Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, 1962. Very good condition. Publisher's original black boards with yellow titles to the spine. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Foxing to the closed textblock page edges but pages themselves are in good, clean condition. The dust jacket is slightly faded at the spine, lightly rubbed edges, with a couple of short tears, and a few tiny rubs to the surface of the front cover. Front flap not price clipped. pp. 176. 18.8cm tall. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archiva... View More...
New and in original shrinkwrapping; out-of-print at time of cataloguing. Two books presented in a slipcase. Marking 100 years since Agatha Christie wrote The Mysterious Affair at Styles, this special edition brings together the first Poirot novel with the last. Curtain, written 25 years later but not published until 1976, takes the elderly Belgian detective and his old friend Captain Hastings back to Styles, the rambling country house where they solved their first murder together - and where history seems determined to repeat itself. With brand new cover paintings and an introduction by Tom Ad... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, 1946. Date not stated. A good copy in just about good condition red and white dust jacket. Publisher's original pink cloth boards. Lightly bruised at spine ends and a slight forwards lean to the spine. Some foxing to closed textblock page edges. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is worn and torn, with a long tear to the front join with front flap. Further tears, discolouration to white sections, small chips and a small section of loss to the top edge of the back cover next to the spine. Front flap has been clipped though price ... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, 1947. Date not stated. A good copy in a fair condition dust jacket. Publisher's original red boards. Lightly rubbed at ends and corners. A forwards lean to the spine. Some foxing to prelims and to closed textblock page edges. Occasional spot to page margin. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The dust jacket is worn, torn and creased, with approx. 5cm of loss to the base of the spine (see photos). Front flap states First Time Published and price of 6s. 0d. pp. 176. 19cm tall. The dust jacket is supplied by us in a loose protective clear archival... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First American edition (first impression). A superior edition to the Faber 1st UK edition which was printed on a lesser quality paper and not bound as well as this edition. Acquired by ourselves from the author's personal book collection. In excellent, very near fine condition - just very slight bruising to the spine ends of both the boards and the dust jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked and unread. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Deckled / untrimmed textblock foredges. A super copy. pp. 459. 24.2cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket in very good condition. French language edition of P. D. James's Unnatural Causes. This copy was acquired by ourselves from the author's personal book collection and loosely enclosed inside the cover is a compliments card from La Nouvelle Agence. The book is in excellent, clean and tight, unmarked condition; however, pages have tanned due to poor paper quality. The binding is firm. Dust jacket is excellent, though white parts of the jacket have slightly discoloured. pp. 237. 23cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Cheap edition. The condition of the book is good overall though the quality is poor due to the poor paper quality used in manufacture. Pages are thin and very browned throughout; some bubbling to the front endpaper; some foxing to the first and last few pages. Black boards have some gilt decoration, are rubbed at the spine ends, with a slight crease to the spine. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The binding is firm. The dust jacket is rubbed and chipped to most edges, has a small stain to the spine, some short tears to the edges and a slightly longer tear t... View More...
Hardback, with remnants of dust jacket. Originally published by Michael Joseph in 1937. A good condition copy in poor dust jacket. Oatmeal coloured cloth has some foxing to the spine and is slightly bruised at the spine ends. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good, though there is a forwards lean to the spine. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages have browned and there are foxing spots to the first and last few pages, and to closed textblock page edges. pp. 416. 19.2cm tall. The dust jacket is worn and torn, with loss, front flap detached, some long tears, significant l... View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, in very good condition. Original black boards are just lightly bruised at spine ends. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good; no previous owner's names, inscriptions or other marks. Pages have slightly tanned / darkened. The dust jacket is a little bruised at the spine ends with some tiny rubs to corners and creases to the bottom corner of the front flap and top corner of the rear flap. A nice firm copy overall. No foxing. pp. 243. 24cm tall. View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. First 2/6 cheap edition of 1935. In overall good condition. Publisher's original red boards. A forwards lean to the spine and a slight curvature to the upper board. Fading to the spine. Some very pale patchy marks to both boards. A tiny hole in the cloth along the rear, or lower, spine joint. The binding is nice and firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages have tanned / browned, particularly at the edges. Some light foxing to endpapers, pastedowns, first and last few pages and lightly to the closed textblock page edges. ... View More...
Hardback, lacks dust jacket. First 2/6 cheap edition of 1935. In overall good condition. Publisher's original red boards. A forwards lean to the spine. Fading to the spine. Some very pale patchy marks to both boards. Two very small rubbed patches on the rear, or lower board (board exposed, see photos). The binding is nice and firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. Pages have tanned / browned, particularly at the edges. Some very light foxing to endpapers, pastedowns and the closed textblock page edges. pp. 285. 18.8cm tall. View More...
Hardback with dust jacket. Reprint. 13th impression (April 1940). Original blue boards. A good copy in a good condition dust jacket. There are some minor speckles and marks to the boards under the dust jacket. They look worse in the photos than to the naked eye. A very slight forwards lean to the spine. A plain rectangle of paper has been pasted on the rear pastedown - it does not look like it is covering any marks so this is a mystery; a few minor grey marks to this page. Otherwise very good. The binding is firm and inner hinges are very good. No previous owner's names or inscriptions. The du... View More...
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