Lorac E C Edith Caroline Rivett (27 results)
More imagesACCIDENT BY DESIGN; ALIAS BASIL WILLING; WATCH SINISTER
Lorac, E.C.R., pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett; Helen McCloy; Marie Blizard
Language: English
Published by Detective Book Club, New York, 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Book Club Edition. Vintage book club edition offering three novels in one volume. Stain and two indentations to the spine, also wear to the upper spine, small stain to the front cover, large piece missing from the rear pastedown endpaper, smaller piece lacking to the front pastedown endpape…r, black marker price to the upper corner of the front endpaper, and foxing to the endpapers and page fore-edges, otherwise a good reading copy in "tweed" boards. ACCIDENT BY DESIGN by Lorac is quite difficult to locate.
Published by Dover New York 1988, 1988
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Add to basket1st ed. thus pictorial wrappers Near Fine octavo 160pp., Originally published 1945.
Published by Collins - The Crime Club, London, 1950
- Softcover
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: VG-. Reprint. Undated [c.1950]. A White Circle Crime Club. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (rubbed & a little creased, fraying at spine ends, paperstock slightly toned, else internally clean); pp. 192. A very good copy of an uncommon novel.
Published by Wm. Collins Sons & Co., Toronto, 1944
- Softcover
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, CanadaAttic Books (ABAC, ILAB)
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Fair. A White Circle Pocket Edition. No. 204. 191, [1] p. 18 cm. Paperback. Light wear to extremities. Some soiling. Dampstains. Pink text block edges have "bled" a bit onto margins. Paper browning. "Lorac" was an anagram for "Carol." The mystery features Chief Inspector Macdonald.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Crime Bllub: Collins, London, 1960
- Hardcover
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. dj w/lite chipping, unclipped price; owner's name; 284 clean, unmarked pages , in mylar; red c w/black spine titles; 256 clean, unmarked, bright pages.
Language: English
Published by Collins Crime Club, London, 1941
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Antiquariaat Hovingh, Haarlem, NetherlandsAntiquariaat Hovingh
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. first edition 1941 Collins Crime Club paperback volume 150c,in good well read condition. some shelf wear on the spine and edges, some discoloration on cover and edges, 160 pages, 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers. Inspector Macdonald investigates a suspicious death in a rural v…illage involving a local doctor. A classic fair-play mystery from one of the most underappreciated Golden Age authors.
More imagesPublished by The Crime Club, 1959
- Hardcover
Seller: WeBuyBooks, Rossendale, LANCS, United KingdomWeBuyBooks
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Scarce title. No du…st jacket. A few small marks to the boards. A tan to the page edges. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers. Half title page missing. Contents otherwise clear and firm within. A good condition book overall.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Mystery House/Samuel Curl, Inc., New York, New York, 1947
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Gargoyle Books, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First American Edition. One in a popular series of mysteries published under this pseudonym by British crime writer Edith Caroline Rivett (1894-1958). This was only the 5th book in her most well-known series featuring Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald (wh…ich she would write across the next quarter century). First published in Great Britain in 1946 under the title, "The Theft of the Iron Dogs,'' this is the First US Edition from 1947, which is decidedly more scarce! 12mo, 286 pages, with gray cloth over boards lettered in blue to front & spine. Condition is just Good: generally clean with offsetting & old tape marks to endpapers/both boards, from where DJ was attached to book. Spine cracked at title page, pages moderately tanned, unmarked save for remnants of old homemade library slip in rear. Light soil, some foxing, rubbing to extremities, bumped corners & spine tips. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $2.00 price intact to front flap) is Near Fine, having been protected under mylar, which has been carefully removed & replaced with new nonreflective mylar cover. Tiny chip to heel of spine is only flaw! would grow to include books). . Orig. published in Britain (though not noted here), this is the First American Edition, First printing for the Crime Club by Doubleday from 1950. With matte black cloth-covered boards lettered in white to spine, this hardcover small 8vo is in VG+ condition: very clean, binding straight & strong, very little edgewear save or sight rubbing to spine tips & all corners. Pages are heavily tanned, particularly around edges. Former owner's name & date in pen inside front cover, else, unmarked. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $2.25 price intact) is VG, with minor rubbing to extremities & a small chip to lower edge of back cover. Protected by former owner in nonreflective mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Crime Club/Doubleday, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Gargoyle Books, IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. One in a popular series of mysteries published under this pseudonym by British crime writer Edith Caroline Rivett (1894-1958). This was book #33 in her most well-known series featuring Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald. Orig.… published in Britain (though not noted here), this is the First American Edition, First printing for the Crime Club by Doubleday from 1950. With matte black cloth-covered boards lettered in white to spine, this hardcover small 8vo is in VG+ condition: very clean, binding straight & strong, very little edgewear save or sight rubbing to spine tips & all corners. Pages are heavily tanned, particularly around edges. Former owner's name & date in pen inside front cover, else, unmarked. The unclipped DJ (with orig. $2.25 price intact) is VG, with minor rubbing to extremities & a small chip to lower edge of back cover. Protected by former owner in nonreflective mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
More imagesPublished by Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., (1954)., 1954
- Hardcover
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book Club Edition. Vintage book club edition. Minor tanning to the endsheets, else near fine in red boards; in a near fine dust jacket with a short closed tear to the front panel, and the front flap has been clipped at the lower edge. The thirty-ninth well-plotte…d mystery featuring Chief Inspector Robert Macdonald, the 'London Scot' of the Scotland Yard, by the critically acclaimed Golden Age Detective author of BATS IN THE BELFRY, CROSSED SKIS, and CHECKMATE TO MURDER. This mystery uses the historical thick and oppressive London Smog of 1952 for its crime concealing plot, and murder at Paddington Station. An excellent copy of this classic mystery.
More imagesPublished by ED. ZIG- ZAG CHILE .SERIE EL SABUESO., 1953
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: DEL SUBURBIO LIBROS- VENTA PARTICULAR, C.A.B.A, ArgentinaDEL SUBURBIO LIBROS- VENTA PARTICULAR
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Add to basketEncuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Muy bien. 1ª Edición. LORAC. E.C. R. (Edith Caroline Rivett (1884-1959) ASESINATO EN EL MOLINO (MURDER IN THE MILL RACE). ED. ZIG- ZAG CHILE .SERIE EL SABUESO. 1953 1° ED.COLECCCIÓN. BIBLIOTECA DE NOVELISTAS . TRADUCTOR: G. GARIAZZO.246 PP, cubiertas ilustradas, muy buen estado. Edith Ca…roline Rivett (1884-1959) (la cual escribió con los seudónimos de E.C.R. Lorac y Carol Carnac) fue una escritora británica de narraciones de misterio. Nació en Hendon, Middlesex (actualmente parte de Londres). Se educó en la South Hampstead High School y en la Central School of Arts and Crafts de Londres. Fue miembro del Detection Club. Fue una escritora muy prolífica, con un total de 48 obras de misterio bajo su primer nombre literario, y otras 23 con el segundo. Fue uno de los más importantes autores de la edad dorada del género. NOVELA MISTERIO- POLICIAL. VID 4.
More imagesPublished by For the Crime Club by Collins, London, 1953
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A pleasing first edition of this very scarce Golden Age detective novel from E. C. R. Lorac, set in Lancashire. First edition. Very scarce. In the publisher's red cloth binding. With a sketch map. From Golden-Age crime writer E. C. R. Lorac, the pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett…. She published her first detective novel in 1931; this was The Murder on the Burrows, a well-crafted debut which launched her detective Macdonald on a career that was to last for more than a quarter of a century. This novel, the 38th in this long-running series, sees Chief Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard offer to lend his assistance to investigate sheep-stealing in Lancashire. A desirable copy from this author of the Golden Age of detective fiction, who is now attributed with many rare titles. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. A hint of fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with a few light spots to the endpapers. Contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.
