Case Book by Allingham Margery (56 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.33.

Condition: Good. Good condition. 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: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd impression August 1969, ex-library with usual stamps and marks.D/W in plastic library sleeve, some marks on back, not price-clipped.Book brown boards, has very little reading wear, contents clean and bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. 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 Minus. No Jacket. Good copy with "ADVANCE PROOF" paperwork glued to front cover. endpapers and first few pages have a rusty mark at top from old paperclip. Book has minor wear and soiling.

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. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair - Cash. No Jacket. Heavier surface and edge wear. The corners have been bumped. Some fraying to the cover in the corners. Previous owner's name inside. The hinges are broken. The netting is exposed in the front gutter. Pages show reader wear, a few pages have soiling. The bottom corner and part of the bototm edge of the first two pages have been cut off. The binding is a little loose, but the pages are secure. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Book Club edition. 3 books in 1! Dampstained. (Vintage Mystery, Mysteries).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover Book with Jacket in a mylar cover.

Condition: Fair. 1974. Second Printing. 224 pages. Paperback book. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Mild wear to spine, cover edges and corners. Notable sunning to spine, with soiling, staining and creasing to covers and spine. Small scuff to front.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: Good. 1969. 221 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over pink cloth. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Tanning to spine and edges. Dust jacket attached to boards and protected by plastic wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket. Shelf and handling wear to DJ, including wear to edges and corners, several very small open tears at edge, fading and tanning, notably the spine. Pages well bound, content unmarked. CN. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Photograph available on request.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust Wrappers designed by Philip Youngman Carter (illustrator). First edition. The first and first U.K. editions of four crime novels by so-called 'Queen of Crime' Margery Allingham, with the original dust wrappers. The first edition, first impression of The Tiger in the Smoke (1952), Cargo of Eagles (1968), and The Allingham Case-Book(1969), and the first U.K. edition, first impression of The China Governess (1963), first published in New York, c. 1962.The Tiger in the Smoke, The China Governess, and Cargo of Eaglesin the original unclipped dust wrapper, and The Allingham Case-Book in the original clipped wrapper. Each wrapper designed by Allingham's husband, Philip Youngman Carter.This edition of The Allingham Case-Book with the dust wrapper, scarce. These editions of The Tiger in the Smoke and The China Governesswith the dust wrapper, uncommon.Margery Allingham is an English crime fiction novelist who is often dubbed one of the four 'Queens of Crime', along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Ngaio Marsh. She is most famous for her Campion novels which follow the antics of Albert Campion, a somewhat unorthodox detective character. This set includes three of Allingham's Campion novels, namely The Tiger in the Smoke, The China Governess, and The China Governess in addition to The Allingham Case-Book of 18 mystery short stories. Cargo of Eagles was completed by Allingham's husband after her death and features a vignette map of the fictional region of Saltey on pp. 8-9. In the original publisher's cloth binding, all in the original unclipped dust wrappers, 'Case-Book' in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spines, a little heavier to the head of the spine of 'Tiger in the Smoke', and very light bumping to the extremities of 'Cargo of Eagles' and 'Tiger in the Smoke'. Fading to the head of the spine of 'Tiger in the Smoke', a touch of discolouration to the tail of the front board of 'Cargo of Eagles'. Textblock of 'Cargo of Eagles' is cocked. Small patch of dampstaining to the tail of the boards of 'Tiger in the Smoke', lighter to the paste downs. Gift inscription to the recto of the front endpaper of 'Tiger in the Smoke'. Edge wear to the dust wrappers, resulting in a few small closed tears, heavier to the 'Tiger in the Smoke', with a larger chip to the head of the spine. A closed tear to tail of spine of 'China Governess'. Repair to the reverse of the head of the spine of 'China Governess', with a small tidemark to the reverse of the tail of the spine. Wraps are a little age-toned, in particular to the spines, heavier to 'Tiger in the Smoke'. Spine of 'Case-Book' is sunned. Light handling marks to the wraps, with spots to the reverse of the wrap of 'Tiger in the Smoke'. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few spots to pages 70-74 and 84-92 of 'Cargo of Eagles'. Very Good. book.

First Edition. (New York: The American Mercury/Jonathan Press 1947). First US Edition. A Digest Trade Paperback originally offered at 25 cents. A collection of short stories following Allingham's serial detective Albert Campion. These digest-magazine sized original collections have become quite difficult to find. No darkening to the spine (as usually found), the usual discoloration of the paper (due to the poor quality of paper used). Clean smooth and unmarked. No reading crease to the spine. Fragile cover. A nicer copy than normally seen. A former owner has unnecessarily applied a strip of tape reinforcement at the base of the spine. Still overall a VG+ copy. Seven stories and an introduction by the legendary Ellery Queen. Photographs/scans available upon request.

First Edition. (New York: The American Mercury/Jonathan Press 1947). First US Edition. A Trade Paperback. Very Good/no dustwrapper (as issued). A collection of short stories following Allingham's serial detective Albert Campion. These digest-magazine sized original collections have become quite difficult to find. This copy has a darkened spine (although the lettering is still clear), light rubbing and the usual discoloration of the paper (due to the poor quality of paper used). Seven stories and an introduction by the legendary Ellery Queen. Photographs/scans available upon request.

First edition. A posthumous collection of short stories containing eighteen stories, half of them about Albert Campion or Charlie Luke 8vo., sometime finely bound by Bayntun-Riviere in half red morocco, lettered in gilt on spine with gilt handcuff centre tool in final panel, top edge gilt. A handsome volume. Margery Allingham was considered one of its four "Queens of Crime" from the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Ngaio Marsh. Her character, the gentleman sleuth, Albert Campion, was initially believed to be a parody of Dorothy L. Sayers's detective Lord Peter Wimsey. Campion, however, matured into a strongly individual character, part-detective, part-adventurer, who formed the basis for 18 novels and many short stories.