Half Corpse by Millar (4 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. No edition stated. Gently bumped, spine cocked with a small pinpoint ink spot on the lower front board. Previous owner's gift inscription, dated 1942, on the front free end paper. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, 2" closed tear down the rear spine fold with internal tape repair. Spine darkened with a sticker scuff, rear panel and flaps a bit tanned. No price on the flaps, jacket in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket. Great jacket artwork. Mild mottling to cloth; jacket with a few minor closed tears, but overall very good. Book.

Condition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. 1p. advertisements. Original cloth. Dust-jackets, correctly priced 7s 6d. Neat contemporary gift inscription to front pastedown; cloth slightly rubbed at top edge of upper cover, otherwise VG+; jacket with slight tanning to spine, except price, suggesting a later price sticker was perhaps applied, a little edge wear with minor loss, overall VG. Dust-jacket artwork by Wake. A very good first edition of this intriguing novel, based on the story Mon premier crime by Gustave MaceÌ, in the series "La Police parisienne.". Book.

First Edition. "The dismembered body is perhaps the most difficult of all murder investigations for the police, and this is the story of how a young Parisian detective inspector solved one of the most baffling cases of this kind. The investigation takes him through the underworld of Paris to a quiet provincial town and back again". Almost Near Fine, in Very Good dustjacket, soiled at spine, some nicking and edge wear, few scotch tape mends at verso, small chip at top sine end.