- Hardcover
Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.Library House Internet Sales
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.
Published by Collins, for The Crime Club (c.1959), London, 1959
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.ReadInk, ABAA/IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Very Good dj. First Edition. (price-clipped) [minor shelfwear, light foxing/staining to endpapers, one-time owner's initials plus date & place of purchase and brief comment written in ink along the edge of the rear pastedown (concealed beneath the jacket flap); the jacket shows some wear at the…extremities, wrinkling and soiling on the rear panel]. The final book by this prolific mystery writer (published the year after her death), the last entry in her long-running series of Inspector MacDonald mysteries. "When Superintendant MacDonald visited Fellcock Farm, bought against the day of his retirement, he put all thoughts of crime and criminals out of his head. But even there, high the fell country above Lunesdale, he was forced to face again the fact that a policeman is never off duty. The discovery of a dead body in the deserted house at High Garth set him to unravel a fascinating and baffling case and put him on to a trail which led him from the fells to Dartmoor and to a figure in prison uniform vanishing into the mist." Published in the U.S. as "The Last Escape." Most of the works of this author, who also wrote as "Carol Carnac," remained out of print between her death in 1958 and the early 2020s, when a number of her books (as both Lorac and Carnac) -- not including this one -- were reprinted in the British Library Crime Classics series.
More imagesPublished by Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1954
- First Edition
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Bright red cloth boards with black text to spine; pictorial dust jacket. Includes a small advertising pamphlet titled Mystery Guild Clues, The January 1955 Selections published by the Dollar Mystery Guild. No previous owners' names or other markings. Light foxing…to top edge of pages, otherwise bright and clean pages throughout. Soiling and small losses to dust jacket (see image). 221 pp. 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches.
More imagesPublished by For the Crime Club by Collins, London, 1957
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A very scarce title from Golden Age detective fiction writer, E. C. R. Lorac - a Crime Club publication. First edition. Very scarce. In the publisher's original cloth binding. From Golden-Age crime writer E. C. R. Lorac, the pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett. She published her first de…tective novel in 1931; this was The Murder on the Burrows, a well-crafted debut which launched her detective Macdonald on a career that was to last for more than a quarter of a century. This instalment sees Chief Inspector Macdonald investigate a murder discovered in a partitioned North London house. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with a few marks to the boards. Rubbing and bumping, resulting in small lifting to the tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with offsetting and the odd spot to the endpapers. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by For the Crime Club by Collins, London, 1949
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- First Edition
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good. First edition. One of the very scarce detective novels that form E. C. R. Lorac's long-running series featuring Chief Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard. First edition. Very scarce. In the original red cloth binding. From Golden-Age crime writer E. C. R. Lorac, the pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett. She… published her first detective novel in 1931; this was The Murder on the Burrows, a well-crafted debut which launched her detective Macdonald on a career that was to last for more than a quarter of a century. This title, the 32nd in this long-running series, is one of several novels Lorac set in the Lancashire fell country around Lunesdale, in which we follow a woman who buys a farm near a former quarry and begins experiencing a series of strange events. In the original red cloth binding. With the rear endpaper renewed. Externally, generally smart, with fading to the spine and rubbing and bumping to the extremities, resulting in lifting to the head and tail of the backstrip. Damp stain to the rear board and a few minor marks to the front board. Tape reinforcement to the front inner hinge. Internally, with a crack to the gutter following the half title, but remaining firmly bound. Pages are largely bright and clean, with the odd spot. Good. None (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by For the Crime Club by Collins, London, 1947
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A very scarce first edition copy of this murder-mystery from E. C. R. Lorac - the 29th in her long-running series featuring Chief Inspector Macdonald. First edition. Very scarce. In the publisher's original cloth binding. From Golden-Age crime writer E. C. R. Lorac, the pen name of Edi…th Caroline Rivett. She published her first detective novel in 1931; this was The Murder on the Burrows, a well-crafted debut which launched her detective Macdonald on a career that was to last for more than a quarter of a century. Relative to Poison is the 29th in this long-running series, in which Susan, who has recently been demobbed from the A.T.S., seeks a carer for her mother. Two girls are recruited, but upon their arrival to the estate of Marie Roverie, they find the woman dead. In the publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with fading to the spine and partly to the boards. Minor bumping to the extremities. Rear hinge cracked to gutter preceding rear free endpaper, with board itself firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd spot to the fore-edge and light spots to the endpapers. Contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by For the Crime Club by Collins, London, 1951
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of this very scarce Golden Age detective novel, from E. C. R. Lorac's long-running Chief Inspector MacDonald series. The first edition. Very scarce. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. From Golden-Age crime…writer E. C. R. Lorac, the pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett. She published her first detective novel in 1931; this was The Murder on the Burrows, a well-crafted debut which launched her detective Macdonald on a career that was to last for more than a quarter of a century. In a manor house in the English countryside, the domineering Muriel Farrington rules over her various grown children like a martinet. When she is found dead, MacDonald is called in to cast his eye over several possible culprits. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Externally, very smart, with fading to the spine and a couple damp spots to the rear board. Spine slightly cocked. Mild bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are largely bright and clean, with toning to the half title and last page of advertisements. The odd spot or handling marks. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Crime Club/Doubleday & Co., Garden City, 1954
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA], Beloit, WI, U.S.A.Bookworks [MWABA, IOBA]
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Chief Inspector Julian Rivers investigates murder & blackmail on the Welsh border. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; stated first edition (first printing). Light wear to book, minor bumping to corners, tanned pages; jacket edgeworn, chipped & foxed with lon…g tear to front panel, crease. Text clean, no names or marks; 190 pages. Size: Octavo.
More imagesPublished by The Crime Club by Collins 1949-1957, London, 1949
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- First Edition
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Two very scarce Crime Club first editions by E. C. R. Lorac, exemplary works of mid-century British police-procedural crime fiction. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.First editions.Two classic British police procedurals by E. C. R. Lorac, the principal pen name of Edith Carol…ine Rivett, featuring Lorac"s quietly authoritative Chief Inspector Macdonald.(1949) Policemen in the Precinct. This work depicts day-to-day police work within a Midlands town and focusing on collective investigation rather than a single puzzle solution. (1957) Dangerous Domicile. This novel centers on a murder within a shared house in North London, combining domestic tension with Macdonald"s methodical analysis of conflicting evidence and motive. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight fading to spines and extremities. Library stamps to front free endpaper of "Policemen." Previous owner's bookplate to front paste downs. One or two marks to rear boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned with one or two spots to fore edge. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.
Published by Crime Club Doubleday, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: JW Barker Books & Antiques, Natchez, MS, U.S.A.JW Barker Books & Antiques
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Very Good DJ. First edition. First American edition, very good black cloth hardcover shows mild rubbing at cover edges, rubbing and soil to cover near bottom edge, age toning to pages, name, date and ink stamp to front endpaper, along with some other mild trace wear, in very good - dust jacket…(price at flap) that shows rubbing, soil, heavy soil at reverse, wrinkles and edgewear that includes closed tears and shallow open chipping (3/4 inches deep at spine tail) mainly at spine ends. 221 pages. Still a solid copy in jacket of this mystery featuring Inspector MacDonald from the noted British author of detective fiction that was first Published in the U.K. in 1949 under the title Policeman in the Precinct.
