H douglas thomson editor (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. 1084, [2]pp, with illustrated frontispiece and a smattering of illustrations in text. Brown cloth-covered boards. Chunky 8vo. Boards are heavily worn and unevenly faded, gently rounded at corners, heavily scuffed at ends of a spine with the cloth cracked the length of the spine. Text block edges yellowing. Internally some faint and scattered spotting throughout else generally neat, clean and tight. An extensive collection of mystery stories grouped into 'Mystery and Adventure', 'Crime and Detection' and 'Stories of the Supernatural', with contributions from May Sinclair, Sir Walter Scott, Bram Stoker, M R James, Henry James, Allan Cunningham, Walter de la Mare, Daniel Defoe, Dorothy L Sayers, Michael Kent, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Freeman Wills Croft, Edgar Allan Poe, H G Wells, Morley Roberts, J J Bell, Willkie Collins, and many others.…

Collection of classic thrillers and mysteries from famous authors such as J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Agatha Christie, etc. Stories from John Rhode and Freeman Wills crofts which were previously unpublished in book form. Dark cloth (unevenly faded) with gilt decoration. 704pp. A little dusty to page edges otherwise VG.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1024 pages. missing dj, some light foxing on edge of pages, spine faded, some insect damage bottom corner of a couple of pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Black cloth covered boards with a gilt motif on the front and the title in gilt on the somewhat faded spine. The cover is cracked at the hinge, but held in place by the spine webbing. The rest of the text block is firmly held. Large book of mystery and adventure stories by authors such as Wilkie Collins; Guy De Maupassant; Edgar Allan Poe; O Henry; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Dorothy L Sayers; W W Jacobs, and many more; in fact, a total of 50 authors have contributed to this volume. No dustjacket. A rare copy. Copyright © Collins.…