john rhode cecil street (41 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Gut. 192 S., gepr. OHLn. m. zahlr. gez. Ill.; einige Ss. leicht knickspurig, wenig fleckig. - In Fraktur. Kriminalroman um Kokain und Liebe. Übersetzung von Wilh[elm] Cremer (1874 - 1932). Zuerst 1925: »A.S.F. - Der Weg ins Traumland.«, englische OA 1924: »A.S.F. - The Story of a Great Conspiracy.« - (ZwSt).

288pp. 8vo. Original red/pink cloth. A very good copy. First edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean hardback bound in faded red cloth with black titles, boards marked and stained with wear at edges, spine sunned, page edges foxed, bookseller/library stamp on front endpapers + 485 on front endpaper, corner of pages 25/26 torn off but text not effected. 288 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Owner's neat ink name on front pastedown, dated in year of publication. Binding modestly cocked with the spine toned, page edges and preliminary and terminal leaves with some foxing, very good in an about very good dust jacket with tiny chips and tears, a slightly larger L-shaped tear on the soiled rear panel, and two internal reinforcements. Cecil John Charles Street also wrote under the pseudonym Miles Burton. Hubin, *Crime Fiction*, p.334.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in black cloth boards with green lettering to front and spine, no dustjacket. 286pp. Pictorial endpapers. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (32/2).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 257 pp. light wear to cover.

Hardcover. First US Edition. Published in the UK as Pinehurst. 278pp. Orange cloth stamped in black on the front and the spine, decorated endpapers. Tiny bookstore label on front free endpaper. A couple of small spots to cloth, light toning to spine panel. A bright very good+ copy. In Hubin, 2003, p. 1266. ; Octavo.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's brown cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in black; [8],294pp. Light shelf wear to cloth margins, spine slightly cocked, faint ring stains to upper cover, latter half of textblock toned (evidently the printer used two batches of stock of varying quality), else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. A locked room murder, the room in this case the victim's niece's bathroom. Forms part of the author's popular series of novels featuring the armchair detective Dr. Lancelot Priestley.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Reprint; Third Printing. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers. black boards with red titles, binding shaken, boards pulled at pages 96/97 & 192/193, boards marked and worn, page edges grubby. 251 pages + 5 pages of publisher's adverts.

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers. library binding, boards bumped at corners, page edges tanned, pencil scribble on endpapers. 192 pages.

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. [Detective fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.248. Publisher's burgundy cloth, titles in gilt to spine, striking pictorial dust-jacket designed by V. Asta. Contents very clean and fresh. Jacket is edge worn, with chips to spine ends and extremities. Very good. A case for Dr Lancelot Priestley.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. An ex private library (Pearl Assurance Co.) hardback with stamps on front endpaper and title page only, old tape marks on endpapers, no inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is a little rubbed and has tape marks on foldovers and a horizontal crease along the bottom edge. 256 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Hardback bound in orange cloth with black titles, binding pulled at front board, spine sunned, cloth rubbed, worn and marked, gift inscription on front endpaper dated 1943. 312 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean hardback tightly bound in brown cloth with dark brown titles, cloth rubbed at edges, spine pulled at ends, name and address on front pastedown, page edges foxed. 251 pages + 5 pages of publisher's adverts.

Hardcover. First US Edition. A Red Badge Detective mystery. 215pp. Cloth. A mystery featuring Dr Lancelot Priestley. Missing front free endpaper, tiny spot to fore edge. A very good copy in very good+ dustjacket with some wear to edges. In Hubin, 2003, p. 1268.; Octavo.

Hardcover. First Edition. Light blue cloth stamped in red on spine. Bookstore stamps on endpapers, label residue on rear free endpaper, vertical crease on last two leaves. A good copy in very good dustjacket with a crease on spine panel, light rubbing and two tiny tears to lower edges. A mystery featuring Dr. Lancelot Priestley. In Hubin, 1994, p. 677.; Octavo.

