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Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. PBO - Paperback Original (True 1st). 126 pages. "When Jack Sheppey ends up dead in a beach hut in a wealthy town on the coast of the Pacific, his former partner in their detective agency starts a desperate quest to find his killer. But as private investigator Lew Brandon soon learns, this becomes a non-stop, terrifying and deadly hunt that will take him right to the heart of gangster territory">> Minor wear at spine. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Barye Phillips GGA - Good Girl Art Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 164 pages. Illustrated. Jerome K Jerome, Three Men in a Boat, George du Maurier, JHB Peel, A & C Black books, James Hadley Chase, Bernard Darwin's golf books, Cyril Connolly.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition By This Publisher. 190 pages. RARE IN HIGH GRADE. >> "Kidnapping had becoe a national pastime in Italy - but was there another reason why billionaire Carlo Grandi put his beautiful dauther behind an electric fence, guarded by killer dogs and two fast shooting guards?" >> Minor shelf wear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA {Good Girl Art} Swimsuit Girl PHOTO Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition By This Publisher. #267 - I'LL BURY MY DEAD by James Hadley Chase (pseudonym of Rene Brabazon Raymond; Also Writes as; Raymond Marshall & Ambrose Grant) (1/1954; Mystery; First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing; GGA - Good Girl Art Painted Cover"Nick English meant every word, and with his efforts to find his brother's killer, started a chain reaction of murder and violence that nearly ended his own life. Here is a story of organized blackmail, punctuated by sudden and gruesome murder." (January/1954; Printed in Canada; Uncommon Edition; >> We have A GIANT selection of Harlequin books in stock, in many difference grades. (If you prefer a different grade ask we might just have it.) > This is a reading copy. Cover scuffing & creasing; corners clipped to lower right edge of covers; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. GGA - Good Girl Art Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. PBO - Paperback Original (True 1st). 224 pages. (12/1952; Mystery; 1st paperback; Nice GGA = Good Girl Art cover! "Beautiful stripper Susan Gellert, was insured for 1,000,000 against every recognized cause of death. The premiums were low, the risks were high. In fact, it was a perfect set-up for murder. Steve Harmas, investigator for National Fidelity, runs into trouble from the moment the policy is sold. He is stuck in an elevator shaft with a bloody corpse; and meets a blonde nude who caresses cobras and an alcoholic movie queen, an d a freak who kills for laughs. Finally fired for handling a corpse, he has only his life to lose, so Steve gets tough. The bizarre solution is revealed when he brings the murders to a crashing culmination, in a welter of blood and lust that makes the hair stand on end." Stripper/ Strip-Tease Dancer & Snake Cover >>> Minor wear & creasing on front & back covers. Indent on front cover., Pen on front cover. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA - Good Girl Art Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. Second British UK Edition. 160 pages."Chase is the only one to have succeeded in expressing romanticism, purity - not to say puritanism - through violence, hardness and the willhul realism of the American tough shcool." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA - Good Girl Art LINGERIE PHOTO Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: GOOD+. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. 224 pages. Harlequin book #267; (1/1954; Mystery; First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing); "Nick English meant every word, and with his efforts to find his brother's killer, started a chain reaction of murder and violence that nearly ended his own life. Here is a story of organized blackmail, punctuated by sudden and gruesome murder." *** SCARCE book Number in the Highly Collectible Original Vintage HARLEQUIN Paperback Series;>> Cover creasing; pen to front end page; heavy scuffing & staining to backcover; heavy indents to backcover; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. GGA - Good Girl Art Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Small red book, sturdy soft cover. Corners sharp, cover clean, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Stickers on the front and back from Abbott Laboratories.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. 224 pages. Harlequin book #267; (1/1954; Mystery; First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing); "Nick English meant every word, and with his efforts to find his brother's killer, started a chain reaction of murder and violence that nearly ended his own life. Here is a story of organized blackmail, punctuated by sudden and gruesome murder." *** SCARCE book Number in the Highly Collectible Original Vintage HARLEQUIN Paperback Series; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA - Good Girl Art Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: VERY GOOD Minus. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. 