Anthony Berkeley Cox (41 results)

Softcover. Condition: As New. Re-issue of 1932 classic. ; 8vo 8" - 9"; 364 pp; British Library Crime Classics.

Octavo, pictorial wrappers. New edition, enlarged. A collection of all the known short stories featuring Roger Sheringham or Chief Inspector Moresby published during Cox's lifetime. A fine copy. Trade paperback format. (#177456).

Softcover. Condition: Poor. Reprint. Reading copy, tatty paperback, binding shaken, spine creased and split, card covers creased and grubby, pages age tanned, name on half title page and some scribble on title page and in text. 214 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Eight short mysteries, with two appendices by Cox/Berkeley and a checklist of the Sheringham and Moresby mysteries, 188 pages. Foxing to the interior of the jacket, with the upper edges of the flaps lightly tanned, in Brodart.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Pages tanned with some foxing, else internally still in reasonably good condition, cover rather worn with corner creasing, tanned and foxed, back cover has been disattached and repaired with tape. Still a sound reading copy.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. First Paperback Edition. Reading copy, tatty paperback, spine creased and split with small area of loss at base, card covers creased and grubby, page edges age tanned, no inscriptions. 214 pages. Penguin mystery and crime no. 591.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Roger Sheringham investigates the apparent suicide of a woman found hanging by her stockings. Early reprint. Bumped with a touch of wear at the corners and fraying to the spine ends. Binding square, hinges just beginning to crack.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. For the first time Roger Sheringham finds himself a suspect. Early reprint. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the edges, rear end paper has been repaired. Jacket has been glued to a stiff paper backing with the flaps glued to the pastedowns. Torn and edgeworn with large chips, a couple of pieces of old tape on the spine.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Roger Sheringham investigates the apparent suicide of a woman found hanging by her stockings. Bumped and rubbed, hinges a bit loose with the binding just beginning to crack.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Fair first US printing. Lacking the dust jacket. Publisher's black cloth with . red embossed to spine and cover. Wear to spine and cover. Minor fading to spine. Binding still square but with some looseness to the hinges. Pages clean, with very slight age toning. Crease to bottom corner of pages 201/202. One of the greatest Golden Age works of British crime fiction, about Dr Bickleigh and the mysterious death of his wife. Stated First Edition on copyright page.

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. A fourth printing of the first UK paperback edition published in December 1939 - Penguin Catalogue No. 153 - priced at 6d on the front flap of the dustwrapper [these pre-war editions did not carry the price on the front cover]. The first Penguin printing was on 26th August 1938, with reprints in September 1938 and May 1939. This was the 26th title to be published in Penguin's iconic green-covered crime series. ***A very good copy in illustrated green and white card wrappers, with the original Penguin style of horizontal stripes. The covers have some marks and creasing commensurate with age and handling but are largely clean and unmarked. The book would be described as near fine, except for some top corner tip creases to a few pages pp.87-124] but with no significant faults - just some light rubbing and creasing to the edges of the covers, and a small pinhole on the back cover. The covers have been protected with the original dustwrapper. The spine is completely clean with just some light reading creases. There is a slight reading lean to the binding. Internally the book is also very good, with no inscriptions and no serious creases or tears - just the aforementioned corner tip creases to a few pages. The paper stock is only slightly tanned with age. No foxing. ***In a good example of the scarce original dustwrapper. The thin and fragile dustwrapper is virtually complete, with just some insect damage to the back panel and along part of the foldover creases, which are also slightly splitting in places. Apart from these faults, the dustwrapper is just slightly browned and creased. With an excellent period advertisement for 'Army Club - the Front-Line Cigarette' on the back panel, matching the advert on the back cover of the book. ***248 pages plus an interesting 8pp publisher's catalogue detailing some of the Penguin Books published up to 1939 at the back of the book. 180mm x 110mm. ***'Anthony Berkeley Cox (5 July 1893 - 9 March 1971) was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. In 1930, Berkeley founded the Detection Club in London along with Agatha Christie, Freeman Wills Crofts and other established mystery writers. His 1932 novel (as "Francis Iles"), "Before the Fact" was adapted into the 1941 classic film Suspicion, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. "Trial and Error" was turned into the unusual 1941 film Flight from Destiny starring Thomas Mitchell. A key figure in the development of crime fiction, he died in 1971 in St John's Wood, London.' [Wiki] ***A fourth printing of the first Penguin paperback edition of this classic crime novel by Anthony Berkeley, in very nice collectable condition. Copies of these pre-war printings are quite scarce now - copies in their original dustwrappers are extremely scarce. Impressive that an 82 year old paperback has survived in such nice condition. A rare survivor. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Cheap Edition. Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles First Cheap Edition Gollancz 1931. Pseudonym of Anthony Berkeley Cox. No previous owner's marks or inscriptions, contents and edges free of foxing. A bright fine copy, covers completely unblemished. In a near fine dust jacket with no fading or toning.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Roger Sheringham investigates what at first appears to be a hunting accident. Berkeley (Cox) edges away from the plot focused whodunit to examining the motivation of the murderer. First U.S. edition. Bumped with rubbing at the corners, short tears to the spine heel, and 1/4" loss to the spine head. Binding cracked at page 16.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A man is found shot in his library, with the doors and windows locked from the inside, and a suicide note. Adey 159. Undated early reprint of the first Roger Sheringham mystery, originally published anonymously by Jenkins in 1925. Blue boards with bright red print, lightly bumped with a touch of rubbing at the tips. Rear hinge just slightly loose, previous owner's name (Helen Read) on the front end paper.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Douglas Sewell investigates the murder of a friend who had been poisoned with arsenic. First U.S. edition, British title "Not to be Taken." Bumped and rubbed with wear and fraying at the edges. Rear hinge cracked, front a bit loose. British title written in ink on the title page. Date in pencil on the front end paper.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Roger Sheringham attends a party at which a thoroughly disagreeable woman apparently commits suicide. His poking around raises suspicions of murder, and he becomes the prime suspect. Early reprint. With a four page biography of Sheringham preceding the first chapter. Ex-library with a stamp to the upper edge of the text block and scuffs to the lower spine where a sticker was apparently removed. Bumped and rubbed with wear and fraying at the edges. Hinges have been reglued, front end paper removed. Ex-Library.

