The Night the Gods Smiled

First edition first printing of the first novel by this author and in the Charlie Salter series. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Winner of the 1983 New Blood Dagger Award and the 1984 Arthur Ellis award for Best Novel. Light edge wear. Price clipped otherwise in near fine / near fine condition

Signs of previous ownership. Pages clean with no writing. Slight bumping and rubbing on edges and corners. Relegated to handling paperwork and escort duty, Inspector Charlie Salter is delighted to be asked to help investigate the death of David Summers, a Toronto English professor murdered during an academic conference in Montreal. 1983. T7.

Don Mills: Collins Publishers, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. Introduces Inspector Charlie Salter, who must solve the murder of a Toronto college professor attending a conference in Montreal. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 181 pages. Gently bumped spine ends, bumped bottom corners, in rubbed dust jacket w/moderate wear to corners/spine ends, impressions, short edge nicks..… Read more about this item

Toronto:: Collins Crime Club,, (1983). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The first Canadian edition (with no price on the dust jacket) of the first mystery featuring Inspector Charlie Salter of the Metropolitan Toronto Police. Wright was born in England, but lived in Canada for many years before becoming a writer. SIGNED… Read more about this item

Toronto, ON, Canada: Collins Crime Club, 1983. 1st ed. Although printed in the U.K. this edition had no price on the dust wrapper flap and Canadian Copyright data on the title page and copyright page for the Canadian market only. Winner of the ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD for Best Novel, Winner of the Crime Writers Association's JOHN CREASY MEMORIAL DAGGER… Read more about this item

Scribners, 1983-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.8000 in x 8.3000 in x 5.6000 in.

Scribners. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0002226340 . Flat signed by author on title page. D/j in protective plastic sleeve. Rubbing and bruising to edges of d/j, faint soiling to rear d/j. PO bookplate on ffep. Small spot of soiling on title page. A Good Read ships from… Read more about this item

First edition first printing of the first novel in the Charlie Salter series. 1984 Arthur Ellis award winner for best novel. Light rubbing to the surface of the dustjacket. Light edge wear. Price clipped otherwise in near fine / very good condition.

London: Crime Club / Collins, 1983. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (20cm); red paper-covered boards titled in gilt on the spine; 181pp.; dustjacket. Minor spot of discoloration to upper textblock, Near Fine copy. The dustjacket shows mild rubbing to the extremities and front panel, Very Good+. First Charlie Salter mystery. Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best… Read more about this item

London: Fontana, 1988. First printing of this edition. Paperback. Very Good. First printing of this mass market paperback edition. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers.

Toronto: Collins, 1983. Very slight bump at bottom of spine and inscribed on title page "Compliments of David Harding / Collins Publishers."; dust jacket has traces of edge wear and almost none of the rubbing of the front panel that plagues most copies of this book. Canadian author's first book, introducing Inspector Charlie Salter; winner of the Arthur… Read more about this item

Toronto: Totem, 1984. Short corner creases on front cover, else a fine copy with square spine. Canadian author's first book, originally published in hardcover in 1983, introducing Inspector Charlie Salter; winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel, the Crime Writers of Great Britain Award for Best First Novel, and the City of Toronto Book Prize. Inscribed… Read more about this item

Scribners, 1983 First Edition, published by Scribners 1983, in As New condition with an As New unclipped Dust Jacket protected by a Mylar Brodart. Introducing Inspector Charlie Salter.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Hardcover.

Chivers Large print . FREE U.K. Shipping. FAMILY Business. FIRST Class Service. Full refund if not totally satisfied. 1984 LARGE PRINT Hardback edition, no dust jacket. . Good. Hardcover. 1984.

Collins Crime Club, 1984,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1984. Hardcover. 0002316951 second impression, hardback,.8vo, 181pp, slight foxing, text clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good condition in slightly frayed dustwrapper, not price-clipped. ISBN: 0002316951 .

NY: Scribners, 1983. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. NY. Scribners. HARDCOVER. 1983. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing. AS NEW, bound in black with blue titles in gray pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Jacket photograph by Colin Thomas. Debut of Inspector Charlie Salter, Toronto Police.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

Simon & Schuster. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Toronto: Collins, 1983 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Canadian Edition.. This first novel introduces Inspector Charlie Salter, who must solve the murder of a Toronto college professor attending a conference in Montreal.It won the following awards :the Canadian Arthur Ellis Award for the best novel, the Crime Writers Association's John Creasey Memorial Dagger Award for Best First Mystery Novel and the… Read more about this item

Signet, 1985. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

Simon & Schuster. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.