Poison by Rhode John (6 results)

Softcover. Condition: Good Minus. Paperback, 6.5 in. x 4.5 in., pp. 226, [2] (advertising). Rubbing to edges and spine edges and light creases to covers and spine. Age-toning to pages. Unmarked interior. End advertising includes full page request that the buyer purchases U.S. War Bonds. Classic cover art is unattributed.

paperback, 252,(4)pp, pages browning, text clean and sound, old glued repairs to inner hinges, spine slightly cocked; Good condition in browning outer wrapper, frayed at spine ends, owner's name on front panel.

Condition: Fair. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. 1st edition. Sm 8vo hardcover. Yellow cloth. 250pp. Fair book. No dust jacket. Covers soiled. Spine slanted. Endpages cut out. Front dj flap tipped in on front pastedown, front jacket panel tipped in on rear pastedown. Several page corners creased. (Detectives, Mystery) Inquire if you need further information.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Second Impression. Second impression, hard cover, (no jacket), in acceptable condition. John Rhode was the pseudonym used by Cecil John Charles Street, OBE, MC, to pen a series of novels, the majority of which feature the academic Dr. Priestley, Notable shelf and handling wear to boards and pageblock, including tanning, marked discolouration and blemishes, and wear to edges and corners. Partial paper split at front pastedown hinge and gutterbreaks noted at pages 32-33 and 192-193. Within, pages remain securely bound, and despite blemishes and foxing present at intervals throughout, the text is clear, CN. Used.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American edition. 8vo. Yellow cloth with black lettering. Edges a little darkened, a couple of very small bumps and softened cloth at the head and foot of the spine, book clean throughout save for a very faint lending library stamp on the paste down endpaper and light thumbing and spotting to a few pages, in a price intact dust jacket with a few pieces of clear tape to the inside edges, sunned spine and a few small chips, with shallow chipping to head of the spine. Dust jacket design by Haber Stroh.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's yellow cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in black, yellow topstain; [6],250pp. A hint of shelf wear, spine slightly cocked, small bump to top edge of rear cover, else a Very Good, bright and sound copy, albeit lacking the scarce dust jacket. A Red Badge Detective novel. Both a locked room and a country house mystery novel featuring armchair detective Lancelot Priestley. Perhaps it's just as well this copy lacks the dust jacket: Dorothy Sayers complained in her review that the jacket gave away the solution.