Hume Fergus Wright (24 results)

Hardcover. Condition: sieheBeschreibung. Kriminalroman. PBd. 8 ° 181 S.

HC. Opb., kl, 8°, 181s., in gutem Zustand,[LSA53,3a]., ,[VPB7,1], [BPA10,3]. . . . (3) Deu 400g.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. U.S. Secretary of State Robert Lansing's copy, with his name in pencil on front endpaper (these were purchased from a family library in Henderson Harbor, NY, near his birthplace in Watertown, which included many other works owned by him). Boards rubbed with loss of titles, spine very faded, edges and endpapers a bit foxed. 1898 Hard Cover. 254 pp. Blue cloth, yellow titles, borders, and decorations. Hume was known for his detective fiction, and his self-published novel The Mystery of a Hansom Cab inspired Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet, the first work to feature Sherlock Holmes.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 2. Auflage. Klein-Oktav. 180 Seiten. Gebunden. Einband gering berieben.

1. Auflage. 11 x 17 cm Erste Auflage, 180 S. Fester Pappband. Buch mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren; Seiten alters- und papierbedingt leicht gebräunt;

17 cm, Pappband. Condition: Gut. 2. Aufl.,. 180 S., Einband berieben. Innenseiten gebräunt, am Schnitt etwas stockfleckig. // 5,3,4 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 190.

Condition: gut - gebraucht. Gebundene Ausgabe Guter Zustand, ohne Namenseintrag Zustand: 3, gut - gebraucht, Gebundene Ausgabe Das Neue Berlin , 1984 , Das Geheimnis des Fiakers. Kriminalroman, Hume, Fergus Wright.

Kl.-8°. illustrierte OPappe., Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage. Mit einer Einbandzeichnung von Klaus Ensikat., 180 Seiten. Reihe Klassische Kriminalromane im Verlag Das Neue Berlin mit Ensikat Einbänden. Papier etwas gilb, sonst gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 600.

94 p., 20 cm, bross.

hardcover. Condition: Gut. Seiten; Artikel stammt aus Nichtraucherhaushalt! AP11210 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

First Edition. [Modern literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.304; [16]. With the tissue-guarded halftone frontispiece. Publisher's green cloth. Black titles to upper, gilt titles to spine. Publisher's catalogue to rear. Interior frequently but faintly spotted. Rear flyleaf cancelled. Some thumbing to prelims. Heavy mould damage to cloth. Light bumping to extremities. Good. A novel by playwright and esteemed mystery writer Fergus Hume.

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi 7-319 [320], original burgundy cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in gold, First edition. Fantastic adventure novel of murder and the occult, concerning trance-inducing tuberose leaves and an ancient herb burner from Easter Island, a relic of Lemurian civilization. Bleiler (1978), p. 105. Reginald 07602. Adrian Homer Goldstone bookplate affixed to front paste-down. Early owner's signature dated October 1910 on the front free endpaper. Cloth rubbed at spine edges and corner tips, page edges tanned, a bright, very good copy overall. (#172405).

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi 7-319 [320], original burgundy cloth, front panel stamped in black and ruled in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, First edition. Fantastic adventure novel of murder and the occult, concerning trance-inducing tuberose leaves and an ancient herb burner from Easter Island, a relic of Lemurian civilization. Bleiler (1978), p. 105. Reginald 07602. Cloth rubbed along outer joints, mild foxing to page edges, a bright, very good copy overall. (#170919).

Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-302 [303-304: last leaf is a blank], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Harry B. Matthews, original pictorial navy blue cloth, front panel stamped in red and gray, spine panel stamped in red. First U.S. edition. Fantastic adventure novel of murder and the occult, concerning trance-inducing tuberose leaves and an ancient herb burner from Easter Island, a relic of Lemurian civilization. Bleiler (1978), p. 105. Reginald 07602. Early name on front paste-down. Slight spine lean, top edge of text block dusty, else a bright, nearly fine copy in the very rare pictorial dust jacket that, unfortunately, is missing the spine panel. (#170432).

