donovan dick j e preston muddock (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Illus. by Nicholas Bentley, 7.5 x 5", cloth, 232pp, covers rubbed with some spotting, spine sunned and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, spine cocked, pages toned with some spotting to preliminaries, in a rubbed, lightly edge-worn dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. Written by brothers Peter and Anthony Shaffer- Peter later wrote such plays as EQUUS and AMADEUS. SCARCE.

Autobiography of the Scottish author of mystery, horror and science fiction. 2nd edition. Blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration. VG.

First Edition. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[8] 304; 8; 32. Publisher's ribbed navy cloth, silver titles and decoration to upper board and spine. Advertisements to rear. Green floral endpapers, edges untrimmed. A few unopened leaves in the advertisements. Moderate spotting throughout, mostly to preliminaries. Advertisements toned due to cheaper paper stock. A handful of neat closed tears and two small open ones to flyleaf and title-page. Gutter visible to pp.176-177. Cloth fine but for some gentle edgewear and marking to lower board. Very good. An espionage mystery featuring one of Donovan's returning characters Michael Danevitch; writing prolifically in the mystery and detective fiction genre, Donovan's works at one point rivalled Arthur Conan Doyle's in popularity.