Francis Gaite (28 results)

Condition: Fair. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Cracking to gutters, no damage to end papers. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding is shaky. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Sunning to spine. Gilt lettering is darkened.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Book is clean and tight. Red board cover with black lettering on spine. A few pages are dog-eared. Corners and spine are bumped and shelf worn, a few soiled spots on foredges. There has been some water damage that you can see on inside covers and flyleaves, does not go further than that. Dust jacket shows signs of the water on the edges. The DJ corners and spine are very worn. , chips and tears and few creases. This sounds like a book that I should read.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 192pp, edges browned and slight foxing, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, blue cloth, gilt spine titles rubbed and dull, Boots Library label on front board, Good / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Yes, with plastic cover. Book is square and binding is tight. Pages are clean throughout with some light finger soiling and thumbing to the outer edges. Cover boards are in good shape with no noticeable wear along the edges and corners. Dust jacket is in good shape although the spine has some light sun-fading. Former library book with usual library stamps, tape stains, and markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Fine first edition. Clean, square, binding tight. Internally unmarked. Jacket has been price clipped and has minor wear to the spine ends. Chip from bottom of spine. Small area of loss from bottom of back cover. A lighthearted ghost story and a deceased 18th century noble who decides to help the 20th century film company that is making a movie about his life.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 192. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. Slight lean, with some sunning at spine, otherwise very good minus with clean text.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. 252 Pp. Black Cloth Lettered In Red. First Edition Stated, Actually First American Edition, With Author As "Manning Coles" (Pseudonym), First Published In The Uk Under Pseudonym Francis Gaite. Near Fine, Spine Leaned, Small Tape Ghosts On Endpapers And Tiny Lending Library Stamp On Rear Panel. Dust Jacket Priced $3.00, Bright And Clean And Fine, Small Tape Ghosts On Endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Scarce edition. Maroon cloth titled in gilt on spine. Tight and square, light foxing in edges, fine internally. Dust jacket is unclipped and bright, slight edge wear, protected in a removable clear film sleeve.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 191. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered black on spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. Slight fading, otherwise near very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 192pp. Dark red cloth boards with gilt illustration and titles to spine in unclipped dustwrapper. Ownership inscription to ffep. Boards lightly worn at extremities. Dustwrapper rubbed and worn with small chips to extremities and evidence of removed sellotape to top and bottom of spine panel. Textblock clean and tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. Uncommon. SIGNED as Francis Gaite to relatives of one of the authors. The book is Good with spotting to top edges and a slight spibe lean. The jacket is fair only with some external taping to spine ends and stain marks to spine. Signed by Author. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK first impression, SIGNED by Adelaide Manning to ffep - 'Dennis and Peggy Manning - with affectionate regards from the author - Francis Gaite - March 1958'. The book is Good+ only due to some spotting to page edges, in VG unclipped jacket with some internal spotting and some dulling to spine. Signed by Author. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. UK first impression, SIGNED by Adelaide Manning to ffep - 'Dennis and Peggy Manning - with affectionate regards from the author - Francis Gaite - January 1956'. The book is Good only due to some spotting to page edges and bumping to corners. The jacket is poor, with loss to bottom of spine, a hole to rear panel and general wear. Signed by Author. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. Red boards with gilt lettering to the spine. Light bump to spine head and foot, and a '.50' written in thin blue marker on the corner of the front endpaper, else a clean and tight copy in a price clipped dust jacket with only light nicks in the corners and a few light scuffs and edge creases. Overall, very good.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Edition. Book is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age BUT spine is faded and text edges a bit browned / spotted.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First U.K. 190 pages in very good, clean condition. Green hardcovers with gold titles on the spine. Corners not bumped. Illustrated DJ with white titles. Spine a little faded, small tears and chips on corners and edges. Lightly soiled. Price clipped. VG+/GOOD+. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Ghost related novel from Francis Gate ( Manning Coles) Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 189. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered black at the spine. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper, "Anne and Dugald Hancock, with affectionate regards from the author, Francis Gaite, Aug. 23rd 1954." Slight lean with some foxing at fore-edges and some foxing in the text, otherwise sound, near very good. Signedes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The jacket is shelf rubbed and marked.A few close tears.One small sticker.A small stain to front end page.No inscriptions.Tightly bound.EK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ is price-clipped and mildly age-toned & now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ corners very lightly rubbed. Otherwise this is a very nice copy of this scarce title. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 192pages. Francis Gaite was a pseudonym for writers Adelaide Manning and Cyril Coles who published spy thrillers under the name Manning Coles. The Gaite series featured ghostly cousins James and Charles Latimer.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st UK Edition. Edges are discoloured and lightly foxed, the head edge more so. Front/back free endpapers and paste downs are discoloured and very lightly foxed. Head and tail of spine bumped. Binding is firm and tidy. The occasional page has some light foxing. Green boards are faded, else in good condition. Dust wrapper has price clipped. Front, back and spine are rubbed and well thumbed. Spine is faded, and showing heavy wear and tear on the head and tail edges. Small piece missing on tail edge. Back cover is discoloured and fold back edge is quite worn. All edges and corners are showing general wear and tear, otherwise in good condition.

