Ciphergrams by Yardley: First Edition (4 results)
More imagesPublished by Hutchinson, London
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Douglas Books, Tunbridge Wells, United KingdomDouglas Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Blue & white hessian with blue lettering and borders to fr. and sp., generally clean, outer corners a trifle bumped. 191 pp., many being full-page blank grids for use in deciphering (at leat one partially completed in pencil), a clipping about writing in cipher from unid…entified paper or journal slipped in; major problem is tanning to edges throughout, occ. spreading more inwards, otherwise clean and unmarked bar the cipher-grid penciling.Undated, other listing suggest 1930s, clearly 1920s-1930s on internal evidence. The format of the book is to provide shorty stories including a coded message for reader to decipher, many of these are First World War in context. Apparently fairly uncommon. 13 cm x 19 cm.
Published by Hutchinson, n.d, London, 1111
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United KingdomVictoria Bookshop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st edn. HB.Cloth. DW. G/G+. Faint yellow stains on spine and front cover, split in cloth of front hing near base of spine, owner's ink signature (dated 1942) on ffep, dw grubby, top edges slightly chipped. Covers mottled blu/white cloth, dw red and black, none…of the grids have been used. Book.
More imagesPublished by Hutchinson, London, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United KingdomLycanthia Rare Books
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Add to basketCondition: Very good. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket. Cloth slightly darkened at spine; jacket darkened at spine, some wear with loss to head of spine and upper fore-corner. Book.
Published by Hutchinson & Co london, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Deightons, Bournemouth, United KingdomDeightons
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 8vo. (4) + 190 + (2)pp. Numerous unentered grids. Publisher's mottled grey/silver plain cloth covers, blur lettering + treble blue lines around edges on front ¤& spine. Red colour pictorial dw, red lettering on white spine, black letteri…ng with diagonal white area + black/red/white section lines down side on front, not clipped. Original white eps. Covers : faint browning. Dw : spine browning, 1cm chip + rub top of spine, rubs to corners. Contents : pages browning else very clean & tight & unentered. Faint cigarette smokey smell - hence the browning. Tight unentered copy. VG/VG-. WE SPECIALISE IN MATHEMATICS, PUZZLES & CONUNDRUMS. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
