Two Undertakers, First Edition (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First American edition. Ownership stamp and signature on front fly, about very good in fair only dustwrapper lacking the bottom 1.25" from the foot of the spine, and with other like wear. Jacket illustrated by "Van W".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [2], 4pp, xxxix, [1], 376pp (i.e. 392 pages). An extra gathering signed R and paginated 241-256 has been inserted between pages 240 and 241, the text is continuous. Also, pages 238 and 239 have the numbering reversed, and page 343 is mis-numbered 443. Rebound in a tan linen, with a leather spine label, gilt still bright, no chips to the label. Previous ownership *Handwritten in black ink - Patrick Hume Earl of Marchmont & c. Lord High Chancellor of Scotland. [Then two lines of Latin] H.D.A. 1702. He was the First Earl of Marchmont, known as Sir Patrick Hume, a Scottish Statesman. Born Jan. 13, 1641 - Died August 2, 1724. *Bookplate of Robert Maxtone Graham - the British writer, genealogical researcher and book collector. *Ink stamp for L. Wesley Miller - Luthier. Foxing to pages. Includes a chapter on Records and Law-Books, as well as a chapter for Medals and Coins. Miller's name is also stamped on the bottom outer page edges.

Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First American Edition. -- Condition: Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket, gently toned, some rubbing and wear to upper corners. -- Details: Featuring Colonel Alistair Granby of C.I.D., aided by Ronald Briercliffe and Hilda von Esseling as they engage in a chess game across Eastern Europe against a fanatical Frenchman's modern day Assassins who plan the destruction of present-day Germany. An interesting scenario considering this 'present-day Germany' is set in the early 1930's. First American edition, published the same year in London by Hodder & Stoughton. With the most recent book listed opposite the title page being 'Take it Crooked' (1932), verso of title page states 'Published January, 1933' with no further printings listed. John Leslie Palmer (1885-1944) and Hilary Adam St. George Saunders (1898-1951), British crime writers who both studied at Balliol College, Oxford. Wrote together under the pseudonym Francis Beeding and also under the pseudonym of David Pilgrim. -- Reference: Reilly, 'Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers' (1980), 86. -- Octavo (book size 19.3x13.3cm), pp. [6] 276 [2]. In publisher's light purple cloth, spine and upper board lettered in dark purple. Dust jacket price-clipped to upper corner of front flap. --.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First American Edition. John Leslie Palmer and Hilary St. George Saunders would co-author 31 books together as "Francis Beeding," most notably "The House of Dr. Edwardes" (1927), source novel for Alfred Hitchcock's "Spellbound" (1945). Some faint foxing to the page edges, overall Very Good plus or better in a Very Good plus dust jacket with a splash to the front flap and a short tear to the top portion of the rear panel.