Mott Wheeler (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Collection Petit Format, Montreal, 1951 222 pp; clean example with general wear to the covers, likely an unread (at least completely) copy as several of the leaves remain uncut. Rare French Canadian paperback edition of this novel. Erle Stanley Gardner is named as the author on the title page. perhaps in an attempt to sell more copies. NOTE: Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler (19 March 1912 - 26 July 1987), Richard Wilson Webb (August 1901 - December 1966), Martha Mott Kelly (30 April 1906-2005) and Mary Louise White Aswell (3 June 1902 - 24 December 1984) wrote detective fiction. In some foreign countries their books have been published under the variant Quentin Patrick. Most of the stories were written by Webb and Wheeler in collaboration, or by Wheeler alone. Their most famous creation is the amateur sleuth Peter Duluth. In 1963, the story collection The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow was given a Special Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America. (Canadian Vintage Paperback, Erle Stanley Gardner).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good Condition. WITH BOUND PAPERBACK OF SUMMARY LAID IN.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. First published in the UK in 1955, this is a reprint edition of 1975. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of classic Gollancz yellow jacket and spine, not price clipped (£4.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 223pp. They called his wife a murderess. And his guilty passion was her only alibi. Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler (1912-87), Richard Wilson Webb (1901-66), Martha Mott Kelley (1906-2005), and Mary Louise White Aswell (1902-84), collaborated to write detective fiction. Most of the stories were written by Webb and Wheeler in collaboration, or by Wheeler alone. A scarce book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Ex Sam Remo Hotel, Torquay Library but with only a couple of discreet stamps and bookplate to ffep. Some edge wear, chipping and closed tears to top and bottom of classic Gollancz yellow jacket and spine, corners rubbed with small loss, scratch to bottom spine, some overall dust and time staining, not price clipped (12/6), no personal inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 222pp. John Hamilton left his lucrative job with a New York advertising agency to move to the country and try his hand at painting. His first show is not a success and he is under some pressure from his wife Linda, to return to the city to make some money. Linda is having increasing difficulty coping with the dullness of life in the country and has succumbed to alcoholism, although she is able to keep this completely secret from everybody except John. So when John returns from a business trip to find his paintings slashed and Linda missing, later to be found dead, he cannot prove how unstable and violent she had become and the suspicions of the locals put him firmly in the frame for her murder. Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler (1912-87), Richard Wilson Webb (1901-66), Martha Mott Kelley (1906-2005), and Mary Louise White Aswell (1902-84), collaborated to write detective fiction. Most of the stories were written by Webb and Wheeler in collaboration, or by Wheeler alone.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Firstedition. first impression. Ex library with usual library mess and defects. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of classic Gollancz yellow jacket and spine, corners rubbed and bruised, not price clipped (10/6), no personal inscriptions, 2nd ffep torn away, some browning and spotting to page block, internally cleanish tight and square, overall a reasonable copy for its age. 223pp. Jonathan Duluth, a chief partner in a publishing firm funded by millionaire Ronald Sheldon. Jonathan is still dealing with his fractious relationship with his son Bill, the pair of them both still suffering from the inexplicable suicide of their wife and mother three years previously. Added into the mix is the return of Ronald, after a six month stay in Europe, bringing unexpectedly a new bride and his in laws, all of whom are to live handsomely at the expense of Ronald. Jonathan is far from easy about this new arrangement, are the Lacey family on the make, with gold digging plans in mind? Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler (1912-87), Richard Wilson Webb (1901-66), Martha Mott Kelley (1906-2005), and Mary Louise White Aswell (1902-84), collaborated to write detective fiction. Most of the stories were written by Webb and Wheeler in collaboration, or by Wheeler alone. A scarce book, even as ex library.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. Ex-Library. Black cloth; gilt title and spine. Fabric-reinforced binding. With aForeword by W. J. Brooke, whose black-and-white photograph portrait is the frontispiece illustration. Formerly the property of the Geological Survey, N. S. Wales Department of Mines, with inkstamps of that library on front endpaper (along with small Fuel Research inkstamp) and title page. Illustrated with black-and-white text plates, numerous figures, and two fold-out tables. Text is printed on high-quality glossy paper. Endpapers on rougher-quality paper that has sustained extensive foxing of a moderate shade. Tiny red stain to margin of frontispiece illustration.Light rubbing to cover extremities. Otherwise clean, tight, and unworn.

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxxv + 464pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, discreet adhesive cloth reinforcement to gutters).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Photographs And Diagrams (illustrator). 1st Edition. Xiv, 403 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. Fine, No Wear Or Marks, Except Inscribed And Signed By Author "To Don Fleischman With Warm Regards. A. P. French" And Dated 3 June 1986. Dj Priced $20.00, Just A Hint Of Rubbing At Corners, But A 3/4" And Another 1 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Spine Edges. Inscribed by Author(s).

Sole edition. Size - 9.5 x 6 inches, pp. xxxv + 464, 157 illustrations and 85 tables in the text, hardback in publisher's binding. Book condition - near Very Good ; contents clean, no foxing, a few minor inscriptions in the text, binding firm with inner hinges intact ; original black cloth with title in gilt on the spine and front board ; back clean, corners a little rubbed and top corner a bit bumped, hinge intact, spine complete with ends creased but not split, spine colour perhaps a tad faded but clean ( a few faint marks) and gilt title is complete and bright, front board is clean with bright gilt title, bottom, front corner shows an obvious bump causing a creasing of the cloth and there is another similar bump on the bottom edge (please see photo). No dustjacket (ever issued ? ). A scientific and technical examination of the subject. The contents are in four parts with a total of 22 chapters, plus a name index and a subject index Example chapter headings - The Influence of Carbonising Conditions on the Formation of Coke ; The Structure of Coke ; The Reactivity of Coke ; The Placticity of Coal and the Formation of Semi-Coke ; The Mechanism of Coke Formation ; Improving the Quality of Coke ; The Influence of the Method of Charging an Oven , etc. A heavy book, so postage outside of the UK will be higher than the standard rates quoted on ABEBooks. More photos available if needed. Scarce.