Case Fortune by Bailey (14 results)
Published by Methuen & Co.Ltd. 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Add to basketCondition: Fair. 1936. First Edition. 809 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Quarter bound green leather with green cloth covered boards. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to top edge of some pages, text remains unaffec…ted. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Staining and scratches to both boards.
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Published by Methuen 1936
- Hardcover
Seller: George Hellon, BATH, United KingdomGeorge Hellon
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. Collection of four volumes of Reggie Fortune stories. 766 pages. Good copy.
Published by Crime Club, Doubleday, Doran, c.1932, 1932
- Hardcover
Seller: Harry Alter, Sylva, U.S.A.Harry Alter
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Good. Crime Club, Doubleday, Doran, c.1932, smaller 8vo., cloth, 308pp., white spot on rear cover, bkplte. & owner's name, about G $.
The Wide World The Magazine For Men Christmas Number December 1929 / Captain John Graham and Jack MacLeod "A Soldier of Fortune" / Anton Hauptmann and Elliot Bailey "In the Hands of the Bedouin - II" / Captain George Browne "The Matador" / James Vance Marshall "Hitting the Iron Trail - II"/ John Gibbons "The 'Fool Afoot' In Italy - III" / Henry G Lamond "The Best Policy" / G Ireland "The Queer Side of Things - The Case of Mr Pillai" / Captain G A Williams "At Twelve Midnight" / Captain A H Parsons "The Outcast" / Robert M MacDonald "The Mysterious Stranger"
Captain John Graham and Jack MacLeod "A Soldier of Fortune" / Anton Hauptmann and Elliot Bailey "In the Hands of the Bedouin - II" / Captain George Browne "The Matador" / James Vance Marshall "Hitting the Iron Trail - II"/ John Gibbons "The 'Fool Afoot' In Italy - III" / Henry G Lamond "The Best Policy" / G Ireland "The Queer Side of Things - The Case of Mr Pillai" / Captain G A Williams "At Twelve Midnight" / Captain A H Parsons "The Outcast" / Robert M MacDonald "The Mysterious Stranger"
Published by George Newnes 1929
- Softcover
- Periodical
Seller: Shore Books, London, United KingdomShore Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. 124 pages. Captain John Graham and Jack MacLeod "A Soldier of Fortune" / Anton Hauptmann and Elliot Bailey "In the Hands of the Bedouin - II" / Captain George Browne "The Matador" / James Vance Marshall "Hitting the Iron Trail - II"/ John Gibbons "The 'Fool Afoot' In Italy - III" / Henry G Lamond "Th…e Best Policy" / G Ireland "The Queer Side of Things - The Case of Mr Pillai" / Captain G A Williams "At Twelve Midnight" / Captain A H Parsons "The Outcast" / Robert M MacDonald "The Mysterious Stranger" (SL#253).
Published by The Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Company (Canada) Ltd., Toronto 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, CanadaCARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The Canadian issue of the first edition. Publisher's black cloth hard covers with red title fields to spine. Handling, fading, and shelf-wear to covers; some toning and foxing to edges, endpapers, and text. Old library discard inkstamp to front endpaper (offset to paste-down). Otherwise,…a fairly neat and sound copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by Crime Club By Doubleday & Co., Garden City N. Y. 1932
- Hardcover
Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, U.S.A.Village Booksmith
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Fair. Poor to Fair. 308 pages. Damp stain on rear cover and rear endpapers. Edges show some wear in places. Dust jacket soiled, chipped and water stained, Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Language: English
Published by METHUEN & CO., LONDON 1936
- Hardcover
Seller: Happyfish Books, Meopham, United KingdomHappyfish Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. THE BOARDS ARE RUBBED AND THERE ARE SOME MINOR MARKS TO BOTH SIDES. THE CORNERS AND EDGES ARE BUMPED. THE SPINE IS RUBBED AND FADED. BOTH ENDS OF THE SPINE ARE BUMPED. THERE IS A PENNED NAME AND ADDRESS TO THE FRONT INSIDE BOARD. THERE IS A MINOR MARK TO THE FFEP. THE BINDING IS TIGHT. PAGE…S GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.
