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Police at the Funeral Signed & Dedicated by Margery Allingham to her Mother!!
A very special copy . . . 1931 UK hardback first edition, first impression published by Heinemann in London Signed and inscribed and dated on publication to the author's mother !! "To Mama with love from Margery 1931" The front panel of the dust jacket has been tipped onto the half-title For me I love the idea that that jacket was probably tipped in by the author or her husband Youngman Carter whose artwork it is (I fancy YC did it) A near VG book without dustwrapper with first issue illustrated endpapers
A very special book, clearly unique and a tremendous addition to any collection
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The Crime at Black Dudley - Margery Allingham 1929 UK hardback first edition, first impression published by Jarrolds in London A very rare highlight book Tight solid book, very clean and bright cloth There's scattered foxing to edges The foxing notwithstanding it would certainly be a VG++ example A very rare opportunity, the only copy I've ever handled and priced very much to sell
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Mr Campion and Others Written By Margery Allingham
1939 UK hardback first edition, first impression published by Heinemann in London The legendary Vincent Starrett's own copy. His superb Sherlockian bookplate to pastedown and signed by Starrett Complete with 1st issue 7/6 dust jacket The book is tight and square, little age tanning, light hinge wear, overall VG The extremely rare dust jacket is 1st issue and priced 7/6 as called for
A rare Queen's Quorum title with a wonderful provenance and complete with the almost unheard of jacket
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Take Two at Bedtime - Margery Allingham 1950 UK hardback first edition, first impression published by The World's Work A VG+ book in publisher price clipped dust jacket Tight solid book, light tan to top edge and neat name to front pastedown (covered by front flap) A nice solid book The wrapper has shallow chips to spine corners and some light edge wear, wonderful artwork A decent copy and uncommon in jacket
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Police at the Funeral - Margery Allingham
1931 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Heinemann, London A near VG book without dustwrapper No names or stamps etc, tight and square Some general age tanning as ever A solid example of a scarce and important title complete with first issue illustrated endpapers
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The China Governess - SIGNED - Margery Allingham
1963 British hardback first edition, first impression published by Chatto & Windus in London Signed on the title page by the author: "For Betty with love from Marge" A VG+ book in VG+ uncliped dustwrapper NO other names or stamps etc, tight and square The jacket has a bit of wear and age to it but no reall loss Clearly a close association copy and signed Allingham is rare, though I say so myself a bargain !
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Hide My Eyes - SIGNED - Margery Allingham
1958 UK hardcover first edition, first impression published by Chatto & Windus in London Signed on the title page by the author: "For Betty with love from Margery '58" There's a slight smear to the top of the T of Betty where it looks as though the author caught it whilst the ink was still wet A VG+ book in VG+ uncliped dustwrapper No other names or stamps etc, tight and square The jacket has some general age wear and a light age tan as usual with this title Clearly a close association copy and signed Allingham is rare, though I say so myself a bargain !
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Cargo of Eagles
1968 British hardback first edition, first impression published by Chatto & Windus in London A near fine book in near fine uncliped dustwrapper Small neat name to endpaper, no stamps etc, tight and square No loss or tears to jacket A nice clean copy For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Dance of the Years - Margery Allingham
1943 British hardback first edition, first impression, Michael Joseph, London A VG book with no dustwrapper Small neat name to endpaper, no stamps etc, tight and square A little light page tanning. A solid copy of an uncommon book For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Margery Allingham - Coroner's Pidgin 1954 English hardback later edition published by Heinemann in London A near fine book in VG++ price clipped dust jacket The book is clean and tight, no names etc The wrapper has no loss - clean and tidy An absolute classic title beautifully reproduced her and still a nice period copy A really nice book and rare in its own right For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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The White Cottage Mystery
1975 English hardback later edition published by Chatto & Windus in London A near fine book in near fine publisher price clipped dust jacket The book is clean and tight, no names etc The wrapper has no loss - clean and tidy The author's first mystery book and very uncommon in hardcover, especially so this condition A nice attractive clean copy For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Death of a Ghost - Margery Allingham 1934 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Heinemann, London A VG book missing the dust jacket No names or stamps etc, tightly bound and square There is 'Witherslack Hall' stamped on front board. No other names or stamps A nice copy of an uncommon title complete with original map illustrated endpapers For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Flowers for the Judge - Margery Allingham
1936 English hardback first edition, first impression, Heinemann, London A VG book sadly lacking dustwrapper Previous owner name to endpaper, tight and square A solid copy and an uncommon title For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Black Plumes - Margery Allingham
1940 British hardback first edition, first impression, Heinemann, London A VG+ book with no dustwrapper No names or stamps etc, tight and square A little light page tanning. A rare book from a notoriously difficult date range For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Dancers in Mourning 1937 British hardback first edition, first impression, Heinemann, London A VG book missing the dust jacket No names or stamps etc, tightly bound and square The cloth is clean and bright, light scattered edge spotting Attractive endpapers illustrated by Alan Gregory, nice copy and uncommon For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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The Mind Readers
