Published by Little, Brown Book Group, 2003
ISBN 10: 0316725633 ISBN 13: 9780316725637
Language: English
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Published by Davis Publications, New York, 1989
Language: English
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 15 Short Stories. Featured are The Man with the Jesus Look by Peter Turnbull, Weeds by Ruth Rendell, The Snood of Night by James Powell, The Extra Mile by Patricia Moyes, Placebo by Andrew Vachss, Not Much of a Life by Robert Barnard, The Killer Everyone Knew by Edward D Hoch, The Jury Box by Jon L Breen, The Hitman's Daughter by William Bankier, The Last Man by Isaac Asimov, Napoleon Crazy by Takashi Atoda, Light Coming by HRF Keating, Go to the Devil by George Baxt, Urban Legend by Reginald Hill and File # 12 : Do Not Go Gentle by Joe Gores. In Near Fine Condition.
Published by Macmillan and Company, London, 1992
ISBN 10: 0333574370 ISBN 13: 9780333574379
Language: English
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. (ix) 230 pp. Black cloth lettered in silver on the spine. Very light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Man Who Rowed for the Shore by Catherine Aird; The One Who Did for Blagden Cole by Eric Ambler; The Man Who Got the Dirt by Simon Brett; The Man Who Was a Coyote by Len Deighton; The Man Who Wiped the Smile Off Her Face by Antonia Fraser; The Man Who Was Reconstituted by Michael Gilbert; The Man Who Defenestrated His Sister by Reginald Hill; The Man Who Was Eighty by P. D. James; The Man Who Killed for Pleasure by H. R. F. Keating; The Man Who Ate People by Peter Lovesey; The Man Who Was the God of Love by Ruth Rendell; The Man Whose Holiday Was a Fiasco by George Sims; and The Man Who Scattered Crumbs by Michael Underwood. Size: 8vo. Book.
Published by Macmillan Books, London, 1992
ISBN 10: 0333574370 ISBN 13: 9780333574379
Language: English
Seller: William L. Horsnell, Aylesford, NS, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. B.C.E. A solid spine( black boards with silver lettering) with no edge rubbings. The dustjacket has no edge rubbings.Price intact. This anthology contains: The Man Who Rowed for the Shore by Catherine Aird; The One Who Did for Blagden Cole by Eric Ambler; The Man Who Got the Dirt by Simon Brett; The Man Who Was a Coyote by Len Deighton; The Man Who Wiped the Smile Off Her Face by Antonia Fraser; The Man Who Was Reconstituted by Michael Gilbert; The Man Who Defenestrated His Sister by Reginald Hill; The Man Who Was Eighty by P. D. James; The Man Who Killed for Pleasure by H. R. F. Keating; The Man Who Ate People by Peter Lovesey; The Man Who Was the God of Love by Ruth Rendell; The Man Whose Holiday Was a Fiasco by George Sims; and The Man Who Scattered Crumbs by Michael Underwood.
First Edition. Critical essays, with illustrations, published in conjunction with a BBC Further Education series. Foreedges a little spotted otherwise Good+ in Good+ jackket which is creased and rubbed at spine ends.
First Edition. Published in conjunction with a BBC Further Education series VG in VG dustjacket which is rubbed at top of spine.
Published by British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1978
ISBN 10: 0563162635 ISBN 13: 9780563162636
Language: English
Seller: The Mortuary Korps, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Softcover n. Condition: Very Good-. Eric Critchley (illustrator). Presumably first edition. 160 p.; ill.; 24 cm. Includes Index (pp. 157-159).Softcover book shows minor shelfwear to covers, mainly edges, and cover curl, as well as expected aging (yellowing) of both covers and pages. The book has the occasional unobtrusive checkmark or underline in pen, but is otherwise internally in Near Fine condition. Profusely illustrated with both artwork and photography.From the rear: Seven distinguished crime writers look at the past, present and future of crime writing in this book, which springs from a BBC Television series. They examine the great landmarks of crime fiction, and a richly illustrated linking commentary reflects on the origins and developmentof the most popular of all fiction genres. But the point of view is not just historical; the essayists show how detective stories reveal a great many of the prevalent social attitudes of the last hundred years. And the essays deal not only with crime fiction in printed form but also on television and film. 160 pp. n.
Published by Little, Brown Book Group, 2003
ISBN 10: 0316725633 ISBN 13: 9780316725637
Language: English
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, San Diego, NV, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
Published by Scorpion Press, UK, 1992
Language: English
First Edition Signed
Half-Leather. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st Limited Edition 1992. Number 122 of 125 and signed by the contributing authors. Namely Catherine Aird, Eric Ambler; Simon Brett; Len Deighton; Antonia Fraser; Michael Gilbert; Reginald Hill; P. D. James; H. R. F. Keating; Peter Lovesey; Ruth Rendell; George Sims; and Michael Underwood.Original white quarter morocco with black and white marbled boards, top edge silver. With the original glassine. Book is fine. More images can be taken upon request. Ref19080. Signed by Author(s).
Published by The Yellow Barn Press, 1996
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Jack Walsdorf on title page. Limited edition of 225, this being copy 225. Fine. Quarter black cloth with marbled paper sides. Frontispiece portrait of Symons by Rosemary Vamosi. xi, 55, [3] p. Tributes by P. D. James, H. R. F. Keating, Lionel Davidson, Reginald Hill, Jack Walsdorf, Peter Lovesey, George Sims, Robert Conquest, Robin Winks, and others. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Bristol: Scorpion Press, 1992, 1992
Seller: Rothwell & Dunworth (ABA, ILAB), Dulverton, United Kingdom
Signed
Limited numbered de luxe edn (1 of 125) signed by all the authors and the illustrator on tipped-in b&w frontispiece plate. 8vo (8¾ x 5¾ ins). Original silver lettered quarter goatskin on marbled paper-laid sides, in matching marbled paper-laid slipcase (Fine). Pp. ix + 230, illus with tipped-in frontispiece by Gary Short (pages a little toned at edges; no other inscriptions).
Published by Eurographica, Helsinki, 1992
First Edition Signed
First Edition. First Edition. One of 1000 copies (this being No. 1) signed by all of the contributors except Patricia Highsmith, and including an original etching of Julian Symons by artist Jeffrey Morgan. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. The volume is divided into three sections (short stories, poetry, and prose), and has contributions by his peers that celebrate the career of this innovative poet and mystery writer.