Ronald L Freeman (25 results)

Mass-market paperback. Condition: Fine. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Facts to Blow Your Mind. Audience: Children/juvenile. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. CB 59.

Paperback. Condition: New. A unique anthology for crime aficionados - six 'perfect murder' stories written by the most accomplished crime writers of the 1930s, designed to fox real-life Scotland Yard Superintendent Cornish, who comments on whether or not these crimes could have genuinely been solved. Is the 'perfect murder' possible? Can that crime be committed with such consummate care, with such exacting skill, that it is unsolvable - even to the most astute investigator? In this unique collection, legendary crime writers Margery Allingham, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, Ronald Knox, Dorothy L. Sayers and Russell Thorndike each attempt to create the unsolvable murder, which Superintendent Cornish of the CID then attempts to unravel. This clever literary battle of wits from the archives of the Detection Club follows The Floating Admiral and Ask a Policeman back into print after more than 75 years, and shows some of the experts from the Golden Age of detective fiction at their most ingenious.…

paperback. Condition: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 24-48 hours from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. ***GREAT CONDITION***CLEAN PAGES*** light edge wear. We specialize in non-fiction books. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.

Condition: New. In English.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 304 pages. 7.72x5.10x0.90 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition thus (preceded by the 1983 hardcover release, originally published as separate serials in 1930-1931 in the U.K. magazine "The Listener", first printing of a near fine softcover with some wear to the extremities, and pages toning. Eight members of the famed 1930s Detection Club corroborate on two mystery stories, including Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. This paperback edition is quite scarce.…

Softcover. Condition: Bon. Ammareal reverse jusqu'à 15% du prix net de cet article à des organisations caritatives. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Book Condition: Used, Good. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this item's net price to charity organizations.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 620pp, the edges browning a little with age. Laminated illustrated hard covers. A clean, Near Fine, copy. 41 great detective stories, by Saki, Allingham, Orczy, Chesterton etc. Mark Oldroyd; S. A. Field; Ronald Lampitt; H. A. Seabright; Colin Orme; Bertram Prance; Norman Howard; Margaret Bradley; Freeman; Cyril Holloway; S. Tresilian; H. M. Brock; (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.S. Edition. Small close tear to DJ top of back cover. Some wear along the DJ edges and tips along with several tiny open/close tears. Small open tear at bottom front tip. Minor discoloration to pages. Minor wear to the edges and tips of the book itself. Some rubbing wear to DJ covers.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Quarto. 84pp. Illustrated from photographs. Printed wrappers. Slightly bumped at tip of one corner, else a fine copy. Nice catalogue for a joint exhibition of seven photographers, including Roland L. Freeman, Marilyn Nance, Shelby Lee Adams, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Doug Dubois, Birney Imes, and Stephen Marc. Nance, also known as Soulsista, is a photographer, storyteller, new-media artist and educator. She has won numerous awards for photography of African spiritual culture in America. Her work has been exhibited at New York's Museum of Modern Art and is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Library of Congress, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Her work has also been featured in publications including *Life,* *The New York Times,* *Essence,* *The Village Voice,* and more.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. No damage, markings or signs of use. Very slight shelf wear to dustjacket. 1996 hardback, 1st impression. The photo is of the actual book you will receive. Fast dispatch, normally within 24 hours, by UK seller.

Paperback. Condition: New. A unique anthology for crime aficionados - six 'perfect murder' stories written by the most accomplished crime writers of the 1930s, designed to fox real-life Scotland Yard Superintendent Cornish, who comments on whether or not these crimes could have genuinely been solved. Is the 'perfect murder' possible? Can that crime be committed with such consummate care, with such exacting skill, that it is unsolvable - even to the most astute investigator? In this unique collection, legendary crime writers Margery Allingham, Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, Ronald Knox, Dorothy L. Sayers and Russell Thorndike each attempt to create the unsolvable murder, which Superintendent Cornish of the CID then attempts to unravel. This clever literary battle of wits from the archives of the Detection Club follows The Floating Admiral and Ask a Policeman back into print after more than 75 years, and shows some of the experts from the Golden Age of detective fiction at their most ingenious.…

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Stated first edition on copyright page. 8vo, vi + 302pp. Hardcover, bound in original beige cloth with dark brown lettering and Crime Club logo to spine. Dark brown topstain and deckled fore-edges. In very good condition. Binding and hinges are intact and firm. Contents are clean and bright with no markings or signs of prior ownership. A little tanning/ darkening to endpaper gutters. Covers are in great shape; spine ends are lightly bumped and there is a little scuffing to rear board but otherwise no notable defects. A lovely copy overall, now protected in a custom-made clear archival dustwrapper.…

1. Auflage. 218, (4) S. Ill. Orig.-Broschur. Taschenbuch (= Heyne Crime Classic 2277). - Privater Adreßstempel auf vorderem Spiegel; ansonsten innen sauber. Gut erhaltenes Exemplar.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Ronald L. Smith, 1955. First edition. November, 1955 / whole number 46/ issue number 12 under the name Inside and Science Fiction Advertiser (which is the last name for the famed sci-fi / fantasy fanzine, which was also published under the earlier names "Fantasy Advertiser" and "Science Fiction Advertiser", though the primary focus was always Science Fiction). Ron Smith became the Editor/Publisher with the November, 1954 issue, which was also the first under this name. Octavo, stapled illustrated wraps, 42 pp. Very Good plus to about near fine; two chips at bottom front cover, peripheral toning (see scans). s This November / 1955 issue was published as Ron Smith was continuing to improve the fanzine, which had been erratic in quality in prior years; 1956, yet to come, would be perhaps the best year. Though credited artwork is still sparse, there's plenty inside to enjoy; a rare short story - "Infiltration" by Carl Larsen - and articles, editorials, essays and reviews by editor Smith, William L. Freeman, Randall Garrett, Robert Silverberg, Lin Carter, Dave Mason, James Blish, George W. Price, Carl Larsen, Joe Schaumburger, R.S. Montague, S. Ostlund, Bob Tucker - all these pieces being, and having always been to this point, the meat of the fanzine under its several names. See scan of contents page. A rarity, for the collector. l-pr1. Pat Patterson (cover); interior art undredited (illustrator).…