1965 British hardcover first edition, first impression, Chatto & Windus, London A VG book in unclipped Youngman Carter dust jacket No names or stamps etc, tight and square, occasional light spotting to edges The jacket has some edge wear and scattered foxing/tanning to rear panel A solid bargain copy For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) * - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Hide My Eyes 1958 English hardcover first edition, first impression, Chatto London A VG book in VG unclipped dust jacket The book is clean and tight, light scattered spotting The jacket shows minor wear to extremities, a little age tanning A solid copy of a classic mystery title For Sale at £SOLD(approx $SOLD) * - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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The Case of the Late Pig - Margery Allingham
1954 English Penguin paperback later edition A nice clean copy, nicer than normal Light wear to spine and edges, tightly bound and square Clean tight and square, no owner names etc A classic Albert Campion title For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) *b1 - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Mystery Mile - Margery Allingham
1963 UK Penguin paperback later edition Covers clean, a solid reading copy No names or stamps etc, tight and square Still a very solid reading copy A solid example of a classic Albert Campion title For Sale at £4.50 (approx $7) *b1 - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Sweet Danger - Margery Allingham 1960 Penguin softcover later edition, A solid copy Usual light paper ageing, clean and tight Albert Campion, was well-known to Guffy. They were engaged upon a fantastic and fateful pursuit of a European crown, and when they heard of what Guffy had seen, their interest mounted to fever pitch, and so did his when he realized to what amazing adventures their discovery was to lead. A tidy copy of an Albert Campion mystery
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Police at the Funeral
1960 British Penguin softcover later edition A solid example with only light age tanning No names or stamps etc, tight and square Police at the Funeral is the fourth of Margery Allingham's books starring Albert Campion, the extraordinary detective with the bland, pale-blue eyes. The pre-1939 Cambridge setting adds nostalgic appeal to a first-rate mystery A classic title
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Mr Campion's Lucky Day & Other Stories - Margery Allingham 1992 Penguin softcover 1st edition, A nice clean reading copy No real paper ageing, a little wear to extremities 18 classic short stories, some of which feature Campion. An uncommon title
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Look to the Lady
1956 British Penguin softcover later edition A decent vintage book, bit of age tanning No names or stamps etc, tight and square The Gyrth family had guarded The Chalice for hundreds of years. It was held by them for the Crown. Its antiquity, its beauty, the extraordinary legends that were connected with it, all combined to make it unique of its kind One of the less common titles
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Cargo of Eagles - Margery Allingham 1972 Penguin softcover later edition, A good tidy only Slight lean and age tan but otherwise nice Campion looks into a village alongside the Thames reknowned over the years for smuggling, there's much more and murder and terror are employed by someone to keep its secret A clean tight book
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The China Governess
1965 UK Penguin softcover first edition A solid readers copy Light surface rubbing etc 'In Margery Allingham s hands the detective novel is transformed from craft to art. She can conjure evil, not merely crime. The China Governess, for which she has kept her public waiting for over four years, is pointedly contemporary in its social comment. It is also a brilliantly effective thriller' -
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Dancers in Mourning - Margery Allingham 1960 UK Penguin softcover 1st edition, A decent readers copy Slight lean to spine and usual tanning to pages Albert Campion 8th mystery and a fine story with some ubiquitous Golden Age touches: a country house setting, a murder among the rich and famous, an array suspects and of course Albert Campion ! A solid copy and a book I struggle to get copies of
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Traitor's Purse
1961 British Penguin paperback later edition Tight and slid - bit of a tan Better than normally seen ! He simply could not remember anything, not a thing: his mind was a blank, his memory gone: his brain groped for knowledge as a baby's would. Yet he was acutely conscious that he had to do something quickly A decent copy
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The Fashion in Shrouds - Margery Allingham 1950 UK Penguin first paperback edition, A rather nice copy iLighter than normal paper ageing, if rwead then it was done so carefully 'To Albert Campion has fallen the honour of being the first detective to figure in a story which is also a distinguished novel.' - Torquemada in The Observer
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More Work for the Undertaker - Margery Allingham
1952 English Penguin paperback first edition published in London A nice tight and solid copy Bit of the usual tanning but not excessive 'The victim's name is Palinode, and two vital characters are Jas Bowels and his son Rowley Boy, the Apron-Street undertakers, with Harry James, bank manager, intervening. The "old and valued clients" to whom Mare Work for the Undertaker is dedicated will have guessed the author before I mention Albert Campion and Stanislaus Oates: only Margery Ailing-ham's creations have these impudently inevitable names. A nice copy and not a common title
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Youngman Carter - Mr Campion's Falcon 1973 English Penguin paperback 1st edition, London A VG indeed book The book is clean and tight, light edge tanning Numbers to inside front cover and address to rear panel Youngman Carter: In 1967, after his wife's death, he completed her last book, Cargo of Eagles, and then, from an idea of hers, wrote Mr Campion's Farthing. He finished Mr Campion's Falcon shortly before his death in January 1970. A solid readers copy, uncommon For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *b15 - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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The Beckoning Lady
1960 British Penguin softcover later edition A solid example with light age tanning No names or stamps etc, tight and square A solid copy of an Albert Campion and Inspector Luke mystery For Sale at £4.50 (approx $7) *b1 - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Death of a Ghost - Margery Allingham 1949 Penguin softcover later edition, A reading copy only Some loss to spine bottom and rubbing to edges - still tight and solid though John Sebastian Lafcadio, R.A., was a great artist, and he knew it, but he wanted to make quite sure that future generations would appreciate that fact as well, so he painted a number of pictures about which very few people knew at the lime, and had them stored away.
