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Sayers, Dorothy L.. STRONG POISON. Victor Gollancz, 1939.
Price: US$8.90 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Victor Gollancz, 1939, 11th impression. Hardback, 8vo, 352pp. Owner address label, gift note, reading dates at end, pages yellowed. Rebacked with remains of original spine, red cloth worn and marked. A fair reading copy. /0.4uk
Seller: GfB, the Colchester Bookshop, Colchester, United Kingdom
Price: US$9.55 + shipping
Description: LONDON : 1939. [ First published in 1928 ]. 12 short detective stories by Sayers. Hardback. Original red cloth; black lettered spine. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, clean and tight. Spine has minor wear and slightly dulled. Paper browning as is usual. GOOD. 319 pages. See Gilbert bibliography A8. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
Dorothy L Sayers. He That Should Come. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1939.
Price: US$12.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small octavo 80pp. Cream printed covers with fold in flaps to appear like dustwrapper, not price clipped. Edges rubbed and surface slightly grubby. A tight copy.
Seller: Helen Deighton PBFA, Sturminster Newton, United Kingdom
Dorothy L.Sayers. The Zeal of thy House. Victor Gollancz, London, 1939.
Price: US$12.72 + shipping
Description: A tight,lightly spotted copy,with no inscriptions.A little Edgwear.Medieval Cathedral Building.
Seller: David Pearson, Bodmin,Cornwall, United Kingdom
SAYERS, Dorothy L.. THE DEVIL TO PAY.. Victor Gollancz., London., 1939.
Price: US$13.17 + shipping
Description: 22x14. 112p. PEDIDO MINIMO, 6.00 EUROS. ENVIO GRATUITO HASTA 1 KILO A LA PENINSULA SIN NUMERO DE SEGUIMIENTO. PARA OTRAS FORMAS DE ENVIO, LEA CONDICIONES. ACEPTAMOS BIZUM (PAYPAL +1,80 HASTA 50, RESTO +5.95%). EN ALMACEN. LITERATURA POLICIACA LIBRO EN INGLÉS
Seller: Librería Javier Fernández, MADRID, MADRI, Spain
SAYERS, Dorothy L.. Devil to Pay: A Stage-Play.. Victor Gollancz,, London:, 1939.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second impression thus (paperback). Age darkened along the spine and edges, else very good in light blue, printed wraps.
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Sayers, Dorothy L. The Nine Tailors - Changes Rung on an old Theme. Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1939.
Price: US$19.08 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: . 1939 11th imp (two shilling ed), light wear to boards, with attractive handmade dustjacket (false), no markings, toning to pages, Professional booksellers since 1981
Seller: GREENSLEEVES BOOKS, Oxford, United Kingdom
. Famous Plays of 1938-1939. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1939.
Price: US$19.08 + shipping
Description: Third impression. Black cloth boards in yellow printed dustwrapper; 661pp. Light bumping to corners and light marking to page block edges. Dustwrapper is browned esp to spine with rubbed and creased edges, chipped and split corners. Six plays including 'The Zeal of the House' by Dorothy L.Sayers .[419: V1]
Seller: Jenny Wren Books, Maidstone, United Kingdom
Price: US$19.93 + shipping
Description: pp240 8vo, cloth, some spotting & tanning at edges. Dust jacket. An early Lord Peter story.
Seller: Louella Kerr Books, Petersham, NSW, Australia
Price: US$22.90 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Paperback Edition. 8vo. pp 80. Paperback. Original publishers cream covers, lettered black. The publisher's own retained copy with their stamp on title page reading 'archive copy'. Slight rubbing and wear to covers, otherwise very good.
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.44 + shipping
Description: LONDON : 1939. [ First published in 1933. This is the first ‘Two-Shilling Edition’.]. Hardback. Original red cloth; black lettered spine. Neatrowner name or internal markings. Internally clean and tight. War-Economy paper. Minor wear only to spine. Strong and sound. GOOD. 288 pages. See Gilbert bibliography A18. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
Dorothy Sayers.. MURDER MUST ADVERTISE. Victor Gollancz., London, 1939.
