A Shilling For Candles
by Tey, Josephine
JOSEPHINE TEY is one of the best-known and best-loved of all crime writers. She began to write full-time after the successful publication of her first novel, The Man in the Queue, which introduced Inspector Grant of Scotland Yard. In 1937 she returned to crime writing with A Shilling for Candles, but it wasn't until after theSecond World War that the majority of her crime novels were published. Josephine Tey died in 1952, leaving her entire estate to the National Trust.
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A Shilling for Candles
by Tey, Josephine ( Pseudonym of Elizabeth MacKintosh )
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New York: The Macmillan Co,, 1954. SCARCE in any printing or edition, the First American Printing published 1954 in MacMillan's Murder Revisited Series, originally published by Methuen in London in 1936. Basis for the 1937 Alfred Hitchcock film "The Young and the Innocent " ("The Girl Was Young" in the 1938 American release). The book is Near fine, 1/4" toning… Read more about this item Item Price
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NY: MacMillan. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth titled in white. First American edition; first printing stated. Slight wear to spine ends/points. PO name to fep, pages slightly toned. The DJ in mylar is faintly worn to spine ends, faintly scratched to rear panel. Flap price $2.50.; 8vo 8"… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Crease on spine. 238 pages. An Inspector Alan Grant Mystery, No. 2. A woman's body is found on the English seacoast, and twisted in her hair is an article screaming murder. For Inspector Alan Grant, the case becomes a nightmare, as too many clues and too many motives… Read more about this item Item Price
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Slight stain last two pages of ads after the story ends. Author, title on front cover. Spine, which is tight, has title, author and publisher in white and yellow ink. Text unmarked. Rear bottom left edge missing small amount of color. Very light wear around top of spine and bottom. Corners show light wear.. Bottom page edges show pattern… Read more about this item Item Price
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MacMillan, 1954. Very Good. Tey, Josephine. A Shilling for Candles (Murder Revisited Series). New York: MacMillan, 1954. 1st U.S. edition. 188pp. 8vo. Blue cloth. Book condition: Very good with rubbed edges, a small stain on front cover, and former owner's name penned on front free endsheet. Bookseller's label on rear pastedown. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with chipped edges… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Shilling For Candles
by Josephine Tey
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Pan Books, 1958. Paperback. Acceptable. 1958. First Edition Thus. 188 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Small tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Pencil inscription to first page. Paper cover has moderate edgewear with small tears and creasing. Slight curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pan. Paperback. 189pp. Third impression. Classic Pan cover by Peff (Sam Peffer). Light reading wear. Rubbed with some slight peeling to spine edges. Pages are tanned. Faint pen mark to front and old prices in pen to first prelim else clean and tight. Good+, sound copy . Paperback. 1959. Item Price
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A Shilling for Candles
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London: Peter Davies, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.. Sixth printing of the 1953 edition. Dust jacket is scuffed with small tears to back, but generally in good condition. Not price clipped. Olive green boards with gilt lettering in very good condition. Pages are clean and binding is tight. 8vo. 1970 Item Price
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A Shilling For Candles
by Josephine Tey
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Pan Books, 1960. Paperback. Good. 1960. Third Printing. 188 pages. Paperback book. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning. Item Price
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A Shilling for Candles
by Tey, Joséphine
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A Shilling for Candles
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