The Tongue-Tied Canary

Duel, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Richard Powers. First U.S. edition/printing. Book is in Fine condition and the jacket (in a protector) is in Very Good condition. A scarce edition with some very early Richard Powers cover art!

London : Michael Joseph, (1948). First edition. His first thriller - a Buchanesque search for vital missing papers. "I happen to know a little bit about the way certain investigations of this kind were carried out during the war" (Nicolas Bentley). Crown 8vo (19cm). (224)pp. Original black cloth, blocked and lettered across spine in red and yellow; a very good… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1948. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. The first edition of this exciting thriller novel, by the noted British author Nicolas Bentley. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A fast-paced thriller about an ex-M.I. agent who is searching for some incriminating… Read more about this item

Penguin, 1954. Book. Fair. Paperback. Paged tanned with marks on fore edge, else internally in good condition; cover has some wear and rubbing, tanning and foxing, and a big number 9 written on the front..

Penguin, 1954. Book. Fair. Paperback. Paged tanned, else internally in good condition; cover has some wear and rubbing, and is somewhat tanned..

London: Michael Joseph. 1948. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original black cloth lettered in red to the spine, in dustwrapper. A better than very good copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Softening to spine tips, with a few light marks to the cloth. Complete with the rubbed, nicked, slightly dusty wrapper, that… Read more about this item

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. First US Edition. Hardcover. A Bloodhound Mystery. 252pp. Cloth. Small bookstore label on front pastedown endpaper (Goodman's of Manchester, New Hampshire). Light toning to endpapers, a trace of foxing to edges. A very good+ copy in very good dustjacket with a couple of small chips and short closed tears to edges, and… Read more about this item

Hardback, no dust jacket, ex-library book, spine yellowed, spine ends and corners frayed, some yellowing on cover, pages a little yellowed, text clean, binding tight

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1959. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 223 pages. Subjects: English fiction. Crime. Genre: fiction.

Penguin, 1954. Book. Good-. Paperback. Paged tanned, else internally in very good condition; cover has some wear and rubbing, and is somewhat tanned and marked..

GB: Penguin, 1954. Clean tight book but text edges browning. (2 copies). 1st Thus. Paperback. VG-.

GB: Penguin, 1954. Clean tight book but text edges and covers browning.. 1st Thus. Paperback. G++.

Penguin Books, 1954. 1005. vg. 1st Penguin 1005 1954 edition paperback vg condition. In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

GB: Penguin, 1954. Rear cover slighty marked. . 1st Thus. Paperback. VG-.

London: Joseph, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG/G++ DW.

Penguin 1954. Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Michael Joseph, 1951. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Reprint. Boards are edge worn, chipped, cocked and marked. Tanning, minor marks. Repaired on hinges. However, it is in fair condition, tightly bound. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Penguin Books, 1954. 1005. vg++. 1st Penguin 1005 1954 edition 1st printing paperback, vg++ In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Penguin 1954,. 1954. Soft cover. paperback, slight browning, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, small tear at top of spine, Good condition .

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