WEEK-END IN BAGHDAD a Cock Robin Mystery by WADHAM, RUTH - 1959

First edition first printing of this thriller novel. Light edge wear to the dust jacket. The base of the dust jacket's spine suffers from spotty sticker scar. In very good / very good condition.

1959. WADHAM, Ruth. WEEK-END IN BAGHDAD. NY: The Macmillan Company, 1959. Small 8vo., black cloth in dust jacket; 200 pages. First Edition, first printing. Very Good (covers nice; contents clean & tight with some browning endpapers); little wear & browning (one interior clear tape mend; $3.25 price is present) d/j. $10.00.

Macmillan, 1959. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

THE MACMILLAN CO, 1959. FIRST PRINITNG. Hardcover. Used; Very Good. 200 PP FOXING TO ENDPAPERS BLUE BOARDS WITH GILT LETTERING TO SPINE AND COVER, UNCLIPPED PRICE DUST JACKET, SOME WEAR TO UPPER AND LOWER SPINE OF JACKET AND SOME CHIPS TO REAR OF JACKET, BOOK IS TIGHT AND BRIGHT... A HIGH RANKING BRITISH DIPLOMAT IS KILLED IN BAGHDAD AND PETER SHAW A YOUNG ENGLISH TEACHER UNDERTAKES THE INVESTIGATION INTO MURDER , THE CASE FINALLY REACHES A CLIMAX WITH A FRANTIC CHASE THROUGH THE DESERT.

Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 200 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Front free endpaper is missing. Pencil markings to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor wear marks to boards.

Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 200 pages. Yellow dust jacket over red covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and heavier at text-block edges. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Moderate tanning to spine.