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Weitere BilderMrs McGinty"s Dead; Ellery Queen"s Awards Ninth Series; The Gigantic Shadow; Ellery Queen"s Awards Twelfth Series; To Bed at Noon; The Goggle-Box Affair; Is there a Traitor in the House?; The Ashes of Loda
Agatha Christie; Ellery Queen; Julian Symons; Val Gielgud; Pat McGerr; Andrew Garve [Paul Winterton]
Verlag: The Crime Club by Collins; Published for the Scan-English Crime Club Ab, Collins. 1952-1965, London, 1952
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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In den WarenkorbCloth. Zustand: Very Good. A smart eight-volume collection of Crime Club publications spanning 1952 to 1965, bringing together Christie, Symons, Gielgud, Ellery Queen, and other key voices of mid-century detective fiction. In the publisher's original red cloth bindings.An eight volume collection of British and international crim…e fiction issued under the prestigious Collins Crime Club imprint, comprising novels and short-story anthologies by leading figures of the Golden Age and post-Golden Age period.Compromising:(1952) Mrs McGinty"s Dead by Agatha Christie. First UK edition. A Hercule Poirot novel centred on a murder initially believed to be straightforward, but which reveals deeper layers of deception; one of Christie"s later Poirot works and a staple of her mid-career output.(1956) Ellery Queen"s Awards Ninth Series, edited by Ellery Queen. First UK edition. A collection of prize-winning crime short stories selected by Ellery Queen.(1958) The Gigantic Shadow by Julian Symons. First UK edition. A psychological and character-driven crime novel.(1959) Ellery Queen"s Awards Twelfth Series, edited by Ellery Queen. First UK edition. Continuing the influential awards series, showcasing notable crime writing.(1962) To Bed at Noon by Val Gielgud. First published in 1960, this is a reprint. A reprint of Gielgud"s television-era crime novel, reflecting his interest in contemporary media and institutional power.(1963) The Goggle-Box Affair by Val Gielgud. First UK edition. A murder mystery drawing on Gielgud"s experience as a BBC executive, set against the background of British television culture.(1965) Is there a Traitor in the House? By Pat McGerr. First UK edition. A Cold War-era crime novel.(1965) The Ashes of Loda by Andrew Garve. First UK edition. A thriller by Paul Winterton under his Andrew Garve pseudonym.Founded in 1930, the Crime Club published many of the leading writers of the Golden Age of detective fiction and continued to shape crime writing into the post-war period. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, smart. Slight offsetting to endpapers. The odd discolouration mark to rear board of "Traitor in the House." Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Spines slightly faded, more so to "McGinty"s Dead." Front joint of "Queen"s Awards Ninth Series" cracked, with binding materials exposed, but holding firm. Previous owner"s inscription to front free endpaper of "Goggle-Box." Slight offsetting to endpapers. Discreet library stamp to front free endpaper of "Queen"s Awards Twelfth Series." Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots. Slight age toning to older copies. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.