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. New York: Ronald L. Smith, 1955. First edition. March, 1955 / issue number 8 under the name Inside and Science Fiction Advertiser (which is the last name for the famed sci-fi / fantasy fanzine, which was also published under the earlier names "Fantasy Advertiser" and "Science Fiction Advertiser", though the primary focus was always Science Fiction). Ron Smith became the Editor/Publisher with the November, 1954 issue, which was also the first under this name. Octavo, stapled illustrated wraps, 38 pp. Near Fine; thin peripheral toning (see scans). This March / 1955 issue was published as Ron Smith was in the process of improving the fanzine, which had been erratic in quality in prior years; 1956, yet to come, would be perhaps the best year. This issue features two sci-fi stories, The Ship and Son, a relative rarity for the article-oriented fanzine; and probably its finest collection of illustrations to this point in time - thanks to the efforts of art editor Cindy Smith. The art includes a Neil Austin cover, illustrating the story The Ship, and interior work by Austin, Cindy (Smith), Joe Gross, Alan Hunter, Ralph Rayburn Phillips, and Dave Hammond. Stories, articles and reviews (see scan of contents page) are by Joe Gibson, William L. Freeman, Bill Hamling, William F. Nolan, Charles E. Fritch, Joseph Slotkin, George Martindale, and Bob Tucker, as well as editor Ron Smith. A rarity, for the collector. l-pr1. Neil Austin, Cindy (Smith), Joe Gross, Alan Hunter, Ralph Rayburn Phillips, Dave Hammond (illustrator).…

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Ronald L. Smith, 1955. First edition. May, 1955 / issue number 9 under the name Inside and Science Fiction Advertiser (which is the last name for the famed sci-fi / fantasy fanzine, which was also published under the earlier names "Fantasy Advertiser" and "Science Fiction Advertiser", though the primary focus was always Science Fiction). Ron Smith became the Editor/Publisher with the November, 1954 issue, which was also the first under this name. Octavo, stapled illustrated wraps, 46 pp. Very Good plus to about near fine; thin peripheral toning, tiny chip here and there (see scans). This May / 1955 issue was published as Ron Smith was in the process of improving the fanzine, which had been erratic in quality in prior years; 1956, yet to come, would be perhaps the best year. Though credited artwork is still sparse, there's plenty inside to enjoy; eye-catching art by Neil Austin, Jon Arfstrom, Morris Scott Dollens, Cindy (Smith), Ralph Phillips, Naaman Peterson, Jack Gaughan and Paul Powlesland; articles by William L. Freeman ("A Bloody Fight") and Mark Clifton ("But They WANT To Write Them"), Ron Smith editorials, poems, and of course creative ads. See scan of contents page. A rarity, for the collector. l-pr1. Neil Austin (cover); Cindy (Smith), Ralph Phillips, Paul Powlesland, Jon Arfstrom, Morris Scott Dollens, Naaman Peterson, Jack Gaughan (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean hardback tightly bound in faded red cloth with black titles, front board bowed, cloth worn at edges, gift inscription dated 1937 partially covered with remains of labels on front endpaper. 288 pages + 32 pages of publisher's Spring 1936 list.…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: Selwyn & Blount n.d. [1936]). First UK Edition. Publisher's salmon pink cloth with the spine lettered in black. The book is dated by the 32-page Spring Catalogue at the rear. Faint offsetting to both sets of end-papers and light foxing to the first few pages of the book overall a bright and clean near fine copy. In the RARE D/W priced 7/6 net to the spine by Youngman Carter which is two-toned each half showing a different scene: to the left in blue has Scotland Yard; to the right in red has a scene on the Thames Embankment with a policeman. The D/W has a slither of loss at the head and tail of the spine (not affecting any lettering) and has a short 1 cm closed tear and associated crease to the bottom edge of the front panel. Six short stories by leading Detection Club authors each illustrating a perfect murder. Each story is then followed by a superb commentary by Ex-Superintendent Cornish, CID detailing how the seemingly perfect murder could have been solved. A much nicer copy than normally seen of this rare book and a very nice copy indeed. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone. Photographs/scans available upon request.…

First edition, first impression; 8vo, (190 x 140 mm); usual age-toning, spotting to prelims, elsewhere sporadic, black lettering to spine, scarce dust jacket designed by Youngman Carter, Scotland Yard/Thames embankment with policeman in foreground (price 7/6 to spine), loss to extremities of spine, crease along upper panel, small chips to ends and corners, soiling to rear panel, scarcely available with the original wrapper, hence despite the aforementioned, very good; 288pp + [32]ads. Six short stories contributed by leading Detection Club authors, featuring supposedly foolproof murders, each followed by an exposition of the flaws in the criminal scheme by the recently retired detective George W. Cornish of Scotland Yard. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. …

First edition, first impression, a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Stamped on the title page in purple ink "With the Publisher's Compliments". An interesting variation on the conventional detective fiction anthology, in which the six authors contribute stories featuring supposedly foolproof murders, each followed by an exposition of the flaws in the criminal scheme by the recently retired detective George W. Cornish of Scotland Yard. Octavo. Original salmon pink cloth, titles to spine in black. With dust jacket. Slight rubbing to ends and board edges, spotting to edges and early leaves, a very good copy in the jacket with faint dust-soiling to rear panel and small chips to ends and corners. …