Little Conyth (45 results)

Condition: Good. 1944. No Edition Remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear marks to boards.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Original 1953 Collins Crime Club edition of The Black Dream, one of the humorous mystery novels written under the joint pseudonym Conyth Little (sisters Constance and Gwyneth Little). Known for their blend of comedy and detective plotting, the Little sisters remain popular among vintage mystery collectors. This edition is increasingly uncommon, particularly in any condition. Condition: Good-minus, without dust jacket. Cloth boards show moderate wear to edges and corners with light fading, especially along spine. Interior pages lightly age-toned but clean, with no writing or markings. Binding tight and square. Early postwar Crime Club edition printed by Collins Clear-Type Press.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Early Crime Club edition of The Black Goatee, a light mystery novel by Conyth Little, known for their blend of humor and detective plotting. This 1947 British imprint is increasingly uncommon, especially in collectible condition. Lacks the original dust jacket. Condition: Good-minus, no dust jacket. Cloth boards show moderate edge wear, mild fading to spine, and light corner bumping. Interior pages age-toned but clean, with no markings. Binding tight and fully intact. Classic Collins Crime Club edition printed by the Collins Clear-Type Press. A solid reading copy of this humorous postwar mystery by the Little sisters. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Reprint. Clean hardback tightly bound in red cloth with black titles, sunned at spine, cloth worn and marked, page edges grubby, no inscriptions. 192 pages.

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition, Second Impression. 1945 Crime Club First Edition, second impression. Size 12mo, 192 pages. Red cloth with black titles to the spine, no dust jacket. Condition fair, corners and edges rubbed, cloth at base of spine slightly frayed, pages a little toned, front hinge separating, gift inscription dated 1948 to front end-paper else contents clean. Australian murder mystery by sisters Constance and Gwyneth Little using the pseudonym 'Conyth Little'.…

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1953 First Crime Club Edition. Size 12mo, 192 pages. Red cloth with black titles to the spine, with dust jacket. Book condition good, corners and edges rubbed, covers a bit grubby, spine ends rubbed, end-papers, title and first and last few pages spotted and toned, else contents clean. Dust jacket condition poor, very worn and torn with a large part of the front panel missing, tape to rear of front panel, spine sunned and chipped and torn with loss at the head and tail, grubby, not price clipped. Australian murder mystery by sisters Constance and Gwyneth Little using the pseudonym 'Conyth Little'.…

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. Ex-library copy. The front free endpaper has been removed and there are tape marks to the front and rear endpapers with a number in pen on the front pastedown. The front and rear pastedowns also have a little surface damage where labels have been removed. The boards some surface staining and fading to the spine. There is a spine lean and the page edges are browned. The pages are slightly browned with quite heavy browning to the half-title page and the final page of the text. Small number to the title page and there are a few small stains through the book but the pages are otherwise generally unmarked. No jacket. First printing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A crime novel. Publishers orange cloth, titled black. Spine a little sunned. Lacks rear blank endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Publishers orange cloth, titled black. Spine just a touch sunned.

Reprint. Pages a little browned; spine faded & foxed. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dustjacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dustjacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. A crime novel. Orange cloth, titled black. Nice & clean. Just a touch sunned on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. the jacket is shelf worn and a little marked. there is a chip out of the top of the spine and other lesser tears but it still presents very well in cellophane. the book has no inscriptions. the paper has darkened. the binding is excellent. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Assez bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Moyen. Collection "La mauvaise chance" série L'empreinte. Petit manque et déchirure au bas de la jaquette. 224 pages (C. 257).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First UK edition. All in VG internal order. Light spotting to endpapers and block. Smart red cloth boards with black titling faded at top and bottom of spine commensurate with dust jacket loss. Unclipped d/j in protective cover features, as mentioned, a little loss, with other wear and creasing also evident. Still an appealing copy. 12mo. 192pp.…

160pp. 8vo. Original cloth in slightly chipped & worn dustwrapper, a very good copy. 2nd impression.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Hardback; 1st edition; orange cloth hardback with black lettering to slightly faded spine; spine also has 2 brown spots; no handwriting inside, such as names; slight evidence of hinge cracking at half title page, but nowhere else and a good sound copy with very clean pages. Vg-;; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very nice example of the first printing of the first edition. Original cloth hardback in original dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is not price-clipped, showing the original 7s 6d price to the inside front flap. The dust wrapper is in attractive condition with wear and creasing to the edges, fading to the spine, and loss to the spine ends (see pictures). The book itself has a little bumping and fading to the spine ends (see pictures). Light browning to prelims. Internally clean and free of inscriptions. Binding sound and square. A very nice example of the first printing in the original dust wrapper.…

Cloth. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair +. First Edition. Ex-library. Library stamps at end papers. Dj chipped & torn. Piece missing from top edge at front & top back of dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. Uncommon. A clean copy, Good overall with slight knocks to corners. No jacket.

Condition: Very Good. NY: Doubleday for the Crime Club 1948. Presumed 1st US. Hardcover 8vo 192 pgs. Very good in a good dust jacket. Spine ends worn. Pages are toned but clean, binding is sound. Jacket is edgeworn, chipped and has edge tears. Rear panel is rubbed. 2.00 orig price on front flap. (Detectives, Mystery) Inquire if you need further information. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. pp 160. Original publishers red cloth lettered black at spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. US hardback stated first edition. Good overall with some faint stains to bottom corner area of pastedowns and endpapers. Has the bookplate of writer Paul Tabori to ffep. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. Uncommon. Good only with some darkening to spine and a little wear to cloth at spine ends, but a decent enough copy with small green Foyles sticker to front pastedown. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo. 190 pp. Orange cloth with black titles is entirely clean with very light abrasion at extremes. Book is clean throughout with some toning to half title page. Slight beginning to front joint.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Second Impression. Red cloth titled in black on spine. Tight and square, faded at spine, faint cup ring on front board, gift inscription on front pastedown, clean pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

160pp. 8vo. Original cloth, stained, in rubbed and chipped dustwrapper. A very good copy. First Edition.

160pp. 8vo. Original cloth in slightly chipped dustwrapper, neat ink name on flyleaf, a very good copy. First Edition.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. R150155967: 1950. In-12. Cartonné. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Mors fendus, Intérieur acceptable. 221 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. R150140686: 1950. In-12. Cartonné. Etat d'usage, Coins frottés, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 221 pages. Dos absent. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine.

2nd impression Inscription to fep. Good in dusty, chipped, torn and worn, fair dustjacket.