Cecil Pseud (80 results)

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Minor, scattered marginal foxing. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Previous owner's inscription to ffep.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages; Description: 310p. 19cm. Subjects: English fiction -- English novels -- 20th century. Romances -- Social fiction. Summary: Rich, handsome, leisured, sophisticated, Berry, Jonah and co are an unforgettable group of individuals who get mixed up in a series of extraordinary adventures and romance. Series: Berry books. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust jacket included. Boston: Little Brown, 1950. First Edition. Fine cloth, in worn/soiled dustwrapper. Bookplate on front paste-down. It is interesting to see what the creator of Horatio Hornblower could do with a more modern story. This is a tale of the life of a young inventor and soldier in the first World War and immediately after.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages; Physical description.: 286 p. 21 cm. Subject: Fiction in English -- Fictional Characters -- English. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 4 p.l., 218 p. : col. front., 4 col. pl. ; 18 cm. Notes; Added t.-p., illus. Subjects; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert de Motier marquis de (1757-1834). 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Minor, scattered marginal foxing. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Previous owner's inscription to ffep.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages; Description: 310p. 19cm. Subjects: English fiction -- English novels -- 20th century. Romances -- Social fiction. Summary: Rich, handsome, leisured, sophisticated, Berry, Jonah and co are an unforgettable group of individuals who get mixed up in a series of extraordinary adventures and romance. Series: Berry books. 1 Kg.

Hard covers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint of 1921 edition. Donor's inscription. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Hard covers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint of 1927 edition. Donor's inscription. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Hard covers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint of 1922 edition. No inscription. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st edition, so stated. . Near fine copy in dust jacket, tape ghosts to flaps, not price clipped, $2.50 intact, very light wear at extremeties. Nigel Strangeways was employed to investigate a minor mystery in the offices of the publishing house of Wenham and Geraldine. Someone had maliciously tinkered with the proofs of an autobiography in which a retired and outspoken General had savagely attacked one of his colleagues. Consequently the firm was threatened with a disastrous libel suit. Strangeways had not made much headway before somebody's throat was cut on the actual premises of that discreet and reputable firm. Book.

Hard covers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st edition. Owner's inscription. Weight: 1 Language: English.

8vo 192pp. Original cloth. A good ex-library copy. Upper panel and blurb from dustwrapper attached to prelims. First edition.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages; Physical description.: 286 p. 21 cm. Subject: Fiction in English -- Fictional Characters -- English. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 4 p.l., 218 p. : col. front., 4 col. pl. ; 18 cm. Notes; Added t.-p., illus. Subjects; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert de Motier marquis de (1757-1834). 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by A. E. Barlow (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping and small loss to top and bottom of largely dark green jacket and spine, top of page block dyed red as issued, some slight yellowing to back jacket, some faint spotting and browning to page fore edges, some offsetting to endpapers, not price clipped (8s 6d), small previous owner's name to front pastedown, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 219pp. The brutal story of the Belgian occupation of central Africa, by naval novelist, historian and travel writer C. S. Forester (1899-1966). Loa was not just king of his Central African tribe, he was a god to his people. He controlled life and death in his village. Then he turned outward and conquered his neighbors. He felt very fierce. But this was not to last. Europe was on the march in Africa, and destiny in the form of King Leopold's agents trod on Loa. They sacked his kingdom with an avarice unimaginable to the natives. Soon nothing was the same, nor would it ever be again. Quite scarce in this first edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Cecil Day- Lewis was poet laureate who wrote mysteries under the name of Nicholas Blake. US title was "Death and Daisy Bland". "A chance meeting in a London street in the 1950s. and fate is sealed for carefree cat burglar Hugo Chesterman and Daisy Bland, the girl eager to become his mistress. When a police offer is murdered in Brighton, though, neither is prepared for the suspicion that falls upon them." CONDITION Blck bds (clean and unworn) pp 254. Copy is bright and crisp, inscription inside front and light dust spotting to ends and edges. DJ has loss botttom front though missing pieces laid in. a bit chipped to spine ends and small chip top rear, not price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine cover sun-toned. Slight lean to spine. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned as with age. Light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages; Description: 308p. 19cm. Subjects: English fiction - 20th century - Popular fiction - The berry books - Dornford Yates. Publisher's ads at end. 3 Kg.

Condition: buono. Straniera Europa Fiction and Poetry Foreign Fiction Europe Omnibus trad. di Michele Rago cartone edit. ill., sguardie illustrate, lieve brunitura al dorso fuori catalogo.

