John Rhode, Miles Burton (28 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fair to Good, Reading Copy. GGA {Good Girl Art} Painted Cover (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 192 pages (Canadian Collins White Circle # 415 ) - BURTON, Miles (1884-1965; Pseudonym of Major Cecil John Charles Street; AKA= John Rhode); - Devil's Reckoning (Mystery/ Borderline Fantasy; 1st paperback; Scarce; Fantasy elements; Nice Painted cover of pretty, woman lying dead on a bed, rose in hands!; Inspector Arnold/ D. Merrion series); Goodread notes = "A village steeped in black magic, an aristocratic vicar and his wayward wife (whose corpse turns up on the family tomb), and a neat tying-in of local legend." >> This is a reading copy. Cover creasing & scuffing; tape to covers & spine; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. GGA {Good Girl Art} Painted Cover (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 192 pages (Canadian Collins White Circle # 415 ) - BURTON, Miles (1884-1965; Pseudonym of Major Cecil John Charles Street; AKA= John Rhode); - Devil's Reckoning (Mystery/ Borderline Fantasy; 1st paperback; Scarce; Fantasy elements; Nice Painted cover of pretty, woman lying dead on a bed, rose in hands!; Inspector Arnold/ D. Merrion series); Goodread notes = "A village steeped in black magic, an aristocratic vicar and his wayward wife (whose corpse turns up on the family tomb), and a neat tying-in of local legend." >> This is a reading copy. Cover creasing & scuffing; Spine wear; 1/2" piece missing from bottom of paper spine; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. reprint. Early reprint, circa 1929. Publishers green cloth, titled black. Ink inscription crossed out on front endpaper. Spine sunned & spine edges a little worn.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A spy thriller. Publishers red cloth, titled black. Minor wear to outer hinges & head and foot of spine. Light foxing to endpapers.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Line Drawn Cover Art. (illustrator). First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. 192 pages. >> Canadian Collins White Circle Book # 72; >>" In addition to being a brilliantly told crime story, it presents an intriiguing picture of the British Home Guard getting ready to face an invasion." Preceded by the rare 1942 UK & USA Hardcovers; >>> VERY RARE TITLE by this Highly Collectible author; VERY RARE number in the Canadian Collins White Circle Collectible Vintage Paperback series; >> Store Stamp on front endpage; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in black cloth boards with green lettering to front and spine, no dustjacket. 286pp. Pictorial endpapers. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (32/2).

Soft cover. Condition: Fair to Good, Reading Copy. Line Drawn Cover with Wash Cover Art (gives Painted Cover effect) (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. CWC book #289 - BURTON, Miles (1884-1965; Pseudonym of Major Cecil John Charles Street; AKA= John Rhode); - Early Morning Murder (mystery; 1st paperback; Scarce; Line Drawn with Wash Cover Art ;later USA edition retitled "Accidents Do Happen"; Inspector Arnold/ D. Merrion series); >> This is a reading copy. Heavy cover creasing; wear to paper spine; pen to front end page; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cloth bumped and faded at spine. Foxing to outer block, but pages bright. Tight. No inscriptions.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor/Fair, Reading Copy. M. Paull - Painted Cover Art; (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. later USA ed retitled "Who Killed the Doctor"; Inspector Arnold/ D. Merrion series; >> This is a reading copy. Heavy cover creasing; 1/2 apaer spine is missing; tape to covers & pine; corners clipped to front & back cover; minor pen to frotn end page; 2" x 2" piece missing from title page. staining to interior pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: GOOD+. First Edition By This Publisher. 190 pages. "Criminous tale of the unknown man found dying in the Channel Islands boat-train at Waterloo." >> Cover creasing; wear to cover edges; name & address in pen to front end page. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition( so stated). Who was the Funny Toff, the terror alike of criminals and Scotland Yard? A NEAR FINE book (small book seller's stamp to front paste down and rear free end paper) in NEAR FINE ( rubbing at corners and one small closed tear to base of rear jacket panel) jacket.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. 1st Edition 1938. Second state wrapper remained and priced at 3/6s but correct to the book. Book is very good+ , bright and clean. Spine tips a little rubbed and lightened. Contents good. The wrapper is good++ and quite bright. Edges creased, rubbed and nicked. Minuscule loss to spine tips. Large loss to rear panel. A few closed tears to edges. Not a bad example of a rare book with its wrapper. More images can be taken upon request. Ref13895###016054.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo; 1st edition; hardback; red cloth hardback covers; black lettering to spine; light creasing to spine; cover corners slightly turning under; large booksellers stamp inside cover ; 1st page is then title page so prelims have been removed; a cut mark is most the way up title page, but it is still attached at the top; the title page also has some foxing; remainder book reasonably clean, occasional brown mark; another large booksellers stamp inside rear cover; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Desmond Morris & Inspector Arnold of The Yard investigate the death of a woman seemingly from a fall down a flight of stairs. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; stated first edition (first printing). Corners bumped & rubbed; jacket edgeworn with some chips & tears, one-inch triangle chunk out of rear panel, faded spine; pages tanned. Size: Octavo.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good +. Hoffman Painted Cover. (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. 238 pages; *** Scarcer Title in ANY Printing; >> Minor creasing to cover; Spine on slight slant; Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Inspector Henry Arnold and Desmond Merrion investigate the murder of a schoolboy. Boots Library sticker on the front, no other indications. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the edges, two beverage rings with two drip marks on the front. A few ink scribbles on the front end papers, binding square and solid. Ex-Library.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 1st Edition 1927. This early John Rhode "spy thriller," set behind the lines in Flanders during the Great War. The author was a serving British army officer who attained the rank of Major, receiving a Military Cross. Book is very good+ and bright. Slight mark to front board. Light edge rubbing. Contents good. The wrapper is very good and bright. Edges rubbed and nicked. Light soiling to covers. Small loss ro edges. More images can be taken upon request. Ref 16067.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. First edition .Near Fine book in a Very Good + jacket ( light shallow chipping to spine ends). Black cloth boards stamped in green. Nice example of the art deco style "Gene" illustrated jacket ! ** See our new cheaper postal rates to the USA and abroad.**.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, Original red cloth with original unpriced clipped dust jacket, 192pp, Some edge wear to jacket with loss at top & bottom of spine, Couple of creases & some small closed tears to jacket, Name & date to Fep, Some light marks to endpapers & page fore-edge. Overall a very good copy in a good dust jacket. Overseas orders may require extra postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American edition. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper else a NEAR FINE book in VERY GOOD PLUS jacket with rubbing , some creasing and light soil to jacket; no chipping. Terrific cover art by H.A. Peace !

