Corpse in Handcuffs (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of the first novel by this author. Moderate rubbing to the surface of the dustjacket. In very good / very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good hardcover with very good unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior.

176 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "Why would anyone throw away 100,000 pounds in diamonds? Who were the mysterious couple in the black Fiat? Why did a man end his days as a flaming, human torch? When Catherine Cherwick, daughter of an American diplomat, is spirited away from an exclusive private school on the eve of important East-West trade talks, these are just some of the questions facing Superintendent Pepper of the Special Branch. The superintendent follows a tortuous pa th, leading not only through the underworld of London, but deeper, much deeper into that twilight world of international intrigue and sudden death. It is here that he must match wits with an opponent who is a master in his craft, one who is bent on destroying Pepper and all that he stands for." Previous owner's name and initials on free front endpaper, minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has light edge wear, a few small closed tears, tiny chip at top of front flap-fold, light to moderate rubbing, light soiling on rear panel. VG/G+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. London Hale, 1969. Book condition: Very Good +, no inscriptions, boards bit grubby and there is some foxing to page edges. Dust Jacket: Very Good +, not price clipped but small tape stains on flap edges show it has been wrapped in a cover and a crease 1/2in from bottom edge suggest that it has been folded - but it still looks pretty good. 1st UK Edition First Printing.

1st Ed., Hard cover with bds and dustwrapper completely enclosed in protective film, some brown staining at btm rear edge otherwise Good+, ex-lib so usual markings, contents nice and tight, pp176.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Canadian Edition. The book is very good+ with previous owners gift inscription on the ffep in a very good dust jacket with minor shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED to the ffep, " To______, with my best wishes, Frank A. Smith". Lightly rubbed at the extremities, light crease across the bottom edge of the front panel, 3/8" circular yellowish stain on the rear panel with minor shelf wear to show. Unclipped with $3.95 on both front & rear inside panels. Now protected in archival brodart jacket. The text block is clean, solid and appears unread. The spine is slightly cocked. Erased prices in pencil to the ffep. The author's first novel and first appearance of Superintendent Pepper of the London Special Branch. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. Inscribed by Mr. Smith on the title page. Author's first book. Barest hint of a spine lean, jacket has very minor rubbing. Near Fine/Near Fine. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Corpse in Handcuffs; Frank A. Smith; MacMillan of Canada, Toronto; 1969; first Canadian edition; printed in Great Britain by Clarke, Doble & Brendon Ltd., Plymouth. Frank Smith was born in Canada and went to England at the age of six. At the age of 16 he went to work in Bletchley Park, the wartime station where enemy communications were being decoded with the aid of the famous Enigma machine. He began writing in the 1960s. The theme of the first five books, beginning with CORPSE IN HANDCUFFS, this book, was espionage in the Cold War years, but when that came to an end, he moved on to police procedurals. He is the author of the series of Chief Inspector Neil Paget mystery novels, including Stone Dead and Fatal Flaw, which was nominated for Best Crime Novel of the Year by the Canadian Crime Writers Association in 1996. He lives in British Columbia, Canada. This book, 176 pages, is in fine condition in a very good dust jacket, that is now in a protective mylar wrap. This is a beautiful copy of the author s very first book, and as noted, printed in Britain but published in Canada. An important book for anyone who collects Frank A. Smith.