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Published by Methuen & Co., London 1936
- First Edition
Seller: Broadhursts of Southport Ltd, Southport, United KingdomBroadhursts of Southport Ltd
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Add to basketCondition: As New. 1st Edition. Book Condition — Like New: Cloth binding has been protected by a plastic dust jacket, keeping it in pristine condition. The pages are as new, clean and tightly bound, and have never been thumbed or opened. Copies are scarce, and you will be hard pressed to find a copy in such excellent condition.…Pages and binding are near mint. Also features a signature on front end papers. A collection of detective short stories by H. C. Bailey, published in 1936. Feature's recurring character Reggie Fortune, a brilliant but eccentric surgeon who acts as a consultant oft Scotland Yard. Each story presents a new case where Fortune uses his medical knowledge, sharp wit, and unique logical reasoning to solve a variety of perplexing crimes, from murder to blackmail.
Language: English
Published by London Methuen 1936 1936
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Dieter Eckert, Bremen, GermanyDieter Eckert
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Add to basketVI, 809 S. Orig.-Leinen mit schwarzgeprägten Titeln. Vom Autor auf Vorsatz signiert. - Einband leicht fleckig u. gering bestoßen, vorderer Deckel mit schwacher Knickspur, leicht gebräunt. - Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. - Hardcover, lacking the dustjacket, binding slightly stained and bumped, contents faintly…toned.
Published by Methuen, London, United Kingdom 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, U.S.A.MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. An attractive, sturdy vintage copy, basically clean and unmarked, with sunned spine with a few small marks, else fine. The first collected edition of four Reggie Fortune mysteries. A book looking for a jacket.
More imagesPublished by Ward, Lock & Co., London 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A bright first edition of this scarce anthology featuring the character of Mr Fortune by H C Bailey. Collection of eight short case stories by H. C. Bailey, featuring his character of Reggie Fortune, a medically qualified detective. Bailey's stories are often dark and involve mu…rderous obsession, police corruption, ad miscarriage of justice.The first edition of this work. A scarce copy. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, light bumping to head and tail of spine, back strip lightly faded with a minor closed tear. Internally, firmly bound. Minor light spotting to fore edge, affecting only occasional margin, otherwise pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by London: Methuen, 1936 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketFirst Edition. [Mystery collection] FIRST EDITION Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.809; [1], imprint. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black. Contents gently toned, a few minor reading marks within, covers slightly nicked at joints, minor wear and spine lean. A very good copy. A collection of cases for the medically qualified detective Re…ggie Fortune.
Published by Methuen and Co. Ltd, London 1936
- First Edition
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, U.S.A.Babylon Revisited Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition. Collection of four mysteries featuring Reggie Fortune, an eccentric surgeon who works with Scotland Yard. Near Fine in nearly Very Good (correct first issue with '7s 6d' price) dustjacket, chipped at top spine end and flap corners, some wear at edges.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United KingdomHenry Sotheran Ltd
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Add to basketLondon: Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd. 1932. 8vo. Original red boards with black lettering to spine and publisher's emblem to front board; illustrated dust jacket with black title (priced 2/6 net); pp. 320; light wear to spine ends, fading to dust jacket spine, slight offsetting from front and rear pastedowns, light fore-edge; light spot…ting to initial and final leaves; otherwise very good; ownership label "George Nobbe, Westport, Connecticut" to front pastedown, "The Holliday Bookshop" label to rear.First edition, in a very well-preserved dust jacket.H. C. Bailey, a drama critic and war correspondent during the First World War, was one of the most notable and respected writers of the Golden Age of detective fiction. His stories are often dark and complex, involving multiple homicides, disappearances, police corruption, and obstruction of justice.Case for Mr. Fortune is advertised as "another opportunity, and it should not be missed" (blurb) to encounter the celebrated investigations of surgeon-turned-detective Reggie Fortune, here presented in eight short stories.
