By Gladys Mitchell (26 results)

No Binding. Condition: Good. 550-133. A VG or better original release 8 x 10 still. Photographic Image.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition Thus. Softback; nice clean copy that has not been much read; vg+; 1st edition thus; ; Dame Beatrice Bradley; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages. Illustrated by Jon Bowman (Cover) (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 0312279574. Hardback. First U.S. Printing. Very Good condition book, with some browning to edges of interior pages, minor rubs and bumps to cover corners and edges, bb-sized waterspot to top edge of book, slight spine cock, in a Very Good Condition dustjacket with minor chips, rubs and creases to edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy except for blind stamp on front endpaper. $14.95 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket. No Signature.…

Pictorial Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo hbk in d/w; violet hbk; gold lettering to spine; nice clean copy in price clipped d/w; ; Hogarth Crime; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint edition. Hardback; covers look as if the d/w has been sealed to the cover in the way libraries to - but there is no sign of this book having ever been a library book - no stamps or remnants, and in vg condition; Jon Bowman illustrated cover; ; Dame Beatrice Bradley; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 264 pages. Illustrated by Jon Bowman (Cover) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a professionally-made facsimile reproduction of same; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [ex-library book ("discard" stamp on front pastedown, circulation slip on rear endpaper, call number in white on book spine), front hinge cracked, moderately shelfworn, one-time owner's initials plus date & place of purchase in ink on rear endpaper]. "The unusual background for [the author's] new novel is two Agricultural Colleges, one for men and the other for women. A woman student is missing and a corpse wearing her clothes is discovered, but the corpse springs a surprise. The scene changes to a holiday camp and then to an hotel in Italy, and after the victim's real identity has been established the murderer has to be tracked down. Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley is called in because her pig-farming nephew holds a temporary post at the College." This British author wrote 65 mystery novels featuring her intrepid and eccentric protagonist, a consulting psychiatrist to the Home Office ("Mrs. Bradley" in the earlier books, but re-styled and toned down as "Dame Beatrice" beginning in the mid-1950s), over the course of her career, which lasted from 1929 until her death in 1983. Once considered one of the "Big Three" of female writers of crime fiction (along with Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers), she never achieved the same level of international fame because her work was seldom published in the U.S. (not even in paperback) during her lifetime -- although this particular book is credited on the title page to both its British publisher and the New York-based British Book Centre. Michele Slung, writing in the second edition of "Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers," calls her "a special taste," and sums up the appeal of her work (or, for some, the lack thereof) thusly: "To put it mildly, eccentric goings-on are Mitchell's hallmark. And although some critics have felt that her plots suffered from too much attention paid to witchcraft, the supernatural, and folklore esoterica, this proclivity is what gives her work a consistent flavor, fine for those who like it and to be avoided by those who don't." Posthumously, the entire Mrs. Bradley/Dame Beatrice oeuvre has been published in trade paperback format, but even those can be hard to come by, a testament to her enduring appeal; many of her first editions, however, are quite scarce. NOTE again that this book bears a FACSIMILE dust jacket, to serve the dual purpose of protecting the book from further wear and enhancing its appearance on the shelf; its presence has not been factored in to our pricing. Illustrated by (dj design) Kenneth Farnhill (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition hbk in d/w; light blue cloth covers , a brown mark at bottom cover edge (small) and a little browning to cover) a small smattering of foxing to prelims; rear endpaper removed; last couple of pages have foxing; photocopied d/w; Mystery adventure, in the Earlham Library series; Earlham Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Don Higgins (d/w) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hbk in d/w; A nice copy; vg/vg; ; Dame Beatrice Bradley; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages. Illustrated