Blake, Nicholas. (Cecil Day-Lewis)

The Beast Must Die

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Blake, Nicholas (C. Day Lewis). THE BEAST MUST DIE. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1938. First American Edition. 8vo. 260pp. publisher's yellow cloth covered boards. A very good copy of this brillian Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone Nigel Strangeways mystery. Collector's [Landfried] custom plain heavy white paper protective dustwrapper, neatly hand-lettered descriptions & titles on the upper cover & spine as was his custom. What this collector's books sometimes lacked in condition, they made up for in importance. Name inked out on the front pastedown, front fly leaf & rear pastedown, tiny collector's pocket on pastedown otherwise a reasonable copy showing modest use. A very interesting example. Keating #26, Hatchards #81, Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 62-3. Filmed by Claude Chabrol in 1969 as 'Que la Bete Meure' [This Man Must Die]. $250. /Dust Jacket Included.

TBCL The Book Collector's LibraryProfessional seller

Book number: 30243

Catalogue: Electronic List TBCL

Keywords: QUEEN'S QUORUM, HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE, FIRST EDITION MYSTERY CRIME DETECTION BRITISH DETECTIVE FICTION . ITSAMYSTERY

BLAKE, NICHOLAS. [PSEUD. OF CECIL DAY LEWIS].

The Case of the Abominable Snowman.

Harmondssworth: Penguin, 1954. 1st Penguin edition, and the first of Nicholas Blake's detective novels published under the Penguin imprint. "The finding of the body is a masterly scene of the macabre. Incidents, recalled one by one, are assembled into the story of a twisted life calculated to make anyone wince." (T.L.S. review). Pp.220/4(publisher's catalogue), pages toned. Paperback, a little dusty with toning to spine, small tear to top of spine and wear to spine edge. G+.

Chilton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 49308

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Keywords: Nicholas Blake Case Abominable Snowman Crime Fiction Novel Cecil Day Lewis Nigel Strangeways Scribbles Cat 51049 Fiction: : Crime

BLAKE, Nicholas (Cecil Day-Lewis)

Malice in Wonderland

Crime Club/Collins, 1940. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket) . 4th impression, 1947, in tatty, discoloured and fragile binding with wear to edges and corners; library book plate on front paste-down; page fore-edges yellowed with small, pale ink stamp to main fore-edge; internally, outer pages yellowed, edges of pages yellowed; otherwise, a readable copy. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_105829_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS327661I

Blake, Nicolas (Ps. für Cecil Day Lewis):

Malice in Wonderland. Published for the Crime Club. Fourth impression [Text Englisch].

London: Collins. 1947. 284 Seiten, 2 Blatt. Original-Pappband (gering beschabt und bestossen, Rücken gering knickspurig, papierbedingt gebräunt, alter schweizer Besitzerstempel auf dem vorderen Vorsatz, sonst noch ordentlich erhalten). Erstmals 1940 erschienen. C.D. Lewis veröffentliche mehrere Krimis unter diesem Pseudonym. Free shipping to Germany, shipping costs abroad 6,00 EUR.

Antiquariat BürckProfessional seller

Book number: 406426

Catalogue: Literatur

Keywords: [Fremdsprachen]

Blake, Nicholas (Cecil Day-Lewis)

Minute for Murder

London, Collins, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the twelve Jubilee Reprints published to celebrate the Crime Club's Golden Jubilee. Originally published in 1947. Selected and introduced by Julian Symons. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. A mystery featuring Nigel Strangeways. ; Octavo. .

Parigi BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 22817

Catalogue: Mysteries and Thrillers

Keywords: MYSTERY, ENGLAND, NIGEL STRANGEWAYS, DETECTION

Blake, Nicholas. (Cecil Day-Lewis)

Minute for Murder

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Blake, Nicholas. MINUTE FOR MURDER. New York: Harpers & Brothers, 1949. First American edition. 8vo. publisher's black boards lettered in red to spine & upper board. A very good or better example in like dustwrapper which is reinforced & with small tape repairs on the verso. not a perfect copy to be sure, but still presents well & is very uncomon. Consider by Barzum & Taylor as his masterpiece. One of Cecil Day Lewis's [writing as Blake] sixteen 'Nigel Strangeways' mysteries. Lewis the Poet Laureate superlative forays into the Mystery & Detective genre. He was an academic, critic, translator & literary figure & father to actor Daniel Day Lewis. /Dust Jacket Included.

