Search Results: the cape cod mystery by taylor

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, [1931]., 1931. First edition. First edition. Author's first book. Former owner's name stamp and address on front pastedown sheet, else a near fine bright copy in dust jacket with small chips to the spine ends, rubbed along spine panel and front flap fold, with tiny nicks and chips to the extremities. Dale Sanborn has made a lot of enemies in his career as a muckraking author, philanderer and occasional blackmailer. When he vacations at a cabin in Cape Cod, any of his many visitors... an old girlfriend, his fiancee, an outraged husband, a long-lost brother, etc. ... could have killed him, and all of them wanted to. Asey Mayo investigates.

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [1934]., 1934. First edition. First edition. Author's fourth book that features her famous crime-solver, Asey Mayo. A near fine, bight copy in a stunning, bright dust jacket. During this adventure Asey investigates the murder of Eve Prence, a woman writer with a spectacular past, who is found murdered in the Cape Cod Tavern. Eve had run this as a Bohemian resort for herself and her friends. An exceptional copy of a title that is scarce in any edition. From the collection of Otto Penzler.

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers, 1931. First Edition. Very Good+. First edition. 320 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with green lettering on front board, yellow on spine. Very Good+, lightly rubbed along edges, subtle lean; lacking dust jacket, clad in facsimile. Signed by the author on the illustrated front free endpaper, neatly inscribed, "This is the first book I ever autographed - by request - but I hope at least it's legible [signed] Phoebe Atwood Taylor." Apparently this copy is the very first book of her own the Boston author ever signed. A unique copy of her first novel, a comic mystery which debuted Asey Mayo.

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1935. First UK edition, first printing. First UK edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with black titles to the spine, in the Frank Sherwin illustrated dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding firm and the cloth fresh. The contents are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. Complete with the lightly rubbed and nicked dustwrapper which remains without loss, just a little toning to the spine. Publisher's 3/6 net price label to the spine, as issued. An attractive example, scarce thus. The American author's fourth book, featuring the "Codfish Sherlock", Asey Mayo. (Hubin) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

UK: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1935. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern by Phoebe Atwood Taylor First Edition Eyre & Spottiswoode 1935. An Asey Mayo Mystery. Birthday gift inscription to ffep. A very fine book. Covers are completely unmarked and without toning. In original bright near fine dust jacket.

W. W. Norton & Company, New Yor, 1933. 1st. Hardcover. Good/NONE. First Edition. No dust jacket. Yellow cloth boards with blue printing. Unmarked but for a name on the front end paper. Some soiling to pages, but does not cover textblock. Foxing on front and back endpaper and flyleaf. Cover has wear on corners and spine. Some discoloration to spine.

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1931. Book has been professionally rebound in blue cloth, but preserving the front panel and spine of the book. The first edition of the author's first book and first Asey Mayo. 320 pp. A little yellowing to pages, but a tight, clean copy or a rather scarce mystery first. Fitted with a facsimile dust jacket that fits the book perfectly. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/Fine (Facsimile DW).

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1936. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition, stated. No indication of later printings. Red cloth with black and yellow stamping on front board and spine. Boards clean and remarkably bright, tips very gently bumped with light wear from handling. Spine with a bit of lean, head & heel very gently bumped. Binding sound, though very lightly cracked at front hinge and appears to be missing front end paper. Text block toned. Previous owner's name on title page, below title, else contents unmarked. Smudge on page with list of author's other works, pp 13, 14 with light corner crease..

New York: W. W. Norton, 1940. Bright yellow cloth hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, second (1940) printing of the First Edition, in new DJ design by Robert Ritter (showing a female corpse in a partially untied cloth covering), 288 pages; spine slightly slanted but covers have hardly a trace of shelf wear, spine top gently rubbed/bumped, spine bottom has a tiny 2 mm tear, but very gently used, tight in binding, very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ rubbed along hinges, numerous very tiny chips/tears, four slightly larger chips (largest only 5 mm deep), now in new mylar protector.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good -.

W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1936. 1st. hardcover. Good/None. 0x0x0. First edition as stated on copyright page. Red cloth boards with black and yellow lettering. No dust jacket. Unmarked pages with some yellowing around the edges,shadow of an erased price on upper front flyleaf. Edges have foxing. Cover has very light wear and bumping on the corners. The edges of the spine are worn and tearing but still intact. The spine has some discoloration.

W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Book Good. No dust jacket. (private investigators, Massachusetts, Cape Cod)

W. W. Norton & Company, New Yor, 1935. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Clean unmarked pages with some yellowing, specifically to the endpapers and flyleafs. Cover has light wear along spine and on corners. Some wear along side edges of pages.

New York: Pocket, 1942. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Vintage Paperback Pocket #171. Sharp First Paperback Printing of the author's first mystery. July, 1942. No cover price. Tight and clean throughout with no page toning. A slight spine lean. Some rubbing to hinges and a hinge crease but book feels unread. A faint dog-ear on top rear corner. Fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. A pretty collectable copyof an uncommon title in any condition.

N.Y.: W.W. Norton and Company, 1961. First edition, thus (Original published in 1933). Light wear along edges, damp stain at rear which has bled thru to rear of dust jacke. Dust jacket lightly rubbed at extremeties, When the Cape Cod Players roll into towns along the lower Cape, the locals expect a great show, replete with games, magic, and merriment. Of course, they usually have an audience, too. When Boston widow Victoria Ballard, visiting the Cape to recover from a near-fatal bout with pneumonia, comes upon the troupe near her rural convalescent home, she ascertains that someone has played a nasty trick on the players, sending them to a remote destination in the wild backcountry in search of a paying gig. Sympathetic to the plight of the ragtag group, Vic invites them to stay the night with her, but when day breaks to find the lead magician with a bullet in his head, she realizes the cruel trick that brought the travelers to her home may have been part of a deadly plot-and that she may have been… Read More

U.S.: Pocket 171, 1942. Solid with some thin creases on the covers and the covers show light wear. The previous owner's name is on the inside front cover.. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good.