John Rhode Pseud Cecil Street (24 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition( so stated). Who was the Funny Toff, the terror alike of criminals and Scotland Yard? A NEAR FINE book (small book seller's stamp to front paste down and rear free end paper) in NEAR FINE ( rubbing at corners and one small closed tear…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. First edition .Near Fine book in a Very Good + jacket ( light shallow chipping to spine ends). Black cloth boards stamped in green. Nice example of the art deco style "Gene" illustrated jacket ! ** See our new cheaper postal rates to the USA and…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American edition of a title published first in the U.K. as "Dr. Goodwood's Locum". A NEAR FINE copy ( bumped at the corners) in a VERY GOOD + jacket. A PRESENTATION COPY. INSCRIBED , DATED and SIGNED on the front free endpaper in the author's…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's brown cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in black; [8],294pp. Light shelf wear to cloth margins, spine slightly cocked, faint ring stains to upper cover, latter half of textblock toned (evidently the printer…

Condition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, price neatly excised from spine. The jacket's menacing photographic artwork enhances this early Dr Priestley title. An uncommon book in the original jacket. Contemporary ink name to front free endpaper, a little minor spotting to preliminary and termin…

Condition: Very good. 'Popular Edition', second printing. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, with price-sticker '5/-' on spine. A decent, early edition of this the second appearance of armchair detective Lancelot Priestley, who featured in a long-running series of novels during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Light to…

Condition: Very good. "Popular edition" first reprint. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 4/6 (second issue?). Browning to free endpapers, some light foxing; cloth slightly rubbed and sunned at head of spine; jacket with wear to head of spine, some other chips and creasing. Jacket artwork by Abbey. An uncommon early issue…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Ver good. First US edition. First US edition, first printing. 8vo. Original grey cloth stamped in red. Dust-jacket, priced $2.00. Dr Priestley investigates a perplexing death at a motor show, exemplifying Street's intricate plotting and methodical detective work. Published as Mystery at Olympiain…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1928. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's pictorial green cloth; [10],308pp. Corners and spine ends bumped and lightly scuffed, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good and sound copy, albeit lacking the rare dust jacket. Locked room (well, hotel) de…

Condition: Very Good -. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1957. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red boards, black spine titling; 255pp. Boards rubbed and rather bumped along margins with brief exposure at corners and spine ends, occasional soiling to binding and textblock, textblock additionally rather toned due to inferior paper qualit…

Condition: Very Good. Good +. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth, orange topstain, in decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); [6],262pp. Dust jacket extremities heavily chipped and worn with small losses along front flap folds and spine ends, corners bumped, h…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1957. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.95); [8],240pp. Moderate wear to jacket and board margins including a few small closed tears with subsequent creasing to the former…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue-green pictorial cloth stamped in dark blue; [6],276pp. Moderate wear to cloth margins with brief exposure at corners, spine quite sunned, light soil to textblock margins not bleeding into text; a Very Good…

dj. Second Impression. Octavo (19cm); flexible red cloth boards, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [4],5-207,[1]pp. Light wear, gentle sunning to spine and upper board edges, else clean throughout; Very Good+. Dustjacket is price-clipped, shelfworn, with a few tiny nicks, tears, and attendant creases, and some d…

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1959. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.95); [6],250pp. A few tiny chips to jacket margins, with a shallow dampstaining at head and tail, more visible to verso and not affe…

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's yellow cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in black, yellow topstain; [6],250pp. A hint of shelf wear, spine slightly cocked, small bump to top edge of rear cover, else a Very Good, bright and sound copy, albei…

8vo, pp. 192. Original red boards, lettered in black to spine. Illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy in a better than very good dust jacket with a small smudge to front flap, slight fading to spine and a little light edgewear. First edition. A Lancelot Priestley title. Writing under the pseudonyms Miles Burton and John Rhode, the…

Condition: Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in orange, orange topstain; [6],298pp. Light shelf wear to cloth margins, very slight spine lean, front hinge a bit loose but nowhere close to splitting, else a Very Good, quite att…

FIRST EDITION, poor quality paper browned, pp. 256, crown 8vo, original red cloth, lettered in black to upper board and backstrip with border and publisher's device stamped in same, endpapers lightly spotted with small pencilled ownership inscription to front pastedown, the dustjacket lightly dustsoiled overall and a little chip…