Search Results: beat not the bones by jay

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. First American Edition. A well-preserved copy of the Australian author's second novel, and winner of the inaugural Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1954. Described by Pronzini & Muller as a "hair-raising combination of mystery, psychological suspense, and natural (as opposed to supernatural) horror; that novel is set in Marapai, New Guinea, and tells the unconventional tale of Emma Warwick's search for the murderer of her anthropologist husband" (p.410). Hubin, p.218; Barzun & Taylor 1924. First Printing, with publisher's "A-C" code on copyright page. Octavo (21cm); variant bound in taupe cloth-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],250pp. Trivial wear to spine ends and lower corners, shallow production crease to upper edge of rear pastedown, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with some light rubbing, a few faint creases, a small surface scratch to rear panel, and an unnecessary piece of… Read More

New York.: Harper & Brothers., 1952. First edition.. Hardcover. Very good/Very good.. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. First edition. Hardbound. Dust jacket. Very good, the pages are a little darkened on the edges. The inside of the dust jacket is faded, with a little rubbing and edge wear. This Australian author's first book and winner of an Edgar Award for Best First Mystery Novel. A pseudonym of Geraldine Halls.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Very Good+. Stated First Edition. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering; beige boards. Strips of black tape on boards (from previous dustjacket protective sleeve). Lacking ffep. Tape ghosts on half-title page and rear endpaper. Previous owner's name at top of title page and rear paste-down. Soiling on first couple pages of chapter one, otherwise pages are generally clean. Dust jacket shows very light wear along edges; some rubbing and a little heavier wear at head and tail of spine; not price clipped ($2.50). DJ in archival sleeve. 250 pp. 8.25 x 5.75 inches. Beat Not the Bones was the inaugural winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel (1954). Set in colonial New Guinea, a young woman searches to find out the truth behind the death of her husband, the colonial administration's chief anthropologist. She fights "the heat, the insects, and the human beings who had been distorted by the tropics, by drink, by… Read More

U.S.A.: Soho Crime, 2003 SOFT COVER IN FINE CONDITION. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine.

New York: Avon (#623), 1952. 1st thus? . Soft cover. Very Good+. Attractive! very good+, mass market paper, pict. tangerine covers. Tight 191 pgs

Soho Crime, 2003. First Paperback Edition. Trade Paperback. Like New, slight wear to cover.