Saturday, September 5, 2009

Author of the Week: Georges Simenon

GEORGES SIMENON

The brilliant Belgian creator of Jules Maigret was a prolific novelist and ranks among the handful of all-time best selling writers of mystery fiction, both for his detective series ands for his outstanding novels of psychological suspense. Maigret is counted among the top half-dozen detectives of all time, and the author’s portrayal of Paris is second to none. We have acquired an extensive collection of British and American first editions of the Maigret novels, as well as an excellent sampling of his crime novels.

Special: Buy three or more and take a 25% discount until September 30, when the offer ends.

British

All titles are first editions, published by Hamish Hamilton, in fine condition in dust jacket, unless other wise noted:

Maigret

Maigret and the Burglar’s Wife, 1955. Very good in dust jacket. $30.00

Maigret’s Revolver, 1956. Dust jacket price-clipped with new price sticker affixed. $60.00

Maigret and the Old Lady, 1958. $75.00

Maigret’s First Case, 1958. Trifle soiled. $65.00

Maigret and the Reluctant Witness, 1959. $65.00

Maigret Has Scruples, 1959. Light rubbing at edges. $45.00

Madame Maigret’s Friend, 1960. $65.00

Maigret in Court, 1961. Jacket is price-clipped, lightly frayed at base of spine, closed tear and crease on rear panel, slightly soiled. $45.00

Maigret in Society, 1962. Minute wear to base of jacket spine. $45.00

Maigret’s Failure, 1962. $50.00

Maigret and the Lazy Burglar, 1963. Jacket price-clipped, else very fine. $45.00

Maigret’s Special Murder, 1964. Price-clipped dust with long closed tear on front panel. $45.00

Maigret Sets a Trap, 1965. $45.00

The Patience of Maigret, 1966. Tape ghost on front endpaper, price clipped dust jacket with tape ghost on front flap, closed tear on front panel, light fraying to spine ends. $35.00

Maigret and the Headless Corpse, 1967. $50.00

Maigret Takes the Waters, 1969. $45.00

Maigret and the Dosser, 1973. $40.00

Maigret and the Gangsters, 1974. Price-clipped dust jacket. $40.00

Maigret and the Man on the Boulevard, 1975. $40.00

Maigret and the Ghost, 1976. $40.00

Maigret and the Toy Village, 1978. Price-clipped dust jacket, spine a bit sunned. $40.00

Maigret in New York, 1979. Price-clipped dust jacket, spine sunned. $30.00

Psychological Suspense

The Trial of Bebe Donge, Routledge, 1952. Fine without dust jacket. $17.50

A Sense of Guilt, 1955. Price-clipped dust jacket, with new price sticker. $35.00

Sunday, 1960. $35.00

The Widower, 1961. $45.00

The Premier, 1961. Hint of rubbing at spine ends of jacket. $25.00

The Prisoner, 1969. A little shaken. $20.00

The Rich Man, 1971. Trace of wear at to spine of dust jacket. Uncommon title. $40.00

The Cat, 1972. $35.00

The Others, 1975. 35.00

Letter to My Mother, 1976. Price-clipped dust jacket. $30.00

African Trio, 1979. $37.50

American

All titles are first editions, published by Harcourt, in fine condition in dust jacket, unless otherwise noted.

Maigret

Maigret and the Killers, 1954. About fine in rubbed dust jacket. $28.50

Inspector Maigret and the Burglar’s Wife, Doubleday Crime Club, 1956. $75.00

Maigret Rents a Room, Doubleday Crime Club, 1961. Endpapers foxed, else fine in dust jacket, which has a pinhead-sized chip at top of spine. $65.00

Maigret’s Dead Man, Doubleday Crime Club, 1964. $65.00

Maigret’s Pickpocket, 1967. Very good in chipped, price-clipped dust jacket. $15.00

Another copy. Ex-library. $7.50

Another copy. Waterstained. $5.00

Maigret’s Boyhood Friend, 1970. $25.00

Maigret and the Wine Merchant, 1970. Light waterstaining. $10.00

Maigret and the Killer, 1971. Waterstained. $5.00

Maigret and the Informer, 1972. $25.00

Maigret and the Millionaires, 1973. Waterstained. $5.00

A Maigret Trio, 1973. An omnibus containing Maigret’s Failure, Maigret in Society and Maigret and the Lazy Burglar. Near fine in dust jacket. (First thus--not the ubiquitous book club edition.)

Maigret Loses His Temper, 1974. Review slip laid in. $25.00

Maigret and the Loner, 1975. $25.00

Maigret and the Man on the Bench, 1975. $25.00

Maigret and the Apparition, 1976. Waterstained. $5.00

Maigret’s Christmas, 1977. Short stories. Front edges lightly marked, else as new. $25.00

Maigret’s Pipe, 1978. Short stories. Small bookseller’s label on front. $25.00

Maigret and the Hotel Majestic, 1978. Endpapers stained by label removal. $10.00

Maigret on the Defensive, 1981. $25.00

Maigret Has Doubts, 1982. $25.00

Maigret’s Memoirs, 1985. Review slip laid in. $25.00

Maigret and the Yellow Dog, 1987. $25.00

Madame Maigret’s Own Case, 1990. Second edition. $20.00

Maigret in Holland, 1993. Second edition. $20.00

Psychological Suspense

The Bells of Bicetre, 1964. $20.00

The Little Saint, 1965. $25.00

The Premier/The Train, 1966. Dust jacket a bit soiled with shallow chips. $20.00

In Case of Emergency, 1967. Light water-staining to bottom edge, else fine in dust jacket with interior staining. $20.00

The Move, 1968. $20.00

The Move, 1968. Front endpaper clipped. $10.00

The Prison, 1969. $20.00

November, 1970. $20.00

When I Was Old, 1971. $25.00

The Innocents, 1973. $19.50

The Venice Train, 1974. $20.00

The Hatter’s Phantoms, 1976. $20.00

The Iron Staircase, 1977. Small bookseller’s label on front. $20.00

The Nightclub, 1979. $20.00

The Grandmother, 1980. Remainder mark, price-clipped dust jacket. $16.50

The Little Doctor, 1981. $20.00

The Reckoning, 1984. $20.00

Intimate Memoirs, 1984. His autobiography. Water staining at bottom edge, else very good in dust jacket. $8.50

Justice, 1985. Remainder mark. $15.00

The Survivors, 1985. Remainder mark, dust jacket slightly rubbed. $15.00

The Couple from Poitiers, 1985. Neat library stamp on title page, no other marks. $15.00

The Murderer, 1986. $20.00

The Outlaw, 1986. $20.00

Striptease, 1989. $25.00

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