J E Preston Muddock (46 results)

paperback. Condition: Good.

Condition: new.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Very Good. : Sumérgete en la época dorada de la ficción criminal con 'The Shadows of Sherlock Holmes'. Esta fascinante colección de historias presenta detectives, agentes criminales y estafadores de la alta sociedad. Encontrarás relatos llenos de misterio, suspense y acertijos ingeniosos, con personajes como The Crime Doctor, el Profesor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, Max Carrados, Skin o' My Teeth y el ingenioso detective francés Eugene Valmont. En el lado opuesto de la ley, conocerás a Raffles y Simon Carn, el Príncipe de los Estafadores. Esta edición incluye relatos de autores clásicos como Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins y Anton Chekhov. EAN: 9781853267444 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: The Shadows of Sherlock Holmes Autor: Guy Boothby| Bret Harte| Jacques Futrelle| David Stuart Davies| Hesketh Vernon Hesketh-Prichard| Clarence Rook| Herbert George Jenkins| Anton Pavlovich Chekhov| Robert Barr| Grant Allen| E. W. Hornung| J. E. Preston Muddock| Edgar Allan Poe| Guy Clifford| Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy| Catherine Louisa Pirkis| Anonymous| Ernest Bramah Editorial: Wordsworth Classics Idioma: en Páginas: 357 Formato: tapa blanda. …

Condition: New. pp. 353.

Condition: New. pp. 353.

Condition: New. pp. 353.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illus. by Nicholas Bentley, 7.5 x 5", cloth, 232pp, covers rubbed with some spotting, spine sunned and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, spine cocked, pages toned with some spotting to preliminaries, in a rubbed, lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. Written by brothers Peter and Anthony Shaffer- Peter later wrote such plays as EQUUS and AMADEUS. SCARCE. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 294 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.74 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 122pp, frontispiece and 2 maps, slight foxing, otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, glazed fawn cloth, black titles, covers slightly brown-spotted, Very Good / no dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Book measures 19x13cm, 122pp. Bound in original publishers cloth, with black title lettering. Cloth slightly rubbed on head and tail of spine, light dust/dirt marking. Binding in good condition. Internally, pages clean. A very good clean copy.

Autobiography of the Scottish author of mystery, horror and science fiction. 2nd edition. Blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration. VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, small format hardback, 122pp. There are a few markings to the front and back boards. Small tear on the inside front ends at the spine. Fading on the endpapers. There is a pull out section with two maps in good condition.

Laminate Wraps. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Originally published in 1905 by F. V. White, London. Undated reprint. As new and unread. Internally clean and unmarked. Stiff card covers (softcover) are very gently bumped and rubbed to extremities with a hint of shelfwear to show. From the Papers and Diaries of the late JOSIAH FLINTABBSATEY FLONATIN, Esq. Not much info about publisher or location in the book. Red fold out illustration to the front is present. Muddock also known as "Joyce Emmerson Preston Muddock" and "Dick Donovan" was a prolific British journalist and author of mystery, horror and science fiction. The Sunless City is rumoured to be the inspiration for the naming of Flin Flon, Manitoba. Published in 1997 .…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. The covers have moderate wear and there is 3 scuff marks on the back cover. Thie pages are photo copied, apparently from the original book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardback. Condition: VG-. No DW. 2nd Impression. Dark blue cloth lettered in gold. Clean tight text but top edge bit dusty. Cloth on spine has a wrinkle just below titling. Front cover has a few marks.

