Gordon Daviot Josephine Tey (35 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.3.

Pbk. Condition: Good>Very Good. First Thus. An orphan, Brat Farrar, poses as the long-missing heir to an English estate. Little by little he becomes more sure of the reason why the true heir is missing. Should he reveal his knowledge and reveal himself to be a crook? Vintage copy, Pages clean and complete, but about beginning to separate from cover.254p.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. [Penguin Classic Crime series] Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, recuperating from a broken leg, becomes fascinated with a contemporary portrait of Richard III that bears no resemblance to the Wicked Uncle of history. Could such a sensitive, noble face actually belong to one of the world's most heinous villains -- a venomous hunchback who may have killed his brother's children to make his crown secure? Or could Richard have been the victim, turned into a monster by the usurpers of England's throne? Grant determines to find out once and for all- with the help of the British Museum and an American scholar - what kind of man Richard Plantagenet really was, and who killed the Little Princes in the Tower.The Daughter of Time is an ingeniously plotted, beautifully written, and suspenseful tale, a supreme achievement from one of mystery writing's most gifted masters.189p. Genealogical table. Paper age toned, else fine.

Paperback. Condition: Near fine. First printing of this edition. First printing of this trade paperback edition with an Introduction by Tana French. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers - appears unread.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. Miss Lucy Pym, a popular English psychologist, is guest lecturer at a physical training college. The year's term is nearly over, and Miss Pym -- inquisitive and observant -- detects a furtiveness in the behavior of one student during a final exam. She prevents the girl from cheating by destroying her crib notes. But Miss Pym's cover-up of one crime precipitates another -- a fatal "accident" that only her psychological theories can prove was really murder.249p.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st.UK Edition. "It was rumoured that Hollywood stars would kill for the privilege of being photographed by the good-looking, talented and fashionable portrait photographer Leslie Searle. But what would bring such a gifted figure to the English village backwater of Salcott St Mary? And why - and how - did he disappear? If a crime had been committed, was it murder . fraud . or simply a macabre practical joke?' Inspector Alan Grant finally uncovers the truth. 255p. Neat and complete text in original binding, rear endpaper missing. No jacket but marks inside the covers indicate where it had been glued down.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition 1952. This book is in good+ condition - mild edge wear to boards; pages tanning; small bookseller's sticker on inside of front board; ghost of pencil price ffep. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 5 X 7.5 inches. 237 pages. Volume 2 only of a 3 volume set. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1954. Greencloth hardcover with red type on spine. No names or marks. Very Good. Unclipped (15s) dust jacket is Very Good and scarce in this condition. Fraying to top and bottom of spine and darkened and faded type on spine. DJ now in protective mylar covering. Solid square binding. Josephine They was the pen name of Gordon Daviot.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Ex-library Kent Education Committee County Library. Plates to front endpaper & discreet numbers / stamps to verso of title page. Boards and text - a clean copy. Publishers grey cloth, titled burgundy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Publishers black cloth, titled orange. A nice clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Publishers black cloth, titled red. Nice clean copy. Minor wear at head / foot of spine.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First American Edition. Stated first printing. First US edition. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. 279 pp. A work of historical fiction revolving around the life and exploits of the privateer or pirate, Captain Henry Morgan. By Josephine Tey (also a pseudonym), who was perhaps best known for her mysteries. POOR jacket on a GOOD book. Heavy chipping, tearing, creasing and loss to the jacket along the hinges, flaps and extremities, almost completely separated along the flap hinges. Heavy creasing, some scuffing and soiling to the jacket, being overall extremely worn and fragile. General fading, minor soiling and edgewear to the book. Property of US Navy stamped on the inside cover. Page edges soiled.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Classic Josephine Tey, this ex-library books shows signs of being very well read, with the binding stretched, though still firmly intact. With library stamps and marks, it has the iconic Ray Russell cover, which, whilst far from perfect (bumps to corners and top and bottom of spine), is nicely protected by non-adhesive plastic protection.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. About Fine first edition hardcover, pale blue boards, maroon lettering. Jacket near fine, some toning at spine, not price-clipped. Includes five television plays: Lady Charing is Cross; Sweet Coz; Reckoning; Barnharrow; The Staff-Room. 234 pages plus pages of the works of Gordon Daviot and Josephine Tey (MacKintosh's pseudonyms) to date. M05275.

