John Paddy Carstairs (181 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. no date (c.1948), First Edition, Very Good/no dj, 12mo., 224pp., aqua cloth hardcover, red lettering on backstrip, covers slightly spotted, binding tight, text clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Mystery about a British filmmaker and an author of book to be filmed. Usual browned pages, in dust jacket with edgewear, rubs, and 1" tear. First American edition.

hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 19, No. 3. Edited by Hans Stefan Santesson. Includes "The Angel's Eye" by Leslie Charteris; "Adventure of the Whispering Knights" by August Derleth; "Our Feathered Friends" by Philip MacDonald; "The Mouse-Trap" by Michael Innes; "Revenge" by Andrew Garve; "The Saint in Modern Art - II" by Leslie Charteris; "A Puzzle for Sister Julia" by Dan Ross; "The Late Lamented Queen" by John Paddy Carstairs; "The Man Who Hated the Yankees" by Robert Andrea; "Letters Are Poison" by George Harmon Coxe; "One Way to Waterloo" by Richard Hardwick. Rubbed; pages taped in; tears and general wear; tanning; name on front cover. Reading copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 1st ed. Cond, sl slanted, paper edge browned, in edge worn DJ. DJ is scuffed. ; HB, octavo; 255 pages.

Condition: Good. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1959. No Edition Remarks. 219 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Patchy sunning to spine and long edge of front board.Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. A VG+ pressbook with no cuts from the film "Weekend with Lulu". Size: 11" X 14". Book.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 223 pages. Pictorial jacket over blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. A few small visible marks overall. Unclipped jacket. Light tanning to all surfaces, heaviest to spine and edges. Heavy edgewear, with visible rips and chipping, and some areas of loss. Visible marking to exterior.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 240 pages. Pictorial jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed, but text remains clear. Binding is firm. Mild marking to endpapers. Boards and spine have minimal shelf-wear, with mild corner bumping and crushing to ends. Spine and edges are slightly sunned, heavier to spine ends. Mild bleach spotting overall. Unclipped jacket. Moderate edgewear, with noticeable chipping, tearing and creasing, and slight loss to spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. as pictured early edition, good condition hard cover, missing first blank page a good dust jacket, separated at spine fold gently read clean pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Carstairs, John Paddy. THE CONCRETE KIMONO. New York City: Published by Walker and Company a division of Publications DevelopmentCorporation (1965). FIRST U. S. EDITION. 253pp, 8vo (5 3/4" wide x 8 1/4" tall). Black imprinted spine, burgundy cloth (hardcover). The colorillustrated dust jacket is protected in a removable, clear archival cover. The cloth binding and the dust jacket are shelfworn. Toned. The book isunmarked, tightly bound and generally in good condition.

Condition: Good. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Splitting to spine joints and ends.

Condition: Good. 1953. First Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Red paper covered boards. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible sunning to spine and edges. Water staining to all. Marks overall. Scuffing to edges. Textblock is shaky. Book has a slight forward lean.

Condition: Good. 1958. No edition remarks. 222 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over red boards. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Clean pages with mild tanning throughout, heavy to rear endpapers. Tightly bound with mild thumb-marking throughout. Boards are assumed in good condition as are covered with taped on jacket. Book has forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Mild rubbing and marking all over.

Red hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. G : in good condition without dust jacket. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 223pp.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ has some edge wear and creasing. Gift message to endpaper.

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condition: Good. DJ may have small chips, toning and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.

Condition: Good. 1st edition. Boards are clean. Content is clean and bright with light spotting. Good DJ with some edge wear.

Condition: Very Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear. Book has clean and bright contents, no inscriptions, 223pp.

Red hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. G : in good condition without dust jacket. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 190pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 264pp. A little soiled. Spine lean.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 141 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Author's signature and drawings to fep. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are slightly bowed. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. Front hinge cracked. Pages coming loose. In protective mylar cover. (Fiction, Thriller, Mystery).

Condition: Good. 1962. No Edition Remarks. 216 pages. Signed by the author. Illustrative jacket over red cloth. Signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges. Small marks to boards. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creasing. Loss to spine ends and edges. Light scuffing to edges.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Mystery, Fiction, Detectives) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Condition: Good. 1947. 128 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 190 pages. Exotic Corsica is the setting for this Garway Trenton thriller. The book is showing some wear and yellowing of the pages, it is still intact with a sound binding though. Inside the front cover is the inscription ****** " For Viola. Some utter nonsense for the weekend. Cheers from Paddy." ************ All orders processed and shipped promptly from the UK. 4.25"x7". Signed by Authors.