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195986038Paris: 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
1933355490725707London: Hurst & Blackett 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. London: Hurst & Blackett nd 1933. First UK Edition without the rare dustwrapper. 288 pp. Publisher's red boards with black lettering to the spine. No inscriptions. Boards bright and clean. Very slight spine fade. A hint of fraying at the head of the spine. A bookseller's ticket to the front paste-down. Foxing to the prelims and to a lesser extent to the page block edges. One of the great rarities in the Simenon canon. Scarcer than "Introducing Inspector Maigret" in our experience. The Author's second book with this publisher. Further photographs available upon request. Hurst & Blackett hardcover
1933355490725706London: Hurst & Blackett 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. London: Hurst & Blackett nd 1933. First UK Edition First Impression without dustwrapper. 288 pp 32 pp catalogue to the rear Publisher's mid-red boards with black lettering to the front board and spine. A solid very good copy. No dustwrapper. No previous owner's inscriptions. There is a faint crease to the top right-hand corner of the front board. The spine is faded but with the lettering still clearly visible. Front hinge weak but still folding. Very clean interior. This book is of legendary scarcity. The first Simenon Book. Contains two stories; The Crime of Inspector Maigret and The Death of Monsieur Gallet. Further photographs available upon request. Hurst & Blackett hardcover
1967stela1407Paris: A.C. Mazo 1967. 1967. folio. pp. 177 5. 66 plates mostly colour & 11 original colour lithographs. wrs. dw. Freitag 1158. Hardcover. Paris: A.C. Mazo, 1967. Hardcover
193429517Paris: Gallimard 1934. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1934 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 47 numbered copies on pur fil paper the only large paper copies. Spine slightly warped tiny traces of marginal tears to covers with tiny lacks not serious rare spots mostly affecting endpapers. A rare large paper copy. Gallimard unknown
1942355490721813London: Routledge 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's brown boards with black lettering to the spine. A touch of foxing to the top and fore edges otherwise a bright and clean book that is in near fine condition with no inscriptions. The dust wrapper is priced 7s 6d net to the inside flap as called for and is frayed/creased at the head of the spine with a tiny chip from the bottom right-hand corner of the spine. A much nicer copy than normally seen of this notoriously fragile early war-time Simenon. In our experience one of the scarcest titles in the Simenon canon. Scarce. Photographs/scans available upon request. Routledge hardcover
1967187470Cologne Germany: Orangerie Verlag 1967. Hardcover. VG- corners & spine ends rubbed. rubbing to lower cover edges. abrasion to textlbock edge affects the pg edges of 31-46 w/ rubs & creases. pictorial boards w/ black printing. 180 pgs w/ 66 color plates & 10 original lithographs; 11 lithograph is considered cover. text in French. Pages have occasional light marks or specks of foxing; some ink ghosting from opposing plates/pages otherwise a nice bright copy with all original lithographs. Orangerie Verlag hardcover
194034400New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1940. 1940. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury. First U. S. edition. Fine bright tight copy in a fine bright dust jacket. Maigret investigates the murder of Manuel Palmari a criminal Maigret had known for 20 years and who he suspected of being behind the string of jewel robberies over that period. Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone title and a superb copy. Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1940]. unknown
193725030204George Routledge & Sons UK 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 252 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: George Routledge & Sons UK 1937. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Pages are lightly tanned. Light creasing on the spine bubbling of cloth along the front hinge. Some very light rubbing of the cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Crime; Inventory No: 25030204. George Routledge & Sons hardcover
1942355490718919London: Routledge 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Neat contemporary name and date on the front paste-down outlines of some old pencil prices rubbed out on the FFEP and slight flattening to both the tip and tail of the spine otherwise a solid VG copy with bright and clean boards. The D/W priced 8s net to the inside flap as called for has benefitted from some highly skilled archival repair and refurbishment by one of the UK's leading paper conservators to a couple of minor chips and short tears and now shows as a most attractive example. In our experience "In Two Latitudes" is one of the scarcest wartime Simenon first editions and seldom found in attractive shelvable condition as this copy is. Included is a photograph of the D/W pre and post restoration. A fragile and scarce war-time production. This copy has lasted the test of time pretty well. Uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request. Routledge hardcover
194984652Paris: Presses de la Cité 1949. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1949 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 200 numbered copies on white laid paper the only deluxe copies. Covers partially sunned light foxing to endpapers. Rare copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows minor marginal tears of no consequence. The work was magnificently adapted for cinema in 1982 by Claude Chabrol with Michel Serrault and Charles Aznavour in the leading roles. Presses de la Cité unknown
195284654Paris: Presses de la Cité 1952. Fine. Presses de la Cité Paris 1952 11.50 x 18.50 cm broché First edition one of 100 numbered copies on pure linen thread paper the only deluxe copies. Rare and handsome copy complete with its illustrated dust jacket which shows minor scuffs to head and foot of spine. The work was adapted for cinema in 1957 by Phil Karlson with Dianne Foster and Richard Conte in the principal roles.  Presses de la Cité unknown
193884564Paris: Gallimard 1938. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1938 12 x 18.50 cm broché First edition one of 30 numbered copies on alfa paper the only deluxe copies. Rare and handsome copy. Gallimard unknown