224 pages. Harlequin book #267; (1/1954; Mystery; First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing); "Nick English meant every word, and with his efforts to find his brother's killer, started a chain reaction of murder and violence that nearly ended his own life. Here is a story of organized blackmail, punctuated by sudden and gruesome murder." *** SCARCE book Number in the Highly Collectible Original Vintage HARLEQUIN Paperback Series; *** Nice example, with Small 1/2" piece chipped off lower right corner of cover, thus VG minus; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA - Good Girl Art Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. 176 pages. >>> Dated " APRL 1951", First Harlequin Edition; *** Hardboiled sequel to No Orchids For Miss Blandish; "The Flesh of the Orchid is the story of Carol Blandish, daughter of Miss Blandish by the homicidal maniac, Slim Grisson. Committed to a sanitorium for the insane as a suspected homicidal lunatic, Carol inherits the vast fortune left her by her grandfather, John Blandish. She escapes and while endeavouring to prove her sanity falls victim to two professional murderers, the Sullivan brothers. " >> Superb early GGA / Good Girl Art Photo cover, retouched to look like Art; >>> RARE Number in the Vintage Harlequin Series; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA {Good Girl Art} PHOTO Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 187 pages (complete). In Afrikaans throughout. Afrikaans translation of James Hadley Chase's "Trusted like the Fox". A much owned copy. The cover is much worn, creased, scuffed and torn. It is however, stoic and resolute and is intact and sure. Inside, the contents have some marks from handling and there is evidence of usage throughout. The pages are benign, agreeable, clear, bold and comfortable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, scarlet lettering to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 250, 1 [pages]. Age darkened page edges, light rubbing to spine tips and corners and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. DETECTIVE | CRIME FICTION.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD ONLY. First Edition. DJ SHOWS MUCH WEAR, BOOK IS CLEAN FROM ANY MARKS.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. PBO (Paperback Original) True First Ed. #316 - THIS WAY FOR A SHROUD (Book #316 in the Original Vintage HARLEQUIN Paperback series) (October 1954; Mystery Thriller, Crime, Noir, and Brutal Suspense-Packed Action; Paul Anna Soik GGA Good-Girl-Art Painted Cover; Goodreads: The brutal murder of June Arnot, famous screen actress, and the massacre of all her servants is just the curtain raiser to this chill-a-page novel. The D.A. suspects that June Arnot was the mistress of Jack Maurer, boss of a billion dollars' worth of rackets. For fifteen years he has been trying to bring Maurer to trial. Is this the opportunity he has been waiting for ? His case depends on one terrified and unwilling eyewitness, but can she survive Maurer's vengeance and be persuaded to talk. ? Sergeant O'Brien, a tall thin man with hard eyes and a flock of freckles, came out of the lounge. " Found anything ? " Bardin asked. " Some slugs, nothing else. No fingerprints that aren't accounted for. It's my guess the killer just walked in, shot down everyone in sight, and then walked out again without touching a thing. 192 Pages; #316 is a RARE Number in the Original Vintage HARLEQUIN Paperback series,>> We have A GIANT selection of Harlequin books in stock, in many difference grades. (If you prefer a different grade ask we might just have it.) >Cover creasing & scuffing; surface scratching to cover, spine slant; minor backcover staining; pen to interior front cover; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Paul Anna Soik - GGA - Good Girl Art Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. 176 pages. >>> Dated " APRL 1951", First Harlequin Edition; "The Flesh of the Orchid is the story of Carol Blandish, daughter of Miss Blandish by the homicidal maniac, Slim Grisson. Committed to a sanitorium for the insane as a suspected homicidal lunatic, Carol inherits the vast fortune left her by her grandfather, John Blandish. She escapes and while endeavouring to prove her sanity falls victim to two professional murderers, the Sullivan brothers. " >> Superb early GGA / Good Girl Art Photo cover, retouched to look like Art; >>> RARE Number in the Vintage Harlequin Series; >> EXTRA TOUGH in Nice Condition, as with this example; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA {Good Girl Art} PHOTO Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good to Fine. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. 192 pages. (Collins White Circle Pocket Edition. Book #355) "From the moment that Cora Brant stepped into the smoky atmosphere of 'Joe's Club', flaunting a figure that slacks and a too-thin sweater did nothing to conceal, George Fraser was lost. George, in spite of his imposing appearance, was timid and lonely, living in a dream world of racketeers, gunfights and fascinating women: bolstering up his inferiority complex by imagining himself the toughest gangster of them all. Through Cora, all these fantasies were to come true. George was to become ensnared in a net of intrigue, and a vicious killer hunted, not only by the police, but by the gang he had doubled-crossed. Ambrose grant has a gift for describing violent and brutal characters, and for action that rips along like a bullet."; >>> *** Extremely RARE number in the White Circle Paperback series; VERY RARE Title by this Author using this Original Pseudonym; >>> Scarce in VG or better condition, RARE in FINE or better ; Classic book title; Fantastic Early Paperback with PHOTO GGA Good Girl Art-cover of beautiful Blonde standing in doorway of a bar with Cigarette in hand! HOT! "Greed & Savage passions", "Violent & brutal characters"; only time author used this pseudonym & the only Ambrose Grant book for Collins; Preceded by the 1946 UK Eyre & Spottiswoode Hardcover; > Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. GGA {Good Girl Art} PHOTO Cover. (illustrator). Book. