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Simenon, Georges Bells of Bicêtre, The
Canada. Signet (NAL) Book. 1965 #P2590. First Signet (NAL) Edition. Mass Market Paperback. About Very Good.
April, 1965. $.60 is the original price. Tight binding. Light medium beige paper. 192 pages. Red colour on the edges. Translator: Hamilton, Hamish.
Front Cover: A couple of light bottle rings and a couple of fingernail indents at the middle of the Cover. An 1/8" creased corner is at the bottom, right, and a ¼" crease is at the top right. A light crease from book opening. The Spine leans to the right.
Story: A newspaper Editor has a stroke and is unable to do much except lie in bed. He considers his past life during this forced bed rest. 003531
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7.70 USD
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Simenon, Georges Black Rain
U.K. Penguin Books. 1965 #2246. First Penguin Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good Minus. Water Touched.
Translators: Sainsbury, Geoffrey/Gilbert, Stuart $1.25 is the original price. 301 pages plus book advertising. Very tight copy. Light beige paper, slightly darker around the edges (about ¾").
Front Cover: A straight line crease at the bottom.
Spine: Two creases where the book was first opened (about 1/8" high).
In General: The pages are water rippled and it's made the book a bit stiff.
Story: The book contains two Simenon stories. Simenon likes to describe the psychology behind crime and criminals and usually builds a thorough case study. A good Author. 000395
Price:
6.66 USD
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Simenon, Georges Bottom of the Bottle, The
U.S. Signet/New American Library. 1954 #1144. First Signet (NAL) Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Water Touched.
September, 1954. Translator: Schaeffer, Cornelia . No price is indicated. 127 pages plus book advertising. Mostly a tight copy. Pale red colour on the edges.
In General: The Back and Front Covers have wrinkles and the Spine is torn at the bottom third of the Front Cover side plus about ¼" at the top. There's general edge wear. The back page is torn in half but is all there. A bit loose around pages 10-11 as the glue is becoming brittle. A water stain is at the top edge (extending inward about 1").
Story: A man marries rich but has a fear of people finding out that he was once poor. His bad Brother escapes from prison and suddenly turns up. This story is one of three which originally appeared in the Hard Cover edition. 000489
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Simenon, Georges Inspector Maigret and the Strangled Stripper (Orig: Maigret Au "Picratts")
U.S. 1954 #502-06126. First Modern Literary Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine Plus.
U.S. #502-06126. $.60 is the original price. 126 pages, plus book advertising at the back of the book. Very tight binding. Red colour on the edging. Translator: Cornelia Schaeffer.
Front Cover: A bend at the Spine from book opening and a bit of very light edge wear is at the bottom edge. There's blue ink bleed from an old book store price at the top, right corner, which, unfortunately, was written in ballpoint on the top, inside, of the Front Cover. There are 3-4 very light curved fingernail wrinkle/creases.
Spine: Some edge wear at the top and bottom edges. 4 very small, beige spots which are either at the top, middle, or bottom.
Story: A French Stripper tells police someone is going to be murdered, but they ignore her. It takes place and then the Stripper is killed. Enter Maigret. Simenon writes intellectual crime stories. He uses his little grey cells, along with a dash of Gallic writing charm. 001263
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18.15 USD
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Simenon, Georges Maigret and the Burglar's Wife (Orig.: Maigret et La Grande Perche).
U.K. Penguin Books. 1960 ##1362. Second Penguin Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Mint Minus.
2 Shillings, 6 Pence is the original price. 141 pages, plus a bit of book advertising at the back. Very tight binding. Medium beige paper. Translator: J. Maclaren-Ross.
Front Cover: A couple of small, very faint semi-circles are at the bottom edge and there's a 1/4" of wear at the Spine side.
Spine: Very light bit of edge wear at the top and bottom edges, plus two very faint lines from book opening.
Story: A thief finds a body on one of his jobs, but when police go to check they're told there's no body. 002507
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20.35 USD
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Simenon, Georges Maigret and the Enigmatic Lett (Orig. Pietre-le-Letton).
U.K. Penguin Books. 1970 #140020233. Second Penguin Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Mint Minus.
