Target conquest first von berkeley gray (2 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderSprache: Englisch
Verlag: Fontana Books, London, 1961
- Softcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, Vereinigtes KönigreichOrlando Booksellers
Verkäufer/-in kontaktierenVerkäufer/-in mit 5 SternenZustand: Gebraucht - Gut
EUR 30,28
EUR 23,52 VersandVersand von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USAAnzahl: 1 verfügbar
Original Wraps. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. First Paperback Edition. First impression of the first paperback edition, published in 1961. The book was first published in the UK in hardcover by Collins in 1953. ***Very good in colour-illustrated card covers with striking period cover art. The covers show some rubbing…, marks and creasing commensurate with age and handling, but are generally very clean. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Fore-edge of page block lightly foxed. No fading. Covers bright. Internally also very good with no ownership inscriptions. No foxing to interior pages. No serious creases or tears. Paper stock slightly tanned. ***178mm x 108mm. 192 pages. ***The British writer Edwy Searles Brooks (1889 - 1965) (pen-name: Berkeley Gray) was a prolific British novelist born in Hackney, London, responsible for the Sexton Blake novels. He is thought to have written around 40 million words. He used many pen-names including the following: Reginald Browne, R. W. Comrade, Victor Gunn, Rex Madison, Carlton Ross, and Edward Thornton. ***'Featuring the reckless private investigator, Norman Conquest.' ***'A panic-stricken man is threatened with death. Conquest knows about it yet he fails to intervene. The next morning - MURDER! - Superintendent Williams is set on arresting the trouble-hunting Conquest, or a ruthless and cold-blooded killing. In getting himself out of the trap, conquest obeys one of his inspired hunches. At that point things start to happen---' ***(Quotes taken from front and back covers) ***First impression of the extremely hard to find first paperback edition of "Target for Conquest" by Berkeley Gray (pen name of Edwy Searles Brooks), featuring his detective, Norman Conquest. Of interest to collectors of Edwy Searles Brooks, pulp crime first edition paperbacks and 1960s cover-art. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Fontana
- Softcover
Anbieter: Optimon Books, Gravesend, KENT, Vereinigtes KönigreichOptimon Books
Verkäufer/-in kontaktierenVerkäufer/-in mit 5 SternenZustand: Gebraucht - Befriedigend
EUR 77,50
EUR 21,17 VersandVersand von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USAAnzahl: 1 verfügbar
Paperback. Zustand: Good. Fairly good condition for year.