Price: US$26.58 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 10th Impression. A firm straight clean book, with the usual natural ageing. dust jacket has chunks out of spine ends, about 90% intact.
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Price: US$27.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1939. Hardcover. Original cloth with torn dustwrapper. Reading copy. 8vo .Third edition. Not a first edition copy. . . .
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, Ireland
Dorothy L Sayers. The Devil to Pay. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1939.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo, blue cloth binding, spine and edges faded, a play 112 pages
Seller: Stone Soup Books, Camden, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.62 + shipping
Description: LONDON : 1939. [ First published in 1931 ]. Hardback. Original red textured cloth; black lettered spine. Map of Galloway end-papers. Neat owner name; no internal markings. Some foxing. Clean and tight. Bright binding. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD. 351 pages. See Gilbert bibliography A12. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A 25mm tear at tail of rear joint. Some foxing. Previous owner's rubber name stamp on title page. ; 11th impression (first edition of the two-volume form) July 1939. This is volume two only of a collection of stories that was originally published in single volume in 1928, and reprinted as a single volume up to the tenth impression of 1937. 619, [1 (blank)] pages. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184 x 121mm.
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Price: US$44.52 + shipping
Description: LONDON : 1939. [ First published June, 1928.]. Hardback. Frontispiece; the front of the jacket is preserevd as a frontispiece. Blue cloth; black lettered spine. No owner name or internal markings. Spine slightly worn to foot. Bright, tight and clean. VERY GOOD. 285 pages. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
SAYERS, Dorothy L.. Famous Plays Of 1938-1939. Victor Gollancz, London, 1939.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Collection of six plays by Dorothy L. Sayers, Clifford Odets, Michael Egan, Norman MacOwan, Miles Malleson, H. Brooks, and James Lansdale Hodson. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket with spine darkened and small book store paper stamp to lower spine end.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
SAYERS, Dorothy L.. The devil to pay: a stage play. Victor Gollancz, London, 1939.
Price: US$49.35 + shipping
Description: 1st trade edition. Bookplate on front pastedown; tight binding; spine badly faded; edges of boards a little discoloured; dust jacket not price clipped but worn & soiled, with browned spine & small loss; dust jacket protected in removable clear film. Sayers' interpretation of the Faust story. Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$49.61 + shipping
Description: LONDON : 1939. [ First published in 1937. ]. Hardback. Original red textured cloth; black lettered spine. No owner name or internal markings. Bright and internally clean and tight. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. 446, (i) pages. See Gilbert bibliography A25. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
SAYERS, Dorothy L.. The devil to pay: a stage play. Victor Gollancz, 1939.
Price: US$51.33 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-library book, usual markings. Green Hardback/Hardcover. Clean text, sound binding. Some minor wear to book cover edges due to age, but book is in good condition overall. Quick dispatch from UK seller.
Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom
Price: US$57.24 + shipping
Description: LONDON : 1939. [ First published in 1937. ]. Hardback. Original red textured cloth; black lettered spine. No owner name or internal markings. Bright and internally clean and tight. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. 446, (i) pages. See Gilbert bibliography A25. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ].
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
SAYERS, Dorothy L. ,. In the teeth of the evidence and other stories. Victor Gollancz, 1939.
Price: US$62.65 + shipping
Description: 2nd impression, January 1940. Black cloth with red writing on spine. Vertical crease in spine, bumped spine head/foot. Tiny inscription on front free endpaper. Faint foxing on edges and endpapers. Generally a tidy copy in tight binding. Dust jacket unclipped, browned and chipped at edges; wrapped in removable clear film. Used - Good. Good hardback in good dust jacket
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
SAYERS, Dorothy L. & others. Double death: a murder story. Victor Gollancz, 1939.