TBCL The Book Collector's LibraryProfessional seller

Book number: 31587

Catalogue: Electronic List TBCL

Keywords: ITSAMYSTERY

Blake, Nicholas (d.i. Cecil Day Lewis)

Ein Patriarch verschwindet - Kriminalroman,

ungekürzte Ausgabe, 1 -20. Tsd., Reinbek, Rowohlt (= Reihe: 'rororo', Band 2049), 1964, 8°, 202 S., original Kartonage (Paperback), Vorderdeckel 6cm längs der Rückenkante gelockert (innenseitig säurefrei mit durchsichtigem Filmstreifem sauber hinterlegt), Besitzerkürzel auf Vorsatzseite, sonst ein sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen, ohne Eckknicke etc. Aus der Krimiserie mit Privatdetektiv Nigel Strangeways. S ISBN: 0889223122

Antiquariat Orban & StreuProfessional seller

Book number: 17948BB

Catalogue: Literatur: Krimi

Keywords: 60er Jahre Sechziger Jahre Sixties Sechzigern; Buch Bücher Book Books Livre Livres; Buch old antiquarian vintage altes online kaufen bestellen antquarisch; England Engländer Groß-Britannien Großbritannien Vereinigtes Königreich; Krimi-Erstausgaben Krimina

Blake, Nicholas. (Pseud: Cecil Day-Lewis)

The Private Wound

London, Collins Crime Club, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 223. A fine copy sans dustwrapper.(Hubin. pp36), KEATING 100 Best # 68. Silver Dagger runner up. One of Cecil Day Lewis's [writing as Blake] four non 'Nigel Strangeways' mysteries. Lewis the Poet Laureate superlative forays into the Mystery & Detective genre. He was an academic, critic, translator & literary figure & father to actor Daniel Day Lewis. /Dust Jacket Included.

TBCL The Book Collector's LibraryProfessional seller

Book number: 11113

Catalogue: Electronic List TBCL

Keywords: ITSAMYSTERY

Nicholas Blake; [Cecil Day-Lewis]

The Private Wound

London, The Crime Club by Collins, 1968. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition thriller mystery novel by Cecil Day-Lewis, one of this exciting Nigel Strangeways detective novels. The first edition of this work.In the original price-clipped dustwrapper.'The Private Wound' is a thrilling mystery novel, following the murder of a free-spirited young woman in Ireland. One of four stand-alone Nigel Strangeways novels.By Cecil Day-Lewis under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake. Day-Lewis was an influential figure of the twentieth century, the Poet Laureate from 1968 until 1972, and working for the Ministry of Information during World War II. He is also the father of the actor Daniel Day-Lewis. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dustwrapper. Externally, with just a couple of very light marks to the boards. Dustwrapper is lightly discoloured with very light edge wear. Minor marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 787P39

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: The Private Wound cecil day lewis nicholas blake two gentleman of verona cecil day lewis detective thriller None

BLAKE, NICHOLAS PSEUD (CECIL DAY-LEWIS)

A Tangled Web

London, Collins. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cecil Day- Lewis was poet laureate who wrote mysteries under the name of Nicholas Blake. US title was "Death and Daisy Bland". "A chance meeting in a London street in the 1950s.. and fate is sealed for carefree cat burglar Hugo Chesterman and Daisy Bland, the girl eager to become his mistress. When a police offer is murdered in Brighton, though, neither is prepared for the suspicion that falls upon them." CONDITION Blck bds (clean and unworn) pp 254. Copy is bright and crisp, inscription inside front and light dust spotting to ends and edges. DJ has loss botttom front though missing pieces laid in. a bit chipped to spine ends and small chip top rear, not price clipped. Very Good/Good.

