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Penguin Books, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. No Edition Stated. 219 pages. Paperback book. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, cover edges and corners, with tanning to spine and edges. Moderate soiling and creasing to covers and spine.

Panther Books, 1965. Paperback. Good. 1965. Panther Edition. 190 pages. Pictorial paperback. Pen inscription to front cover. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Covers have mild edge-wear with curling to corners. Visible tanning to spine and edges with scuffing to spine ends.

The World Publishing Company, 1959. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. Third printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Slight shelf wear to boards and dust jacket. All pages are intact and unmarked, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. pp: 252. The second impression of the scarce first edition of Shaw's first book. The story surrounds two World War II airmen held prisoner in Germany after the war had ended. It is a study of the phenomenon now known as 'The Stockholm Syndrome' The book was well received, and was twiced produced as a television play. This is a good copy in that it lacks the dust jacket, has moderately bumped corners, some soiling, and is missing the last blank free endpaper. One page corner had been turned down. It is offered for sale as it is uncommon in any condition.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Classics, 1962. Paperback, first Penguin edition, in very good condition. Covers lightly edgeworn with a few faint marks. Pages are a little tanned and spine is slightly cocked. No other notable flaws. AD. Paperback. Very Good. Used.

Chatto & Windus, 1959. Hardcover. Good. 1959. 3rd impression. 251 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.

OHIO: World Publishing, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Stated first edition,blue cloth, 254pps. top edge, red stained VG with some sunning to the top of the boards. In a Good DJ with a one inch section missing from the bottom right of the front panel, five of the pages are stained. .

London: Chatto & Windus , 1959. Second Impression . Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo. LONDON : 1959. [ First published in the same month (October); the author's first novel.]. Hardback. Original light-blue cloth; gilt lettered spine. In light-blue printed printed dust-jacket (not price-clipped (15s). Bright tight and clean. Neat owner initials dated 1959. No internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. 252 pages. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. SCARCE.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Nr Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First edition, first impression. Turqoise dust-jacket designed by John Woodcock, smooth clean and bright, tiny piece missing at top edge and price clipped but otherwise extremely tidy having been kept in a clear protective sleeve. Book bound in turquoise cloth with gilt title, clean bright and square. Contents unmarked, no inscriptions, appears unused. Robert Shaw's first novel.

London: Chatto and Windus, 1959. First edition, first printing. Published by Chatto and Windus in London, 1959. This is a very good copy - two names and one date to the front endpaper - some browning to the spine and a little spotting to the page edges. The dust wrapper, designed by John Woodcock, has some chipping and edgewear - some spotting and light staining to the rear panel and loss to corners, but has not been price clipped, showing the original 15s net price. The boards are free from notable chips and marks and the text blocks are very good. Overall, this is a very good copy. When the actor Robert Shaw wasn't being killed by James Bond or wondering whether he should be on a 'bigger boat', Robert Shaw was a fine writer. So much so, that he was awarded the Hawthornden Prize in 1962 for 'The Sun Doctor'. 'The Hiding Place' was his first novel and exceptionally scarce.