Published by Dover Publications, 1981
ISBN 10: 0486241653 ISBN 13: 9780486241654
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.5.
Published by Penguin Books, Ltd., 1954
Seller: Volunteer Paperbacks, Battle Creek, MI, U.S.A.
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 6th printing. Penguin 220. Very light wear along the edges of the wraps, a small spot on the back cover, and water spot on the front edge of the spine/front cover.
Published by Penguin Books, 1954
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Water staining, age-toning, wear. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. From a private collection. Green Penguin mass market paperback, 1954 printing, in rough shape. Complete and unabridged. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Paperback. 1939, very brittle pages, in a chipped d/w, fair paperback,
Published by Ljus, Stockholm, Sweden, 1945
Seller: The Book Exchange, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Soft cover. Condition: Good. See photos. Light fading to spine. Light creasing.
Published by Penguin, LONDON, 1939
Seller: susan emson, Cirencester, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. .Classic green Penguin crime no 220 .FIRST Edition .Edges tanned , pages faded .cover marked .Binding tight .
Published by A/B Ljus Förlag, Stockholm, 1945
Seller: Roland Antiquariat UG haftungsbeschränkt, Weinheim, Germany
Softcover/Paperback. 286 S. 286 S., kt. (1945). Einband nachgedunkelt und knickspurig, Ecken mit Klebeband verstärkt, private Widmung auf dem Vorsatz. Die Leseseiten sind sauber und ohne Anstreichungen. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.
Published by Penguin, London, 1939
Seller: valley books, Holton, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Paper Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Green bands Mystery & Crime no 220. Scarce.
Couverture souple. Condition: bon. RO60063801: 1954. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur frais. 186 pages. Premier plat illustré en couleurs. Etiquette de bibliothèque au dos. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne.
Published by Penguin, Middlesex, 1940
Seller: Compass Books, Devon, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Fair. Reprint. A green penguin. Book has shelf wear, with some darkening to covers, rubbing to corners and spine ends, grazing to hinges, and tanned pages. Psine is loose, and partially detached, but present, small areas of loss to head and foot of spine. Please contact for images.
Published by Gollancz, 1933
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
4th impression, May 1934. Red cloth with black lettering. Tet generally clean in firm binding; spine faded, with a little shelf-wear at head & foot Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).
Penguin Books. London. First reprint of the first edition of July 1939, printed in November of the same year. DW, worn and torn, lacking portions at tail of spine and along top edge, wax drips to front panel, front flap nearly separated from main body of wrapper. The book itself is very clean, apart from two wax drips to top corner of front free endpaper and pages are browned to margins, the spine is slightly creased and slightly nicked at tail. Scarce.
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1934
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. 4th Impression. Description: Red cloth. Language: English. Book Condition> Good: Light wear to corners, edges and spin ends. Sunned spine cloth. Wear to cloth. Minor damage to upper front corner. Tightly bound with age toned and lightly spotted intact endpapers with strong hinges. Book plate of Dennis Silk to front paste down. Inscription from 'JFB' to Dennis Silk. Aged toned pages and text block edges. DJ Condition> No DJ. 286pp. Size: 8vo 19cm by 12.5cm. Provenance: Dennis Silk & JBF. Provenance Background: DENNIS SILK - CBE (8 October 1931 - 19 June 2019 ) English first-class cricketer and a school headmaster Close friend of poet Siegfried Sassoon, about whom he wrote extensively 1990s chaired the Test and County Cricket Board Born in Eureka, California Silk's mother died when he was five, and the family returned to Britain Educated at Christ's Hospital, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he gained an MA in history and captained Cambridge University in 1955 Played first-class cricket for Somerset but gave priority to his teaching career Toured East Africa with the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1957 to 1958, and captained the MCC on tours to South America and US and Canada in 1959 and 1967 Retired from first-class cricket at the age of 29 Wrote two instructional books on playing cricket He was Chairman of the Test and County Cricket Board from 1994 to 1996, and also served as President of the MCC He was an Honorary Life Vice-President of the MCC from 2000 onwards Taught at Marlborough and Radley College, where he was Warden (headmaster) from 1968 to 1991 In this role he appeared prominently in the 1980 BBC documentary series, Public School Eric Anderson, who headed Shrewsbury (1975 1980) and Eton (1980 1994), regarded Silk as the best headmaster of his generation in England, for transforming Radley from what Anderson described as "a pretty ordinary place" to one of England's best public schools JBF: 'JFB' possible refers to either Jonathan F Bromley (History teacher and keen cricketer from Abington School) or JFB Lister (Sub Editor of the Abingdon School magazine).
Published by Collancz, London, 1934
Seller: Peakirk Books, Heather Lawrence PBFA, Sheringham, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Fourth Printing. Hardback in unfaded orange cloth boards; a couple of small nicks in the cloth at the top of spine; previous owners name on fep; foxing spots to blocked page edges; vg-; no d/w; ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Black boards and cocked, 1933
Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Black boards and cocked spine, the latter lettered in red; top front corners of boards have lost their sheen due to water damage. Internally some water stains around peripheries of end papers; free ones a little toned; a 2 mm crack down front gutter. Clean contents, sound binding.
