The Gay Phoenix Tapa dura - 1976

London: Gollanz, 1976. Ex-Library. Fair. Cloth. Reissue. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ex-lib with bookplate and stamps. Otherwise in fair condition, dj split on front hinge, rear endpaper missing. A classic thriller..

London: Victor Gollancz, 1976 near fine in same unclipped DW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

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London:: Gollancz,, (1976). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in red cloth in a fine example of Gollancz's distinctive yellow dust jackets. . First printing. Detective novel featuring Sir John Appleby, now retired - from the dust jacket: "A small yacht adrift in mid-Pacific, its main-mast snapped, its navigator dead - that's the highly intriguing (and most uncharacteristic) opening of Michael Innes's latest story. The dead man is Charles Povey, a maverick tycoon. And there's a survivor on board: his brother Arthur, who, when at last he is picked up, semi-delirious, is assumed for several convincing reasons to be Charles himself. As Charles was the wealthy brother, Arthur is very ready to accept the error in identification. . . not surprisingly, there are one or two people who see through the impersonation, and make their blackmailing demands. Arthur is driven to marriage, crime, attempted murder and desperation. Unhappily for Arthur, he buys a country estate which makes him a… Leer más

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. NFINE/NFINE. No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy,distinctive Gollancz yellow background dw/dj,with red+black lettered front panel,black lettered spine/backstrip and red+black lettered publisher's advert for other assorted authors' published titles to rear panel - all with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges bright without foxing/spotting,fore-edges also bright and clean but for 2 foxing spots; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,9-192pp [paginated] includes a Prologue Pts 1-4 comprising XV(15) chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table with blank… Leer más

Littlehampton Book Services Ltd, 1976-10-21. Hardcover. Good.