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By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $18.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1988
Edition: Reprint Edition
Seller ID: 006657
ISBN: 0060809353
Condition: Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
173 pp. Gray cloth boards with violet gilt lettering. Spine slightly slanted, minor edgewear, corners a little bumped. DJ in new Brodart protective plastic wrap. DJ shows a little soiling, minor edgewear and a 1 1/2" tear. Text is clean and unmarked. "The headstrong young student Laura Hart is visiting her brother Charles, British vice-consul of Lienz in the Tyrol, when she sees something she shouldn't. There has been increasing tension between the Italian locals and the Austrians who control the region, and it looks as through Hofrat Humbold, the leader of the government in... View more info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $7.00
Publisher: London, Arrow: 1987
Edition: First Arrow Edition
Seller ID: 006207
ISBN: 0060804467
Condition: Very Good+
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 info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $5.50
Publisher: New York, Perennial Library: 1978
Seller ID: 006401
ISBN: 0060804467
Condition: Very Good
Spine slightly slanted, a little edge wear, pages tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "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 info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $4.95
Publisher: New York, Perennial Library: 1978
Seller ID: 003909
ISBN: 0060804467
Condition: Good+
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 info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $9.00
Publisher: London, Hamlyn Paperbacks: 1985
Seller ID: 006210
ISBN: 0099404109
Condition: Very Good+
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 info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $4.70
Publisher: New York, Perennial Library: 1989
Seller ID: 007362
ISBN: 0060809574
Condition: Good
Spine rolled and a bit creased, a little edge wear, some scuffing and soiling to covers. Some browning and spotting but text is clear and unmarked. A good reading copy. "The woman 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. during the war. Mr. Macrea, hired to be her attorney on the first day of the trial, must find a way to prove her innocence in only one week. And he must dig deeply into the past to prove it. "; 6¾" - 7... View more info
Price: $4.75
Publisher: New York, Penguin: 1983
Edition: Reprint Edition
Seller ID: 004428
ISBN: 0140067493
Condition: Very Good-
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 info
Price: $5.50
Publisher: New York, Penguin: 1983
Edition: Reprint Edition
Seller ID: 007606
ISBN: 0140067493
Condition: Very Good
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 info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $4.95
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1978
Seller ID: 003914
ISBN: 0060804580
Condition: Good+
Spime somewhat slanted/creased, very minor bumping/edgewear, PO name inside. Text starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked. "Once you start to follow Mr. Wetherall, headmaster of a London high school, in his one-man war on rime and the black-market, you will find it hard to leave him until victory is his."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View more info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $4.35
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1978
Seller ID: 005336
ISBN: 0060804580
Condition: Good+
Spine a bit creased, slanted, corners bumped, minor edge wear, a little darkening. Some browning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. "Once you start to follow Mr. Wetherall, headmaster of a London high school, in his one-man war on rime and the black-market, you will find it hard to leave him until victory is his."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View more info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $5.45
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1978
Seller ID: 006212
ISBN: 0060804580
Condition: Very Good
Tiny tear on front cover. Inside covers starting to yellow. A tight, attractive copy. "Once you start to follow Mr. Wetherall, headmaster of a London high school, in his one-man war on rime and the black-market, you will find it hard to leave him until victory is his."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View more info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $4.70
Publisher: London, Penguin: 1976
Seller ID: 006403
ISBN: 0140041265
Condition: Good+
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 info
Price: $9.95
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1974
Edition: First American Edition
Seller ID: 006490
ISBN: 0060115181
Condition: Good in Good+ dust jacket
Ex-library with usual stamps, markings, and pocket. Slight spine slant, minor edge wear, text is clean and unmarked. Jacket in protective wraps, taped to boards, a little edge wear and soiling. "Decent but obsessive solicitor tries to expose irregular past of rising politico during run-up to General Election...Security Service plays Dirty Tricks to save Government's face.. Sheer pleasure"; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View more info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $6.95
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1977
Edition: First American Edition
Seller ID: 007765
ISBN: 0060115394
Condition: Fair in Good dust jacket
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 Londo... View more info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $55.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1950
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Seller ID: 005392
Condition: Good in Good dust jacket
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 info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $80.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1950
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Seller ID: 006573
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
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 - ver... View more info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $32.50
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1950
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Seller ID: 006578
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
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 on... View more info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, Penguin Books: 1988
Seller ID: 006803
ISBN: 0140110771
Condition: Good
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 d... View more info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $6.50
Publisher: New York, Penguin: 1985
Edition: Reprint Edition
Seller ID: 007604
ISBN: 0140075631
Condition: Very Good
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 myst... View more info
By: Gilbert, Michael
Price: $3.75
Publisher: New York, Carroll & Graf: 1993
Seller ID: 007763
ISBN: 088184988X
Condition: Good
Ex library with typical stamps, pocket, and markings. Spine well creased, rolled, edge wear and rubbing, corners curled up including a few page corners. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. 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 hit by another. Anthony naturally interven... View more info
