Francis edward grainger (13 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 12mo. (20 cm.) [8]9--331[1]p. Plus 5p. advertisements. Frontispiece plus three full page illustrations. Red cloth blind stamped in black with green decorations and letters on the front cover and green letters on the spine. London edition, 1903. Born in Lowestoft, England in 1857, Francis Edward Grainger was educated at Eton and then joined the Army. He soon found writing more to his liking and produced more than 60 detective novels under the pen name "Headon Hill". Incidents from his travels in India, Egypt, and the United States found their way into his fiction. He died in 1927 in Budleigh Salterton. [Obituary, THE TIMES, 2/5/1927] THE DUKE DECIDES is a mystery set in England and involves the exchange of American securities for English pounds by means of substituting false securities. Very minor wear to extremities, spine slightly faded, spot on fore-edge affecting last few pages, colors bright, all illustrations present and in fine condition, else very good and better/ No jacket.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - bTitle:/b The Queen of Night.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.br/br/The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. br/br/++++br/The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:br/++++br/br/b/b British Librarybr/b/b Hill, Francis Edward Grainger; br/b/b 1896.br/b/b 252 p. ; 8º.br/b/b 012626.ee.27.br/.…

Zustand: New.

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 332 | Sprache: Französisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 330 | Sprache: Französisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

1913, 1st edition. (12mo, cloth) Very good. 320pp. Decorative cloth. Frontispiece. Light general wear. Former owner's name clipped from endpaper. Just a trifle shaky. Pseudonym of Francis Edward Grainger.

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The very scarce first edition of Headon Hill's thrilling mystery novel about a criminal murdering syndicate which helps people get rid of their unwanted relatives. The very scarce first edition, first impression.In a half calf binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece.A very scarce first edition from Headon Hill, an author of popular adventure, detective, and spy stories.A contemporary review in The Spectator remarked upon this novel as 'a most ingenious story of the breathlessly sensational sort [.] the fundamental "idea" is a startling one, being that of a " murder syndicate" composed of persons whose interest it is to get rid of relatives, and who for this purpose send their victims off to sea in 'The Queen of Night'.With the armorial bookplate of British Liberal politician John Wynford Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids to the front pastedown. With the inscription of A. G. Lewis to the front free endpaper. In a half calf binding, with cloth covered boards. Boards bright. Fading and rubbing to back strip, most concentrated to back strip head and raised bands. Front hinge a touch strained to head, but firmly held. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown, with inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with spotting throughout, and instances of foxing. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good/Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., 320pp. plus 16pp. publisher's catalogue in rear. Sharp First Edition of this Golden Age mystery about two seemingly unconnected murders in London with only a similar hourglasses found at each scene. Bound in black cloth blocked in blind and red decoration. Gilt lettering on front board and spine. Square and tight with some softness and rubbing to spine ends and tips. A few scattered spots. with some foxing to bottom of the text-block. Off-setting to end-papers and mild scattered spotting.to prelims with interior pages generally clean with little or no toning. Small, neat gift inscription on front end-paper. A very pretty, collectable copy and fairly scarce in any condition, particularly on this side of the Atlantic. (Hubin, p.198).…