First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, pp. 1 of adverts, 396, 16 of adverts. Yellow cloth with vivid design to spine and upper board. Bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, small close tear to front two pages, neat ownership inscription to the half title page, some occasional marking throughout the textblock, catalogue to rear is quite browned. Slight lean to the textblock, some spotting and marking to the edges, especially to the top edge. Some bumping to the head and the tail caps, some rubbing to extremities. Some general light wear and marking to the covers. A very good copy of a scarce volume.

First Edition. [Strange tale] FIRST EDITION, three volumes complete. Octavo (19 x 13 x 9cm), pp.288; 302; 300. Pagination appears to be correct, with half-titles to vols. 2 and 3 (evidently not called for in first volume). Publisher's light blue cloth blocked in gilt to spine, and titled and trimmed in black to upper, black endpapers. Black titles to upper, gilt titles to spine. Publisher's catalogue to rear. Mudie's Library labels to front covers, some light institutional marks within. Contents generally clean for a lending copy, with no nasty surprises or defects. Expected wear to joints, a little foxing to first and final gatherings, bindings used but solid, some general toning/ageing, gilt dulled. A serviceable example of a particularly scarce triple-decker. An adventure novel from the esteemed mystery writer Fergus Hume. Bleiler; The Checklist of Fantastic Literature [453].

Octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-230 [231-232: ads], publisher's pictorial gray wrappers printed in back. First British edition. The best selling mystery novel of the Victorian era. Although "ONE HUNDREDTH THOUSAND" is printed at the top edge of title page, this is probably the first UK printing (but see Bell's confusing history printed as an appendix to Glover and Greene, VICTORIAN DETECTIVE FICTION). Regardless, this is an early, probably the earliest, printing done in the UK. See Sadleir II, p. 50. Glover and Green, Victorian Detective Fiction 279. Sadleir 3597 (this printing). Wrappers worn at edges, spine ends chipped with loss of several letters of advertising copy printed thereon. Internally sound and clean. Quite scarce in the original wrappers. (#172078).

Octavo, pp. [1-13] 14-222 [223-224: ads], publisher's pictorial gray wrappers printed in back. First edition. Although "ONE HUNDREDTH THOUSAND" is printed at the top edge of title page, this is the first printing. This Australian "western" with "scenes in Ballarat and Mellbourne, is a story of mining life, with theatrical associations ." (Miller and Macartney, Australian Literature [1956]), p. 245). Hume's second novel, preceded by THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB, the best selling mystery novel of the Victorian era. Glover and Green, Victorian Detective Fiction 258. Sadleir 3595. Wrappers worn at edges, spine ends chipped with loss of several letters of advertising copy printed thereon. Internally sound and clean. Quite scarce in the original wrappers. (#171034).

Small octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [7] 8-192, original pictorial white wrappers printed in black. First edition. A paperbound shilling shocker featuring private detective Octavius Fanks. Glover and Greene, Victorian Detective Fiction 260. Hubin (1994), p. 423. Wolff 3386. The back wrapper is missing, as is most of the spine panel, internally sound and complete. Rare. (#169907).

Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix [x] xi [xii] 1-403 [404: printer's imprint] + sixteen-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, four inserted plates with illustrations by Phillys Vere Campbell, original decorated red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. "Occult thriller by prolific mystery writer; young lovers caught in conflict between black and white magicians, also Atlantean memories, reincarnation, metempsychosis, prophecies. A potpourri of supernatural themes to keep the pot boiling, and the plot moving briskly. Unencumbered by the occult jargon that clogs other Rider weirds in this period." - Robert Knowlton. Barron (ed) Horror Literature 3-98. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 875. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 119. Bleiler (1978), p. 105. Reginald 07603. Cloth lightly worn at lower front corner tips, some bubbling to cloth, mostly rear panel, a very good copy with bright cover stamping. A nice copy of a scarce book and one of Hume's most imaginative novels. (#130324).

