Malice Aforethought
Francis Iles; Anthony Berkeley Cox
Verlag: Victor Gollancz, 1952
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Verkäufer
Knights Rare Books (Est. 1994), Glastonbury, SOMER, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Original red boards, 200 printed pages. This came from the Sitwell family estate (Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell). Condition: Foxed end papers, browned pages. The dust jacket is chipped to the corners and spine ends, has foxing and someone (possibly one of the Sitwells) has written "Whiteley Gloves" twice to the front. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 010227
Bibliografische Details
Titel: Malice Aforethought
Verlag: Victor Gollancz
Erscheinungsdatum: 1952
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good
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Complicité (titre original : 'Malice Aforethought /1931')
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Anbieter: Le Rayon populaire, Villefranche-sur-Saône, Frankreich
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Paris : Gallimard, collection 'La Méridienne', 1953, 254 p. Traduit par Ed. Michel-Tyl. Ce roman est un des premiers à exploiter la technique de l'histoire criminelle inversée ('howcatchem'), qui dévoile dès le départ l'identité du meurtrier, pour s'intéresser à ses mobiles et à la façon dont la police va le confondre. Broché, couverture illustrée, en bon état général (marques de pliures au dos). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9669
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Malice Aforethought: The Story of a Commonplace Crime
Verlag:
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1931
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books, Toronto, ON, Kanada
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition. Fair first US printing. Lacking the dust jacket. Publisher's black cloth with . red embossed to spine and cover. Wear to spine and cover. Minor fading to spine. Binding still square but with some looseness to the hinges. Pages clean, with very slight age toning. Crease to bottom corner of pages 201/202. One of the greatest Golden Age works of British crime fiction, about Dr Bickleigh and the mysterious death of his wife. Stated First Edition on copyright page. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 11339
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Malice Aforethought: The Story of a Commonplace Crime
Verlag:
Mundanus Ltd. / Victor Gollancz Publisher, London, 1931
Gebraucht
Yellow card cover
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Anbieter: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Yellow card cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition without dust jacket as issued. Cover creased, marked, chipped and sunned. Browning to pages and text block. Some creasing to corners. 190mm x 130mm (7" x 5"). 288pp. Anthony Berkeley Cox wrote under several pen names, including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts. In 1930 he was a founding member of the Detection Club along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Freeman Wills Crofts and others. Malice Aforethought is an early example of the inverted crime format where the crime and the identity of the criminal are known to the reader from the start. Mundanus was a short-lived imprint of Gollancz and published this paperback edition simultaneously with the cased edition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers J3994
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Malice Aforethought
Verlag:
London: Gollancz, 1931, 1931
Gebraucht
Softcover
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, USA
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First Edition. Original wrappers; browned; owner's signature; some tape mending of the spine; fair to good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 36741
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Malice Aforethought
Verlag:
Gollancz, UK, 1931
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Anbieter: Brought to Book Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Cheap Edition. Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles First Cheap Edition Gollancz 1931. Pseudonym of Anthony Berkeley Cox. No previous owner's marks or inscriptions, contents and edges free of foxing. A bright fine copy, covers completely unblemished. In a near fine dust jacket with no fading or toning. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008091
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Malice Aforethought
Verlag:
Mundanus Ltd, Victor Gollancz, UK, 1931
Gebraucht
Soft cover
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Brought to Book Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles Anthony Berkeley Cox First Edition Mundanus Ltd / Victor Gollancz 1931. Pseudonym of Anthony Berkeley Cox. No previous owner's name inscriptions or signs of ownership. Contents unblemished throughout and no foxing. Card covers are without toning. Spine complete without toning or fading and no tears or loss to edges. A bright VG+ copy. Malice Aforethought by Frances Iles, first published in 1931, is a pioneering psychological crime novel. Edmund Bickleigh, a doctor in a small English village, is trapped in a loveless marriage. His disdain for his wife, Julia, grows into a sinister plan for her murder, marking this book as an early exploration of premeditated crime in literature. The narrative delves into Bickleigh's mind, showcasing his methodical approach to commit the perfect crime while pursuing an affair with another woman. This groundbreaking work challenges the norms of the golden age of detective fiction by focusing on the psychology of the murderer rather than the act of detection. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008215
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Malice Aforethought: The Story of a Commonplace Crime
Verlag:
Mundanus Ltd / Victor Gollancz Publisher, London, 1931
Gebraucht
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, USA
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First edition. First edition, first printing, preceding the cloth issue. 288 pp. Bound in publisher's yellow wraps. About Very Good, spine creased and toned, small tear along spine edge at foot, contents and wraps toned with age, corners a little bumped. An uncommon British mystery that is often cited as one of the best examples of the inverted detective story, in which the murderer's identity is revealed in the first line, "It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Dr. Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 140946706
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Malice Aforethought
Verlag:
Mundanus Ltd, Victor Gollancz, London, 1931
Gebraucht
Hardcover
Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce, first hardback issue of this important 'inverted detective story'. Written by Anthony Berkeley Cox under the pen name Francis Iles. The first edition of this scarce crime fiction novel written by Anthony Berkeley Cox. The murderer's identity is revealed in the first line of the novel, which provides the reader with insights into the workings of the murderer's mind as his plans progress. Cox loosely based this novel on the real-life case of Herbert Armstrong and includes elements of Doctor Crippen.Issued under the Gollancz imprint of 'Mundanus' which they produced as a 3/- paperback series in an attempt to initiate a paperback revolution. This hardback edition was published simultaneously with the wrappers issue, as was a library issue. Copies of the hardback edition are extremely scarce.An extremely scarce copy of this important novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. A few light marks to the boards. Bumping to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Scattered spotting to the fore-edge, and heavy spots to the first and last few pages. Otherwise, occasional light spots. Very Good Indeed. book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 764L13
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