Search Results: dr sam johnson detector being by de la torre

Pan Macmillan, 1987. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Knopf, 1946. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. GOOD SOLID CLEAN COPY! Has address label on front end page, no other marks or writings, pages bright and clean, binding sound. Light fading to covers and spine, light wear to spine ends and corners. NO jacket. Carefully packaged and shipped in box. T

Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Macmillan London, 1985. Hardcover in very good + condition with very good + dust jacket. Stamp on front end page. 1985.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Alfred A. Knopf. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (mystery) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 x 8 in. Brown cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; corners and spine ends bumped, covers very clean, title illegible. Binding tight and text unmarked. PO's name on front pastedown. Fiction. Stax.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Near Fine condition in a Good dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($2.75). A small piece of the jacket is missing along the rear turn-in fold. NOT too noticeable because the jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Bright, square and tight. Sharp corners. Previous owner's name blindstamped on first 3 leaves. 1946. "First Edition" is so stated on the copyright page, with NO indication of any other printing. Frontispiece is a color illustration of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. Bound in the original gilt-stamped cinnamon (i.e. dark orange) cloth. [NOTE: beware of copies in blue cloth offered as first editions; they are book club]. Complete with dust jacket. "[T]he finest series of historical detective stories ever written. in scholarship, humor, flavor, and compelling detail." -- QUEEN'S QUORUM 100. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Goldstone 786. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 MIDNIGHTS, pp. 195-96. . First Edition… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Jacket spine is a shade faded with worn hinges and lightly chipped ends, small puncture to the jacket front hinge near the top, minor shelf wear to the extremities, front flap price clipped, very little wear to the book itself. Text is clean. Running title, 'including: the Unmasking of the Flying Highwayman; the singular Episode of the Monboddo Ape Boy; the Recovery of Prince Charlie's vanisht Ruby, the stolen Christmas Box, and the pilfer'd Great Seal of England; also, the Detection of the mysterious Visitant in Mincing Lane, and the macabre Affair of the Wax-Work Cadaver. By Lillian de la Torre. New York: imprinted for Alfred A. Knopf, Bookseller, at the sign of the Borzoi, and are to be had wherever Books are sold. 1946.' xi+257 pages..

London: Macmillan London Limited, 1985. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Light shelf wear only, otherwise as unread. LW. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First edition. Loose folio. Octavo; First edition; G+/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with black print on white banner; DJ in mylar, light edgewear, crease to rear bottom edge; Boards in tan cloth, light wear to spine caps, else clean and strong; Text block has tan-tinted top edge, small owner stamp on rear flyleaf, else clean and tight; xi, 257 pages, frontispiece. 1326971. FP New Rockville Stock.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket (price clipped). NO chips. Two 1/4 inch closed tears. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. Bright, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. 1946. "First Edition" is so stated on the copyright page, with NO indication of any other printing. Frontispiece is a color illustration of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. Bound in the original gilt-stamped cinnamon (i.e. dark orange) cloth. [NOTE: beware of copies in blue cloth offered as first editions; they are book club]. Complete with dust jacket. "[T]he finest series of historical detective stories ever written. in scholarship, humor, flavor, and compelling detail." -- QUEEN'S QUORUM 100. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Goldstone 786. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 MIDNIGHTS, pp. 195-96. . First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good jacket (price clip). Illus. by Chappell,… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. xi, 257pp. Cloth. Color frontispiece. Collects nine stories. Name and small spot to lower corner on front free endpaper, blindstamp on title and last leaf. A very good+ copy in very good- dustjacket with old tape mends on the inside, wear and toning, and some smudges. Queen's Quorum #100. ; Octavo.

Alfred A. Knopf. Collectible - Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. 1st edition. 12mo hardcover. xi+257pp. Frontispiece. Near Very Good book. Good dust jacket. Page edges toned. In protective mylar cover. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his custom bookplate on front endpage. (Detectives, Mystery, Historical Fiction) Inquire if you need further information.