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Published by The Literary Guild of America Inc., New York., 1941
Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Hard cover. Book Club Edition. Gray cloth over boards. Spine cross-hatch maroon lines. 270 p.; 20 cm. Deckled rt. edges. International Intrigue Fiction featuring MI5's Tommy Hambleton. There would be 25 in the series, published 1940-1963. Very good. No dust jacket. Front cover vertical narrow blemish. Tight binding. 1.
Published by Published by The World Publishing Company, West 110th Street, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 1946. USA 1946., 1946
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hard back binding in publisher's original navy blue cloth covers, pink title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 270 printed pages of text. Minimal wear to the covers, cheap paper browning. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with tiny chips to the corners and spine tips, wrapper has been reinforced on the inside with clear tape. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. DETECTIVE | CRIME FICTION.
Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1957
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition Thus. London: Hodder and Stoughton 1957. First UK edition. Tuck [The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, page 108 "The ghost of a drowned man portrays his descendant for a British film company"]. Reginald 03178. Green cloth with gold gilt spine lettering/rules, 190 pages. Spine cocked dust soiling to page edges, edge wear, in price clipped, edge worn,jacket with with chipping and pieces of clear tape affixed along portions of the top and bottom edges, and previous owner has crossed out Francis Gaite and written Manning Coles above it on the spine. See photos bx213.
Published by Crime Club, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York, 1947
Seller: Champ & Mabel Collectibles, San Pedro, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st U.S. Edition. 282p. Address stamp on front endpaper and lending library stamp on front pastedown, jacket has a 1" tear on back bottom edge near spine fold and smaller tears and chips to edges. Jacket illustration by Wood. [Hubin; p.87] (7-3/4"x5-1/2").
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1951
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a single foxing spot to the closed text block edge and minor toning to the paperstock are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the bright, lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper which has a few tiny closed tears at the edges and a 3cm closed tear to the rear flap fold. There are two small pieces of tape to the underside. Not price-clipped (9/6 to the front flap). The thirteenth Tommy Hambledon thriller. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by Published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., London First Edition . London 1963., 1963
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 192 printed pages of text. Small label removed from the foot of the front free end paper, without any ownership markings. Very Good condition book, in near Very Good condition dust wrapper with spine and edge rubbing, small stain to the top rear cover, not price clipped 15s. The Ferry Cottage found in the hamlet of Pluck's Gutter really does exist and is visible from our office window down here in deepest East Kent. The Great Stour meanders into Sandwich, whilst The Little Stour, which borders our property, forks at Pluck's Gutter. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. KENT [Stourmouth].
Published by London: Hodder & Stoughton., 1956
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and illustration to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. In the bright dustwrapper, rubbed to edges and corners and with a short (c. 1 cm) closed tear to the lower spine tip. Small abrasion (c. 1 x 1 cm) to the upper edge of the front panel. Not price-clipped (10s. 6d. net to the front flap). The nineteenth Tommy Hambledon thriller. "[E]verything had not gone according to plan for Eugene and his friends, because Tommy Hambledon had shared a sleeper with the dead man on the Basle Express." (from the jacket) (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1961
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, somewhat spotted to the closed text block edge are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and nicked price-clipped dustwrapper which has a few short closed tears and dustiness at the edges. "Tommy Hambledon's twenty-fourth, and craziest adventure, which takes him, in a mad race against time and enemy agents, to Paris, across France and into North Africa, to find a Prince and avert a revolution." (from the jacket) (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by South Africa: Hodder and Stoughton. [], 1945
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First South African edition. Original blue cloth with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth with a few wrinkles and small marks, the edges lightly rubbed. The contents, with faint offsetting to the endpapers, a bookseller's label on the rear pastedown and a few early pages creased at the bottom corners, are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and toned dustwrapper that has a few short closed tears and a shallow chip at the head of the spine and rear panel. Not price-clipped (8s. 6d. on the front flap). A scarce issue, as the London first edition but printed and distributed in South Africa for Hodder and Stoughton. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1959
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a minor bump to the bottom corner of the upper board, the cloth with a small white mark on the upper board. The contents, with two short pen marks on the front free endpaper, the occasional spot throughout and a mark to the margins of pages 16-17, and a splash to page 20, are otherwise clean. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked original dustwrapper which is a little toned at the spine and is otherwise without loss or tears. Not price-clipped (12s 6d on the front flap). The 23rd Tommy Hambledon thriller. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1948
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Original blue cloth with black titles to the spine, in the Bip Pares illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth with some ghosting from the dustwrapper design on the spine. The contents, with some toning to the endpapers, a few spots to the closed fore-edge and light splash marks to pages 100, 138-139, and 212-213 are otherwise clean and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper which has a few short closed tears at the edges and a touch of fading to the spine. Not price-clipped (8/6 on the front flap). The seventh Tommy Hambledon thriller. "Perhaps it was partly because Tommy Hambledon was on holiday in Sweden when he got swept into the imbroglio of post-war Nazi plotting that he treated the affair, at the outset, almost as an escapade, a vacation thrill following on grimmer business." (from the jacket) (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1949
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Publisher's original pale yellow cloth with red lettering to the upper board and spine, in the Bip Pares illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, with bumping to the spine tips and a slight bow to the upper board. The cloth is lightly spotted to the spine with a small stain to the bottom edge of the lower board. The contents, with spotting to all edges of the closed text block and sporadically to the margins throughout, are otherwise clean and free from inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper, that has a few small chips to the folds, a short closed tear to the top edge of front panel and a 4.5cm tear along the rear spine fold. Price-clipped to the front flap. The eleventh Tommy Hambledon thriller. Set in Brussels, after the war. "[A] gang of crooks [.] are convinced that the best way to make money is to manufacture it which after all is only common sense. But then they didn't reckon with Hambledon." (from the jacket) (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by London: Hodder & Stoughton., 1957
