Cecil Rhode (84 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Aug, 1954, pp. 195-205, Profusely Illus with Color Photos, Extracted from orig vol, begins with title page, trimmed & stapled, thus is like a pamphlet, VG.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Reprint, first published in England in 1933 as The Claverton Mystery. Dr. Priestly investigates when an old friend suddenly dies. Pages tanned.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Cecil Rhode (inscribed (illustrator). Signed by Author and Photograp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Popular Library 87, first paperback printing. A publisher is shot in his private elevator as he descends alone. U.S. title, published in England in 1939 as Drop to His Death. Light wear at the edges with a 1/4" chip to the spine head. Pages tanned, crease to the lower corner of the first couple of pages with the letter "N" on the front end paper.

Condition: New.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Supplement map of northern Europe is present, tanned, folded, laid in. Sound binding. Wrappers are yellow and white with general soiling and light shelf wear. Pages clean, off-white. ; Contents: Moran, Stop-and-go sail around south Norway. Rhode, When giant Alaskan bears go fishing. Revis, Colorado by car and campfire. Shor, North with Finland's Lapps. Peterson, A new bird immigrant arrives. Many advertisements. ; 10.0" tall.

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.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. Third Impression. Third impression from June 1942 of a book first published by Faber in September 1939 and reprinted in 1941. The spine is darkened with a crease across it and there is light staining to the front panel with heavier staining to the rear panel. Bumping to the corners. Browning and scattered spotting to the page edges. The binding is slack and there are gaps at the front and back of the book where the webbing is exposed. Spotting to the endpapers. Heavy creasing to the half-title page with a brown spot to the title page. Light browning to the pages with a few spots and light marks in places. No jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Dr. Priestly investigates when a doctor is poisoned in an apparently impossible crime. Adey 1595. First Perennial printing. Very gently handled, pages tanned.

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.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 12 Pages, many illustrations, some in colour. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: National Geographic Magazine; Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 192 S., gepr. OHLn. m. zahlr. gez. Ill.; einige Ss. leicht knickspurig, wenig fleckig. - In Fraktur. Kriminalroman um Kokain und Liebe. Übersetzung von Wilh[elm] Cremer (1874 - 1932). Zuerst 1925: »A.S.F. - Der Weg ins Traumland.«, englische OA 1924: »A.S.F. - The Story of a Great Conspiracy.« - (ZwSt).

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Reprint; Second Printing. A very tatty reading copy, probably ex private library, grubby boards rubbed and marked, front board pulled, endpaper and half title page excised, pastedowns stained with dates written on rear pastedown. 192 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG illustrated wraps softcover. Signed with inscription on front cover by Rhode and signed with generic inscription on first page by Taber. Photos of various hunts. 96pp. Hunting. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Light page tanning, a little foxing to edges, else internally in very good condition; cover has slight wear and foxing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Hardback bound in orange cloth with black titles, binding pulled at title page, spine tanned, cloth rubbed, worn and marked, marks where labels have been removed on pastedowns, indentations on front endpaper. Appears ex private library. 284 pages + 4 pages of publisher's adverts.

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.

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: 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.

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.**.

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: 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. First edition. Lacks jacket. Deaccessioned copy of Auburn Circulating Library, with their name crossed out and remnants of a removed cover on endpapers. Edges and front/end matter foxed, rear endpaper excised causing cut to portion of final text page, ink name (Edith F. Dulles, of the Dulles/Lansing family) and portion of absent jacket on front endpaper. 1927 Hard Cover. 298 pp. The third book in the Dr. Lancelot Priestley series. A pseudonymous crime novel by Cecil John Charles Street, a British army major turned writer who became one of the most popular authors of the Golden Age of Crime. Sir Noel Ellerby is recalled by his butler to his Lincolnshire mansion, Laxford Hall, after thieves break-in. Oddly, nothing appears to have been stolen. The following morning Sir Noel is found lying dead before the open door of his safe. The physician called to examine the body declares that death was due to heart failure but Scotland Yard thinks differently. Stumped as to motive and manner of the crime, Inspector Hanslet engages the assistance of Sir Noel's old friend, Dr Lancelot Priestley, and that relentless interrogator loses no time in bringing into play his peculiar powers of logical scientific reasoning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. This is an unusual copy of a hard-to-find book. This copy is "good" with considerable rub, particularly to somewhat darkened brick-red spine. Will close its own boards and text block, but that feels a bit unnatural -- we suspect hinges have been tightened. Sold to us as a 1928 Geoffrey Bles first edition, and it may well be, as the seven titles "By the Same Author" in box opposite title page include "Dr. Priestley's Quest" (1926) and "The Ellerby Case" (1927) but none later -- no "Tollard Ridge" (1929), no "Davidson Case" (1929.) The problem is that Zempel & Verkler's "First Editions: A Guide to Identification" (page 74 of our 4th edition) cites Geoffrey Bles, Ltd.'s 1937 statement "Our practice is to give the date of the first edition of the book on the title page verso. Subsequent reprints and editions are noted under that e.g. FIRST PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 1933 / REPRINTED MARCH 1933," etc. And this would seem to hold true for the only other Bles edition of this title which we can currently find Online which shows a copyright page, that being the 3rd now offered by the Dutch "MagicWorldBooks," which shows "First Published - - - January 1928 / Reprinted - - - January 1928 / Popular Edition - - - March 1929," as called for. But the verso of title page of the copy in hand is blank, save for the tiny Wyman & Sons printer's credit at bottom. So do the firsts (only) of this hard-to-find mystery actually show no printing or edition, despite the publishers' bold claims? PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION OF REMAINING PANELS OF ORIGINAL DUST JACKET: As to the jacket, both front and rear panels look right, though unfortunately we grade this original jacket "poor" because the front and rear panels are now all there is; a previous owner has trimmed down rear jacket panel and glued it to the front pastedown, then trimmed down the colorful jacket FRONT panel and tipped it in place of the original blank FFE -- jacket spine and flaps long gone.) There's also some unattractive foxing (scattered brown spots) to the five remaining preliminary pages and to the four final pages of text. Not an attractive copy, but original jackets, even in this traumatized condition, are uncommon. Author Rhode is best known for the crime-solving exploits of his Dr. Lancelot Priestley. 312 pp., now reduced from $1,000.

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).

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Albatross 105. Dr. Priestley investigates when two people are killed in an auto race. Scarce, one of the first batch of Albatross mysteries published. Rubbed with loss to the corners and the lower half of the spine missing. 1/2" loss to the spine head with tape repair. Pages tanned, previous owner's name in pencil on the title page, date 22/12/41.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 30 1:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean hardback bound in faded red cloth with black titles, boards marked and stained with wear at edges, spine sunned, page edges foxed, bookseller/library stamp on front endpapers + 485 on front endpaper, corner of pages 25/26 torn off but text not effected. 288 pages.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 30.