T S Strachan (34 results)

paperback. Condition: Very good condition. In very clean condition. Ships quickly.

Condition: Good. Penguin 1953 Binding: Hardcover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. 127 pp. Penguin Book 1140. Light edge and corner wear with a faint crease and some darkening on the spine; no interior markings. Political assassination, communist agent's in Spain and a chase through the country. Book.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 125 pages. Subjects: English fiction. Crime. Genre: Fiction. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 125 pages. Subjects: English fiction. Crime. Genre: Fiction. 1 Kg.

1st Penguin edition. Green & White Penguin no.1140. Pages yellowed with age, spine a little bumped and worn; binding tight; a good reading copy. Used - Very Good. Good paperback Used - Very Good. Good paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise, this is a clean, tight copy. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK. Book.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: VG++, Ink Inscr, Edge-Foxing. Dust Jacket Condition: G+, PC, Chips, Tears,Fade,Tape. 1st Edition. Thriller, set on the Dalmatian Coast. Jacket by Marina Hoffer. Expanded condition report/scan on request.

Condition: Used - Good. Good paperback. 1st Penguin printing; Penguin Crime 1140. Pages & spine yellowed; front cover foxed; spine a little worn Used - Good. Good paperback.

1140. Condition: vg. 1st Penguin 1140 1956 edition 1st printing paperback, vg In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

1140. Condition: fine. 1st Penguin 1140 1956 edition paperback, fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

1140. Condition: vg++. Penguin 1st edition 1140 1956 paperback, vg++ In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin,1956. 1st Penguin ed. Soft cover. [127] p. Very Good: a very sound and neat copy. Owner's bookplate on ffep. A tense thriller written in a spare and effective style which has been compared to Hemingway, taking place during a hot Madrid summer. just after World War II.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. First paperback edition. Originally published in hard covers by Heinemann in 1953. Browning to the white panel on the spine which has a little edge rubbing and small closed tears at the bottom. Light browning to the white panels on the covers. Browning to the insides of the covers with the previous owner's name in pen to the inside of the front cover. Small pen mark on the first page and the pages are browned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. First printing.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Penguin edition. 127pp, the paper browning a little with age, green and white softback covers, with a couple of small marks. Internally clean. Crime - murder in Madrid.

Super 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.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Vintage Penguin First Edition. #1140. The Short Weekend in the Penguin edition is T.S. Strachanâs taut, quietly unsettling crime novel built around a brief holiday that turns sharply away from relaxation. What begins as a coupleâs attempt to escape routine becomes a tense study of suspicion, shifting loyalties and the way small choices can spiral into danger. Strachan keeps the narrative tight and economical, focusing on atmosphere, psychological pressure and the slow reveal of motives rather than overt melodrama. The result is a compact, character-driven mystery that uses its short timespan to heighten unease and momentum.…

paperback. Condition: Good. paperback.

8vo, 205pp. A very good hardback copy in edgeworn, price-clipped dust jacket. Some foxing. Repair tape on inside of jacket. Dust jacket designed by Marina Hoffer.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Quarto with brown pictorial paper wraps and black spine; 137 pages; illustrations; appendices; 28cm. "This report covers technical progress on the Advanced Pulsed Power Research Program (APP) during the first quarter of FY '81. The overall objective of this program is to develop cost-effective, scalable pulsed power technology to support research in the simulation of soft X-rays produced by exo-atmospheric detonation of nuclear weapons. In pursuit of this objective we have developed a conceptual design for a large accelerator, called ROULETTE, which would produce a 50 TW, 2 MV, 25 MA, 100 ns output pulse. This accelerator would be used for research in intense plasma radiator sources. The principal objective of te FY '81 APP program is to build and test on module of ROULETTE. This module, called EAGLE, is presently under construction." --Introductory abstract. Includes updates on progress of EAGLE's construction, and construction of an insulator for EAGLE, work on the OWL generator, and the Alternate Generator Study. Three technical publications are also reproduced and included as appendices. Unclassified Defense Nuclear Agency report. Very good; wraps show a bit of wear; pages are clean and binding tight.…

1957 1st edition, tightly bound in red cloth with silver lettering to spine; front panel lightly creased. Dust jacket not price-clipped and protected by removable clear film; wear, tear and losses to edges and corners - large loss to top front edge. Page fore-edges yellowed. Internally, owner's name on front free endpaper; several grubby marks to pages; otherwise, a good, readable copy. Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket.…

Paperback. Condition: VG. 1st Thus. Owners label on title page. (anr copy, nrVG £3.75) (anr 2 copies, VG- £3.25) (anr copy, G++ £3).

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back publishers scarlet cloth with gilt titles to spine. 190 pp novel. Name to front paste down, corners sharp and tight and in Nr. Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

Condition: DISCRETO USATO. Complete unabridged INGLESE Brossura illustrata ed ingiallita dal tempo mostrante segni di usura da scaffale ai margini con abrasioni agli stessi e piccoli strappi al dorso. Segno a matita al frontespizio. Pagine fruibili anche se ingiallite dal tempo in particolare ai tagli. Numero "1140" della collana "Complete unabridged". Volume in lingua inglese. Numero pagine.…

Paperback. Condition: Poor. Pages tanned with foxing to edges, sewn binding a little slack, previous owner's name on half-title page; cover rather worn, marked, tanned, and generally scruffy-looking, glue has partially failed but cover is still attached.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1956 Penguin Paperback 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good clean tight binding with classic crime cover.

1957 1st edition, tightly bound in cherry red cloth with silver lettering to spine. Dust jacket not price-clipped and protected by removable clear sleeve; light wear to edges - especially top - and corners. Some discolouration spots to page fore-edge; outer pages slightly yellowed; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.…

Paperback. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Quarto with brown pictorial paper wraps and black spine; approx 180 pages; illustrations; appendices; 28cm. Quarterly Report for Period 1/ February 1981-30 April 1981 - 15 June 1981. PIQR-1367-6. "This report covers technical progress on the Advanced Pulsed Power Research Program (APP) during the first quarter of '81. The overall objective of ths program is to develop cost-effective, scalable pulsed power technology to support research in the simulation of soft X-rays produced by the exo-atmospheric detonation of nuclear weapons." --Abstract Unclassified Defense Nuclear Agency report, prepared for the director of the Agency. Very good (+) to near fine (-); some light shelfwear to wraps; prior owner name on front of wraps.…

Condition: Poor. Aged and used copy. Tanning inside, generlaly the book feels tired, remains fine to read/reference.

1st ed. thus card covers Nice copy small octavo 126pp., First Penguin edition [1140] Penguin green crime. Nice tight copy with a nice spine. Internally very clean & bright.