R Philmore (11 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.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. (New York: Published for The Crime Club, Inc., Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1934). First US Edition. Octavo. Publisher's black cloth with pictorial red-stamped spine, red top edge. A near fine (or better) copy in a VG+ D/W with a tiny closed tear and accompanying faint crease to the bottom edge of the back panel and a hint of rubbing to the extremities. The back panel is really clean with no soiling whatsoever. The D/W is priced $2.00 to the inside flap (as called for). Murder on a gay house-party and the secret hidden in one woman's passionate beauty. A nice copy. Uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request.…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition., Publisher's brown boards with black lettering to the spine. Slightly dusty page block edges otherwise a near fine copy in like D/W priced 7/6 net to the spine (as called for). The D/WE is rubbed/lightly creased to the spine tips and slightly darkened to the spine. A nice copy. R. Philmore was the pseudonym of Herbert Edmund Howard (1900-1963), and his protagonist, an amateur detective named C. J. Swan, was reputedly based on his close friend C. P. Snow. Photographs/scans available upon request.…

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.…