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73109London: Hamish Hamilton 1955. Crime novel FIRST UK EDITION first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.320. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles to spine illustrated dust-jacket designed by Robin Jacques priced at 12/6. Contents clean no inscriptions. A fine copy in a near fine jacket gently worn at crown and slightly toned to spine. Two short stories 'Chez Krull' and 'The Heart of a Man'. 'Chez Krull' is a story of mob hatred that arises from murder told as only Simenon can tell his stories. Haining; The Classic Era of Crime Fiction p167 2002 Steinbrunner & Penzler; Ency.of Mystery & Detection p363-5 1976. Eric Quayle; The Collectors Book of Detective Fiction p.99 115. 1972. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1955 unknown
196501AIR1956.<p>Original cloth and titling bright and clean corners sharp binding firm. Closed page edges dust-toned with spots of foxing some of which extend into outer page margins text block clean. End-papers clean apart from small patch of glue on front paste-down and small bookseller's sticker on free front end-paper. No ownership inscriptions. Price clipped dust-jacket lightly soiled marked and tanned along folds and slightly bruised edges. This is the third omnibus collection of Simenon's work. <strong>Note:</strong> As this is a relatively heavy volume the default postage charge for your area of residence is likely to need adjusting. Any revised costing will be forwarded for your approval.</p> Hamish Hamilton. hardcover
69807London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited 1954. Crime Fiction FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.248. Publisher's green cloth stamped in black to spine dust-jacket designed by 'mb' priced at 9/6. Some spotting within also to page edges jacket chipped to extremities with larger loss to front panel. Two short stories the first set aboard a ship the other about a young doctor who has murdered his wife and her lover. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1954 unknown
72088London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited 1954. Crime Fiction FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.248. Elegantly hand-bound in mid-green half calf with traditional raised bands titled in gilt to spine contrasting burgundy cloth over boards publisher's original cloth spine bound in at rear. Contents clean exterior as new. A fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Two short stories the first set aboard a ship the other about a young doctor who has murdered his wife and her lover. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1954 unknown
194917624London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1949. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ is price-clipped. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 248 pages . Routledge & Kegan Paul hardcover
1966609935Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Limited 1966. Paperback in good condition. Covers are scuffed. Edges corners and spine ends are bumped and rubbed with creases to the corners. Spine is cocked and page block and page edges are tanned. Binding is sound and pages are othrewise clear. LW. Paperback. Good. Used. Penguin Books Limited Paperback
1962355490723920London: Hamish Hamilton 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. White Tony translated by: Account Unsettled London: Hamish Hamilton 1962. First UK Edition. pp159. Publisher's red cloth with gilt to spine illustrated dustwrapper designed by P. Youngman Carter. A fine copy in a near fine fine dustwrapper priced 12s 6d net to the inside flap which is lightly rubbed to the extremities and a mark to the right-hand edge of the back panel. Looks nicer than it sounds. Great cover art by the legendary Youngman Carter. Photographs/scans available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
1962355490723919London: Hamish Hamilton 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. White Tony translated by: Account Unsettled London: Hamish Hamilton 1962. First UK Edition. pp159. Publisher's red cloth with gilt to spine illustrated dustwrapper designed by P. Youngman Carter. A fine copy just the merest suggestion of foxing to the top edge hardly worth mentioning it in an absolutely fine dustwrapper priced 12s 6d net to the inside flap. Very scarce in this condition. Great cover art by the legendary Youngman Carter. Photographs/scans available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
1962355490725764London: Hamish Hamilton 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 12s 6d net to the inside flap. pp159. Publisher's red cloth with gilt to spine illustrated dustwrapper designed by P. Youngman Carter. A near fine copy just a slither of fading at the tip and tail of the spine in a VG dustwrapper with creasing and surface loss with accompanying creases to the spine tips. Great cover art by the legendary Youngman Carter. Further photographs available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
69805London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited 1954. Suspense FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.183; 1 blank. Red cloth stamped in green to spine dust-jacket photograph by Lore Strich priced at 8/6. Contents and edges clean jacket with light wear only. A crisp near fine copy. Mystery novel by the prolific Belgian crime writer. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1954 unknown
1954SIMENONG000872Routledge and Kegan Paul London. 1954. First U.K. edition. Translated by John Petrie. Octavo. pp viii 183. A non-Maigret novel.Fine in near-fine dustwrapper slightly rubbed at the edges with the publisher's later price sticker on front flap. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London. unknown