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First UK edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and illustration to the spine, in dustwrapper. An about very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. The cloth and gilt are a little dulled, spine tips softened, upper corners bumped. Page block edges are dusty and lightly soiled. Small abrasion to upper edge of the cloth border around the front pastedown. In the dustwrapper, rubbed to edges and extremities with a little loss to the upper spine tip and front flap. Moderately soiled and lightly stained to the rear panel and folds. Not price-clipped (12s. 6d. net to the front flap). The twentieth Tommy Hambledon thriller. The US edition was published a year earlier as 'Birdwatcher's Quarry'. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by London: Hodder & Stoughton., 1959
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and illustration to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents, except for a previous owner's discreet Ex Libris plate to the front free endpaper, clean throughout. Small, light mark to the lower page block edge. In the bright, clean, neatly clipped dustwrapper, showing light rubbing and a couple of nicks to spine tips and corners. Altogether, a very attractive copy. The fifth novel published by Francis Gaite (pseudonym of the already pseudonymous Manning Coles). "The Pyrenean Principality of Saint-Roche has been cut off from the world for twenty years. Now the exchequer is completely empty. But the Prince's new English manservant, Robert Brown, finds an ingenious way to attract American dollars." (from the jacket) (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1958
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Original navy cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with very slight bumping to the spine tips. The contents, with a few spots and a small mark to the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nickef dustwrapper that is slightly toned to the spine and lower panel. Not price clipped (12s 6d to the front flap). The 22nd Tommy Hambledon novel. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1954
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Publisher's original burgundy cloth with black titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips, the cloth dusty at the extremities. The contents, with light a little spotting at the prelims, closed text block edge, and to the margins throughout, are otherwise clean and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a couple of tiny closed tears (without loss) and a four digit number in ink to the slightly faded spine. Not price-clipped (10/6 net to the front and rear flap). The seventeenth Tommy Hambledon thriller. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1955
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Publisher's original red cloth with black lettering to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents, with some spotting to the text block top edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper which is a little toned to the spine, has a 5.5cm closed tear to the bottom edge of the front panel and a shorter closed tear at the head of the spine. Not price-clipped (10s 6d to the front flap). The eighteenth Tommy Hambledon thriller. "Here's Hambledon again, and those two delightful assistants, Forgan and Campbell, after Leonard Adair of the Diplomatic Service, who has disappeared while on holiday on the shore of Lake Como." (from the jacket) (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1946
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with black titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm, the spine slightly rolled, the cloth with some ghosting from the dustwrapper. The contents, with a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper and some spotting at the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean without. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased price-clipped dustwrapper that has a several small chips and closed tears, and some toning to the spine. The sixth Tommy Hambledon thriller. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1958
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Publisher's original navy bluecloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Jarvis illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Top edge slightly spotted. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked price-clipped dustwrapper which is otherwise without loss or tears with a little toning to the extremities. The third of the 'The Latimers' supernatural mysteries by Francis Gaite who are perhaps better better known under their other pseudonym of Manning Coles. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1954
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with black lettering to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents without inscriptions or stamps. Scattered spotting page to block edges, spreading to prelims and final pages. Minor softening and fading to spine tips. The dustwrapper is rubbed to edges, folds and spine tips, and nicked to corners, with some minor loss to the head of the spine. Lightly faded to the spine. Not price-clipped (10/6 net to the front flap). The first of the 'Latimers' supernatural mysteries by Francis Gaite who are perhaps better better known under their other pseudonym of Manning Coles. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1948
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Original green cloth with black titles to the spine, in the Bip Pares illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the boards just slightly bowed. The contents, with a few spots to the text block edges and a Foyles bookseller label to the front pastedown, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and toned dustwrapper that has a tiny closed tear at the head of the spine and another to the rear flap fold. Not price clipped (8/6 net to the front flap). An attractive example. The 9th Tommy Hambledon novel. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., Garden City, New York, 1943
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First U.S. edition. Octavo, cloth. A Tommy Hambledon adventure. A fine copy, upper corners gently bumped in a fine price clipped dust jacket, mild rubbing to extremities. (11302).
Published by London: Hodder and Stoughton., 1943
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with black titles to the spine, in the Bip Pares illustrated dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm with some rubbing and bumping to the board edges, the spine a little toned. The contents, with an ink name on the front endpaper, some toning of the wartime paper-stock and a foxing spot to the fore-edge, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased dustwrapper that has several closed tears at the folds and a couple of tiny chips at the spine tips. Not price-clipped (8/6 net to the lower front flap). Very scarce in dustwrapper. The fourth book by the writing partnership and neighbours Manning Coles. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Published by Published for The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc., Garden City, 1942
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First U.S. edition. Octavo, pp. [1-4][i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-296 [297-298], cloth. The third Tommy Hambledon spy novel, set during the period leading to WW II. Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 214-216. Smith and White, Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 3707. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing to edges and folds, mild shelf wear to spine ends. (17371).
Published by Published for The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc., Garden City, 1941
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
First U.S. edition. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-310, cloth. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone book. The second Tommy Hambledon spy novel, set during the period leading to WW II. Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 214-216. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 154. Smith and White, Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 3709. A very good to nearly fine copy in a like dust jacket with light edge rubbing and a small tear to the upper left front corner (10 mm). An attractive copy. (17370).