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 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.