195484566Paris: Gallimard 1954. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1954 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 56 numbered copies on pure thread paper ours one of the 6 hors commerce lettered copies the only deluxe copies. Two small wormholes on the first endpaper. Rare and handsome copy of this collection of short stories comprising: La femme du pilote Le doigt de Barraquier Valérie s'en va L'épingle en fer à cheval Le nègre s'est endormi Le deuil de Fonsine L'homme à barbe Le bateau d'Emile and Le Baron de l'écluse ou la croisière du Potam. This last story was masterfully brought to the screen in 1960 by Jean Delannoy with Jean Gabin and Micheline Presle in the leading roles. Gallimard unknown
193784632Paris: Gallimard 1937. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1937 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 35 numbered copies on alfa paper the only deluxe copies. Two small lacks of no significance at foot of spine. Rare and handsome copy. Gallimard unknown
193987235Paris: Gallimard 1939. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1939 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 30 numbered copies on Alfa Lafuma Navarre paper the only deluxe copies. Fine and rare copy. Gallimard unknown
193380185Paris: Arthème Fayard & Cie 1933. Fine. Arthème Fayard & Cie Paris 1933 12 x 19 cm broché First edition one of 50 numbered copies on pure thread paper the only deluxe copies. Endpapers lightly and partially shaded without severity spine imperceptibly lightened handsome copy. Fine autograph inscription signed by the great seducer Georges Simenon to the wife of the Provençal writer caricaturist and filmmaker Carlo Rim: ""A ma femme N°2 de rechange Alice en dépit du ménage de rechange Carlo-Tigy en toute affection. Georges Simenon. Comme ça il y aura toujours du bonheur possible !"" ""To my replacement wife No. 2 Alice despite the replacement household Carlo-Tigy with all affection. Georges Simenon. That way there will always be possible happiness!"" Arthème Fayard & Cie unknown
193881429Paris: Gallimard 1938. Fine. Gallimard Paris 1938 12 x 19 cm relié First edition one of 30 numbered copies on alfa paper ours one of 10 hors commerce copies the only deluxe copies. Full black morocco binding smooth spine gilt date at foot boards covered with a piece of glazed paper with abstract motifs evoking a nocturnal maritime storm gilt fillet frame on boards beige paper endpapers and pastedowns with light foxing in margins covers and spine preserved all edges gilt elegant signed binding by Micheline de Bellefroid. Fine copy perfectly presented in a decorative binding by Micheline de Bellefroid. Gallimard hardcover
193243690None: All three volumes published in Paris: Artheme Fayard & Co. 1932. 1932. All are first editions in the original photographic wrappers. The first title LES 13 COUPABLES THE THIRTEEN CULPRITS is the exceedingly rare Queen's Quorum 85 and cited in QUEEN'S QUORUM "In 1932 Georges Simenon wrote three books of short stories which the late Alexander Woollcott regarded so highly that he included all three in his recommended library of detective fiction. The best contains the precise and pithy investigations of examining magistrate Froget in LES 13 COUPABLES The Thirteen Culprits. The two other books in the series are LES 13 ENIGMES The Thirteen Enigmas about G.7 and LES 13 MYSTERES The Thirteen Mysteries about armchair detective Joseph Leborgne both issued in 1932 by Artheme Fayard." Each book in this trilogy is a short story collection and only the first in the series has been published in an English translation edition as THE 13 CULPRITS. In 1951 when QUEEN'S QUORUM was first published these volumes were regarded as being rare and during the intervening 57 years they can now be regarded as being exceedingly rare. The first volume has a small bookseller's label on the bottom edge of the front cover and a partial sticker over the original price on the spine else a very good copy. The second volume has light wear to the spine ends and lightly creased on bottom edge of the front cover else a very good copy. The third volume is lightly cocked with light wear to spine ends else a very good copy. All three volumes are housed in a cloth slipcase with titles stamped in black contrast on the spine. All three volumes published in Paris: Artheme Fayard & Co., [1932]. hardcover
19672091202133212956ACMazoMore 1967. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 ACMazoMore paperback
1940355490717457London: Routledge 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's original buff cloth titles to spine in black. Lovely clean copy. Publisher's original buff cloth titles to spine in gilt. A lovely near fine copy offsetting to the end-papers with gold lettering on the spine indicating that this is the likely first issue of the first edition. In the VERY RARE D/W priced 8/- net to the inside flap as called for. The D/W is bright but creased with a short closed tear to the foot of the front panel and head of front flap and tape repair to verso. First edition in English first impression very scarce in D/W. The volume comprises two stories La Danseuse du Gai-Moulin and Un Crime en Hollande both of which were first published in French in 1931. In my experience the scarcest among the first six Routledge volumes. Rare. Scans invited. A much nicer copy than normally seen. Laid in are: a author's postcard sized card signed inscribed and dated 1977 on his Lausanne Switzerland letterhead; and b a 1965 Press photograph of the author on a Winter Sports Holiday at Crans Sur Sierre dated 4-1-65". Rare with these attributes Routledge hardcover
1937355490719724London: Routledge 1937. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd. 1937. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with gilt spine lettering. The book is clean and bright with just a little softening at the head and tail of the spine. Overall a near fine copy. In the RARE D/W priced 5s. net to the inside flap as called for. The D/W is a near fine example with a couple of tiny chips and a handful of nicks at spine and flap fold ends; a bit of minor rubbing and soiling; and some faint staining to spine and front panel. The fourth most difficult Simenon after the three Hurst & Blackett's which are virtually impossible to find these days. No U. S. Edition. First Routledge Simenon. Extremely scarce especially in this lovely honest condition. Specialising in Simenon I have only seen three wrappered first editions of this book since the millennium. This copy is without doubt the nicest I have handled. Photographs/scans available upon request. Routledge hardcover
1972mon0000065205Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972-01-01. Unknown Binding. Acceptable. in x in x in. Slight wear along spine on front cover. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown
