Basle Express by Coles Manning (35 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Doubleday and Company, Garden City, NY. 1956. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O information on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good; light bumping to head and tail; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Very Good; missing small piece at head; light wear to tail and tips. Green buckram boards and spine with light green lettering on the spine. Clean internals. Tinted textblock top edge. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 190 pp 8vo. British Intelligence agent Tommy Hambledon had the mistaken notion when he arrived at Innsbruck that he had left behind all connections with Herr Bastien, who had been shot in the railway compartment they shared on the Anglo-Swiss Express. But when he was commanded by a belligerent Austrian taxi driver to disrobe, and then forced at gunpoint to hike barefoot over the Alps, Hambledon ruefully decided that his vacation was over. With the help of a horse-faced English tourist--and over the opposition of some escaped lunatics, an enormously stout gentleman with a feather in his hat, a village idiot, and a Communist named Medeski--Tommy Hambledon unravels this gripping and intrigue-ridden international mystery. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. light rubbing to edges of boards, dj slightly stained, dj in new protective dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.…

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

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. Smaller creases in the covers. Musky smell. Priority shipping available on this item. ***No international shipping.

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

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. (mystery, crime, fiction) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A little wear to the edges. Two creases across the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. VG in hardback, no marks or tears, sq. corners. DJ has minimal shelf wear. A mystery set in central Europe. 190 pgs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. hardback book in very good+ condition,DJ is fair,front panel separated.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Abridged Edition. Pages browning. Fold on front cover; fragile. Some wear and a few rips. Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club. Green buckram with yellow lettering. Light rub to head and heel of spine and tips of corners. Upper corners bumped. Text is clean and bright, no marks. DJ shows edgewear, small chips and tears head. Wonderful cover art by Herb Taus. "British Intelligence agent Tommy Hambledon had the mistaken notion when he arrived at Innsbruck that he had left behind all connections with Herr Bastien, who had been shot in the railway compartment they shared on the Anglo-Swiss Express. But when he was commanded by a belligerent Austrian taxi driver to disrobe, and then forced at gunpoint to hike barefoot over the Alps, Hambledon ruefully decided that his vacation was over." (from the jacket).…

Condition: Very Good. Doubleday and Company New York 1956 8vo. 190 pages. black cloth boards lightly soiled. corners lightly bumped. creasing to top edge of dust jacket with large tear to fold of front and inside flap.

HARDCOVER. Condition: VERY GOOD+. NO JACKET. BOOK CLUB. USA: DOUBLEDAY, 1956. BOOK CLUB. VERY GOOD+/NO JACKET. USA: DOUBLEDAY, 1956. BOOK CLUB. VERY GOOD+/NO JACKET. USA: DOUBLEDAY, 1956. BOOK CLUB. VERY GOOD+/NO JACKET. Doubleday, USA, 1956, hardcover, probable bookclub edition, very good+ book, no jacket, not remainder marked or library, unmarked, mylar cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition Stated. With light foxing, else fine. A crisp, clean copy.

hardback. Condition: Fine. NY (Doubleday) (1956). Book Club ed. Fine in worn dust wrapper.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. VG, Shelfwear, foxing, browning/G, Price-clipped, edgewear, chips, tears, perforations, abrasion, foxing, browning. Thriller. Expanded condition report/digital photo on request.

Condition: Fair. 1965. 1965 Reprint. 160 pages. White and green pictorial paperback. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Water marks to page edges and corners. Paper cover is moderately rub worn and thumbed with noticeable shelf wear to edges and corners, creases to corners and spine. Light tanning to spine and edges.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Book Club edition. (mystery, espionage, fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 190 pages. A spy adventure featuring agent Tommy Hambledon. Manning Coles was the pseudonym of two British writers, Adelaide Frances Oke Manning, and Cyril Henry Coles. Clean copy. Record # 472389.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. A good ex-library reading copy, missing front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood condition, book club edition, deckled pages, bumped tips, some wear and tear to dustjacket, 8vo, 190 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Condition: Collectible - Good. Hardcover edition.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (mystery fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: In archival mylar. Book Club Edition, DJ with wear to corners and edges, now protected in archival mylar. 1956 copyright edition, green boards and spine intact. Tanning, no markings to deckle edged pages and fly-leaf pages. Tracking available on most domestic orders.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt on spine. Minor book club marking in fron. Dust jacket is price unclipped and unfaded but has small gaps at spine ends and top corner of rear panel, in a clear film protective sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: With All Faults (W.A.F.). No Dustjacket. First Edition. 191 pages. No dustjacket. Ex-Boots library with sticker to front, marks to flyleaf. dull red, faded spine titles, 5cm split to bottom rear outer hinge, binding WEAK. A rough reading copy only.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book Club Edition. Green covering with yellow lettering on the spine. Dust jacket somewhat darkened spine area , tiny rubs to the corners, two closed tears 1/4 inch on cover. A spy adventure featuring agent Tommy Hambledon. Manning Coles was the pseudonym of two British writers, Adelaide Frances Oke Manning, and Cyril Henry Coles.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. Abridged Edition. n.d., circa 1957. VG- in red pictorial wraps with white & black lettering & cover art by Emsh. Mystery, Digest Paperback.