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Published by Paris : Librairie des Champs-Élysées, 1961
Seller: PRISCA, Paris, France
First Edition
Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. In-8° broché, 243 pages.
Published by Bantam Books, 1945
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
mass_market. Condition: Good. Cover shows moderate wear, tear, rubbing. Pages tanned.
Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1945
Seller: P Peterson Bookseller, Osseo, WI, U.S.A.
Book
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Thus. First Bantam Printing. The pages are heavily tanned, but clean. There is a name label on the inside front cover. There is some cracking in the binding toward the end of the book, however there are no loose or missing pages. The cover has some light soiling and a few light creases. 192 pages. Vintage paperback.
Published by Bantam., 1946
Seller: BRIAN MCMILLAN, BOOKS, Traer, IA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd prtg. #12. PB. G-VG. Long cv stress crease detracts lightly; lightly read; paper remains & small-med. peeled spot on back.
Published by Bantam, 1946
Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Book
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good.
Published by Bantam
Seller: Reed Books The Museum of Fond Memories, Birmingham, AL, U.S.A.
Paperback #12 CONDITION: g.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Clement (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Murder mystery, Bantam 12, first published in hardcover in 1938. The author, real name Daniel Mainwaring, became better-known as a hollywood screewriter. Pocket-sized paperback, as pictured, the first printing thus. Cover art signed 'Clement'. Minor wear, pages tanned, some curving of covers - possibly exacerbated by the dry winter air at the time of cataloguing. Text clean, no names or marks. Size: 4¼" by 6¼".
Hardcover. Condition: vg.
Published by Bantam #12, 1945
Seller: Parrots Roost Vintage Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This is a rarity, a paperback from 1945 in Near Fine condition, There is a scuff to the upper inside of the front cover where maybe a price sticker was removed. Otherwise a glossy, tight and square 75 year old paperback. Cover art by Clement.
Published by Books, Inc., New York, NY, 1944
Seller: Ye Old Bookworm, Odessa, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 2nd Printing. Fair with no dust jacket; Series: Midnite Mysteries; Sm 8vo 7-1/2" ~ 8"; 293 pages; Dark green binding. Minor shelf wear with some spotting to front cover.
Published by Books, Inc, New York, 1944
Seller: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: G/VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Thus. A G/VG copy in a good dust jacket. Reprint. Book.
Published by Books Inc., New York, 1944
Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Robin Bishop and Humphrey Campbell investigate when a wealthy young woman disappears days before her wedding. Reprint. Bumped with light rubbing at the edges, drip marks to the upper edge of the text block. Jacket rubbed with chips and tears, including a 1" tear to the upper front spine fold. Drip mark to the upper edge of the front flap, in Brodart.
Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1946
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Clement (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. Second printing of the Bantam paperback edition from January 1946. First published as a Bantam paperback in November 1945. Originally published in the US by Morrow in 1938. Cover has a little browning and there is a small scrape to the spine next to the front cover. Previous owner's name, a small faint number stamp and the trace of a price in pencil to the first page. Pages browned but otherwise unmarked. Cover illustration signed 'Clement' in capital letters. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.
Published by Bantam Books, New York, 1945
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. First Edition. Bantam Books 12. First paperback publication. Fading to spine, light wear. A very good copy. Cover art by Clement. ; Small octavo.
Published by Bantam Books, [1945]., New York, 1945
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. First paperback edition. Bantam Book 12. Minor ding to head of spine, else fine, unread copy in pictorial wrappers. Cover art by Clement.
Published by William Morrow & Co, New York, 1938
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. New York: William Morrow & Co., 1938. First Edition. Octavo. 293 pp. Black boards stamped in green; green topstain. No dust jacket. Light shelfwear to boards with very minor fraying to extremities; mild general scuffing. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Very Good.
Published by William Morrow & Company, New York, 1938
Seller: Rio Bound Books, San Marcos, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Printing. Boards are not quite as pristine as Fine, very light (perhaps water) smudge at top and bottom edge of front panel, blue line bleed on top of first few pages, light toning to pages and end papers. Jacket has scuffing along outer edges and front spine fold, light diagonal crease close to spine on front panel, light sunning to spine and light soiling to rear panel, chipping at spine ends. Not price clipped.
Published by books, inc., new york, 1944
Seller: broken wing books, Blaine, MN, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Near fine with very good dj with chipping and one closed tear.
Published by William Morrow & Co., New York, 1938
Seller: Lok Man Rare Books. ABA/ILAB, Central, Hong Kong
First Edition
Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. -- Condition: Near fine, several lighter patches to black cloth, internally fine, possible retouch of blue tint along upper edge of text block, in near fine dust jacket with small line of unnecessary black colour touch up to outer edges, and vertical crease on spine. -- Details: A lovely bright and sharp example of the first edition. Robin Bishop, the blithe, cynical reporter-detective, and Robin's boss, the irascible old Oscar Morgan, become three when they team up Humphrey Campbell, a chubby, funny private detective with a flair for the accordion. Very different people, these three, but sharing one thing in common: a hunch for homicide, which they exercise to the limit in this fast, exciting novel. [front flap] Daniel Mainwaring (1902-78) wrote under the pseudonym of Geoffrey Homes - Born in Dunlap, California. Office boy, itinerant fruit picker, salesman, private detective, teacher, and reporter for 10 years on the San Francisco Chronicle. He was also a self-employed writer, later employed as screenwriter and publicist for Warner Brothers and scenarist for Paramount. In addition to all this he also produced and recorded unusual sound effects for rental to film studios in the 1930's and 1940's. Published in London by Cherry Tree in 1945. -- References: Reilly, 'Twentieth-Century Crime and Mystery Writers' (1980), 809. -- Octavo (book size 19.7x13.8cm), pp. [6] 292 [3]. In publisher's black cloth, spine and upper board lettered in blue-green, top edge tinted blue, other edges untrimmed, possible retouch of blue tint along upper edge of text block. Dust jacket priced '$2.00' to upper corner of front flap, all flaps with publisher's decorative trim to corners, and with small line of black colour touch up to outer edges, and vertical crease on spine. --.
Published by William Morrow & Company, 1938., New York, 1938
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. First edition. Pseudonym of Daniel Mainwaring. Near fine in dust jacket with some minor restoration at the edges. An attractive young woman disappears on the day before her wedding day, and because she had a great deal of money, the case of the missing girl became a sensation that set the country on its ear. Robin Bishop, Oscar Morgan and Humphrey Campbell work together to solve the mystery.