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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967. First edition. A very good copy, offsetting and spotting to end papers, soiling and spotting to top edge and fore edge in a very good dust jacket, shelf wear, mild loss to corners, heel of spine panel, small chip at head of spine panel, mild soiling to yellow background of jacket, some closed tears to rear panel. (8957). Octavo, boards. Co-winner of the 1966 Nebula award for best novel. "Clever, colorful, and highly original..." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-126.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967. First British and first hardcover edition. A just about fine copy, some offsetting and spotting to end papers, top edge shows spotting, in a just about near fine dust jacket, yellow background shows soem mild soiling, (more so to rear panel). (8956). Octavo, boards. Co-winner of the 1966 Nebula award for best novel. "Clever, colorful, and highly original..." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-126.

Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, [1999]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with slight bump to lower spine. (28096). Octavo, cloth. Story collection which covers the period 1950-52.

New York and Scarborough, Ontario: NAL Books / New American Library, [1985]. First combined (and first hardcover) edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the corner tips and a touch of shelf wear to the spine ends. An excellent copy. (27616). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Collects RAGE, THE LONG WALK, ROADWORK and THE RUNNING MAN with new introduction, "Why I Was Bachman," by King.

Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1937]. First edition. A touch of rubbing to extremities, small stain to upper left corner, very good or better copy in a very good first state (laminated) pictorial dust jacket with rubbing and minor loss to spine ends, some edge wear with rubs along upper edge. (24857). Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], seven inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. The fifth Pellucidar novel. Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS, VIII (March 1981), 42. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02271. Heins BSA-1. Zeuschner 25.

Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1937]. First edition. Some edge rubbing, a very good copy in a fine (like new) second state (non-laminated) pictorial dust jacket. (24842). Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], seven inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. The fifth Pellucidar novel. Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS, VIII (March 1981), 42. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02271. Heins BSA-1. Zeuschner 25.

Tarzana, California: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Publishers, [1937]. First edition. Inked name to front free end paper, mild darkening to spine and mild wear to spine ends, a nearly fine copy in a bright, nearly fine first state (laminated) pictorial dust jacket with vertical crease to front and spine panels, and a small chip to the upper rear panel. (31213). Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-318 [319: ads] [320: blank], seven inserted plates with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs, original pebbled blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed. The fifth Pellucidar novel. The adventure of Wilhelm von Horst, a member of the Jason Gridley/Tarzan expedition to Pellucidar. Angenot and Khouri, "An International Bibliography of Prehistoric Fiction," SFS, VIII (March 1981), 42. Bleiler (1978), p. 35. Reginald 02271. Heins BSA-1. Zeuschner 25.

Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press, 1984. First edition. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. (15254). Octavo, illustrated cloth. One of 126 hand bound copies signed by Robert B. Parker. Proposal for an original screenplay which went unsold.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First U.S. edition. A little offsetting to end papers, a nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with rubbing to corner tips and spine ends. A bright attractive copy. (11600). Octavo, cloth. Espionage thriller involving military secrets, Soviet agents, German agents and Rumanian oil. Filmed in 1943, directed by Raoul Walsh with George Raft, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Turhan Bey from a script by W.R. Burnett.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first U. S. edition. Some tanning to text paper, spine leaned, small dampstain to upper front cover at right edge and another at upper spine / upper left front edge, light wear at edges with creasing at corners, a good to very good copy. An uncommon advance copy rarely found signed. (18924). Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1-2] 3-280 [281-284], printed wrappers. Signed inscription by Ambler on the half title page to Otto Penzler: "To Otto, enviously, / I've never even seen / this book at this stage -- / Eric Ambler / 21 IX 81." Signed and dated a second time on the title page. This is an advance reading/review copy. Espionage thriller involving military secrets, Soviet agents, German agents and Rumanian oil. Filmed in 1943, directed by Raoul Walsh with George Raft, Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Turhan Bey from a script by W.R. Burnett.

London: Chatto & Windus, [1991]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (6909). Octavo, boards. An Anna Lee mystery.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1982]. First U.S. edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (4884). Octavo, boards. Review slip laid in. The second Anna Lee mystery.

San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1982. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (27182). Octavo, cloth. A novel of suspense. Filmed in 1974 as a movie of the week for television. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A43c.

San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1982. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (21605). Octavo, imitation leather. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. A novel of suspense. Filmed in 1974 as a movie of the week for television. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A43c.

San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1982. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with the head of the spine slightly creased. (27223). Octavo, imitation leather. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance. A novel of suspense. Filmed in 1974 as a movie of the week for television. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A43c.

San Francisco, California, Columbia, Pennsylvania: Underwood-Miller, 1982. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with age tanning to the spine panel. (21606). Octavo, imitation leather. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Vance, this copy has the number crossed out and stamped "Presentation Copy." A novel of suspense. Filmed in 1974 as a movie of the week for television. Hewett and Mallett, The Work of Jack Vance, A43c.

New York, Toronto: Rinehard and company, inc., [1954]. First edition. Text paper age tanning, a touch of rubbing to lower board edges, a fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with mild color fade of the pink of the spine panel, mild rubs to rear right corners. A superior copy of this book, uncommon in nice condition. (28502). Octavo, cloth backed boards. A mother suspects her daughter of being guilty of murder. "A very popular novel...The Bad Seed established the pattern of the 'evil child' novel that was to become one of the most popular subgenres in contemporary dark fantasy." Barron (ed.) Horror Literature 4-211. The novel was adapted to stage and later film (1956) directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-271. Hubin (1994), p. 549.

[London]: Headline, [1996]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (12875). Octavo, boards.

London, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg: Hutchison, [1982]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (5148). Octavo, boards. First novel of the Royal Marines and the Blackwood family. Reeman also writes sea adventure fiction using Alexander Kent pseudonym.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1956]. First edition. Inked former owners gift inscription to front paste down with inked name to to upper front free end paper, corners and spine ends rubbed with lower corner tips bruised, a very good copy in a good to very good dust jacket with shallow chipping along lower front edge, upper front corner tip, chips at mid and lower spine at front fold, small closed tear to upper front panel and chips at upper spine panel, slight fade to the pink ink color of the spine panel. A rare book which seldom appears in commerce. Only the second copy this cataloguer has handled. (28707). Octavo, boards. Filmed as the memorable film noir; Touch of Evil by Orson Welles, with Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh.