Open Verdict
by Rhode, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Geoffrey Bles. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1956). First Edition. Hardcover. Ex libris bookplate on front endpaper, G. Butterfield, Dunedin. Some foxing. Small 5mm tear at head of dust-jacket spine, 4mm chip at tail of dust-jacket spine. Some rubbing marks to rear panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.Overall quite a nice copy of this title.; First printing. 255, [1 (blank)] pages. Maroon boards with yellow lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 185 x 123mm. Crime fiction, a novel. "There was motive enough for the murder of Fred Dunstable, but when Inspector 'Jimmy' Waghorn is sent down to the little village of Cradwell to investigate his death, he finds it difficult to be satisfied with any of the solutions offered by the local police. Whose was the half-smoked cigarette found near the body? [. . .]" - from dust-jacket blurb. John Rhode and Miles Burton are both pseudonyms used by Major Cecil Street. "As 'Rhode' he tells how Dr Lancelot Priestly solved some 77 crimes, usually with sheer brainpower rather than action" - R. B. Russell. "Guide to First Edition Prices" (2010). .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22171
- Title
- Open Verdict
- Author
- Rhode, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Geoffrey Bles
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1956)
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Bookplate
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- G
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Blurb
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- Rubbing
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.