1992Q-0151032661Harcourt 1992-10-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harcourt hardcover
73370London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1953. Thriller FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH first impression. Octavo 19 x 14cm pp.224; 2 blank. Publisher's pale blue cloth with red titles to spine. With the photographic dust-jacket priced 10s 6d. Contents clean no inscriptions jacket with some minor creases and short tears mostly to top of rear panel. Very good indeed. A dark psychological account of a man overcome by buried passions who becomes a murderer. Basis for the 1952 French drama film 'Forbidden Fruit'. Haining; The Classic Era of Crime Fiction p167 2002 Steinbrunner & Penzler; Ency.of Mystery & Detection p363-5 1976. Eric Quayle; The Collectors Book of Detective Fiction p.99 115. 1972. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1953 unknown
1590173856New. Brand new and still unused unknown
1953355490725730London: Routledge 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Varese Louise translated by: Act of Passion London: Routledge Kegan Paul 1953. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 10s 6d net to the inside flap. pp224. Publisher's grey cloth with red titles to spine illustrated dustwrapper. A near fine copy with offsetting to both sets of end-papers in a VG complete dustwrapper with the red spine lettering faded to pink. Photographs/scans available upon request. Routledge hardcover
1590173856.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19533114316New York: Signet. Fine with no dust jacket. 1953. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First American paperback edition. INSCRIBED & dated in year of publication by Georges Simenon to his publisher Kurt Enoch president of New American Library. Fine in pictorial printed wrappers. First rate association and rare as such. ; 4 1/2" X 7"; 144 pages . Signet. paperback
69808London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited 1947. Crime Fiction First film tie-in edition. Second printing overall first was 1942. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.255; 1 blank. Publisher's blue cloth stamped in black to spine photographic film tie-in dust-jacket priced at 8/6. Contents clean and fresh jacket rather worn with loss at foot of spine and some scratches to front panel. Two murder stories the first of which 'Newhaven-Dieppe' was filmed as 'Temptation Harbour' as advertised on the jacket. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1947 unknown
70805London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited 1947. Crime Fiction First film tie-in edition. Second printing overall first was 1942. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.255; 1 blank. Publisher's blue cloth stamped in black to spine photographic film tie-in dust-jacket priced at 8/6 with reduced price label 7/6 attached. Contents clean and fresh jacket panels are bright spine is worn with loss at ends browning. Uncommon. Two murder stories the first of which 'Newhaven-Dieppe' was filmed as 'Temptation Harbour' as advertised on the jacket. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1947 unknown
1942355490725192London: Hamish Hamilton 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition in dustwrapper. Publisher's original light green cloth with black titles to the spine. The cloth clean and fresh. No inscriptions. Clean contents. A very good copy the binding square and firm with a little bumping at the spine tips and corners. The fragile first issue dustwrapper is priced 8s net to the inside flap and is in good condition. It is chipped at the head and tail of the spine and has a closed tear to the upper spine fold and small nicks at the corners. A scarce wartime Simenon first edition. Contains 2 stories: "Newhaven-Dieppe" and "He Woman of the Grey House". Further photographs available upon request. Hamish Hamilton hardcover
1942355490725714London: Routledge 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. Gilbert Stuart translated by: Affairs of Destiny London: Routledge 1942. First UK Edition in dustwrapper priced 8s. net to the inside flap. Publisher's turquoise-green boards with black lettering to the spine. Boards exceptionally bright and clean apart from a strip of fading at the spine tips. No previous owner inscriptions. There is a former owner's name and contemporary date to the front paste-down. Very clean interior. No foxing. Overall a near fine copy. The very good dustwrapper is faded to the spine with a touch of wear at the spine tips and with totally unnecessary strips of brown paper-based tape to the verso along the top and bottom edges. "Affairs of Destiny" 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. Contains two novels: Newhaven - Dieppe and The Woman of the Grey House. Further photographs available upon request. Routledge hardcover
194717625London: George Routledge & Sons. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. DJ is slightly darkened with minor rubbing at the spine ends. Front panel of DJ shows photos from the film "Temptation Harbour". ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 255 pages . George Routledge & Sons hardcover
194217626London: George Routledge & Sons. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1942. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. DJ is lightly soiled. Spine is browned with chipping at the bottom rubbing at the top. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 255 pages . George Routledge & Sons hardcover
1979Q-0151039550Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover
2258000424.Gmass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
