Act Passion by Simenon Georges (32 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. For forty years Charles Alavoine has sleepwalked through his life. Growing up as a good boy in the grip of a domineering mother, he trains as a doctor, marries, opens a medical practice in a quiet country town, and settles into an existence of impeccable bourgeois conformity. And yet at unguarded moments this model family man is haunted by a sense of emptiness and futility. Then, one night, laden with Christmas presents, he meets Martine. It is time for the sleeper to awake.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. For forty years Charles Alavoine has sleepwalked through his life. Growing up as a good boy in the grip of a domineering mother, he trains as a doctor, marries, opens a medical practice in a quiet country town, and settles into an existence of impeccable bourgeois conformity. And yet at unguarded moments this model family man is haunted by a sense of emptiness and futility. Then, one night, laden with Christmas presents, he meets Martine. It is time for the sleeper to awake.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Main.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback Original (PBO). Orig. published in France in 1952 under the title, Lettre à,Mon Juge,'' this is the First Printing (Feb.1953 of the First mass market paperback edition from Signet (#993), in 144 pages. Condition is VG: quite clean, binding strong & straight, pages heavily tanned but completely unmarked. A tad of light creasing to exterior & mild rubbing to extremities. Nicely protected in Free mylar collector bag. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…

Condition: Good. 1965. Published in Penguin Books. 217 pages. Illustrated paper cover with lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Condition: very_good. Book is in very good condition and may include minimal underlining highlighting. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Condition: good. Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service.

Condition: Good. 1965. No Edition Stated. 216 pages. Paperback book. Clean pages. Notable tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and tear to spine, cover edges and corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges, with minor soiling all over.

Condition: Good. 1965. First Edition Thus. 216 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Condition: good. Fast Free Shipping â" Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. 217pp - covers slightly rubbed and soiled/creased - slight wear and chipping to cover edges and hinges - edges of text block slightly foxed - 2245 - Romek Marber cover.

Paperback. first edition. 993 almost near fine paperback.

Condition: Fair. 1953. First Edition Thus. 224 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth boards with lettering. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Moderate water staining to top edges textblock. Flaps stuck to pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Flaps have been cut thinner. Visible wear marks to spine and panels. Jacket is laminated.…

Softcover. 1st Penguin Edition. 12mo [approx 11x18cm]. Very Good condition. Translated by Louise Varese. [Penguin Books 2245]. Cover drawing by Romek Marber. Previous owner's signature to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 217 pages. The whole book is cast in the form of a long, pathetic letter addressed from prison to the examining magistrate in a murder case. Charles Alavoine, a doctor from the Vendee who has strangled his mistress, stuggles to explain just why he was forced to "kill the thing he loves".…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Price marking, some blemishing and page before title page missing. Dust jacket considerably worn, first American edition. Category: Fiction.

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Condition: Used - Good. Good paperback. Spine creased; lower corner of a few pages creased; otherwise a clean, tidy copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. First Translated Edition. First translated edition hardcover in good condtion, with unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition. Jacket is marked and sunned, and edges and folds are creased and torn. Board corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed, and spine is cocked. Page block, page edges, pastedowns and endpapers are tanned. Binding remains sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.…

Routledge & Keagan Paul. London. 1953. First edition, UK. Hardback, no DW. Original light blue cloth with red lettering to spine. Spine sunned with minor wear to extremities. Ownership stamp to front endpaper and endpapers are browned otherwise a clean and sound copy.

First Edition. Translated From the French - Lettre a Mon Juge - by Louise Varese. No jacket. Grey covers with maroon lettering - spine a little marked but generally VG.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good in Wraps: shows light wear to the extremities; an extremely faint crease near the top of the front panel; the expected tanning to the text pages due to aging; faint dampstaining along the backstrip and hinge area of the rear panel; the binding leans but remains secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing moderate wear and the noted minor imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo (7.15 x 4.3 x 0.35 inches) . Translated by Louise Varese from the French "Lettre a mon Juge". Language: English. Weight: 3.6 ounces. The classic cover art is, alas, unattributed. Signet 993. Mass Market Paperback. Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (1903 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Commissaire Jules Maigret, who appears in 75 novels and 28 short stories. The first novel in the series, Pietr-le-Letton, was serialized in 1930 and appeared in book form in 1931; the last one, Maigret and Monsieur Charles, was published in 1972. The Maigret novels were translated into all major languages and several of them were turned into films and radio plays. Three films were made in the late 1950s and early 1960s, starring Jean Gabin: Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case; Maigret Sets A Trap; and Margret Sees Red. For forty years Charles Alavoine sleepwalks through his life. Obedient to his domineering mother's wishes, he trains as a doctor, takes a plain unassuming wife, opens a medical practice in a quiet country town, and settles into an existence of impeccable bourgeois conformity. After his first wife dies in labor, he remarries; children arrive; he becomes a family man and a cornerstone of the community. And yet at unguarded moments Charles is haunted by a sense of emptiness and futility, by the suspicion that real life is elsewhere. Looking for answers in his past, he spends more and more time recalling his depressive, suicidal father, and a youthful rendezvous with a prostitute who for a few hours gave him "the sensation of infinity. "Then, one night at a provincial railway station, laden with Christmas presents for his wife and children, he encounters Martine, an enigmatic young woman helplessly adrift in the world. Their ensuing liaison precipitates a spiritual awakening in Alavoineand sets the stage for his tragic disintegration. Like Camus's The Fall, Georges Simenon's thriller is at once a devastating personal confession and an indictment of modern society's empty and deadening moral codes. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 151 pages.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket. First Edition. (Varese, Louise, translated by): Act of Passion (London: Routledge Kegan Paul 1953). First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 10s 6d net to the inside flap. pp224. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine, illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy (with offsetting to both sets of end-papers) in a VG+ complete dustwrapper with the red spine lettering faded to pink. Photographs/scans available upon request.…

ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN LONDON 1953 224 pages with dust jacket ORIGINALEINBAND - ORIGINAL PUBLISHERS WRAPPERS. With the beautiful dust jacket - only minor small losses at corners +edges. Otherwise a very good (d/j) and near fine book. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact us always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First American paperback edition. INSCRIBED & dated in year of publication by Georges Simenon to his publisher Kurt Enoch, president of New American Library. Fine in pictorial printed wrappers. First rate association and rare as such. ; 4 1/2" X 7"; 144 pages.…