Smith Trevor Dudley (28 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition, Second Printing. One of this mid-20th-century, military-thriller writer's best novels is this sea captain's battle with a non-human enemy. Captain Harkness' British merchant vessel flounders in tremendous seas driven by gale force winds as he struggles desperately to keep it aloat until help can arrive. The careful balance Trevor maintains between crew and passengers' personal dramas and the drama of the ship fighting the sea makes for a memorable thriller notable for lack of gunfire and warfare. Boards are slightly worn along edges, corners and at spine ends; front end page shows "shadow" of sticker since removed from dj flap, and top edge of text is foxed, o/w clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows several small tears and creases with considerable wear at edges and corners, though the jacket painting by Francis Flint, the design and lettering are not significantly damaged. A decent reading copy of a well-written adventure novel.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of largely black jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed and bruised, some spotting to page fore edges, some time staining to back jacket, not price clipped (25s), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 280pp. For a small group of friends a flight to the South of France marks the beginning of a well earned holiday, the fourth they have spent at the Villa Mimosa in Antibes. It is a place they have come to love, the sun, the sea, the palms. But this year it will be different. It only takes a split second of panic on one of their parts to compromise all of them. The easy camaraderie that once bound them together cracks and falls away. All are prisoners of fear and guilt and there is no one to rescue them but themselves. What will each of them do? Elleston Trevor (1920-95), was a British novelist and playwright who wrote under several pseudonyms. Born Trevor Dudley-Smith, he eventually changed his name to Elleston Trevor. Trevor worked in many genres, but is principally remembered for his 1964 adventure story 'The Flight of the Phoenix' written as Elleston Trevor, and for a series of Cold War thrillers featuring the British secret agent Quiller, written under the pseudonym Adam Hall. Quite a scarce book. Jacket by Jean Pierre Trevor (illustrator).…

Octavo softcover (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Sunning to extremities of boards and spine, rubbing corners and spine ends, toning to end papers, edges tanned, pages clean, binding tight. Dispatched form the UK same or next working day. W A Ward (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Minor wear to boards - internally very clean bright & tight.

Broschiert. Condition: Gut. ---. nein.

Hard Back. Condition: WAF (With All Faults). No Dustjacket. Reprint. 203 pages. Pages smell musty. B&W illustrations. No dustjacket. Heavily marked and damp- spotted. Wear to spine-ends and boards' corners, spine is colour-faded and titles are dull. Ink writing to flyleaf. Some light foxing to page edges o/w pages are clean and tidy. Ward, W.A. (Illustrator) (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book. Binding a bit loose. Publisher's page says, "First published in 1944." Features detective Deakin in a wartime mystery thriller published by Gerald G. Swan, the enterprising London publisher who stockpiled paper before WWII and dominated Britain's wartime paperback market with inexpensive fiction during paper rationing, written by Trevor Dudley-Smith who later became famous as Elleston Trevor and Adam Hall. Keywords: Wartime Detective, British Mystery, Gerald Swan, Deakin Detective, Espionage Thriller, London Publisher, World War Two, Paperback Fiction, Trevor Elleston, Dudley Smith, Cheap Edition, Wartime Publishing.…

Condition: Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, navy title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 256 printed pages of text. Spine with fox spots, ink message to the front free end paper, only Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.…

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Boards have fading to the spine, one small stain to the rear panel and a little rubbing to corners. Page edges are browned with a little dark marking to the top edges. The pages are lightly browned but are otherwise clean and unmarked. No jacket. First printing. …

1st ed. War economy standard; spine faded with dull gilt. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dustjacket) Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dustjacket).

Cloth Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition, Second Impression. Green cloth boards. Pp 203, profusely illustrated. A square, tight, clean,copy; faded spine and bumped extremities. Contents clear and clean; dedication on first endpaper [dated 1945] and some sums on last endpaper. Image/further information available upon request. W. A. Ward. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, a very good book in dust jacket with taped repairs to reverse, somewhat dusty.

