Short Weekend by Strachan (21 results)

Condition: Good. Penguin 1953 Binding: Hardcover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Printing. 127 pp. Penguin Book 1140. Light edge and corner wear with a faint crease and some darkening on the spine; no interior markings. Political assassination, communist agent's in Spain and a chase through the country. Book.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 125 pages. Subjects: English fiction. Crime. Genre: Fiction. 1 Kg.

1st Penguin edition. Green & White Penguin no.1140. Pages yellowed with age, spine a little bumped and worn; binding tight; a good reading copy. Used - Very Good. Good paperback Used - Very Good. Good paperback.

Condition: Used - Good. Good paperback. 1st Penguin printing; Penguin Crime 1140. Pages & spine yellowed; front cover foxed; spine a little worn Used - Good. Good paperback.

1140. Condition: vg. 1st Penguin 1140 1956 edition 1st printing paperback, vg In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

1140. Condition: fine. 1st Penguin 1140 1956 edition paperback, fine In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

1140. Condition: vg++. Penguin 1st edition 1140 1956 paperback, vg++ In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 125 pages. Subjects: English fiction. Crime. Genre: Fiction. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin,1956. 1st Penguin ed. Soft cover. [127] p. Very Good: a very sound and neat copy. Owner's bookplate on ffep. A tense thriller written in a spare and effective style which has been compared to Hemingway, taking place during a hot Madrid summer. just after World War II.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. First paperback edition. Originally published in hard covers by Heinemann in 1953. Browning to the white panel on the spine which has a little edge rubbing and small closed tears at the bottom. Light browning to the white panels on the covers. Browning to the insides of the covers with the previous owner's name in pen to the inside of the front cover. Small pen mark on the first page and the pages are browned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. First printing.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Vintage Penguin First Edition. #1140. The Short Weekend in the Penguin edition is T.S. Strachanâs taut, quietly unsettling crime novel built around a brief holiday that turns sharply away from relaxation. What begins as a coupleâs attempt to escape routine becomes a tense study of suspicion, shifting loyalties and the way small choices can spiral into danger. Strachan keeps the narrative tight and economical, focusing on atmosphere, psychological pressure and the slow reveal of motives rather than overt melodrama. The result is a compact, character-driven mystery that uses its short timespan to heighten unease and momentum.…

paperback. Condition: Good. paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Penguin edition, 1956. Penguin book number 1140. Original green banded wrappers slightly age-browned, otherwise VG. Pages age-browned, but very clean & tight. No inscriptions. 127 pages. Photo and biography of author on rear cover.

Paperback. Condition: VG. 1st Thus. Owners label on title page. (anr copy, nrVG £3.75) (anr 2 copies, VG- £3.25) (anr copy, G++ £3).

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back publishers scarlet cloth with gilt titles to spine. 190 pp novel. Name to front paste down, corners sharp and tight and in Nr. Fine condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

Condition: DISCRETO USATO. Complete unabridged INGLESE Brossura illustrata ed ingiallita dal tempo mostrante segni di usura da scaffale ai margini con abrasioni agli stessi e piccoli strappi al dorso. Segno a matita al frontespizio. Pagine fruibili anche se ingiallite dal tempo in particolare ai tagli. Numero "1140" della collana "Complete unabridged". Volume in lingua inglese. Numero pagine.…

Paperback. Condition: Poor. Pages tanned with foxing to edges, sewn binding a little slack, previous owner's name on half-title page; cover rather worn, marked, tanned, and generally scruffy-looking, glue has partially failed but cover is still attached.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1956 Penguin Paperback 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good clean tight binding with classic crime cover.

Condition: Poor. Aged and used copy. Tanning inside, generlaly the book feels tired, remains fine to read/reference.

1st ed. thus card covers Nice copy small octavo 126pp., First Penguin edition [1140] Penguin green crime. Nice tight copy with a nice spine. Internally very clean & bright.