by Edna Bizon (D/w) (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 191 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hbk in d/w; vg+/ vg; bright yellow cloth boards; dark red lettering to front & spine; no handwriting inside such as names; 3 b/w plates; unclipped d/w (5/-) ; attractive d/w in very nice condition; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Mary Gernat (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Ex-library 1st edition; blue cloth boards with gold lettering to spine; fep removed; library stamps on rear of title page; page 16 has a circle around page number; occasional grubby mark on page from use. A quite well used copy; dustwrapper not price clipped; spine faded; d/w spine chipped at ends; mark on rear; ; Dame Beatrice Bradley; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages. Illustrated by Salim Patell (D/w) (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Thirty one short stories, first published in newspapers in the 1930s and 1950s, most of which have not appeared in book form before, 193 pages. Gentle bump to the spine heel with a few faint spots of foxing to the upper edge of the text block. Jacket shows a small crease to the lower front flap, in Brodart.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition; hardback on dustwrapper; vg++/vg++; a very nice copy, without handwriting inside (names etc) ; d/w has a cross through price on inside flap (7.95); Dame Beatrice Bradley; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages. Illustrated by Graham Rogers (D/w) (illustrator). …

Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original olive paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 190 printed pages of text. Light foxing to the closed page edges and end papers. Near Fine condition book in very near Fine condition illustrated dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 071812264X DETECTIVE | CRIME FICTION.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition; Hbk no d/w; slight spine slope; ex-library copy with stamps; G++; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Alice Bush (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 549 pages. 8.50x6.00x1.50 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good+ dj. First Edition. [good sound copy, minor shelfwear only, slight age-toning and very light staining to edges of text block, one-time owner's intials and date & place of purchase in ink along edge of rear pastedown (beneath jacket flap); the jacket shows just a touch of wear along the top edge and at the front corners, with some light soiling to the rear panel and a short closed tear at the lower rear hinge]. "Beatrice ADela Lestrange Bradley, D.B.E., is in Edinburgh to attend a Conference. On the first day of her stay, before the Conference opens, her secretary, Laura, sees a man killed in the street by a car and tells Dame Beatrice that she believes it was no accident but that he was pushed [but] she cannot identify the killers. It is arranged that during the Conference Laura shall take a fortnight's hliday. She hires a small car and sets out to tour the Western Highlands. Here another murder takes place -- an extremely bizarre affair in a house on a small island in a beautiful loch -- and Laura is pursued in her journeying by a young man who seems to think that he will be suspected and that she can provide him with an alibi. She returns to Edinburgh and enlists the help of Dame Beatrice, who [spoiler alert!] solves the affair with her usual sucess." This British author wrote 65 mystery novels featuring her intrepid and eccentric protagonist, a consulting psychiatrist to the Home Office ("Mrs. Bradley" in the earlier books, but re-styled and toned down as "Dame Beatrice" beginning in the mid-1950s), over the course of her career, which lasted from 1929 until her death in 1983. Once considered one of the "Big Three" of female writers of crime fiction (along with Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers), she never achieved the same level of international fame because her work was seldom published in the U.S. (not even in paperback) during her lifetime. Michele Slung, writing in the second edition of "Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers," calls her "a special taste," and sums up the appeal of her work (or, for some, the lack thereof) thusly: "To put it mildly, eccentric goings-on are Mitchell's hallmark. And although some critics have felt that her plots suffered from too much attention paid to witchcraft, the supernatural, and folklore esoterica, this proclivity is what gives her work a consistent flavor, fine for those who like it and to be avoided by those who don't." Posthumously, the entire Mrs. Bradley/Dame Beatrice oeuvre has been published in trade paperback format, but even those can be hard to come by, a testament to her enduring appeal; many of her first editions, however, are quite scarce. Illustrated by (dj design) Kenneth Farnhill (illustrator).…

Condition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. Original black boards. Dust-jacket, priced £4.25. Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley investigates in a crime thriller set in Cornwall. A fine copy in very slightly toned jacket. Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley investigates in a crime thriller set in Cornwall. Jacket design by Graham Rogers. (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition h/b no d/w; 8vo; 219pp; orange cloth cover; some wrinkling to cloth on spine; no handwriting inside such as names; v. Light foxing to eps; light cracking to rear hinge; scarce; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Illustrated by Alice Bush (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1st UK edition, 1976, XLIBRARY with USUAL Wear Rub, LEAN & marks & small Stamps, FoX etc , DJ Taped book Endpapers, DJ Light Rub, Wear FoX, Scuff, G+/VG-, AS-IS, Couple pages have Yellowed tape repair , 190 pages, Original Black Boards Blocked & Lettered on spine in Silver, little sunned spine DJ, This Book Has Seen Better Days !!.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good dj. First Edition. [good sound copy, a few tiny bits of white paint adhered to the bottom edges of the boards, mild age-toning to edges of text block, one-time owner's intials and date & place of purchase in ink along edge of rear pastedown (beneath jacket flap); the jacket is a bit age-toned, with a couple of nicks along the top edge and and tiny chip at the top edge of the front panel]. "Two deaths by drowning were followed by verdicts of Accidental Death, but neither the heir to the estate involved nor Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley was satisfied with these verdicts. Suspicion fell upon several people: on a local farmer, for instance, and on a woman whose son had a title to the estate: and there were others. Set in East Anglia, with excursions for salmon fishing into Scotland, [this] is undoubtedly one of the best and most exciting of Miss Mitchell's novels and likely to prove one of the most popular." This British author wrote 65 mystery novels featuring her intrepid and eccentric protagonist, a consulting psychiatrist to the Home Office ("Mrs. Bradley" in the earlier books, but re-styled and toned down as "Dame Beatrice" beginning in the mid-1950s), over the course of her career, which lasted from 1929 until her death in 1983. Once considered one of the "Big Three" of female writers of crime fiction (along with Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers), she never achieved the same level of international fame because her work was seldom published in the U.S. (not even in paperback) during her lifetime. (This particular edition, however, is credited to both British and American publishers -- with the British house (Michael Joseph) getting top billing on the title page, but the London House imprint appearing on the jacket spine and front flap, and on the spine of the book itself; so this might legitimately be called the "first American edition.") Michele Slung, writing in the second edition of "Twentieth Century Crime and Mystery Writers," calls her "a special taste," and sums up the appeal of her work (or, for some, the lack thereof) thusly: "To put it mildly, eccentric goings-on are Mitchell's hallmark. And although some critics have felt that her plots suffered from too much attention paid to witchcraft, the supernatural, and folklore esoterica, this proclivity is what gives her work a consistent flavor, fine for those who like it and to be avoided by those who don't." Posthumously, the entire Mrs. Bradley/Dame Beatrice oeuvre has been published in trade paperback format, but even those can be hard to come by, a testament to her enduring appeal; many of her first editions, however, are quite scarce. Illustrated by (dj design) Kenneth Farnhill (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 134 pages. Cover photo of funnels of the SS "United States", queen of the transatlantic carriers; Nice color ad for a baby blue 1953 Cadillac; Fine color ad for a green 1953 Chrysler Imperal; Wedding photos of the Earl of Dalkeith to Jane McNeill, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Stanley Briggin and James Wadsworth Syminton with the former Sylvia Caroline Schlapp; Color-photo ad for the 1953 Ford Lincoln features dark teale two-door on city street; Nice Packard car ad features red two-door; Photos of 'Blaze Tapering" (hair singeing) as performed by D.J. Brown who owns a salon on New York's East Side; Amazing one-page color photo of General Motors' 'dream car' Le Sabre two-door