The Rasp
by MacDonald, Philip
The Rasp is a whodunit mystery novel, written by Philip MacDonald and set at a country house in rural England. It introduces the series character Colonel Anthony Gethryn, an ex-secret agent who works to solve the murder of cabinet minister John Hoode, who is bludgeoned to death a woodworkers rasp.
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First edition published by Collins in 1924. 1936 edition by Mason Publishing Company may be described as a first edition, but is a First Thus.
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The Rasp
by Philip MacDonald
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The Rasp; A Detective Story
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London. : W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. , 1924. Good. Webbing exposed at half-title page recto. Foxed and toned. . First printing. . Hard. 12mo.. Good.
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The Rasp
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London: W. Collins Sons & Co., 1924. Second printing of MacDonald's well-received first book, introducing amateur detective ex-secret service agent Anthony Gethryn, published in the same month (October 1924) as the first printing. Scarce in any early edition. Filmed by Michael Powell in 1932, but now believed lost. Shows some edgewear, nick/tear to rear hinge, pencil name inside front cover,… Read more
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The Rasp
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New York: A. L. Burt Co., 1926. Fourth printing, February, 1926. The first Colonel Anthony Gethryn mystery. Basis for the 1932 short film directed by Michael Powell and starring Claude Horton as Gethryn. Red boards with bright gilt print show one small drip mark at the lower rear board. Pages lightly tanned with just a bit of foxing to the… Read more
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The Rasp. A Detective Story
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. This is a Very Good copy of the first novel by the English thriller/mystery writer Philip MacDonald (1900-1980); it would be made into a film later. A "Queen's Quorum" title. First published in 1925; this is part of "The S.S. Van Dine Detective Library," a popular edition series. Rather attractive; heavily stamped black cloth… Read more
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The Rasp (The S.S. Van Dine Detective Library) Blue and Gold Hardcover
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The Rasp
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N Y: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 278pp. Has light wear. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled. Internally Clean. Scarce DJ laid in. DJ torn in 2 at spine with loss and chipping. Lang: English. Vols: 1, Wt: 2lbs..
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The Rasp: A Detective Story
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THE RASP
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The Rasp: a Detective Story
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New York: Mason Publishing Co., 1936. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Mason Publishing Co., New York, 1936. 1st Good. , Hardcover, Red cloth. 299 pages. No dust jacket. Light discoloration around edges of paste-downs. Private bookplate. Several small light stains on fore-edge have bled into outside page margins.… Read more
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The Rasp
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Collins Crime Club, 2015. Hard cover. Very good/Very good. Excellent condition inside, jacket very good with some light wear on corners and light adhesive residue over bar code.
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THE RASP (THE S. S. VAN DINE DETECTIVE LIBRARY)
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. No dustjacket. Bottom corners lightly nudged. Mild wear to spinecaps, gently folded under. Pages age-tanned. A 1" piece torn from bottom corner of title page. Gilt rubbed off to titles on spine. Silver and black art deco design to front of black leather-like… Read more
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The Rasp: A Detective Story
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W. Collins Sons, 1928. Good. MacDonald, Philip. The Rasp: A Detective Story. London: W. Collins Sons, 1928. 306pp. 12mo. Hardcover. Book condition: Good with lightly bumped and rubbed edges. Spine sunned and extremities lightly soiled.
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The Rasp (Detective Stories)
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The Rasp
by MacDonald, Philip
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New York: Dover, 1979. 1st ed. thus. Near Fine. octavo. pictorial wrappers 278pp., frontis., Originally published 1924
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The Rasp
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The Rasp
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Mineola, New York, U.S.A.: Dover Publications, 1979. (Unabrdged reproduction of 1924 edition) Trade paperback, glossy blue front wrapper and spine, white back wrapper, photo of lakeside manor on front, 278 pages. Very slight surface wear at spine top edge and spine bottom right corner. Near Fine.. Trade Paperback. Very Good.
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The Rasp (Detective Club Crime Classics)
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The Rasp
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The Rasp
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The Rasp (The S.S. Van Dine Detective Library) Blue and Gold Hardcover
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The Rasp
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The Rasp
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Penguin 586, 1946. 5th. Paperback. VG/VG -. Paperback/Small tear to DJ at head of spine, jacket colors bright
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THE RASP
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[New York]: Avon Classic Crime Collection [1970]. Good. 1970. Later Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Later [3rd] printing thus. "Rasp (n.): a heavy, coarse file, especially useful as an instrument for murder". 190 pages. Good copy [spine creased and cocked, hole punch to the rear cover, two small shaped line stains to the bottom edge]. .
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The Rasp (Detective Club Crime Classics)
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The Rasp
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The Rasp
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The Rasp (Detective Stories)
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The Rasp: A Detective Story
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NY: Mason, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. Red cloth stamped in black. Later printing. Classic detective tale, basis for the 1932 film. Very good. No jacket.
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The Rasp
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NY: Mason, 1936. Early reprint. hardcover. VG+ (no Dust Jacket) Anthony Gethryn. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title
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THE RASP
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Penguin Paperback #586 CONDITION: g later printing.
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The Rasp
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The Rasp
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The Rasp (The Detective Club)
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Collins Crime Club. Used - Like New. Light shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.
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The Rasp
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NY: Mason, 1936. Early reprint. hardcover. VG (no Dust Jacket) Anthony Gethryn. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title
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The Rasp
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- 1928
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