First edition. Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix [x] xi [xii] 1-403 [404: printer's imprint] + sixteen-page undated publisher's catalogue inserted at rear, four inserted plates with illustrations by Phillys Vere Campbell, original decorated red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. "Occult thriller by prolific mystery writer; young lovers caught in conflict between black and white magicians, also Atlantean memories, reincarnation, metempsychosis, prophecies. A potpourri of supernatural themes to keep the pot boiling, and the plot moving briskly. Unencumbered by the occult jargon that clogs other Rider weirds in this period." - Robert Knowlton. [Reference: Barron (ed) Horror Literature 3-98. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 875. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 119. Bleiler (1978), p. 105. Reginald 07603]. Light foxing throughout, spine a bit leaned and dulled, repaired small tear to cloth at head of spine, a very good or somewhat better copy of a scarce book and one of Hume's most imaginative novels (24993).

Kl.8° Pappeinband. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Aufl. Sehr schönes, innen wie außen sauberes Exemplar.Mit Signatur des Illustrators Klaus Ensikat. 180 S. Deutsch 550g.

First Edition. First Impression. Three octavo volumes (19.25cm); blue-gray cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spines and in black on front covers; publisher's decorated endpapers; [2],3-288; [4],5-301,[1]; [4],5-299,[1] blank, plus [4]pp ads. Black and white armorial bookplate of J.M. Sagar-Musgrave applied to front pastedown of each volume. Some offsetting from bookplates onto endpapers; scattered foxing to text edges and preliminary pages, else clean internally; touch of sunning to spine cloth and board extremities, mild wear to spine ends, with light dust-soil to covers; hinges sound, with spine gilt still bright and unrubbed; Very Good+. An early and uncommon novel from Hume's prolific career a Greek Arcadian utopia founded by a wealthy Englishman on an isolated island in the Mediterranean. Set on the fictional island of Melnos, in the Cretan Sea, the Englishman, who expatriated himself from his native land 40 years prior to the beginning of the narrative, has through natural selection raised "a small colony of almost perfect men and women. Of these none was more beautiful than his own daughter Helena.To this colony, at the invitation of its sovereign, goes out Maurice Boylands, a wealthy young Englishman who has lost all zest and relish for life until he encounters Helena. Then all his susceptible nature awakes within him in passionate force. Life becomes entirely transformed, and for the first time he realises the joy of existence" (The Academy: A Weekly Review of Literature, Science, and Art, July 30, 1892). Conflict ensues when Boylands's scorned rival, Count Caliphronas, resolves to punish Helena and the island's inhabitants by waging war upon them. The island is ultimately destroyed by a volcanic eruption, with the principal characters being among the few survivors. Uncommon; OCLC shows 11 holdings in US institutions. Bleiler (1948 ed.), p.155; Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, Vol.1, p.119.

Jean Bernard PARIS, Librairie des Champs-Élysées [23, rue Marbeuf /// IFE, Imprimerie Française de l'Édition, 12, rue de l'Abbé de l'Épée] - Copyright 1934 - C.18,5x12x1,9 cm - Cartonnage éditeur jaune titré et orné du masque à la plume emblématique de la collection en marron; jaquette au premier plat illustré en couleurs par Jean Bernard et titré en noir et rouge, dos blanc titré, numéroté et orné en rouge et noir, 4e de jaquette blanc au texte de présentation de la collection 'Aventures et Légendes de la Mer' en noir; catalogue intérieur in-fine des 162 titres parus (1 à 162); 247 et (7) pages. (Collection Le Masque - Collection de Romans d'Aventures - N° 163 [306.000.174], dirigée par Albert Pigasse - 6 fr). Jaquette avec petits manques de papier. Bon état. LA PHOTO AUGMENTE LES DÉFAUTS DE LA JAQUETTE, surtout les rousseurs. BIEN COMPLET DE SA JAQUETTE illustrée. Première édition dans la collection. Français Livres.