Search Results: Authors starting with C from Julian Roberts Fine Books

Collins Crime Club, 1968. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Green boards with gilt titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. A hint of spotting to topedge. No inscriptions. The very good+ dustwrapper is clean with some light edgewear & a few short closed tears. Not the usual priceclipped copy with original price of 21snet to front flap. On visiting Tommy's aunt in the nursing home, Tuppence encounters Mrs Lancaster who talks of "your poor child" and "behind the fireplace". Mrs Lancaster dies a few weeks later & leaves Tuppence a mysterious painting of a house that she appears to remember - what happens next involves a daring adventure of diamonds and death!

Collins Crime Club, 1960. First edition, first printing. Orange boards with black titles. Mustard typographical dustwrapper. A very good+ copy with clean boards. A hint of spotting to topedge. Internally complete with spotting to endpapers only - text clean and unmarked. No inscriptions. The very good+/near fine priceclipped dustwrapper is complete with no chipping or nicking.Light edgewear & dusting to rear panel. An attractive copy of a more uncommon Christie title from the 1960s. Wagstaff & Poole p.213. Six short stories of which Hercule Poirot features in five. It is the only Christie title to feature both Poirot and Miss Marple.

Collins Crime Club, 1957. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red boards with black titles. Grey and red typographical dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. Internally complete with no spotting to textblock edges. Usual toning to leaves. No inscriptions. The very good+ dustwrapper has some edgewear with small nick to top & bottom left spine tip/corner o/w complete. Some dustiness with a few spots to rear wrapper panel. None of the usual heavy fading to red spine & white spine lettering. The original price of 12s6dnet to front flap. Wagstaff & Poole p.207. A Miss Marple novel. Two trains pass each other in the night - a glimpse of a possible murder flashed by. On arrival at the her destination Elspeth receives little sympathy for her fleeting images but on the fortunate arrival of Jane Marple the potential investigation takes on a new level of credibility.

Collins Crime Club, 1976. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black boards with silver gilt titles. Pink typographical dustwrapper. A near fine copy with clean boards. A hint of spotting to topedge o/w clean and fresh with no inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper is fresh and clean with no edgewear. Mild lightening to spine but much less than usual. Original price of £3.50net to front flap. An attractive copy. Wagstaff & Poole p.221. Gwenda moves to a new home and strange things start to happen; Miss Marple is called in to exorcise her ghosts and consequently an old crime to solve.

Collins Crime Club, 1963. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red boards with black titles. Pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy. Clean boards. Internally clean with no marks to textblock edges & no inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper is complete with some light vertical creasing near spine on front panel & mild edgewear to extremities - fresh and clean. Original price of 16snet on front flap. Bright orange lettering to spine. None of the usual fading & toning to wrapper spine. A very attractive copy indeed. Wagstaff & Poole p.214. A Hercule Poirot Mystery in which he investigates the murder of a man found by a young woman stenographer.

Collins Crime Club, 1967. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red textured boards with gilt titles. Red & white typographical dustwrapper. A fine copy with clean boards. No marks to textblock edges. Internally very clean indeed with no inscriptions - appears unread. The near fine/fine dustwrapper has very light wear only with one very short closed tear & small patch of laminate lift. Original price of 18snet on front flap. An attractive copy with absolutely none of the usual fading to wrapper spine - scarce thus. Wagstaff & Poole p.216. Gipsy's Acre is lovely rural spot with views to the sea where Michael Rogers plans to build his dream house; But it is an unfortunate place where accidents happen and Michael is warned off by the locals. However, Michael Rogers is about to learn about the true meaning of the old saying "In the end is my beginning"!

Collins Crime Club, 1955. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Red boards with black titles. Typographical brick red dustwrapper. A fine copy with clean boards. Clean textblock edges. Appears unread with no inscriptions. The near fine dustwrapper is fresh and clean. A couple of short closed tears only. Clean rear wrapper panel. Not price clipped but no price on front flap. A very attractive copy of a title hard to find without a heavily faded spine. Wagstaff & Poole p.205. A Hercule Poirot mystery. Poirot is called in to investigate a student hostel. Vandalised and stolen items include an old pair of flannel trousers, a stethoscope and a box of chocolates. A diamond ring is found in a bowl of soup and Poirot congratulates the Warden on a "unique and beautiful problem

Collins Crime Club, 1953. First edition, first printing. Orange boards with black titles. Purple and grey geometric style dustwrapper. A near fine/fine copy with unmarked boards. Clean edges. Internally complete with no inscriptions. The very good dustwrapper is complete with edgewear to extremities. Dusting to rear panel but no marks. Original price of 10s6dnet on front flap. One of the hardest titles in from the 1950s. Wagstaff & Poole P.203. A Miss Marple novel. A man is shot at in a juvenile reform home - but someone else dies....!

Collins Crime Club, 1952. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Orange boards with black titles. Red, black & blue geometric designed dustwrapper by Kenneth Farnhill. A fine copy with clean boards. No marks to boards or textblock edges. Internally very clean & fresh with no inscriptions. The very good+ dustwrapper is complete with a few short closed tears, edgewear to foot & offsetting to rear panel of wrapper. Unfaded red wrapper spine. A very good+ copy. Wagstaff & Poole p202. Mrs McGinty was killed with a brutal blow to the head and her savings stolen. Immediate suspicion falls on the "down at heel" lodger but Hercule Poirot has his own ideas.

Newnes, 1966. First edition, first printing. 8vo. First issue green boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board. Pictorial dustwrapper. A fine copy with clean boards. No marks to textblock edges. Internally fresh with no inscriptions. The fine dustwrapper is complete with no loss. Original price of 10/6net on front flap. A fantastic copy. The outlaws have to find a donkey for a little girl in exchange for some essential plans, help Archie become an art critic and prevent one of their own from spending more time with a girl than with them.

Newnes, 1948. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Green boards with gilt titles. A near fine copy with clean boards. Some light spotting to topedge o/w clean and fresh. Internally very clean with no inscriptions. The very good dustwrapper has wear to extremities with a small nick at foot of spine & mild graze with small hole to rear panel. Original price of 7/6net to front flap. Very slight lightening to spine. A very good copy indeed. William and the Outlaws decide to form the Knights of the Square Table - "rightin wrongs" for a minor fee.