Avenell Donne Weaver Graham (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover.

Condition: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. 1st UK edition, 1978. Spine head very slightly crushed; the red Coronet "C" logo on spine faded, otherwise a bright, tidy copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. 274pp. In burgundy cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Crisp and bright copy, with just very gentle rounding to board corners and some light spotting on upper text block edge. . In its original dust jacket, lightly bumped at edges, similarly rubbed on corners. Spine perhaps a tad faded. Two novellas featuring Simon Templar, otherwise known at The Saint.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. 274pp. In burgundy cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 12mo. Crisp and bright copy, with just very gentle rounding to board corners. In its original dust jacket, lightly bumped at edges with tiny closed nick from upper edge on rear panel. Two novellas featuring Simon Templar, otherwise known at The Saint.

[Crime stories] FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.175 [1]. Publisher's burgundy cloth in original dust-wrapper designed by Melvyn Gill. Fine in a lightly nicked and sunned jacket. Two short episodes with the gentleman adventurer. Includes the seasonal mystery 'The Unsaintly Santa'. BARER, Burl. The Saint in Print, Radio, Film & TV, p.399.

Hardcover. Octavo; G+/G+; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black with yellow and brown print; DJ has slight shelfwear but is clean and bright; Boards in black cloth, scratch to front, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; 179 pages. 1358263. FP New Rockville Stock.

[Crime caper] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST UK EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] 175 [5]. Recently re-bound in red half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and matching cloth over boards. All edges lightly trimmed, with the original cloth spine bound in at rear. Light spotting to edges, otherwise a crisp, clean copy in an attractive new leather binding. Two short episodes with the gentleman adventurer. Includes the seasonal mystery 'The Unsaintly Santa'. According to Paul Simpson (The Rough Guide to James Bond, p.47), 'The Saint' is a literary ancestor of 007, the debonair Simon Templar being a gentleman adventurer whose parallels with Bond are obvious. Steinbrunner & Penzler, pp.349-351. See also Gilbert, p.616.