Search Results: dressed to kill by cheyney peter

Todd Publishing, 1954. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1954. First cheap edition. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding is weak. Some pages are dog-earred. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward lean. Black water spots present.

Ace Books, 1959. Paperback. Acceptable. 1959. First Edition Thus. 187 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Water staining to some pages, text remains unaffected. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners. Light tanning to spine and edges with creasing to spine.

UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

UsedLikeNew. Remainder mark

New. .

Todd Publishing. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. Good dust jacket. Heavily age toned. In protective mylar cover. (mystery crime fiction)

Todd Publishing, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1954. First Cheap Edition. 192 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks overall.

Corgi Transworld Pub, 1955. T108. vg. 1st Corgi T108 1955 edition 1st printing paperback, vg In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Todd Publishing Group, Ltd, London, 1954. Reprint. Buckram. Very Good Condition/Good. The Fabulous Peter Cheyney -- pages 7 through to 42. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. This book was first published in 1945 under the title of "Night Club", but due to war rationing of paper only a small run was printed. This major reprint of this book was published under the author's original title of "Dressed to Kill" and was printed just prior to his contracting an illness and dying in 1951. Mario Zona was frightened and thought he was slated for murder. He hired Rufus Gaunt, a private investigator, to find out who was thinking of doing so; the the list was long -- Meralda Grey -- the beautiful nightclub singer, her fiance Michael Lorimer, Zona's secretary -- Wolfe Lanel and even the cigarette girl Geraldine could not be dismissed.… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

GB: Corgi (Transworld), 1955. T108.. 1st Thus. Paperback. G++.

Todd, 1952. Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. boards are worn, knocked, stained and bumped. thorough tanning, marks and soiling. age related wear. loose hinges. ownership stickers and inscriptions. poor copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Todd Publishing Group, Ltd, London, 1952. Reprint. Buckram. Very Good Condition/Good. The Fabulous Peter Cheyney -- pages 7 through to 42. Beige coloured cloth covered boards with ochre coloured titles to the backstrip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. This book was first published in 1945 under the title of "Night Club", but due to war rationing of paper only a small run was printed. This major reprint of this book was published under the author's original title of "Dressed to Kill" and was printed just prior to his contracting an illness and dying in 1951. Mario Zona was frightened and thought he was slated for murder. He hired Rufus Gaunt, a private investigator, to find out who was thinking of doing so; the the list was long -- Meralda Grey -- the beautiful nightclub singer, her fiance Michael Lorimer, Zona's secretary -- Wolfe Lanel and even the cigarette girl Geraldine could not be dismissed. Bumping and… Read More

London: Todd Publishing, 1954. some wear to covers and cover edges, bookshop stamp front endpaper, otherwise book clean and tight. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Todd Publishing Group Ltd, London, 1954. First Cheap Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. No internal inscriptions, torn or missing pages. Some foxing to early & late pages. Dust jacket is not price clipped. Minor wear & small chips to extremities of dust jacket. Sun fading to dust jacket spine. 192 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Crime Fiction; 1950s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52094. .

London: Todd Publishing Group. 1952. Octavo, original cloth boards, dustjacket, pp 200. Pages toned. Small chips head and foot of spine of d.j. Very good in like dustjacket, protected. The beautiful nightclub singer Merelda Grey and murder in Mayfair. Previously published under the title "Night Club" in 1945, without the extensive biographical introduction "The Fabulous Mr Cheyney" which is included in this edition. 1st edition thus. 102862.

London: Todd. Originally published in 1945 under the title Night Club. Uncommon. Dustwrapper repaired to rear. Rear cover marked. Uncommon crime novel . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st thus. 1952.

Trade Paperback. Publisher: Yabot | Utg. 2022 | Trade Paperback | 158 sidor ; 18 cm | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: Mario Zona, owner of the Silver Ring night club, was frightened. He thought he was going to be killed, so he called Rufus Gaunt, a private investigator. Meralda Grey, the beautiful night club singer; her fiancé Michel Lorimer; Zona's secretary Wolfe Lanel and the pretty cigarette girl Geraldine are all involved in this vintage Peter Cheyney story of murder in London's West End. * * * During the short period of fifteen years Peter Cheyney managed to write more than thirty books. Resulting in sales which run into millions of copies. Cheyney's stories are about the grim, the slick, the seductive and the amusing - just true to life as Cheyney knew it. You will find plenty of strong meat, well spiced with humour in good measure. Detectives, gamesters, thieves, and hard-living beauties makes a glorious story of excitement, humour, suspense,… Read More

four square, 1962 first edition. 626 very good - fine, reading crease paperback,

todd publ.london 1952. first edition thus (previously publ.without the intro.biography) 200pp VG (beige cloth,spine sl.foxed w.extrems.sl.bumped,owner's sign.to front pastedown w.v.sml.ink mark to ffep,eps sl.foxed w.contents browned,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine v.sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,some internal tape repairs)