Scott Jack Jonathan Escott (10 results)
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Seller: H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller, Canandaigua, NY, U.S.A.H. W. Gumaer, Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. Scott's sixth novel once again is a mystery featuring CID Det. Sgt. Alfred Stanley Rosher investigating murder in the English countryside, this time with an American trainee in tow. Text and boards clean, tight, square; dustjac…ket shows half-inch closed tear in lower left corner of front panel; small rubbed spot near bottom of front panel. Scarce.
Language: English
Published by Dutton, New York, 1983
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams)
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Add to basketCondition: VERY GOOD. First US printing. An offbeat suspense novel featuring Detective Sergeant Alfred Stanley Rosher, hospitalized with a broken leg and head injury after a small plane crash, but who still finds his knowledge of the "local lads" invaluable in foiling a gang of thieves. 184 pp Very good minus in very good dust j…acket (lower corner of front endpaper clipped, some sunning to edges of boards, but a tight and straight copy overall).
Language: English
Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1979
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams)
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Add to basketCondition: VERY GOOD. First US printing. An offbeat and humorous novel - when Detective Sergeant Alfred Stanley Rosher runs an ad for a housekeeper, a crook spots it and decides to see the position is filled by a prostitute with plenty of reasons to hate Rosher. 169 pp Very good in very good dust jacket (embossed seal of prev ow…ner, price-clipped).
Published by Harper and Row, USA, 1976
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Comic World, Steinbach, MB, CanadaComic World
Contact seller5-star sellerCloth. Condition: Good to Very Good. VG/FN Dust Jacket. FIRST Edition Hardcover. INVENTORY = B >>The Bastard's Name was Bristow (A Harper novel of Suspense) (1976; Harper and Row; 1st USA Edition; 172 pages; 355 Grams; Richard Egielski art on the DJ; Hardcover Book = Slanted Spine, EX-LIBRARY Edition with Usual Markings, G/VG; U…n-Marked and -Clipped Dust Jacket = VG/FN cover creasing; Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Richard Egielski art on the DJ (illustrator). Book.
More images- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.Dan Pope Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of the first U.S. edition, with full number line. A fine copy in a fine jacket (very light soiling on jacket covers). A clean copy with price ($6.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. REVIEW copy with review sli…p laid in. Scott's (Escott's) first suspense novel.
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Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A handsome first Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in a like dust-jacket; Jack Scott's mesmerizing debut novel tells the story of three generations of women living on a remote Maine island. In 1948, Lila and her mother flee their abusi…ve husband and move to the island, where Lila grows into a feisty young woman. In the 1990s, Lila's granddaughter, Margo, returns to the island to care for her ailing mother. Margo is a struggling artist and single mother, and she's determined to find a way to connect with her roots on the island. When a storm threatens the island, the women must confront their pasts and reconcile their differences in order to save their homes. A Time of Fine Weather is a beautifully written story of family, love, and loss that will captivate readers from beginning to end.; 8vo; 170 pages; Price? ? .
- Hardcover
Seller: Violet's Bookstack, Ontario, ON, CanadaViolet's Bookstack
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Color Pictorial Jacket. 207pp., front endpaper has been removed -not a text page, the next page has a tiny tear - does not affect text, edgewear to hardcovers, some light greyish age staining to the back cover of the jacket, few tiny tears to the spine of the jacket, some pages…have stains -looks like coffee -all text clear and readable, one page has a small tear -all text clear and readable, Exlibrary with usual markings.
Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1979
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB
Contact seller2-star sellerHardcover. First American Edition. This is a tale of revenge and redemption, set in the fictional town of Rocksville, Iowa. It follows the story of three families-the Kanes, the Robinsons, and the Walkers-who are all affected by the tragedy of a young girl's death. The townspeople are divided into two camps: those who believe th…at the girl's death was an accident, and those who believe that she was murdered. The book follows the Kanes and the Robinsons as they try to uncover the truth.; 8vo; $6.50.
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Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United KingdomEdinburgh Books
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Red Hardback. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1981. First edition. 199pp. Jack Scott was a pseudonym of Jonathan Escott (1922-1987), who also wrote as Jason Leonard. He is best known for his crime and mystery novels featuring Detective-Inspector Alfred Stanley Rosher. At the start of t…his novel Rosher has been demoted to Detective-Sergeant, and has been assigned to initiate a visiting American patrolman into English police procedure. The book is bound in the original red boards with gold titling on the spine. The book is in excellent condition and the contents are tight and clean with no inscription. The dustwrapper has shelf wear with some light soiling and the top edge is rubbed. The spine ends and top front corner are bumped with a nick and surrounding crease on the top front corner. It has been price clipped with a later publisher's price sticker beside the clip.
Language: English
Published by Collins - The Crime Club, London, 1984
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United KingdomEdinburgh Books
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Add to basketRed Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1984. First edition. 195pp. Jack Scott was a pseudonym of Jonathan Escott (1922-1987), who also wrote as Jason Leonard. He is best known for his crime and mystery novels featuring Detective-Inspector Alfred Stanley Rosher. This is the ninth nove…l to feature Rosher. 'It was called Irish Town when PC Alfred Stanley Rosher walked it in his beat copper days with wary fist and beetlecrusher boots. They called it Irish Town still, when Detective-Inspector Rosher came back on a sentimental journey in his boxy-toed shoes and was offered a body, all charred from a warehouse fire.' iThe book is bound in the original red boards with gold titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with bumping to the spine ends and a crease running across the spine about 1/2" from the top. The contents are tight and clean with age-browning to the pages. There is no inscription. The unclipped dustwrapper has some shelf wear with rubbing along the top edge and bumping to the spine ends.
