The Mystery Book by H Douglas Thomson (10 results)

Condition: Fair. 1934. No Edition Remarks. 1086 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. End papers are more notably tanned. End papers are more notably tanned. Heavy cracking at the hinges. Text block held by binding materials. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding is shaky. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends, with splitting, fraying and loss to the head, tail and joints. Boards have minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean. Board corners are bumped. Moderate tanning to spine.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No dustwrapper, black cloth. Some wear, pencil marks to preliminary pages, binding sound. See photos for the contents. Book.

1934 copyright date given; tightly bound in black cloth with slight wear and bumping to corners; gilt title on spine dulled; a few faint discolouration spots on cover; page fore-edges and endpapers a little yellowed; otherwise, a clean, tidy copy. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1,086pp. Red cloth-covered boards; blind-embossed design on front, gilt titles on spine; top text block edge sprayed red. 8vo. Slightly sun-faded spine, rubbed spine ends with cloth wearing. Top text block edge colour very faced also tanned, remaining edges starting to tan and fox. Text block dropped, volume a little loose. Previous owner's details blind-embossed on front free endpaper, pages starting to age. Otherwise, internally neat and clean. An anthology of mystery, adventure and crime detection stories.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. (Mystery, Detectives, Horror).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, first edition, pp,1086, illustrated, gilt titled and decorated black cloth, spine a bit faded, trifle foxing to fore-edge. Many stories from a wide variety of interesting authors.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Ernest Wallcousins (illustrator). Odhams Press, London, UK, 1934. Probable First Edition (1934 date on back of title page, no additional printings noted), thick red Hardcover; imprint design on front cover; imprint & gold lettering on spine, no DJ, 1086 pp. Introduction by editor Thomson; Title & Author Index. 17 excellent B&W illustrations by Ernest Wallcousins. Massive collection: 50 tales by 50 authors, including two complete novels ("The Invisible Man" by H.G. Wells & "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James) and two plays (Lord Dunsany's "A Night at an Inn" + J.J. Bell's "Thread o' Scarlet"). Remainder are short stories, including many famous (A Terribly Strange Bed, The Horla, The Werewolf) and lesser known tales. Divided into three major sections: Stories of Mystery & Adventure; Stories of Crime & Detection; Stories of the Supernatural. This book has a bit of bending/blunting at corners but very minor edgewear. Previous owner's signature (J. Luming) lightly written on back of pre-title page; otherwise unmarked. An ususually good, solidly bound and attractive copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 100% of profit goes to charity, we are all volunteers. There are four books in this set, each one is in either Good or Very Good Condition. The book of humour has a cracked connection between the front and back covers and the pages of the book, although it is still readable. The binding of true stories is loose, and the back cover of that volume is partially cracked. Thrillers still feels tight, but the back cover is also cracked at the spine. Mystery also has a cracked back cover at the spine, and mystery also has a previous owner's name written on the first page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Frontispiece. (illustrator). Anthology. 8vo. Original black cloth, gilt. Dust-jacket. An anthology comprising classic stories of mystery, detective fiction, adventure, suspense, and supernatural tales. The anthology includes works from notable authors, reflecting the popularity and diversity of early 20th-century genre fiction. A little minor spotting; cloth slightly sunned and softened at spine ends; dust-jacket worn at edges with some splitting and chipping, loss to head of spine, spine slightly sunned. Book.