Schoolmaster by Burley (16 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket has shelf wear but was enclosed in mylar to prevent further damage. First edition by number code. Name of previous owner inside cover.

Condition: FINE. First printing. "A story of guilt. The first in a series dealing with human failings. . . When Arthur Milton's wife leaves him for another man, and that man is soon murdered, Arthur is the Number One suspect. . . why does he begin investigating a murder of twenty years ago: the strangling of a girl with whom he once had an affair - a girl who was then about Julie's present age. A wise and understanding police detective plays a waiting and watching game, and we may think we know what the outcome is going to be but we'll probably be quite wrong. For Mr Burley has several startling and yet logical surprises in store. He has given us a most unusual plot this time, and a fascinating study of a troubled mind." 160 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

(1984). First edition thus, a paperback. Hint of rubbing, pages age-toned, else a fine, unread copy in illustrated wraps. Highly regarded psychological murder yarn, (not in Burley's Wycliffe series), inexplicably scarce.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. A novel by the author of the Wycliffe series.From the jacket- "A story of guilt-the first in a series dealing with human feelings, & intended to alternate with the author's already popular Wycliffe novels." The central figure here is Arthur Milton, a middle-aged history head at an English higher school. His wife leaves him, he is suspected of killing her new lover, and he suffers through most of the book because he may have killed a girl 20 years before.A FINE book in NEAR FINE( one small closed tear to base of spine & price-clipped) jacket. ** See our new cheaper postal rates to the USA and abroad.**.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Type: Book 1st printing. DJ is protected by removable plastic cover.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st printing; dj w/lite wear, lite soiling, uncliped price, in mylar; black c wgilt spine titles; owner's isnc.; 160 clean, unmarked pages.

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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Nargi, Lawrence (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. First US paperback edition. Originally published in hard covers in the UK by Gollancz in 1977 and then by Walker in the US later in the same year. There is a heavy two inch crease to the bottom left corner of the rear cover. The spine has some edge rubbing and there is light edge wear to the covers. Page edges browned with a little creasing to the top edges. Browning to the insides of the covers with a book shop stamp to the inside of the front cover. Browning to the pages with creasing to the bottom corners of the last few pages but the pages are are otherwise unmarked. Cover illustration by Lawrence Nargi. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A fine tight hardcover copy in a near fine plus dustjacket/brodart covered, First Edition. A very nice clean copy. Dustjacket has a tiny nick to bottom edge rear panel and 1/4 inch closed tear to top edge rear panel. Otherwise, jacket is very clean and bright. A nice copy. = We ship all books with Delivery Confirmation. = We have been selling Used Books for over 31 years.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Octavo, 160pp. Red cloth binding with gilt text to spine, no shelf wear to edges and corners, internally. D/J is yellow, minimal shelf wear to edges , unclipped. As New.

First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red boards with gilt titles. Yellow Gollancz dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. No inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper has light wear to extremities. Original price of £3.75net to front flap. A murder some twenty years ago and a life changing seperation are the backdrop to this murder mystery.

First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and tight with slight bumping to the spine tips, the contents clean throughout. Complete with the original dustwrapper which is slightly rubbed and creased to the extremities. Not price clipped (£3.75 to the bottom of the front flap). From the library of the Edgar and CWA Diamond Dagger Award winning author Martin Edwards, with his penciled signature to the endpaper. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.