The Inquisitor is a murder thriller set in a haunted village. State of rest which they call Yin...state of action which they call Yang. The play opens with a perfect state of Yin. When Yin is thus complete it is ready to pass over into Yang. The impulse or motive which makes a perfect Yin-state pass over into the new Yang-activity comes from an intrusion of the Devil into the universe of God. Men in the pressure of their daily business forget the examiner. This spiritual world may at any moment break in upon the material ...
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The Inquisitor is a murder thriller set in a haunted village. State of rest which they call Yin...state of action which they call Yang. The play opens with a perfect state of Yin. When Yin is thus complete it is ready to pass over into Yang. The impulse or motive which makes a perfect Yin-state pass over into the new Yang-activity comes from an intrusion of the Devil into the universe of God. Men in the pressure of their daily business forget the examiner. This spiritual world may at any moment break in upon the material world, causing a general disorder which men, in their blindness, attribute to casual accident. I was just going to tell Pa if there was any errands he wanted run my chum and me was just aching to run them, when a yellow cat without any tail was walking over the minister... Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE was a New Zealand-born English novelist. His skill at scene-setting, vivid plots, and high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s, but has been largely neglected since his death. After his first novel, The Wooden Horse, Walpole wrote prolifically, producing at least one book every year. He was a spontaneous story-teller, writing quickly to get all his ideas on paper, seldom revising. His first novel to achieve real success was his third, Mr Perrin and Mr Traill, a tragicomic story of a fatal clash between two schoolmasters. Walpole's output was large and varied. He wrote thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two original plays and three volumes of memoirs. His range included disturbing studies of the macabre, children's stories and historical fiction, most notably his Herries Chronicle series, set in the Lake District. He worked in Hollywood writing scenarios for two Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films in the 1930s, and played a cameo in the 1935 version of David Copperfield.
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Add this copy of The Inquisitor to cart. $7.00, good condition, Sold by Top Notch Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tolar, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1935 by The Literary Guild.
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Good. No Jacket. Ex Libris. 8vo-7¾"-9¾" Tall. Black boards rubbed and sunned, small chip on bottom ends. Hinge is weak at title page. Pages are clean with no markings in text. Prior owner embossment on several sheets.
Add this copy of The Inquisitor to cart. $7.00, very good condition, Sold by General Eclectic Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New Gloucester, ME, UNITED STATES, published 1935 by The Literary Guild.
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Very Good in Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Clean, minimal wear. Innards clean & tight, yellowed a bit. Jacket has light chipping along top edges, rubbed on back. 485 pp.
Add this copy of The Inquisitor to cart. $11.50, good condition, Sold by Dorley House Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hagerstown, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1935 by Doubleday, Doran & Company.
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Good in Good jacket. 8vo. First Edition, First Printing; worn, torn dj w/chipping, small piece missing; unclipped price; ownr's insc; 485 clean, unmarked pages; cover is sunned, moderate wear...The fourth novel in Walpole's series set in the provincial Cathedral town of Polchester, preceded by THE CATHEDRAL, HARMER JOHN and THE OLD LADIES.
Add this copy of The Inquisitor to cart. $12.00, very good condition, Sold by Persephone's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gastonia, NC, UNITED STATES, published 1935 by Literary Guild.
Add this copy of The Inquisitor to cart. $12.00, good condition, Sold by Abstract Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Indianapolis, IN, UNITED STATES, published 1935 by Doubleday Doran.
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Very good. First Edition. First Edition stated. Black cloth with silver titles. Top edge stained black. Lightly toned. Dedication verso FC. Front hinge starting. Otherwise clean tight unmarked. No DJ 100% of this purchase will support literacy programs through a nonprofit organization!
Add this copy of Inquisitor, the to cart. $15.00, good condition, Sold by Austin Book Shop LLC rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Richmond Hill, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1935 by Doubleday, Doran & Co.
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Good Plus. Frayed DJ. 485pp A return to the Polchester Cathedral and the feuds that live between the cathedral and the townspeople. Spine is sunned. On the reverse side of the dust jacket is an author's letter to his publisher. (Loc G164/1)
Add this copy of The Inquisitor to cart. $16.65, good condition, Sold by Cambridge Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, Gloucestershire, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1935 by Macmillan.
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Good. No Jacket. Size: 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo); William Smith and Son Library stamp and extra fly-leaf. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.
