moment after von tracy (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. First Edition. Published for The Crime Club. First edition stated on copyright page. Black cloth binding with red lettering, slightly faded on the spine. A little wear. Inscribed "Dear Billy, It's been a long time on the way! Do let it come in and give its show, that being all it has with which to thank you for so much, affectionately, Virginia Tracy". Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Dust-jacket. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced at 7s6d. Front free endpaper clipped, otherwise VG+; jacket a little toned at spine and chipped with some loss at spine ends. Jacket artwork by D.V. Barry. An attractively stylised jacket by D.V. Barry, on a murder mystery by American adventurer, stage actress, novelist and screenwriter Virginia Tracy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. D.N. BARRY (illustrator). A lesser known title from the golden age of crime fiction, complete with its original pictorial dustwrapper. This is how the book is described and promoted on the rear panel: "1. The corpse comes into the story quite suddenly and unexpectedly. 2. The solution is found by the agency neither of an infallible detective, a hard-boiled police inspector, nor a supernaturally gifted pressman. 3.The writing of the book is excellent. 4.The characterization is real and attractive throughout. 5.The book has plenty of genuine humour. 6. When all is over and the police have gone their way, there is still a fresh surprise for the reader." Red cloth, black lettering to spine, dustwrapper priced at 7s 6d. net. A few minor scuffs. Sporadic spotting to pages and edges, which is common with books of this era. Rare and collectable.