Berkeley anthony a b cox (3 Ergebnisse)
Verlag: Pan Books Ltd., 1950
- Softcover
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. Zustand: Poor. Reprint. Reading copy, tatty paperback, binding shaken, spine creased and split, card covers creased and grubby, pages age tanned, name on half title page and some scribble on title page and in text. 214 pages.
Verlag: Penguin, 1947
- Softcover
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In den WarenkorbSoftcover. Zustand: Fair. First Paperback Edition. Reading copy, tatty paperback, spine creased and split with small area of loss at base, card covers creased and grubby, page edges age tanned, no inscriptions. 214 pages. Penguin mystery and crime no. 591.
Verlag: Hamish Hamilton, 1934
Anbieter: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, Vereinigtes KönigreichBlackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA
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In den WarenkorbFIRST EDITION, publisher's slip tipped in at rear 'To the Reader' (exhorting them to spread positive notice of the work through word-of-mouth), a couple of tiny spots at foot of half-title and the odd spot to border within, pp. 289, crown 8vo, original orange cloth, backstrip lettered in black, edges spotted with a few spots to…endpapers, dustjacket price-clipped with some very light handling and the odd miniscule nick, very good. Rather a scarce book. The author was by then well-established as a detective novelist under the pseudonyms 'Francis Iles' and 'Anthony Berkeley', but Hamish Hamilton - then a young publisher - probably anticipated the likely readership for this book to be a little smaller: it is, the author confesses, 'written in indignation' and addresses itself to 'the ordinary citizen' in decrying the state of the nation at a time of crisis throughout Europe (Cox considers the character of Communism and Fascism, 'simple-souled twins' with 'at least one arm in common'). As often, the analysis seems to all-too-current in respect of its assessment of our political parties and the behaviour of our politicians, who are characterised by 'timidity', 'incompetence' and 'petty dishonesty': 'The Roman Emperors knew that, if they did not keep their plebs happy, they would lose their jobs, and probably their heads. Our Pollies are not afraid even of losing their seats'. Throughout his literary career, Cox wrote journalism and published collections of his work in that area, generally of a light and humorous variety - the present critique is distinguished from these by its earnest tone, though it is far from dry and full of the wit and brio that characterises his writing generally.
