Philmore R (10 results)

Condition: NEW.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: new.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R240150137: 1936. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos plié, Papier jauni. 245 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R200044618: 1936. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. 245 pages . deuxième plat protegé d'un papier bleu. Coins légèrement frottés. Dos plié. . . . Classification Dewey : 843.0872-Le roman policier.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The book is a first edition from 1934, (year stated on title page). The book is in Very Good condition. The black cloth boards are lightly soiled and the spine is slightly faded, (see scan). The pages are clean throughout, with no marks, rips, tears or writing. No signatures or inscriptions. The book comes with a fascimile copy of the original first edition dustjacket, and comes wrapped in a brodart protector.…

Coll. "L'Empreinte" n° 86, Paris, Ed. de la Nouvelle Revue Critique, 1936, in-12, br., couv. photo en noir éd., 247 pp, catalogue de la maison d'édition en fin de volume Bon état; couverture légèrement défraichie: cachet de bibliothèque sur la page de titre.

8vo. 286pp. Original black cloth in dustwrapper. The cloth and text block are near fine, the dustwrapper is bright and upchipped with a couple of small stains only. Overall, an excellent copy. Images available. First edition. Philmore's detective C.J. Swan is said to be modelled on C.P. Snow.

Paperback. Condition: New.

First edition, first impression of the author's first novel, the publisher's retained copy with their ink-stamp to the front pastedown and dust-jacket front panel. R. Philmore was the pseudonym of Herbert Edmund Howard (1900-63), and his protagonist, an amateur detective named C. J. Swan, was reputedly based on his close friend C. P. Snow. Scarce in this condition with the dust jacket. Octavo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in orange. With dust jacket. Spine-ends and upper outer corner of front board very lightly bumped. An excellent copy in the dust jacket very slightly creased at the head of the spine.…