Ariel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 16015

Catalogue: Crime Fiction

Blake, Nicholas. (Pseud: Cecil Day-Lewis)

The Whisper in the Gloom

London, Collins Crime Club, 1954, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. PP. 254. (Hubin. pp36) A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with a small chip at the bottom of the front fold. Nice copy. One of Cecil Day Lewis's [writing as Blake] sixteen 'Nigel Strangeways' mysteries. Lewis the Poet Laureate superlative forays into the Mystery & Detective genre. He was an academic, critic, translator & literary figure & father to actor Daniel Day Lewis. /Dust Jacket Included.

TBCL The Book Collector's LibraryProfessional seller

Book number: 11110

Catalogue: Electronic List TBCL

Keywords: ITSAMYSTERY

Blake, Nicholas. (Pseud: Cecil Day-Lewis)

The Widow's Cruise

London, Collins Crime Club, (1959), 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp.192. A fine copy in dustwrapper [small light innocuous stain dots on back panel] Hubin, pp.36. One of Cecil Day Lewis's [writing as Blake] sixteen 'Nigel Strangeways' mysteries. Lewis the Poet Laureate superlative forays into the Mystery & Detective genre. He was an academic, critic, translator & literary figure & father to actor Daniel Day Lewis. /Dust Jacket Included.

TBCL The Book Collector's LibraryProfessional seller

Book number: 11120

Catalogue: Electronic List TBCL

Keywords: ITSAMYSTERY

cecil day lewis

a hope for poetry

oxford. Hardcover , Condition: Acceptable.

Aardvark Rare BooksProfessional seller

Book number: mon0000140617

RUPERT CHRISTIANSEN (FROM THE WORKING LIBRARY OF CECIL DAY LEWIS)

The Voice of Victorian Sex Arthur H Clough 1819-1861

London: Short Books, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 5¾" - 6'' Tall. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in publisher's paperback format.This copy has been SIGNED and INSCRIBED to Jill Day Lewis (Formerly Jill Balcon Actress) The wife of Cecil Day Lewis on the front endpaper.The book has also been signed by the Author on the Title Page.In addition laid in at the front of the book are 2 postcards both addressed to Jill Day Lewis and one has a lenghty thankyou for a letter previously written by Jill.This copy has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.The book was acquired from the private working library of Cecil Day Lewis from his House in Greenwich.Cecil Day-Lewis CBE was an Irish poet and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake. He is the father of the double oscar winning Daniel Day-Lewis and documentary filmmaker and television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis.We have many more titles in stock from his working library.Interesting and rather nice association with the added bouns of 2 signed postcards and a personal inscription inside the book.8vo 821pp Size: 8vo - over 5¾" - 6'' Tall. Fine .

Richard Thornton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 69869

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Signed Cecil Day Lewis

WILLIAM SLONE COFFIN (FROM THE LIBRARY OF CECIL DAY LEWIS)

Credo (Signed Copy)

USA: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in publisher's black hardcover cloth in a Neara Fine Dust-Jacket.This copy has been SIGNED and INSCRIBED to Jill Day Lewis (Formerly Jill Balcon Actress) The wife of Cecil Day Lewis on the front endpaper.The Author's inscription reads simply '' To Dear Jill Merry Christmas Bill '' The book has has 8 photographs of the Author's or Pastor's House in America including the garden and porch and he has written on the back of each photograph describing the picture.These are laid in at the front of the book and there is an outline remnant mark of a paperclip used to keep them all together.This copy has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.The book was acquired from the private working library of Cecil Day Lewis from his House in Greenwich.Cecil Day-Lewis CBE was an Irish poet and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake. He is the father of the double oscar winning Daniel Day-Lewis and documentary filmmaker and television chef Tamasin Day-Lewis.We have many more titles in stock from his working library.Interesting item and a rather nice highly personalised association with the added bonus of 8 photographs inside the book,rather an unusual one-off really 8vo 173pp First Edition 1st Impression. Near Fine .

Richard Thornton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 69870

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Signed Cecil Day Lewis