Case Answer by Lustgarten (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. -------------Blue cloth covers, book is 7 1/2" tall. 203 pages.VERY GOOD CONDITION, tight solid clean text, clean book- - dust jacket Very Good, original price of 5s.net is present on the dust jacket. This book is 2nd printing-- we note that the first was printed the year before, in 1947.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 2nd Corgi issue. Good softcover. Lightly scuffed/soiled covers and spine; some creasing on spine; tightly bound; clean interior with some general age darkening; leaves remain supple. 16mo, 220 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First thus edition first printing of the first novel by this author. Originally published in 1947. Published in the UK under the title A Case to Answer. A hint of foxing to the edges to the white dustjacket. In near fine / near fine condition.

Paperback. reprint. 744 very good - fine, reading crease paperback,

Paperback. first edition. 360 good - very goos paperback,

Soft cover. Condition: FAIR, Reading Copy. line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher,. (Canadian Collins White Circle # 374). 192 pages. - LUSTGARTEN, Edgar - One More Unfortunate (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Great "Hooker" on a dimly lit street corner, cigarette in hand cover!; Prostitute murder theme! "Going Anywhere darling?"; original British title "Case to Answer");>> This is a reading copy. Cover creasing & scuffing; spine wear; magic tape to covers & spine; 1" piece missing to top left front cover; chipping to top & bottom of paper spine; staining to front cover; pen to front end page & few interior pages; 1" x 1/2" piece missing to top of last pages 3 words are effected in story. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: GOOD+. line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher,. (Canadian Collins White Circle # 374). 192 pages. - LUSTGARTEN, Edgar - One More Unfortunate (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Great "Hooker" on a dimly lit street corner, cigarette in hand cover!; Prostitute murder theme! "Going Anywhere darling?"; original British title "Case to Answer");>> Cover creasing & scuffing; spine wear;pen to front end page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. First edition hardback with original dustjacket, 204pp. The dustjacket is worn and dirty all over. There are areas with reinforced tape on the reverse. Insides are tanned but free from marks.

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher,. (Canadian Collins White Circle # 374). 192 pages. - LUSTGARTEN, Edgar - One More Unfortunate (Mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; line-art cover, a line art cover, with a "wash" effect; Great "Hooker" on a dimly lit street corner, cigarette in hand cover!; Prostitute murder theme! "Going Anywhere darling?"; original British title "Case to Answer");>> Cover creasing & scuffing; indents to front cover Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Corgi Books. London. 1959. Small paperback. Pages browned, creasing to spine and minor shelfwear to extremities otherwise a clean and sound copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition of the author's first book. An unread copy in the publisher's blue cloth, titled in white on the spine. With end-papers and another page at rear partly age-toned. Bookseller's rubber stamp on the front free end-paper. The jacket with bright and clean front panel, partly soiled rear, surface rubbing to small area of the spine, spine tips and rear fold-overs. Not priced as a colonial edition.

1st edition. 1st edition, 1947; post-war economy standard n teal cloth with white lettering. Front end paper lightly foxed & yellowed; back hinge cracked & repaired. Spine faded, with worn lettering Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A hardback book in very good condition, dated 1947, First Edition. Jacket is in good condition and is protected by a new, clear, loose fitting , sellophane, wrapper.

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] [7] 8-203 [204: blank], original blue cloth, spine stamped in white. First edition. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone volume and the author's first book. Hubin (1994), p. 517. Mild foxing to top edge of text block, a very good copy in very good 9/- dust jacket with light wear at edges and dust soiling to rear panel. (#170299).

Condition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 9/-. Light circular mark to lower cover, but overall a VG copy in VG dust-jacket. A superior example of the courtroom drama subgenre. Book.

Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1947. First edition. DW. Endpapers browned and foxed, boards slightly sunned otherwise a very clean and fresh copy in slightly worn and dulled wrapper that is slightly soiled to rear panel and rubbed to edges.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1947. First Edition. Octavo. 203 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in white. Unclipped dust jacket shows light edgewear, general rubbing, a 1" closed tear at top of spine, and spotting to verso. Boards lightly worn along edges with some toning along bottom edge. Slight binding error with text block bound higher than usual, even with top of spine. Binding otherwise sound. Heavy foxing to fore-edge of text block, lighter to top edge and rear endpapers. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Author's debut crime novel.

First edition. Author's first book. Very good in lightly soiled dust jacket, lightly sunned on the spine.U.S. title ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE. Story of a young man on trial for the murder of a prostitute. The trial that follows is the focal point of this mystery, Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone mystery title.

First edition. Author's first book. Inked inscription on the front free fly leaf in the year of publication by the author: "To William Steed with respect and gratitude for a most happy association. Edgar Lustgarten, September 1947." Fine, bright copy in dust jacket. U.S. title ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE. Story of a young man on trial for the murder of a prostitute. The trial that follows is the focal point of this mystery. Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone mystery title.