cox anthony berkeley (10 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. 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.

Softcover. 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.

Zustand: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Original Wraps. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Paperback Edition. A fourth printing of the first UK paperback edition published in December 1939 - Penguin Catalogue No. 153 - priced at 6d on the front flap of the dustwrapper [these pre-war editions did not carry the price on the front cover]. The first Penguin printing was on 26th August 1938, with reprints in September 1938 and May 1939. This was the 26th title to be published in Penguin's iconic green-covered crime series. ***A very good copy in illustrated green and white card wrappers, with the original Penguin style of horizontal stripes. The covers have some marks and creasing commensurate with age and handling but are largely clean and unmarked. The book would be described as near fine, except for some top corner tip creases to a few pages pp.87-124] but with no significant faults - just some light rubbing and creasing to the edges of the covers, and a small pinhole on the back cover. The covers have been protected with the original dustwrapper. The spine is completely clean with just some light reading creases. There is a slight reading lean to the binding. Internally the book is also very good, with no inscriptions and no serious creases or tears - just the aforementioned corner tip creases to a few pages. The paper stock is only slightly tanned with age. No foxing. ***In a good example of the scarce original dustwrapper. The thin and fragile dustwrapper is virtually complete, with just some insect damage to the back panel and along part of the foldover creases, which are also slightly splitting in places. Apart from these faults, the dustwrapper is just slightly browned and creased. With an excellent period advertisement for 'Army Club - the Front-Line Cigarette' on the back panel, matching the advert on the back cover of the book. ***248 pages plus an interesting 8pp publisher's catalogue detailing some of the Penguin Books published up to 1939 at the back of the book. 180mm x 110mm. ***'Anthony Berkeley Cox (5 July 1893 - 9 March 1971) was an English crime writer. He wrote under several pen-names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. In 1930, Berkeley founded the Detection Club in London along with Agatha Christie, Freeman Wills Crofts and other established mystery writers. His 1932 novel (as "Francis Iles"), "Before the Fact" was adapted into the 1941 classic film Suspicion, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. "Trial and Error" was turned into the unusual 1941 film Flight from Destiny starring Thomas Mitchell. A key figure in the development of crime fiction, he died in 1971 in St John's Wood, London.' [Wiki] ***A fourth printing of the first Penguin paperback edition of this classic crime novel by Anthony Berkeley, in very nice collectable condition. Copies of these pre-war printings are quite scarce now - copies in their original dustwrappers are extremely scarce. Impressive that an 82 year old paperback has survived in such nice condition. A rare survivor. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Zustand: Good. 1933. Second Impression. 352 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering to spine. 'Second impression May 1933'. Aspects of the story were used in the 1941 Hitchcock film 'Suspicion'. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Gutters somewhat cracked with some exposed netting. Binding is quite firm. Foxing and tanning more noticeable towards start and end of book and on text block edges. Prices in pencil to front endpaper. Occasional mild marks to pages. Slightly blotchy endpapers. Text block edges a little tanned and foxed with minor scratches. Boards have some edge wear (mild bumping and fraying to corners) while spine ends are moderately crushed. Slightly scratched, rubbed and dust-marked overall. A few liquid droplet marks and faint stains. Spine is noticeably sunned. Book has a pronounced forward lean. Subtle bowing to boards.

Yellow card cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover creased, marked, chipped and sunned. Browning to pages and text block. Some creasing to corners. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 288pp. Anthony Berkeley Cox wrote under several pen names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. In 1930 he was a founding member of the Detection Club along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Freeman Wills Crofts and others. Malice Aforethought is an early example of the inverted crime format where the crime and the identity of the criminal are known to the reader from the start. Mundanus was a short-lived imprint of Gollancz and published this paperback edition simultaneously with the cased edition.

Third printing of the 1927 first edition. Publisher's original black cloth with red titles to the spine and upper board, in dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with bumping and rubbing to the extremities, the spine a touch faded and a few light marks to the cloth at fore-edge. The content's, with a previous owner's bookplate and shelf stamp to the front pastedown and his ownership name and date to the top of the title page, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the rubbed, creased and nicked dustwrapper, that has a few short closed tears and small chips at the folds and is otherwise bright and attractive. A scarce mystery novel from the founding member of The Detection Club who also wrote under the pseudonyms Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley, and A. Monmouth Platts. Two amateur criminologists stage a mock murder to see how the alleged murderer reacts. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce, first hardback issue of this important 'inverted detective story'. Written by Anthony Berkeley Cox under the pen name Francis Iles. The first edition of this scarce crime fiction novel written by Anthony Berkeley Cox. The murderer's identity is revealed in the first line of the novel, which provides the reader with insights into the workings of the murderer's mind as his plans progress. Cox loosely based this novel on the real-life case of Herbert Armstrong and includes elements of Doctor Crippen.Issued under the Gollancz imprint of 'Mundanus' which they produced as a 3/- paperback series in an attempt to initiate a paperback revolution. This hardback edition was published simultaneously with the wrappers issue, as was a library issue. Copies of the hardback edition are extremely scarce.An extremely scarce copy of this important novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. A few light marks to the boards. Bumping to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Scattered spotting to the fore-edge, and heavy spots to the first and last few pages. Otherwise, occasional light spots. Very Good Indeed. book.

First edition. First edition, first printing, preceding the cloth issue. 288 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow wraps. About Very Good, spine creased and toned, small tear along spine edge at foot, contents and wraps toned with age, corners a little bumped. An uncommon British mystery that is often cited as one of the best examples of the inverted detective story, in which the murderer's identity is revealed in the first line, "It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Dr. Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter.".

FIRST 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.