Strange Inheritance by Simenon, Georges - 1950

Pan Books, 1958. Paperback. Acceptable. 1958. 1958 Reprint. 203 pages. Green pictorial paperback. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Interior of front cover is inscribed. Paper cover is moderately rub worn and thumbed with noticeable shelf wear to edges and corners, creases to corners and spine. Tanning to spine and edges.

Pan Books 1958. Paperback (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

London: Pan Books. 1958. 12mo [approx 11x18cm]. Very Good condition. Some quite mild foxing to page edges and inside of covers. Pages lightly tanned. Previous owner's signature to preliminary pages. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 206 pages. Mistrust, intrigue, scandal, surround 19 year-old Gilles, back in his home town after years abroad. Undle Octave is dead. Gilles is sole heir to his fortune. But what was the source of Uncle Octave's sinister power over his family and business rivals? What ugly secrets lie in his safe, which no one can open? Was his attractive young widow concerned in his death? . 1st Penguin Edition. Softcover.

Routledge and Kegan Paul , 1950 . First English edition in poor condition. No jacket, tea/coffee mark on front panel, faded spine. The book is slant, with the front cover set forward. No problem with text pages.

London: Routledge, 1950 sun faded spine and to edges of boards, cloth, frayed at spine ends, '153' in pen to fep, otherwise G+ or better first English translation by George Sainsbury. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.