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Published by Empire Books, 2011
ISBN 10: 1619491354ISBN 13: 9781619491359
Seller: M.A.D. fiction, Grimsby, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition thus (preceded by the 1922 hardcover release among many others, this book is in the public domain),printed Jan. 29th 2013, of a fine softcover with no jacket as issued. The story of guests at a country estate who become amateur sleuths, when a shooting occurs and all evidence points to their host.
Published by Pocket, New York, 1940
Seller: Always Superior Books, Marietta, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Vg+ to About Fine. First Printing. scarce in first printing,some soiling to the rear cocer along the foreedge. Book.
Published by Methuen & Co. LTD., 1874
Seller: Alan Newby, Marion, IN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible- very good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Mostly tight and sound Cover has corner bumps and rubs and top and bottom of spine has bumps Pages all intact Page edges browned No inside markings or underlinings except for previous owners name Please see our photo as some book sites use stock images.
Published by LONDON FOLIO SOCIETY, 2016
Seller: Hawkridge Books, Bakewell, United Kingdom
First Edition
1ST EDITION. A FINE COPY IN A FINE SLIPCASE. INTRODUCED BY ANN THWAITE AND ILLUSTRATED BY MARK THOMAS.
Published by The Folio Society, London, 2016
Seller: Scrivener's Books and Bookbinding, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Thomas, Mark (illustrator). 1st Edition. Blue illustrated boards in a matching slip case, pale blue epps with floor plan in black, 198pp, 5 colour plates and b&w vignettes to end of chapters. A fine copy in a fine slipcase.
Published by Methuen, London, 1922
Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Publisher's advertisements at rear. Original green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt to spine. Rare detective fiction first edition by 'Christopher Robin' creator A.A. Milne, one of three such crime titles he wrote (others being The Fourth Wall (1928) and the play The Perfect Alibi (1928)). A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. "And an excellent story it is! Anthony Gillingham light-heartedly unravels the mystery, standing at the head of a long, and soon extending queue of humorous sleuths who gave a new and refreshing slant to the business of fictional crime. 'What fun! Here's a body!' sums up the style; yet this fantasy, with its brilliant dialogue, finely-drawn scenes from the night-life of the 'twenties and credible characters, hold the reader until the final page is turned." (Quayle, The Collector's Book of Detective Fiction, pp.107-108). Some light foxing; covers a little rubbed and marked with some minor wear and bumping to extremities. Book.
Published by Methuen, London, 1922
Seller: Odysseus Books, Orange Park, FL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing, with "First Published in 1922" on copyright page. Green cloth binding with gilt lettering and floral decoration on spine and blindstamped titling on front cover. In VERY GOOD condition. Wear to the spine ends, rubbing to the bottom edges and corners, a couple of tiny stains on the covers, and some light sun-toning to the spine and edges. Otherwise, bright and clean, tightly bound and square, with strong, sound hinges and bright unworn gilt on spine. Light foxing to otherwise flawless pages. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown.
Published by E.P. Dutton & Company, New York, 1922
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA
First Edition
First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [x],277,[1]pp. Base of spine gently nudged, with a very faint $2.00 price rubber-stamped at upper rear endpaper, else clean throughout; very Near Fine, with the gilt bright and unrubbed. In the original dustjacket, showing light dust-soil, moderate wear, shallow loss to crown and rear flap fold, with a 1.5" x 2" triangular loss at lower rear panel, and numerous tears with attendant creases (eight of them neatly tape-mended on verso); withal, a presentable, unrestored, Very Good example. Milne's major contribution to the mystery genre, a novel both criticized (in print) by Raymond Chandler, and praised by Alexander Woollcott as "one of the three best mystery stories of all time." "This book is important because it was the first to inject such levity into investigation and to present the story as a humorous game. In the story, the master of the Red House is expecting his long-lost ne'er-do-well brother to return bringing a cloud of menace after fifteen years in Australia. The brother appears, is admitted to the house, and a shot rings out. Antony Gillingham arrives in time to hear the shot and decides to turn sleuth when it develops that the master of the house has disappeared. He teams up with his friend and fellow houseguest Bill Beverly, and they look into the lake, sift the library, survey timetables, and interview witnesses to the absolutely classic conclusion" (Pronzini & Muller, pp.577-578). One of the great "locked room" mysteries and a classic of the genre, continuously in print for a century. Scarce in dustjacket. Hubin, p.294; Barzun & Taylor 1599.