Corpse Green Pyjamas by Walling (11 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. #nn 8. Paperback. 305pp + 1p biographical note + 4pp ads & etc. Avon book cat. in back lists 26 titles. Text ep's. Fore-crnr of ff clipped 1 x 2 in. doesn't effect text else G-VG. Small fore-corner dampstaining throughout; light-mod. edge dampstaining to first couple/last doz. or so leaves stays mostly in margins. Cv creases detract light-mod. Tight; no owners marks. Lightly read. A Mr. Tolefree mystery.

Paperback. era. NO#-8 very good non Globe end-papers. paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition. Good Plus condition with light to moderate cover wear, owner's name inside. Otherwise content clean, binding strong, cover design and lettering still bold. 305 pages Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good +. fifth printing. 6 x 8 in. Paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; library plate on front pastedown, nothing else. Liht wear, one corner a bit water stained. Binding tight. DJ is GOOD+ ; worn, chips with creases. Fic. Stax.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. British mystery; a Tolefree tale, published in the UK as The Cat and the Corpse, in which a body mysteriously vanishes. Hardcover, as pictured; first US edition (first printing) with same date on title & copyright pages, no later printings noted, lacking the jacket. Light wear to book, minor tanning, light crease to spine, no jacket. Size: Small Octavo.

Third Printing, same month as first. Octavo, original black cloth over boards, decorated in green, stained top edge, deckle edge, color decorated dust jacket. Murder mystery featuring Walling's recurring private eye character, Philip Tolefree, who finds a corpse only for it to disappear forty minutes later. Very Good in Good dust jacket, edge chipped dust jacket, split along rear spine edge, sizable tear at bottom of rear panel, loss at spine ends, a few dark marks on rear panel, shelf wear.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Small white surface scrape to bottom left hand corner of front panel. The rear panel has a faint stain near the bottom right hand corner and a small dent in the top edge. Light edge rubbing to boards. Light trace of a price in pencil to the front free endpaper. Pages browned but generally otherwise unmarked although the book has been in the house of smoker so there is an odour to the pages. No jacket. First printing.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Wm. Morrow & Co., 1935. Fifth US Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth, green topstain, pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); [4],305pp. Moderate edge wear to jacket margins including a few tiny chips, none approaching text, corners bumped, else a Very Good and sound example. The author's fifth crime novel featuring private detective Philip Tolefree, first published in the UK as "The Cat and the Corpse." The first US edition appeared in February, 1935, and was already in its fifth printing by April of that same year.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Advance Copy. Advance reading copy in green, black, and white illustrated self-wraps, "Publication Date / Feb - 8 1935" stamped on front flyleaf. First American edition. 305 pp. Very Good. Understandable creasing and concavity to spine, a bit of rubbing along edges and a slight lean. Top corner bumped. A scarce advance copy of the mystery originally titled The Cat and the Corpse in the UK, sent to reviewers and authors before American publication.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American edition. Black cloth with green lettering to front board and spine. Light rubbing to the cloth tips, slightly cocked, dust jacket with light wear around the edges and a few shallow chips. Overall a good, clean copy.

First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm.); black bords stamped in green on cover and spine; dustjacket; 305pp.; spine ends gently rubbed, still a Fine copy. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00) chipping and tears to the extremities, badly scuffed front panel- Good only.