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Heritage, 1952. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. No slipcase. Sandglass brochure laid in. Sunned spine. Lightly read if read at all. No markings in book. Binding is tight. This book cannot be shipped internationally without first contacting me prior to ordering.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998. Reprint. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxxvi, 536 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects; Jewelry theft ; Fiction. Police England ; Fiction. East Indians England ; Fiction. Drama. English literature; 20th century. English literature.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

London & New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1957. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo. LONDON : 1957. [ Everyman's Library ; 979; originally published 1944.]. Hardback. Introduction by Dorothy L. Sayers. Dark-green cloth; gilt lettered spine. In green pictorial dust-jacket. Bright, tight and clean. Neat owner name; no internal markings. Minor wear only. NEAR FINE. Jacket VERY GOOD INDEED; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xviii), 430 pages. WILLIAM WILKIE COLLINS (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright and short story writer. Collins was born at 11 New Cavendish Street, Marylebone, London, the son of a well-known Royal Academician landscape painter, William Collins and his wife, Harriet Geddes. Named after his father, he swiftly became known by his middle name, which honoured his godfather, David Wilkie. The family moved to Pond Street, Hampstead, in 1826. In 1828 Collins's brother Charles Allston Collins was born. Between 1829 and… Read More

Legare Street Press. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London & New York: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1949. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Small 8vo. LONDON : 1949. [ Everyman's Library ; 979; originally published 1944.]. Hardback. Introduction by Dorothy L. Sayers. Dark-red cloth; gilt lettered spine. In red printed dust-jacket. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear to jacket and a couple of neat repairs. NEAR FINE. Jacket VERY GOOD; now in a clear protective sleeve. (xviii), 430 pages. WILLIAM WILKIE COLLINS (8 January 1824 - 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright and short story writer. Collins was born at 11 New Cavendish Street, Marylebone, London, the son of a well-known Royal Academician landscape painter, William Collins and his wife, Harriet Geddes. Named after his father, he swiftly became known by his middle name, which honoured his godfather, David Wilkie. The family moved to Pond Street, Hampstead, in 1826. In 1828 Collins's brother Charles Allston Collins was born.… Read More

New York: Modern Library, 1937 HBDJ, 1937, 1st MODERN LIBRARY Edition STATED ON COPYRIGHT PG, VERSO OF DUSTJACKET says Which of these 246 Outstanding books do you want ? & Back Inner DJ Flap mentions 246 Titles , VG+/VG-, AS-IS, Octavo, RED cloth stamped in silver TITLES, pp. x, 843 pgs NO ADS in Back. TINY CHIPS Small TEARS EXTREMITIES DJ NOT Affecting Titles. THICK DARK RED CLOTH Binding with Silver Gilt of man running with streamer on front cvr & Silver Gilt Titles on spine cvr has slight wear, else a VG+, bright copy in VG- dust jacket. The dustjacket's spine is Slightly tanned faded ,and few short tears (with two small tape mends on verso), else both panels are quite bright. 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 IN, , topstain edge tinted RED, Btm Spne DJ tiny chips wear ,in Blue, orange & White Dustjacket of man kneeling in Orange & Blue with hands in praying pose kneeling on 1 Leg with tall shrine Tower in background , Author's two exciting detective novels, paired here together in… Read More

New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1868. [Literature] FIRST US EDITION, being the FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION, also first single volume edition. Published the same year as the UK triple-decker. Slim octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.223; [1] blank. Publisher's blind-stamped textured brown cloth (not ribbed, as some copies), with decorative gilt titles to spine, peach-coloured coated endpapers. Internally very clean, cloth a little worn to joints, some bumping, neat repair to head and tail of spine. A very good copy. A Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone, T. S. Eliot called this book the first and best modern detective story.