Search Results: the red house mystery by milne

London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1922. . First edition, first impression, publisher's advance review copy; 8vo; publisher's presentation stamp to title, with printed slip presenting this book for review loosely inserted, 8pp. advertisements at end, a little minor spotting mostly to extremities of text-block, contemporary ink name to front free endpaper; publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt to spine, a very good copy, dust-jacket with artwork by Frank Wright, chipped at corners and foot of spine with slight loss, some rubbing to edges, but overall very good. A very scarce detective fiction first edition by A.A. Milne, more famous of course as the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin. It is one of three such works by Milne, being followed by the murder mystery The Fourth Wall (1928) and the detective drama The Perfect Alibi (1928). The book is a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, and drew considerable favourable comment by specialist bibliographer & collector Eric Quayle: 'And an excellent story… Read more

HBDJ, New Popular Edition, January, 1936 So Stated on the Copyright Page ,Printed from New Plates, , VG/VG-, AS-IS, RUB & SCUFF TO DJ SPINE & END CHIPS , in rare grey & red pictorial DJ, SOME DJ WEAR RUB, 211 page ,hardcover book bound in orange/red cloth stamped in red. original dust jacket, DJ has a well faded spine as well as a tear up from the bottom of the rear panel at the spine and extending 2.5 inches up the spine to where it crosses the spine to the front panel then stops. The jacket is now in protective covering to prevent damage.Internally clean, bright, tightly bound and unmarked by any previous owner. BACK OF DJ IS AD FOR Everyman's Library , Start You Own Home Library , Humorous & Astute Observer of Life, arrives at Red Manor House of a Quiet Uneventful English Village, Just as a fatal Shot is fired & Finds himself Tangled up in a Mystery That Requires ALL His Ingenuity, Trained Curiosity & Bravery to Unravel. CLEVER & Unusual story, The stately mansion Red House is filled with… Read more

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1922. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 1922 true first edition, first impression (scarce) hardback in good condition. Name and date (1922) on inside cover of previous owner, F G H Clayton (the Northumberland and Harrow cricketer). Just a hint of foxing to page edges. Otherwise unmarked, clean pages. The front hinge is a little loose; binding is otherwise fine. The green cloth boards have a few slight marks to rear and some general shelf wear, but no major flaw. Now in a protective sleeve. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Folio Society,, 2016. 8vo., First Edition thus, with 5 coloured illustrations, 9 illustrations in monochrome and endpaper plans; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red and black, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.

New York: Pocket, 1940. First Printing . Soft cover. Vg+ to About Fine. scarce in first printing,some soiling to the rear cocer along the foreedge

NY: Dell, 1984. NEAR FINE condition in NEAR FINE original missing puzzle piece pictorial paper wraps. A MURDER INK Mystery No. 7 Reprint. New Dell Edition June 1984. Softcover. AS NEW, square and tight, UNREAD, NO creasing. Age toning to pages and inside covers. Stored in Archival sleeve.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine Original Wraps. Mass Market Paperback.

Dell, 1959. Book. Illus. by Willian Teason. N-Fine. Mass Market Paperback. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean unread copy. This copy has some browning to the reverse of both covers, some light rubbing wea, light cover edge wear, a light crease along the front cover spine edge. Very nice copy. D321 THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY..

Dell D Series. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1959 first edition thus. D-321 very good -fine, reading crease Cover by William Teason. paperback,

Heron Books, Geneva, Switzerland, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Black and white illustrated author portrait as frontispiece. Black coloured textured paperback binding with red coloured decoration to the front panel; with red and gilt coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Set in an English country house with a house party in situ, the narrator becomes the "Sherlock Holmes" to his friend Bill's "Watson" as they investigate the murder the death of Bill's brother Robert who has been shot between the eyes.… Read more

1st Book Club Associates edn 1978, England.. Sherlockian parody containing the chapter "Do You Follow Me, Watson?". VG (spine a touch faded. No dustwrapper. .

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. , Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1940. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Covers have some wear, and a fold on the front. .

Dell D Series. New York: Dell Publishing Co. , 1959 first edition thus. D-321 good - very good Cover by William Teason. paperback,

Dell, 1959. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Ed Thus. First paperback ed. thus. Good condition, moderate over all wear, reader's and front cover creases, light spine crease..

New York: Pocket, 1940. Tiny sharp bump top of front cover, minor wear to tips of cover, about ten leaves with corner creases, and "perma-gloss" laminate partially missing and peeling away from paper cover; but cover is bright and spine square. A mystery by the author of Winnie the Pooh, a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone mystery; originally published in 1922.. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good Plus..

Avon, 1969. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/Inside covers tanned.