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UsedVeryGood. signs of little wear on the cover.

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Macaulay. 1931. First edition.. Hard cover. good; definite signs of aging w few pen marks throughout some pages of book; a readable copy and all pages intact

Kent Town, SA, Australia: Wakefield Crime Classic, 1993. 1st. Ed. Trade paperback, Wakefield Crime Classic #5. Afterword by series eds. Michael Tolley & Peter Moss. (originally published 1924). No US edition. AS NEW. "Anyone with money is a god, anywhere. Here, you may be the biggest, vilest, ugliest, most diseased blackguard in the state, but if there's cash behind you, you're respected." John Archibald Cups is a bitter young man. Falsely accused of embezzlement by his banking employers, he's turned against respectable Adelaide, where the hypocrisy of the racecourse rules. Protected by his false face, false identities, and false fortune, he's racing to out-jockey the hounds of the law. "The Secret of the Garden" is a reckless outlaw's tale, and another great addition to the Wakefield Crime Classics series.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. As New. Illus. by Singleton, Cameron. Book.

Wakefield Press, 1993. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Herbert Jenkins, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. First Edition Thus. 188 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth covered boards. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Extensive library stamps and inscriptions to front free end-paper. Previous owner's inscription to front paste-down. Remains of jacket rear flap stuck to rear paste-down. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Top edge of front board dust dulled. Moderate tanning to spine. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1950. First UK edition. . Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Considerable wear around the extremities of the cover. Former store rental book. CTi

NOTICE: THIS COPY IS MISSING ONE LEAF (pg. 11/12). DUE TO ITS SCARCE NATURE, WE ARE LISTING IT FOR SALE ANYWAY. Presumably first edition. 312 p. [-2]. A well-loved scarce vintage hardcover with browned pages and that lovely old book scent. Possibly ex-library (see images) with all the signs of repeated use: shaken, with edgewear, abrasions, markings, tears, creases, stains, etc., etc. Page 11/12 has been mostly torn away (see images). From GoogleBooks: As British liaison officer to the CIA and FBI in 1949, Kim Philby held a position at the heart of the Western intelligence war against the Soviets. The quintessential Englishman, Philby was also an officer in the KGB. Here is the story that Philby revealed to the only Western journalist he trusted.

Wakefield Press, 1993-06-01. Paperback. Good.

New York: Mayfair Publishing, nd. Mayfair editions. large format paperback. FR. Soiling, shelf wear and edge wear to covers with insect damage, light foxing throughout, overall fair condition./No Jacket.

Macaulay, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover with scarce DJ, First Edition Macauley New York 317 pages. Near Fine, in a VG DJ. Tan cloth boards with red titles - corners sharp. Moderate shelf/edge wear rubbing, and a few closed tears to original clipped DJ - now in mylar. No previous owner markings - all pages are clean and unmarked. Arthur Cecil Gask (10 July 1869 – 25 June 1951), dentist and novelist, was born on 10 July 1869 at St Marylebone, London. He began writing crime fiction while waiting for his patients and in 1921 paid for the publication of his first novel, The Secret of the Sandhills, which was an immediate success. Over a period of thirty years Gask wrote over thirty books as well as contributing short stories to The Mail in Adelaide. Most of his novels described the activities of a detective, Gilbert Larose, in solving crimes. H. G. Wells and Bertrand Russell were both admirers of his writing. A very handsome First edition in DJ. LOC SSS-06 Read More

Wakefield Press, 1993-06-01. paperback. New. 5x0x8.

Paperback / softback. New. Peter Wacks was an unimpressive and weak man until he came across a mysterious "red paste." Suddenly, from a harmless being, he turned into a ruthless and cold-blooded killer! Like Jekyll and Hyde, he goes on a murder rampage in the night and during daytime becomes a detective to find the so-called murderer. Will Peter be able to outwit himself and stop his descent into chaos and madness? Or will he succumb under his negative self? Excerpt: "I shall never know what dreadful impulse compels me to write it all down. My life is so many, many times forfeit to the State that were my hideous secret to become known, even now, after all these years, within an hour infuriated crowds would gather at my gate and I should be torn limb from limb without the slightest hope of mercy or reprieve. I shall never be forgiven. My crimes were too brutal. I spared neither young nor old, and every deed of violence that could bring pain and horror it was fiendish joy to do...

Paperback / softback. New. Will you forgive yourself if under an influence of a weird substance you turn into a ruthless murderer? What if you are a detective yourself and in-charge of the murder investigations? Will you surrender yourself or will you hide yourself from the law? Peter Wacks will soon learn it the hard way… Excerpt: "I shall never know what dreadful impulse compels me to write it all down. My life is so many, many times forfeit to the State that were my hideous secret to become known, even now, after all these years, within an hour infuriated crowds would gather at my gate and I should be torn limb from limb without the slightest hope of mercy or reprieve. I shall never be forgiven. My crimes were too brutal. I spared neither young nor old, and every deed of violence that could bring pain and horror it was fiendish joy to do...

Paperback / softback. New.

Macaulay, 1933. 1st. hardcover. FINE in GOOD+ edgeworn dj litely chipped at gutter ends & top corners& w/2 closed tears at top of front panel.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.