Published by Penguin Books Australia, Hawthorn, 1977
ISBN 10: 014004387X ISBN 13: 9780140043877
Seller: 2Vbooks, Derwood, MD, U.S.A.
Mass-market paperback. Condition: Fine. 266 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. pb 144.
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Published by Viking Press, New York, 1991
ISBN 10: 0670841897 ISBN 13: 9780670841899
Seller: The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 357 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter beige cloth with gilt lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. First American edition. Murther and Walking Spirits is, in a way, another ghost story, a genre Davies visited in his short story collection High Spirits (1982). In the very first sentence of the novel, "Gil" Gilmartin, the protagonist and narrator, is a film critic who comes home to find his attractive wife having an affair with a nerdy coworker, who strikes him with a walking stick in fear, causing his death. His ghost then attends a strange film festival. While the attendees see actual films, Gilmartin is shown "films" detailing the lives of his ancestors, such as one who was a Tory during the American Revolution or another who was a master carpenter who married a blue-blooded woman, only to have it end in a nasty divorce. The films, dealing as they do with more and more recent subjects, bring the novel to its modern-day conclusion. Gilmartin's ghost is able to cross over when his killer confesses to the newspaper editor, who chides him for the sin, but also for society in general: "It's a hot dinner for the wrongdoer and the victims struggle". Rather than surrender the killer to the authorities, the editor says his punishment should be to carry that walking stick for the rest of his life, akin to a "mark of Cain". Gilmartin also learns that prior to his death, he had impregnated his wife, and his ancestors' tribulations may have been shown to him as a sign the bloodline will continue. The final scene is where Gilmartin finds himself in the sky, being addressed by a feminine voice. Thinking it at first to be his deceased mother, she says she is not, but "the woman in the man", thinking of a remark one of his newspaper coworkers made. Condition: Corners bumped, remainder strike to heal end pages else very good in a fine jacket.
Published by Viking Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1978
ISBN 10: 0140049673 ISBN 13: 9780140049671
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Wraps have light edgewear, spine unbent. Pages are clean with no markings in text. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Penguin, 1977
ISBN 10: 0140043896 ISBN 13: 9780140043891
Seller: Tudor Cottage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Good.
Published by Davis Publications, New York, 1987
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of twelve short stories. Featured are The Hostage Gypsies by Edward D. Hoch, Two Heads Are Better Then One by Ann Bayer, We Only Live Once by William Bankier, The Evil of Drink by Edmond K. Doak, Stealing Junipers by Heidi Vanderbilt, Did Sherlock Holmes Meet Hercule? by Julian Symons, The Talking Donkey by James Powell, Happy Birthday by David Pitt, The Sixty-Six Cent Divorce by Thomas Adcock, The Kiss of Khrushchev by Robertson Davies, Ojai Once Again by Robert Twohy, Murder By Dice by Matthew J. Costello. Address label on the front cover. Small chip to bottom right corner of the front cover. Light reading creases to the front cover near spine. In fair condition.
Published by Davis Publications, New York, 1986
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 13 Short Stories. Featured are: Charity Child by Nell Lamburn, The Common Name by Isaac Asimov, A Bad Debt by Brendan DuBois, Simon Bognor and the Sudden Death by Tim Heald, "Really, Doesn't Crime Pay?" by Alice Walker, East Wind by Daphne du Maurier, Masugi's Final Masterpiece by Nan Hamilton, The Injured Party by Robert Barnard, Dickens Digested by Robertson Davies, The Straight and Narrow by Jon L Breen, Mr. and Mrs. Piggott by Avram Davidson, Fear is a Killer and The Problem of the Invisible Acrobat by Edward D Hoch. In Near Fine Condition.
Published by Viking, 1991
ISBN 10: 0670841897 ISBN 13: 9780670841899
Seller: Hamelyn, Madrid, Spain
Condition: Como nuevo. EAN: 9780670841899 Tipo: Libros Título: Murther & Walking Spirits Autor: William Robertson Davies (1913-1995) Editorial: Viking Press, New York Peso: 454.
Published by . Editorial: Destino., 1996
Seller: Rincón de Lectura, Madrid, Spain
First Edition
Novela. Canadá. Barcelona. Colección: Áncora y Delfín. Nº: 765. Editorial: Destino. 1996. Primera edición. 413 pags. 20x13 cms. Rústica con solapas. Buen estado. Cubierta algo rozada. Lomo decolorado. Corte central algo sucio. Traducción de José Luis Fernández.
Published by The Paris Review, Flushing, NY, 1989
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. Softcover. Features interviews of Robertson Davies and William Trevor. Includes Denis Johnson's story Car Crash While Hitchhiking, Joyce Carol Oates' story "Heat" and additional stories by T. Coraghessan Boyle, Edna O'Brien and Daniel Stern. A very good plus copy in wrappers with a light crease to the bottom front corner and some other minor wear. The covers feature artwork by Christopher Wool.
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good paperback with stamp mark to bottom edge of the page block and minor cover wear. 246 pages, unmarked. Robertson Davies and William Trevor Interviews. ; E9E; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages.
Published by penguin books,uk, 1995
Seller: S.Carter, NEWPORT, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. all 12 slim short story booklets are near fine to fine card covers.all unread in a rubbed slipcase.
Published by London, Penguin Books,, 1995
Seller: Antiquariaat Digitalis, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 12 small books in box. Box is worn at corners, edges rubbed, of 6 books the left upper corner is bumped, good copy. 15 x 10 cm.
Published by Penguin,, London,, 1995
ISBN 10: 0140951490 ISBN 13: 9780140951493
Paperback. Condition: Fine. Reprint. Paperback. 8vo. This limited edition boxed set of stories is presented to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Penguin in 1995. It includes stories by William Boyd, Vladimir Nabokov, Muriel Spark, John Updike, Barbara Vine and others. ISBN: 0140951490 About fine.
Published by Penguin Books, (London), 1995
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. 12mo. A boxed set of twelve books in wrappers, representing twelve prominent author's published by Penguin. Fine in near fine modestly edgeworn slipcase. Stories by William Boyd, Jonathan Coe, Jim Crace, Robertson Davies, Shena Mackay, Vladimir Nabokov, Will Self, Muriel Spark, Donna Tartt, William Trevor, Barbara Vine and the first of appearance of John Updike's "Scenes from the Fifties".
Hardcover. First Edition Thus, Limited Edition. Very Good, bound in 1/4 vellum and marbled paper-covered boards, with gilt titles on spine. Owner bookplate inside front cover of three Writings volumes. No markings to text. Small 4to, 11"h x 8"w. Personal copy set of author Robertson Davies, with his bookplate inside front panel on Life volume and on front end page of Writings volumes.