Fear by Night by Patricia Wentworth, First Edition (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK Hardback 2nd Printing 1935. Condition : A very good book (with creases to the spine tips with some toning/light spotting to the edge of the text block) in a very good dust jacket with some edge wear to the spine tips. Priced at 2s.net on the spine.A decent looking copy and uncommon.A refund is available if the book is not as described. All books are securely wrapped and boxed for safe shipping.*Additional postal services, for example " International Tracking" and "Signed For" are also available at cost and when requested.* Further images of the book are available on request *.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1934 scarce first edition hardback in fair condition. Ex-library with a plate to inside cover, a hand-written number to half-title page and a plate and various ink marks to rear end-papers. Slight soiling to page edges. A tear to the top of p.111-112. No other marks, clean. The front hinge is worn with some webbing showing. Binding feels loose but all pages are present and none are loose. The blue cloth boards have a number of marks to faces and damage to the edge between spine and front face. No dust jacket. But still a fair, readable copy of a rare edition. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

7.5 x 5, cloth, 316 + postscript, ink name and date, very light cover spotting else vg in complete dw with darkened and dull spotted spine, tips and corners a bit frayed. FIRST AMERICAN ED (published same year as 1st ed.) Scarce,

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition in First Issue dustwrapper priced 7/6 net to the spine. Publisher's original blue cloth with black titles to the front board and spine. Boards exceptionally clean and bright. A VG++ copy (just the lightest of rubbing and lightening to the extremities and a bump to one corner). The VG++ dustwrapper is complete (without loss) with just a touch of rubbing/nicking to the extremities. Superb cover art by "Leslie Stead". An attractive example of a very scarce first edition in dustwrapper. "This 1934 thriller has great characters, a little magical realism, and heavy doses of gothic novel". "The imperiled heroine, the elderly lady, the rather solid hero.and the setting of a Scottish isle is an unusual and very effective one. Here there is no mysterious murder to solve, but rather the all-pervading sense of danger as an heiress falls amongst criminals. A fun and pacy mystery" (GoodReads). Photographs/scans available upon request.

HARD BACK BLUE. Condition: VERY GOOD. JACKET: GOOD DJ. FIRST ED. The dj in great condition with the exception of rubbing, and tanned spine. Good binding, clean body and unmarked text. However, light shelf wear, tanned fore edges, and tanned spine. DATE PUBLISHED: 1934 EDITION: FIRST ED 316.

First Edition. Octavo. The mystery of Ann, the wealthy heir who was despised by her cousin. 316(1)pp., bound in blue cloth lettered and decorated in yellow spine lettering yellow, minor bump to one corner, glue residue to both pastedowns(?), previous owner's bookplate. A very good copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with light chipping and wear to spine ends, jacket lightly rubbed with some finger soiling.