ISBN: 9780575018570 - Mysterious Commission (14 results)

Condition: FINE. First printing. The first novel in a new series featuring portrait artist Charles Honeybath. He "is offered twice his standard fee if he will agree to pend a fortnight in the country, at a place unspecified, painting the portrait of a client who must remain unidentified. Whereupon he is drawn into an extremely bizarre, and for some people fatal, adventure." 192 pp. Fine in red boards in a fine example of the distinctive Gollancz yellow dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good hardcover with dust jacket. The text is clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows minor rubbing, scuffing. Dust jacket has a corner cut out. Previous owner's inscription is on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 192 Pages. The jacket is a little shelf rubbed. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, inscriptions on the early pages. Clean and complete. Tightly bound. [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; 192p. ; 21cm. Genre: Fiction -- Novel -- Thriller -- Detective -- Mystery. Series: Gollancz Detection. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; 192p. ; 21cm. Genre: Fiction -- Novel -- Thriller -- Detective -- Mystery. Series: Gollancz Detection. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Possibly ex library with some biro numbers and 'scraped' pieces (removal of old bookplates?) to ffep. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of classic Gollancz yellow jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, slight lean, no personal inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for ex library. 192pp. Portrait painter, Charles Honeybath, is intrigued when he is visited by a mysterious Mr Peach and is commissioned to paint an anonymous, aristocratic sitter known only as 'Mr X', whom relatives claim is insane. Under cover of night, Honeybath is taken to the house and asked to stay while he completes his work, but when he returns to his studio, he discovers that the bank next door has been robbed and that he is under suspicion! John Innes Mackintosh Stewart (1906-94), was a Scottish novelist and academic. He is equally well known for the works of literary criticism and contemporary novels published under his real name and for the crime fiction, featuring his Detective Inspector John Appleby, published under the pseudonym of Michael Innes. Many devotees of the Innes books were unaware of his other identity, and vice versa. Quite scarce. …

1st. Edn. 192pp. A near fine copy in near fine unclipped wrapper.

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192p ; 21cm. Genre: Fiction - Novel - Detective & mystery. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192p ; 21cm. Genre: Fiction - Novel - Detective & mystery. 1 Kg. …

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. Gollancz Detection Thriller, Postage will be reduced for this book. ; 200 x 130mm; 192 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, creasing and chipping to top and bottom of classic Gollancz yellow jacket and spine, corners bruised and rubbed, some foxing to page fore edges. Not price clipped (£1.90), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 192pp. Portrait painter, Charles Honeybath, is intrigued when he is visited by a mysterious Mr Peach and is commissioned to paint an anonymous, aristocratic sitter, known only as 'Mr X', whom relatives claim is insane. Under cover of night Honeybath is taken to the house and asked to stay while he completes his work, but when he returns to his studio, he discovers that the bank next door has been robbed and that he is under suspicion! John Innes Mackintosh Stewart (1906-94), was a Scottish novelist and academic. He is equally well known for the works of literary criticism and contemporary novels published under his real name and for the crime fiction, featuring his detective Inspector John Appleby, published under the pseudonym of Michael Innes. Many devotees of the Innes books were unaware of his other identity, and vice versa. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. No signatures. Some foxing to top page edges. A little fading to dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; Review copy slip from the publisher loosely included, "To be published on / Thursday 7 November / Copies for the trade will be despatched on / Tuesday 15 October 1974." 192 pages. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 195 x 126mm. Crime fiction, a novel. "Michael Innes is never happier - nor are his readers - than when his detective is delving into the art world." - from dust-jacket blurb. "Charles Honeybath stood in his big north window and surveyed the London street." - the opening sentence.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. NO JACKET. Hardback 1974. Spine is slightly faded but the lettering is bright. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref H16.

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