THE CASE OF THE NEGLIGENT NYMPH. [GREAT PAN G118.]
by GARDNER**, ERLE STANLEY:
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- VG./No dw/dj,p/back as issued.
- Seller
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PLYMOUTH., Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[Serialised in (US) Collier's magazine,as 6 weekly parts spanning from September 17th to October 22nd,1949.US (NY),WILLIAM MORROW & COMPANY.1949,1950 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,precedes the UK,William Heinemann,1956 1st edn.This issue the first UK p/back 1st edn,also preceded by US (NY),Pocket Books,1954.] VG.No owner inscrptn and no price removal from card cover. Bright,crisp,clean with minor faint blemishes,vibrant colour pictorial artwork by Sam Peffer (PEFF), illustrated font cover with b/w lettering,lightly concave spine/backstrip with lightly dulled white letters and PAN logo+No. to foot and NO reading creases to same,rear panel yellow background with red+black lettered story synopsis. [The cover art is based on a posed photo of Kitty Peffer.] Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - both front corners with faint creases - but no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges aged/toned with minimal sporadic spotting,fore-edges less aged/toned,so slightly brighter and without foxing; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips - unread apart from my own collation.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,5-185pp [paginated] includes author's foreword,23 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages and to the rear 6pp publisher's adverts for other PAN titles.
See my book ID rja894220 for US,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn of this same title.
A Perry Mason mystery (the 35th).Story later adapted for the 12th episode of the first season of the Mason TV series,1957/58.
A highly collected and prolific author,and usual item in Gardner's typical style,an important and welcome addition to the canon.
Samuel John Peffer (known as PEFF),b. 3rd November, 1921 – d. 14th March,2014) was a British commercial artist who designed film posters,and paperback book covers.His best known work was for the covers of the paperback James Bond novels published by PAN BOOKS LTD.,in the 1950s and 1960s,for which he created a consistent and distinctive style.He went freelance around 1954.He was noticed by the Pan Books art buyer,Tony Bowen-Davies,and during the 1950s and 1960s,he painted hundreds of book covers, including from 1957,particularly the Fleming novels 'Casino Royale','Moonraker','From Russia with Love' and 'Dr. No.',all for Pan,as well as many Christie novels.
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja944121
- Title
- THE CASE OF THE NEGLIGENT NYMPH. [GREAT PAN G118.]
- Author
- GARDNER**, ERLE STANLEY:
- Illustrator
- Cover,colour illustration by Sam Peffer (PEFF).**
- Book Condition
- Used - VG.
- Jacket Condition
- No dw/dj,p/back as issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- LONDON.PAN BOOKS LTD,1958.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.No ISBN.Crime_detective fiction.Perry Mason_fiction_novels.Collier's Magazine_serialisation_Perry Mason.PAN p/backs_PEFF_Sam PEFFER.Books new,used,signed,rare.
- Bookseller catalogs
- MODERN FIRSTS2;
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About the Seller
R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
Biblio member since 2009
PLYMOUTH., Devon
About R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY.
Bookdealer/seller established 1984, selling used,new,out-of-print,collectable (vintage and TV tie-in p/backs etc.), modern and second-hand books and book-related ephemera.We specialise in Children's Illustrated books, Modern Firsts, Fiction and Non-fiction - a good, wide range of subjects - Nautical, Naval/ Military, Theatre+Film biography/ autobiography, GENERAL (non-fiction/ reference), Author/Illustrator SIGNED copies/edns, and other Collectables. I no longer have a B&M store (established 1984) since 1996,as I then became an internet- based seller exclusively, continuing with Mail Order selling as well. Viewing by arranged appointment(s), book searches undertaken and welcomed. Minimal grade of stock is VG/VG (the exception), the majority around FINE/FINE.[Criteria used - as a bibliophile myself,would I want to see this book on my own personal bookshelves!!] Welcome,and thank you for browsing my stock - enjoy! "WE HAVE WHAT YOU WANT, THOUGH YOU MAY NOT KNOW IT!!" 'From paper to boards,to you'.
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