Quentin Webb (51 results)

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Condition: Very Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. There are no stickers on book or rips in dust cover.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condition: Very Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: Reprint ] Publisher: Pearson Digital Learning Pub Date: 1/1/2000 Binding: Paperback Pages: 8 Reprint edition.

paperback. Condition: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. An early 1960s reprint of a mystery novel from the mid 1940s. BB F778. "Murder weaves a malevolent trap." Edge wear with roughness along the top and fore edge of the front cover (silverfish). Light toning to the pages. A good to very good copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. A 1st print (stated) from the mid 1950s of a 1st thus of a mystery from the mid 1930s. Dell Book D190. # 4 of the Dell Great Mystery Library. "A homicidal maniac in a lunatic asylum." Light edge wear. Moderate browning to the pages. A very good copy. Push-Pin Studios (cover design) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. A 1st thus of an mid 1950s PB edition of a an early 1950s Peter Duluth mystery. Dell Book 759. GGA cover. "She was starry-eyed innocent, wistful and adoring, moving Peter Duluth, the sophisticated theatrical producer, to a surprising fatherly tenderness - in the absence of his wife" Light edge wear with creasing to the covers. Rubbing to the spine hinges. Light browning to the pages. A very good copy. Bill George (cover) (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. A 1st thus of an early 1950s PB edition of a an early 1950s mystery. Dell Book 710. GGA cover. "To lose her was torment, to find her - death!" Light edge wear with faint rubbing to the front cover and a little more so to the spine hinges. Mild spine lean. Light browning to the pages. A very good copy. George Geygan (cover) (illustrator).…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. An early 1960s reprint of a mystery novel from the mid 1930s. BB F741. "A homicidal maniac in a lunatic asylum." Light edge wear with roughness along the fore edge of the front cover (silverfish). Light toning to the pages. A good to very good copy.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The September 1967 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Vol 50 # 3, whole # 286. Contains stories by Patrick Quentin (Hugh Callingham Wheeler & Richard Wilson Webb - Mrs B's Black Sheep (Passport to Murder)), Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay & Manfred Bennington Lee - Wedding Anniversary), Robert L Fish (Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarters), Arthur Porges (Murder of a Priest), James Leasor (The Seventy-Sixth Face), Nedra Tyre (In the Fiction Alcove), Frank Gruber (Eagle in His Mouth), and others, Light wear at the edges. A very good copy.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The second Peter Duluth mystery. Ex-library with stamps to the front end papers. Lightly bumped, rubbed with small stains. Spine cocked, rear hinge loose. Staple holes to the front free end paper, jacket blurb glued to the rear pastedown. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex-Library. …

