Ex-library with typical stamps, markings, and pocket. Spine a bit cocked, some edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in plastic protective wraps, taped to boards, some edge wear and rubbing. A good reading copy. ; This volume contains three Inspector Maigret mysteries originally published between 1956 - 1961. Translated by Daphne Woodward and Robert Eglesfield. ; Inspector Maigret; Ex-Library; 7 ¾" X 9 ¾"; 290 pages; "Maigret is shown faced with three very different deaths, and the various milieus are depicted with an equal surenessof touch. Maigret's Failure: The vulgarly rich owner of a... View More...
Spine slanted, corners bumped, minor edge wear, half-ring dampstain on front board. Illustrated book plate inside cover. A little darkening but text is clean and unmarked. "The burglar's wife reported her husband had seen Maria lying dead, in a pool of her own blood. But why had the burglar skipped town? And why did Maria's prosperous dentist husband and aristocratic mother-in-law insist Maria had left Paris of her own free will? Here was a caper to baffle even the master sleuth. A case with too many clues -- and no crime. A killing with too many suspects -- and no corpse. Before Maigre... View More...
Spine slanted, creased, cracked at page 46-47, plentiful library stickers and stamps, corners worn, minor edge wear and rubbing, text clean and unmarked. Reading copy. ; Translated by J. Maclaren-Ross. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 167 pages; " A safe-manufacturer-turned-burglar stumbles upon a dead body while committing a robbery: Will Maigret crack the case? " While committing what he intends to be his last burglary, 'Sad Freddie' discovers something completely out of his line: the body of a dead woman, her chest covered in blood, holding a telephone in her hand. Maigret is called in ... View More...
0380704145 Slight reading crease, a little edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 151 pages; "Maigret and the Gangsters finds Chief Inspector Jules Maigret of the Paris crime squad reluctantly helping the hapless Detective Lognon discover the identity of a body dumped from a passing car and immediately picked up by another, before the corpse is even cool. Maigret soon realizes he is dealing with genuine American gangsters, and everyone from Pozzo, a shady restaurateur, to ever-reliable Luigi, owner of the stylish Manhattan Bar, is warning him to b... View More...
Corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. ; Maigret; 7" - 9" Tall; 151 pages; "Maigret and the Gangsters finds Chief Inspector Jules Maigret of the Paris crime squad reluctantly helping the hapless Detective Lognon discover the identity of a body dumped from a passing car and immediately picked up by another, before the corpse is even cool. Maigret soon realizes he is dealing with genuine American gangsters, and everyone from Pozzo, a shady restaurateur, to ever-reliable Luigi, owner of the stylish Manhattan Bar, is warning him to back off. When Lognon hi... View More...
Ex-library with usual markings and bar code on front board. Spine slanted, corners bumped, minor edge wear, a couple dings on front cover. Text appears clean and unmarked. Large print edition. "Maigret and the Gangsters finds Chief Inspector Jules Maigret of the Paris crime squad reluctantly helping the hapless Detective Lognon discover the identity of a body dumped from a passing car and immediately picked up by another, before the corpse is even cool. Maigret soon realizes he is dealing with genuine American gangsters, and everyone from Pozzo, a shady restaurateur, to ever-reliable Luig... View More...
Spine somewhat slanted, ex-library with pocket and usual stamps, DJ in protective plastic wrap taped to yellow boards. Top corner of DJ wrinkled. Text is clean and unmarked.
"'Somebody killed my boy. . . Why? But why?' Maigret and Madame Maigret were having their monthly dinner at the Pardons', Maigret's physician, when Pardon was called away to a young man lying wounded on the sidewalk. Accompanying Pardon, Maigret is drawn into one of the most perplexing and also potentially dangerous cases of his career."; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View More...
Slight spine slant, corners bumped, slight edge wear. An attractive copy. ; Inspector Maigret; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 165 pages; "The investigation of a murder with no apparent motive pushes Maigret to look beyond the simple question of guilt and innocence. "Maigret, accompanying his physician on an emergency call, is drawn into one of his most stubborn cases yet. The victim, the son of a wealthy perfume manufacturer, had been enjoying an odd hobby before his death: collecting human voices with a tape recorder, often in the rougher districts of Paris. But his wallet and his tape recor... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, a little edge wear, crease across upper front cover along with some label residue, interior good. Overall, a nice copy. ; Translated from the French by Eileen Ellenbogen. ; Maigret; 6" - 7" Tall; 162 pages; "In a squalid room of an abandoned house in the oldest section of Paris, Maigret finds an impeccably groomed corpse dressed in rags. The Inspector's quest for the identity of the mysterious victim leads to an abandoned wife and child, an anonymous telephone call, and a suspect brought back in handcuffs to Paris from a respectable seaside villa to face a t... View More...
