Scoop Behind Screen (19 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. 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.…

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Unknown. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

ISBN 0-06-039031-X. Hardback. First U.S. Printing. Very Good condition book in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. $13.95 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket. Copy Two.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 1st US edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. About fine in lightly used dust jacket, spine lightly sunned. Introduction by Julian Symons. Written by 8 of the most eminent of crime writers: Christie, Sayers, E.C. Bentley, A. Berkeley, R. Knox, F.W. Crofts, Hugh Walpole, and Clemence Dane. two novellas collaboratively written by members of the Detection Club in the early 1930s. The novellas were broadcast as weekly serials on the BBC with the scripts published later. Book. …

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition thus (preceded by the 1983 hardcover release, originally published as separate serials in 1930-1931 in the U.K. magazine "The Listener", first printing of a near fine softcover with some wear to the extremities, and pages toning. Eight members of the famed 1930s Detection Club corroborate on two mystery stories, including Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers. This paperback edition is quite scarce.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Unclipped dust jacket protected by archival mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.S. Edition. Small close tear to DJ top of back cover. Some wear along the DJ edges and tips along with several tiny open/close tears. Small open tear at bottom front tip. Minor discoloration to pages. Minor wear to the edges and tips of the book itself. Some rubbing wear to DJ covers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine dj. 1st U.S. edition. [minor shelfwear only, one-time owner's name plus date & place of purchase and brief note in ink at top of front endpaper; the jacket is bright and clean, flawless but for a tiny bit of wear at the spine ends]. Two mystery novellas, written in collaboration by the members of the Detection Club -- Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Hugh Walpole, E.C. Bentley, Anthony Berkeley, Clemence Dane, Ronald Knox, and Freeman Wills Crofts -- originally composed for radio broadcast in 1930, but not published in book form until the 1980s (by Gollancz in the U.K., just before this U.S. edition). "The Scoop," a murder tale set in a newspaper office, was plotted in outline form before the writers set to work; "Behind the Screen," by contrast, "was approached more in the spirit of a game: Walpole launched the story entirely on his own; Christie and Sayers continued as they fancied, each where her predecessor left off; and only the last three authors consulted together on how to unravel the clues presented by the first three -- in other words, they themselves had to solve a mystery." Introduction by Julian Symons, who gives a brief history of the Detection Club itself. Illustrated by (dj design) George Corsillo (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. Both the book bound in red boards and the yellow dust jacket are clean, bright & unmarked. Like New. States: "Second impression February 1983". L6.95 net on the flap.

Paperback. Condition: Fair.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover with dustjacket. No notes or highlight. Very minimal shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. 'Two short detective stories written in the early thirties for broadcast serialization now appearing for the first time in volume form.' Eight crimewriters, namely E.C. Bentley, Anthony Berkeley, Agatha Christie; Freeman Wills Crofts, Clemence Dan, Ronald Knows, Dorothy L. Sayers and Hugh Walpole collaborating to produce these two short novels. Jacket edges are creased. Board spine ends are bumped. Boards are clean, binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.…