Top corner a little bumped. Text starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked.
"Detective Sergeant Petrella of the London police is called in when a woman's partially buried body is found near the reservoir. She has been murdered. She also turns out to be the wife of a criminal who has escaped from prison."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
Spine somewhat slanted/creased, some edgewear/bumping/scuffing, PO name inside, text starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked.
"Detective Sergeant Petrella of the London police is called in when a woman's partially buried body is found near the reservoir. She has been murdered. She also turns out to be the wife of a criminal who has escaped from prison."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
Spine very slightly slanted. Text stanting to yellow, but clean aand unamrked.
"The girl was young, French, and on trial for murdering a man said to be her ex-lover and the father of her dead child: an English major who had been one of the great heroes of the French Underground Resistance."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
0099598205 Corners slightly bumped. A bright, tight attractive copy.
"The year is 1945. The man is Oliver Nugent, a young Armoured Corps officer seeking a new outlet for his aggressive talents. Soon, he finds a suitable target. On his rise from battlefield to boardroom, Nugent discovers that the tactics for success are remarkably similar. In fifteen years he heads a powerful group of companies. But someone is about to turn the tables - Nugent becomes the victim. And this time the weapon is blackmail."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
Corners a little bumped; text starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked.
"Financial double-dealings and a sinister network of drug dealers involve Scotland Yard in a most devious and deadly game. Scotland Yard calls its investigation of Randall Blackett's vast financial empire 'Operation Snakes and Ladders,' after the popular children's game. The players here are hardly innocent children, however, and the risks include blackmail, thuggery, fraud - and murder."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
Spine slightly rolled, corners bumped, slight edge wear, light reading crease. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy.
"Financial double-dealings and a sinister network of drug dealers involve Scotland Yard in a most devious and deadly game. Scotland Yard calls its investigation of Randall Blackett's vast financial empire 'Operation Snakes and Ladders,' after the popular children's game. The players here are hardly innocent children, however, and the risks include blackmail, thuggery, fraud - and murder."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
Spine somewhat creased, minor edge wear, a little cover creasing and soiling. Slight rippling along bottom edge. A good reading copy. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 262 pages; "The protagonist is an unlikely schoolmaster named Weatherall, who notices some unpleasant goings-on in his South London neighborhood. Someone is running a protection racket of sorts on area restaurants. Then there is a former student, Patsy Donavon, now a disgraced policeman; Patsy is seeking for revenge for the death of his wife at the hands of the same racketeers. Before long, the stubbornly moral Weatherall and most of the Donavon... View More...
First Penguin UK paperback, 206 pp. Spine slanted, a little edge wear and some rubbing to covers. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked.
"Decent but obsessive solicitor tries o expose irregular past of rising politico during run-p to General Election...Security Service plays Dirty Tricks to save Government's face.. Sheer pleasure"; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
Black cloth with gold lettering, 222 pp. A little edge wear and rubbing, spine cracked completely through at pp 92/93. Jacket in new Brodart, some edge wear and chipping especially at base of spine, price sticker on upper right corner, sunning and darkening. Reading copy. Patrick Petrella's father was Spanish (so was Patrick's temperament) and his mother was English, but he studied at the American University in Beirut. And on his 21st birthday Patrick joined the Metropolitan Police in London, as a constable, where he rose in the ranks to become Detective Chief Inspector of the South London D... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear. Some cover creasing and scuffing, store stamp inside cover. A solid copy. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 245 pages;
Patrick Petrella's father was Spanish (so was Patrick's temperament) and his mother was English, but he studied at the American University in Beirut. And on his 21st birthday Patrick joined the Metropolitan Police in London, as a constable, where he rose in the ranks to become Detective Chief Inspector of the South London Division." View More...
Ex-library with all the expected stamps, labels, and pocket. Spine slanted, moderate edge wear and chipping, especially to top and base of spine. Front free end paper (with library pocket) has been taped to pastedown, hinges somewhat weak, some tape residue where jacket was taped to boards. Text is clean and unmarked. Jacket is in new Brodart and has moderate edge wear, a little chipping, small paper square with call letters taped to base of spine, some darkening and tape residue. There is a horizontal, nearly closed slit across front cover. A very serviceable copy of this uncommon title. ... View More...
