richard wilson webb (34 risultati)

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Good-. [1st printing, 1944] #23. Cover art is uncredited. All expected library marks, pockets., etc.; creased; edge and corner wear; tanning. Scarce title. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. An early 1960s reprint of a mystery novel from the mid 1940s. BB F778. "Murder weaves a malevolent trap." Edge wear with roughness along the top and fore edge of the front cover (silverfish). Light toning to the pages. A good to very good copy.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Push-Pin Studios (cover design) (illustratore). First Thus. A 1st print (stated) from the mid 1950s of a 1st thus of a mystery from the mid 1930s. Dell Book D190. # 4 of the Dell Great Mystery Library. "A homicidal maniac in a lunatic asylum." Light edge wear. Moderate browning to the pages. A very good copy.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Bill George (cover) (illustratore). First Thus. A 1st thus of an mid 1950s PB edition of a an early 1950s Peter Duluth mystery. Dell Book 759. GGA cover. "She was starry-eyed innocent, wistful and adoring, moving Peter Duluth, the sophisticated theatrical producer, to a surprising fatherly tenderness - in the absence of his wife" Light edge wear with creasing to the covers. Rubbing to the spine hinges. Light browning to the pages. A very good copy.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. George Geygan (cover) (illustratore). First Thus. A 1st thus of an early 1950s PB edition of a an early 1950s mystery. Dell Book 710. GGA cover. "To lose her was torment, to find her - death!" Light edge wear with faint rubbing to the front cover and a little more so to the spine hinges. Mild spine lean. Light browning to the pages. A very good copy.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. An early 1960s reprint of a mystery novel from the mid 1930s. BB F741. "A homicidal maniac in a lunatic asylum." Light edge wear with roughness along the fore edge of the front cover (silverfish). Light toning to the pages. A good to very good copy.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The second Peter Duluth mystery. Ex-library with stamps to the front end papers. Lightly bumped, rubbed with small stains. Spine cocked, rear hinge loose. Staple holes to the front free end paper, jacket blurb glued to the rear pastedown. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Ex-Library.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Publisher: Collection Petit Format, Montreal, 1951 222 pp; clean example with general wear to the covers, likely an unread (at least completely) copy as several of the leaves remain uncut. Rare French Canadian paperback edition of this novel. Erle Stanley Gardner is named as the author on the title page. perhaps in an attempt to sell more copies. NOTE: Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler (19 March 1912 - 26 July 1987), Richard Wilson Webb (August 1901 - December 1966), Martha Mott Kelly (30 April 1906-2005) and Mary Louise White Aswell (3 June 1902 - 24 December 1984) wrote detective fiction. In some foreign countries their books have been published under the variant Quentin Patrick. Most of the stories were written by Webb and Wheeler in collaboration, or by Wheeler alone. Their most famous creation is the amateur sleuth Peter Duluth. In 1963, the story collection The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow was given a Special Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America. (Canadian Vintage Paperback, Erle Stanley Gardner).

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Good - Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Vol 17 # 86 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 1951. Contains a novelette by Q Patrick (Hugh Callingham Wheeler & Richard Wilson Webb) (Another Man's Poison), and stories by Clarence Budington Kelland (The Inconspicuous Man), Georges Simenon (The Stranger Vessel), John Collier (Back for Christmas), Maurice Level (The Confession), Frederick Irving Anderson (Man from the Death House), T S Stribling (Mystery of the Choir Boy), and others. Light wear at the edges. Script "e" written in black at the top center of the front cover. A couple of dog-eared pages that I've straightened out. Browning to the pages and the edges of the covers. A good to very good copy.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. First Edition. Peter Duluth's wife has left him, and it is tied in with the murder of another woman. Ex-library with stamps to the rear end paper. Bumped and rubbed, binding square and solid. Jacket rubbed with small chips and tears, flaps glued to the pastedowns. Ex-Library.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. The first Peter Duluth mystery. Ex-rental library with internal stamps and remnants of a stamp pad on the rear end paper. Lightly bumped and rubbed, print on the spine slightly faded. Looks pretty good on the shelf but the boards and text block are creased from a pressure indent. Front hinge cracked, a bit of pocking to the edges of the text block and the remnants of an Inner Sanctum promotional piece glued to the pastedowns. Good reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of fifth novel in the "Peter Duluth" series. Later published under the title "Love is Deadly". Basis for the movie "Female Fiends". Slight fading to the cover. Several 1/4-inch closed-tears to the edge of the dustjacket. Light rubbing to the dustjacket. In very good / very good condition.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Popular Library 206. A maniacal killer stalks the valley. Gently rubbed with a faint drip mark to the upper edge of the text block. There must have been a change of paper during publication, the first 95 pages are bright, the rest tanned.

