Eleanor a blake (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. NO DUST JACKET. FIRST EDITION - SECOND PRINTING. 244 PAGES. THERE IS A SMALL 1" X 3/8" FADED AREA OF THE GREEEN CLOTH ON THE FRONT COVER. THERE IS NO DUST JACKET. THERE IS A PREVIOUS OWNER'S BOOKPLATE ON THE INNER FRONT COVER. THIS FICTIONAL COMPLEX MURDER MYSTERY WITH CHICAGO NEWSPAPER REPORTERS, A CRIMINALLY DERANGED PHYSICIAN AND TWO JADE GREEN CAT STATUES THAT CONTAIN SMALL LEAD BOXES WITH EXTREMLY VALUABLE STOLEN RADIOACTIVE RADIUM IS A MOST UNUSUAL THEME FOR THE TIME. THE BOOK IS BY "ELEANOR BLAKE" (A PSEUDONYM FOR ATKINSON PRATT) IS LISTED IN "CHICAGO IN STORY. A LITERARY HISTORY' BY CLARENCE A, ANDREWS. Size: 5 1/4 X 7 5/8".…

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 244. Original publisher's green cloth lettered black at spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. Cloth slightly worn and marked, otherwise near very good indeed.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Second Printing. :: A first-class thriller: crime, mystery, and love - all revolving around a mysterious pair of jade green cats. Like the Sphinx they will guard their secret to the end! :: Bound in publisher's jade-green cloth, front board bears a decorative solid black line border. Title, author, and publisher lettered in black upon spine. Text block top edge green, fore-edge deckled. Duodecimo (7 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 195 x 136 millimeters). 244 pages. Condition: Very Good, in a Good- dust jacket. Petite stains, spine cocked and faded. Wear at crown and foot of spine, corners rubbed. Endpapers and pages age-toned. Dust jacket is worn and has amateur repairs in the form of interior patches that show through upon front. It is price clipped, and discolored with age. Chips and splits along edges. Charlot (Dust Jacket) (illustratore).…

Second Printing. Chicago newspaper themed murder mystery. "The story breaks in the city room of the Chicago Leader just as John Kymmerly - hard boiled, soft hearted police reporter comes in to work". Uncommon title. Near Fine, gift bookplate at front endpaper, in Very Good, modestly soiled dustjacket, some nicking and wear.…