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New York: Delacorte, 1980 This Is An Adventure Mystery Involving A Missing Anthropologist. Very Attractively Illustrated In Color And Black And White By Kathy Lawence A Far Cry From Most Holly Hobbie Books Encountered! Nf In Nf Clipped Dust Jacket With Slight Wrinkle To Front Interior Panel.

New York: A & W Visual Library, 1975 These Two Trade Softcovers Are In Very Good Minus Condition (Some Edgewear) In A Good Box. They Are Unabridged Replicas Of 1982 And 1984 Publications With Original Illustrations By Sydney Paget. The Box Has Quite Substantial Wear, The Books Show Some Edgewear Only And Are Clean And Solid.

London: Robert Hale, 1965 1St U.K., Robert Hale, 1965 Very Good Hardcover Which Has A Gouge To Rear Upper Board, In Good+ Unclipped Dust Jacket Which Has Loss To Upper Front Edge And Small Tear At Rear Upper Panel But With Attractive Wraparound Two Color Illustration. Mystery Set In 1960'S Turkey.

Usa: Pocket Star, 1996 A Very Nice Copy Stated First Printing March 1996 By Pocket Star With Requisite Misprints "Pealed" And "Middel." Appears Unread With Barely Discernible Edge Wear In A Few Places At Front Spine Edge. Pages Toning. Cover Sheen. Gold Lettering And Red Bird On Front Are As New. Collectible Condition.

Uk: Gollancz, 1973 Very Nice Copy, 1973 (Second Printing) Of The Gollancz Edition. Very Clean And Solid. No Writing Or Marks, Terra Cotta Cloth Boards With Gilt Lettering. Dj Is Clipped And Has Some Light Wear To Upper Edge.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1952 Rare Classic biblio mystery in very scarce dust jacket stated first printing by Edwin Alfred Williams, writing as Edwin De Caire, somewhat of a mystery man himself. Said to have been born in Cairo in 1910, hence the nom de plume. Appears to have attended Cambridge in the 1930's, perhaps in agriculture? Lecturer in neurophysiology at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, wherein he wrote Master's thesis in that field in 1964. And yet, in January 1955, he advertised in the Government Gazette that he as a writer, intended to adopt his pen-name in place of his birth name because, "I have been embarassed and inconvenienced by being confused with other persons bearing the same surname as my own, particularly when travelling"(And herein lies the potential for a new biographical mystery to be written!). Dust jacket is unclipped and bears original price of 10/6. There is light wear to corners and edges and a price tag pull on the front panel, but colours remain… Read More

Canada: Doubleday of Canada, 2003 Reginald Hill Is Described As ". . . Probably The Best Living Male Crime Writer In The English-Speaking World.' Andrew Taylor, Independent, From The Jacket. Stated First Printing Of The Doubleday Canada Edition, Near Fine In Near Fine Unclipped Dust Jacket. No Writing Or Marks.

New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1929 Second Series, Front Page Mysteries, P.F. Collier and Son, copyright 1929. possible first, red boards, blind stamped motif on front board, gold lettering. No writing, pages yellowing somewhat, binding loose but not broken, spine slant. corners rubbed.

New York: Warner, 1981 Stated First Printing, November 1981, This Copy Appears Unread Although There Is Some Surface Rubbing. Otherwise It Is As New. This Is One Of Edgar Winner Gregory Mcdonald's Comic-Mystery Series About Sleuth Irwin Maurice Fletcher, Who Was Played By Chevy Chase In Two Films Based On Other Novels In The Series. Mcdonald Died In 2008.

Usa: Macmillan, 1952 Circa 1952 Bce Edition Of This Compendium Of Three Of Josephine Tey's Finest Novels. Very Good In Good Dj Which Looks Very Good In Mylar.Loss To Spine Top And Tail, Unclipped. Very Slight Toning, Red Topstain, No Writing Or Marks. See Photo.

Paris: Hachette, 2005 As New 2005 Hachette Edition In Reinforced Card Covers. The Author, Beatrice Nicodeme Writes Detective And Historical Fiction For Adults And For Children And Has Won Awards For Both. The Futekati Series Are 'Riddle Stories' And This Book Contains Four Short Ones. The Last Page Of Each Story Is Upside Down And Reveals The Solution. Condition Is As New.