hardcover. Condition: Gut. Seiten; BÃchergilde - 1. Auf. 1970 : Elleston Trevor - gb + Su - 9-21-3-L2 PV-KEQ0-XGHA Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Gerald G. Swan 1943 First edition hardback no jacket gilt titles to blue boards, 192 pp. Sun fading to spine and cover edges but still in good tight clean reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour dispatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Reprint; Second Printing. Clean hardback bound in green cloth with silver titles, boards are pulled, cloth is rubbed and worn at edges, endpapers and page edges foxed, no inscriptions. 204 pages, illustrations in the text by W. A. Ward.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Condition Very Good: Publisher's original binding shows light wear to extremities. Touches of rubbing at the spine's head and tail, faint surface marks though bright overall. Bumping to the corners of the original boards; sunning visible but otherwise clean; silver lettering and decorative elements bright and vibrant. Binding square and firm. Light scattered foxing through endpapers. Small dog-ear to page 35, light creasing to the corners of pages 30 and 34. Otherwise the contents is bright, clean and fresh, showing little handling. First edition, published in 1944 by Gerald G. Swan. An extremely scarce wartime publication by Trevor Dudley-Smith. Surviving hardback copies featuring the original illustrations by W. A. Ward are extremely rare on the market. A beautifully illustrated narrative blending evocative prose with W. A. Ward's artwork, capturing themes of nature, reflection, and human experience in mid-twentieth-century England.…

Green hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. 3rd impression. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Spine faded. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 203pp. 72 b/w vignettes. Sequel to Into the Happy Glade/.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. 122. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering stamped spine and front board, which also features a gilt publisher's device. In the illustrated dust jacket that shows minimal wear, notably to head and tail of spine, and with light soiling on rear panel. Price of 5/- net intact on front panel. A handsome, presentable copy with dust jacket now preserved within a clear, removable archival sleeve. D. Williams (dust jacket illustrator) (illustrator).…

Condition: Fair. 1943. First Edition. 221 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Tanning more prominent to endpapers and pastedowns. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Blue cloth boards in pictorial dustwrapper; 221pp; b/w ills. Cloth is significantly stained/damp-marked to upper board with rubbing and light bumping to extremities; foxing and damp spotting/marking to prelims and page block edges, number in biro to front endpaper. Unclipped dustwrapper is rather tatty with rubbing and creasing to folds and edges; chips and tears to edges and corners; sunning to spine; 2cm loss to foot of spine; loss to upper right corner and ragged hole to front panel, now in removable sleeve. A story of the woodland community. A decent reading copy of this rather scarce title. [123: F2].…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Second Impression. Green cloth boards in pictorial dustwrapper; 203pp; b/w ills. Cloth is stained to upper edge with sunning to spine ends; slight splay to boards; previous price in biro to front endpaper. Unclipped dustwrapper is tatty and rather fragile with numerous creased tears, large chips and losses; sunning to spine, now in removable sleeve. A story of the woodland community and a sequel to 'Into the Happy Glade'. [123: F2]. WARD, W.A. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blue cloth boards, with some shelfwear. Faded gilt titles to front and spine. No DW. Card/plate and small inscription to FEP, but contents are otherwise clean, with little to no foxing to text. Slightly loose rear hinge, but binding is otherwise tight. 221pp. (14.5x22cm). UK orders will require extra shipping to cover insurance. Please contact us for any more information. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. original boards in very good condition. internally very clean with no marks or inscriptions. Author A.K.A Elleston Trevor. Slight age toning to pages. Original unclipped DJ in excellent condition with slight edgewear, some rubbing to hinges, small chips to spine and corner of rear board. …

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. VG/VG. 12mo. original brown cloth gilt (a little sunned, some spotting, offsetting to endpapers, prev. ownerr's name and corner clip to FFE) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, a little rubbed & frayed, tiny wear at extremities); pp. 168, with illustrations. A very good copy. David Williams ['Taff'] (illustrator). …

First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, 240pp, VG (light rubbing & v light soiling to boards, light tanning, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing & soiling, slight chipping to lower spine with <1cm loss).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Very good +. First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 12/6. A great first edition of this weird tale, an exploration into the power & peril of telepathy The author was a prolific writer, with works ranging from children's fantasy to weird sci-fi and spy fiction. A very good copy; jacket with small section of damage to foot of upper panel, slightly larger chip from foot of lower panel, but overall a very good+ copy. Jacket artwork by D. Williams. (illustrator). Book.…

Collection of 91 vintage black-and-white (and 1 double weight) still photographs from the 1963 UK film. Daily Express rubber stamp on the verso of the double weight still. Includes several candid shots on the set. Richard Johnson stars as a doctor who arrives in the city of Bath, where a smallpox epidemic has begun. Dealing with the virus would be more than enough, but he also finds himself contending with a failing marriage. Story set in Somerset, England, shot on location. 7.5 x 9.5 inches (some slightly smaller or larger), with no borders as issued. About Near Fine.…