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).…

Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, May 1954. PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. Vintage paperback, Gold Medal #397 [.25 cover price]. Cover Illustration by Barye Phillips. Spine edge rubbed, a few cover creases, a few nicks at rear, paper is uniformally age toned, else very good. A gripping legal thriller by the Edgar Award-winning author who wrote the Peter Duluth Puzzle Mysteries as Patrick Quentin, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Eighth in the Series of Classic Murder Trials. There was nothing apparently remarkable about Percy Thompson and his wife, Edith. But when Percy is savagely stabbed to death, the proper appearance of their marriage collapses, revealing a dark side that will become the scandal of the nation. For behind their bland suburban veneer was a relationship already fractured by petty jealousy and a wife's desire for more out of life. A desire that was satisfied by young Frederick Bywaters, who found himself under Edith's spell almost immediately and would follow his devotion to the end of a rope --all the while proclaiming Edith's innocence. Written as both a compelling thriller and an observation of the law, morality, and the crushing weight of public opinion, The Girl on the Gallows is a classic chronicle of blinding love, cold-blooded murder, and inevitable justice. Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: "Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable polish and grace which make him one of the leading American fabricants of the murderous comedy of manners; but this surface smoothness conceals intricate and meticulous plot construction as faultless as that of Agatha Christie.". Phillips, Barye (illustrator). Vintage Paperback.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Peter Duluth's wife has left him, and it is tied in with the murder of another woman. Ex-library with stamps to the rear end paper. Bumped and rubbed, binding square and solid. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, flaps glued to the pastedowns. Ex-Library.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. The first Peter Duluth mystery. Ex-rental library with internal stamps and remnants of a stamp pad on the rear end paper. Lightly bumped and rubbed, print on the spine slightly faded. Looks pretty good on the shelf but the boards and text block are creased from a pressure indent. Front hinge cracked, a bit of pocking to the edges of the text block and the remnants of an Inner Sanctum promotional piece glued to the pastedowns. Good reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of fifth novel in the "Peter Duluth" series. Later published under the title "Love is Deadly". Basis for the movie "Female Fiends". Slight fading to the cover. Several 1/4-inch closed-tears to the edge of the dustjacket. Light rubbing to the dustjacket. In very good / very good condition.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1965. 1st edition thus. Soft cover. 234 p; b & w drawings. Very Good: spine creased with light wear and rubbing to back edge and a little to front corners; else a very clean and sound copy. Patrick Campbell's short and witty pieces are beautifully matched by Quentin Blake's drawings; an excellent combination. Quentin Blake (illustrator).…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Vol 13 # 63 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1949. Contains a novelette by Q Patrick (Hugh Callingham Wheeler & Richard Wilson Webb - The Jack of Diamonds) and stories by Philip Macdonald (Two Exploits of Harry the Hat), Quentin Reynolds (Never Trust a Murderer), Eric Ambler (Case of the Landlady's Brother), , Jacques Futrelle (The Leak), Thomas Walsh (The Good Prospect), Raoul Whitfield, (The Rainbow Murders Begin), A E Coppard (A Broadsheet Ballad), Barry Perowne (Up the Garden Path), Joseph Harrington (Painted Faces) and others. Light wear at the edges. Ink scribble at the top center of the front cover and "A1-18" written in black grease pencil at the top center of the back cover. Light browning to the pages. A very good copy. George Salter (cover) (illustrator). …

Paperback. Condition: Collectible-Very Good.

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: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of a near fine hardcover, pages toning,in a good dustjacket with loss to the top and bottom to the spine , wear to the extremities, and is price clipped. The 5th novel in the Peter Duluth mystery series, a Broadway director, WWII veteran, and recovering alcoholic, along with his wife Iris, amateur sleuths, working in New York City NY USA. This novel is the basis for the 1958 U.K. film "A Strange Awakening" (U.S. title "Female Fiends") starring Lex Barker. Also published as "Love Is A Deadly Weapon".…

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: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. The Puzzles of Peter Duluth was written by Patrick Quentin (Richard Webb and Hugh Wheeler) and has an Introduction by Curtis Evans, a Postscript by Mauro Boncompagni and an Afterword by Joanna Gondris. The book was published by Crippen and Landru Publishers in 2016 and is a stated First Edition as such. (All of the short stories within were previously published, but this is the first time they've been collected in this format.) It's a hard cover book in Crippen & Landru's Lost Classics Series, is beautifully done (as ALL Crippen & Landru books are), and would make a simply great gift, to yourself, or any classic mystery lover. If you've not "discovered" Crippen & Landru Publishers (Doug Green), or The Lost Classics Series . . . treat yourself, or someone you'd like to impress! Both the book and the dust jacket are in near fine condition and the book you'll be getting is still in its shrink wrap. Thank you.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stories by Joan Aitken, Roald Dahl and Russell Hoban amongst others. Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, Raymond Briggs, Pauline Baynes, John Ryan, Quentin Blake amongst Original glazed boards as issued. A very good plus copy of a very attractive period item. All books outside the UK are sent airmail and those over £30 are tracked; those inside the UK are signed for. Paypal accepted. Edward Ardizzone, Raymond Briggs and Quentin Blake (illustrator).…