Red cloth lettered in gilt. Cloth torn along front hinge, clear tape repairs to spine and inner hinges, a good copy. Internally sound & decent. An uncommon novel, dealing with abduction by Gipsies, murders and inheritances. Not listed in Hubin, but it should be. A rough copy of a scarce book.

hardcover. Condition: New. NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOUND IN CREAM COLOUED CLOTH WITN BRIGHT BLACK TITLES TO FRONT BOARD, THIS DATED 1920 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION IS VG. 122pp WITH TWO MAPS, PREFACE AND 14 CHAPTERS. CONDITION VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Published in London in 1889, this is a very scarce and sought after Victorian short story collection of Horror & Supernatural stories. This example was originally the property of Fulham Conservative Club Member's Lending Library, with their library bookplate to front pastedown, no further library marks within, the book has been rebound in cloth probably at the time it was in the lending library. The cloth is very worn and faded with splits along spine edges and loss at spine ends, internally there are occasional mild handling and other marks within, three pages (pictured) had been strengthened along inner edges with tape (now removed) this has left brown staining to those inner page edges, a couple of the gatherings are standing slightly proud of the text block, else in acceptable condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. original cloth, spine bumped, publisher's catalogue dated February 1891, very good. first published 1889; 270 pages.

Cloth. Condition: VG. 1st. Account of the London Special Constabulary during WW1 and in particular the Zeppelin Raids on London. 122pp, portrait frontis, foldout maps. VG clean copy in original beige cloth boards.

First Edition. Library copy. Very good copy in half gilt-blocked leather over cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: vii, 84p : front., illus., plates, ports ; 23 cm. Subjects: Crystal Palace, Hyde Park; London Great Exhibition; Crystal Palace (London, England) History. 1 Kg. …

The hugely prolific author of Mystery, Detective,and Horror stories in the Strand who for a time rivalled Sherlock Holmes, turns his attention to Derbyshire Bakewell and the history of Haddon Hall. It was followed in 1907 with "Did Dorothy Vernon elope ?" a rejoinder to G Le Blanc Smith 's book on Haddon Hall [1906] A particularly nice copy.…

First Edition. Library copy. Very good copy in half gilt-blocked leather over cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: vii, 84p : front., illus., plates, ports ; 23 cm. Subjects: Crystal Palace, Hyde Park; London Great Exhibition; Crystal Palace (London, England) History. 1 Kg. …

Later issue with an undated titlepage. 8vo., orig. tan cloth stamped in black, gilt and silver, (8), 320pp. With illustrations. Name, spine slightly darkened o/w a fine copy. Green & Glover 116.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. "All Clear": A Brief Record of the Work of the London Special Constabulary 1914-1919 (Everett 1920). First UK Edition. A VG copy in a chipped and worn D/W. Both maps present. Rare.

Original pictorial wrappers.106pp. plus three pages of ads at the rear. Some wear to spine ends, rear cover discolored, a very good copy. Two Christmas stories, the first of a curmudgeonly Scrooge-like old man and his step-daughter; the second a tale of a man's star-crossed love for his young ward. Neither are supernatural or particularly mysterious. A very scarce book indeed. The inner front cover bears an ad for the 1887 Unwin book by Muddock, The Shadow Hunter, with some bloodcurdling testimonials; ads at the rear are for Muddock's fiction and his guides to Switzerland. …

Original gray pictorial cloth, designed in black, brown, and beige. Spine lettered in gilt & brown, with handcuff design in brown. Publisher's device in black on the rear cover. Floral patterned end papers. Catalogue at the rear dated October, 1891. Frontispiece & five plates by Gordon Browne. Some wear & soiling of cloth, old stains to fore-edge of lower covers, a few page corners folded, a generally very good copy otherwise. A very scarce title.…

First Edition. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 304; 8; 32. Publisher's ribbed navy cloth, silver titles and decoration to upper board and spine. Advertisements to rear. Green floral endpapers, edges untrimmed. A few unopened leaves in the advertisements. Moderate spotting throughout, mostly to preliminaries. Advertisements toned due to cheaper paper stock. A handful of neat closed tears and two small open ones to flyleaf and title-page. Gutter visible to pp.176-177. Cloth fine but for some gentle edgewear and marking to lower board. Very good. An espionage mystery featuring one of Donovan's returning characters Michael Danevitch; writing prolifically in the mystery and detective fiction genre, Donovan's works at one point rivalled Arthur Conan Doyle's in popularity.…