Charman Edwards (40 results)

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 320 pages. Illustrated jacket over red cloth. Loss to most of dust jacket, front flap and panel remains. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier to text block edges. Text is clear. Thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Annotations to pages throughout. Visible tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket. Panels have heavy edge wear with some areas of loss as previously stated, tears, chips, and creasing.…

Condition: Good. 1932. First Edition. 319 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Mild thumb-marking present. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and notable marking to boards. Faint ring mark to front board. Mild droplets to rear board. Moderate tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Places where the binding is loose. Ex library. Fill in for someone wanting the title.

21x16. 172 pgs. Bordes fatigados. Contracubierta algo deteriorada. (N6173).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A seafaring tale by the London crime writer. First edition, 1932. A story of three women and three voyages. Page edges slightly foxed otherwise covers and contents in very good bright condition.

1st edn signed and inscribed by author to his parents on front free endpaper. 8vo. Original black lettered green cloth (boards lightly discoloured at edges - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 254 (endpapers tanned; no other inscriptions).

1st edn signed and inscribed by author on front free endpaper. 8vo. Original black lettered blue cloth (boards lightly discoloured at edges - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 313 + cataolgue (endpapers lightly tanned; no other inscriptions).

Rustica. Condition: Buen Estado.

1st edition. Lacks both free end papers; shop stamp on title page; binding tight Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

First Edition. In olive-green cloth with black. End papers & page fore-edge lightly browned & foxed; text generally clean in firm binding; wear at head & foot of spine; black lettering a bit rubbed Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardback. Condition: VG. No DW. 1st Edition. Slightly cocked. Green cloth with black lettering to spine and front cover. Internally in very good condition BUT end papers and text edges a bit browned / spotted.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Red boards are in good order, Bumping to corners and spine has some marks. Internally some foxing to half title and title page, clean thereafter.

Condition: Normal. Maucci. Barcelona, 21 x 16 cm., 172 pag. Tapa blanda desgastada con leve perdida de papel; correcto estado de conservacion. NOVELA . Ejemplares disponibles: 1 Normal.

1st ed. Some light foxing, heavier on last pages; binding tight; spine badly discoloured, with near-illegible lettering; fading to blue/green cloth on boards. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publishers green cloth lettered black on spine and cover. pp 314. Novel with fantasy elements; in Bleiler. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION, LATER ISSUE DUST JACKET. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.280; [8]. Publisher's secondary binding of red cloth, black titles to spine, dust-jacket illustrated by Nina Miller Davidson. Neat ownership to flyleaf, light spotting and dustiness to edges. Jacket clipped and repriced at 4/6 net, toned to spine, with some edge wear. Very good copy . Outer red boards are unmarked. An elderly lady is stabbed to death at a Royal Wedding procession - a mystery featuring Mr. Percy Aloysius Huff, O.B.E. and the Hon. Betty Jetland. Ward Lock's practice with slow-selling titles of this period was to reissue the spare/unsold sheets in a cheaper binding (no gilt) and to clip and reduce the price on the jacket, which then had a series.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. This is a scarce mystery novel, "THE BLUE MACAW" by Charman Edwards with its original dust jacket. 1935 1st edition (with "First Published 1935" stated on the copyright page); Ward, Lock & Co.; London. Uncommon title, and exceeding scarce with the original dust jacket. The book is a mystery novel centered around British society expatriates living in China. It focuses on the drama and criminal undertones surrounding the illegal sale and trafficking of antiquities. Condition: Clean covers and spine. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the text pages are clean with no notable issues found. Some very mild foxing to the end papers and pastedowns. Overall the book is in Very Good+ condition. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the price intact on the front flap; some very light soiling to the covers and spine; light wear along the flap and spine creases; reinforcement tape has been applied on the back-side at the top/bottom edges of the spine, along the rear flap crease, and at the bottom of the front flap crease.overall the jacket is in Fair condition. (The dust jacket comes with a clear, protective sleeve - not shown.).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition 1936 , vg no inscriptions no jacket , F A Huff crime/mystery.

Red hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Ex Circulating Library. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 319pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Fear Haunts the Roses by Charman Edwards (First Edition) A firm copy with mild wear to edges and corners. Mild rubbing to cover. Offset tanning to endpapers. Tear to [p. 315]. Black marker to front pastedown. Not price-clipped. A pictorial jacket with moderate wear to edges and flap-folds. Mild soiling to jacket. Spotting to interior. In clear protective cover. Published 1936, title page verso. 314 pp. Red cloth with black lettering. 314 pp. Nina Miller-Davidson(Cover Artist) (illustrator). BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Give Me A Ship! by Charman Edwards (First Edition) File Copy A tight square copy. Unread. "File Copy" label to front panel. "Archive Copy" stamped to title page. No jacket present. First published 1932, stated. Green cloth, spine and cover lettered black. Hubin listed mystery. BOOK. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 7.5 x 5", red cloth, 319pp, covers rubbed, extremities lightened, worn and bumped, small nick out of front cover lower edge, small spot on spine, pp toned, missing ffep, front inner hinge cracking, but in a rubbed, darkened, extremity-worn/torn/creased, soiled dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, but in a later dustjacket (price "3/6").…

London: Ward, Lock, (1936). First edition. Gray-green cloth designed & lettered in black. Four pages of ads at rear. A couple of brown streaks on front board, page edges spotty, but a clean and very good copy. A novel of mystery featuring "Mr. Huff", which includes a death ray. cat40a (illustrator).

London: Ward, Lock, (1936). First edition. Gray-green cloth designed & lettered in black. Four pages of ads at rear. Light edge wear, a clean very good copy. A novel of mystery featuring "Mr. Huff", which includes a death ray. cat40a (illustrator).

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 280 pages. Subjects; Edwards Frederick Anthony. Detective and mystery stories English. English fiction 20th century. Murder Fiction. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 280 pages. Subjects; Edwards Frederick Anthony. Detective and mystery stories English. English fiction 20th century. Murder Fiction. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 8vo., 314(4)pp. Sharp, likely a second printing, bound in original red cloth with boarders and titles in on spine and front panel. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of wear to spine ends and bottom edges but quite minor. Off-setting to end papers and paste-down. Very well preserved. Beautiful clipped dust-jacket designed by Nina Miller Davidson. Some mild wear to spine ends and tips. A hint of rubbing. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Quite scarce in any condition. Owing to "Death Ray" plot device it is also listed in Bleiler. A gorgeous collectable copy. (Hubin p.129).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6. One of a handful of thrillers by Edwards published before the Second World War, with the uncommon Youngman Carter jacket. Light foxing; cloth rather mottled and marked, bumped at edges, some loss to spine lettering; jacket a little worn at extremities with loss to head of spine, but otherwise a very good example. Jacket artwork by Youngman Carter. (illustrator). Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. 12mo illuswraps, black spine titles, VG: An adventure/crime story set in China. cover illus: menacing dragon coils with lurid red eye breathing flames over big ben in bkgd. Very rare in illuswraps.