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. George Salter (cover) (illustratore). First Edition. Vol 13 # 63 of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, February 1949. Contains a novelette by Q Patrick (Hugh Callingham Wheeler & Richard Wilson Webb - The Jack of Diamonds) and stories by Philip Macdonald (Two Exploits of Harry the Hat), Quentin Reynolds (Never Trust a Murderer), Eric Ambler (Case of the Landlady's Brother), , Jacques Futrelle (The Leak), Thomas Walsh (The Good Prospect), Raoul Whitfield, (The Rainbow Murders Begin), A E Coppard (A Broadsheet Ballad), Barry Perowne (Up the Garden Path), Joseph Harrington (Painted Faces) and others. Light wear at the edges. Ink scribble at the top center of the front cover and "A1-18" written in black grease pencil at the top center of the back cover. Light browning to the pages. A very good copy.

Original Wraps. Condizione: Very Good. Saenz, Mike; Harkey, Sue Ann; Jones, Steve (illustratore). First Edition. Paperback original. A collection of short pieces brought together for the first time. Reading creases to the spine. Light surface and edge wear to covers with a narrow two inch long scrape at the top right of the back cover. Scattered light spotting to the top edges of the pages. Light browning around the edges of the insides of the covers. The pages are clean and unmarked. First printing.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Popular Library 23. Murder on a cruise ship. Lightly rubbed, spine slightly cocked and sunned, pages tanned.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Reprint. First published in the UK in 1955, this is a reprint edition of 1975. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of classic Gollancz yellow jacket and spine, not price clipped (£4.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 223pp. They called his wife a murderess. And his guilty passion was her only alibi. Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler (1912-87), Richard Wilson Webb (1901-66), Martha Mott Kelley (1906-2005), and Mary Louise White Aswell (1902-84), collaborated to write detective fiction. Most of the stories were written by Webb and Wheeler in collaboration, or by Wheeler alone. A scarce book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Ex Sam Remo Hotel, Torquay Library but with only a couple of discreet stamps and bookplate to ffep. Some edge wear, chipping and closed tears to top and bottom of classic Gollancz yellow jacket and spine, corners rubbed with small loss, scratch to bottom spine, some overall dust and time staining, not price clipped (12/6), no personal inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 222pp. John Hamilton left his lucrative job with a New York advertising agency to move to the country and try his hand at painting. His first show is not a success and he is under some pressure from his wife Linda, to return to the city to make some money. Linda is having increasing difficulty coping with the dullness of life in the country and has succumbed to alcoholism, although she is able to keep this completely secret from everybody except John. So when John returns from a business trip to find his paintings slashed and Linda missing, later to be found dead, he cannot prove how unstable and violent she had become and the suspicions of the locals put him firmly in the frame for her murder. Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler (1912-87), Richard Wilson Webb (1901-66), Martha Mott Kelley (1906-2005), and Mary Louise White Aswell (1902-84), collaborated to write detective fiction. Most of the stories were written by Webb and Wheeler in collaboration, or by Wheeler alone.