More imagesPublished by For the Crime Club by Collins, London, 1952
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. The second edition of this sought after detective novel from E. C. R. Lorac, complete with the striking original unclipped dust wrapper. The second edition. First published in 1938, the year after Lorac's election to the membership of the Detection Club…. Very scarce across all editions. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. From Golden-Age crime writer E. C. R. Lorac, the pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett. She published her first detective novel in 1931; this was The Murder on the Burrows, a well-crafted debut which launched her detective Macdonald on a career that was to last for more than a quarter of a century. The story centres around an audacious criminal who murders while dressed as Satan, then hides the body in Chief Inspector MacDonald's car. Four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, with minor shelf wear and fading to the spine. Handling marks to the cloth. Front hinge starting only slightly to the tail of the front hinge. Dust wrapper is smart, with mild sunning to the spine and edge wear. Minor loss to the head of the spine and a couple of nicks to the wrap's edges. Tape repair to the reverse of the wrap for a small closed tear to the front joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are largely bright and clean, with spots to the endpapers and to the fore-edge, affecting the margins of the occasional page. Contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by For the Crime Club by Collins, London, 1948
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- First Edition
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A very scarce first edition of this golden-age detective novel from British writer E. C. R. Lorac. A sought after first edition of this exceptionally scarce crime novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. From Golden-Age crime writer E. C. R. Lorac, the pen name of Edith Caroli…ne Rivett. She published her first detective novel in 1931; this was The Murder on the Burrows, a well-crafted debut which launched her detective Macdonald on a career that was to last for more than a quarter of a century. Death Before Dinner is the thirtieth in this long-running series, which sees a group of travellers and writers meet for a formal dinner, each believing that they have been invited to become members of the highly prestigious Marco Parlo Club. Upon realising they have been hoaxed, they continue with the dinner anyway, but at the end discover a dead body. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with fading to the spine and marks to the cloth. Mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Ownership inscription to the rear paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a spot to the fore-edge affecting one or two pages. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by For the Crime Club by Collins, London, 1954
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- First Edition
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A lovely first edition of 'Shroud of Darkness', the 39th in E. C. R. Lorac's long-running series featuring Chief Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. From Golden-Age crime writ…er E. C. R. Lorac, the pen name of Edith Caroline Rivett. She published her first detective novel in 1931; this was The Murder on the Burrows, a well-crafted debut which launched her detective Macdonald on a career that was to last for more than a quarter of a century. Leads tied to the murder of a young man on a train are compromised by the heavy London Fog (the Great Smog of London, December 1952), leaving Macdonald to deduce that the case may have its origins in either Devon or the capital, or perhaps both. This is the 39th title in this long-running series. In the original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with only a touch of bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is very smart, with mild edge wear and a couple nicks to the wrap. Handling marks visible to the rear panel and sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. With minor toning to the endpapers, otherwise bright and clean. Fine. None (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by The Crime Club, by Collins, London, 1954
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- First Edition
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. A bright example of the scarce and sought after first edition of this Chief Inspector MacDonald murder mystery by E. C. R. Lorac, the pseudonym of Edith Caroline Rivett. The scarce first edition, first impression of this work.In the publisher's original unclippe…d dust wrapper.A thrilling tale in which the body of a man is discovered at Paddington Station, dead as a result of a beating that took place during the Great Smog of London in 1952.This is the thirty-ninth of Edith Caroline Rivett's Chief Inspector Macdonald series. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Small loss to dust wrapper back strip tail, with major loss to tail of rear wrap. Light handling marks to rear wrap, with light edgewear to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by London: Published for The Crime Club by Collins, 1954
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- First Edition
Seller: Benedict Wilson Books, Folkestone, KENT, United KingdomBenedict Wilson Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, first printing. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.192. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black to spine. Dust-jacket with printed price of 9s. 6d. net to front flap. Internally clean, toning to edges and endpapers, light spotting to edges, neat ownership in…pen to pastedown. Cloth shows well, marginally sunned to spine. Dust-jacket shows very well, a couple of small closed tears to upper, small area of loss to top rear corner, red text to spine faded. An elusive title especially so in the dust-jacket. Very good. A boy just alighted from the Exeter to Paddington train is found murdered whilst still within the station, Chief Inspector MacDonald investigates.