First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and illustration to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner's name to the front free endpaper and some light spotting to the closed text block edge and prelims, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased price-clipped dustwrapper that has a few short closed tears at the extremities and is otherwise without loss. The fifth novel published by Francis Gaite (pseudonym of the already pseudonymous Manning Coles). "The Pyrenean Principality of Saint-Roche has been cut off from the world for twenty years. Now the exchequer is completely empty. But the Prince's new English manservant, Robert Brown, finds an ingenious way to attract American dollars." (from the jacket). (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First Edition. DW. 189pp. Ex-library (RAF) with one stamp to front pastedown and remains of tape to front and rear endpapers and flaps of wrapper. Lacks front free endpaper. Wrapper spine sunned, extremities slightly chipped and worn o/w VG/VG.

First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and illustration to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents, except for a previous owner's discreet Ex Libris plate to the front free endpaper, clean throughout. Small, light mark to the lower page block edge. In the bright, clean, neatly clipped dustwrapper, showing light rubbing and a couple of nicks to spine tips and corners. Altogether, a very attractive copy. The fifth novel published by Francis Gaite (pseudonym of the already pseudonymous Manning Coles). "The Pyrenean Principality of Saint-Roche has been cut off from the world for twenty years. Now the exchequer is completely empty. But the Prince's new English manservant, Robert Brown, finds an ingenious way to attract American dollars." (from the jacket) (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardback mystery novel. Fine (a nice, very bright copy). in VG (price clipped) dustwrapper.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original navy bluecloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Jarvis illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Top edge slightly spotted. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked price-clipped dustwrapper which is otherwise without loss or tears with a little toning to the extremities. The third of the 'The Latimers' supernatural mysteries by Francis Gaite who are perhaps better better known under their other pseudonym of Manning Coles. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

8vo, pp. 190. Original green boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Gilt faded at spine, but a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with some tape reinforcement to reverse, some old water staining to front fold, and a little light chipping to head of spine. First UK edition. Published the previous year in the US under the name Manning Coles. HUBIN, p. 161.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A signed uncorrected proof copy of the first edition of this supernatural time travelling mystery novel from Francis Gaite, the pseudonym of writers Adelaide Manning and Cyril Coles. An uncommon first edition.Signed with the pseudonym of the author, Francis Gaite, to the front wrap. Gaite was a pseudonym used by two British writers, Adelaide Frances Oke Manning and Cyril Henry Coles. They more frequently wrote under the pseudonym Manning Coles.Stamped 'Uncorrected Proof' and 'Please Return to Production Dept. Hodder and Stoughton' to the front wrap.A supernatural time travel tale in which Sally Latimer travels to France in 1953, alongside her great grandfather, who died in 1870. In the publisher's original paper wraps. With two publisher's stamp, and the author's signature, to the front wrap. Handwritten title to back strip. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned to perimeters due to paper type, but clean. Very Good. signed by author. book.