Case Fortune by Bailey (15 results)

Condition: 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 unaffected. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Staining and scratches to both boards.

Hardback. Collection of four volumes of Reggie Fortune stories. 766 pages. Good copy.

hardcover, Condition: Good, Crime Club, Doubleday, Doran, c.1932, smaller 8vo., cloth, 308pp., white spot on rear cover, bkplte. & owner's name, about G $.

Soft 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 "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" (SL#253).

Hardcover. 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.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: 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.

Hardcover. 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. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

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.

VI, 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.

Hardcover. 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!

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). 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 murderous 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. book.

First 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 Reggie Fortune.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. BAILEY, H. C. Mr. Fortune Explains. London, Ward, Lock & Co., 1930. [and:] _. Case for Mr. Fortune. London, Ward, Lock & Co., 1932. [and:] _. Mr. Fortune Wonders. London, Ward, Lock & Co., 1933. Three first editions of these collections of short mystery stories by H. C. Bailey, featuring brilliant detective Reggie Fortune, an eccentric surgeon working for Scotland Yard. Each volume contains eight stories. A drama critic and war correspondent in World War I, Bailey became one of the most-read writers of the Golden Age of detective fiction. He authored widely divergent, dark stories, involving multiple homicides, disappearances, police corruption, and obstruction of justice. Three octavo volumes: Mr. Fortune Explains, pp. 320, in publisher's green cloth, lettered and ruled in black; Case for Mr. Fortune, pp. 320, in publisher's olive-green cloth, lettered and ruled in black; Mr. Fortune Wonders, pp. 316, in publisher's brown cloth, lettered and ruled in black. All volumes lacking the dust wrappers. Some light, variable browning and a few stains, binding a little rubbed and scuffed, but overall very good reading copies.

First 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.

London: 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 spotting 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.