Hardcover. Condizione: Poor. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Firstedition. first impression. Ex library with usual library mess and defects. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of classic Gollancz yellow jacket and spine, corners rubbed and bruised, not price clipped (10/6), no personal inscriptions, 2nd ffep torn away, some browning and spotting to page block, internally cleanish tight and square, overall a reasonable copy for its age. 223pp. Jonathan Duluth, a chief partner in a publishing firm funded by millionaire Ronald Sheldon. Jonathan is still dealing with his fractious relationship with his son Bill, the pair of them both still suffering from the inexplicable suicide of their wife and mother three years previously. Added into the mix is the return of Ronald, after a six month stay in Europe, bringing unexpectedly a new bride and his in laws, all of whom are to live handsomely at the expense of Ronald. Jonathan is far from easy about this new arrangement, are the Lacey family on the make, with gold digging plans in mind? Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler (1912-87), Richard Wilson Webb (1901-66), Martha Mott Kelley (1906-2005), and Mary Louise White Aswell (1902-84), collaborated to write detective fiction. Most of the stories were written by Webb and Wheeler in collaboration, or by Wheeler alone. A scarce book, even as ex library.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of a near fine hardcover, pages toning,in a good dustjacket with loss to the top and bottom to the spine , wear to the extremities, and is price clipped. The 5th novel in the Peter Duluth mystery series, a Broadway director, WWII veteran, and recovering alcoholic, along with his wife Iris, amateur sleuths, working in New York City NY USA. This novel is the basis for the 1958 U.K. film "A Strange Awakening" (U.S. title "Female Fiends") starring Lex Barker. Also published as "Love Is A Deadly Weapon".

Octavo, two-part boards. First edition. Collects a novelette and eleven short stories. The title story won the 1962 Edgar Award. In 1964, "The Ordeal of Mrs. Snow" was filmed for television as an episode of THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR. Queen's Quorum 119. Top edge foxed, a very good copy in good to very good dust jacket with rubbing and light wear at edges. (#134904).

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good Minus. 1st Edition. First edition. Soft cover ribbon bound printed wrappers as published. Published NY: William Morrow & Company, 1937. 4to., 8" x 10", unpaginated, bound facsimiles of letters, memos, notes, telegrams and evidence as they would appear in a police file. Some foxing to edges, packet of fabric samples and lipstick lacking, else complete. Very good minus.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good, Reading Copy. GGA - {Good Girl Art) Painted Cover (illustratore). TURN OF THE TABLE (aka Funeral for Five) (1950 Popular Library #267; A Dr. Hugh Cavendish Westlake Mystery #4); VAMPIRE or WEREWOLF? (1950; Popular Library / Better Publications of Canada; 192 pages; 1st Canadian Paperback Ed, 1st Printing; Was The Killer A Vampire? VAMPIRE or WEREWOLF? A Dr. Hugh Westlake Mystery; The several threads of family dynamics and struggles, psychic adventure and even supernatural creatures all weave together well and lead to an exciting finale which includes a drowning, creature attacks, insanity, adultery, and a raging fire. It's a great puzzle that all comes together nicely and even throws a few twists into the last few pages; GGA / Good Girl Art painted cover; RARE Title; Complete and Unabridged; Weight = 100 Grams;>> This is a reading copy. Heavy cover creasing; staining to backcover. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 1st Canadian Paperback Ed, 1st Printing. Book.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fair to Good, Reading Copy. GGA - {Good Girl Art) Painted Cover (illustratore). TURN OF THE TABLE (aka Funeral for Five) (1950 Popular Library #267; A Dr. Hugh Cavendish Westlake Mystery #4); VAMPIRE or WEREWOLF? (1950; Popular Library / Better Publications of Canada; 192 pages; 1st Canadian Paperback Ed, 1st Printing; Was The Killer A Vampire? VAMPIRE or WEREWOLF? A Dr. Hugh Westlake Mystery; The several threads of family dynamics and struggles, psychic adventure and even supernatural creatures all weave together well and lead to an exciting finale which includes a drowning, creature attacks, insanity, adultery, and a raging fire. It's a great puzzle that all comes together nicely and even throws a few twists into the last few pages; GGA / Good Girl Art painted cover; RARE Title; Complete and Unabridged; Weight = 100 Grams;>> This is a reading copy. Heavy cover creasing; stamp to front end page; 1" x 2 1/2" piece missing from page 3/4 (3 words effected) Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall 1st Canadian Paperback Ed, 1st Printing. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Good +. First Canadian Edition. 222 pp; general wear & soiling to the covers (including a crease to the front cover), small tear to half-title page, previous owner's name & initials on inside. Rare French Canadian paperback edition of this novel. Curiously, Erle Stanley Gardner is identified as the author on the title page! [97].