Condition: Near Fine. Reprinted in the Hereford Plays Series (hardback). 12mo (19cm by 13cm), xviii, 126pp. Folding genealogy. Original illustrated cloth binding, no dustwrapper. There is some minor sunning of the binding, else this book is in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ] Hardback, octavo, appx 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, pp 279 + [i] (Author's Note), ex-VA Hospital Library, Good in VG dj (dj in new protective mylar). Snug binding & hinges intact. FFEP very light VA Hospital Library stamp. RFEP only very light signs of library slip and pocket removal (they popped right off). One interior top corner-fold and one page with a creased fore-edge. DJ very good color and in excellent condition (had been nicely protected by an old mylar). Front and back pastedowns evidence of the old mylar dj protector having been taped into place. Story based on the life of Sir Henry Morgan. RWR5 Historical Biographical Fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very Good in black cloth with yellow titles. A little edge wear and front board pulling just a bit. 1st U.S. printing. 353pp 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Three volumes by Josephine Tey, 12m0, 7 1/2" tall, 240, 237, and 234 pages respectively plus publisher's ads, maroon spine titles on light blue cloth. A very good minus set over all, clean lightly worn, text paper light to moderately yellowed, bindings solid, dust jackets in very good minus condition, lightly yellowed, spines slightly darkened.

Victor Gollancz Ltd. London. 1933. First Edition. Fifth Impression. Hardback. No DW. Black cloth, pink paper label. Boards are lightly spotted, spine knocked, gift inscription to front free endpaper and occasional mark to contents o/w a clean and sound copy of a scarce play by this master of detective fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Worn, front hinge going, fraying extremities, clean, no dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Original black cloth titled in yellow. First printing (1) at last page. Corner wear, mild foxing, bookplate, rear hinge starting. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 353 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp xii, 240. Original publisher's pale blue cloth, lettered burgundy at the spine. Compliments slip from John Gielgud loosely inserted. Slight rubbing and very slight discolouration at spine, otherwise very good.

First Edition. A nice copy of this early work by Elizabeth Mackintosh, best known as the detective fiction novelist Josephine Tey. A near Fine copy in VG- dustjacket priced both for paper and cloth copies which has a little wear to spine ends and one small slit to edge of upper cover. The jacket of this has a mottled effect which I think is as produced (other copies on the net share this characteristic). The play was first produced by John Gielgud.

Duckworth, London. 1946. First Edition. Hardback, NO WRAPPER. Black cloth, orange lettering. Small slim 8vo. Boards are very lightly soiled. Small label ("Civil Service Stores") to front pastedown o/w contents are clean and sound. A lovely copy. SCARCE.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. First Edition. Gently bumped with just a bit of wear at the corners and spine ends. Black boards with bright yellow print, spine slightly faded. Previous owner's initials, dated 6-30-30, on the front pastedown. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First edition, first printing. Paperback issue. The publisher's retained copy. Original paper wrappers with black titles to the spine and front panel, with an additional wraparound orange paper band with titles in black to the front panel. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the wrappers a little toned to the spine and edges and with the publisher's "File Copy" stamp to the front panel, the orange band wrapper rubbed and creased with a few short closed tears and tiny chips to the edges and fading to the spine. The contents, with very light spotting the text block edges are otherwise clean throughout. Not price clipped. Issued simultaneously in hardcover and paperback. Gordon Daviot was the pseudonym used by the Scottish writer Elizabeth Mackintosh (1896-1955) for plays, which she wrote for stage and radio. She is best know for her crime novels, including 'The Daughter of Time' which she wrote under the pseudonym Josephine Tey. Provenance: From the archive of the publisher Victor Gollancz. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 246 p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dj. 2nd printing. [a good sound copy, minor shelfwear, light surface deterioration of cloth near bottom of front cover, a bit of dust-soiling to top of text block; the jacket is a bit worn at edges and spine extremities, with a one-inch scrape/indentation mark on the spine, and a long diagonal closed tear (and associated crease) at the top of the front panel (which is quite unobtrusive and might have been expertly repaired at some point)]. The story of a horse-loving English farm boy who serves in the British Army during World War I, but whose disillusionment upon his return to civilian life in London leads him to fall in with a bad crowd, a gang of safe-cracking thieves. This was the first novel by this Scottish-born author (1896-1952); although best known under her mystery-fiction nom de plume "Josephine Tey," she actually used the alt-gender Daviot pseudonym much more frequently -- in fact, for virtually all her work for the stage, television and radio, and her early poetry too.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The first of the author's 'Alan Grant' novels published under her pseudonym. Statement on copyright page dated 1929 with no other printings mentioned. In lavender cloth with yellow type. Bump to bottom front corner with lesser ding to bottom rear. Small sticker shadow to front board and general spotting/light soiling to boards. Spine is well faded and tinted top page ends have some marks and spotting. Front hinge a little shaken, but binding solid. Some smudging to endpapers and dedication page. In brand new high quality facsimile. 1st Printing.

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original blue cloth with yellow titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very good or better copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth with a few faint marks but bright and fresh. The contents, with a small bookseller's label to the front pastedown and some light spotting to the endpapers, are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the rubbed, nicked and creased price-clipped dustwrapper that has several short closed tears and tiny chips at the fold corners. Uncommon in the dustwrapper. A fictionalised account of the life of the pirate Henry Morgan by the author better known as Josephine Tey. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.