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Greene, Graham & Glover, Dorothy. Victorian Detective Fiction.. The Bodley Head, London, 1966.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A Catalogue of the Collection Made by Dorothy Glover & Graham Greene. Published by The Bodley Head, London, UK, 1066. Near fine, limited edition book in very good plus dust jacket. This is #82 of 500, signed by Glover, Greene, and John Carter (who provides an introduction) on the limited edition page. Dark olive green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated end-paper. Slight horizontal creasing along edges at head and tail of board spine. Minimal fading on outermost edges. Internally clean and with snug text block. Dust jacket is sunned, more so on spine and folds. Small amount of chipping along edges at head and tail of jacket spine. Upper edge of back jacket panel has a 1/4" closed vertical tear near the center. Inside front fold has clip of 2 3/8" by 1 3/4". Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo bound in green cloth. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies, of which this is no. 92, signed by Graham Greene, Dorothy Glover and John Carter. Very Good in Very Good wrapper with some spots of soil to rear jacket panel, with some general sun-toning at extremities, and a faint smoky odor to pages.
Seller: Mausoleum Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$345.83 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition 1966. Fine copy in a Near Fine Jacket with a closed tear to head of spine and short tear at foot, not clipped no ownership marks. No. 95/500 signed by Graham Greene, Dorothy Glover and John Carter. to limitation page at the rear.
Seller: Finecopy, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Price: US$352.24 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Victorian Detective Fiction Signed by Graham Greene First Edition The Bodley Head Ltd 1966. A Catalogue of the Collection made by Dorothy Glover & Graham Greene. A fine copy. No inscriptions or signs of previous ownership, contents unblemished throughout. Covers unmarked and no toning to spine. In a original near fine dust jacket with no loss. Not price clipped. Numbered 407 of 500 copies. SIGNED BY GRAHAM GREENE, DOROTHY GLOVER and JOHN CARTER to limitation page at the rear. For further images please see Brought to Book Ltd.
Seller: Brought to Book Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$377.85 + shipping
Description: Signed Limited Edition. Original green cloth, titles in gilt to the spine. A very fine copy in a D/W that would be fine except for slight sunning to the spine and and the extremities of the back panel where this book has, in the past, sat next to a slightly smaller book. There are no chips or wear to the D/W which is NOT price-clipped. Numbered 394 of 500 copies. Signed by Graham Greene, Dorothy Glover and John Carter to the limitation page at the rear. Laid in is the original prospectus for this book.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Price: US$477.50 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing. Green cloth boards, clean, age toning to edges. Protected, price unclipped, dustjacket clean and bright. Book is firm in binding, SIGNED on the rear limitation page by Graham Greene, Dorothy Glover, and John Carter, who wrote the introduction. Also credited is Eric Osborne, who did the bibliographic arranging. This copy # 312 of 500. Printed on Strathmore mold-made paper. Illustrated endpapers reproduce drawings by Millais for a story called "Captain and Detective, " which at the time of the book's publication was mysterious ("A free copy of this catalogue will be given to the first person who identifies the author and publication, " states the rear jacket flap. ) 149 pp. Including an index of detectives, of illustrators, an of titles. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by All Authors
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$480.32 + shipping
Description: First edition. Royal octavo. pp xx, 149. Two page Preface by Graham Greene. Seven page Introduction by John Carter. One Appendix, ''The Publishing History of Fergus Hume's The Mystery of a Hansom Club''. Printed at the Stellar Press on Strathmore mould-made paper. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Graham Greene, Dorothy Glover and John Carter. Very near fine in very near fine dustwrapper.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A catalogue of the genre compiled by Dorothy Glover and Graham Greene, with an introduction by John Carter. #276/500 copies, SIGNED by Glover, Greene and Carter on the limitation page at the rear of the book. About fine in green boards in a similarly about fine green dw p/c at the bottom of the front flap.
Seller: Tom Davidson, Bookseller, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Graham Greene, Dorothy Glover. Victorian Detective Fiction. The Bodley Head, London, 1966.
Price: US$594.17 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Catalogue of the Collection made by Dorothy Glover and Graham Greene. Bibliographically arranged by Eric Osborne and introduced by John Carter. London: The Bodley Head, 1966. Limited to 500 copies, this is copy no. 299. Signed by Graham Greene, Dorothy Glover and John Carter. Both Carter and Osborne were friends of Greene's and Victorian book specialists at Sotheby's auction house. Book is unclipped and fine. Clean and crisp. Dustwrapper is near fine with slight sunning to the spine. Scarce limited edition with the signatures of a well-known author and his friends.
Seller: Nik's Bookstore Versandantiquariat, PBFA, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany