Pseudonym Adelaide Manning (16 results)

Condition: VERY GOOD. Book club edition. Omnibus edition containing 3 classic Tony Hambledon spy adventures - Drink to Yesterday, A Toast to Tomorrow, and Alias Uncle Hugo. (The first one in the series, 'Drink to Yesterday' was a Haycroft-Queens Cornerstone.) A Crime Club selection. 480 pp. Dust jacket by Ronald Clyne. Very good…

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original navy blue cloth covers, pink title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 270 printed pages of text. Minimal wear to the covers, cheap paper browning. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with tiny…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK first impression, SIGNED by Adelaide Manning to ffep - 'Dennis and Peggy Manning - with affectionate regards from the author - Francis Gaite - March 1958'. The book is Good+ only due to some spotting to page edges, in VG unclipped jacket with some inte…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. UK first impression, SIGNED by Adelaide Manning to ffep - 'Dennis and Peggy Manning - with affectionate regards from the author - Francis Gaite - January 1956'. The book is Good only due to some spotting to page edges and bumping to corners. The jacket is poor…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 192 printed pages of text. Small label removed from the foot of the front free end paper, without any ownership markings. Very Good condition book, in ne…

First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and illustration to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner's name to the front free endpaper and some light spotting to the closed text block edge and pr…

First UK edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and illustration to the spine, in dustwrapper. An about very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. The cloth and gilt are a little dulled, spine tips softened, upper corners bumped. Page block edges are dusty and lig…

First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and illustration to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents, except for a previous owner's discreet Ex Libris plate to the front free endpaper, clean throughout. Small, light mark to the lower page bl…

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with black titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm, the spine slightly rolled, the cloth with some ghosting from the dustwrapper. The contents, with a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper and some spotting a…

First edition, first printing. Original navy cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with very slight bumping to the spine tips. The contents, with a few spots and a small mark to the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous…

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original navy bluecloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Jarvis illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Top edge slightly spotted. Complete with the lightl…

First U. S. edition. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-2] 3-270 [271: blank] [272: printing statement] [273-276: blank], original red cloth, spine stamped in black, top edge stained blue, fore and bottom edges rough cut. The author's first mystery novel which introduces the character of Tommy Hambledon, WW I spy in Germany. Haycraft-Queen c…

First U.S. edition. Octavo, pp. [1-4][i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-296 [297-298], cloth. The third Tommy Hambledon spy novel, set during the period leading to WW II. [Reference: Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 214-216. Smith and White, Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 3707]. A nearly…

First U.S. edition. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-310, cloth. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone book. The second Tommy Hambledon spy novel, set during the period leading to WW II. [Reference: Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 214-216. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Afici…