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A woman's dead body found on the slab of an ancient tomb causes villagers to fear that a gruesome family legend might be repeated. Inspector Arnold and Desmond Merrion investigate. First U.S. edition. Bumped and rubbed with wear at the corners and spine ends. Pages tanned, binding just beginning to crack at the verso of the half-title page but still pretty solid.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Randell D/w; (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Unfaded red cloth d/w; no names inside or other similar handwriting; d/w price clipped; it has some repairs on the underside where there has been a little splitting; also slight chipping to edges; vg/g++; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 255 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First US Edition. Hardback; no d/w; black cloth boards with crime club figure image on front cover & symbol and title on spine; both finished in green/blue; the synopsis of the story (presumably from the dustwrapper) has been cut and pasted to the inside of the front cover; 2 rubber stamps on fep - one from a book shop, and one from The J K Gill & Co. Circulating Library; also some paper remnants on rear endpaper; there is no spine lean, although the front hinge is a little weak. The contents are generally good with light browning to page edges. Some pages ar a little shorter than others - done in binding in all probability. G; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 280 pages.

Third printing of the 1928 first edition. Publisher's original red cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in the Abbey illustrated dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a small chip to the top right corner of the spine and remnants of a paper label over the 3/6 printed publisher's price. The artwork is the same as that of the first printing. An attractive example of an uncommon early Dr. Priestley title in dustwrapper. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+ dust. First Edition. Original price intact on the jacket flap. Stated first edition. The book is very good and clean. Old bookplate on the front endpaper and the rear endpaper has been professionally replaced with new. No marks or writing. The jacket has some moderate wear with more wear at the edges, but it looks good now protected in a new, removable archival sleeve. Photos available upon request. ; "An Inspector Arnold investigates murder with obvious clues but obscure motive." ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 280 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A NEAR FINE FIRST IN DUST JACKET.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American edition of a title published first in the U.K. as "Dr. Goodwood's Locum". A NEAR FINE copy ( bumped at the corners) in a VERY GOOD + jacket. A PRESENTATION COPY. INSCRIBED , DATED and SIGNED on the front free endpaper in the author's tiny hand." For, R.W. Gibb, In happy memory of the M.V. Bualbeck ( ?) June -July 1952. John Rhode." A VERY SCARCE AUTOGRAPH probably inscribed to a fellow passenger on a cruise in Europe . M.V. is a short form for a cruise ship used on inland waterways .There appear to be very few instances where the author has autographed anything. No examples of his use of Miles Burton , Cecil Waye or Cecil John Charles Street! Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.