Trial Error by Berkeley Anthony, First Edition (18 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. 1st printing, Sept. 1967; #9096. Cover art by Brusca. Tanning; store stamp inside cover; stray 1" peice of tape at upper mid rear hinge (no reason for it that we can see); minor creasing. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. 1st printing, [July/] Aug. 1945; #307; red edges and endpages. Cover art is uncredited. Creasing; edge and corner nicks, chips and wear; tanning. Book.

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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. First US paperback edition. Originally published in hard covers in the UK in 1937 by Hodder and Stoughton and then in the US by Doubleday also in 1937. Spine has reading creasing and some edge rubbing with chipping at the top and bottom. The front cover has a small surface chip at the top right corner and creasing across the bottom right corner. The back cover has quite a bit of surface creasing. Discolouration to the page edges. Brown spotting to the title page but the pages are otherwise unmarked. First printing. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

1st edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover. Text remains clear and without blemish. Title page torn from top corner. Text remains clear and without blemish. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 192 p 18 cm. Subject; Penguin books (series). 20th century literature. Todhunter, Lawrence (Fictitious character) ; Fiction. Murder Investigation ; Fiction. Law England Interpretation and construction ; Fiction. English fiction 20th century. Detective and mystery stories. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First edition. ISBN Hardback. No Dust jacket. First Printing. Tight sound reading copy only due to spine cock, fade to spine, browning to end papers, heavy rubs to edges and corners of covers down ot bare paper in spots, bumped corners.

1st edition. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover. Text remains clear and without blemish. Title page torn from top corner. Text remains clear and without blemish. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 192 p 18 cm. Subject; Penguin books (series). 20th century literature. Todhunter, Lawrence (Fictitious character) ; Fiction. Murder Investigation ; Fiction. Law England Interpretation and construction ; Fiction. English fiction 20th century. Detective and mystery stories. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Offsetting to endpapers, spine and edges of boards a bit darkened, else very good in publisher's orange cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Third Impression. First published in September 1937, this is the second reprint from October 1937. 528pp. Publisher's original blue cloth with titles in black to the spine and upper board. Light to moderate shelf wear to boards and spine with a couple of minor bumps. Light soiling to boards. Small splash stain to top edge. Slight lean to spine. Contents clean with no inscriptions.

First paperback edition. Pocket Book 307. Lightly rubbed on the spine, else fine, unread copy in pictorial wrappers.

528 pp. 8vo, publisher's blue cloth. First edition. Tiny ink note at top of pastedown and tick marks to the list of novels by Anthony Berkely opposite the title page; cocked; extremities of spine frayed; cloth soiled, bumped, and rubbed at edges.