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Snelling, Lisa (illustratore). Limited Edition. Very Fine original charcoal cloth, in Fine DW, protected in Brodart sleeve. Number 136 of 500 Signed/Numbered copies. Signed by Lisa Snelling, Edward E. Kramer, Harlan Ellison, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Charles De Lint, Neil Gaiman, Robert J. Sawyer, Chet Williamson, John Shirley, Michael Bishop, Gene Wolfe, Jack Dann, Janeen Webb, Edward Bryant, S.P. Somtow, Nancy A. Collins, Nina Kiriki Hoffmann, Brad Linaweaver, Fred Olen Ray, Richard Lee Byers, David Niall Wilson, Darrell Schweitzer, & Peter Crowther. Illustrated with 16 plates by Lisa Snellings. Errata slip bound in. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The first Q. Patrick mystery, involving a number of poisonings in a small English village. Bumped with wear at the edges and a 2" drip mark to the rear board. Spine cocked and sunned, hinges a bit loose. Residue on the pastedowns where the jacket flaps had been glued, previous owner's name on the front end paper, dated Jan. 1933.

Hard Cover. Condizione sovraccoperta: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (London: Cassell & Co., Ltd. 1951). First UK Edition. Publisher's blue boards with white lettering to the spine. Some light foxing to the end-papers (hardly worth mentioning) otherwise a VG++ copy in like dustwrapper priced 9s 6d net to the inside flap (as called for). The dustwrapper is complete with just a hint of creasing here-and-there and a couple of miniscule closed edge tears. A much nicer copy than normally seen of this rare first edition. Set in New York City. A "foolish voyeur" thriller filled with tension, suspense and a few chilling surprises. "More than any other Q. Patrick work Danger Next Door (1951) is a genuine noir novel not much of a detective novel though there are detective story elements.There is a perverse quality to the plot that recalls the brutality and cruelty of Q. Patrick's The Grindle Nightmare written nearly two decades earlier.Sex and sadism mix together in a tale of twisted blackmailers obsessed with the darkest desires and blackest bedroom fantasies". "A scarce title by the authors who also wrote under the names Patrick Quentin and Jonathan Stagge. The most elusive book in the entire output of Richard Wilson Webb and Hugh Wheeler". (Pretty Sinister Books). Photographs/scans available upon request.

