Eberhard frederick g (12 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. some pages have light colored age staining -all text clear and readable, front endpaper has been removed -not a text page, some dark age staining inside the front and back covers, front spine hinge is broken but the book is still tightly bound to the spine of the book, some dark greyish age staining to the hardcovers, heavy edgewear to the hardcover corners, age staining to the outside page edges, the title page is about half way ripped from the spine, light age coloring to the pages.…

Zustand: New. O'Keefe, Gavin L. (illustrator).

Zustand: New. Print on Demand. O'Keefe, Gavin L. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Microbe Murders by Frederick G. Eberhard First Edition The Macaulay Company 1935. New York. No inscriptions, contents and edges free of foxing and toning. Top edge tint still bold in colour. Covers are near VG with mottling to edges. In original pictorial VG dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Macauley, NY, 1933. First edition. A FINE book in scarce VERY GOOD jacket ( numerous closed tears with a few creases to some; tiny chips to top of spine; no tape, no damp, no stains etc). A bibliomystery. Mystery writer Braxton Hicks is famous for his puzzling thrillers where only in the last moment is the true killer revealed. His latest work, "The Skeleton Talks", is as yet unpublished. When he is found slumped over his typewriter, dead, it is man-about-town Bradley Holmes who suspects murder. A missing manuscript, a jealous author, and a grieving widow all play a part in this fun mystery. Not in Penzler surprisingly.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Good plus. Small tear at top of spine, corners bumped, covers slightly faded.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Eberhard's scarce first mystery novel, featuring Chief of Police Sutherland. Very lightly bumped and rubbed, spine cocked with a crease. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Black cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in green onto upper board and spine, top edge stained green, 12mo (7-3/8 inches tall), pp. 254, (2) ads. Volume with spine ends softened, a couple of small holes to front hinge/joint and a few tiny spots of foxing to fore-edge of last few leaves. Unclipped DJ with light edge wear and rubs. Author's second mystery novel. Displaying very effectively, some of the most vivid and "in your face!" dust jacket artwork of it's time, signed "C.S." at the bottom of the front panel. As George Salter, the famous artist and dust jacket designer said ". .a great number of jackets, too similar in style, will cancel each other out." There is certainly no danger of this unsophisticated - and very singular jacket design - ever being canceled out. Ref. Hubin (1994), p. 257; Heller, p.18.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Original black cloth lettered in green to the front panel and spine. The book is solid with true corners and strong hinges. The scarce complete jacket is bright and very compelling, with jacket art by C. Schneider. There has been some minor restoration done to the spine ends visible only on the verso. The rear panel of the jacket has a diagonal closed tear with archival tape to the verso. A serial killer / police procedural with an added focus of forensic science. A relatively scarce title, the first from this author, with the extremely scarce bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Near Fine / Very Good. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good or better dustwrapper (designed by Paul Wenck) with some fading at the spine and rubbing. Skeletons appear in a cemetery and are investigated by a detective imaginatively named Holmes. Very scarce in jacket.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. Original green cloth, lettered in yellow to the front panel and spine. The boards have minor soiling and a few spots and the spine has some vertical creasing. Previous owner name to the front paste-down. The dust jacket is bright and very pleasing though it is price-clipped. There is some minor restoration on the verso to the spine ends and flap hinges, not visible from the front. A small town is beset with several murders that the local coroners office has ruled accidental. Lawyer and criminologist Lyman K. Wilbur is called in by friends to investigate and an autopsy reveals a different and more disturbing scenario. Then more murder, arson, and bombing. A really good book with interesting characters and, for me at least, it seemed an amazing amount of drinking by everybody during this Prohibition Era setting. Very Good / Near Fine.…

First Edition. Horror and mystery novel of a diabolical crime using germs. Very Good, mild cocking, ownership address at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, nicking and modest edge wear.