Old Man Corner: First Edition (9 results)

Paperback. first edition thus. near fine trade paperback, some faint smudges.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. With an Introduction by E.F.Bleiler. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed, edge worn, small creases and scuffed in places. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. RARE IN THIS CONDITION. NO MARKINGS. SOLID & VERY CLEAN. DIRECT INQUIRIES ALWAYS WELCOMED. FURTHER SCANS ON REQUEST, THANKS.

First Edition. Queen's Quorum. Very light cloth wear; very good to fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. First edition of one of the most important early works of detective fiction. Queen's Quorum #41. Orczy introduced the eponymous armchair detective (the first of his breed) in the Royal Magazine in 1902, but these, his earliest cases, only appeared in book form in 1909. He is also featured in 'The Case of Miss Elliott' (1905) and 'Unravelled Knots' (1926). The present copy is in the original turquoise cloth with gilt lettering and coloured vignette of the old man to front cover. Meticulous internal mending to split along lower edge of spine. Occasional spotting or marking to margins and slight rubbing to extremities. Faint water marking with partial ring stains to lower cover. Despite these flaws, a tight, generally clean and quite bright copy, with the vignette clear and intact. All 8 illustrations by Brock present and secure. Good plus copy of a scarce book. H.M. Brock (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Orczy, Baroness. THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER. London: Greening & Co., Ltd., 1909. [1865-1947] - Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy. Authored THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, 1905. First edition of this Haycraft Queen Cornerstone Title. Blue cloth, gilt lettered to spine with pictorial device stamped on the upper cover. 8vo., 18 black and white illustration by H.M. Brock. A very good or better example showing minimum use; text block clean and free of any blemish. Among her most popular characters, The Old Man in the Corner, was a nondescript armchair detective spending much of his life in the corner of a London teashop aided and abetted by a young reporter who brings him details of crimes which baffle the police. The Old Man was featured in a series of twelve British movies from 1924, starring Rolf Leslie.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Slight soiling to the spine, and the corners slightly bumped, a lovely, about fine copy, with no rubbing to the usually well-worn pictorial front board, lacking the rare jacket. A collection of stories featuring the nameless detective who never leaves his room, the precursor to Nero Wolfe. A superb copy of a book generally found very worn. *Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone*, *Queen's Quorum*.…

Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8 [9-10] 11-340, eight inserted plates with illustrations by H. M. Brock, original pictorial blue cloth with illustration on front panel stamped in red, blue, black and white, lettering on spine and front panel stamped in gold. First edition. A collection of the earliest cases of the Old Man in the Corner. "Among the first and greatest of all 'armchair detectives.'" - Steinbrunner and Penzler, Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, p. 298. "An important book." - Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 83. "Good detection with action indirect but often effective." - Barzun and Taylor: A Catalogue of Crime: Revised and Enlarged Edition (1989) 4007. Hubin (1994), p. 618. QQ 41. Mild rubbing to edges, some fraying to head of spine, spine mildly age-darkened, a very good copy. (#97943).…

First edition. Octavo, pp. [1-7] 8 [9-10] 11-340, eight inserted plates with illustrations by H. M. Brock, original blue cloth, illustration to front panel stamped in red, blue, black and white, lettering to spine and front panel stamped in gold. A collection of the earliest cases of the Old Man in the Corner. "Among the first and greatest of all 'armchair detectives.'" - Steinbrunner and Penzler, Encyclopedia of Mystery and Detection, p. 298. "An important book." - Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 83. "Good detection with action indirect but often effective" - Barzun and Taylor: A Catalogue of Crime: Revised and Enlarged Edition (1989), #4007. [Reference: Hubin (1994), p. 618. QQ 41]. Foxing to endpapers, front hinge starting, mild rubbing to edges and some fraying to head of spine, mild age darkening to spine, a very good copy. (9799).…