PARIS, Hachette [Brodard & Taupin, Coulommiers-Paris] - 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948 - Br.18x12 cm - ENSEMBLE DE 21 TITRES + 4 doublons - Couvertures au premier plat illustré en couleurs et au prix imprimé en gros, dos blanc titré en bleu entre 4 doubles traits rouges, 4e de couverture vert ou saumon au catalogue des titres parus ou à paraître; pagination variable. (Collection L'Énigme). L'ENSEMBLE DES 21 TITRES + 4 doublons, tel que décrit. 1940-1948 pour la première présentation. * LE SERPENT JAUNE. [E. Wallace - (1937) 1940 (I-3-0491) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - 253 et (3) pages - 6 frs - Bon état général]. *****___***** * LA PORTE DU TRAÎTRE (The traitor's gate). Traduit par Jean Calvel. [E. Wallace - (1938) 1940 (6-0491) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - 253 et (3) pages - 6 frs - Manque de papier au bas du 2e plat; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** * LE RUBAN VERT (The green ribbon). Traduit par G. de Pracomtal. [E. Wallace - (1935) 1940 (5-0491) - Vignette de titre par Michel Jacquot - 224 pages - 6 frs - Couverture défraîchie avec manques de papier; corps d'ouvrage en bon état]. *****___***** * LA TERREUR (The terror). Traduit par Pierre. Cobor. [E. Wallace - (1936) 1941 (2-1491) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - (2), 190 et (2) pages - 7,80 fv v - Bon état]. *****___***** * LA MARQUE DES 4 / QUATRE. [C. Doyle - (1941) 1941 (305-6-1491) - Vignette de titre par E.D. - 190 et (2) pages - 7,80 f - Petits manques de papier en couverture; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** * ALERTE! Traduit par Maurice Rémon. [H. M. Kritz - (1941) 1947 (580-1-2491) - Vignette de titre par ? - (2), 187 et (3) pages - 7,80 f - Couverture défraîchie avec petits manques de papier; tampons de bibliothèque; corps d'ouvrage en bon état]. *****___***** * NOUS ÉTIONS 4. [G. Duvic - (1942) 1942 (617-2-2491) - Vignette de titre par ? - 191 pages - 7,80 f - Couverture défraîchie avec petits manques de papier; corps d'ouvrage en bon état]. *****___***** * LA PORTE DU TRAÎTRE (The traitor's gate). Traduit par Jean Calvel. [E. Wallace - (1938) 1946 (6135-8-1946) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - 253 et (3) pages - 45 F - Bon état général]. *****___***** * UNE LUEUR DANS L'OMBRE. [E. Wallace - (1936) 1946 (6149-9-1946 / DL 4290) - Vignette de titre par ? - 255 pages - 45 F -Bon état général]. *****___***** * L'ARCHER VERT. [E. Wallace - (1935) 1946 (6141-9-1946 / DL 4295) - Vignette de titre par ? - 255 pages - 45 F - Bon état général]. *****___***** * LE PIGEON NOIR. Traduction de Pierre Belperron. [A. Austin - (1940) 1947 (6182-3-1947 / DL 4297) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - 253 et (3) pages - 45 F - Petits manques de papier en couverture; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** * LE MYSTIFICATEUR (The Joker). [E. Wallace - (1939) 1947 (6372-4-1947 / DL 4751) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - (2), 251 et (3) pages - 60 F - Bon état]. *****___***** * L'HOMME DU CARLTON. [E. Wallace - (1934) 1947 (6371-4-1947 / DL 4752) - Vignette de titre par ? - (2), 252 et (2) pages - 60 F - Bon état]. *****___***** * LE GANGSTER. [E. Wallace - (1941) 1947 (6370-5-1947 / DL 4753) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - (2), 187 et (3) pages - 60 F - Couverture défraîchie avec petits manques de papier; ensemble solide et très correct]. *****___***** * LE RUBAN VERT (The green ribbon). Traduit par G. de Pracomtal. [E. Wallace - (1935) 1947 (6411-6-1947 / DL 4773) - Vignette de titre par Michel Jacquot - 224 pages - 60 F - Bon état]. *****___***** * L'AFFAIRE DES MOTS CROISÉS et Le diadème enpenné. [Villebrumier - (1947) 1947 (6412-9-1947 /DL 4699) - Vignette de titre par ? - 189 et (3) pages - 60 F - Couverture défraîchie avec manques de papier; corps d'ouvrage en bon état]. *****___***** * LE CLUB DES DÉTECTIVES (The poisoned chocolate case). Traduit par M. Faure. [Berkeley - (1946) 1947 (6628-10-1947 / DL 5098) - Vignette de titre par ? - 190 et (2) pages - 60 F - 2 exemplaires en bon état général]. *****___***** * LES FORFAITS DE MICHAËL (Michael's evil deeds). Traduit par G. Guillemot Magitot. [E. P. Oppenheim - (1947) 1947 (6629-10-1947 / DL 4759) - Couverture illustrée et vignette de titre par Rognan - 254 et (2) pages - 60 F - Couverture défraîchie avec petits manques de papier; corps d'ouvrage en bon état]. *****___***** * LE MYSTÈRE DE LA CHAMBRE JAUNE - Première partie: Le drame du Glandier. [G. Leroux - (1947) 1947 (6417-11-1947 / DL 4778) - Vignette de titre par ? - 223 pages - 60 F - Couverture défraîchie avec petits manques de papier; corps d'ouvrage en bon état]. *****___***** * LE MYSTÈRE DE LA CHAMBRE JAUNE - Deuxième partie: Le secret de Mlle Stangerson. [G. Leroux - (1947) 1947 (6415-11-1947 / DL 4779) - Vignette de titre par ? - (2), 186 et (4) pages - 60 F - Couverture défraîchie avec petits manques de papier; tampons de bibliothèque; corps d'ouvrage en bon état]. *****___***** * LE GAGNANT DU DERBY. Traduit par Pierre Cobor. [E. Wallace - (1938) (1er dépôt: février 1941) 1947 (39924-11-1947 / DL 4945) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - 199 pages - 60 F - Dos défraîchi avec petits manques de papier; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** * LE CRIME PARFUMÉ. [A. Austin - (1941) 1947 (6414-12-1947 / DL 4776) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - (2), 252 et (2) pages - 60 F - Dos défraîchi avec petits manques de papier; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** * LA PORTE DU TRAÎTRE (The traitor's gate). Traduit par Jean Calvel. [E. Wallace - (1938) 1948 (6745-2-1948 / DL 5221) - Vignette de titre par P. Sim - 253 et (3) pages - 60 F - Petits manques de papier au dos; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** * LA MAISON DE LA TERREUR (My late wives). Traduit par Léo Delval. [C. Dickson - (1948) 1948 (6748-3-1948 / DL 5222) - Vignette de titre par ? - (2), 250 et (4) pages - 60 F - Bon état général]. Français Livres.

