Maurice ed richardson (14 risultati)

Condizione: Fair. 1946. Reprint. 678 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with black lettering. Previous owner's inscription to half title page. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Visible soiling to rear paste down. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to spine ends and corners. Notable tanning to spine, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards.…

Condizione: Fair. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Endpage missing. Slightly dampstained. (mystery, crime, fiction).

First Edition. Critical essays, with illustrations, published in conjunction with a BBC Further Education series. Foreedges a little spotted otherwise Good+ in Good+ jackket which is creased and rubbed at spine ends.

First Edition. Published in conjunction with a BBC Further Education series VG in VG dustjacket which is rubbed at top of spine.

1st edition. Small stain on front free end paper; page fore-edge foxed; otherwise a nice copy. Edited with an introduction by Maurice Richardson. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket.

1st edition, 2nd impression 1946. Lacks front free end paper; spine & edge of front board faded; back board scuffed. Contains: The Woman in White; The Notting Hill Mystery; Carmilla; Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Second printing. Hardcover in maroon cloth lettered in black. xviii+ 678 pp. Near fine, some offsetting to the half-title. No jacket. Introductory essay by Maurice Richardson. Anthology of four of the most memorable mystery novels of the mid-to late 19th century. Included are the gothic classic "The Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins, "The Notting hill Mystery" (anonymous), Carmilla by J. Sheridan Lefanu (one of the first vampire novels and one of the first with significant Lesbian overtones), and 'The Strange Case of Dr, Jekyll and Mr, Hyde" by Stevenson. …

Condizione: very_good. Book has little sign of wear or use.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. RICHARDSON, Maurice (Ed.). Novels of Mystery from the Victorian Age London, Pilot Press, 1945. FIRST EDITION, second impression (1946). 8vo. xviii, 678 pp. Hardback with brown coated cloth cover slightly faded around edges. Title stamped in bronze on spine and front cover. With half-title and title page. The first free endpaper tells the fascinating story of this copy. The editor's dedication to British writer John Symonds is followed by a note by Symonds himself: "John Symonds / read while on holiday / in Bettiscombes, Dorset, / during August 1969 / 20 years after the / book was given to me / by M. R.". Further, the book must have been passed onto Symonds' son Thomas who noted his address and age at the time. Maurice Richardson (19071978) was a journalist and a writer of short, surrealist stories that were widely praised for their absurd humour. Besides his exploits as a novelist, he also wrote for Lilliput and edited several 'mystery' books like the one presented here. One of the novels therein 'The Woman in White' by W. Collins has been extensively underlined with annotations by Symonds Sr., who added his personal remarks to the story line in red and blue. A vintage public transport ticket inserted as a bookmark. A very good, previously loved, association copy.…

Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1947. First American Edition. Octavo (20.8 cm), 218pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with movie tie-in photos on back panel and price intact ($2.50). Boards full bound in black cloth with blind stamping on front and gilt on spine. Fore edge deckled. Dust jacket generally smudged, creased, scuffed and torn, with a short tear and creasing to the back panel top margin; Verso soiled and lightly water stained. Board corners and spine ends bumped with water staining to top margins; boards bow away at fore edge. All edges and endsheets foxed. Some pages remain unopened and are generally clean. A Very Good copy in like dust jacket. Harvey's short stories of terror were beloved but his most well known, The Beast with Five Fingers, was made into a movie in 1946. Starring Peter Lorre and Robert Alda, the story follows a paralyzed pianist and his staff and friends who, after his tragic death, start to see his left hand everywhere. The tie-in dust jacket has the movie stills on the back panel.…