John Dellbridge (18 results)

Published by Hurst and Blackett
- Hardcover
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Add to basketCondition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 159 pages. Illustrative jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing an…d corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends. Visible rubbing to surfaces.
Published by Hurst & Blackett [1950], London 1950
- Hardcover
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, United KingdomBarter Books Ltd
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Add to basketGreen hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Spine faded. Pages browning. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 230pp.

Published by Hurst & Blackett, London
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United KingdomPeakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Hardback in d/w; book has navy coverno handwriting eg names inside book; very nice clean copy; d/w is clipped but the price is still showing 8s6d; a little loss to bottom spine - see picture on abe or our own site; slight wear to bottom edge; vg/v…g-; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Hurst & Blackett, London/New York
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: BOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY, SUMMER HILL, AustraliaBOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Undated. Price clipped. dj chipped & worn.
Published by Hurst & Blackett 1947
- Hardcover
Seller: Zardoz Books, Westbury, United KingdomZardoz Books
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Add to basketFirst Edition. Condition: vg/good. vg book in good price clipped dw 1st Hurst & Blackett 1947 hardcover edition . In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.
Published by Hurst & Blackett, London 1111
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, United KingdomVictoria Bookshop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: G-. First Edition. foxed, message to ffep, 12mo. Book.

Published by Hurst & Blackett 1947
- First Edition
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United KingdomCotswold Internet Books
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Add to basket1st Edition. Not dated but probably the 1st edition of 1947. Near VG; green cloth with purple lettering on spine. Head & foot of spine bumped. Internally bright. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Published by Hurst & Blackett 1947
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United KingdomCotswold Internet Books
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Add to basketUndated; probably the first edition of 1947. Very light foxing on page edges. Internally bright; binding tight. Leaf green cloth with purple lettering on spine. Corners and spine head/foot a little bumped. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Published by Hurst & Blackett Ltd, London
- Hardcover
Seller: East Kent Academic, Bridge, Canterbury, United KingdomEast Kent Academic
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Difficult-to-come-by book. No dust jacket. Year of publication not stated. Another detective novel by the author, with murder, attempted poisoning and suspense. Incls. a 'striking psychological study of two powerful intellects in opposition; one well-balanced, the other loosed from its moorings' (the…title should give it away, but which is really which?). 224 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas postage at least £6.60. Biro mark on front inside cover.
More imagesPublished by John Long Limited, Lond. 1928
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, U.S.A.Dearly Departed Books
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Add to basketHardcover. 1st Edition. First edition bound in red cloth with black spine lettering. 12mo (7.5 0 X 5.00") size, 288 pages. A Good+ copy. The front board has two, 4" to 5" diagonal creases. The rear board has a bump/crease near the bot tom left corner. The spine tips and corners are slightly rubbed. Bumps to the lower front corne…rs. The contents are clean, tight and unmarke d. A scarce Suspense-Adventure type novel taking place in Pakistan. De llbridge was a pseudonym used by Frederick Joseph De Verteuil (1887-19 63)who was a native of Trinidad and author of several mystery and adve ntures novels. Although not in Hubin this novel seems to fall in the m ystery-suspense category.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Hurst & Blackett, UK 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Cheltenham Rare Books, Cheltenham, United KingdomCheltenham Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. A UK first edition, first impression - undated and no indication of printings on the copyright page, but Hubin gives it as 1947. THE WRAPPER : The evocative period wrapper on this copy is bright, unfaded and complete. It has been clipped and…re-priced by the publisher. The top edges show light wear, including a couple of barely visible closed tear. There is a tiny touch of reinforcement to the inside of the wrapper. The red spine lettering is unfaded. Looks sharp. THE BOOK : The book is square and very tight. The boards are clean and unfaded. The spine ends are gently bruised and rubbed. The pages are clean. The closed page edges are dusty and lightly flecked. The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. No dog-eared pages. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. A nice copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted.
Published by LONDON, Hurst & Blackett, 1947. 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, AustraliaGrant's Bookshop
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Add to basket8vo. 160pp. Original boards in dustwrapper. A very good bright copy. . First edition.
Published by Hurst & Blackett, GB 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United KingdomRichard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976)
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Add to basketHardback. Condition: VG. VG Pc DW. 1st Edition. Small closed tears head of spine of DW. Price clipped flap overstamped 8s 6d net.
Published by The Diamond Press, London 1927
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United KingdomAny Amount of Books
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Add to basketHardcover. 8vo. pp 303. Original publisher's orange cloth over grey boards, lettered black on spine and on front cover. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper, 'To my dear friend L. Lenrick, with the author's compliments, John Dellbridge'. The Savoy Library. In Bleiler and Locke the subject matter is described… as a fantasy. Poor, used copy: split at spine, with red childish crayon marking on the rear pastedown and endpaper and general wear to covers - otherwise sound with complete text.
Published by The Diamond Press, London 1927
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. 8vo. pp 303. Original publisher's orange cloth over grey boards, lettered black on spine and front cover. The Savoy Library. In Bleiler and Locke the subject matter is described as a fantasy. Slight marking and slight rubbing to cloth and slight foxing to preliminaries, otherwise a slightly used but sound, near very g…ood copy with clean text.
More imagesPublished by The Diamond Press 1927
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Warren Books, Thetford, United KingdomWarren Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1927 1st Edition The Diamond Press Hard Back Book. Good+ Condition book some bumping & rubbing to the corners of the boards / head & tail of the spine. Some slight foxing to the free end papers, binding is tight pages clean and bright. "The Moles of Death" by John Dellbridge is a gripping… tale centered around the invention of a peace-keeping aircraft. The story unfolds with elements of conspiracy, fighting, and scheming, exploring themes of power and control. It also touches on the idea of "Pax Aeronautica," which envisions peace maintained through aerial dominance.

Published by Hurst & Blackett 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, United KingdomMacKellar Art & Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1947 Hurst & Blackett Hardcover 1st Edition 1st Impression . Very good+ clean tight binding in very good+ dustjacket .
More imagesPublished by The Diamond Press, London 1927
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. A smart first edition of this science fiction novel from Trinidad-born British author John Dellbridge, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. With the vanishingly scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. A serious tale following the inventi…on of a peace-keeping aircraft, full of conspiracy, fighting, and scheming, with a hint of Pax Aeronautica idealism in the story. Written by Frederick Joseph de Verteuil, under the pen name of John Dellbridge, a Trinidad-born British author and barrister. In the original quarter orange cloth with grey cloth boards. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Light loss to the head of the spine with the odd small closed tear to the extremities. A 1" closed tear to the rear panel. Sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. A price sticker to the front panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to the first and last few pages. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.