Bricklayers Arms by Rhode John (5 results)

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Clean red cloth on boards with black title. Light area of white staining from bleeding onto dj. Edges: moderate foxings. 1 cm closed split to title page fore-edge. Clean contents. Binding is VG albeit only slightly cocked. 192p Dj: red soiling from book; mild soiling elsewhere and rubbings. Spine: head & foot missing small sections, small splits & chips. Top-edge with small splits and chips. Head & foot of flaps spines with small wear & chips.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 1st edition; red cloth cover; a little wear to cloth on corners and rubbing to spine ends; slight tilting to spine; internally clean - no handwriting ie names or similar. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Some light foxing to the page-block edges otherwise a VG+ copy in like D/W with no price on the inside flap (probably an export copy). A nice copy. Fairly uncommon.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A scarce first edition of this detective story by John Rhode, in the very scarce original dust wrapper. The first edition of the work. In the original price clipped dust wrapper. Scarce, particularly in the original dust wrapper. Bricklayer's Arms is the forty first novel in Rhode's successful series of novels, featuring Lancelot Priestley, an Armchair Detective. The work was published in the US by Dodd Mead with the alternative title Shadow of a Crime. Bricklayer's Arms is unusual in that Priestley plays more of a backseat roll, with most of the plot focusing around Inspector Waghorn of Scotland Yard. A scarce copy of this detective novel, in the original scarce dust wrapper. In the original red cloth binding in the original price clipped dust wrapper. Externally in excellent condition with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is sound with significant repair and reinforcement to the reverse of the wrap. Section, approximately two inches long, is lacking to the rear of the wrap with archival paper in its place. Section of the spine has also been repaired with yellow archival paper. Dust wrapper is clipped. The odd mark and spot to the wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with marginal age toning due to paper used. Bookseller label to front pastedown. Very Good Indeed. book.

First Edition. Classic Dr. Priestley mystery - a motor cyclist is murdered beside a railway bridge. Name and date to front pastedown. Some msrks to covers including lightly penned name (see scans) otherwise VG in a Fine high quality facsimile dustjacket.