Iles Francis Berkeley Anthony (33 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Softcover. Condition: As New. Re-issue of 1932 classic. ; 8vo 8" - 9"; 364 pp; British Library Crime Classics.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Very Good condition. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good/ Fine. Second Edition By Publisher. 236 pages. >> Complete & Unabridged copy. "He was a man with skill in the gentle art of seduction can't be expected to remain under the thumb of an obviously detestable wife. Naturally he decided to kill her." Surface scratching to covers; creasing to backcover; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Painted Front Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: FAIR, Reading Copy. First Edition By This Publisher. 278 pages. >> Complete & Unabridged copy. "He was a man with skill in the gentle art of seduction can't be expected to remain under the thumb of an obviously detestable wife. Naturally he decided to kill her." >>This is a reading copy. Heavy cover creasing; spine slant; Cover misaligned to interior pages. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Painted Front Cover. (illustrator). Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 272 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.68 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 272 pages. 8.00x5.25x0.68 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Very Good. 11 pages, illustrated. This is an original article separated from an issue of The Book & Magazine Collector publication. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. First Edition. Pocket Book 432. First paperback publication. A hint of lamination peel to back cover. A bright, fine copy. ; Small octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Fair first US printing. Lacking the dust jacket. Publisher's black cloth with . red embossed to spine and cover. Wear to spine and cover. Minor fading to spine. Binding still square but with some looseness to the hinges. Pages clean, with very slight age toning. Crease to bottom corner of pages 201/202. One of the greatest Golden Age works of British crime fiction, about Dr Bickleigh and the mysterious death of his wife. Stated First Edition on copyright page.…

Paperback. First Edition. Pocket Book 419. First paperback publication. Basis for the 1941 Alfred Hitchcock movie featuring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. First leaf was cut a bit short. A bright, near fine copy. ; Small octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Cheap Edition. Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles First Cheap Edition Gollancz 1931. Pseudonym of Anthony Berkeley Cox. No previous owner's marks or inscriptions, contents and edges free of foxing. A bright fine copy, covers completely unblemished. In a near fine dust jacket with no fading or toning.…

Condition: Usado - bueno.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1931. First Edition stated. Octavo (19cm); publisher's cloth binding; 290pp. Cover has minor shelfwear; crown and foot of spine rubbed; corners lightly bumped. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Overall, in Very Good condition. Published as part of Harper's "Sealed Mystery" series, in which books were published with the last few chapters sealed with a thin paper sheet stating "If you can resist the desire to know the outcome of this story, return the book to your bookstore with the seal unbroken and your money will be refunded." Alas, the reader of this volume could not resist and seal has been broken but the blue tissue paper remains intact.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Early printing. (lacking the original dust jacket, but encased in a professionally-made facsimile reproduction of same; see 2nd image posted with this listing) [nice clean copy, spine very slightly turned, extremely light wear to extremities]. "This is the story of Lina Aysgarth, who, after eight years, discovered that she was married to a murderer. It is not a shocker or a detective story, but a brilliant, disquieting, frightening study of a charming and thoroughly evil murderer." A Haycroft-Queen Cornerstone title, and the basis for the 1941 Alfred Hitchcock film SUSPICION, with Cary Grant as the charmer and Joan Fontaine as his milk-fed and very anxious bride. NOTE again that this book bears a FACSIMILE dust jacket, to serve the dual purpose of protecting the book from further wear and enhancing its appearance on the shelf; its presence has not been factored in to our pricing.…

Condition: Good. 1933. Second Impression. 352 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering to spine. 'Second impression May 1933'. Aspects of the story were used in the 1941 Hitchcock film 'Suspicion'. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Gutters somewhat cracked with some exposed netting. Binding is quite firm. Foxing and tanning more noticeable towards start and end of book and on text block edges. Prices in pencil to front endpaper. Occasional mild marks to pages. Slightly blotchy endpapers. Text block edges a little tanned and foxed with minor scratches. Boards have some edge wear (mild bumping and fraying to corners) while spine ends are moderately crushed. Slightly scratched, rubbed and dust-marked overall. A few liquid droplet marks and faint stains. Spine is noticeably sunned. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Subtle bowing to boards.…

Yellow card cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover creased, marked, chipped and sunned. Browning to pages and text block. Some creasing to corners. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 288pp. Anthony Berkeley Cox wrote under several pen names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. In 1930 he was a founding member of the Detection Club along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Freeman Wills Crofts and others. Malice Aforethought is an early example of the inverted crime format where the crime and the identity of the criminal are known to the reader from the start. Mundanus was a short-lived imprint of Gollancz and published this paperback edition simultaneously with the cased edition.…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. First Edition. Undtaed, but 1939. 12mo. original pale blue cloth (rubbed & bumped, spine sunned, some spotting & marking, inscrip. to FFE; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 320. A very good copy of this uncommon psychological romance. The final novel by Anthony Berkeley writing under his Francis Iles pseudonym. Better known for his crime fiction, sales and critical reception for this novel were poor, after which he ceased writing fiction.…

First UK Edition and true first. Basis for Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 classic film noir "Suspicion," starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Book has a tiny, nearly imperceptible tear at the front hinge. Jacket is slightly sunned at the spine, with only a few nicks and tiny closed tears, plus a few small archival tape mends to the verso. Scarce in jacket. In a custom maroon quarter-leather clamshell box. The Dark Page I: 1940-1949, p. 20.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A very scarce, first hardback issue of this important 'inverted detective story'. Written by Anthony Berkeley Cox under the pen name Francis Iles. The first edition of this scarce crime fiction novel written by Anthony Berkeley Cox. The murderer's identity is revealed in the first line of the novel, which provides the reader with insights into the workings of the murderer's mind as his plans progress. Cox loosely based this novel on the real-life case of Herbert Armstrong and includes elements of Doctor Crippen.Issued under the Gollancz imprint of 'Mundanus' which they produced as a 3/- paperback series in an attempt to initiate a paperback revolution. This hardback edition was published simultaneously with the wrappers issue, as was a library issue. Copies of the hardback edition are extremely scarce.An extremely scarce copy of this important novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. A few light marks to the boards. Bumping to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Scattered spotting to the fore-edge, and heavy spots to the first and last few pages. Otherwise, occasional light spots. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…