Zen There Was Murder

Victor Gollancz,. Hardback. Signed first edition. Signed by H. R. F. Keating to the title page. Thriller. Keating's second novel before he began his successful Inspector Ghote series. Keating served as chairman of the CWA (1970-71); president of the Detection Club (1985-2000), a group of mystery writers; and chairman of the Society of Authors (1983-84) and… Read more about this item

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is about fine. The classic yellow Gollancz dust jacket has some minimal darkening and a short tear at the upper, front flyleaf fold. The author's second thriller. During a weekend course on Zen Buddhism at a country mansion, first a theft and then a murder occur. Both mysteries are solved by Zen master… Read more about this item

U.K.: Victor Gollancz, 1960. Red bds with black title to spine. Slant to spine. Bump to spine ends and corners. Damp staining to top board edges. Foxed/grubby outer edge of text block. Usual library markings. Pages tanned with a little foxing. Patchy soiling and corner creases to some pages. Unclipped dustjacket in clear protective sleeve with creasing/sunning to jacket edges… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1973. Reprint. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Original Cloth. Fine/Fine. Reprint. 8vo. Re-issue, first pub. in 1960. Lovely copy in clipped dj. Size: 8vo

Novel. (London: Gollancz: 1960) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 240. Keating's second thriller. First Edition. Top edge dusty. A very good copy in the typical Gollancz yellow jacket whose spine is mildly sunned, the head of its spine a little bruised, and small tears to the extremities of the hinges, and one small clean tear to… Read more about this item

Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1963. Book. Good +. Mass Market Paperback. First Penguin Edition. G+, Edgewear, small tear, creases, spots of abrasion, faint stain, browning. Murder mystery. Author's second novel. Cover design by John Sewell. Penguin C1965. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

London : Gollancz. 1st edition. VG hbk. Former Boots Library copy rebound in brown cloth. 16833. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1960.

Penguin, 1963-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. 1.5228 in x 17.5127 in x 10.6599 in. Not an ex-library book. Well read copy with some water damage, still very useable.