Still Life by Penny, Louise - 2006

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket soiled and lightly tattered, pages . toned.. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. The prolific mystery author's second book, featuring an auto racing detective, Beau Pepys, that chronologically precedes the storyline in Hammond's first published novel, Fred in Situ. Stamp of literary agent Curtis Brown on front free endpaper and title page. Jacket art by Peter Calcott. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages .

Five Star Waterville, Maine, 2006 HBDJ, August 2006, stated 1st edition, NF+/VG+, This book is very good +condition except for minor shelf wear.287 pgs,Alex Night moves out of the private eye business on Larchmont Boulevard in Hollywood and into the mystery writing profession at the WRITERS AND ARTISTS BUILDING in Beverly Hills, where he intends to follow in the footsteps of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. But Night is persistently plagued by former clients who won't let him get past the title page of his potential Edgar Award mystery novel The Big Changeover. After too many false starts and near fatal distractions, Night finds himself on the treacherous trail of two missing objects. The first: an Imperial Fabergi Egg, The Tear of Russia, given by William Randolph Hearst over a half century ago to his mistress - --a Fabergi now valued at over ten million dollars. The second: his missing fianci, the beautiful Goldie Rose. It's soon evident that Goldie has been kidnapped, but by whom - and… Read More

NY and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, top front corner bumped, . front free endpaper removed, spine sunned.. 1900. First American Edition. Hardcover. 98 illustrations by Gordon Browne. Green decorative cloth with design of chemical beaker flanked by flowering plants on front boards in dark green white, and gilt, stamped with designer's "M". x, 383 + [5] pp. Of publisher’s ads. An early mystery featuring a female detective, Hilda Wade, a nurse who comes to St. Nathaniel’s Hospital to work with medical sleuth/physiologist Professor Sebastian. The book is narrated by Dr. Cumberledge, Sebastian’s assistant, who follows her to Rhodesia and Tibet as Hilda uncovers dark secrets about the Professor’s past. The novel was first serialized in the Strand Magazine and was published after the author’s death. The publisher’s note states that the last chapter of the novel was finished by Allen’s friend and… Read More

NY: R. H. Russell. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, owner name stamped on front . pastedown and owner signature on front free endpaper.. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth with color illustration inset on front boards and gilt titles and lamppost design on spine. Illustrations by Thomas Mitchell Peirce and F. D. Steele. BAL 4537, binding A. A classic of detective fiction and a Queen's Quorum title. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 155 pages .

NY: Atheneum. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Bottom edge rubbed, corners bumped, page edges slightly foxed, jacket price-clipped and missing a small chip from the top front corner.. 1978. First American Edition. Hardcover. 9780689306594 . Brown cloth. An early novel by the late author of mystery and romance set in the Edwardian era. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 213 pages .

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket soiled and lightly tattered, pages . toned.. 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. The prolific mystery author's second book, featuring an auto racing detective, Beau Pepys, that chronologically precedes the storyline in Hammond's first published novel, Fred in Situ. Stamp of literary agent Curtis Brown on front free endpaper and title page. Jacket art by Peter Calcott. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages .

Five Star Waterville, Maine, 2006 HBDJ, August 2006, stated 1st edition, NF+/VG+, This book is very good +condition except for minor shelf wear.287 pgs,Alex Night moves out of the private eye business on Larchmont Boulevard in Hollywood and into the mystery writing profession at the WRITERS AND ARTISTS BUILDING in Beverly Hills, where he intends to follow in the footsteps of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. But Night is persistently plagued by former clients who won't let him get past the title page of his potential Edgar Award mystery novel The Big Changeover. After too many false starts and near fatal distractions, Night finds himself on the treacherous trail of two missing objects. The first: an Imperial Fabergi Egg, The Tear of Russia, given by William Randolph Hearst over a half century ago to his mistress - --a Fabergi now valued at over ten million dollars. The second: his missing fianci, the beautiful Goldie Rose. It's soon evident that Goldie has been kidnapped, but by whom - and… Read More

NY and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, top front corner bumped, . front free endpaper removed, spine sunned.. 1900. First American Edition. Hardcover. 98 illustrations by Gordon Browne. Green decorative cloth with design of chemical beaker flanked by flowering plants on front boards in dark green white, and gilt, stamped with designer's "M". x, 383 + [5] pp. Of publisher’s ads. An early mystery featuring a female detective, Hilda Wade, a nurse who comes to St. Nathaniel’s Hospital to work with medical sleuth/physiologist Professor Sebastian. The book is narrated by Dr. Cumberledge, Sebastian’s assistant, who follows her to Rhodesia and Tibet as Hilda uncovers dark secrets about the Professor’s past. The novel was first serialized in the Strand Magazine and was published after the author’s death. The publisher’s note states that the last chapter of the novel was finished by Allen’s friend and… Read More

NY: R. H. Russell. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed, owner name stamped on front . pastedown and owner signature on front free endpaper.. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth with color illustration inset on front boards and gilt titles and lamppost design on spine. Illustrations by Thomas Mitchell Peirce and F. D. Steele. BAL 4537, binding A. A classic of detective fiction and a Queen's Quorum title. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 155 pages .

NY: Atheneum. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Bottom edge rubbed, corners bumped, page edges slightly foxed, jacket price-clipped and missing a small chip from the top front corner.. 1978. First American Edition. Hardcover. 9780689306594 . Brown cloth. An early novel by the late author of mystery and romance set in the Edwardian era. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 213 pages .