Christie Agatha Dorothy Sayers Freeman (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Owner's faint signature on front endpaper,

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First Edition. ROGUES' GALLERY, L-B, 1945, first edition, spine lightened, else a vg copy. Contributions by: Hammett, Christie, Bailey, Hecht, Sayers, Carr, Allen, Hornung, LeBlanc, Anderson, Wallace, Post, Freeman, Hodgson, McCulley, Finger, Charteris, Queen, S. Lewis, F. Brown, etc.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st US edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. About fine in lightly used dust jacket. Introduction by Julian Symons. Written by 8 of the most eminent of crime writers: Christie, Sayers, E.C. Bentley, A. Berkeley, R. Knox, F.W. Crofts, Hugh Walpole, and Clemence Dane. two novellas collaboratively written by members of the Detection Club in the early 1930s. The novellas were broadcast as weekly serials on the BBC with the scripts published later. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1947. Hardback. Original light-blue cloth; spine black lettered. Neat owner name dated 1956; no internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. Spine dulled. Minor wear and marks only to covers. Internally very good indeed. VERY GOOD. (v), 160 pages. CONTENTS: The Unknown peer by E.C. Bentley -- The sign in the sky by Agatha Christie -- Murder in broad daylight by G.D.H. & M. Cole -- The hunt ball murder by Freeman Wills Crofts -- Miniature crime by Frank King --The man on the water-logged ketch by E. Phillips Oppenheim -- Suspicion by Dorothy L. Sayers -- The killing of Mynheer Katz by H. de Vere Stacpoole. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Second Impression. LONDON : 1947. [ Dent Everyman Library No. 928. First issued in Everyman in 1936.]. 19 stories. Hardback. Edited with an Introduction by Dorothy L. Sayers. Red cloth; gilt lettered spine. In red printed series style dust-jacket. Patterened end-papers. Tight, bright and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Jacket worn and chipped but bright and clean. VERY GOOD INDEED in GOOD jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xvi), 382 pages. CONTENTS: Poe, E.A. The purloined letter.--Collins, Wilkie. The biter bit.--Stevenson, R.L. Was it murder?--Chesterton, G.K. The man in the passage.--Bentley E.C. The clever cockatoo.--Bramah, Ernest. The ghost at Massingham mansions.--Jepson, Edgar and Eustace, Robert. The tea-leaf.- -Freeman, R.A. The contents of a mare's nest.--Burke, Thomas. The hands of Mr. Ottermole.--Knox, Father Ronald. Solved by inspection.--Christie, Agatha. Philomel cottage.--Berkeley, Anthony. The avenging chance.-- Crofts, F.W. The mystery of the sleeping-car express.--Rhode, John. The elusive bullet.--Sayers, Dorothy L. The image in the mirror.--Wade, Henry. A matter of luck.--Kennedy, Milward. Superfluous murder.--Bailey, H.C. The yellow slugs.--King, C.D. The episode of the nail and the requiem. Sm.8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. [ Dent Everyman Library No. 928.] SCARCE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. NO JACKET. 1948 reprint. Hardback. 21.5x16cm. 696 pages with 16 black & white illustrations. SPINE LETTERING IS VERY DULL. Clean & tight book. SOME FOXING. Flat pages. No inscriptions. NO JACKET. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with RACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref H201.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.S. Edition. Small close tear to DJ top of back cover. Some wear along the DJ edges and tips along with several tiny open/close tears. Small open tear at bottom front tip. Minor discoloration to pages. Minor wear to the edges and tips of the book itself. Some rubbing wear to DJ covers.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. Reprint. 4th Imp 1935. Wonderful wrapper artwork. Stories by Agatha Christie, J S Fletcher, E Phillips Oppenheim, J D Beresford, Sapper, Dorothy Sayers, R Austin Freeman, Belloc Lowndes, Thomas Burke, Freeman Wills Croft, Ernest Bramah and others. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. The wrapper is very good++ and quite bright. Edges lightly rubbed. Light loss to some edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18486.

First Edition. A review copy with the publisherÕs dated notice tipped in at the front endpapers. Near fine bright copy with just a touch of darkening to the cloth at the spine in a lightly handled dust jacket with some dust soiling and small chips and tears. A collection of mystery stories from members of the famous Detection Club in London, including E.C. Bentley, J. Dickson Carr, G.K. Chesterton, Agatha Christie, G.D.H. and M. Cole, J.J. Connington, Freeman Wills Crofts, Carter Dickson, R. Austin Freeman, Arthur Morrison, the Baroness Orczy, Dorothy L. Sayers, Henry Wade, and Hugh Walpole.