PARIS, (1) Éditions Albert, Les Presses de la Cité / (2) Les Presses de la Cité [(A1) 77, Boulevard Saint-Michel / (A3) 116, rue du Bac /// (B1) Imp.Éditions Mazarine, 35, rue Mazarine / (B2) Imprimerie Chaix / (B3) Imprimerie André Tournon et Cie, 20, rue Delambre / (B5) Imprimerie Bellenand, Fontenay-aux-Roses / (B6) Imp. Curial-Archereau / (B7) Brodard et Taupin, Coulommiers-Paris / (B8) Imprimerie de Sceaux / (B9) Imprimerie Dumont, 155, rue Nationale / (B10) Imp. Crété, Corbeil / (B11) Imprimerie Bussière, Saint-Amand] - 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1954 - Brochés ou cartonnés, de format variable - ENSEMBLE DE 16 TITRES - Couvertures 1 couleur titrées en noir ou autre, ou cartonnages éditeur titrés et ornés; jaquettes (ou couverture) au premier plat illustré en couleurs; pagination variable. (Collection Cosmopolis / Collection Nova, Collection Puzzle, Collection ?). L'ENSEMBLE DES 16 TITRES, tel que décrit. . Collection "Cosmopolis" - MEURTRE EN SI MINEUR. Roman policier adapté du suédois par Madame E. Cornet. [E. Y. Högberg - Mai 1944 [Autorisation N° 25408 - N° 1] - (1), (A1) & (B1) - Br.16,5x12,5 cm - Couverture blanche et jaquette illustrée - 251 et (5) pages - 50 frs - Bon exemplaire]. *****___***** Collection "Nova" - ELLES DISENT TOUJOURS NON! Roman traduit de l'américain par Lucienne Escoube (1939-1944). [W. Lewis - 1944 [8120-10-44 - DL éditeur N° 7] - (1), (A1) & (B2) - Br.16,5x12,5 cm - Couverture beige et jaquette illustrée - 320 pages - 65 fr. - Jaquette défraîchie avec manques de papier; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** Collection "Cosmopolis" - TRAQUÉ. Traduit du norvégien par Madame Chevalley. Préface de Georges Simenon. [A. Omre - 1er trimestre 1945 [éditeur N° 4] - (1), (A?) & (B3) - Br.16,5x12,5 cm - Couverture rose et jaquette illustrée - 300 et (4) pages - 50 frs. - Bon exemplaire, non coupé]. *****___***** Collection "Cosmopolis" - MORTE DANS LA LAINE. (Dead in the wool) traduit de l'anglais par Mlle Jeanne Fournier-Pargoire. [N. Marsh - 1945 [DL A 175] - (2), (A1) & (B6) - Br.18,5x12 cm - Couverture blanche et jaquette illustrée - 224 pages - 110 Fr. - Jaquette avec manques de papier; bon état par ailleurs, non coupé]. *****___***** Collection "Cosmopolis" - LES MAINS PURES. (Kiss the blood of my hand) traduction par Jeanne Fournier-Pargoire. [G. Butler (Gerald en jaquette et cartonnage, Gérard au titre) - 20 Avril 1946 [éditeur N° 40] - (2), (A1) & (B7) - C.18,5x12,5 cm - Cartonnage éditeur marron orné en vert et jaquette illustrée - 190 et (2) pages - Pas de prix - Jaquette avec manques de papier; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** [Collection "Puzzle"] ? - LAURA. (Laura) traduit de l'anglais par Jacques Papy. [V. Caspary - 31 Mai 1946 [éditeur N° 42] - (2), (A1) & (B5) - C.19x12,5 cm - Cartonnage éditeur marron orné en marron et jaquette illustrée - 220 et (4) pages - Pas de prix - Jaquette défraîchie avec manques de papier et mouillure; corps d'ouvrage en bon état]. *****___***** [Collection "Puzzle"] ? - ET L'ASSASSIN ENTRA. (Enter a murder) traduction Suzanne Hot. [N. Marsh - 1er Septembre 1946 [éditeur N° 52] - (2), (A1) & (B1) - Br.19x12,5 cm - Couverture grise titrée en vert et jaquette illustrée - 233 et (7) pages - Pas de prix - Jaquette défraîchie avec petits manques de papier; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** [Collection "Puzzle"] ? - LA POUPÉE DE CIRE. (Death of a peer) traduction par Jeanne Fournier-Pargoire. [N. Marsh - 13 Novembre 1946 [éditeur N° 