Long Week by Patrick Doncaster (7 results)

1st ed. 1st edition, 1951. Pages a little browned; free end papers slightly foxed; dust jacket (very 50s, featuring a blonde with a gun) worn at edges with some chipping & small loss to back panel Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket Used - Very Good. VG hardback in Good dustjacket.

HB RED BOARDS VERY GOOD PP200 DW VERY GOO D8V0 The authorÕs second novel, a racy mystery.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The author's second novel, a mystery: Joe Casey as protagonist and, memorably, Dodo de Leon as femme fatale. Extremities evenly tanned, very good in dustwrapper. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Peter Rudland (illustrator). 1st Edition. (1951) 200pp 185x120mm original cloth with dust-jacket. Text block uniformly browned and some dusting to the spine and rear of the unprice-clipped dust-jacket, otherwise a very good copy of this author's first crime novel. With a striking jacket illustration by the artist Peter Rudland.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition 1951, Pages clean and bright ,Binding firm, Light wear to edges, Dust jacket unclipped. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, black title, author lettering and revolver to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 200 printed pages of text. Jut a hint of foxing to the end papers, without any ownership markings, corners sharp and pointed. Fine condition book, in superb Fine condition period artwork dust wrapper illustrated by Peter Rudland, spine colour not faded, not price clipped 4/6. Dust wrapper without any tears, chips or pieces of paper missing and supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. DETECTIVE | CRIME FICTION.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Peter Rudland (illustrator). First edition. A first edition of this mystery novel by British author and journalist, Frederick Patrick Doncaster. A first edition of this work, in original publisher's red cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Dated from Jisc, from copies held at The British Library. This work is British fiction writer Patrick Doncaster's second novel and his first mystery fiction novel. His first novel was the notable war-time piece entitled The Devil Held The Aces. This particular work follows Joe Casey, a newspaper reporter who is thrown into a work of mystery and murderous intent as he strives to find a "human story" for his paper. Doncaster draws on his own experiences working as a professional journalist in Fleet Street. In a striking dust wrapper by artist Peter Rudland. In original publisher's red cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Light bumping to head and tail of spine and the occasional mark to boards. Slight spotting to endpapers. Dust wrapper in very good condition, with the odd chip to the extremities. Slight sunning and a few marks to the wrap, mainly to the rear and the reverse. Slight spotting to the reverse of the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean with slight age toning and the odd mark, mainly to the first and last pages. Very Good Indeed. book.