China Roundabout
Seller: Rain Dog Books, Bloomington, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Dust Jacket. 8vo. We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionally packaged and shipped promptly. M22. Seller Inventory # 85030
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The China Roundabout
Published by
Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1956
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A scarce first edition of this crime novel by Josephine Bell. Scarce with the dustwrapper. Josephine Bell was the pseudonym of Doris Bell Collier, an English physician and writer, famous for her nineteen novels and forty-five mystery novels. In a cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Light rubbing to extremities. Dustwrapper sound with handling marks, chipping and slight loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean. Very Good Indeed. book. Seller Inventory # MOD7-D-23
Quantity: 1 available