Condition: Usado - bueno.

Condition: Good. 1933. Second Impression. 352 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering to spine. 'Second impression May 1933'. Aspects of the story were used in the 1941 Hitchcock film 'Suspicion'. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Gutters somewhat cracked with some exposed netting. Binding is quite firm. Foxing and tanning more noticeable towards start and end of book and on text block edges. Prices in pencil to front endpaper. Occasional mild marks to pages. Slightly blotchy endpapers. Text block edges a little tanned and foxed with minor scratches. Boards have some edge wear (mild bumping and fraying to corners) while spine ends are moderately crushed. Slightly scratched, rubbed and dust-marked overall. A few liquid droplet marks and faint stains. Spine is noticeably sunned. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Subtle bowing to boards.

Hard Cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. First Edition. First U.S. edition, published in England as "Mr. Priestley's Problem." It began with an arguement: How would a respectable, ordinary man behave if he thought he'd committed a murder? Ex-library with stamps to the rear pastedown. Yellow, soiled boards with black print and a beverage ring on the front. Bumped and rubbed with wear and fraying at the edges. Spine darkened, 2" tear up the lower front spine fold with the remnants of brown tape across. Hinges cracked, rear breaking, binding loose, page 335 detached and laid in. Jacket blurb glued to the front end paper. Still, a very scarce first edition. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. A very good plus copy in the scarce original dust jacket. Handsomely bound in finely woven brown cloth stamped brightly in black on the front boards and on the spine. Very clean and tight throughout. Printed on heavy stock and creamy white paper. With a touch of dust foxing to the top edges. In a pictorial dust jacket with wear and chipping to the top and bottom of the spine ends. Edge wear along the spine folds. With one vertical piece of tape on the verso along the inside front fold. With the original price of "$2.00" at the top of the inside front flap. Overall, a pleasant copy of this scarce Berkeley detective novel in jacket. Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893 1971) was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. His first novel, The Layton Court Mystery, was published anonymously in 1925. It introduced Roger Sheringham, the amateur detective who features in many of the author's novels including the classic Poisoned Chocolates Case. In 1930, Berkeley founded the Detection Club in London along with Agatha Christie, Freeman Wills Crofts and other established mystery writers. His 1932 novel (as "Francis Iles"), Before the Fact was adapted into the 1941 classic film Suspicion, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. Trial and Error was turned into the unusual 1941 film Flight from Destiny starring Thomas Mitchell. He was a friend of E.M. Delafield and they each dedicated a book to the other (Jill and The Wychford Poisoning Case). She gently ragged him in her Provincial Lady Goes Further by having people tell her that "Francis Iles" is really Aldous Huxley or Edith Sitwell. The opening sentence of Malice Aforethought has been described as "immortal":[7] "It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Doctor Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter."In 1938, he took up book reviewing for John O'London's Weekly and The Daily Telegraph, writing under his pen name Francis Iles. He also wrote for the Sunday Times in the 1940s and for the Manchester Guardian, later The Guardian, from the mid-1950s until 1970. A key figure in the development of crime fiction, he died in 1971 in St John's Wood, London. His estate was valued at £196,917 (£2,321,878 in 2023). (Wikipedia) First edition with matching dates of 1939 on the title and copyright pages; and the "First Edition" slug on the copyright page.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. A very good minus copy in the scarce original dust jacket. Handsomely bound in finely woven black cloth stamped brightly in red lettering on the front boards and on the spine. With some faint leeching of color along a few inches of the front right panel and a touch at the top of the rear panel. Name in ink on the front paste-down. In a striking blue pictorial dust jacket with wear and chipping to the top and bottom of the spine ends. With several pieces of tape on the verso along the top and bottom of the spine and along the inside front fold. .With the word "Price:" left, but the $2.00 clipped at the top of the inside front flap. Overall, a pleasant copy of this scarce Berkeley detective novel in jacket. Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893 1971) was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. His first novel, The Layton Court Mystery, was published anonymously in 1925. It introduced Roger Sheringham, the amateur detective who features in many of the author's novels including the classic Poisoned Chocolates Case. In 1930, Berkeley founded the Detection Club in London along with Agatha Christie, Freeman Wills Crofts and other established mystery writers. His 1932 novel (as "Francis Iles"), Before the Fact was adapted into the 1941 classic film Suspicion, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. Trial and Error was turned into the unusual 1941 film Flight from Destiny starring Thomas Mitchell. He was a friend of E.M. Delafield and they each dedicated a book to the other (Jill and The Wychford Poisoning Case). She gently ragged him in her Provincial Lady Goes Further by having people tell her that "Francis Iles" is really Aldous Huxley or Edith Sitwell. The opening sentence of Malice Aforethought has been described as "immortal":[7] "It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Doctor Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter."In 1938, he took up book reviewing for John O'London's Weekly and The Daily Telegraph, writing under his pen name Francis Iles. He also wrote for the Sunday Times in the 1940s and for the Manchester Guardian, later The Guardian, from the mid-1950s until 1970. A key figure in the development of crime fiction, he died in 1971 in St John's Wood, London. His estate was valued at £196,917 (£2,321,878 in 2023). (Wikipedia) First edition with matching dates of 1938 on the title and copyright pages; and the "First Edition" slug on the copyright page.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. A very good plus copy in the scarce original dust jacket. Handsomely bound in finely woven black cloth stamped brightly in orange lettering on the front boards and on the spine. Very clean and tight throughout. Slight spine slant. With a name stamped on the front paste-down. In well worn dust jacket featuring a photograph of the girl in the basement with heavy chipping at the top and bottom of the spine ends; chips at the corners and one v-shaped chip at the top of the rear panel. Uncommon in dust jacket. Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893 1971) was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. His first novel, The Layton Court Mystery, was published anonymously in 1925. It introduced Roger Sheringham, the amateur detective who features in many of the author's novels including the classic Poisoned Chocolates Case. In 1930, Berkeley founded the Detection Club in London along with Agatha Christie, Freeman Wills Crofts and other established mystery writers. His 1932 novel (as "Francis Iles"), Before the Fact was adapted into the 1941 classic film Suspicion, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. Trial and Error was turned into the unusual 1941 film Flight from Destiny starring Thomas Mitchell. He was a friend of E.M. Delafield and they each dedicated a book to the other (Jill and The Wychford Poisoning Case). She gently ragged him in her Provincial Lady Goes Further by having people tell her that "Francis Iles" is really Aldous Huxley or Edith Sitwell. The opening sentence of Malice Aforethought has been described as "immortal":[7] "It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Doctor Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter."In 1938, he took up book reviewing for John O'London's Weekly and The Daily Telegraph, writing under his pen name Francis Iles. He also wrote for the Sunday Times in the 1940s and for the Manchester Guardian, later The Guardian, from the mid-1950s until 1970. A key figure in the development of crime fiction, he died in 1971 in St John's Wood, London. His estate was valued at £196,917 (£2,321,878 in 2023). (Wikipedia) First edition with matching dates of 1928 on the title and copyright pages; and the "First Edition" slug on the copyright page.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Roger Sheringham investigates when the body of a woman is found buried under a basement floor, nude but for a pair of gloves. First edition stated. Bumped with light wear at the corners and spine ends, spine very slightly sunned. Previous owner's name and address stamped on the front pastedown, binding square and solid. Jacket lightly rubbed with small chips and tears, price intact, in Brodart.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ambrose Chitterwick witnesses the death of a lady just after her nephew had dropped something in her coffee. Chitterwick's role as the star witness is complicated by the fact that he thinks the nephew is innocent. First U.S. edition. Gently bumped with the slightest bit of wear at the corners and spine ends. Red upper edges of the text block a bit faded. Binding square and solid.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The evidence is overwhelming that Mrs. Bentley poisoned her husband, but Roger Sheringham is not convinced. Undated early reprint, first published in 1926. Bumped with a bit of wear at the corners and spine ends. Three tiny drip marks on the fore edge of the text block. Binding square and solid, previous owner's name stamped on the front end papers. Original publication dates (1926, 1930) in ink on the title page. Jacket gently rubbed, spine a bit darkened, with light wear at the edges, in Brodart.

