Blake Nicholas Pseud (15 results)
Published by Harper, NY, 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.MURDER BY THE BOOK
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 1st edition, so stated. . Near fine copy in dust jacket, tape ghosts to flaps, not price clipped, $2.50 intact, very light wear at extremeties. Nigel Strangeways was employed to investigate a minor mystery in the offices of the publishing house of Wenham and Geraldine.…Someone had maliciously tinkered with the proofs of an autobiography in which a retired and outspoken General had savagely attacked one of his colleagues. Consequently the firm was threatened with a disastrous libel suit. Strangeways had not made much headway before somebody's throat was cut on the actual premises of that discreet and reputable firm. Book.
Published by Collins, London, 1956
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ariel Books, Auckland, New ZealandAriel Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Cecil Day- Lewis was poet laureate who wrote mysteries under the name of Nicholas Blake. US title was "Death and Daisy Bland". "A chance meeting in a London street in the 1950s. and fate is sealed for carefree cat burglar Hugo Chesterman and Daisy Blan…d, the girl eager to become his mistress. When a police offer is murdered in Brighton, though, neither is prepared for the suspicion that falls upon them." CONDITION Blck bds (clean and unworn) pp 254. Copy is bright and crisp, inscription inside front and light dust spotting to ends and edges. DJ has loss botttom front though missing pieces laid in. a bit chipped to spine ends and small chip top rear, not price clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Fontana - Collins, London, 1962
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, AustraliaArapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: VG. First Fontana. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, slight leaf edge toning, else clean & bright); pp. 192 (last pubs. advts.). A very good copy. The second crime novel featuring amateur detective, Nigel Strangeways.
Published by White Lion Publishers, London, 1973
- Hardcover
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United KingdomThe Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Pages uniformly tanned throughout. The jacket has a few short, closed tears. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Inventory No: 77682.
Published by WM Collins Sons and Co, Toronto, 1944
- Softcover
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United KingdomThe Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Fair. The well-known 20th century poet also wrote the occasional crime novel under his pseudonym Nicholas Blake. This is a pulp paperback copy with a great vintage design on the cover. Slight lean to the spine and pages somewhat tanned. Size: Octavo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Cat…egory: Crime Fiction; Inventory No: 77389.
Published by Collins The Crime Club, London, 1972
- Hardcover
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United KingdomThe Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Inventory No: 77684.
Published by Collins The Crime Club, London, 1966
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United KingdomThe Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Slight spotting to the top edge of the pages. The jacket is a little edge worn and chipped, particularly at the top of the spine. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Inventory No: 77596.
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Published by The Crime Club by Collins, London, 1940
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Peter Foster Books - PBFA, Frome, Somerset, United KingdomPeter Foster Books - PBFA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A scarce title by Cecil Day-Lewis under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake, this is the eighth work in his series featuring Nigel Strangeways. Lacking the dust wrapper. Publisher's red cloth, black titles to spine. Spine rather cocked & worn, with wear to head & tail of the spine and… some damp spotting to lower spine. A few ink marks & blemishes to spine & boards, which are rather age-toned and discoloured towards the edges. Extremities noticeably bumped and bruised; rear board heavily sun faded, with some damp staining towards lower edge. Textblock edges spotted, front hinge a little strained. Title page & prelims foxed as common, spotting apparent throughout. Uncommon.
Published by Collins Crime Club, London, 1968
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, CanadaTBCL The Book Collector's Library
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Add to basketHardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 223. A fine copy sans dustwrapper.(Hubin. pp36), KEATING 100 Best # 68. Silver Dagger runner up. One of Cecil Day Lewis's [writing as Blake] four non 'Nigel Strangeways' mysteries. Lewis the Poet Laureate superlative forays into the Mys…tery & Detective genre. He was an academic, critic, translator & literary figure & father to actor Daniel Day Lewis.
Published by Collins The Crime Club, London, 1980
- Hardcover
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United KingdomThe Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. This edition of this title was a part of Collins's 'Fifty Golden Years of Crime' jubilee reprints series. This copy has a short closed tear at the top of the front fold in the jacket. Size: Octavo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime F…iction; Inventory No: 77683.
Published by London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins (1954), 1954
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United KingdomBow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB)
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Add to basketFirst edition, 8vo, 253, (1) pp. Bookseller's small ink stamp and a crossed out name and address to front endpapers. Cloth, d.w. with some loss to the spine ends and foxing to the lower wrapper.
Published by Collins Crime Club, (1959), London, 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, CanadaTBCL The Book Collector's Library
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Add to basketHardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp.192. A fine copy in dustwrapper [small light innocuous stain dots on back panel] Hubin, pp.36. One of Cecil Day Lewis's [writing as Blake] sixteen 'Nigel Strangeways' mysteries. Lewis the Poet Laureate superlative forays into the Mystery… & Detective genre. He was an academic, critic, translator & literary figure & father to actor Daniel Day Lewis.
Published by Collins Crime Club, 1954, London, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, CanadaTBCL The Book Collector's Library
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Add to basketHardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. PP. 254. (Hubin. pp36) A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with a small chip at the bottom of the front fold. Nice copy. One of Cecil Day Lewis's [writing as Blake] sixteen 'Nigel Strangeways' mysteries. Lewis the Poet Laureate superlati…ve forays into the Mystery & Detective genre. He was an academic, critic, translator & literary figure & father to actor Daniel Day Lewis.
Published by crime club, 1941
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, NetherlandsNeverland Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "The Case of the Abominable Snowman" by Nicholas Blake (pseud of C. Day Lewis). Crime Club Collins, 1941 first UK edition first printing. Book and dustwrapper in very good condition, ownership stamps to endpaper and title, light abrasion mark to half…-title, original cloth, small patch damp-staining to corner, dust-jacket, 1" repaired tear to upper panel, few other nicks to edges, still a sharp copy overall. Classic in the Nigel Strangeways detective series, in rare dustwrapper.
More imagesPublished by London The Crime Club, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United KingdomShapero Rare Books
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Add to basketFirst edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's orange cloth, titles to spine in black, mild partial browning to the endpapers, trace of erasure to front free endpaper, with the dust-jacket, some mild ghosting to the spine through the jacket but an exceptional copy in the little tanned and very slightly rubbed dust-jacket. The… poet laureate, Cecil Day Lewis wrote a number of detective works under the name Nicholas Blake, of which this title is by far the best regarded. Copies of this UK printing in this condition with the jacket are extremely uncommon.
