Peter O'Donnell

Night of Morningstar

London, Souvenir Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this action-packed novel featuring Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell. First edition. The eleventh novel in the Modesty Blaise series. An international terrorist organisation named The Watchmen has sprung out of nowhere and is making major assaults. Nobody knows who they are or what their real motives are. CIA agent Ben Christie, an old friend of Modesty Blaise, is investigating and asks Modesty Blaise to help him. Written by Peter O'Donnell, an English writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 904T30

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Night Morningstar Modesty Blaise O'Donnell Morningstar None

Peter O'Donnell

The Silver Mistress

London, Souvenir Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of O'Donnell's exciting novel, 'The Silver Mistress', one of the Modesty Blaise series. The seventh novel to feature O'Donnell's heroine Modesty Blaise. Featuring nuns, a kidnapping, and the head of the secret service, as with all of the Modesty Blaise series, this novel is certainly action packed, and full of adventure. Debuting in the Evening Standard in 1963 Modesty Blaise was originally a comic strip, written by O'Donnell and illustrated by Jim Holdaway. Modest Blaise is a talented young woman, with a criminal past, who ends up on a series of action filled adventures with her sidekick Willie Garvin. Aside from the comic strip, Blaise featured in a total of eleven novels and two short story collections. Peter O'Donnell was a British writer of mysteries and comic strips. Though best known for his Modesty Blaise series, he was also a award winning gothic romance novelist, writing under the pseudonym Madeleine Brent. In original cloth binding, and held in a unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart, with some minor shelfwear. Slight rubbing to the extremities. Slight spotting to the topedge. Minor spotting to the front and rear endpaper. Dustwrapper is very smart, again with only a minor amount of shelfwear. Some spotting to the front and rear flyleaf. Small tide mark, internally to the wrap, to the tail of the spine, as well as some spotting. Slight agetoning to the head of the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 587E29

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Dustwrapper Modesty Blaise Adventure Action Modesty Blaise First Edition None

Peter O'Donnell

The Silver Mistress

London, Souvenir Press, 1973. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this action-packed novel featuring Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell. First edition. The seventh book in the Modesty Blaise series. When the chauffer of Sir Gerald Tarrant, head of a secret service department in the British Government, stops on a narrow road on the edge of the gorge of the Tarn River in France to help two nuns change a their tire, Sir Gerald is taken prisoner – by the nuns, no less. A hasty rescue mission is set up, led by Modesty. Written by Peter O'Donnell, an English writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with minor sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 904T36

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Silver Mistress Modesty Blaise O'Donnell Mistress None

Peter O'Donnell

The Silver Mistress

London, Souvenir Press, 1971. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this Peter O'Donnell novel featuring his popular secret agent character, Modesty Blaise. Peter O'Donnell (11 April 1920 – 3 May 2010) was a British writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise, a female action hero/undercover trouble-shooter/enforcer. 'A hasty rescue mission is set in action. Modesty and Willie are captured by the formidable Mr. Sexton, who prides himself on being the world's greatest unarmed combat man. Now Modesty and Willie are scheduled to die at Mr. Sexton's hand..' 'Vanity Fair' bookseller's label to front pastedown. In a blue cloth binding with original clipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, with just some very light shelfwear. Dustwrapper is smart, with just some light edgewear and slight age toning to the rear and inner flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Previous owner's ink stamp to front free-endpaper. Pages are bright and clean, aside from one mark to the front blank and a few spots to the textblock edge. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: MOD11-A-6

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: peter o'donnell modesty blaise willie mr sexton modesty blaise None

Peter O'Donnell

A Taste for Death

London, Souvenir Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Peter O'Donnell's 'A Taste For Death', part of the Modesty Blaise series. The fourth novel to feature, O'Donnell's heroine, Modest Blaise. Featuring the return of the villain Gabriel, previously seen in the first book in the series, this novel is full of adventure, action and dangerous altercations. Debuting in the Evening Standard in 1963 Modesty Blaise was originally a comic strip, written by O'Donnell and illustrated by Jim Holdaway. Modest Blaise is a talented young woman, with a criminal past, who ends up on a series of action filled adventures with her sidekick Willie Garvin. Aside from the comic strip, Blaise featured in a total of eleven novels and two short story collections. Peter O'Donnell was a British writer of mysteries and comic strips. Though best known for his Modesty Blaise series, he was also a award winning gothic romance novelist, writing under the pseudonym Madeleine Brent. In original cloth binding, held in an unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and also to the extremities. Minor rubbing to the extremities. Dustwrapper is smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, resulting in some minor chipping to the the tail. Sunning to the spine. Rubbing to the joints, and to the extremities. Small tear to the rear of the wrap, to the tail, no more than 0.25 cm. Some minor offsetting internally to the wrap. Internally, formly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 587E13

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Modesty Blaise Adventure Action O'Donnell Adventure First Edition None