Yellow card cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover creased, marked, chipped and sunned. Browning to pages and text block. Some creasing to corners. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 288pp. Anthony Berkeley Cox wrote under several pen names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. In 1930 he was a founding member of the Detection Club along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Freeman Wills Crofts and others. Malice Aforethought is an early example of the inverted crime format where the crime and the identity of the criminal are known to the reader from the start. Mundanus was a short-lived imprint of Gollancz and published this paperback edition simultaneously with the cased edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The scarce first U.S. edition of the second Roger Sheringham mystery. Bumped and rubbed with a touch of wear at the corners and short tears to the spine head. Spine lightly sunned, hinges loose. Pages tanned with pencil scribbles on the front free end paper, a small sticker scuff on the front pastedown, and a light drip mark on the rear end papers. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Third printing of the 1927 first edition. Publisher's original black cloth with red titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with bumping and rubbing to the extremities, the spine a touch faded and a few light marks to the cloth at fore-edge. The content's, with a previous owner's bookplate and shelf stamp to the front pastedown and his ownership name and date to the top of the title page, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed, creased and nicked dustwrapper, that has a few short closed tears and small chips at the folds and is otherwise bright and attractive. A scarce mystery novel from the founding member of The Detection Club who also wrote under the pseudonyms Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley, and A. Monmouth Platts. Two amateur criminologists stage a mock murder to see how the alleged murderer reacts. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.