An anthology of crime stories commissioned by the Detection Club in celebration of Julian Symons' 80th birthday. As a tribute to Symons' contribution to the world of crime fiction, Peter Lovesey, Ruth Rendell, Antonia Fraser, Len Deighton and others have written a short story in his honour.
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Seller: WF Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. (ix) 230 pp. Black cloth lettered in silver on the spine. Very light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Man Who Rowed for the Shore by Catherine Aird; The One Who Did for Blagden Cole by Eric Ambler; The Man Who Got the Dirt by Simon Brett; The Man Who Was a Coyote by Len Deighton; The Man Who Wiped the Smile Off Her Face by Antonia Fraser; The Man Who Was Reconstituted by Michael Gilbert; The Man Who Defenestrated His Sister by Reginald Hill; The Man Who Was Eighty by P. D. James; The Man Who Killed for Pleasure by H. R. F. Keating; The Man Who Ate People by Peter Lovesey; The Man Who Was the God of Love by Ruth Rendell; The Man Whose Holiday Was a Fiasco by George Sims; and The Man Who Scattered Crumbs by Michael Underwood. Size: 8vo. Book. Seller Inventory # 229550
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Seller: Books & Bobs, Deeside, FLINT, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Clean black boards, with gilt titles to spine and an unclipped DW. A tight, bright and clean copy with no inscriptions. Some foxing to top and missing title page, but contents are clean and book is in otherwise fine condition. 230pp. (14x22cm). Please contact us for any more information. Seller Inventory # 7058
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Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Condition Notes: A little wear to the edges of the dust wrapper with a nick to the head of the spine. The contents lightly toned with age; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with silver titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 5½" (0.8 kg); pp 230; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #197898 ||. Seller Inventory # 197898
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Seller: Hadwebutknown, Birnam, PERTH, United Kingdom
First Edition. Anthology by members of the detection Club. The Man Who Rowed for the Shore by Catherine Aird; The One Who Did for Blagden Cole by Eric Ambler; The Man Who Got the Dirt by Simon Brett; The Man Who Was a Coyote by Len Deighton; The Man Who Wiped the Smile Off Her Face by Antonia Fraser; The Man Who Was Reconstituted by Michael Gilbert; The Man Who Defenestrated His Sister by Reginald Hill; The Man Who Was Eighty by P. D. James; The Man Who Killed for Pleasure by H. R. F. Keating; The Man Who Ate People by Peter Lovesey; The Man Who Was the God of Love by Ruth Rendell; The Man Whose Holiday Was a Fiasco by George Sims; and The Man Who Scattered Crumbs by Michael Underwood. Page edges foxed and jacket has wear to spine tips. A Good copy in Good dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 10366
Seller: THE USUAL SUSPECTS, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Thirteen short stories written for the Detection Club in honour of Julian Symons' 80th birthday. Contributors include Aird, Ambler, Brett, Deighton, A. Fraser, Gilbert, Hill, P. D. James, Keating ( also the editor!), Lovesey, Rendell, Sims, Underwood. Seller Inventory # JD0705