Pseudonym Adelaide Manning (16 results)

Condition: VERY GOOD. Vintage book club edition. A Tony Hambledon spy adventure. 250 pp., Very good condition in red boards (some offsetting to endpapers), no dustjacket.

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 in very good dust jacket.

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 chips to the corners and spine tips, wrapper has been reinforced on the inside with clear tape. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. DETECTIVE | CRIME FICTION.

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 internal spotting and some dulling to spine. Signed by Author. Book.

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, with loss to bottom of spine, a hole to rear panel and general wear. Signed by Author. Book.

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 near Very Good condition dust wrapper with spine and edge rubbing, small stain to the top rear cover, not price clipped 15s. The Ferry Cottage found in the hamlet of Pluck's Gutter really does exist and is visible from our office window down here in deepest East Kent. The Great Stour meanders into Sandwich, whilst The Little Stour, which borders our property, forks at Pluck's Gutter. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. KENT [Stourmouth].

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 prelims, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased price-clipped dustwrapper that has a few short closed tears at the extremities and is otherwise without loss. The fifth novel published by Francis Gaite (pseudonym of the already pseudonymous Manning Coles). "The Pyrenean Principality of Saint-Roche has been cut off from the world for twenty years. Now the exchequer is completely empty. But the Prince's new English manservant, Robert Brown, finds an ingenious way to attract American dollars." (from the jacket). (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

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 lightly soiled. Small abrasion to upper edge of the cloth border around the front pastedown. In the dustwrapper, rubbed to edges and extremities with a little loss to the upper spine tip and front flap. Moderately soiled and lightly stained to the rear panel and folds. Not price-clipped (12s. 6d. net to the front flap). The twentieth Tommy Hambledon thriller. The US edition was published a year earlier as 'Birdwatcher's Quarry'. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

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 block edge. In the bright, clean, neatly clipped dustwrapper, showing light rubbing and a couple of nicks to spine tips and corners. Altogether, a very attractive copy. The fifth novel published by Francis Gaite (pseudonym of the already pseudonymous Manning Coles). "The Pyrenean Principality of Saint-Roche has been cut off from the world for twenty years. Now the exchequer is completely empty. But the Prince's new English manservant, Robert Brown, finds an ingenious way to attract American dollars." (from the jacket) (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

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 at the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean without. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased price-clipped dustwrapper that has a several small chips and closed tears, and some toning to the spine. The sixth Tommy Hambledon thriller. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

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 owner's marks. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nickef dustwrapper that is slightly toned to the spine and lower panel. Not price clipped (12s 6d to the front flap). The 22nd Tommy Hambledon novel. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

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 lightly rubbed and nicked price-clipped dustwrapper which is otherwise without loss or tears with a little toning to the extremities. The third of the 'The Latimers' supernatural mysteries by Francis Gaite who are perhaps better better known under their other pseudonym of Manning Coles. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First U.S. edition. Octavo, cloth. A Tommy Hambledon adventure. A fine copy, upper corners gently bumped in a fine price clipped dust jacket, mild rubbing to extremities. (11302).

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 cornerstone. [Reference: Hubin, p. 178]. Age darkening to paste-downs and end papers, darkening to spine, light wear to corner tips, tiny store label affixed to rear paste down, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with foxing to the verso with some bleed through, small 10 mm tear to upper front panel, tiny tear and chip to upper right front corner, mild shelf wear base of spine panel, (24727).

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 fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to edges and folds, mild shelf wear to spine ends. (17371).

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 Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 154. Smith and White, Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 3709]. A very good to nearly fine copy in a like dust jacket with light edge rubbing and a small tear to the upper left front corner (10 mm). An attractive copy. (17370).