Silas has diamonds in the heel of his shoe. He is a thief, but until the night he meets Oscar Brodski on the footpath near his house, he has never considered murder. A diamond dealer, Brodski's pockets bulge with more precious stones than Silas has ever dreamed of, and they will be his with one swift, violent act. Silas does the deed and arranges the diamond dealer's body to make the death look accidental. He has provided for every contingency-except for the arrival of a doctor named Thorndyke. In this collection of ...
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Silas has diamonds in the heel of his shoe. He is a thief, but until the night he meets Oscar Brodski on the footpath near his house, he has never considered murder. A diamond dealer, Brodski's pockets bulge with more precious stones than Silas has ever dreamed of, and they will be his with one swift, violent act. Silas does the deed and arranges the diamond dealer's body to make the death look accidental. He has provided for every contingency-except for the arrival of a doctor named Thorndyke. In this collection of ingenious stories, the reader knows the killer's identity long before the ingenious medical detective enters the scene. These are brilliant early examples of open mysteries, in which the question is not whodunit-but 'howcatchem' or how will the criminal get caught? A trope then used by the series Columbo.
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Add this copy of The Singing Bone to cart. $40.64, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2010 by Kessinger Publishing.
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Add this copy of The Singing Bone to cart. $1,056.25, good condition, Sold by Bookcase rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Carlisle, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1912 by Hodder & Stoughton.
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Good. No Jacket. 8vo. ND. Red cloth with black lettering to front, and gilt lettering to spine. Cloth rubbed, spine slightly lightened with light edge wear. Slightly cocked, central gutters lightly cracked. Some browning and foxing to endpapers and closed edges, period owner details written to ffep. Very occasional small mark or spot of foxing to page margins, otherwise contents clean and bright.
Add this copy of The Singing Bone to cart. $26.95, very good condition, Sold by BookScene rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hull, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by Norton.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo 7.75-9.75'' tall. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Norton, New York, NY 1965. First Edition. 1st Printing. 255 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy! Jacket has edge wear. Has bookplate. Jacket price-clipped. Size: 8vo 7.75-9.75'' tall. Fiction Modern: Crime/Mystery/Suspense 5967.
Add this copy of The Singing Bone to cart. $27.00, very good condition, Sold by Kenneth Mallory, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Decatur, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1965 by W.W. Norton.
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Very good. Hardcover. First Printing. Foxing to prelims and edges of textblock, ink name and date in marker on the front free endpaper, else a very good hardback in a darkened and rubbed jacket.
Add this copy of The Singing Bone. With an Introduction By Vincent to cart. $29.60, fair condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES.
Add this copy of The Singing Bone to cart. $66.00, very good condition, Sold by Banjo Booksellers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Andover, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1923 by Dodd, Mead.
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Very Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. First printing of this edition, originally published as "The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke" in 1912. Light brown cloth with red lettering. The spine lettering is faded but legible. The endpapers are mildly foxed. Two pages are also foxed. Otherwise fine in a tight binding with hinges intact.
Add this copy of The Singing Bone to cart. $82.00, very good condition, Sold by JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BURLINGTON, WI, UNITED STATES, published 1923 by A. L. BURT COMPANY.
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NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD D.J. REPRINT OF ORIGINAL 1923 DODD, MEAD EDITION / A DOCTOR THORNDYKE NOVEL / QUEEN'S QUORUM # 52. PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BURGANDY CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH GILT TITLES TO THE SPINE AND THE UPPER COVER WITH AN UNDATED 4 PAGE CATALOGUE AT THE END OF THE TEXT. OTHER THAN USUAL TONING OF THE TEXT A FINE NICELY PRESERVED COPY. D.J. HAS SHALLOW CHIPPING TO THE SPINE-ENDS AND CORNERS WITH NUMEROUS EDGE TEARS. A VERY NICE COPY OF A SCARCE REPRINT IN D.J. This book is credited with the introduction of the "inverted tale" (Where the identity of the killer is known from the beginning. )
