Simenon Georges Trans Stuart Gilbert (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. No Dj. 1st American. Faded spine. Slightly soiled covers. Slightly foxed pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. 1958, 160 pages, scarce | this copy is in POOR condition - please read condition note carefully before ordering | covers are clean and bright; spine is creased and faded; text block is completely separated from covers; first page has separated from block and others appear likely to follow; former owner has noted French title on title page, otherwise text is free of notes etc | carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. 312 p. 21 cm. Grey cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Jacket has some chips, tears and scuffs, faded spine, label on rear. Advertising for the author's Maigret novels on rear cover and opposite title.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A very scarce, first English edition of this work of crime fiction written by Georges Simenon, with two intriguing mystery novels bound into one. The first English edition of this novel originally published in French. Written by Belgian author, George Simenon, who was best known for his creation of the fictional detective, Jules Maigret. 'Escape in Vain' is comprised of two of Simenon's works of detective fiction; 'The Lodger' and 'One Way Out'. 'The Lodger' tells the story of a daring crime committed in Belgium on the Brussels-Paris night train, showing a young man convicted of a terrible murder.'One Way Out' is set partly in a small provincial town in France, partly in a bustling metropolis. Simenon tells the story of young people caught up in a very dangerous situation, demonstrating human emotion and the perils of adolescence. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. Bound in the publisher's cloth with the original dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with a little bumping to the extremities. Bookseller label and pencil inscription to the front endpaper. One or two spots to endpapers. Dust wrapper is smart, with light edge wear and the odd closed tear. Wraps are lightly soiled. Price has been removed using a hole punch to the front flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. Ink inscription to half title. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book. …

First British edition, after the French original of 1937. Octavo, pp., 382. Publisher's original green cloth; titles blocked in black to spine; white end-papers; in the original price-clipped, pictorial dust-jacket by 'MB'. Toning to jacket; a little mottling to spine-panel; a few spots of soiling to head of back flap. Cloth bright, the corners sharp; binding strong and square. Even toning throughout. A very good or better copy. The 19th standalone novel by Maigret author, Georges Simenon. Written in the period when Simenon retired the Maigret character, the inner flaps advertises the novel as a 'complete cross section of pre-war French life'. Scarce in this condition.…