Corners bumped. Jacket shows some scuffing, especially in back, darkening, scuffs where stickers have likely been removed. "This is a very special case in Maigret's experince, in which he invests his heart as much as his ingenuity. A nice old lady, meticulously groomed and showing no signs of derangement, timidly tries to see the famous detective and finally accosts him in the street. She is frightened: someone invades her apartment during her absences. Nothing is missing. But, says she, there are minute changes in the positions of objects, which to her prove the presence of an intruder. ... View More...
Spine slightly creased, a bit slanted, covers a bit creased and bowed out, corners bumped including some pages, book has a gentle curver to it. Text is clean and unmarked. "This is a very special case in Maigret's experince, in which he invests his heart as much as his ingenuity. A nice old lady, meticulously groomed and showing no signs of derangement, timidly tries to see the famous detective and finally accosts him in the street. She is frightened: someone invades her apartment during her absences. Nothing is missing. But, says she, there are minute changes in the positions of objects,... View More...
Spine slightly slanted and creased, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. A nice copy. ; Translated from the French by Eileen Ellenbogen. ; Maigret; 6" - 7" Tall; 176 pages; "This is a very special case in Maigret's experince, in which he invests his heart as much as his ingenuity. A nice old lady, meticulously groomed and showing no signs of derangement, timidly tries to see the famous detective and finally accosts him in the street. She is frightened: someone invades her apartment during her absences. Nothing is missing. But, says she, there are minute changes in the p... View More...
Spine a bit slanted, reading crease, minor edge wear and rubbing, a little cover creasing and soiling. A nice copy. ; Translatedfrom the French by Jean Stewart. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 168 pages; "In the George V, a Paris luxury hotel, a world celebrity has been found drowned in his bathtub, not far from a bottle of whiskey and items testifying to a recent female visitor. Grand hotels with international clients of the VIP variety are a territory Maigret abhors, but the case pulls the reluctant Inspector into high society. Behind the scenes of elegant suites, bars, lobbies, and game rooms,... View More...
Corners very slightly bumped. A bright, attractive copy. "One of the richest wine merchants in Paris has been murdered, in front of an elegant house used by couples for discreet meetings. At the victim's home and at his office, Maigret is surprised by a curious absence of shock or grief, and he begins to receive messages from a mysterious caller who assures him that the murdered man deserved what he got. Indeed, as Maigret probes into the life of the victim, singularly unlovable traits are revealed. And when Maigret finally meets the murderer, he is unusually reluctant to see him appreh... View More...
Corners slightly bumped, some edge wear, reading crease. Owner's name on inside cover. A nice copy. ; Translated by Robert Baldick. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 136 pages; "A classic among Simenon, this is the story of Maigret's night vigil at the Three Widows Crossroads, where the body of a Jewish diamond-merchant had been found. Pompous M. Michonnet, at one house, owned the car containing the corpse, aristocratic Carl Andersen, the Dane, owned the garage containing the car, and vulgar M. Oscar, at the service-station, simply sold petrol to all-comers. They none of them knew a thing. Then t... View More...
Corners bumped, a little edge wear, a little creasing and sunning to covers. A nice copy. ; Translated by Robert Baldick. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 136 pages; "A classic among Simenon, this is the story of Maigret's night vigil at the Three Widows Crossroads, where the body of a Jewish diamond-merchant had been found. Pompous M. Michonnet, at one house, owned the car containing the corpse, aristocratic Carl Andersen, the Dane, owned the garage containing the car, and vulgar M. Oscar, at the service-station, simply sold petrol to all-comers. They none of them knew a thing. Then the victim'... View More...
Ex Library with the usual stamps, stickers and pocket. Spine cocked, slight edge wear. Jacket in plastic protective sleeve, glued to pastedowns, a little edge wear and rubbing. A good reading copy. ; Translated by Robert Baldick. ; Inspector Maigret; Ex-Library; 7 ¾" X 9 ¾"; 139 pages; "At the crack of dawn on a raw morning, Chief Inspector Maigret finds himself in the church of Saint-Fiacre in the village where he was raised. He's there as a result of an anonymous note threatening that someone would die in the church at the first Mass of All Souls' Day. The arrival of the Countess... View More...
Originally published under the title "Maigret Hesite." Spine slightly slanted. DJ slightly soiled with edgewear, two large and several tiny tears, and a 3/4" chip on back edge. Text is clean and attractive. "Despite the expensively elegant stationery, Inspector Maigret had given the anonymous letter very little thought. He was accustomed to receiving crank mail that spoke of unreported crimes and innocent victims. However, reading the letter more closely, he began to see something that disturbed him. . . it was the neurotic, power-crazed personality of a ruthless killer. ... View More...
Red boards with black lettering, 182 pp, Book club edition. Corners bumped, slight edge wear, spine slightly cocked. Jacket in new Brodart, spine sunned, minor edge wear and chipping especially along spine, some sunning. A nice copy. ; Originally published under the title "Maigret Hesite." Translated from the French by Lyn Moir. ; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall; 182 pages; "Despite the expensively elegant stationery, Inspector Maigret had given the anonymous letter very little thought. He was accustomed to receiving crank mail that spoke of unreported crimes and innocent victims. However... View More...
