Published by Appleton-Century, New York, 1936
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Association Member: MWABA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With the [1] on the last text page. Original purple cloth with gilt skeleton design. Name inked out at bottom of endpaper; bookstore stamp on free endpaper; else a fine, clean and unmarked copy in a very good dust jacket with the original $2.00 price, two very tiny corner chips, a narrow light red ink stain along the edge of the rear panel. and two cellotape repairs to the edge of the same. Protected by an archival plastic jacket cover. Uncommon thirties mystery.
Published by D. Appleton-Century, New York, 1936
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A very clean, bright and attractive copy with some minor edge-wear. From the Tired Business Man's Library series. Near Fine / Very Good.
Published by D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936
Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 20.61
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Faded, stained and discloured purple boards and cocked spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Stamps on top edge and lower edge. Internally two stamps and a number on front pastedown and name on ffep; a few spots on pages 4/5 but contents generally clean and unmarked. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by D.Appleton-Century Company, 1936
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Fine copy in a near-fine jacket.Surface wear to front panel. First Edition.Great Graphics.$2.00 on flap. Excellent Copy.
Published by D. Appleton-Century Company, New York, 1936
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American edition. Spine very slightly sunned, still fine in fine dustwrapper with a couple of very short tears. Murder mystery set in London by the author who also wrote as Nicholas Brady and David Hume. A lovely copy.
Published by London: Collins, The Crime Club., 1936
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 1,717.58
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFirst edition, first printing. Publisher's original orange cloth with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and without fading. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked original dustwrapper which has a few closed tears and some small pieces of tape to the underside. Very scarce in dustwrapper. The last of the Amos Petrie novels, a classic of the golden age and recently re-issued in Collins' Detective Club Crime Classics series. J[ohn] V[ictor] Turner is most commonly known as "David Hume" author of the hard boiled Mick Cardby series. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.