convertible (silver) accompanies a great photo-illustrated article on futuristic North American car designs; Illustrated article on highway design by Robert Moses; Great color photo of Mrs. Edward C. Bridgman , Jr. fashionably dressed in yellow with yellow locomotive speeding behind her; Photo feature on the Wayzata, Minnesota home of Mr. and Mrs. George Halpin; Article on tourists taking their cars to Europe for driving trips; Many gorgeous pages of photo fashion ads in color and black and white; The Annual Tour of the Metropolitan Opera; Fashion photos upon a cruise ship; Two pages of photos from the Inauguration Ball for President Dwight Eisenhower; Beautiful fashion photos of Mrs. Bruce Thayer Benepe (the former Ruth Fillebrown of Boston and Newport), Mrs. John Livingston Beers (former Jane Gilbert of New York and Westport), Mrs. John H. Scott-Paine of Greenwich, Ann Reinicke, Bettina Thayer, Mrs. Hubert Faure, and Barbara Cavanagh; Beautiful fur fashion photos modelled by Catherine Manning Hannon, Mrs. Clayton Winship Johnson, and Mrs. Dino Yannopoulos; United States Lines ad includes photos of Sir Colin and Lady Anderson, Mrs. Casimir de Rham, Sir Shane Leslie, Mrs. Vincent Astor, and Mr. and Mrs. Staunton Williams; Six photos of the Las Madrinas Debutante Ball in Los Angeles include Charles Getchell and Alan Jordon with escorts, Adrienne Hepburn, Dorothy Lucile Donath, Judith Noyes Roach, Sally Ann Smith with Geroald Saltonstall Silsbee, Gretchen Helene Dockweiler, Richard Dockweiler Brady, David V. Homme, Barbara von Briesen, Dr. Hans van briesen, Marie Casey, Thomas Ingersoll, William Duffy Keller and Palmer Casey; Color Nash car ad (red) features photo of etiquette author Amy Vanderbilt; Mens fashion photo includes John Cameron Swayze and William Raiser; several page of high-end real estate ads; Color-photo Mary Grey hosiery ad inside back cover features sexy Seniorita in red dress with fan. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Town & Country Magazine, April (Apr.) 1953, Vol. 107, No. 4367 Robert Moses Builder Planner SS "United States", queen of the transatlantic carriers; Nice color ad for a baby blue 1953 Cadillac; Fine color ad for a green 1953 Chrysler Imperal; Wedding ph. Illustrated by Zerbe, Jerome (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, price-clipped. A local legend of a murdered parson's ghost in a woodland known as "Groaning Spinney" becomes connected with a real corpse and a murder investigation for Mrs Bradley. Minor toning to text-block; jacket price-clipped and with some chipping. Jacket artwork by Nichols. (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good+ dj. Reprint. [spine turned, light wear to base of spine and bottom corners; jacket slighty faded at spine, with tiny tears at several corners, one-inch closed tear and associated creasing at top of front panel]. An early reprint of the prolific Ms. Mitchell's first novel (first published in the U.S. by Dial Press in 1929), in which a famous arctic explorer is found dead in a bathtub at an English country house -- and is discovered to have been a woman! (Much, I suppose, like a purchaser of this book by "G.M. Mitchell," as she is called in the front jacket panel, might have been surprised to have learned the author's gender only upon turning to the title page.) As Michele Slung wrote of Mitchell, she's "a special taste" whose work "has been little published in the United States since the beginning of her career [yet] to mystery readers in England who have followed the classic school she is practically an institution." Considered in her heyday to be in the same league as Agatha Christie or Dorothy L. Sayers, she wrote a total of 66 books featuring psychoanalyst-writer-sleuth Mrs. Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley, introduced in this book -- one or more every year until her death in 1983. As Slung also notes: "To put it mildly, eccentric goings-on are Mitchell's hallmark," with much attention devoted to "witchcraft, the supernatural, and folklore esoterica." It might also be observed that very few (if any) long-running detective series have featured a central character whose creator has taken such pains to make an unappealing, indeed almost repulsive figure: the very first mention of Mrs. Bradley in this, her introductory exploit, has another character describing her as a "little, old, shrivelled, clever, sarcastic sort of dame [who] would have been smelt out as a witch in a less tolerant age." And the author herself is scarcely more charitable, writing of her "nasty, dry, claw-like hands, and her arms, yellow and curiously repellant," employing adjectives like "reptilian," and describing her (more than once) as resembling a "playful alligator." Miss Marple she isn't. Illustrated by (dj) Irving Politzer (illustrator). …