London: Chancellor Press, 1983 A Very Good Two Novel Combination Published In 1983, Possibly A First. In Very Good Unclipped Dust Jacket. No Writing Or Marks. The Book Has Peach Coloured Endpapers, And Appears To Have Tan Coloured Pages As Well As Some Toning, But It Is Very Difficult To Determine Where The One Ends And The Other Begins. The Golden Keel Is About The Disappearance Of Mussolini's Private Fortune; Running Blind Involves A Chase Through Iceland.

Toronto Canada: Longman's, Green, 1924 This Longman's Canada Edition Has The American Boni & Liveright Logo On The Cover. It Has A Faded Green Topstain And Maroon Mottled Boards With Gilt Titles As Well As Some Arresting Black And Pink Endpapers. It Is Dedicated To" Henry O'higgins, A Lover Of Psychological Adventure." Binding Is A Bit Loose, But Not Cracked And There Is Some Edge And Corner Wear. Out Of Curiousity I Googled Harvey O'higgins, Canadian Journalist And Author Of The Smoke Eaters Who Was Interested In Psychoanalysis And Sociological Works. Henry James Forman Is Remembered For Summarizing Research On The Potentially Negative Effect Of Movies On American Children, Although This Is His Fifth Novel And He Also Wrote Travel Books.

U.S.A.: McClelland & Stewart, 2006 "Superb Atmospheric Thriller, With Its Eye-Opening Portrait Of Contemporary Stated First Printing, Apparently Unread Trade Paperback Which Has Crease To Lower Front Corner. The Author Was The Minister Of Sugar In Cuba At One Point, But Fled And Now Lives In Toronto. His Thrillers Have Been Translated Into Seven Languages.

U.S.A.: Portland, 1988 Portland House Classics Series, first edition, first printing 1988, near fine with some wear to top and tip of spine, very light rub to corners, tipped in illustration by Sergio Martinez which has some scratching, else fine. Illustrated in Colour by Sergio Martinez and in black and white by Sydney Paget. No writing or marks. Acqua boards with gold lettering and silhouettes of a cloaked figure and the hound. Forest green endpapers. These were a welldesigned and very attractive series, engaging the best of designers and illustrators.

Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1963 Ex lib stated first edition with usual library cards, stamps, labels and notations. Clipped dust jacket with laminate applied which is starting to separate. Light tape stain on boards, black dye from boards has stained red spine at back of book, spine slightly cocked. Light wear to top and tail of spine. Illustrated with black and white photos.

London: Frederick Muller, 1962 First, Near Fine In Near Fine Unclipped Jacket, Very Light Wear. Frederick Muller 1962. Near New Condition In Near New Unclipped Dust Jacket. No Writing Or Marks. Front End Paper Has Wrinkle (Production Flaw). According To The Times Review On The Dust Jacket Back, This Series Of Travel And Mystery Books Will Help Make It Up To Those Boys And Girls Who Are Not Being Taken Abroad.

London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1984 Vg+ In Near Fine Unclipped Dust Jacket. States First Printed 1984. This Is A Series For Adults Written By The Creator Of Paddington Bear, Michael Bond, Whose Works Are Beginning To Show Up At Auction. Second In The Pamplemousse Series. Slight Edge Wear To Dust Jacket And Browning To Pages. Clean And Bright Blue Boards With Gilt Titles. No Writing Or Marks.

New York: A & W Pub, 1982 1982 First edition, first printing, appears unread and as-new save a 'Discard" stamp on ffep. Presume donated to a library but no library treatments. From the jacket, "Coughlin used his knowledgeof courtroom procedure to advantage in a taut story of corruption and payoffs . . . [in the justice system]."

U.K.: New Holland Publishers Ltd, 2007 "An Indispensable Guide To The Paranormal By Investigator And Member Of Living Tv's Most Haunted Team, Phil Whyman." Softcover. Former Owner Name On Title Page, Some Corner Wear And Soft Dents And Scratching To Cover Surface. Stated First Printing 2007.