Peter O'Donnell

The Xanadu Talisman

London, Souvenir Press, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of O'Donnell's novel The Xanadu Talisman, featuring Modesty Blaise A first edition copy of the tenth novel to feature Modesty Blaise, 'The Xanadu Talisman', by Peter O'Donnell. With puzzles to solve, and a criminal nanny, as with all of the Blaise series, this novel is full of action and adventure. Debuting in the Evening Standard in 1963 Modesty Blaise was originally a comic strip, written by O'Donnell and illustrated by Jim Holdaway. Modest Blaise is a talented young woman, with a criminal past, who ends up on a series of action filled adventures with her sidekick Willie Garvin. Aside from the comic strip, Blaise featured in a total of eleven novels and two short story collections. Peter O'Donnell was a British writer of mysteries and comic strips. Though best known for his Modesty Blaise series, he was also a award winning gothic romance novelist, writing under the pseudonym Madeleine Brent. In original cloth binding held in an unclipped dustwrapper. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with a slight crease to the spine. Slight bumping also to the extremities. Some spotting to the front and rear endpapers and pastedowns, with some light spotting to the front endpaper. The dustwrapper is very smart, with some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Slight sunning to the spine.Slight spotting to the front flyleaf. A small amount of offsetting internally to the wrap, with some slight spotting to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 587E32

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Dustwrapper Talisman First edition Action Talisman Criminals None

Madeleine Brent (Peter O'Donnell)

The Long Masquerade

Souvenir Press 1981 First Edition First Printing. Bruised at top of spine and page edges lightly differentially aged else Fine book in slightly browned unpriced Dust Jacket with a short tear (12 mm) at the lower edge of the rear panel .
¶ ''1t is 1897, and a small ship sails the Caribbean, trading between the islands. This is the only home of a man and a girl who are runaways bearing false names, living constantly in fear of arrest for murder... story of mystery, romance and high adventure .'' A romance by the author of the Modesty Blaise books."

Porcupine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 114131

BRENT, Madeleine ( Peter O'Donnell)

Tregaron's Daughter

Halifax, Remploy Press, 1994. Used - Acceptable. Ex lib hardback in VG dustjacket . 1st ed thus. Ex-library copy with library stamps etc. A couple of small stains. Slight wear to dustjacket. Photo:. ISBN: 0706610563

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS200894I

O'Donnell, Peter

The Black Pearl

Titan, London, 2004. Early Edition, Paperback, Illustrated by: Holdaway, Jim. Good Condition. 9781840238426 Good+ 3rd print 2004 Titan paperback, terrific entry in this series. Bump and crease to base of spine and pages, surface split to base of spine of cover, number 4 written in pen and encircled to top corner of fly-leaf, bright and unmarked. More in this series available. Size: 30 cm. 112 pages. Illustrator: Holdaway, Jim. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Blaise, Modesty (Fictitious character) Comic books, strips, etc. Fiction; ISBN: 1840238429. ISBN/EAN: 9781840238426. Dewey Code: 741.5. The book is available to view in-person at our Cambridge hub. The photos provided are of the actual book for sale, further condition-specific photos may be arranged upon request.

84 Charing Cross Road BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 082282

Catalogue: Crime Fiction

Keywords: BZDB14 Blaise, Modesty (Fictitious character) Comic books, strips, etc. Fiction, Women detectives Comic books, strips, etc. Fiction, Detective and mystery comic books, strips, etc, Dewey: 741.5 Crime Fiction; Blaise, Modesty (Fictitious character) Comic b

O'Donnell, Peter

Cobra trap.

Souvenir Press Ltd, 2001. Reprint; Third Printing. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. 268 pages, dustjacket by Jim Holdaway. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Aucott & ThomasProfessional seller

Book number: 67954

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Modesty Blaise Peter O'Donnell Thriller fiction

Peter O'Donnell

Cobra Trap

London, Souvenir Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. The covers are slightly slanted and O'Donnell seems toi have roughly opened the book when he signed it, creating slight wear in the gutter. A nice inscribed first edition of this classic Modesty Blaise adventure. .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 1242861

Catalogue: Mystery & Detective Fiction

O'Donnell, Peter

Dead Man's Handle.

Souvenir Press Ltd, 1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, page edges and pages age tanned, no inscriptions, in a tanned, unclipped dustjacket which is spotted on the back cover. 236 pages, dustjacket by Mike Codd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket.

Aucott & ThomasProfessional seller

Book number: 67953

Catalogue: Fiction:: Thriller

Keywords: Modesty Blaise Peter O'Donnell Thriller fiction

Peter O'Donnell

Dead Man's Handle

New York, Mysterious Press, 1986. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED LIMITED FIRST EDITION, BEING #109 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like Slipcase. A Modesty Blaise adventure. .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 1242866

Catalogue: Mystery & Detective Fiction

O'DONNELL, PETER

Dead Man's Handle [Modesty Blaise ]

London, Pan. 1986, First Pbk.Ed.. (ISBN: 0330294520) Pbk. Book, In the Hostel of Righteousness on the Greek Island of Kalivari, Dr. Thaddeus Pilgrim, once a devout man of god but now devoted to less heavenly pursuits like murder, terrorism and simple acts of sadism, plans his most ambitious project- the Hallelujah Scenario.235P. Fine.

Kalamos BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 044689

Catalogue: Espionage

Keywords: 0330294520 Mystery Fiction Set in Greece Modesty Blaise Sold

O'Donnell, Peter

Dragon's Claw

New York, The Mysterious Press, 1985. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very mild slant to spine. A very good copy in very good dustjacket with two nicks to rear panel and a long crease on rear flap. A novel featuring Modesty Blaise. ; Octavo. .

Parigi BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 13629

Catalogue: Mysteries and Thrillers

Keywords: MYSTERY, Thriller, Modesty Blaise