U.K. #140020233. $1.15 is the original price (Canada). 159 pages, plus book advertising. Tight binding. Light medium beige paper, slightly darker at the top (3/4"). Cover Art: May, Paul. Translator: Woodward, Daphne.
Front Cover: Two small (1/4") indents are at the Spine.
Spine: One line crease from book opening.
Back Cover: 4 indents are at the Spine, plus there's a circular manufacturing mark at the bottom, Spine side.
Story: Maigret has to figure out who a mysterious swindler is. 002963
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49.50 USD
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Simenon, Georges Maigret and the Headless Corpse (Orig.: Maigret et Le Corps Sans Tête)
U.S. Harcourt, Brace and World. 1968 Hard Cover, with Wrapper. Very Good Plus. Water Tchd. Ex-Library Book.
Orange Covers with black print on the Spine. $3.95 is the original price. Tight binding. Original creamy-white paper. 183 pages. Translator: Eileen Ellenbogen.
In General: A Library number and date stamp are on the first page/inside of the Front Cover. A small bit of colour bleed is at the top and bottom of the inside Front/Back Covers but it's nothing much. Marks from where a Library pocket was removed are on the End page. There also appears to have been something removed from the inside of the Front Cover but the Wrapper covers it. The paper's stiff but flipping them should help.
Wrapper: Bars of light colour are on the front, left, and right and left sides of the back.
Story: A headless corpse is fished out of a Paris canal and it's up to Maigret to figure out who did it and why. The paperback version is also listed. 003634
Price:
15.40 USD
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Simenon, Georges Maigret and the Headless Corpse (Orig: Maigret et Le Corps sans Tête)
Canada. Avon Classic Crime Collection. 1971 #PN339. First Avon Classic Crime Collection Ed. Mass Market Paperback. Fine Minus.
Canada. #PN339. March. 1971. $.95 is the original price. 188 pages, plus book advertising at the back of the book. Light medium beige paper. Very tight binding. Translator: Ellenbogen, Eileen.
Front Cover: A wrinkle/crease line from book opening is beside the Spine. A mild, 3/4" wrinkle/crease line is at the top and the bottom, left, Spine side. Some very light bits of edge wear are at the bottom edge and for about 1" at the top, right edge. A slight, very light indent is at the top where another book rested on this one (about 1/4" from the edge).
Spine: A couple of wrinkle/crease lines from book opening are at the middle.
Back Cover: A couple of light manufacturing lines.
Story: Maigret becomes intrigued when a corpse without a head is fished out of the water in Paris. Simenon is an intellectual crime solver, a bit similar to Poirot, but with a Gallic touch. 001127
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13.62 USD
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Simenon, Georges Maigret and the Reluctant Witness/Maigret has Scruples
U.S. Ace Books Inc. 1959 #F-166. First Ace Double Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. About Good.
U.S. #F-166. 1959 is the last Copyright date mentioned for both novels. $.40 is the original price. 128 pages. Translator: Woodward, Daphne: Maigret and the Reluctant Witness. 128 pages. Translator: Eglesfield, Robert: Maigret Has Scruples. Tight binding. Medium beige paper.
Front Cover (Maigret Has Scruples): Two wrinkle/crease lines down the middle from careless book opening. A wrinkle/crease from book opening is also beside the Spine, plus there's another parallel one (about 3/4" to the right of it). There's a 1/4" tear beside the bottom, Spine side, and a few bits of minor edge wear are at the bottom edge. A couple of mild wrinkle/creases, plus a few manufacturing marks (uplifts).
Front Cover (Maigret and the Reluctant Witness): The same wrinkle/crease lines are here as for the other Cover (The same careless Reader, naturally). The top, right corner has a triangular wrinkle/crease (extending inward 3/4") while the bottom has a 1/4" corner crease. A 2 1/2" wrinkle/crease is parallel to the right edge, plus there are a couple of fingernail indents. A bit of light edge wear is at the bottom edge, plus there are two small (1/8" wide x 1/2" long and 1/8" wide x 1/4" long) pieces of Cover surface missing at the bottom edge, Spine side.
