Mitchell Gladys 1901 1983 (24 results)

Condition: GOOD. Trade paperback. Classic mystery originally published in 1945 and featuring Mitchell's formindable sleuth, Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley. Edmund Crispin called this "One of the dozen best crime novels that I know."--. 267 pp. Good condition (spine slant).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First thus- a trade paperback. The first US edition of a book originally published in 1947, featuring Mitchell's formidable sleuth, Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley. 192 pp. Cover art by Sarah Elizabeth Taz Schantz. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Second Edition. Very good paperback copy; wrappers slightly dulled and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Slightly stained covers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 281 pages, 18 cm. Subjects; Beatrice Lestrang. (Fictitious character). Fiction. Mystery & Detective. General. Modern & contemporary fiction. 1 Kg. …

Fifth Edition. Fine paperback copy; somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Vintage murder mysteries. Physical description; 1 volume. Notes; Originally published as 'Groaning spinney' in 1950. Subjects; Mitchell, Gladys (1901-1983). Bradley, Beatrice Lestrange (Fictitious character) Fiction. Women detectives England Fiction. Murder Investigation England Fiction. Cotswold Hills (England) Fiction. Detective and mystery stories, English. 1 Kg.…

Second Edition. Very good paperback copy; wrappers slightly dulled and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Slightly stained covers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 281 pages, 18 cm. Subjects; Beatrice Lestrang. (Fictitious character). Fiction. Mystery & Detective. General. Modern & contemporary fiction. 1 Kg. …

Fifth Edition. Fine paperback copy; somewhat edge-bumped and dust-dulled. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Vintage murder mysteries. Physical description; 1 volume. Notes; Originally published as 'Groaning spinney' in 1950. Subjects; Mitchell, Gladys (1901-1983). Bradley, Beatrice Lestrange (Fictitious character) Fiction. Women detectives England Fiction. Murder Investigation England Fiction. Cotswold Hills (England) Fiction. Detective and mystery stories, English. 1 Kg.…

Condition: VERY GOOD. First US printing. First American edition of this Beatrice Lestrange Bradley mystery originally published in the UK in 1954. 224 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. (hint of spine slant, minor edgewear to dj).

Hardcover_boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 180 pgs. Pale mustard boards w/black stamped letters on spine. DJ #10744 by Barrie Thorpe. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price), & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. A VINTAGE MURDER MYSTERY Rediscover Gladys Mitchell - one of the 'Big Three' female crime fiction writers alongside Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. One of Sir Bohun Chantrey's great passions in life is the stories of Sherlock Holmes. To celebrate the great man's anniversary, he throws a party at which the guests are instructed to come as characters from the detective stories. But several of the guests are more interested in Sir Bohun's money, and when he announces that he is to marry a poor governess, things take a turn for the worse, not least when the Hound of the Baskervilles turns up. Fortunately the incomparable detective Mrs Bradley and her secretary Laura are amongst the guests and ready to investigate the deepening mystery. Opinionated, unconventional, unafraid. If you like Poirot and Miss Marple, you'll love Mrs Bradley. Source: Publisher.…

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. A very late novel by Mitchell, one of three published posthumously - in this a literary agent and his fiancee are taking a holiday following the Scottish Highland Way. 190 pp. Dustjacket illustration by Graham Rogers. Very good in a good only dust jacket (some dampstaining to the upper half of the back cover of the dj, minor crinkling to the upper corners of several leaves, but no staining).…

Condition: FINE. Book club edition. Contains a new introduction by Patricia Craig and Mary Cadogan. The fourth in the series of 66 books which Mitchell wrote featuring Mrs (later Dame) Bradley, this was originally published in 1932. From the dj: 'Mrs. Bradley, a unique heroine and one of the most memorable personalities in crime fiction, excels herself in this classic and hilarious whodunit, proving that cosy English villages can be murderously peaceful.' 183 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.…

Condition: FAIR. First edition. After answering a strange ad as a prank, three university students accidentally discover a murder and need the help of Mrs. Bradley to investigate this complicated case, with hints of the supernatural, shifting wills, eccentric suspects, and a sinister local cult practicing black magic and more. 224 pp. Ex-library with the usual markings, significant spine slant, and possibly rebound in textured orange cloth (rather than Michael Joseph's usual black cloth), no dust jacket.…

Condition: GOOD. First printing. Set at a women's agriculture college, this 31st novel in the series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley is considered one of Mitchell's best. 239 pp. Ex-library with the usual markings, but a tight and straight copy in black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, no dustjacket.…

Condition: VERY GOOD. First US printing. Set at a women's agriculture college, this 31st novel in the series featuring the psychoanalyst and amateur detective Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley is considered one of Mitchell's best. Originally published in England in 1958. 239 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket (some spine slant, minor wear to black dj at folds and corners, top of spine).…

Condition: GOOD. First printing. One of three novels in this series featuring Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley, a psychoanalyst and author published posthumously. Mitchell was - along with other female members of the Detection Club - Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers - one of the most prominent authors of that era, as well as one of the most long-lived and prolific. She was unique in having a professional woman as her detective. Set at school for boys where the headmaster becomes concerned when one of his senior staff disappears - along with the funds he had collected from students and faculty to fund a school trip to Greece. Surprisingly uncommon. 208 pp. Ex-library with the usual markings, some spine slant, in a near fine unmarked dust jacket.…

Condition: FINE. Reprint, first thus. The 41st novel in this series featuring Dame Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley, a psychoanalyst and author, originally published in 1968. Mitchell was - along with other female members of the Detection Club - Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers - one of the most prominent authors of that era, as well as one of the most long-lived and prolific. She was unique in having a professional woman as her detective. Laura Gavin is walking on a quiet country road with her son's young Irish wolfhound. He suddenly bolts and is found guarding the body of a young murdered woman. Uncommon is all printings. 208 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.…

Condition: NEAR FINE. First thus. Reissue of Mitchell's thirteenth novel featuring Mrs Bradley, originally published in 1941. Definitely one of her best novels and probably the most accessible, this is both amusing and satisfying to read, with a complicated plot ranging from boys missing from a reformatory, to an old lady strangling on grated carrots, poltergiests, and a house built on an ancient foundation. This book introduces Mrs Bradley's son Ferdinand Lestrange, his wife Caroline and their seven year old son, Derek, and so it reveals her character in a gentler, more mellow light. With a new introduction by Patricia Craig and Mary Cadogan. 208 pp. Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket (remainder line, toning to the pages).…

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. The 35th book in this series featuring Beatrice Adela Lestrange Bradley, a polymathic psychoanalyst and author. Mitchell was - along with other female members of the Detection Club - Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers - one of the most prominent authors of that era, as well as one of the most long-lived and prolific. She was unique in having a professional woman as her detective. "Mitchell was a schoolteacher who believed in the idea of the professional, progressive woman. Her title character was controversial and emancipated, and even considered murder justifiable if the occasion demanded. , , Her murder cases have ambiguous solutions, and an air of the supernatural is never entirely banished from them. Her plots are on the farthest side of credulity, but to worry about realism is to miss the fun of her storytelling." (Christopher Fowler) This novel begins on a nostalgic note as her assistant Laura, who has accompanied Dame Beatrice to a conference in Edinburgh, remembers scenes from her childhood in Scotland. 254 pp. Near fine in black boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine, no dust jacket.…

Condition: FAIR. First printing. Mrs. Bradley is spending Christmas with her newly married nephew Jonathan and his wife Deb at their home in the Cotswolds. There she hears the story of a local apparition: the ghost of a country parson, it is said, can sometimes be seen at night slung over the gate leading to a grouping of trees called Groaning Spinney. After the holidays, villagers begin to receive anonymous poison pen letters and soon a real corpse is found on the gate - and as the spring thaw sets in, another body is found. 263 pp. Fair condition only in black cloth with silver lettering. Dampness to the upper corner of the boards has caused significant bleeding the endpapers and first few pages in the beginning and end, and part of the textblock edge. Still, this is a readable copy of a rather scarce title and one of her most appealing books.…

Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original olive paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5½''. Contains 190 printed pages of text. Light foxing to the closed page edges and end papers. Near Fine condition book in very near Fine condition illustrated dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 071812264X DETECTIVE | CRIME FICTION.…

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. Suprisingly uncommon later mystery featuring Mitchell's formindable sleuth, Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley, one which is less a conventional puzzle and more a character study, building tension slowly as Dame Beatrice's sharp memory and observations unravel a decades-old mystery involving themes of inheritance, historical allusions (to figures like A.C. Swinburne and T.E. Lawrence), and the world of amateur dramatics. 191 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket (a tight and clean copy, number stamped on copyright page, slight sunning to spine of dj, small chip to bottom edge of front cover of dj.).…

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. A later title in this series featuring Dame Beatrice Lestrange Bradley, and - in this case, her grandniece Fenella Lestrange who discovers five recent skeletons in the crypt beneath an old inn. A novel "steeped in British folklore, and the secret midnight rituals in which the whole town apparently participates carry a dark fascination. Representations of pagan fertility rites, the Green Man, Zodiac symbols, and water and tree worship can be found here, most of it based on legend and lore, some of it springing from Miss Mitchell's wonderful imagination. . . The old lady is at her most benign here, and there's not a trace of her shrieking, lively former self from the days before the bestowment of the royal title. But even with a subdued Dame Beatrice, Gladys Mitchell offers such unique stories with such bizarre elements that the straightforward telling merely emphasizes the strange world in which Fenella finds herself." (Jason Half) 222 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (hint of spine slant).…

First Edition. SIGNED. Very good copy in the original green title-blocked cloth, somewhat stained and edge-bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Date is suggested. Series; Reward library. Physical description; 206 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; Children's stories, English 20th century. Adventure stories, English. Girls Juvenile fiction. Caravans Fiction. England Social life and customs 20th century Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. SIGNED. Very good copy in the original green title-blocked cloth, somewhat stained and edge-bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Date is suggested. Series; Reward library. Physical description; 206 pages ; 20 cm. Subjects; Children's stories, English 20th century. Adventure stories, English. Girls Juvenile fiction. Caravans Fiction. England Social life and customs 20th century Juvenile fiction. 1 Kg.…