Hardcover. First US Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 276 pages; VG-/VG-; spine navy, with white and green lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; some shelf wear and soiling; chips missing at corners of flap folds; large chip missing at upper edge of jacket front; both jacket joints starting; medium chips missing at crown and tail of jacket spine; small closed tear at lower edge of jacket back; large chip missing at upper left corner of jacket back; price uncut '$2.00'; mild wear to crown and tail of volume spine; upper edge of textblock dyed green; spine cocked; pages clean; shelved Case 7. First published in the UK as "In Face of the Verdict." 1356359. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Zustand: Very Good. New edition. Hardback. Octavo. 192pp. Original red cloth with black spine titles. Light wear and faint spotting to fore-edge, otherwise very good indeed in a slightly rubbed and chipped, good dust jacket with large repaired tear at rear.

256pp. 8vo. Original cloth in pictorial dustwrapper, a near fine copy. First edition, very scarce.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean hardback bound in orange cloth with black titles, rear board pulled at pages 176/177, spine sunned, cloth rubbed with some faint marks, spots at bottom of rear endpapers, neat gift inscription on front endpaper 192 pages.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A smart collection of thrilling crime novels from the Collins Crime Club. Seven volumes. The Crime Club. This set includes: Mystery at Olympia, 1935. First edition. Scarce. A novel featuring armchair detective Lancelot Priestley, who is quick to take up the case when a spectator falls dead with no clear reason at an annual motor show held at London's Olympia. Written by Cecil Street, under the pen name of John Rhode, an British crime fiction novelist and a major in the British Army. Fourfingers, 1939. First edition. Very Scarce. The second in the trilogy of Detective Sergeant Venn and Constable Kither novels. When the body of celebrated author Carla Waterlow is found in a car on Marton Common, it is clear she has been shot through the heart. Before long, two more bodies are discovered and the investigation grows more complex. Written by Alister McAllister, under the pen name of Lynn Brock, an Irish writer known for his mystery novels. Come and Be Killed!, 1946. First edition. Florence Brown was a shy women living close to her sister Phoebe, a confident and attractive actress. Suffering badly from depression, her doctor instructs her to take a "holiday" at a nursing home where she finds herself in the company of Mrs. Jolly. Weeks go by with no trace of Florence, so it is left to Phoebe, with the help of Inspector Johnson, to decipher who the mysterious woman her sister befriended really is. Written by Nancy Hermione Courlander Bodington, under the pen name of Shelley Smith, a British crime novelist. The Megstone Plot, 1956. First edition. Scarce. A gripping suspense novel following a man and his mistress as they weave an intricate plot to make a fortune. Later adapted for film and titled 'A Touch of Larceny.' Written by Paul Winterton, under the pen name Andrew Garve, an English journalist and crime novelist. End of Chapter, 1957. First edition. The twelfth in a series of novels featuring private detective Nigel Strangeways. Called in by a publishing house to investigate a retired general's wartime memoirs which controversially criticize public figures, Strangeways needs to work out which member of staff has tampered with the manuscripts. Written by Cecil Day-Lewis, under the pen name of Nicholas Blake, an Anglo-Irish poet who was Poet Laureate from 1968 to 1972. He also wrote mystery stories many of which feature fictional detective Nigel Strangeways. Woman of Straw, 1957. When playboy Tony Richmond schemes to acquire the fortune of his tyrannical tycoon uncle with the help of his new maid, she becomes the prime suspect in the murder investigations. Adapted for film in 1964, starring Gina Lollobrigida and Sean Connery. Written by Pierrette Henriette Denise Marthe Pernot better known professionally as Catherine Arley, a French novelist and actress. Translated by Mervyn Savill, a British translator, writer, and editor. Kill or Cure, 1968. First edition. When a private detective and a health specialist accidentally solve a murder during their time at a charming resort, the last thing they expect is for there to be another murder. Written by Joan Fleming, a British author of crime and thriller novels who won the Gold Dagger award twice. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spines with further discolouration of the cloth to Mystery at Olympia, Four-Fingers, and Come and Be Killed. The odd mark to the boards with light fraying to the extremities of Mystery at Olympia and minor loss of the cloth to the extremities of Fourfingers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpaper or pastedown. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown of Mystery at Olympia. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 272 pages; G+/G+; red spine with black and off-white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; marked shelfwear and rubbing to the jacket; small open tear near the top of the jacket on the front; marked chipping and closed tears to the head and tail of the spine; minor creasing to the right of the spine; 0.5 in. long closed tear to the left of the spine near the tail; significant soiling to the back of the jacket; some foxing/spotting to the inside of the DJ at the back; minor tearing to the corners of the jacket flaps; marked creasing and chipping to the jacket flaps; price is clipped; marked soiling to the edges of the text block; fore edge of the text block is deckled; spine is slightly cocked; marked damage to the front and back paste downs; blind stamped by previous owner on the ffep and on a blank leaf just before the bfep; inked by previous owner on the ffep verso; gutter starting to split at title page; minor soiling to the pages throughout; shelved in Case 7. John Rhode is one of the many nom de plumes of Cecil Street. 1356410. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Third printing of the 1928 first edition. Publisher's original red cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in the Abbey illustrated dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the very good rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has a small chip to the top right corner of the spine and remnants of a paper label over the 3/6 printed publisher's price. The artwork is the same as that of the first printing. An attractive example of an uncommon early Dr. Priestley title in dustwrapper. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Hardback. Octavo. 315pp. Original red cloth with black spine titles. Slight bump to top corner otherwise near very good indeed in a slightly rubbed and edge nicked, near very good indeed dust jacket.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The very scarce first edition of a work often praised as among the best within Street's detective series following the methodical Dr. Lancelot Priestley. The extremely scarce first edition of The Motor Rally Mystery, a detective novel written by John Rhode, or Cecil John Charles Street. Published for the Crime Club by W. Collins Sons & Co. in 1933.In the publisher's original red cloth. Contains publisher's original advertisements to the rear.Despite being classed among the 'Humdrum' writers of detective fiction, John Rhode's works have become collectibles and this Lancelot Priestley novels has been praised as one of the best in the series. It is set in an annual motor rally show at Torquay and uses evidence-based crime work reminiscent of Conan Doyle's Holmes. In the publisher's original red cloth. Externally, the odd smudge mark and fading to the spine. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Slight browning to end papers, with faint spots to free end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with minor age toning, and the odd spot to first and final leaves. Very Good. book.

