THE TONGUE-TIED CANARY
by BENTLEY, Nicolas:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph. 1948. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original black cloth lettered in red to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Softening to spine tips, with a few light marks to the cloth. Complete with the rubbed, nicked, slightly dusty wrapper, that is chipped with loss (c. 1 cm) to the upper edge of the spine. Not price-clipped (8s. 6d. net to the front flap). A presentable copy of the first of Bentley's three post-war thrillers. Nicolas Bentley (1907-78), better known for his work as an illustrator (Belloc's 'Cautionary Tales'; Eliot's 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats', among many others) was also, as the jacket of this novel reminds us, the son of E. C. Bentley (1875-1956), the author of the greatly admired detective novels, 'Trent's Last Case' (1913) and its sequel, 'Trent's Own Case' (1936). 'The Tongue-Tied Canary' is the first of the three thrillers that Nicolas Bentley published between 1949 and 1953. (Hubin). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lucius Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23178
- Title
- THE TONGUE-TIED CANARY
- Author
- BENTLEY, Nicolas:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Michael Joseph. 1948
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- Dustwrapper
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