Paperback. First Penguin Edition. Softcover octavo, pp. 309, [1] adverts to rear. Publisher's original green and white soft card wraps. Historic adhesive marks to small area of half-title. Lower portion of hinge is cracked and wraps show light foxing with small areas of loss to spine. A very good copy. Penguin Crime series no. 590. A complex crime novel in which Lawrence Todhunter is in the unusual position of having to prove to the police that he killed obnoxious Jean Norwood, instead of their prime suspect, Vincent Palmer, who has already confessed his guilt.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. A very good plus copy in the scarce original dust jacket. Handsomely bound in finely woven brown cloth stamped brightly in black on the front boards and on the spine. Very clean and tight throughout. Printed on heavy stock and creamy white paper. With a touch of dust foxing to the top edges. In a pictorial dust jacket with wear and chipping to the top and bottom of the spine ends. Edge wear along the spine folds. With one vertical piece of tape on the verso along the inside front fold. With the original price of "$2.00" at the top of the inside front flap. Overall, a pleasant copy of this scarce Berkeley detective novel in jacket. Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893 1971) was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. His first novel, The Layton Court Mystery, was published anonymously in 1925. It introduced Roger Sheringham, the amateur detective who features in many of the author's novels including the classic Poisoned Chocolates Case. In 1930, Berkeley founded the Detection Club in London along with Agatha Christie, Freeman Wills Crofts and other established mystery writers. His 1932 novel (as "Francis Iles"), Before the Fact was adapted into the 1941 classic film Suspicion, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. Trial and Error was turned into the unusual 1941 film Flight from Destiny starring Thomas Mitchell. He was a friend of E.M. Delafield and they each dedicated a book to the other (Jill and The Wychford Poisoning Case). She gently ragged him in her Provincial Lady Goes Further by having people tell her that "Francis Iles" is really Aldous Huxley or Edith Sitwell. The opening sentence of Malice Aforethought has been described as "immortal":[7] "It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Doctor Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter."In 1938, he took up book reviewing for John O'London's Weekly and The Daily Telegraph, writing under his pen name Francis Iles. He also wrote for the Sunday Times in the 1940s and for the Manchester Guardian, later The Guardian, from the mid-1950s until 1970. A key figure in the development of crime fiction, he died in 1971 in St John's Wood, London. His estate was valued at £196,917 (£2,321,878 in 2023). (Wikipedia) First edition with matching dates of 1939 on the title and copyright pages; and the "First Edition" slug on the copyright page.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. A very good minus copy in the scarce original dust jacket. Handsomely bound in finely woven black cloth stamped brightly in red lettering on the front boards and on the spine. With some faint leeching of color along a few inches of the front right panel and a touch at the top of the rear panel. Name in ink on the front paste-down. In a striking blue pictorial dust jacket with wear and chipping to the top and bottom of the spine ends. With several pieces of tape on the verso along the top and bottom of the spine and along the inside front fold. .With the word "Price:" left, but the $2.00 clipped at the top of the inside front flap. Overall, a pleasant copy of this scarce Berkeley detective novel in jacket. Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893 1971) was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. His first novel, The Layton Court Mystery, was published anonymously in 1925. It introduced Roger Sheringham, the amateur detective who features in many of the author's novels including the classic Poisoned Chocolates Case. In 1930, Berkeley founded the Detection Club in London along with Agatha Christie, Freeman Wills Crofts and other established mystery writers. His 1932 novel (as "Francis Iles"), Before the Fact was adapted into the 1941 classic film Suspicion, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. Trial and Error was turned into the unusual 1941 film Flight from Destiny starring Thomas Mitchell. He was a friend of E.M. Delafield and they each dedicated a book to the other (Jill and The Wychford Poisoning Case). She gently ragged him in her Provincial Lady Goes Further by having people tell her that "Francis Iles" is really Aldous Huxley or Edith Sitwell. The opening sentence of Malice Aforethought has been described as "immortal":[7] "It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Doctor Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter."In 1938, he took up book reviewing for John O'London's Weekly and The Daily Telegraph, writing under his pen name Francis Iles. He also wrote for the Sunday Times in the 1940s and for the Manchester Guardian, later The Guardian, from the mid-1950s until 1970. A key figure in the development of crime fiction, he died in 1971 in St John's Wood, London. His estate was valued at £196,917 (£2,321,878 in 2023). (Wikipedia) First edition with matching dates of 1938 on the title and copyright pages; and the "First Edition" slug on the copyright page.

1st edition. Hardcover. Blue boards in near fine condition, slight bumping at extremities, pages very clean bar a little spotting on the front block and on the first and last few leaves, and a small patch on the lower text block. Overall a nice copy of this non-Sheringham crime novel.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First American Edition, preceded by the First UK Edition. Basis for the 1941 film "Flight from Destiny," starring Geraldine Fitzgerald and Thomas Mitchell. Moderate glue-darkening to endpapers, boards lightly edgeworn, overall Very Good plus in a Very Good or better dust jacket. Jacket spine with fading and a narrow chip to the center (just affecting the H in Anthony), with chipping to the spine ends and the top left corner of the front panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Trial and Error by Anthony Berkeley (First Edition) Minor bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends. Wear to edges and spine ends with 4 inch teat to upper back cover. Dust soiling to back cover. In clear protective cover. Stated first published 1937. a loose sequel to the 1929 novel The Piccadilly Murder, featuring two of the characters from the earlier work the unprepossessing but shrewd Ambrose Chitterwick and Chief Inspector Moresby of Scotland Yard. In 1958 it was adapted into a six-part television series Leave It to Todhunter. Produced by the BBC it featured Mervyn Johns as Todhunter, Kynaston Reeves as Chitterwick and Ballard Berkeley as Moresby.This volume once graced the personal collection of the legendary Charlie Watts (1941-2021), a luminary in the realm of rock music as the esteemed drummer for the iconic group, the Rolling Stones. Revered since the 1960s, the Rolling Stones' musical legacy continues to captivate audiences worldwide. Beyond his musical prowess, Mr. Watts was a connoisseur of detective fiction, fervently seeking the most exceptional and rare copies for his collection.We are privileged to present one of the select volumes that once adorned Charlie Watts' esteemed library. This literary treasure serves as a testament to his discerning taste and passion for the finest examples of detective fiction. BOOK.

1st edition. 1st edition, 1st printing, in blue cloth with black lettering. Owner's name on front pastedown; pages very slightly yellowed; binding tight. Spine a little worn at head & foot, with minor colour loss on front board Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).