Story: Both feature Simenon psychologically analysing motives for crimes/apparent crimes, plus the usual French arguing. (Believe me. The French love to argue. All talk little action.). 001411
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7.87 USD
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Simenon, Georges Maigret and the Wine Merchant (Orig.: Maigret at Le Marchand de Vin)
U.S. Curtis Books. 1971 #501-07232. First Curtis Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Mint Minus.
U.S. #501-07232. $.75 is the original price. Tight binding. 160 pages. Original light beige paper. Red colour on the edges.
Front Cover: A 1/4" creased corner is at the top, right and there are two very faint, slanted wrinkle/creases at the top edge (about 1 1/2" long). A very minor bit of edge wear is at the bottom edge, here-and-there.
Spine: One crease from book opening.
Back Cover: Four faint wrinkle/creases, mostly from fingers holding the book.
In General: The first page has a small tear (about 1/4" long) at the top, right corner.
Story: When a wine merchant is murdered Maigret has to discover who did it, and why. 003314
Price:
18.70 USD
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Simenon, Georges Maigret Travels South
U.K. Penguin Books. 1963 #826. Third Penguin Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. V. Good Minus. Water Touched.
Tight binding. 254 pages plus some book advertising for Simenon books. Medium beige paper, slightly darker around the edges (1-2").
Front Cover: Beigey water marks are on the left and right sides. Some light edge wear at the edges (but not the top edge). An indent is at the right edge where another book pressed into this one. Two light triangular corner creases are at the bottom, right (extending inward ¾") and another light crease is at the top, right side (1¼").
Spine: A light crease from book opening plus an 1/8" tear at the bottom, left side. A bit of light edge wear around the edges.
Back Cover: An indent at the top edge where another book pressed into this one and the bottom 1" has some gentle rolls from water. Light corner creases, but nothing much. A water mark can be seen for (roughly) the first 50 pages. The pages are medium beige (mostly) from water although a few pages are slightly darker, but not many. Around the middle of the book pages water indents can be seen.
Story: The book contains two stories where Maigret does his sleuthing. 003465
Price:
19.25 USD
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Simenon, Georges Man on the Bench in the Barn (Orig.: La Main).
U.S. Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc. 1970 First Helen and Kurt Wolff Book Edition. Hard Cover with Wraps. Good. Water Touched. Wrapper: About Good. Ex-Library Book.
Light grey Covers with chocolate printing on the Spine. Stated First Edition. $5.95 is the original price. Very tight binding. Original creamy-white paper. In General: The first and last pages of the book have light bluish colour bleed at the top and bottom (1¼" - wide x 1½" - long). The book's end papers are dark Royal blue and show some water spotting. The pages are slightly stiff and have a bit of gentle rolling. The usual number and name stamp are on the top and bottom edges.
Wrapper: The inside flaps are pasted to the book and have some colour bleed.
Story: Written in the First Person the book's about a man who succumbs to weakness and ultimately has to prove to himself that he can atone for it. 001975
Price:
6.05 USD
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Simenon, Georges. Short Cases of Inspector Maigret, The.
U.S. Ace Book. 1959 #F-198. First Ace Books Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.
1959 is the last stated Copyright date. $.40 is the original price. 175 pages plus book advertising. Tight copy. Tan paper.
Front Cover: A straight line crease from book opening is beside the Spine. A ¼" tear is at the top of the Spine side. Edge wear, mostly along the top/bottom and right edge at the bottom. A triangular wrinkle/crease is at the upper right corner (extending inward, 1¼") and another small one is at the bottom of the right corner (½"). Three semi-circular fingernail wrinkle/creases. Someone scribbled in ball point at the very bottom of the Cover.
Spine: A partial line crease from book opening is at the very bottom (about 2" long) plus there's a bit of edge wear at the top and bottom edges and 1" of the right side.
Back Cover: A few handling marks around the middle of the Cover and a small (¼" +) wrinkle/crease is at the upper left corner.
In General: Pages 156-7 have a couple of light beige marks. The inside of the Back Cover has a name written at the upper left side.
Story: Five short Maigret sleuthing stories which originally appeared in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Maigret is a more sophisticated Parisian version of the old Tally Savalas Kojak series. He smokes a pipe, rather than chewing on a lollipop. 000627
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9.35 USD
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