Oppenheim E Dward Phillips (21 results)

Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. A selection of stories, including "The Modern Prometheus," and nonfiction first published in British popular magazines between 1896 and 1929, with introduction and updated and expanded bibliography by Daniel Paul Morrison. Trade paperback format. A fine copy. (#176773).…

Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. A selection of stories first published in British popular magazines between 1900 and 1911, with introduction and bibliography by Daniel Paul Morrison, and an article by Oppenheim about writing his stories published as a promotional pamphlet in 1927 by Houghton Mifflin, his American publisher. Trade paperback format. A fine copy. (#176772).…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 327 pages. Mr. Oppenheim is at his best when he is depicting life at Monte Carlo. In this little world of wealth and nobility, he tells of Lucullen banquets, sports by day, and nights of music and dancing. There are the thrills of secret dictatorship, threatened revolt of the Reds, a spy that is a typical Oppenheim creation, sudden deaths and first-rate love interest. A complicated plot. References to golf throughout. Light wear to cover extremities else nice bright copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Collects THE AMAZING JUDGMENT (1897), Oppenheim's rarest book (three copies known) and MR. LAXWORTHY'S ADVENTURES (1913), the first appearance of this episodic novel in America, with introduction and updated and expanded bibliography by Daniel Paul Morrison. Trade paperback format. A fine copy. (#176774).…

Octavo, title page printed in red and black, original gray buckram stamped in red and black. First collected edition. Forty-one stories originally published in MICHAEL'S EVIL DEEDS (1923), PETER RUFF (1912), AARON, DIVINER (1920), and MR. BELLINGHAM, THE MARQUIS AND MADELON (1927). Queen, The Detective Short Story, pp. 78-80. Hubin (1994), pp. 615-617. Spine panel stained, a very good, sound copy. (#133653).…

Octavo, original blue cloth. First edition. Ten stories featuring international criminal Commodore B. Jasen. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 81. Hubin (1994), p. 615. Cloth rubbed at edges, faint stain on rear cover, spine panel sunned, a tight, good copy with clean interior. (#113639).

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First US Edition. 311 pages. Originally published in England as The Bank Manager. "A mystery thriller which may arouse your suspicions early but will nevertheless tease you nearly to the finish before you see the solution." Golf is involved throughout the book with a portion set in the Paradise Golf Club. Two small unobtrusive H2O spots on the cover, very slight tanning to eps otherwise a tight, bright copy of the first US edition. Not mentioned in Murdoch's or D & M's golf bibliographies. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near FIne. No Jacket. First Edition. 311 pages. Eleven chapters featuring Michael Sayers, "the most accomplished and daring criminal of modern times," and his equally criminous wife, Michael's former parlourmaid Janet Soale. Their nemesis is Sir Norman Greyes, a Scotland Yard detective. Golf mentioned throughout; not listed in the golf bibliographies of Murdoch or D & M. A clean, tight copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W. B. King (illustrator).…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Satisfaisant. 304 p. ex-library book (class number, barcode, bookplate, stamps -some on edge-, loan sheet, card pocket). A bit wear to publishing binding reinforced with tape (also hinges). owner,s name. Code 1053.

8vo. [4], 315, [1] pp., plus 8 pp. publisher's catalogue of Oppenheim's works. Gray cloth, red lettering front cover & spine (minor shelfwear, minor rubbing to corners), w/ d.j. cover art of George F. Kelley (minor edgewear, rubbing, couple minor closed tears), still VG/VG- copy, w/ interesting annotation on ffep. noting that a previous owner first read the mystery "On Super Chief, Santa Fe R.R. enroute to Los Angeles Dec. 4, 1939." First edition, stated, of this espionage thriller, set against the backdrop of the counterrevolutionary efforts of a Russian prince, a young Russian ballet scenery designer, and the Soviet OGPU spy agency on the eve of World War II.…

8vo. ix, [1], 304 pp., plus 6 pp. publisher's list. Black publisher's cloth, teal-blue lettering & illust. on front cover & spine (slight shelfwear), w/ d.j. excellent Art Deco cover art by noted UK artist, Ethel Pares (1904-1977), whose artwork often featured on Oppenheims science fiction/espionage thrillers (slight chipping head of spine, minor toning to spine), still NF/VG copy. First American edition of this science fiction thriller by Oppenheim featuring a top secret ray which cancels all electromagnetic activity and allows the U.S. to thwart a Japanese invasion of the Philippine Islands (written 5 years before Pearl Harbor).…

8vo. 379, [1] pp. Frontisp. Decorated brown publisher's cloth, armorials in black & white lettering on front cover (minor shelfwear, slight rubbing), w/ d.j. wraparound cover art by Emma Redington Lee Thayer (1874-1973), noted dustjacket cover art and illustrator, and later prolific mystery lovelist who published her first 4 years later in 1919 (minor rubbbing, edgewear, slight chipping foot of spine), still VG/VG copy. First Burt edition, of this suspense espionage thriller set in Monte Carlo, Monaco, against the backdrop conspiracies, blackmail, and World War I.…

Octavo, original pictorial blue cloth. First edition. Ten stories featuring Joseph P. Cray, an adventuresome American businessman. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 80. Hubin (1994), p. 615. Cloth lightly rubbed at edges, small spot on rear cover, else a clean, tight, very good copy. (#113638).

201 + 3 S. OPp. m. OSch. DEA. - Besitzsign. a. V., OSch. m. Fehlstellen u. stärkeren Läsuren (tlw. m. Japanpapier hinterlegt), stockfleckig, etw. gewölbt, Gbrsp.

Octavo, inserted frontispiece with color illustration by Cyrus Cuneo, original decorated pinkish brown cloth. First edition. Ten linked stories featuring Peter Ruff, "the detective and criminal in turn, the man who knew both worlds and made use of both." - Oppenheim. Although published in 1911, this group of stories appears to follow those appearing in PETER RUFF, published in London by Hodder and Stoughton in 1912. The Double-Four is a secret organization, involved in crime and international politics, a sort of forerunner of SMERSH. See Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 78 (who does not record this earlier printing of THE DOUBLE FOUR). Hubin (1994), p. 616. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends and corner tips, some uniform sunning to spine panel, free endpapers tanned, a very good copy. This first printing is uncommon. (#113641).…

Octavo, original decorated blue cloth. First edition. Eleven stories featuring detective Baroness Clara Linz. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 82. Hubin (1994), p. 615. A clean, near fine copy. (#113637).

1.Auflage.. 236 Seiten Einband etwas berieben und angestaubt, Besitzerstempel am Titel, sonst guter und sauberer Zustand. ---------------------------------- Edward Phillips Oppenheim (* 22. Oktober 1866 in London; 3. Februar 1946 in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey) war ein englischer Schriftsteller. Sein literarisches Werk umfasst über 150 Romane und spannt einen Bogen von Kriminal- und Spionageromanen, Komödien, Satiren, Parabeln bis hin zu Entwicklungsromanen. Oppenheim gilt als einer der ersten Autoren von Spionageromanen. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 8° , Leinen- Hardcover/Pappeinband.…

8°, 210 Seiten, Taschenbuch. Rückenkanten und Ecken berieben, Namensstempel auf vorderem Vorsatz, Seiten leicht gebräunt, gut erhalten. Goldmanns Taschen-Krimi, Band 43. Sprache: Deutsch.

Berlin, Gebrüder Weiss, o.J. (1950). 177(1) Seiten, 1 Bl. OHalbleinen mit farbig illustr. OUmschlag. Vgl. Bloch 100. Selten mit einem wohlerhaltenen, leicht gebrauchsspurigen Schutzumschlag. Sprache: Deutsch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact us always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***.…

Berlin, Gebrüder Weiss, o.J. (1950). 177(1) Seiten, 1 Bl. OHalbleinen mit farbig illustr. OUmschlag. Vgl. Bloch 100. Near fine copy. - Selten mit dem Schutzumschlag in insgesamt nahezu verlagsfrisch Verfassung. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact us always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***.…

Berlin, Gebrüder Weiss, o.J. (1950). 177(1) Seiten, 1 Bl. OHalbleinen mit farbig illustr. OUmschlag. Vgl. Bloch 100. Selten mit einem wohlerhaltenen Schutzumschlag. Innen frisch sauber, aussen sehr gut. Sprache: Deutsch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact us always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***.…