target conquest von gray berkeley (4 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Poor. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Text in Norwegian. Tatty paperback, book rippled, spine creased, card covers creased and marked, no inscriptions. 160 pages. Undated, assume late 1950s.

Hardcover. Zustand: Poor. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Reprint. 2 reading copies, tightly bound hardbacks in maroon marked and stained boards with silver titles, page edges grubby. Target: endpapers tanned, no inscriptions, 192 pages. Home: published 1962, an ex private library hardback, remains of label on front pastedown, stamps on rear pages, 192 pages.

Original Wraps. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. First Thus. Light wear to spine, unmarked internally. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.