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Published by Rue Morgue Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1601870086ISBN 13: 9781601870087
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
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Published by American Mystery Classics, 2020
ISBN 10: 1613161719ISBN 13: 9781613161715
Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
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Published by Penzler Publishers, 2020
ISBN 10: 1613161697ISBN 13: 9781613161692
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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Published by Knopf, New York, 1976
Seller: Tudor Cottage Books, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Facsimile edition of 1942 first edition, published by Cornell University Library Associates. Former library copy. W. Bolingbroke Johnson is the pen name of Morris Bishop, Cornell scholar & llibrarian.
Published by ADMOS Media GmbH, 2001
ISBN 10: 3612259997ISBN 13: 9783612259998
Seller: Antiquariat Armebooks, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Book
Broschiert. Condition: Gut. 272 Seiten; Econ - 1. Auf. 1996 : W. Bolingbroke Johnson - tb XP-PLWP-J8NP Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 181.
Published by Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1976
Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Facsimile edition printed by Cornell University Library Associates for its members and for friends of Cornell University in 1976, in dust jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. It is a reprint of the original edition published 8n 1942 by Alfred A. Knopf. Very clean brown cloth boards with small purple design on cover, purple lettering and decoration on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner last name at top of front free endpaper - very slight foxing to endpapers. 242 pages. Clean jacket is slightly age-toned; a few tiny edge nicks; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A tale of murder in the Cornell University Library that became a classic after the first edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf, went through three printings in February and March of 1942. A London edition was published by John Lane in 1943, and a French translation was published in Paris in 1948.
Condition: Very Good. Alfred A. Knopf New York 1942 ex-library copy. brown cloth patterned boards. text block crisp.
Published by Cornell University Library Associates, Cornell University
Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. 1976. Hardcover. In original cloth covers showing some age and light shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription to FFEP. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
Published by Cornell University Library Associates, Cornell University, 1976
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Condition: Very Good. 1976. Hardcover. In original cloth covers showing some age and light shelf wear. Previous owner's inscription to FFEP. Lacking dust wrapper but remains a very good copy. . . . .
Published by Cornell University Library Associates [Knopf 1942], 1976
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 242 Pp. Brown Cloth. Reprint Of The 1942 Bibliomystery Set At The Cornell University Library, By The University Librarian. Fine In Lightly Worn Dust Jacket With 1/2" Tear At Top Of Front Spine Edge.
Published by Cornell University Library Associates, Ithaca, NY, 1976
Seller: Black Cat Hill Books, Oregon City, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Very Good+ in Good+ DJ: The Book shows mild wear to the extremities; faint foxing to the top and fore-edges; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and a minor, unobtrusive cosmetic imperfection. The DJ shows slight loss to chipping at the head of the backstrip and a couple of short, closed tears at the top of the front panel; a tiny snag at the bottom edge of the front panel; the rear panel, while free of such problems shows toning to the outside edges of the white background field and some faint soiling due to rubbing; unclipped; mylar-protected. Intact, but showing some wear and cosmetic imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.75 x 5.55 x 1 inches). 242 pages. Language: English. Weight: 15 ounces. Borwn cloth over boards with lavender designs at the outside edge of the front panel and backstrip and lavender designs at the backstrip. Distinctive DJ designed by E. McKnight Kauffer. Facsmile of the 1942 Alfred A. Knopf Edition, produced in 1976 for friends and members of Cornell University Library Associates. Hardback with DJ. Morris Gilbert Bishop (1893 1973) was an American scholar, historian, biographer, essayist, translator, anthologist, and poet. Bishop had a mystery novel, The Widening Stain, published in 1942 under the pseudonym W. Bolingbroke Johnson (described on the jacket as a former librarian for the American Dairy Goat Association and Okmulgee Agricultural and Mechanical Institute). The book derives both its suspense and its considerable humor from its grotesque mixture of the oil of sex with the water of academic life". Much of it is set in a university library that, according to his daughter Alison Jolly, borrowed from those of Yale and Cornell. Its sleuth is Gilda Gorham, Chief Cataloger of the library; who according to Bishop's granddaughter Margaretta Jolly appears to be based on his wife. The review in The New York Times concluded, "We do not know who W. Bolingbroke Johnson is, but he writes a good story with an academic atmosphere that is not so highly rarefied as we have been led to believe it should be in university circles." A review in The Spectator described the book (and Percival Wilde's novel Tinsley's Bones) as "good American detective stories, and as bright and cheerful as it is possible to be about murder." This tale of murder in the Cornell University Library that became a sort of cult classic after the first edition, published by Alfred A. Knopf, went through three printings in February and March of 1942. A London edition was published by John Lane in 1943, and a French translation was published in Paris in 1948. Facsmile of the 1942 Alfred A. Knopf Edition, produced in 1976 for friends and members of Cornell University Library Associates.
Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. (Vintage Adventure and Mystery, Mystery, Adventure, Book Thefts, Library Employees).
Published by Cornell Univ. Library Associates, 1976
Seller: Bob's Books, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Facsimile reprint of 1st 1942 ed.
Published by The Cornell University Library Associates, Ithaca, NY, 1976
Seller: Parigi Books, Vintage and Rare, Schenectady, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. 242pp. Cloth. A fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with a short closed tear to upper edge. ; Octavo.
Hard cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Facsimile edition of 1942 Alfred A. Knopf publication. Jacket spine is sunned. Jacket is worn. Upper corners of jacket flaps are tanned. Back upper jacket flap is taped to back jacket. Spine is shaken but secure. Spine edges are worn. Upper text block is foxed. Inside is clean and unmarked.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1942
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
cloth. Detective Fiction (illustrator). 8vo. cloth. (viii), 242 pages. Facsimile edition. Written under a pseudonym by Morris Gilbert Bishop, former librarian at Cornell University. A fictional account of murder at Cornell University where the library is the focal point of the story. Near fine, lacking the jacket.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Only date given is 1942 and that is for the Knopf first edition. This Grosset & Dunlap edition is later, and since there is an appeal to buy war bonds on the rear panel, 1945 seem logical for the publishing date. No wear to the binding. No distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages are tight and clean with no marks. No name of previous owner. No odor. No water damage. The dust jacket shows light/medium edge wear, a two inch tear bottom of the front flap fold. No sun fading. DJ in an archival protector.
Published by The Cornell University Library Associates, Binghampton: NY, 1976
Seller: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Kauffer, E. McKnight (illustrator). First Edition Thus. 1st. edition thus. This is a facsimile edition published by The Cornell University Library Associates for its members and for friends of Cornell University, very low print run. Top of page edges spotted else near fine in dust jacket. A debonair English professor with a penchant for limericks turns sleuth when bodies show up in the stacks at an Ivy League library . Professor Parry was tall, blond and handsome. His only flaws were his thinning hair and an uncontrollable urge to inject original limericks into every conversation. When a black -haired, black-eyed professor of French (whose accent was said to take on the flavor of garlic when she got excited) is found dead in the college library, Parry has personal reasons to look into her death. Set at a thinly disguised version of Cornell University, The Widening Stain was written by a Cornell professor of romance literature (later its provost) who frequently contributed short humor pieces to The New Yorker, Saturday Evening Post and Life. He pubished his only mystery under a pseudonym and denied, at least in jest, authorship. A copy of the book was found in the Cornell Library with the following limerick scribbled on the flyleaf: A cabin in northern Wisconsin / Is what I would be for the nonce in, / To be rid of the pain / Of The Widening Stain / And W. Bolingbroke Johnson . But the only pain readers will suffer will come from laughing so hard their sides might split. Published in 1942, the book was an immediate hit, going into several printings. Book.