First edition, first printing of the author's first work of crime fiction. Inscribed by the publisher. Original red cloth with black titles to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. The book in the earliest state with pictorial front pastedown and endpaper utilising the dustwrapper front and rear panels. A very good copy, the binding firm, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents, with spotting to the prelims are otherwise clean throughout. The closed text block edge is toned and bumped to the fore-edge. Complete with the rubbed and nicked dustwrapper that has several short closed tears with associated creasing but is otherwise without loss. Correctly priced 7/6 net to the spine. A rare title in dustwrapper. Inscribed by the publisher to his wife in black ink on the front free endpaper "To my darling Evie / The first copy / of the first book / published by / Geoffrey Bles". The debut crime novel of Cecil Street who wrote under the pseudonyms John Rhode, Miles Burton and Cecil Waye. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First Edition. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[8] 305 [1], blank; [6], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in black to spine and upper board. Toning to endpapers, water marks to upper board, some soiling to cloth, rolling to spine, wear to spine extremities. Very good. Cecil Street was a British author who wrote under the pseudonyms of John Rhode, Miles Burton, and Cecil Waye. He was a prolific writer, producing four detective novels a year for thirty-seven years. 'The Paddington Mystery' marks the first appearance of Dr. Lancelot Priestly, a character who eventually features in 72 of Street's novels.

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1928. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's pictorial green cloth; [10],308pp. Corners and spine ends bumped and lightly scuffed, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good and sound copy, albeit lacking the rare dust jacket. Locked room (well, hotel) detective novel featuring five yachtsmen, investigator Dr. Priestley, and the body of Dr. Grinling.

Zustand: Very Good -. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1957. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red boards, black spine titling; 255pp. Boards rubbed and rather bumped along margins with brief exposure at corners and spine ends, occasional soiling to binding and textblock, textblock additionally rather toned due to inferior paper quality, spine a bit creased and cocked; a Good to Very Good copy, albeit lacking uncommon jacket. One of seventy-two detective novels pseudonymously written by Cecil Rhodes featuring the investigative prowess of Dr. Priestley.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good +. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth, orange topstain, in decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); [6],262pp. Dust jacket extremities heavily chipped and worn with small losses along front flap folds and spine ends, corners bumped, hinges starting, old glue residue to front pastedown from previously-removed ex libris, else a Very Good copy in a Good or better example of the uncommon dust jacket. Crime novel involving a diamond heist, an unrecognizable body in a tar burner, and armchair detective Dr. Lancelot Priestley's genius to link the two. First published in the U.K. the previous year under the title Proceed with Caution.