Gentleman detective Anthony Gethryn is in a race against time to save an innocent man from the hangman's noose. Colonel Anthony Gethryn is recalled from a holiday in Spain to solve a murder in the November fogs of London. He finds that his wife is sheltering Mrs Bronson, whose husband is in prison awaiting execution for the murder of a gamekeeper six months before. A petition for reprieve has been rejected and Bronson will shortly hang for someone else's crime. Convinced by Mrs Bronson of her husband's innocence, ...
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Gentleman detective Anthony Gethryn is in a race against time to save an innocent man from the hangman's noose. Colonel Anthony Gethryn is recalled from a holiday in Spain to solve a murder in the November fogs of London. He finds that his wife is sheltering Mrs Bronson, whose husband is in prison awaiting execution for the murder of a gamekeeper six months before. A petition for reprieve has been rejected and Bronson will shortly hang for someone else's crime. Convinced by Mrs Bronson of her husband's innocence, Gethryn embarks on a seemingly hopeless race against time to overthrow the guilty verdict and find the real murderer - and he has only five days before Bronson's date with the hangman's noose. The Noose saw the return of Philip MacDonald's gentleman detective Anthony Ruthven Gethryn, whose debut in The Rasp six years earlier had been a big success. Judged to be his best book yet, The Noose had the distinction of being chosen as the first book to be published in Collins' Crime Club in May 1930, helping to immortalise it as one of the seminal books of the crime genre. This Detective Story Club classic includes an introduction by H. R. F. Keating, which first appeared in the Crime Club's 1985 'Disappearing Detectives' series.
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Add this copy of The Noose to cart. $18.80, very good condition, Sold by Zardoz Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Westbury, WILTS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1975 by Collins Crime Club.
Add this copy of The Noose to cart. $26.10, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1930 by Crime Club/Collins.
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Used-Good. Good paperback. Reprint, 1038. Crime Club White Circle no.34. Brown paper-tape on both hinges; owner's name on half-title page. Spine slightly yellowed.
Add this copy of The Noose to cart. $29.55, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1938 by Collins Crime Club.
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Add this copy of The Noose [6d Net Collins. No. 241] to cart. $40.83, very good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1934 by Collins-The Crime Club.
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VG+ Undated, c. 1934. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & nicked, small fraying at headcap, slight paperstock toning, else clean & bright throughout); pp. 128. A very good copy. The fourth novel in the Anthony Gethryn series of detective novels.
Add this copy of The Noose Philip to cart. $47.11, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published by W. Collins Sons [Crime Club].
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None. Very Good. An early printing of this thrilling crime novel by Philip Macdonald. An early printing of this novel, dated c1931 via the list of titles to the verso of the half title. The novel was first published in 1930. The thrilling story of Colonel Anthony Gethryn as he attempts to prove a man's innocence, just five days before he is due to be executed. Part of the 'Anthony Gethryn' series of works by MacDonald. Philip Macdonald was a British writer who published numerous thrillers and mystery screenplays. He is best known for writing television scripts for, 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents', as well as the novelisation of the science fiction film, 'Forbidden Planet'. With 'The Crime Club' to the tail of the back strip, but the publisher given as 'W. Collins Sons' to the title page tail. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very bright. Bumping to spine head, and fading to spine tail. Tail of front joint starting, with back strip lifting and board holding firm. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Ink mark to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with foxing to the first and last few leaves, and scattered spotting throughout. Very Good.
Add this copy of The Noose to cart. $47.93, very good condition, Sold by Robin Summers Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Aldeburgh, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1951 by Crime Club/Collins.
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Slight fading to top and bottom edge, prelims lightly foxed, otherwise near very good indeed, in a near very good, slightly edge-torn and chipped, price-clipped dust jacket with illustration of a close-up of the noose in front of the prison yard. Gift inscription to endpaper.
Add this copy of The Noose to cart. $77.74, good condition, Sold by Books From California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Simi Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1955 by Fontana.
Add this copy of The Noose to cart. $179.70, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1930 by W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd.
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None. Very Good Indeed. An uncommon first edition copy of this thrilling crime novel by Philip Macdonald. The uncommon first edition. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. The thrilling story of Colonel Anthony Gethryn as he attempts to prove a man's innocence, just five days before he is due to be executed. Part of the 'Anthony Gethryn' series of works. Philip Macdonald was a British writer who published numerous thrillers and mystery screenplays. He is best known for writing television scripts for, 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents', as well as the novelisation of the science fiction film, 'Forbidden Planet'. The half title page is present. With two pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the novel. In the publisher's original, full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the edges. Small mark to the front board. The odd spot to the front paste-down. Scattered spots and offsetting to the free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age-toned but the text is still bright and clear. Spotting towards the front and rear with a few scattered spots throughout. Spotting to the fore-edge. Very Good Indeed.