8vo. 275, [1] pp. Illustrated title, numerous plates. Red publisher's cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated endpapers (minor shelfwear, slight scuffing), w/ d.j. (minor age toning, creasing to fore-edges), VG/VG copy, from the library of David Engen, w/ ownership markings on half-title. First edition of this diary transcribed by Forester "of a 19th-Century British seaman, impressed into His Majesty's Service to fight Bonaparte," and held by the French as prisoner for over 10 years at Givet after the HMS Hussar was shipwrecked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Biro (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, second impression, published later the same year. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners and folds slightly rubbed, some slight yellowing to back jacket and page block, not price clipped (15s), Indian bookseller's stamp to bottom ffep, internally clean square and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 283pp. Forester's (1899-1966), classic tale of his naval hero Horatio Hornblower, set during the Napoleonic wars. 1815, the Napoleonic Wars are over. Yet peace continues to elude Horatio Hornblower overseas. As an admiral struggling to impose order in the chaotic aftermath of the French wars, Horatio Hornblower, Commander in chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels in the West Indies, must still face savage pirates, reckless revolutionaries and a violent hurricane. And while his retirement at half pay might well be in sight, Hornblower will need every ounce of his rapier wit and quick thinking and not to mention his courage and leadership to ensure that the lasting peace in Europe reaches the turbulent seas of the West Indies. This is the tenth of eleven books chronicling the adventures of C. S. Forester's inimitable nautical hero Horatio Hornblower. Quite a scarce book.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine cover sun-toned. Slight lean to spine. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned as with age. Light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages; Description: 308p. 19cm. Subjects: English fiction - 20th century - Popular fiction - The berry books - Dornford Yates. Publisher's ads at end. 1 Kg.

Condition: New.

8vo. 275, [1] pp., plus 12 pp. publisher's ads including blurb for Bristow & Manning's Gutenberg murders. Black cloth, green lettering & Mystery League logo on front cover (minor edgewear, faint tidemark to very upper right corner textblock), w/ d.j. striking Art Deco cover art by Gene [Thurston] (minor chipping at foot of spine, small tear affecting 1 letter at upper fore-edge), still VG-/VG- copy. First edition, stated, of this scarce Captain Desmond Merrion of Naval Intelligence, and Scotland Yard Inspector Young occult mystery against the backdrop of witchcraft, Druidic rites, and ancient religious rites in rural England. Street (1884-1965), also wrote under the pseudonyms of John Rhode and Cecil Waye. Published in England under the title Four-Ply yarn.

, 224 pages First Edition , lacks front cover, spine and rear cover soiled and torn, light spots to some pages, in fair condition , original printed wraps 19 x 13 cm Paperback ISBN:

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 223. A fine copy sans dustwrapper.(Hubin. pp36), KEATING 100 Best # 68. Silver Dagger runner up. One of Cecil Day Lewis's [writing as Blake] four non 'Nigel Strangeways' mysteries. Lewis the Poet Laureate superlative forays into the Mystery & Detective genre. He was an academic, critic, translator & literary figure & father to actor Daniel Day Lewis.

Smnall 8vo 191pp. Original boards in dustwrapper. Browning to prelims. A very good copy in bright dustwrapper. In the Collins 2/- series.

Small 8vo 192pp. Original boards in slightly worn dustwrapper. Browning to edges.Previous owner's name. A very good copy. In the Collins 2/- series.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition( so stated). Who was the Funny Toff, the terror alike of criminals and Scotland Yard? A NEAR FINE book (small book seller's stamp to front paste down and rear free end paper) in NEAR FINE ( rubbing at corners and one small closed tear to base of rear jacket panel) jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. First edition .Near Fine book in a Very Good + jacket ( light shallow chipping to spine ends). Black cloth boards stamped in green. Nice example of the art deco style "Gene" illustrated jacket ! ** See our new cheaper postal rates to the USA and abroad.**.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping and small loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, some creasing to bottom front jacket, 1" loss to bottom spine, corners rubbed, not price clipped (9/6),no inscriptions, some slight overall time staining, some browning and spotting to page fore edges, internally clean square and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 224pp. The Admiral's face was grim as he gave Commodore Hornblower his orders. The situation was critical, mutiny was an infection that could spread through the fleet like the plague and, furthermore, the defiant crew of the 'Flame' were threatening to go over to the French. St Vincent has put his faith in Hornblower. Hornblower knows he must not fail. Yet neither man dreamt, on that windy autumn day in 1813, that the mission would result in a peerage, and a death sentence for Horatio Hornblower. An early Hornblower novel.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.