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Hide My Eyes
1960 British Penguin softcover first edition A solid reading copy - bit of taning as ever No names or stamps etc, tight and square 'The book's great, gripping virtue is its Dickensian love for London,
and its Dickensian gusto: they give an extra dimension to a
splendid thriller'- Spectator.
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Flowers for the Judge - Margery Allingham 1950 Penguin softcover later edition, A clean reading copy Usual light paper ageing, a little wear to extremities Not even the presence of Albert Campion, friend of the family, could overcome the unpleasantness that ensued and the fearful persistence of the Police who established that Paul had been murdered. An early Golden Age classic
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The Tiger in the Smoke - Margery Allingham
1970 British paperback alter edition published by Penguin in London A VG book , nice and tight A solid reading copy with just a little of the usual paper tanning Synopsis
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Coroner's Pidgin - Margery Allingham 1950 UK Penguin softcover 1st edition, A bright copy Solid spine and brighter paper than usual Albert Campion was used to surprises, in his life as a private detective, and after years overseas during the war 'on a mission', as he put it, 'so secret that even I never discovered what it was' Unaccountably harder to find than some of the other titles
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The White Cottage Mystery 1983 Penguin paperback reissue and reworking A nice clean copy with no names etc Tightly bound and square A nice clean copy and the author's first mystery - a milestone title For Sale at £SOLD (approx $SOLD) *w16 - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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The Mind Readers - Margery Allingham
1968 British paperback 1st edition published by Penguin in London A reading copy A solid book with rubs to covers the usual paper tanning Synopsis
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The Crime at Black Dudley 1950 English Penguin paperback first edition published in London A tight solid reading copy Clean covers, a little edge wear, light tan A solid copy of a classic mystery title For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Take Two at Bedtime - Margery Allingham
1962 Penguin paperback later edition A readers copy, slight lean to spine and minor edge rubbing Bit of page tanning Wanted: Someone Innocent tells of Gillian Brayton, young, attractive, and somewhat nai've, who accepted a job as 'a sort of social secretary' in the household of an ex-schoolmate A solid period reading copy and two classic tales
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Youngman Carter - Mr Campion's Farthing
1971 English Penguin paperback first edition, London A VG book tightly bound, light edge tanning Youngman Carter: "This story is based on an idea originated by my wife, Margery Allingham, who died in 1966. She and I collaborated in many of her books over a period of forty years, particularly in the working out of details of the plots. It had been her original intention to write Mr Campion's Farthing before her last book, Cargo of Eagles," A solid reading copy, not a common title For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) *b15 - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Mr Campion and Others - Margery Allingham 1950 Penguin softcover first edition, A tight solid copy Usual light paper ageing, bit of light shelf rubbing Very often Albert Campion finds himself assisting or being assisted by Superintendent Oates of Scotland Yard. These two present a formidable obstacle to any criminal who tries to fool them, yet the excitement and interest is so maintained that the reader cannot see how they will solve their problems and afterwards how they could not have failed to do so An important book and a Queen's Quorum title !
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ALLINGHAM, Margery (Louise). British. Born in London, 20 May 1904; daughter of the writer H.J. Allingham. Educated at Perse High School for Girls. Cambridge; Polytechnic of Speech Training. Married the artist and editor Philip Youngman Carter in 1927. Died 30 June 1966. |
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Albert Campion When he first came on the scene, Albert Campion was described as "... a lunatic . . . quite inoffensive ... just a silly ass." At that time, he was a con-man who bragged that he lived by his wits and would do anything for money provided it wasn't vulgar or sordid, using such aliases as "Mornington Dodd" and "Tootles Ash." Perhaps the foolish expression in his eyes and the idiotic, high-pitched voice which he affected were merely attempts at disguise. It is likely that Campion really meant to be a serious detective all along. He was, after all, Cambridge-educated. By the mid-1930's, Albert Campion no longer pursued a life of crime and was then described as mild-mannered, bespectacled and scholarly. At that time, he lived with his valet, ex-burglar Magersfontein Lugg, in a private flat above a police station off Piccadilly Lane. From this convenient location he functioned as Scotland Yard's expert on society matters and proved to be of great assistance to official detectives Stanislaus Gates and Charlie Luke. As Campion grew older (he was born in 1900) he continued to grow more serious and responsible. He fell in love with, and married, airplane designer Amanda Fitton. As his hair whitened, more and more people came to him for advice and he was often described as a kind of "universal uncle." During World War II and afterwards, his investigative talents were used by the British Government in espionage work. |
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