Case Missing Bronte by Barnard Robert, Signed (7 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by author on a bookplate on front end page (signature only). $11.95 price present on DJ flap. Signed by Author.

Mass market paperback. Condition: Good. First Dell printing [stated]. [4], 182, [6] pages. Cover has some wear and creasing. Signed, with comment, by the author on the title page. Robert Barnard (23 November 1936 - 19 September 2013) was an English crime writer, critic and lecturer. His first crime novel, A Little Local Murder, was published in 1976. The novel was written while he was a lecturer at University of Tromsø in Norway. He went on to write more than 40 other books and numerous short stories. Barnard said that his favorite crime writer was Agatha Christie. In 1980 he published a critique of her work titled A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie. Barnard was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2003 by the Crime Writers Association for a lifetime of achievement. Under the pseudonym Bernard Bastable, Robert Barnard published two standalone novels and two alternate history books starring Wolfgang Mozart as a detective, he having survived to old age. Derived from a Kirkus review: Another fast-moving adventure for aristocratic Supt. Perry Trethowan of the C.I.D.--told in his usual wry, chatty style. The sleuthings begin when Perry and wife Jan meet, in a country pub, retired schoolmistress Edith Wing--who has found the manuscript of what might be an unknown Bronte novel amongst a pile of inherited old papers. Soon, Ms. Wing is attacked (almost killed) in her cottage; and Perry starts tracking down the now-missing manuscript. Among those who've been showing rather too much interest in the manuscript are: English professor Timothy Scott-Windlesham; strange Dr. Tetterfield, head of a research library; Rev. Amos Macklehouse, of the Tabernacle of the Risen Moses; and a menacing pair of Scandinavians. Eventually the chase leads to the Victorian house of spinster-typist Selina Boothroyd. Big money and a VIP surface among the motivations. Light-handed and light-hearted entertainment to be sure, with that fine satiric edge on good display.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Inspector Perry Trethowan mystery. Spine ends lightly rolled. A bit of foxing to the page tops. White areas of DJ lightly tanned, jacket in mylar. Signed by Barnard on the front free end paper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Condition: FINE. First US printing. An Inspector Perry Trethowan mystery, involving a previously unknown Bronte manuscript, a crazy collector, a smooth millionaire, a shifty evangelist and lots of violence. SIGNED by the author on the front free end paper. 182 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition 1st printing, Near Fine book and jacket, book has light bumping top of spine and a light push at bottom of spine, jacket has light edge wear, a dog ear crease bottom back flap and three light incisions on jacket front panel that do not break mylar and can only be seen when held to light. A bright, tight, and square unread copy that is signed by Barnard on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: FINE. First printing. An Inspector Perry Trethowan mystery, involving a previously unknown Bronte manuscript, a crazy collector, a smooth millionaire, a shifty evangelist and lots of violence. SIGNED by the author on the front free end paper. 182 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. Original black cloth, lettered in purple to the spine. 8vo - 182 pp. Signed by the author to the title page. A very nice copy of this excellent biblio-mystery with Barnard's usual wit and humor. A very nice copy. Near Fine / Near Fine.