55] - (2), (A1) & (B5) - Br.19x12 cm - Couverture beige titrée en marron et jaquette illustrée - 230 et (2) pages - Pas de prix - Jaquette avec petits manques de papier; nom manuscrit au titre; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** Collection "Puzzle" - PUZZLE A RÉNO. [P. Quentin - 10 Mars 1947 [éditeur N° 65] - (2), (A1) & (B8) - Br.19x12,5 cm - Couverture beige titrée en bleu et jaquette illustrée - 253 et (3) pages - Pas de prix - Jaquette défraîchie avec petits manques de papier; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** Collection "Puzzle" - 5 PASSAGERS DE LISBONNE / CINQ PASSAGERS DE LISBONNE. [M. G. Eberhart - 15 Juillet 1947 [éditeur N° 83] - (2), (A1) & (B8) - Br.18,5x12 cm - Couverture grise titrée en bleu et jaquette illustrée par Emer - 255 pages - Pas de prix - Jaquette avec manques de papier; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** Collection "?" - L'ÉTRANGE VÉRITÉ. Traduit de l'américain par Jacques Papy [V. Caspary - 15 Octobre 1947 [éditeur N° 85] - (2), (A1) & (B7) - Br.18,5x12 cm - Couverture grise titrée en noir et jaquette illustrée - 321 et (5) pages - Pas de prix - Bon exemplaire]. *****___***** [Collection "Puzzle"] ? - LE VALET DANSANT. (Death and the dancing footman) adaptation par Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe. [N. Marsh - 5 Octobre 1947 [éditeur N° 86] - (2), (A1) & (B8) - Br.19x12 cm - Couverture grise titrée en bleu et jaquette illustrée - 253 et (3) pages - 3.50 - Jaquette froissée; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** Collection "Puzzle" - LES TROIS PARQUES. [P. Quentin - Octobre 1947 [éditeur N° 89] - (2), (A1) & (B9) - Br.19x12 cm - Couverture beige titrée en noir et jaquette illustrée - 251 et (3) pages - Pas de prix - Bon état]. *****___***** Collection "?" - LES MORTS NE PARLENT PLUS. (After midnight) traduction de Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe [M. Albrand - Avril 1949 [éditeur N° 175] - (2), (A1) & (B9) - Br.19x12 cm - Couverture beige titrée en noir et jaquette illustrée - 253 et (3) pages - Pas de prix - Jaquette avec manques de papier; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** Collection "?" - LE PARFUM ET LA POURRITURE. (The rough and the smooth) traduction de Jean Fayard [R. Maugham - Mai 1952 [éditeur N° 374] - (2), (A3) & (B10) - Br.18,5x12 cm - Couverture beige titrée en noir et jaquette illustrée d'une photo couleurs avec un bandeau oblique blanc au nom de l'édition en noir - 222 et (2) pages - Pas de prix - Jaquette défraîchie avec manques de papier; bon état par ailleurs]. *****___***** Collection "?" - UNE SEULE CHAIR. [T. Narcejac - Février 1954 [édit.

Editions Presses de la Cité / Collection " Un Mystère ", numérotation en chiffres Romains n° II de 1948. In-12 broché de 261 pages au format 11,3 x 17 cm. Belle couverture illustrée. Dos resté carré, recollé, avec trace de pliure et petits frottis en haut et en bas. Très légères traces de pliures au coin supérieur droit du 1er plat. Infimes frottis aux coins. Intérieur frais, malgré de presques imperceptibles traces de scotch et de minuscules rousseurs en pages de garde. Rejaquettage de ce roman paru dans collection Cosmopolis, qui suite à l'arrêt de cette dernière, fut intégré à la collection " Un Mystère " dans la série dite des " Chiffres romains" sous le n° IX. Cette tête de série ne comporte que 8 titres dont tous portent l'achevé d'imprimer de l'édition originale. Le numéro VIII, " La Poupée de Cire " par Ngaïo Marsh, n'ayant certainement jamais été publié.