Strange Inheritance by Georges Simenon (12 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A little light wear to the covers. Tanned pages.

Condition: Good. 1958. Reprinted. 206 pages. Illustrated paper cover with lettering. Great Pan Edition G128 with unabridged textblock. 2'6 price on front cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1958. First Pan Edition. 205 pages. Paperback book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1958. First edition thus. 205 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. First English edition in poor condition. No jacket, tea/coffee mark on front panel, faded spine. The book is slant, with the front cover set forward. No problem with text pages.

Original Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. First UK edition. Translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury. The boards have a large patch of discolouration over the bottom half of the front panel which also has some small stains to the top half. Very heavy fading to the spine which has slight fraying at the top and bottom. The rear panel has a little surface marking and the boards have rubbing to the corners. The page edges are a little browned with a few scattered spots. The endpapers are browned and there is a two inch stain on page 11 but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. No jacket. First printing.

Routledge & Keagan Paul. London. 1950. First edition, UK. Hardback, no DW. Original green cloth with black lettering to spine. Boards are lightly soiled, and spine is sunned and has a very slight lean otherwise a lovely clean and sound copy.

Hardback, 190mm x 124mm green cloth boards, black titles, first thus, 222pp. Fair/NoWrapper. Previous owner's name. Book has been well read, exterior bumped, scuffed and faded with some stains, block edges grubby, front has advanced 1cm ahead of rear, some foxing to block edges and some pages also. English translation by Geoffrey Sainsbury of Simenon novel "Le Voyageur de la Toussaint." Catalogue: Firsts and Collectables. Keywords: Rochelle, Gilles, justice.

Softcover. 1st Penguin Edition. 12mo [approx 11x18cm]. Very Good condition. Some quite mild foxing to page edges and inside of covers. Pages lightly tanned. Previous owner's signature to preliminary pages. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 206 pages. Mistrust, intrigue, scandal, surround 19 year-old Gilles, back in his home town after years abroad. Undle Octave is dead. Gilles is sole heir to his fortune. But what was the source of Uncle Octave's sinister power over his family and business rivals? What ugly secrets lie in his safe, which no one can open? Was his attractive young widow concerned in his death?

Hard Cover. No Jacket. First UK Edition. The boards are cocked; the spine is faded, but not the print and the front boards are slightly rubbed. There is an ownership inscription on the front end paper and the front hinge is exposed towards the bottom at the title page; page 65, partially detached, has been reinforced with acid free tape. Good ++ copy Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Reprint. Paperback. 206 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Books, UK, 1958. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has moderate lean and moderate reading creases. . Edges of pages are lightly browned. Pages are reasonably tanned and lightly creased. Front end page has been removed. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Crime; Inventory No: 25040027.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.