E P Thorne (35 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Vi, 362 P. Green Cloth Spine Lettered In Gilt, Gray Boards. First Printing. Near Fine, No Marks, Gilt Bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 4th Edition Revised. Mild rubbing to covers, mild toning, name stamped on FFEP, front pastedown has very small chip to corner and several numbers in pencil, corners of covers lightly bumped, little bit of small creasing to page corners, 1 fold-out diagram that has crease; 921 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. . . . . 6th edition, revised. 8vo, hardcover, no dj, blue cloth. Good condition overall. Exterior moderately soiled w/ board extremities bumped, 1/2" tear to upper spine cloth & thin 2"-long slash to central spine cloth; prev. owner's name-stamp on endpapers & title pg., otherwise contents themselves bright & clean, binding tight. xii, 956 p. illus.

Condition: Fair. 1949. Reprint. 939 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Slight forward lean to text block. Boards are slightly bowed.

Condition: Fair. 1949. 5th Edition. 939 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front endpaper. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed with light tanning. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. In good condition; hard rubbing top and bottom of spine; 1 1/2-in diagonal crease lower right corner, soft creasing top right corner; light to moderate soiling to wraps; heavy soiling outside edges of book; sectional looseness at gutter without harm to binding; tiny nick lower edge pages 321-5; soft diagonal crease lower corner pages 327-95; light toning to clean interior. Flexible cloth cover. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Faraday Society, Vol. XIX, Part 2, November 1923. Paginated from 241-405. 9 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.

Condition: Fair. 1961. First Edition. 174 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Noticeable cracking to gutters and hinges. Binding is weakened, however text block remains secure. Water staining to rear pastedown. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Ring mark to front board. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 6th revised. 6th revised edition. shelf wear on the boards. foxing, a bit marked. 956 pages, thus a bit heavy. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. No dust jacket, boards marked and worn, ex library, usual stamps and labels, page 32 looks as though it has been glued back in, foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor/Fair. First book by author known for his spy novels. Missing title pages (opens to author's introduction). General wear to red boards includes water stains, cracked hinge front and back exposing netting but binding of text block remains firm, pencil marks on front end papers large pencil scribbles on rear end papers, edges tanned, pages are clean, binding is tight. Lacks dust jacket, and book is priced accordingly. Dispatched from the UK same or next working day. NB: Due to the utter stupidity of Brexit, parcels sent to the EU may incur customs charges.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good. moderate edgewear, corners chipped, covers slightly creased. Fifth of the "Brains" Cunningham books. Cover art by G.P. Micklewright.

16032 THORNE P. C. L. & ROBERTS E. R. 1943 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. 921PP. ILLUSTRATED. HARD COVER NO DUST JACKET . GOOD CONDITION. FOURTH EDITION. (BS-620).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. The Garden City Press, Letchworth PROOF COPY E P Thorne - The Moscow File , a man on the spot story. Very good softcover proof copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. COVER IS RUBBED WITH CREASING. THE SPINE IS SCUFFED WITH A SMALL SPLIT AT THE TOP AND A 2CM SPLIT AT THE BOTTOM. BINDING IS TIGHT ALTHOUGH THE GLUE ATTACHING THE COVER IS STARTING TO PERISH SLIGHTLY. THE PAGES ARE TANNED WITH SOME LIGHT FOXING OVERALL GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Sixth Edition. Pages Have A Light Tan, Some Foxing. The Hard Cover Has Some Colour Fading On The Spine, A Mark On The Back, Some Minor Fraying Around The Edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. "An Encyclopedia of useful Information, and a practical assistant in the Management of Poultry."207 pages. Over 100 Superb engravings. A very scarce book in very good condition. Strong binding. Clean text. Lovely cover only slightly worn. Corners on front cover are slightly bumped. Pages are slightly faded. For a book that is over two centuries old it is really in near fine condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. DIANA THORNE - 115 SUPER PEN DRAWINGS, 18 ETCHED PORTRAITS WITH TEXT PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION FROM GEORGE SOPER!! (illustrator). First edition. A wonderful opportunity to add this delightful book to your collection! Such a special copy, being EILEEN SOPER'S own treasure, with her personal book plate. That is a delight in itself! And, too, the splendid inscription from her father, the artist George Soper, for her Xmas gift from him, 1932. One can imagine her joy when opening her presents that Christmas Day! It is indeed a captivating gallery of canine portraits by Miss Thorne, with the superb etchings and line cuts. The dogs are presented with amusing and real personalities, which are most entertaining. A joy! Signed by Illustrator(s).