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Translation and the Classic | Paul F. Bandia (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2024 | Routledge | EAN 9781032670720 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstr. 24, 80331 München, gpsr[at]taylorandfrancis[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Using Technologies for Creative-Text Translation | James Luke Hadley (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2024 | Routledge | EAN 9781032333847 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstr. 24, 80331 München, gpsr[at]taylorandfrancis[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …

Condition: New. &Uumlber den AutorAlyssa Hadley Dunn is an assistant professor of urban teacher education at Georgia State University, USA.KlappentextrnrnThis is the story of four Indian teachers who came to the US in the face of tr.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. First Edition By This Publisher. #255 - LADY - HERE''S YOUR WREATH by Raymond Marshall ( pseudonym of Rene Brabazon Raymond; AKA = James Hadley Chase) (11/1953; Mystery; First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing; *** RARE book Number in the Highly Collectible Original Vintage HARLEQUIN Paperback Series; (November/1953; Printed in Canada; Uncommon Edition; >> We have A GIANT selection of Harlequin books in stock, in many difference grades. (If you prefer a different grade ask we might just have it.) > Cover scuffing & creasing; wear to paper spine; spine slant; stores stamp to front end apge; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. GGA - Good Girl Art Painted Cover (illustrator). Book.…

Taschenbuch oder Softcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 191 Seiten Zustand: GUTER Zustand. HC1-195-5/8-00064207 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 132.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing.. 190 pages. Harlequin book #160; (3/1952; WES - GGA {Good Girl Art} Painted Cover depicts Sexy rich Blonde Woman, with Chinamen Slaves in Chains cover; Mystery/Esoteric; Racist Title; First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing); *** Sleuth Dave Fenner; Behind the scenes of a merciless violent Underworld - Murders, Assassination, Slavery, New York to Florida; *** "When a curvaceous, beautiful girl walks into your office, strips, and offers you a 6,000 retainer to help her out of the trouble she's in, it's hard to refuse. Especially it you're private eye Dave Fenner, the man who busted the notorious Blandish case. But by the time Dave had been beaten half to death and been forced to shoot his way out of a load of unhealthy situations, he realised that chivalry - even if it was paid for a hard cash - was no way to stay alive.". *** RARE book Number in the Highly Collectible Original Vintage HARLEQUIN Paperback Series; *** Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. WES - GGA {Good Girl Art} Painted Cover (illustrator). Book. …

Script Format, reprint. Condition: As New. / 1996 REVISED DRAFT / I HAVE MORE TITLES, LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER TITLES /THE SCRIPT IS PRINTED ON THREE-HOLE PUNCHED PAPER AND BOUND WITH 2 BRASS BRADS.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with red spine lettering. VG indeed in like D/W with a slither of wear at the spine tips. Inscribed by the Author on the front free end-paper: "Pour/ Karin Antonini/ from/ Ambrose Grant & James Hadley Chase". Rare hardcover first edition in dust wrapper. Great cover art by Dorothy Craigie. This is a tale of Soho gangster life. The book was written by James Hadley Chase using the pseudonym Ambrose Grant although there have been many suggestions over the years that it was a collaborative effort with Graham Greene. An interesting item, scarce in wrapper, especially inscribed by the author. Signed by Author.…

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition, First Issue. Octavo, 169pp. Publisher's yellow cloth, title printed on spine. The first issue, with no additional printings noted. Soiling to yellow cloth, notable at the spine. Solid text block. In the publisher's scarce dust jacket, 8/6 net retail price on front flap, chip at head of spine, a few short closed tears, bright illustrations. Includes a typed letter from "James Hadley Chase" to Merrill Panitt, dated 1945, with interesting World War II content. Signed on the title page: "For Merrill, So many thanks for all your help. James Hadley Chase / 27.1.44." While in London during World War II, Panitt met René Raymond (psd. James Hadley Chase), and the two became lifelong friends. Panitt gifted Raymond a dictionary of American slang, which Raymond used to develop the characters for this book. Merrill Panitt (1918-1994) served on the staff of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, where he came to the attention of Walter Annenberg, the publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Panitt joined The Inquirer in 1945 and worked with Annenberg to found TV Guide in 1953. He later become the director of Triangle Publications, publisher of TV Guide, Seventeen Magazine, and many more. The first edition of Miss Shumway Waves A Wand by James Hadley Chase. This work is dedicated to Merrill Panitt and personally inscribed to him by the author. (illustrator). Signed.…