Price: US$82.68 + shipping
Description: Owner's name on front free endpaper. Pages yellowed. Binding tight. Blue cloth with black lettering on spine. Contributing authors: Dorothy L. Sayers, Freeman Wills Crofts, Valentine Williams. F. Tennyson Jesse, Anthony Armstrong, and David Hume. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket)
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
SAYERS, Dorothy L.. In the Teeth of the Evidence and Other Stories. Victor Gollancz, London, 1939.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Octavo, original black cloth over boards, orange lettering on spine. Short story collection from English crime writer and poet Dorothy L. Sayers. Very Good, modest shelf wear, slightly cocked, spine cloth somewhat loose, corners and spine ends bumped, no dust jacket.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.40 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1939. [ 17 short stories, contains two Lord Peter Wimsey and five Montague Egg stories.]. Hardback. Original black cloth; orange lettered spine. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, clean and tight. No foxing or browning. Attractive period style binding with bold lettering. Also ideal for first edition rebind in leather. NEAR FINE. 283 pages. See Gilbert bibliography A32. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. 8vo. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. NICE COPY SCARCE
Seller: Rosley Books est. 2000, WIGTON, United Kingdom
Price: US$95.40 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1939. No dustwrapper. This is a very good copy. The boards are generally clean and straight, with some light bumping at the spine tips and corners. There is a neat previous owner's inscription to the front fly leaf, dated Christmas 1939. The internals are pristine and clean. The text blocks are generally bright and white and are free from foxing. Overall, this is a very good copy of a nice title with nice provenance.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Dorothy L Sayers; Robert Eustace. The Documents in The Case. Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1939.
Price: US$120.84 + shipping
Description: A scarce early edition of this noted Sayers novel, in the particularly scarce unclipped dust wrapper. The fourth impression of the 2/6 edition. First published in 1930.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Early copies in dust wrappers are particularly scarce.The Documents in the Case is the only one of Sayers' twelve major crime novels not to feature her protagonist Lord Peter Wimsey, however it does feature the secondary character, forensic analyst Sir James Lubbock. The epistolary novel tells the story of a young man trying to get justice for his father. Written with Robert Eustace, a penname for Dr Eustace Barton, an author known for his medical-crime novels. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally very smart with just slight shelf wear to the extremities and slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Ink inscription to front free endpaper. Dust wrapper is sound with chipping and the occasional closed tear to the extremities. Sunning to the spine and handling marks to the wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with marginal age toning due to paper used and the odd spot, heavier to the fore edge. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$120.84 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1939. No dustwrapper. This is a very good copy. The boards are generally clean and straight. There is a neat, well-illustrated Ex-Libris sticker to the front pastedown from Sir Oscar Morland, the British diplomat and ambassador to Tokyo. His signature is on the front flyleaf, dated 17 March 1940, Tokyo. The internals are slightly toned and there is an ex-library stamp also to the fly. The text blocks are generally bright and white and are free from foxing. Overall, this is a very good copy of a nice title with nice provenance.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
Dorothy L. Sayers. In the Teeth of The Evidence. Victor Gollancz Ltd., London, 1939.
Price: US$124.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A smart copy of the first edition of this collection of seventeen short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers. The first edition, first impression, with no further impressions stated. Lacking the uncommon original dust wrapper. An interesting collection of short stories by Sayers, many of which containing her protagonist Lord Peter Wimsey. By Dorothy Sayers, noted crime writer and one of the Queens of Crime, alongside notable others such as Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh. In the original black cloth binding. Externally smart with shelf wear to the extremities. Slight bumping to the head of the spine and upper extremities. The odd mark to the boards. Book society bookplate to front pastedown and evidence of other bookplate removal. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot and marginal age toning. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1939. A collection of stories: two featuring Peter Wimsey, five with Montague Egg, and ten others. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of the First Edition. Black cloth binding with orange titling on the spine. Clean text; 286 pages. Mild bumping and a slight lean. Lacking a dustwrapper; in an archival plastic protector. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Dorothy L. Sayers. In the Teeth of the Evidence. Victor Gollancz, London, 1939.