Corners bumped, a little edge wear, spine slightly cocked, owner's name on front end paper. Pages slightly tanned but text is clean and unmarked. Jacket in new Brodart with minor edge wear and a few small nearly closed tears, spine and back panel sunned, some rubbing. An attractive copy. "At eleven o'clock this mornng a partner in this firm of solicitors - what's their name - Horniman, Birley an Craine, opened one of their deed boxes. The box was supposed to contain certain papers relating to a trust. What they found was one of the trustees. Name of Smallbone - Marcus Smallbone - very d... View More...
245 pp. Blue boards with red lettering. Ex-library with all the expected stamps, labels, and pocket. Rear free endpaper removed. Spine slightly slanted, moderate edge wear and chipping, especially to top and base of spine and corners. Text has a few light smudges, but is basically light and unmarked. Pastedowns show dampstaining around edges. "At eleven o'clock this mornng a partner in this firm of solicitors - what's their name - Horniman, Birley an Craine, opened one of their deed boxes. The box was supposed to contain certain papers relating to a trust. What they found was one o... View More...
Slight spine slant, a little edge wear, light reading crease, owner's inscrip. on front end paper. There is a 1/2" tear from the spine onto the front cover which intrudes well into the text block. Pages lightly tanned but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy except for the tear. "At eleven o'clock this mornng a partner in this firm of solicitors - what's their name - Horniman, Birley an Craine, opened one of their deed boxes. The box was supposed to contain certain papers relating to a trust. What they found was one of the trustees. Name of Smallbone - Marcus Smallbone - very dead... View More...
Corners bumped, a little edge wear, small crimp inside cover near top of spine (likely from binding). Interior clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "James Scotland, a young pathologist, has come to Melchester on a much-needed vacation. But amid the cathedral town's quiet medieval atmosphere, he finds a hornet's nest of church politics, town and country rivalries. . . and murder. When one of the community's most influential figures dies suddenly (and very publicly), Scotland uncovers some curious alliances among church, state, and big business. Modern forensic pathology, the age-old mysteri... View More...
Ex library with typical stamps, pocket, and markings. Spine cocked, some edge wear and chipping, tape residue. Jacket in protective wraps taped to boards, a little edge wear and rubbing. Pages lightly tanned but text is clean and unmarked. A solid reading copy. "Anthony Brydon, an appealing young solicitor of somewhat limited experience in respect to both politics and women, first senses something wrong in his pleasant home town in Kent when he sees two teen-aged boys brutally ejected from the town's new recreation center. One boy is hurled into the gutter; the second is held by one man and ... View More...
Spine slanted, a bit creased, light reading crease, a little edge wear, minor cover creasing. A nice copy. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 254 pages; "Anthony Brydon, an appealing young solicitor of somewhat limited experience in respect to both politics and women, first senses something wrong in his pleasant home town in Kent when he sees two teen-aged boys brutally ejected from the town's new recreation center. One boy is hurled into the gutter; the second is held by one man and hit by another. Anthony naturally intervenes and soon becomes enmeshed in a murky affair that leads to scandalous corruption and ... View More...
Spine slightly creased and scuffed, corners bumped, minor edge wear, readiing crease, paper lifts at top edge around spine, some rubbing and darkening, store stamps inside cover. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A good reading copy.
"British officers in an Italian POW camp are determined to break out-with the Allied invasion near they may be turned over to the Germans. It is at this point they discover that there is a traitor in their midst..."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
Spine a bit slanted, corners bumped, slight edge wear and scuffing, crease across lower front corner, light reading crease. A little tanning but text is clean and unmarked. Overall a nice copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 220 pages;
"A top genetic scientist, his life recently insured for £100,000, plunges over a Devon cliff. Body and car are never recovered. "Peter Manciple, of the cautious firm of Phelps, King & Troyte, is sent down to Exmoor to investigate" View More...
Crease across bottom front corner, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing, light reading crease. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 192 pages; "At 6: 50 pm two men got off the fast train from Rome at Florence station. Both were dressed in charcoal grey suits and carried bulging suitcases. And, although it was a warm summer evening, both men were wearing gloves. . . " It was shortly afterwards that Robert Broke's troubles began. He ran a small gallery on the Via de Benci, and was an expert on Etruscan terra-cotta - so he was cer... View More...
