Orr Forrest Illustrator (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ***Please Read*** name inside cover - dj has some wear around the edges - No marks on text - My shelf location 34-d-15.

Third or fourth printing (third printing per publisher's copyright page sequence but "fourth printing" stated at bottom of dj's front flap). viii, 562 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket well rubbed; white rear panel soiled; some chipping and tears at edges; front flap retains publisher's printed price at top right. Black cloth; orange title blocks with black lettering to spine and front board; light bumping to spine ends and board corners. Past owner's pencil signature on front pastedown; pages 111-122 are creased/bumped at their top fore-edge corners; interior pages are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Features a collection of 32 mystery short stories including: "Ruffian's Wife" by Dashiell Hammett; "Accident" by Agatha Christie; "Murder by Mail" by Howard Spring; " Mr. Bowley's Sunday Evening" by H.C. Bailey, "The Fifteen Murders" by Ben Hecht; "Blood Sacrifice" by Dorothy L. Sayers; "Mr. Markham, Antique Dealer" by John Dickson Carr; "The Diamond Links" by Grant Allen; "A Personal Magnet" by O. Henry; "The Cablegram" by T.S. Stribling; "The Blind Spot" by Leslie Charteris; "Ellery Queen, Swindler" by Ellery Queen; "The Willow Walk" by Sinclair Lewis; "Town Wanted" by Fredric Brown; et al.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. None. First Edition. Near fine In Mylar cover. Scarce in dust jacket this fine. Out of print novel about the Dnieper Dam workers. Dust jacket art by Forrest Orr. Binding is cloth boards.