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Georges Simenon | First Editions
1903 - 1989
See below our stock of Georges Simenon First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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Maigret's First Case.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958. [Crime Fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.191; [1], blank. Elegantly bound in red half calf over marbled sides, spine ruled in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt. A few light spots else clean within, exterior unmarked. A near fine copy in..... More
The Others.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. [Psychological drama] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.124. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, dust-jacket designed by Beverley LeBarrow. Price-clipped, else a fine, fresh copy. First published in France in 1962. Haining; The Classic Era of Crime Fiction (2002), p.167, Steinbrunner and Penzler;..... More
Maigret in Holland.
New York, NY: A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book, Harcourt Brace and Company, 1993. [Crime Fiction] FIRST SEPARATE US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[8] 165 [3]. Publisher's orange quarter cloth with gilt titles to spine and orange paper over boards. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Simon Ng, priced at..... More
Danger Ahead. Comprising: Red Lights, and The Watchmaker of Everton. Translated from the French by Norman Denny.
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1955. First UK Edition. Publisher's blue cloth with titles in gilt to spine; slight fading to extremities, edges foxed. In its original pictorial dust wrapper, rubbed and frayed to extremities with chips to corners; back panel dusty. Very Good indeed. More
La Cage de Verre (Text is in french).
Paris, Presses De La Cite. 1971. FIRST EDITION, 8vo. Publisher's midnight blue cloth in simple white photographic dust jacket, small price sticker on the lower back. Very slight bumping to top of spine and lower front corner with just a hint of a lean. Light browning to text, slightly darker..... More
Magnet of Doom.
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1955. FIRST UKH EDITION. Crown octavo, pp.279. Publisher's hardcover in original dust-wrapper. No inscriptions or price-clipping. Quite simply a crisp, fresh, fine copy. Outstanding. 'A story of murder and scandal by a master of criminal psychology' (from the blurb of the Pan paperback edition). Haining;..... More
The Patience of Maigret. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1939. [Detective Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.320; [1], blank. Publisher's mid-green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Contents clean, binding very lightly handled. A fine copy without jacket. Scarce pre-war Maigret, published in America the following year. More
The Patience of Maigret. Translated from the French by Geoffrey Sainsbury.
London: George Routledge and Sons, 1939. [Detective Mystery] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.320; [1], blank. Publisher's mid green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Contents clean, edges a little dusty/toned, cloth with a few light marks and rubs. A very good copy without jacket. A desirable pre-war..... More
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