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1933
Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
First Edition
Black Cloth Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1933. First edition. 286pp. John Cecil Masterman (1891-1977) was a noted academic, sportsman and author. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and also chairman of the Twenty Committee, which during the Second World War ran the Double-Cross System, controlling double agents in Britain. An Oxford Tragedy is his first novel. Set in the fictional Oxford college of St. Thomas's, it was written in the point of view of an Oxford don named Francis Wheatley Winn, who was Senior Tutor at St. Thomas'. He served as Watson to the novel's Sherlock Holmes, an amateur sleuth named Ernst Brendel, a Viennese lawyer "of European reputation". In the novel, Brendel delivers a series of lectures to the Law Faculty. He had a good reputation as a detective with the quality of "a man to whom secrets will be confided". When an unpopular tutor was found shot in the Dean's rooms, he took it upon himself to solve the crime, and the murderer thus exposed committed suicide. The novel itself was unusual for its time in providing an account of how murder affects the tranquil existence of Oxford dons. While it was a variation of the old theme of evil deeds done in a tranquil setting, it did establish the tradition of Oxford-based crime fiction, notably in the works of Michael Innes and Edmund Crispin. The book is bound in the original black cloth covered boards with red titling on the spine. The case of the book is in very good condition with shelf wear and some light soiling on the boards. The cloth on the corner tips is worn and the spine ends are bumped and the spine is slightly cocked. There is some fading down about 1" of the fore edge and on about 1/2" of the bottom edge of the front board with fading on about 1/2" of the top and fore edge of the rear board. The contents are tight and clean with partially repaired splitting down the spine gutter of the rear endpapers. There is no inscription.
Published by Victor Gollancz, 1933
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
First Edition
1st edition. 1st edition, 1st issue, in black cloth with red title on spine. Hinges cracked & repaired; page fore-edge a little yellowed & foxed; some wear to cloth, particularly at board corners & on spine Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).
Published by Victor Gollancz, London, 1933
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. black cloth. 286 pp. Spine cocked. Chafing to extremities. Interior age toned. Offsetting to ffep, foxing to rear endpapers. Facsimile dust jacket. A detective story but something much more: a portrait gallery of dons, depicted with the driest wit, and a delightful evocation of the Oxford atmosphere. The author is an Oxford don.
Published by V. Gollancz, ltd, 1933
Seller: Ed's Editions LLC, ABAA, West Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hard cover black cloth with red lettering on the spine. No dust jacket. Externally slightly rubbed but corners square and light soiling on the top edge. Internally book is clean and unmarked except previous owner's name penciled in on front free endpaper. Binding is sound with no breaks in the gutters. This a scarce title by the author and the precursor to the murder mystery in the Oxford University setting. NOT AN EX - LIBRARY copy. We package professionally and ship promptly. ABAA Member. *LO (RBR).
Published by Victor Gollancz, London, 1933
Seller: Offa's Dyke Books, LUDLOW, SALOP, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First edition, 8vo., [i-vi]+[7]8-286pp., owner inscribed in pencil '. 11/4/34', original black cloth, spine lettered in red, hinges split, spine loose, worn, frayed, front free endpaper browned, otherwise contents very good. No copy on the net and 3 in Copac - NLS, BL, Oxford, a rare first edition. Masterman (1891-1977) noted academic, sportsman & author, Tutor of Modern History in Christ Church and later Provost of Worcester College (1946-1961) and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1957-1958. Knighted in 1959. Best known as Chairman of the Twenty Committee which during WWII ran the Double Cross System, the ingenious scheme that controlled double agents in Britain. In 1933 he wrote a murder mystery novel entitled 'An Oxford Tragedy' set in the fictional Oxford College of St. Thomas . An unpopular tutor was found shot in the Dean's rooms and the hero takes it upon himself to solve the crime - the murderer exposed. The novel itself was quite unusual for its time in providing an account of how murder affects the tranquil existence of Oxford Dons. It established the tradition of Oxford based crime fiction, notably in the works of Michael Innes and Edmund Crispin [Wikipedia].
Published by Victor Gollancz, 1933
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
FIRST EDITION, pp. 286, crown 8vo, original black cloth, backstrip lettered in orange, slightly rubbed with lean to spine, a few spots to margins of free endpapers, dustjacket sometime stored separately (vertical crease to each panel), gently sunned to backstrip panel and to edges of front and rear panels, very good. Set in the fictional college of St. Thomas's, based on Christ Church where Masterman had been a history tutor and censor, the novel established a tradition of Oxford detective fiction continued by Michael Innes, Edmund Crispin, et al.
Published by Gollancz, London, 1933
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's black cloth with red spine lettering. A near fine copy in like D/W (priced 7/6 to the spine - as called for) with a slightly darkened spine. A nice copy of a RARE BOOK. A classic murder mystery.