Dames Deadly by Chambers Peter (6 results)

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black letters on red cloth. DJ: illustration spans 3 panels; original price, $2.95; a little rubbed on corners and 1/2 in. of front fold of spine panel; 3 closed tears, up to 3/4 in. Scans e-mailed upon request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair Dj. First Published.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Chambers was British, but his California-set mysteries derive from the "Chandler school of thriller writing; dry and witty in tone, racy in style, the plots are fast-moving, the dialogue crisp and sharp."--June Thomson. This mystery set in Hollywood and Los Angeles centers around the murder of a blackmailer, who was a gossip magazine owner and reporter, who many people were relieved to see gone, except the innocent man who was found with the body. Just a hint of fading to the cover's shelf-edges, else very nearly fine, square and firm in mauve-pink linen with black embossed titles and skull-perched raven mystery insignia to the spine; in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with nicks and short tears to the edges, and with slight age-toning to the spine panel.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. First UK paperback edition. Originally pubished in the hard covers by Robert Hale in 1963. Light edge rubbing to the covers with a little scratching near the bottom of the front cover. Browning around the edges of the insides of the covers. There is a light odour to the book - probably from a smoker's home - but the pages are otherwise unmarked. and the pages are browned but otherwise unmarked. First printing.

First Edition. DAMES CAN BE DEADLY, Abelard-Schuman, 1963, first edition, two glue stains to the r.e.p., else near fine in vg+ dust-wrapper with some shallow chipping to the dust-wrapper spine extremities.

Hardback. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- DW. 1st Edition. Owners inital on title page. VARIOUS LIBRARY MARKS.