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Dr Thorndyke The Famous Cases by R Austin Freeman
1952 UK hardback LATER edition published by Hodder and Stoughton in London A VG+ book in price clipped dust jacket. No names or inscriptions etc Tight and square, a clean book The jacket has a few shallow edge chips, clean and bright, great image of the Good Doctor 37 of Thorndyke's criminal investigations - a classic book and 1088 pages, a reader's delight
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The Penrose Mystery - R Austin Freeman
1936 UK hardback first edition first impression published by Hodder & Stoughton in London A near VG book sadly lacking jacket No owner names or stamps etc Usual ageing to Hodder cloth, mark to spine, a solid copy overall and given Hodder's publications of this period A classic Dr Thorndyke mystery involing a collector of antiquities You'd want a jacket of course but then it could be 20x the price, offered here for a few quid more than a new hardback . . .
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Mr Polton Explains written by R Austin Freeman
1950 UK hardback LATER edition published by Hodder and Stoughton in London A VG+ book in unclipped dust jacket. No names or inscriptions etc Tight and square, a nice format book Uncommon in jacket and an attractive period copy
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The Stoneware Monkey - R Austin Freeman
1938 British hardcover first edition first impression published by Hodder & Stoughton in London A VG++ book in 1st issue 7/6 dust jacket No owner names or stamps etc Clean cloth and solid binding, nice bright text block, no foxing The jacket has no real loss, light shelf wear to edges, short closed tear to rear panel, light age tan to rear panel A Dr Thorndyke mystery A nice solid copy and a bargain at . . .
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The Red Thumb Mark
c1928 UK later edition, Hodder London A VG indeed book sadly minus its dust jacket Name and date but no inscriptions or stamps etc Tight and square, occassional scattered spotting A solid reading copy For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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The Penrose Mystery - R Austin Freeman
1954 UK Pan paperback first edition published in London A solid period copy No names, inscriptions or stamps paper tanned as usual, great period artwork An uncommon edition For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Pontifex, Son and Thorndyke - R Austin Freeman
1931 British hardcover first edition first impression, Hodder & Stoughton, London A VG+ book unfortunately without dust jacket No owner names or stamps, some light paper tanning. Clean cloth and solid square binding Much nicer than H&S books of the period normally appear A scarce book For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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The Penrose Mystery - Freeman Wills Crofts
1936 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Hodder, London A VG book sadly lacking dustwrapper Samll neat contemporaneous name, no stamps etc Tight and solid, minor shelf wear to cloth and extremities A decent copy and uncommon For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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The Penrose Mystery - R Austin Freeman
1937 UK third edition, Hodder London A VG indeed book (light edge spotting),VG+ dust wrapper is particularly nice Neat names but no inscriptions etc A nice copy and particularly bright jacket For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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A Certain Dr Thorndyke + Extra - R Austin Freeman
1927 UK first edition, first impression, Hodder London A near VG book with front panel of dust jacket on endpaper Tightly bound still, light wear to edges No names, inscriptions or stamps etc The front panel from the original dust jacket is pasted onto the endpaper A solid copy and nice to see the artwork for the wrapper, uncommon thus For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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The Stoneware Monkey - R Austin Freeman
1952 UK third edition, Hodder London A VG+ book in VG+ dust wrapper, unclipped No names, inscriptions or stamps etc A very bright and fresh copy For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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A Certain Dr Thorndyke
1944 UK later edition, Hodder London A VG indeed book in VG indeed unclipped dust wrapper No names, inscriptions or stamps etc A scarce title especially in jacket For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD)* - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Dr Thorndyke Intervenes
1935 UK third edition, Hodder London A VG+ book, dust wrapper chipped to spine Neat names and inscription Not the best jacket but nice period artwork and rare For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Felo de Se ? - R Austin Freeman
1937 British hardcover first edition first impression published by Hodder & Stoughton in London A VG book sadly without dust jacket A solid example, tight and square, light shelf rubs to extremities No names or stamps and the like A solid book and a bargain ! For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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As a Thief in the Night
1934 UK seventh edition, Hodder & Stoughton London A Good only reading copy with no dustwrapper Scattered spotting and marks to cloth Neat name to endpaper, a full size thick format edition For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) * - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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The Penrose Mystery - R Austin Freeman
1937 Enlish 3rd cheaper edition, H&S, London A good book unfortunately no longer with dust jacket No names, light wear, speckles to spine A solid tidy reading copy and a bargain ! For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Mr Polton Explains
