The Walking Corpse by Cole (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Smaller sized hardcover without dust jacket, in good condition. Boards are scuffed and marked. Spine is cocked and sunned. Edges, corners, spine ends and spine sided are rubbed. Page block is tanned and foxed. The odd mark on a few of the pages which are otherwise clear, and binding is sound. LW. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 308. Original publisher's range cloth, lettered black on spine and front cover. Originally published in the U. K. in 1931 as THE GREAT SOUTHERN MYSTERY. When the chambermaid of The Great Southern Hotel entered room 49, she found the occupant dead in bed. When the body was examined, fifty gold sovereigns came tumbling from his mouth. But, only a few minutes before the discovery of his body, a bell boy had seen "number 49" talking to an attractive young woman in the hotel lobby. It was further proven that "number 49" had left the hotel with the girl and she had put him on a train thirty minutes after his body was found in the room. This is the first in a series of murders that Superintendent Wilson must solve. Very slightly rubbed, otherwise very good+ in used, near very good- dust jacket, with thumb sized chip at head of spine (loosing title), slight edgewear and fraying at edges. Front panel of jacket in good order showing two male, bearded faces, one of which has coins pouring from his mouth.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. New York: William Morrow & Co.; First Edition (1931). Good+ Hardcover, no dj. Orange cloth, Black lettering. Some discoloration of the spine. Light wear to the very ends of the spine and corners. Clean Unmarked throughout. Strong Tight binding and hinges. 7.7"x5.25"x1.25". be26027.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. shows minor wear, rubbing, foxing.

First edition. First U. S. edition. Originally published in the U. K. in 1931 as THE GREAT SOUTHERN MYSTERY. Fine, bright, tight copy in a striking dust jacket with only a hint of rubbing to the spine ends. When the chambermaid of The Great Southern Hotel entered room 49, she found the occupant dead in bed. When the body was examined, fifty gold sovereigns came tumbling from his mouth. But, only a few minutes before the discovery of his body, a bell boy had seen "number 49" talking to an attractive young woman in the hotel lobby. It was further proven that "number 49" had left the hotel with the girl and she had put him on a train thirty minutes after his body was found in the room. This is the first in a series of murders that Superintendent Wilson must solve. An exceptional copy.