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19513114320New York: Signet. Fine with no dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First American paperback edition. INSCRIBED & dated in 1952 by Georges Simenon to his American publisher Kurt Enoch on dedication page. Fine in pictorial printed wrappers. A significant association. ; 4 1/2" X 7" . Signet. paperback
19573114317New York: Signet. Fine with no dust jacket. 1957. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First American paperback edition. INSCRIBED & dated in year of publication by Georges Simenon to his American publisher Kurt Enoch president of New American Library. Fine in pictorial printed wrappers. A remarkable association. ; 4 1/2" X 7"; 128 pages . Signet. paperback
19513114318New York: Signet. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First American paperback edition. Precedes U. K. INSCRIBED & dated by Georges Simenon in year of publication to his American publisher Kurt Enoch president of New American Library. Near fine in pictorial printed wrappers. Mild trace of shelf-wear at spine. A notable association. ; 4 1/2" X 7"; 191 pages . Signet. paperback
1932165220Paris: Arthème Fayard 1932. First French Edition preceding all others. Text and titles in French. <br /> <br /> Very Good in perfect-bound photographically illustrated wrappers. Book is square but with creasing to the spine panel and a small chip at the top left corner of the front wrapper. Rare. <br /> <br /> Queen's Quorum 85. Arthème Fayard unknown
19463117945New York: Reynal and Hitchcock. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. 195pp One of Simenon's most highly regarded novels. A remarkably nice copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Reynal and Hitchcock hardcover
1942355490725715London: Routledge 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Gilbert Stuart translated by: The Man Who Watched Trains Go By London: George Routledge and Sons Limited 1942. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 7s 6d net over-printed OVERSEAS EDITION. pp.199. Publisher's russet cloth lettered in black to the spine. A slither of fading at the spine tips matching wear in the dustwrapper spine tips bruised and a bookseller's ticket to the front paste-down. No inscriptions. A solid VG copy. The very good dustwrapper has minor loss at the spine ends not affecting any letter and a bit of further wear and associated creasing at the top left and right hand corner of the front panel. A notoriously fragile dustwrapper produced to war-time standards. Uncommon. A psychological crime novel. The story follows Kees Popinga a conventional and orderly Dutch accountant in Gronigen whose stable existence shatters upon discovering that his employer has gone bankrupt leading him to impulsively flee his family head to Paris and descend into a spree of deception theft and murder as he desperately seeks to re-invent himself. The basis for the 1952 British movie directed by Harold Spence starring Claude Rains as Popinga which transposes the action to London but retains the novel's core exploration of moral collapse. Further photographs available upon request. Routledge hardcover
1967N - 2025 - 117<p>Fernand Mourlot and Georges Simenon. Bernard Buffet: Lithographs 1952–1966.<br />New York: Tudor Publishing Company 1967.<br />Comprehensive catalogue of Bernard Buffet's lithographic work from 1952 to 1966 illustrated with eleven full-page original color lithographs including the lithographic front cover.<br />Complete and in very good condition with light wear along the spine of the wrapper.<br />Dimensions: 32 × 24 cm.</p> Tudor Publishing Company
1942355490725713London: Routledge 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Gilbert Stuart translated by: In Two Latitudes London: Routledge 1942. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 8s. net to the inside flap and stamped adjacent thereto OVERSEAS EDITION. Publisher's blue boards with black lettering to the spine. Boards bright and clean apart from fading at the spine tips matching chipping in the dustwrapper. There is a former owner's name and contemporary date to the front paste-down. A tiny bookseller stamp to the rear free end-paper: "This Book is from Thackor & Co. Ltd. Bombay". Very clean interior. No foxing. Overall very good indeed. The very good dustwrapper has shallow chipping at the head and tail of the spine but is otherwise a fairly attractive example. "In Two Latitudes" is one of the scarcest wartime Simenon first editions the dustwrapper of which was made from very poor quality paper hence why it never turns up in really fine condition. A fragile and scarce war-time production. Uncommon. No restoration. Contains two novels: The Mystery of the Polarlys and The Tropic Moon. Further photographs available upon request. Routledge hardcover
1980138589Paris: N.p. 1980. Vintage borderless photograph of mystery writer Georges Simenon in his office as photographed by Pierre Vauthey. Photographer's rubber stamp manuscript pencil annotations and a mimeograph text description in French and English to the verso. <br /> <br /> Best known as the creator of fictional French detective Jules Maigret Georges Simenon was a highly prolific Belgian fiction writer who penned nearly 200 novels and over 150 novellas during his lifetime alongside scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. He lived variously in Belgium France the United States Canada and Switzerland. He is seen here reclining in a Le Corbusier mid-century modern leather chair wearing a bow tie and a plaid suit jacket. <br /> <br /> 8 x 12 inches. About Fine. N.p. unknown
