Complete murder sampler von nelson james (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. First edition. Gently bumped at the corners and spine ends, cloth a bit soiled, about near fine, lacking the dust jacket.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (mystery, crime, fiction) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. The dust jacket has a few short tears at the edge. It is also chipped and has some minor marks. It will still look good with cellophane though. The boards are in a very good condition. There is a previous owner's inscription on the front end page. Internally clean and tightly bound. Complete with 336 pages. [B.K.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First Edition. Octavo, 368 pages, cloth; dj nicked, short tears, old cello tape inside at head of spine, NOT price-clipped, Quite Uncommon "This is a sampler done in careful cross-stitch - murder picked out in scarlet thread; death, in black. The marking out of differences is, in fact, the book's purpose. . The kinds of murder are as varied as the weapons of homicide. Some crime stories are complex intellectual puzzles, and some are fluff. Some are without murder and detective. Others are tales of the supernatural or narratives of real-life villainy." - Introduction. [This anthology unknown to Bruccoli's RAYMOND CHANDLER BIBLIOGRAPHY]. …

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good Indeed. The first UK edition of James Nelson's collected murder mystery stories from a variety of authors, including Leslie Charteris and W. Somerset Maugham. The first UK edition, with the first US edition being published in 1946. This intriguing collection of short stories presents fifteen murder mystery tales from fifteen prominent authors of the detective and crime fiction. Edited by James Nelson, this sampler aims to cover the main varieties of mystery story-telling. At the time of initial publication, historian of detective fiction Mr Howard Haycraft labelled the collection as "an appetising and well-planned refresher course in the enjoyment of crime". With stories by distinguished authors including W. Somerset Maugham, G. K. Chesterton, H. P. Lovelace, John Buchan, and many more. Bound in the publisher's original cloth, with the original, price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with the odd mark to the cloth. Dust wrapper is very smart, with edge wear and the odd closed tear. Sunning to the spine of the wrap and light marking to the rear. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. Near Fine. None (illustrator). book. …