Silence Observed

New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 154 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. It began when a beautiful young woman appeared at a posh London gallery holding a portrait she claimed was painted by Rembrandt. Sir John Appleby, the erudite… Read more about this item

Ballantine, 1975 First Ballantine printing October 1975 in Very Good Plus condition. A Sir John Appleby Mystery.. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good Plus.

London : Victor Gollancz, 1961. First edition. "Happy the week in which a new Innes is published and we meet again that most civilised and subtly devious of policemen, Sir John Appleby. He is now 53 and nominally a desk-bound Yard administrator, but his detective wit is undimmed, and he manages to leave his desk long enough to solve the… Read more about this item

Gollancz, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 1961. First Edition. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Acceptable. 1964. 144 pages. Published in Penguin Books. Green penguin paperback. Slight splitting to top of first page, page remains attached. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Covers have mild edge-wear with curling to corners. Visible tanning to spine and edges with scuffing to spine ends.

Penguin, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. 143 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Penguin Books, 1966. Mass Market Paperback. VERY GOOD. 18 cm.. Pages are tanned. Slight wear to edges. Spine is not creased. No writing/markings. 144 pages. -- Please feel free to ask for additional information, or detailed photos. US orders ship USPS from Niagara Falls, NY. Canadian orders ship from Ontario.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1961. cloth. Detective Fiction. 8vo. cloth. (vi), 218 pages. First U.S. edition. Near fine. Lacking the dust jacket.

New York, Dodd, Mead, 1961. First Edition. Hardback. VG + HC / VG+ DJ with some tears along edge; . not are price-clipped. former inscription of book store on inside page and date stamp on inside back cover - not ex-library

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1961. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, 1961. White cloth 8vo, 218pp. Near fine with gentle bumping to spine ends; in a VG dustjacket with light edgewear, mostly creasing to the spinehead. Previous owner's bookplate appears on the front pastedown, else clean and unmarked.

Reprint of this earlier Appleby mystery. Originally published in 1961. Price clipped otherwise in near fine / near fine condition.

Victor Gollancz Limited, 1961. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1961. No Edition Stated. 192 pages. Yellow dust jacket with black lettering over red cloth. Clean pages. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Front hinge cracked, thus the board is slack. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine. Minor scuffing and marking to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Mild… Read more about this item

London: Gollancz 1st edition first printing, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo brown boards spine gilt titled 192pp. Nice caligraphic initials L.H. 1962 tips bumped & slightly rubbed but contents clean and tight.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Very good paperback copy. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 143 pages. Subjects: English fiction. Crime. Genre: Fiction.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Very good paperback copy. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 143 pages. Subjects: English fiction. Crime. Genre: Fiction.

Dodd Mead, 1961. 1st. hardcover. top corner litely bumped, VG+ in a VG litely edgeworn dj.

Penguin, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. Reprint. 144 pages. Paperback book with pictorial paper covers. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. No Edition Stated. 143 pages. Paperback book. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. 1st printing. DJ complete, shows use and is a little grubby.

London: Gollancz. An Inspector Appleby mystery. Dustwrapper spine a touch age toned . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1961.