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CRISPIN, Edmund.. The Case of the Gilded Fly. Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1944.
Price: US$44.91 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st Edition. Description: Green cloth. Language: English. Book Condition> Good-: Light wear to bruised corners, edges and spine ends. Minor chipping to upper spine end. Tightly bound with intact endpapers and strong hinges. Prev owners name to ffep plus minor annotation and sticker residue. Heavily tanned pages and text block edges. DJ Condition> No DJ. 159pp. Size: 8vo 19cm by 13cm. Author: Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of (Robert) Bruce Montgomery (1921-1978) His first crime novel and musical composition were both accepted for publication while he was still an undergraduate at Oxford After a brief spell of teaching, he became a full-time writer and composer (particularly of film music He wrote the music for six of the Carry On films But he was also well known for his concert and church music) He also edited science fiction anthologies, and became a regular crime fiction reviewer for The Sunday Times His friends included Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis and Agatha Christie. Book Resume: Theatre companies are notorious hotbeds of intrigue, and few are more intriguing than the company currently in residence at Oxford University Centre-stage is the beautiful, malicious Yseut, a mediocre actress with a stellar talent for destroying men Rounding out the cast are more than a few of her past and present conquests, and the women who love them And watching from the wings is Professor Gervase Fen-scholar, wit, and fop extraordinaire-who would rather solve crimes than expound on English literature When Yseut is murdered, Fen finally gets his wish. PLEASE ASK for additional photographs if required.
Seller: Jacket and Cloth, Chippenham, United Kingdom
Edmund Crispin. The Case of the Gilded Fly. London Victor Gollancz LTD, 1944.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good hardcover. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Pages are toned due to age.
Seller: Tall Stories Book & Print Gallery, ROCK HILL, SC, U.S.A.
Edmund Crispin:. The case of the gilded fly.. London: Victor Gollancz, 1944., 1944.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Victor Gollancz; London, 1944. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Impression. A Good, green cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding intact, bit of crimping to spine edges, slightly curled board corners, age toned pages, mild spine lean, spine buckram starting to separate from backing material, in a Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, few small tears and chips along edges, sunned spine and verso, Dust wrapper. A good, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]., 159pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-158 [159] [160: blank], original green cloth, spine stamped in gold. The first Gervase Fen novel. Set in and around Oxford, England. ".if one accepts the books in the spirit in which they were written, they are splendid examples of the detective story as great entertainment. The amuse, they shock and they surprise." - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 255-257. Hubin, p. 200. Adey, Locked Room Murders and Other Impossible Crimes (1991), 532. Text block age darkened, some spotting and darkening to cloth edges, a very good copy in a good dust jacket which is darkened, light loss to base of spine, large chip with loss to head of spine affecting title lettering, small chip at upper right front corner. (30923)
Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.
CRISPIN, Edmund (Robert Bruce Montgomery). The Case of the Gilded Fly. Victor Gollancz, 1944.
Price: US$493.73 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition of the author's scarce first detective story published in 1944, in which he introduced Gervase Fen. Green cloth, 159pp, tanned pages, as usual, in faded yellow & cerise dustwrapper with 7/6 pricing to spine. Pencil erasure to f.f.e.p. Lacks rear free endpaper. Chipping & small loss to corners & head & tail of dw spine and minor creasing. Rare, especially in the original wartime dustwrapper.
Seller: MANOR COLLECTABLES, WOODHALL SPA, LINCS, United Kingdom
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: In yellow jacket over green cloth, 8vo, 159pp. First UK edition of Edmund Crispin's first book introducing the characters Oxford Dom & Gervase Fen. (minor shelfwear and fading to jacket extremities; slight toning to page edges). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.