Search Results: the rasp a detective story by macdonald philip

NY: Mason Publishing, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Type: Book 1939 First Edition hardcover in red cloth. Some age/use. Pages and endpapers are clean with some watermarks. Binding is strong with some leaning. Some sunning to the spine. 299 pages.

NY: Mason, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. Red cloth stamped in black. Later printing. Classic detective tale, basis for the 1932 film. Very good. No jacket.

William Collins, 1925. Hardback. Fair. 1925 fourth impression. Brown cloth with orange titles. A fair copy. Cloth rubbed. Neat previous owners name on the endpaper,

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. This is a Very Good copy of the first novel by the English thriller/mystery writer Philip MacDonald (1900-1980); it would be made into a film later. A "Queen's Quorum" title. First published in 1925; this is part of "The S.S. Van Dine Detective Library," a popular edition series. Rather attractive; heavily stamped black cloth binding with some sort of a masked person sporting a dagger; highlighted with silver. Clean text; 278 pages. Edges a bit dusty, and the silver has faded on the spine. Still, a very cool little book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1926. The first novel published by the English thriller/mystery writer Philip MacDonald (1900-1980), who had a long and distinguished career. A "Queen's Quorum" title that was also made into a film. First published in August 1925. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the fourth printing (February 1926) of the First Edition. Rare in any early printing, particularly in jacket. Red cloth binding with gilt titling and decorations on the spine. Clean text; 299 pages. The evocative dustjacket is complete; it shows some edgewear, with chipping at the head of the spine and the corners. The reverse of the jacket lists "Burt's Popular Copyright Fiction." In an archival plastic protector.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London.: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1924. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Good. Webbing exposed at half-title page recto. Foxed and toned. Published by W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London, 1924. First edition, first printing. The debut novel of Philip Macdonald, an important figure in the 'Golden Age' of crime fiction. He was a grandson of George Macdonald, and wrote his first books in collaboration with his father, also a novelist. 'The Rasp' and 'The Nursemaid Who Disappeared' were selected as Haycraft-Queen 'Cornerstones'.