Buxton Howard (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition; no remainder marks. Dustjacket has some small edgewear tears. Name inscription. Inside pages are clean.

Condition: Acceptable. John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. London dust jacket taped to boards. heavy chipping and foxing to dust jacket. spine slightly shaken.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. No date stated. Publication of 301 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and minor marks. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Toned, spotted rear cover, edgewear with rubbing, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; South African author's well-received novel, largely set in Nyasaland [now Malawi]. First Edition of 1946, with 1946 Christmas gift inscription. ; 301 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A near fine copy, in a good dust jacket, of the first edition. The blue cloth binding is clean and unworn, with strong black lettering to the spine. Everything is tight and square, with unbumped edges and corners. The contents are clean and bright, and other than a neat ink signature to the title page, there are no ownership inscriptions or other markings of any kind. The striking, and extremely scarce, dust jacket is unclipped (10/6), but has suffered ragged losses along the top of the spine and front face, as well as a piece to the bottom of the spine. Additional lesser edgewear and a couple of closed tears. It has been reinforced with clear tape, and is now protected in a removable mylar cover. For all the faults, it is substantially intact. Please examine the associated images. From the blurb: "The author of this challenging novel is a South African who has chosen a tangled pattern of social and gold mining intrigues as his theme. He knows the mysterious Lake Nyasa, the diamond diggings, the mellow and gracious valley of Constantia as intimately as the glitter of the Rand.The book is very provocative, yet every line is written with an intense understanding of the South African way of life".

hard cover with dust jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 22 cm. 301 pages G/G. Good book in good dust jacket with edge wear and edge tears, small areas missing, name stamp on front endpaper and title page, part seller label on inside front cover, soiling to covers. Dust jacket now protected with a removable plastic cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. No published date or edition. Publication of 301 pages. Externally the book shows signs of previous ownership. The boards are slightly shelf rubbed and edge worn. There is slight tanning throughout the book. There is foxing around the block of the book. Previous ownership rubber stamp, tanning, foxing. The book is bright and attractive, the text remains clear. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. undated. jacket is worn, torn and creased. edge wear on boards. small sticker. foxing and marks. fair copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Soft. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Soft covers clean, light edgewear, light browning to head of rear cover, pp clean and bright, binding sound. Size: 4to.

4pp .Fine.

Condition: Wie neu. 10 Seiten Pop-up-Buch. Originalverpackt in Folie, neuwertig 003 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 466.

Original Wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Softcover, large quarto pp. xvi, 455, [1]. Frontispiece and 19 further photographic plates, 110 figures and 57 tables throughout text. Pictorial card wraps with CD in wallet inside rear cover. Spine a little creased and covers rubbed to edge otherwise clean and bright with no annotation or inscriptions. A Very Good copy. Lancaster Imprints Series Number 9. Scarce study of the excavations in Lancashire, with contributions from numerous experts in the field. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.

Soft. Condition: Good Minus. Soft covers tidy, the pages have unfortunately been crinkled by damp, but the text is clear and bright to read, some damp marks on the lower edges of the opening pages, binding firm. Size: 4to.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A collection of first edition mystery novels published by Collins Crime Club, five popular novels by Pauline Glen Winslow, Michael Kenyon, Roy Lewis, Hartley Howard, and John Buxton Hilton. The first editions, first impressions of these works.A collection of five popular novels published by Collins Crime Club.'The Witch Hill Murder', by Pauline Glen Winslow, published in 1977. In the original price-clipped dustwrapper, with the publisher's pricing sticker of '£3.50' to the front flyleaf. Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear.'Deep Pocket', by Michael Kenyon, published in 1978. In the original unclipped dustwrapper, with the publisher's pricing sticker of '£3.75' to the front flyleaf. Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. Prior owner's small label to the recto to the front endpaper, 'E. Thompson'.'An Inevitable Fatality', by Roy Lewis, published in 1978. In the original unclipped dustwrapper, with the publisher's pricing sticker of '£1.50' to the front flyleaf. Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear.'One-Way Ticket', by Hartley Howard, published in 1978. Howard was the pseudonym used by Leopold Horace Ognall. Prior owner's small label to the recto to the front endpaper, 'E. Thompson'.'Moondrop to Murder', by John Buxton Hilton, published in 1986. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth bindings, in the original unclipped dustwrapper, except for 'The Witch Hill Murder', which is price-clipped. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spines. A couple of light marks to the top edges and fore edges. Prior owner's label to the recto to the front endpapers of 'Deep Pocket' and 'One-Way Ticker'. Publisher's price stickers to the front flyleaves of 'The Witch Hill Murder', 'Deep Pocket', and 'An Inevitable Fatality'. Very light edgewear to the dustwrappers, with a couple of light marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with a few minor marks. Near Fine. book.