Published by New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. dj, 1942
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover - 3rd printing, just one month after the first, Humorous bibliomystery set in the Cornell University Library, published under a pseudonym by Cornell's librarian at the time. "Seldom if ever has there been a mystery story quite like this one. Yes, there are murders in it- two of them, in fact. And there's a mystery of other descriptions too. . There is a lot of curious esoteric lore here and there, of special interest to bibliophiles." 242 pp. Dust jacket by E. McKnight Kauffer. Good only in a fair dust jacket (some spine slant, significant edgewear to the dj, with a long tear along the side of the spine, etc. but overall a reasonable copy of a rather hard to find original edition.).
Published by Knopf, 1942., 1942
Seller: The BookChase, Wiscasset, ME, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Second printing. VG/G. Brown cloth, purple lettering and decorations. Minor rubs at extremities, boards clean. Endpapers a little discolored, owner's name in tiny print on front free endpaper, otherwise clean throughout, binding and hinges sound. Jacket is rubbed along folds, chipped at extremities, rear panel age-toned, price intact ($2.00). Jacket in new mylar protector. Very nice copy of a scarce mystery, a little bit of craziness set in the Cornell University Library. Murder and humor, perfect for bibliophiles.
First Edition. Very good in a good, chipped and torn price-clipped dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dustjacket shows very light rubbing at spine edges, few tiny rubbed corners, small close tear rubbing areas very small , all protected in brodart. Hint of sunning. Dustjacket is price clipped. Light shelfwear overall. A good standard copy. Protected in brodart. A good standard copy. No markings. Genre Case. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1942
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by E. McKnight Kauffer (illustrator). Original (3rd) 1942 printing; jacket "very good" with rub to edges and a small (3/8ths-inch, 1 cm.) chip to heel of jacket spine. Yes, there are two murders to be solved, but most of the madcap action here occurs inside the Cornell University Library -- of which the author (despite a facetious biography here claiming he was born in Rabbit Hash Landing, Kentucky, and served as librarian of the American Dairy Goat Association) was head librarian. Rife with bookish lore, an uncommon bibliomystery, particularly inscribed, as here. This is the "Third printing, March, 1942." (The first was February, 1942.) The publisher has clipped the original price and overprinted to top of jacket front flap a new price of $2.00. Datelined to the blank FFE "The Burdocks, Zambesi, 17 Oct. 1936" (probably more levity, as this book was published 1942), signed "W. Bolingbroke Johnson," and inscribed to Arthur and Suzanne Sutherland. Arthur E. Sutherland, Wesleyan '22, Harvard Law '25 (Case Editor, Harvard Law Review), law clerk to Justice Holmes 1927-1928, served with Gen. Teddy Roosevelt (the only general to insist on going ashore with the first wave on D-Day, Croix de Guerre, Congressional Medal of Honor) in North Africa (where he likely would have been in 1942) and at Anzio, and as an aide to Gen. Mark Clark, retiring as a colonel, Bronze Star, Croix de Guerre. He taught at Cornell Law School 1945-1949 (where he obviously knew author Bishop/ Bolingbroke Johnson, indicating this book may actually have been signed circa 1946 ), moving back to teach at Harvard Law 1950-1970, where he was described by Prof. Paul A. Freund as "one of the most popular Law School Faculty members within the larger University." 242 pp., now reduced from $470. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1942., New York, 1942
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. First edition. Faint evidence of bookplate removal from front pastedown sheet, else near fine in dust jacket with light restoration to the spine ends, corners, and extremities. English Professor Parry is a man with a penchant for limericks; however, he turns sleuth when bodies show up in the stacks at an Ivy League library. This mystery is set almost entirely in the library at Cornell University by the school's librarian and filled with bibliophilic conversation. Scarce in dust jacket.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1942
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. True First Edition. Fine Copy In Like Price Clipped Jacket. Stated First Edition. Classic Vintage Biblio-Mystery. Very Rare In this Condition. Excellent Fresh Copy.