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages 278-346. Printed on glossy stock. Numerous black and white photos. Features: The main street of the ocean; May song; New Hampshire horses; Yesterday; The administration of a great department in the city of Boston; The pianist; Some passing thoughts on literature; The fairy king; Lisbon, N.H.; Sweet May; The Legend of John Levin and Mary Glasse - Chapter 21; Fair Ormond; The Society of Colonial Wars in New Hampshire; Educational department; New Hampshire Necrology; Nice full-page photo of the Riverside Stock Farm, Newport, N.H. Some peripheral chipping. Contents in quality condition. A worthy copy.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Granite Monthly - A New Hampshire Magazine, May 1896: The Route of the Great Fleet of Ships Sailing Between the Northern American States and the North of Europe May song; New Hampshire horses; Yesterday; The administration of a great department in the.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Thorne, Diana (cover); Holmgren, John; Thorne, Diana; Clymer, John F.; Watson, Emmett; Smith, Ralph C.; Phillips, John (illustrator). First Edition. 76 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of dogs looking at spring robin in tree; News items include - The land where they know it all (Russia), A 'Tough-Minded Arguer, The Will as a Life-Force, The Spiirit of Fair Play, Too Much Commercialism, German's 'Readjustment', In Fascist Italy, Russia's New Revolution, and Northern Ireland; One-page photo ad for the Frigidaire fridge with new silent 'meter-miser'; Nice one-page colour-illustrated Simmons mattress ad shows young lady having sweet dreams; The Glamour of "New" Egypt - photo-illustrated article of this nation, including photo of His Majesty King Farouk and his new Queen, plus a photo of Queen-Mother Nazli and three of the King's sisters with his Queen, Farida, at St. Moritz; All That Goes Up (short story); The Orphan (short story); The Spiked Gunn (short story); The Broke the Power of the Medicine Men - fascinating photo-illustrated true-crime article involving the native peoples of Northern Manitoba; Fruits of Defeat (short story); The 3 Daughters of De Monaye (part II); Looking Two Ways in Sport - vintage sports article talks about hockey and includes photos of figure skaters Montgomery Wilson and Miss Eleanor O'Meara, plus boxer 'Baby' Yack, Canadian Bantamweight champion; Lovely one-page 1938 Chevrolet ad shows green car; Nostalgic one-page Heinz soup ad shows 1930's gent about to take a slurp; Italian tourism half-page ad; Nice half-page Canadian National ad features photos of their Jasper destination; Hollywood news includes photos of Marlene Dietrich, Merle Oberon, Bobbie Breen, and many more; Parker Vacumatic ad features photo of advice-giver Dorothy Dix; Vintage half-page ad for Sun Life features photo of mom with kids; Sweet Caporal ad features photo of dog Volhynia Kyra ("Silver") owned by Mrs. H. Randolph Casgrain of Westmount, Quebec; Nice photo-illustrated fashion article; Easter cooking article; Article about how every woman 'shall keep romance alive'; Colour half-page ad by the Government of Canada includes illustration of the Canada Building at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Scotland; World Sayings; Maxwell House coffee ad inside back cover; Congoleum flooring ad on back cover; and more. Centre page loose but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book measures 19x13.cm. viii, 215,[1]pp. Bound in original publishers green cloth, with black lettering. Cloth very slightly faded. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket rubbed, minor abrasion wear on edges, short closed tear. Jacket in good clean condition. Internally, pages clean. A nice clean copy. F Size: 8vo.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's green boards with black lettering to the spine. A VG copy in slightly edge-worn like D/W. Inscribed by the Author to the FFEP: "With best wishes/ 7/2/67/ E. P. Thorne". Set in Cuba. "An assignment that takes Major Cunningham Secret Agent to the land of voodoo and mystery". Photographs/scans available upon request. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10/6. A letter that could trigger a new world war is the latest headache for Major "Brains" Cunningham. Small ownership label to front free endpaper; minor bumping to boards; jacket very good. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 12/6 but with publisher's price sticker '13/6' overlaid. Thorne's career ran from 1935 to at least 1968, encompassing exotic adventure novels set in India and the Far East, a long-running series of detective mysteries featuring a character called Q.E.D., a "Brains" Cunningham series, and a later group of Cold War thrillers. By the 1960s he had settled into two overlapping series: the Q.E.D. detective stories and a spy/adventure series featuring a character called "Man on the Spot," a recurring subtitle that appears on both Assignment Haiti (1963) and this one The Moscow File. Boards softened at head of spine; jacket very good. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6 but with publisher's price sticker '9/6' overlaid. "A strange, deadly black rust is slowly creeping through the grain crops of Northern India. Geoff Fennell, ace reporter, is sent out to investigate." (jacket blurb) Boards mildly softened at head of spine; jacket very good. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First edition. First edition, first impression. Inscribed & signed by the author. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, priced 12/6. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, 'I don't think the book deserves quite such an awful cover! With best wishes E.P. Browne / 1966'. A near fine copy, in rather rubbed jacket with some creasing. Book.