JULIAN SYMONS: A Bibliography by John J.Walsdorf with Bonnie J.Allen - 1996

Winchester and New Castle, Delaware: St. Paul's Bibliographies and Oak Knoll Press, 1996. cloth. Symons, Julian. 8vo. cloth. 340 pages. First edition. Preface by H.R.F. Keating. The sixth volume of the Winchester Bibliographies of Twentieth Century Writers series. This is the first and only bibliography of Julian Symons to include a personal memoir and commentaries by Symons himself. According to Keating, a frequent motif of Symons's fiction is his use of the mask, whether as a disguise or a metaphor for the elegantly exposed hypocrisies of everyday life. As a literary critic, social historian, biographer, essayist, editor and poet, Symons was one of the most distinguished authors and expositors of the postwar British crime novel. His mystery writing career began with the publication of THE IMMATERIAL MURDER CASE (1945) and was later known for such works as THE COLOUR OF MURDER (1957), THE MAN WHO LOST HIS WIFE (1970) and DEATH'S DARKEST FACE (1990). He succeeded Dame Agatha Christie as President of… Read More

FIRST EDITION in blue linen boards - no dust jacket as issued. AS NEW. With Commentaries & A Personal Memoir by Julian Symons & A Preface by H.R.F. Keating.

Oak Knoll Press. Used - Very Good. 1996. Hardcover. Very Good.

Oak Knoll Press. Used - Like New. 1996. Reprint. Hardcover. Cloth. Octavo. xliii & 296 pp. Fine. (Subject: Books on Books).

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press 1996. Hardcover. 9.5" x 6.25." Navy cloth with silver lettering. Minimal shelfwear. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. Else, interiors clean and tight. As New. ISBN: 1884718221 . LikeNew. Hardcover .

Oak Knoll Press, 1996.. 1996. Hardcover. 1884718221 hardback, large 8vo, xliv,296pp, clean and sound, no inscriptions, review slip tipped in, blue cloth, rubbed at corners and spine ends, Good condition / no dustwrapper. ISBN: 1884718221 .

Oak Knoll Press - St Paul's Bibliographies, Oak Knoll Press - St Paul's Bibliographies. 1996, 296pp. Illustrated. Cloth. No dustjacket. In very good condition. ISBN: 9781884718229

New Castle, Delaware: USA: Oak Knoll Press, 1996. 1st edition. Fine, unread copy w/o dj as issued, still in shrinkwrap. A bibliography of the work of Julian Symons: fiction, poetry, non-fiction and numerous contributions to other publications. Includes commentaries and a personal memoir by Symons and a preface by H.R.F. Keating. At published price. 296 pages.. First Edition. Cloth. As New/No Jacket. Book.

New Castle: Oak Knoll, 1996. hardcover. fine. With commentaries & a personal memoir by Symons & a preface by H.R.F. Keating. Frontispiece. 296pp., 8vo, blue cloth. New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 1996. Fine.<br/><br/>

New Castle, Delaware/winchester: Oak Knoll Press/St. Paul's Bibliographies. Near Fine. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1884718221 . A first Printing of the First Edition that has some light soil markings to the boards, otherwise Nearly Fine; This is a bibliography of the writings of English historian Julian Symons. The book was compiled by John J. Walsdorf with the assistance of Bonnie J. Allen.; 8vo; 296 pages .