Magnet of Doom by Simenon, Georges - 1948

George Routlede & Sons Ltd, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Spine faded. Well-read but clean. No jacket.

Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1948. First Published in GB. 279 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

London: Routledge, 1948. Library markings. Covers faintly marked; dust wrapper edgeworn.279p.. Cheap Edition. Hard Cover. G+/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1948. First UK Edition/1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. In black cloth with dulled gilt to spine. Bump to top corner with some faint spotting to top of rear board and light tilt to spine. Top page ends darkened. Jacket is unclipped (9s. 6d. Net) with small chips and short tears at corners and spine ends. Tape repair to top of spine on inside.

Pan Books, 1956. Paperback. Good. 1956. First Edition Thus. 233 pages. Pictorial paperback 382. Translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to reverse of front paper cover. Paper cover has slight edge wear with minor marks and slight creases.

London; Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1948, 1948. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. [6], 279. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine in an unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. A tight, neat copy with no annotations or inscriptions. Slight bruising to spine tips. Dust-jacket spine is very lightly sunned. A near fine copy in a like dust-jacket. Tale of a wealthy magnate and his ambitious secretary who means to steal her tortured master's riches and power, by the author of the ever-popular detective Maigret series. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury, with atmospheric dust-jacket illustration by MB.

George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1948. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1948. First Edition Thus. 279 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

London: Routledge, 1948. 1st edition. Very Good. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket 279pp., Novel of the Congo Basin. Some chipping to dust jacket o/w nice copy in bright tan cloth

George Routledge, London., 1948. First U.K. edition. Translated by Geoffrey Sainsbury. Octavo. pp [vi], 279. Scarcer binding of black cloth gilt.Very near fine in very good indeed dustwrapper with a few small nicks.

London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1955. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Crown octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.279. Publisher's orange cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by MB, priced at 9/6. A fine copy of the book in a very good jacket, toned to spine with one chip to crown and a nick to the foot of spine. 'A story of murder and scandal by a master of criminal psychology' (from the blurb of the Pan paperback edition). Haining; The Classic Era of Crime Fiction p167 (2002), Steinbrunner & Penzler; Ency.of Mystery & Detection, p363-5 (1976). Eric Quayle; The Collectors Book of Detective Fiction p.99, 115. (1972).