Norfolk: Crippen & Landru, 2010. First Edition, stated. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated dust jacket with $28.00 price intact; oatmeal cloth with red lettering to spine; 179pp+10ads. Jacket clean and crisp with faint shelfwear. Boards are sturdy and square. Light rubbing to top edge of a couple pages. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Includes 18 previously uncollected short stories. Part of the publisher's Lost Classics Series.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

Appleby Talks About Crime

Publisher

Crippen & Landru, Norfolk

Publication Date

2010

Language

English

ISBN 10

1932009914

ISBN 13

9781932009910

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 179+ pages; 179 p. ; 24 cm. This book contains the remaining uncollected stories of Michael Innes, which was the pseudonym J.I.M. Stewart used when writing about his most famous character, John Appleby. These 18 short stories, published from 1954 to 1979, are spread across Appleby's long career with the London Metropolitan Police, where he started as an Inspector and ended as the Commissioner. Most of them run to three or four pages, and were meant to provide a quick, entertaining read for homebound commuters, or as a treat for a leisurely Sunday morning spent with the newspaper. Subjects: Appleby, John, Sir (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Police -- England -- Fiction.

About the Author

John is a retired quantity surveyor and office manager. Following early retirement in 2002, his hobbies have included genealogical research, working at his computer, reading and collecting old photographs and postcards, particularly of Watford and Harpenden. Since taking up in 2006, he has had many books published on Herfordshire area. He is a Friend of Watford Museum, and also Cassiobury Park, and enjoys collecting old picture postcards, as well as local history and, of course, writing.

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