First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author "For John Charles [?], with many thanks and every good wish -- Andy" on half title. Octavo; 282pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.50 price; book in half blindstamped gray and black cloth with..... More
Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1958. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. Illustrated dustjacket with original $4.00 price; book in black cloth-covered boards with green lettering to spine. Jacket shows light bumps and shallow chips to corners and spine ends, with some toning to back along..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. Stated First American Edition (preceded by a 1964 French Edition). Octavo; 223pp. Printed dust jacket with original $4.50 price; book in quarter black cloth and red paper-covered boards with white lettering to spine. Jacket rubbed along edges with a few tiny tears and some..... More
First Edition. New York: The Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to writer and columnist William Safire with inscription "To Bill, From his friend, the novelist (why not?), David." Octavo; 370pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $13.95 price; book in marigold paper-covered..... More
Book Club Edition. New York: Random House, 1966. Book Club Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on the title page. Illustrated dust jacket with book club edition stated. Book is bound in orange boards with spine stamped in black. Dust jacket toned with a small dampstain along the top..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. Stated First Printing / Printed in the United States of America. Octavo; 216pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with Cock Robin Thriller emblem on front and marigold lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly edgeworn and spine a bit rolled, with a small chip at..... More
First Edition. Paperback. Benin City: Ethiope Publishing Corporation, 1974. First Edition. Octavo; 111pp. Illustrated green paper wraps. Covers lightly edgeworn with a slight curve along spine and a few scratches and scuffs. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Omotoso's fourth novel, claimed to be the first Nigerian detective novel. More
First Edition. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. First Edition with no additional printings listed. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"); 254p. Printed red dustjacket with original $5.95 price; book in red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Jacket shows a few tiny tears along edges, some bumping at spine ends, and..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. First Edition, First State with crossword puzzle endpapers and crossword competition insert laid in. Octavo (7.5" x 5"); 255p. Illustrated dustjacket with original 16s. net. price; book in red cloth with black stamped lettering and rubber stamp design with blindstamped "Downgrade to Unclassified"..... More
Paperback. New York: Atomic Books, 1946. Octavo (7.5" x 5"); 128p. Illustrated paper covers with 25ยข price. Covers show a couple small tears along edges and light shelfwear, with a small "HI" written at top front corner and some general smudging and toning. Title page with shallow chips along fore-edge..... More
New York: Didier, 1949. First American Edition. Octavo; 287pp. Jacket and illustrations throughout by Hal McIntosh. Illustrated dust jacket with original $2.95 price; book in red cloth with gray lettering. Jacket chipped at top front near spine, with shallow chipping to spine ends, some small, clean tears and adjacent creasing..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 275 pages. Salmon cloth-covered boards with blue lettering. Lacks dust jacket. Heavily worn along edges, with a few cracks at top and bottom of spine. Corners are frayed. Front cover opens a bit shakily with a crack..... More
First Edition. New York: The Viking Press, 1969. First Edition. Octavo; 181pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $4.50 price; book in blue paper-covered boards with black cloth spine and white, blue, and green lettering to spine. Jacket is shelfworn with a few small tears and creases along edges, along with..... More
First Printing. Hardcover. New York: Mysterious Press, 2001. Stated First Printing with full numberline. SIGNED by the author (as Donald E. Westlake) without inscription on full title. Octavo (7.75" x 5.25"); [vi], 278p. Original dustjacket with $22.95 price; book in gray paper-covered boards with black lettering to spine. Jacket shows..... More
New York: Mulholland Books, 2013. Stated First North American Edition with full numberline. Octavo; 455pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $26.00 price; book in black and blue paper-covered boards with silver lettering to spine. Jacket lightly nudged at spine ends, with a small scuff to laminate at bottom back. Boards..... More