Ormerod roger 1920 (10 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 224 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First American edition. Retired Detective Inspector Richard Patton and his wife Amelia return to the world of crime when Patton is asked by his wife's old college friend to investigate a burglary that leads to a murder and threatens Patton's loyalty to Amelia's friend. Condition: Jacket with some rubbing to back hinge else fine in a near fine jacket.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 192 pages. Octavo (5 1/4" x5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with silver lettering to spine over red boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. On a lonely road on the borders of Wales, a man has crashed his car and died. It seems like a simple accident to everyone except the man's grieving daughter, Angie. She's convinced he was murdered, since -- being a victim of red-green color blindness -- he did not drive. Suspended from his duties, Sergeant Harry Kyle agrees, as a favor to Angie's husband, to examine the facts and put her suspicions to rest. But the more he probes, the more suspicious he becomes -- until someone hits him over the head, and Harry Kyle sees red. Condition: Near fine in fine jacket.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 188 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over red blind-stamped boards in original pictorial wrappers. First American edition. Ex-stuntman Jerry Boyes, forced to leave the film business when he was severely injured stunting for movie star Stuart Tyson, has had to settle for a routine life as a security guard. Years later, Tyson reappears and asks him to help hand over ransom money to the kidnappers of business tycoon Howard Maxwell. The venture goes awry, Tyson is murdered and Sandra HeathBoyes's ex-girlfriend and Tyson's ex-wifeturns out to have some mysterious role in the affair, which revolves around the conflicting family business interests of Maxwell, his wife, and a partner, Ian McBride. Ormerod (Seeing Red, Face Value is in full diverting form in his 20th thriller, blending flavorful family melodrama in the Dynasty mode with his bracing wit, taut dialogue and a suspenseful plot that features several betrayals and some essential mayhem. Condition: Fine in like jacket. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 191 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's brown cloth with white lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First American edition. To discover your family heirloom is very valuable cannot be anything but a delight. Tony Hine discovers that this is not necessarily so. And his discovery could lead to his own death. Condition: Near fine in like jacket.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 187 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial wrappers. Fist American edition. Paul Manson hadn't meant to strangle his father -- but when he'd seen him abusing his mother, something had snapped. Four years later, Paul leaves prison with a mission. He'd heard that a contract was out on a young woman named Philomena Wise. Intending to warn her, Paul meets the mysterious Philomena. A few weeks later she is found strangled. Condition: Jacket light rubbing to spine ends else near fine in like jacket.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Copy is not price-clipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 206 pages; Physical description.: 206 p. 21 cm. Subject: English fiction. Series: Constable Crime. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Some very light tanning around the page margins. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages; Physical description: 208p., 22cm. Genre: Crime fiction. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Copy is not price-clipped.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 206 pages; Physical description.: 206 p. 21 cm. Subject: English fiction. Series: Constable Crime. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Some very light tanning around the page margins. Not price-clipped. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 208 pages; Physical description: 208p., 22cm. Genre: Crime fiction. 1 Kg.…

1 S. Gr.-8vo. Am Titelblatt seines Romans "A Death to remember" die Widmung "My best wishes to Sabrina.".