Price: US$150.10 + shipping
Description: An excellent copy of the first edition of this collection of seventeen short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers. The first edition, first impression of this workConsisting on two Lord Peter Wimsey tales, four Montague Egg stories, and eleven further tales of mystery and detection.Sayers was a prolific author of crime fiction during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, and one of the 'Queens of Crime', alongside notable others such as Agatha Christie and Ngaio Marsh. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head, otherwise externally excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Light mark to title page, pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Sayers, Dorothy L.. IN THE TEETH OF THE EVIDENCE AND OTHER STORIES. Victor Gollancz, London, 1939.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. Bound in black cloth with red lettering spine. A very good+ copy with owner inscription ffep, hinges repaired with binding still tight. 286 pp.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Dorothy Sayers. the nine tailors dorothy sayers victor gollancz 1939. , 1939.
Price: US$318.23 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: DMBeeBookstore, Buenos Aires, BA, Argentina
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 112 pages; publisher's blue cloth, spine printed in gilt. Dust jacket with price and owner name on front flap; red on spine with slight fade, light soiling to rear panel. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$756.85 + shipping
Description: A first edition copy of this popular collection of detective short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. A collection of detective short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers, including two stories featuring her popular character, 'Lord Peter Wimsey', and others featuring, 'Montague Egg'. The book's title is taken from the first story in the book, which unravels the murder case of a poisoned dentist. Dorothy L. Sayers was an English crime writer and poet best known for her mystery novels, and for her character, 'Lord Peter Wimsey'. She is considered one of the four, 'Queens of Crime', alongside Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and Ngaio Marsh. The half title page is present. With the previous owner's gift inscription, dated 1939, to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent with light shelf wear to the edges. Light handling marks to the boards. The odd spot and handling mark to the paste-downs and free endpapers. Previous owner's gift inscription to the front free endpaper. The original, unclipped dust wrapper is in smart condition. Shelf wear and chipping to the edges with some loss to the spine. A closed tear of about 1.5 inches to the upper spine has been repaired with tape. Spine is darkened. Age-toning to the panels. Marks to the panels with ink marks on the rear panel. Internally, binding slightly strained towards the centre, but otherwise firmly bound. Pages age-toned but otherwise bright and clean with the odd spot throughout. Spotting to the fore-edge. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Sayers, Dorothy L.. In the Teeth of the Evidence and Other Stories. Victor Gollancz, London, 1939.
Price: US$1127.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Octavo. Pp. 286. Black black, red spine lettering, in dust jacket. Minor foxing to prelims and endpages, and fore- and top edges, tiny Toronto bookseller stamp at bottom of front free endpaper, else a nice, tight, square copy. Yellow dust jacket is soiled and browned, and with a couple of stains to rear panel, nicks at the tips, shallow closed tears at head of front panel, small shallow piece missing at head of spine extending slightly to rear panel (text not affected), shallow strip missing from tail of spine (text not affected). Overall, a very good copy in a good plus dust jacket.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
SAYERS, Dorothy L.. In the Teeth of the Evidence and Other Stories.. Victor Gollancz, London., 1939.
Price: US$2035.24 + shipping
Description: First edition. Octavo. 286 pages. Original black cloth lettered in red. Lord Peter Wimsey, Montague Egg and others make their appearance. Prelims a little spotted. Very good indeed in the very scarce dustwrapper which is very good, a bit darkened at the spine, slightly marked in places and nicked and rubbed at the edges with a single closed tear, of 1 cm, at tail of lower hinge.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$3498.06 + shipping
Description: First edition. Original black cloth, titles in orange to spine. With the dust jacket. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper, with some browning and a little wear to the spine. A collaborative detective story, written with members of the Detection Club, which was formed in 1930 by a group of British mystery writers.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$3498.06 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Original black cloth with orange titles to the spine, in dustwrapper. With two maps of the scene of the crime. A very good copy, the binding a little rubbed and bumped to the extremities. The contents are clean throughout, with a previous owner's name to the front free endpaper and some spotting of the text block edge, visible when the book is closed. Complete with the very good rubbed, nicked and darkened dustwrapper which has small chips at the spine tips. Correctly priced 7/6net to the spine. Rare in dustwrapper. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom