Coles Cyril (44 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing - First Thus. 156 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Rob Pudim. They were pleased, if somewhat puzzled, when two gentlemen with decidedly old-world manners choose to befriend them when their car mysteriously broke down in a small French village while they were on holiday one fine day in 1958. What they didn't know was that the two men were ancestors of theirs. The two had died some 80 years earlier when, emboldened by strong drink and with only a pet monkey and an aged waiter as allies, the two made a valiant, foolish and quite fatal attempt to halt a German advance during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Now, these two ectoplasmic gentlemen and their spectral pet monkey were summoned from their final resting place in an unmarked grave because their visiting relatives were in serious trouble. Size: 8vo. Rob Pudim; (illustrator). Book.…

Condition: VERY GOOD. Vintage book club edition. A Tony Hambledon spy adventure. 250 pp., Very good condition in red boards (some offsetting to endpapers), no dustjacket.

hardcover. Condition: Good. NO DUST JACKET. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. DJ is heavily faded around the edges, and has chipping, rubbing, and wear around the edges. DJ spine has some tears along the spine. Spine is cracked at half title page. ; SIGNED by the author on the half title page. Illustrated by Lewis, Cyril A. (illustrator). …

Condition: VERY GOOD. Book club edition. Omnibus edition containing 3 classic Tony Hambledon spy adventures - Drink to Yesterday, A Toast to Tomorrow, and Alias Uncle Hugo. (The first one in the series, 'Drink to Yesterday' was a Haycroft-Queens Cornerstone.) A Crime Club selection. 480 pp. Dust jacket by Ronald Clyne. Very good in very good dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Canadian edition, first printing of the sixth novel in the "Tommy Hambledon" series. A 1 1/2-inch tear to the rear panel of the dustjacket. Sun fading to the spine. In very good / good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First Canadian edition, first printing of the sixth novel in the "Tommy Hambledon" series. Earlier owner tape re-enforced the backside of the dustjacket along the folds. A 2-inch tear to the rear fold. First free end-page has a small spot of staining. Price clipped otherwise in very good / fair condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8 Vo. Burgundy Boards, Gold And Red Spine Titling, Binding Is Solid, Shelf Wear Esp. To Top Of Spine, Text Is Unmarked, Heavy Foxing To 1" In On Pages, No Dust Jacket, Alfred A. Knopf, 1941, New York, 270 Pg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good hardcover, no DJ. Clean, square covers and spine; spine titles faded but legible; few faint scuffs on rear cover; tightly bound; clean interior with slight age darkening at edges; leaves remain supple. 8vo, 480 pp. Contains three stories: Drink to Yesterday, A Toast to Tomorrow, and Alias Uncle Hugo.…

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.

Softcover. Condition: Very good. A Bantam Book, complete and unabridged. No. 76. 248, [4 p. 17 cm. Maps on endpapers. Paperback. Spine faded.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. FIRST U. S. EDITION hardcover, bound in black cloth, with faded red lettering on spine, is in VG condition, having slight crimping to top and bottom spine; corners slightly bumped and worn; a small whitish mark in the back cover hinge near bottom; normal age-toning to pages. Dust jacket, designed and painted by Suzanne Suba, enclosed in protective mylar (mylar not pictured), is in POOR condition, having small tearing at top and bottom spine; tear at top of front; small tears to edges and wear to corners; rubbing/scuffing to surface. A humorous and light-hearted ghost story novel written by two authors, Adelaide Frances Oke Manning and Cyril Henry Coles, and published in the United States as by "Manning Coles." Fiction. Ghost. Novel. British. 20th Century. Supernatural. Humor. DB.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. very good +. First Canadian Edtion. Fourth of a series of 26 spy thrillers featuring protagonist Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions to pages. Some light edgewear to dust jacket. Jacket is unclipped, with original price of $2.50 on front flap. Black boards with red print. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 279 pp.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st thus; States on dj "no part of this book has appeared in any magazine or periodical in the Unitd states; dj w/lite chipping, flap corners clipped on both flaps. in mylar; grey c w/red decorations/titles; lite toning of end papers;, lite shelf rubbing; 270 clean, unmarked pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 189 pages. First American Edition. Tommy Hambledon spy thriller set in Berlin. The British title was Not For Export. Near fine, with light tanning to page edges, in very good plus dustjacket with minor wear and rubbing at some edges. A bright and unfaded copy.…

Condition: Very Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original navy blue cloth covers, pink title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 270 printed pages of text. Minimal wear to the covers, cheap paper browning. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with tiny chips to the corners and spine tips, wrapper has been reinforced on the inside with clear tape. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. DETECTIVE | CRIME FICTION.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. 252 Pp. Black Cloth Lettered In Red. First Edition Stated, Actually First American Edition, With Author As "Manning Coles" (Pseudonym), First Published In The Uk Under Pseudonym Francis Gaite. Near Fine, Spine Leaned, Small Tape Ghosts On Endpapers And Tiny Lending Library Stamp On Rear Panel. Dust Jacket Priced $3.00, Bright And Clean And Fine, Small Tape Ghosts On Endpapers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition stated thus (preceded by the two 1940 separate hardcover releases, and the separate 1952 hardcover release) first printing of a fine hardcover in a near fine dustjacket with a bit of spine fade to the top and bottom, and minor wear to the extremities. An omnibus edition which collects the 1st, 2nd and 14th novels in the Tommy Hambledon spy/adventure series, a master spy working for the British government, operating all over the world.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. UK first impression, SIGNED by Adelaide Manning to ffep - 'Dennis and Peggy Manning - with affectionate regards from the author - Francis Gaite - January 1956'. The book is Good only due to some spotting to page edges and bumping to corners. The jacket is poor, with loss to bottom of spine, a hole to rear panel and general wear. Signed by Author. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK first impression, SIGNED by Adelaide Manning to ffep - 'Dennis and Peggy Manning - with affectionate regards from the author - Francis Gaite - March 1958'. The book is Good+ only due to some spotting to page edges, in VG unclipped jacket with some internal spotting and some dulling to spine. Signed by Author. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First UK edition. Binding cocked, dampstains on boards with tanned spine, about very good, lacking the dust jacket. *Haycraft Queen Cornerstone*.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 192 printed pages of text. Small label removed from the foot of the front free end paper, without any ownership markings. Very Good condition book, in near Very Good condition dust wrapper with spine and edge rubbing, small stain to the top rear cover, not price clipped 15s. The Ferry Cottage found in the hamlet of Pluck's Gutter really does exist and is visible from our office window down here in deepest East Kent. The Great Stour meanders into Sandwich, whilst The Little Stour, which borders our property, forks at Pluck's Gutter. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. KENT [Stourmouth]. …

First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and illustration to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with a previous owner's name to the front free endpaper and some light spotting to the closed text block edge and prelims, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased price-clipped dustwrapper that has a few short closed tears at the extremities and is otherwise without loss. The fifth novel published by Francis Gaite (pseudonym of the already pseudonymous Manning Coles). "The Pyrenean Principality of Saint-Roche has been cut off from the world for twenty years. Now the exchequer is completely empty. But the Prince's new English manservant, Robert Brown, finds an ingenious way to attract American dollars." (from the jacket). (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. A smart first edition of this charmingly illustrated novel, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates and many in-text and full-page images. Collated complete. Written for young adults, this novel follows the trail of a missing bracelet stolen from the British Museum. From London, the story travels to the West African coast and to the lost land of Perdita, a city whose inhabitants are directly descended from the Romans. Written by Manning Coles, the pseudonym of two British writers, Adelaide Frances Oke Manning and Cyril Henry Coles, who wrote many spy thrillers from the 1940s through the early 1960s. Illustrated by Henry Matthew Brock, a British illustrator and landscape painter. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor bumping and light fading to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine with a 1" closed tear to the head of the spine. Light sunning to the spine with the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good. H. M. Brock (illustrator). book.…

First edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and illustration to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents, except for a previous owner's discreet Ex Libris plate to the front free endpaper, clean throughout. Small, light mark to the lower page block edge. In the bright, clean, neatly clipped dustwrapper, showing light rubbing and a couple of nicks to spine tips and corners. Altogether, a very attractive copy. The fifth novel published by Francis Gaite (pseudonym of the already pseudonymous Manning Coles). "The Pyrenean Principality of Saint-Roche has been cut off from the world for twenty years. Now the exchequer is completely empty. But the Prince's new English manservant, Robert Brown, finds an ingenious way to attract American dollars." (from the jacket) (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. …

First UK edition, first printing. Original red cloth with gilt lettering, ruling and illustration to the spine, in dustwrapper. An about very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. The cloth and gilt are a little dulled, spine tips softened, upper corners bumped. Page block edges are dusty and lightly soiled. Small abrasion to upper edge of the cloth border around the front pastedown. In the dustwrapper, rubbed to edges and extremities with a little loss to the upper spine tip and front flap. Moderately soiled and lightly stained to the rear panel and folds. Not price-clipped (12s. 6d. net to the front flap). The twentieth Tommy Hambledon thriller. The US edition was published a year earlier as 'Birdwatcher's Quarry'. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with black titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding firm, the spine slightly rolled, the cloth with some ghosting from the dustwrapper. The contents, with a previous owner's name on the front free endpaper and some spotting at the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean without. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased price-clipped dustwrapper that has a several small chips and closed tears, and some toning to the spine. The sixth Tommy Hambledon thriller. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

First edition, first printing. Original navy cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm with very slight bumping to the spine tips. The contents, with a few spots and a small mark to the closed text block edge, are otherwise clean throughout and without previous owner's marks. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nickef dustwrapper that is slightly toned to the spine and lower panel. Not price clipped (12s 6d to the front flap). The 22nd Tommy Hambledon novel. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original navy bluecloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Jarvis illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Top edge slightly spotted. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked price-clipped dustwrapper which is otherwise without loss or tears with a little toning to the extremities. The third of the 'The Latimers' supernatural mysteries by Francis Gaite who are perhaps better better known under their other pseudonym of Manning Coles. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

Condition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. Original pale yellow cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6. 'The scene.Brussels. The time.after the war. And the characters? Why, Tommy Hambledon, of course!' (jacket blurb). Espionage thriller. A very good copy, in very good dust-jacket with just a few minor chips. 'The scene.Brussels. The time.after the war. And the characters? Why, Tommy Hambledon, of course!' (jacket blurb). Espionage thriller, in Bip Pares jacket. Jacket artwork by Bip Pares. (illustrator). Book.…