1950 UK fourth edition, Hodder London A VG book with no dustwrapper No names etc, clean contents and cloth A clean and tidy reading copy For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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For the Defence Dr Thorndyke
1936 English later edition, Hodder London A good book sadly with its dustcover No names, inscriptions or stamps etc Tight and square, occassional scattered spotting A solid reading copy issued two years after the true 1st For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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Felo De Se ? - R Austin Freeman
1937 UK hardback, first edition first impression, Hodder & Stoughton, London A near VG book in 1st state 7/6 dust jacket The book shows some general rubbing a wear to edges, light fade to spine Tightly bound and square The wrapper has had some NON-professional restoration to top and bottom edges and creases Doesn't look too bad on the shelf A solid looking copy of a Golden Age Thorndyke classic at an absolute bargain price! For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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The Cat's Eye - R Austin Freeman
1923 UK hardback, first edition first impression, Hodder & Stoughton, London A VG+ book sadly without dust jacket The book shows no names or stamps etc, clean contents and cloth Tightly bound and square A particularly nice copy An uncommon title, esecially in this condition For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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When Rogues Fall Out - R Austin Freeman
1932 English hardcover first edition first impression, Hodder & Stoughton, London A VG+ or better book unfortunately without dust jacket There are no names or stamps and such like. Unusually, the spine has retained colour and is still clean and bright as is the rest of the cloth Tightly bound and square a particularly solid copy, just a little light tanning to paper Much nicer than H&S books of the period normally appear A pleasing copy indeed ! For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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The Surprising Experiences of Mr Shuttlebury Cobb - R Austin Freeman
1927 UK hardback first edition, first impression published by Hodder and Stoughton in London A VG book sadly lacking dust jacket No names, inscriptions or stamps Mottling to spine bottom, tightly bound and square First issue brown cloth A solid early Golden Age title and a bargain For Sale at £SOLD - SORRY, CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK (approx $SOLD) - Delivery Information ~ Free & Subsidised ~ Please Check |
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The Magic Casket written by R Austin Freeman
[1927] UK hardback first edition first impression, published by Hodder and Stoughton in London A VG book sadly lacking dust jacket. We are including, free of charge, a photocopy of a 7/6 1st issue jacket as a complimentary gift Neat inscription and 1927 date to endpaper with some off setting Tight and square, light tan to cloth A solid copy which looks great shelved in the PHOTOCOPY jacket(first issue blue cloth and black lettering)
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FREEMAN, Richard Austin. Also wrote as Clifford Ash-down (with J.J. Pitcairn). British. Born in London, 11 April 1862. Apprenticed as apothecary; studied at Middlesex Hospital, London; qualified as Physician and Surgeon, 1887. Served in Royal Army Medical Corps, 1915-19: Captain. Married Annie Elizabeth Edwards in 1887; two sons. Assistant Colonial Surgeon, Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana), 1887-91; appointed Boundary Commissioner, 1891; invalided home 1891; Assistant Medical Officer. Holloway Prison, 1900; Port of London Authority physician. Settled in Gravesend, 1903; worked as private tutor, then after 1919 as self-employed writer. Member of the Council, Eugenics Society. Died 28 September 1943. |
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Dr John Thorndyke Dr. Thorndyke is both doctor and lawyer, and his methods are more technical and specialized than those of the average detective. His procedure is to interrogate things rather than persons; the data he seeks are generally those which are apparent only to the eye of the medical practitioner. He searches for some fact of evidential value which can be demonstrated by physical methods and which constitutes conclusive proof of some essential point. Thorndyke's constant companion is his research kit, "the invaluable green case," with its collection of miniature instruments and array of chemicals. He is an expert in countless scholarly fields, including anatomy, archaeology, botany, Egyptology, and ophthalmology. His approach to a problem is painstaking and humorless. He is emotionally detached, though philanthropic. Exceptionally tall, strong, and athletic, Thorndyke has acute eyesight and hearing and unusual manual skill. He is the handsomest of all detectives, with a fine Grecian nose and classical features. He has no gifts of superhuman intelligence or intuition. His reasoning powers, however, are exceptional and he possesses a scientific imagination the faculty to perceive the essential nature of a problem before the detailed evidence comes to light. He is quiet, reserved, self-contained (even secretive), but kindly. He is addicted to dry humor and Trichinopoly cheroots. He was about 35 when he began his first case, 50 when he solved his last. Thorndyke's two satellites are Dr. Jervis,who has the task of recording the exploits of the famous detective, and Polton, his lab assistant. R. Austin Freeman was, himself, a doctor and used much of his medical background in his tales. He also personally conducted every experiment Thorndyke describes in his cases. |
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