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NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950. VERY GOOD condition in FAIR dust jacket. NY. Duell Sloan Pearce. HARDCOVER. 1950. FIRST Printing. Bound in gray boards with red titles in gray pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, original price of $2.50 intact. Light age toning to page edges and endpapers. Bump to bottom points. Dust jacket has stain and rubbing to back panel, fading to spine, rubbing to front panel, sticker residue on price and nicks and chips around edges. Featuring John Mannering, The Baron.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1965. Paperback. Acceptable. 1965. This Edition Reset. 190 pages. Pictorial paper covers. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages, text block edges and reverse of covers. Hinges are lightly cracked but covers remain firmly attached. Paper covers have light edge-wear and corner curling with minor tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has mild rolling and creasing.

Sampson Low. First English Edition. No dust jacket. Very Good condition.

Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950. Hardcover. Good. . Some shelf wear. Jacket faded at spine, light edge wear, otherwise VG.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950. First U.S. printing. Gently bumped and rubbed with a touch of wear at the upper edges. Pages lightly tanned with a bit of foxing to the upper edge of the text block, previous owner's name on the front free end paper. Jacket lightly rubbed with just a bit of wear at the edges, spine slightly sunned, in mylar. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1950. 1st edition US. Hardcover. Stated 1st ptg., 8vo, full gray cloth. The fourth mystery starring John Manning, gentleman jewel thief, originally published under the pseudonym Anthony Morton. Toning to edges of page block with different signatures toning at different rates, near fine in edgeworn, unclipped dj with original $2.50 price, no previous owner's marks.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950. 255 pp, small 8vo (7 5/8" H). "John Mannering's wife Lorna had painted what critics considered the picture of the Royal Academy year. Perhaps this was why she wanted her husband to give up his career as the Baron, cracksman and jewel thief and Robin Hood of the London underworld. Perhaps she thought it would be more suitable for him to open a very small, very select gallery - one like Quinn's, the West End antique and curio shop with the curious history, which just happened to be for sale. But when John Mannering went with money in his hand to buy, he ran into mystery and trouble. Soon New Scotland Yard was wondering if the Baron was up to his old tricks again." Very light browning to three page gatherings, date and letter "A" written in pen on front free endpaper, minor soiling on top of textblock, light edgewear, wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has several tears - some archivally taped, creases at top of front… Read More

CAREER FOR THE BARON, Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1950, first American edition, near fine a vg pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear and some small chips missing from the dust-wrapper spine extremities.