19543114319New York: Signet. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First American paperback edition. Also first separate printing under this title having been published earlier in the collection "Tidal Wave." INSCRIBED & dated in year of publication by Georges Simenon to his American publisher Kurt Enoch president of New American Library. Near fine in pictorial printed wrappers. A few mild traces of shelf-wear. An association of singular distinction. ; 4 1/2" X 7"; 142 pages . Signet. paperback
1933355490725050London: Hurst & Blackett 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. London: Hurst & Blackett nd 1933. First UK Edition Second Impression. 288 pp 32 pp catalogue to the rear Publisher's scarlet-red boards with black lettering to the front board and spine. A good only copy. No dustwrapper. No previous owner's inscriptions. Small patches of surface loss to the left-hand edge of the spine the middle of the front panel and the right-hand edge of the back panel. The front appears to have been reinforced. This book is of legendary scarcity. I am aware of only examples of the first edition all in private hands. The first edition is un-dated. Not sure when the Second Impression was published as this information is not provided in the English Catalogue of Books. Priced to reflect the condition of this copy not its scarcity. The first Simenon Book. Further photographs available upon request. Hurst & Blackett hardcover
195387052Paris: Presses de la Cité 1953. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1953 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil de lana only deluxe issue. Nice copy. Presses de la Cité unknown
195675533Paris: Presses de la Cité 1956. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1956 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper the only deluxe copies. Illustrated cover with some scratches and paper losses light foxing mainly to the endpapers. Presses de la Cité unknown
195474145Paris: Presses de la Cité 1954. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1954 12.50 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on pure laid paper the only deluxe copies. Fine illustrated cover. Handsome copy despite the spine slightly creased as usual. Presses de la Cité unknown
195787068Paris: Presses de la Cité 1957. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1957 13.50 x 18.50 cm reliure de l'éditeur First edition one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper the only deluxe copies. Handsome copy complete with dust jacket illustrated by Jean Jacquelin. Publisher's binding in full burgundy cloth smooth spine. Presses de la Cité hardcover
194984620Paris: Presses de la Cité 1949. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1949 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil the only deluxe copies. Handsome copy despite the partially shadowed endpapers. Presses de la Cité unknown
196385679Paris: Presses de la Cité 1963. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1963 11.50 x 17.50 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper the only deluxe copies. Rare and handsome copy with beautiful illustrated cover. Presses de la Cité unknown
195184608Paris: Presses de la Cité 1951. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1951 12 x 18.50 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on pure linen paper the only deluxe copies. Handsome copy despite minor rubbing at head of spine. Presses de la Cité unknown
195187790Paris: Presses de la Cité 1951. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1951 12 x 18.50 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on pur fil paper the only deluxe copies. First endpaper marginally and slightly shaded otherwise pleasant copy. Presses de la Cité unknown
196386040Paris: Presses de la Cité 1963. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1963 12 x 16.50 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper the only deluxe copies. Handsome copy. Presses de la Cité unknown
195286051Paris: Presses de la Cité 1952. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1952 11.50 x 17 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on pure laid paper the only deluxe copies. Handsome copy. Presses de la Cité unknown
195886050Paris: Presses de la Cité 1958. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1958 12 x 16.50 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper the only deluxe copies. Handsome copy. Presses de la Cité unknown
195986039Paris: Presses de la Cité 1959. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1959 12 x 16.50 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper the only deluxe copies. Handsome copy. Presses de la Cité unknown
195886065Paris: Presses de la Cité 1958. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1958 11.50 x 17 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on bouffant alfa paper the only deluxe copies. One fold at foot of half-title page. Handsome copy. Presses de la Cité unknown
195686041Paris: Presses de la Cité 1956. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1956 12 x 16.50 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on deluxe paper the only deluxe copies. Handsome copy. Presses de la Cité unknown