Godfrey warden james (6 risultati)

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Mottled staining on front and rear board, jacket lightly rubbed with small sticker on jacket spine, jacket price clipped. 1936 Hard Cover. 288 pp. A pseudonymous mystery novel by British government official Godfrey Warden James, whose fiction often discusses the experiences of British men tasked with the administration of the Protectorate of Sierra Leone. His other works include Crowner's Quest, The Island of Death, and The Cambridge Murders. From the flap: "Mammy Green, whose ostensible trade was that of a dealer in native produce in Edwardsville, Old Guinea, was in point of fact assumed to be at the bottom of most of the unpunished crimes in the Colony. It was even rumoured that the nefarious activities which had earned her the nickname of 'The Black Mamba' had been so profitable as to enable her to send two sons to Cambridge and a daughter to one of the most fashionable girls' schools in the South of England. In any case, Stanley Carruthers, on his first appointment to the Coast, wasted no time in falling into the trap which she cunningly laid for him, for 'The Black Mamba' was something of a specialist in dealing with young men.…

Hardcover. 8vo. pp 224. Original publisher's yellow cloth, lettered red on spine. Very good plus in near very good dust jacket, with slight soiling, slight edgewear and faint nicks. Front panel of jacket in good order showing a busy market scene.

Hardback. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Some chips/ tears to jacket. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Light spotting to fore edge. Complete with the correct first issue dustwrapper (priced 4/6net to the front flap). NEW EU 5 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

First edition. Original red cloth in dustwrapper. A very good clean copy with no inscriptions or stamps, the red cloth clean and bright. Complete with the correct first issue dustwrapper (priced 4/6net to the front flap) which is a little rubbed and nicked to the extremities. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

Binding sound, text unmarked. Condizione: Good+. No dustwrapper. Original red cloth, spine slightly faded, faint splash stains to front board. Apart from these stains in very good condition. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. Robust packaging. Tracking is always added to USA orders. It can be added to other overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. 1st edition. No ownership marks. Size: 286pp. No ownership marks.…

Condizione: Very good. First edition. 8vo. Original off-white boards. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6. Uncommon murder mystery set in Africa and involving poison. Adam Broome was a pseudonym of Godfrey Warden James, born 1888. He had two series characters Inspector Bramley and Commissioner Denzil Grison, whose stories are set in Africa. An attractive copy, jacket a little chipped and toned, but overall very good. Uncommon murder mystery set in Africa and involving poison. Adam Broome was a pseudonym of Godfrey Warden James, born 1888. He had two series characters Inspector Bramley and Commissioner Denzil Grison, whose stories are set in Africa. Book. …