The Player On the Other Side

Harmondsworth, England: Penguin Crime, 1963. Slight browning to edges of pages through age. Murder certainly was no pastime for a gentleman. Nasty fellows with big guns and sad childhoods had given it a bad name. It was time for murder to polish its public image. The way he saw it, murder should be more cordial. Our impeccable killer knew his… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Gollancz, 1963 Tight and tidy, small name at top of half-title page, faint ticks beside list of previous titles. Dust jacket is price clipped, corner wear, lightly tanned at spine, 2 inch tear at foot of spine, slight loss at spine ends, protected in a clear plastic sleeve. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

NY: Random House , 1963. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover in a lightly worn dust wrapper. Previous owner's initials front end paper. Record # 7855

In remarkably good condition for a 45 year old paperback. A few creases on the cover and the number 49 was written on the front and then somewhat unsuccessfully erased. Pages all clean and tight, but somewhat yellowed with age. Originally published in 1963. A rather rare book.

London: Penguin, 1967. 1st. ed. thus PBK. No. C2742 multicoloured photographic cover. 208 pp. Spine scuffed. Covers soiled. Slight page browning. O/w good reading copy.

NY: Random House, 1963. Hardbound. GOOD. Vintage ex-library in library binding with glued on front of dust jacket with expected markings, a perfect card pocket with card stamped for withdrawals from 1965 to 1969. Light wear and slight soil. Great reading copy with character (especially if you happen to be from Worcester). "The first new novel… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Random House, 1963. BCE. Very Good. In price-clipped dust jacekt with some scuffing, in mylar. Light blue-grey boards with red lettering on spine; corners bumped. Deckled long fore edge. Interior lightly toned, otherwise clean and clear.

Victor Gollancz, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. The boards are slightly edge worn, but remain strong and square. The dust jacket is rubbed, marked and worn, with small chips out of the top and bottom edges. This does not affect the legibility of the text, and the jacket remains whole and bright. Internally, the first and last… Ler mais sobre este item

Pocket Books, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. Sharp, collectible first paperback edition/printing 1965 Pocket Books 50487. Very Fine and tight condition with a black mark only on top left front cover.

Ballantine, 1975. 233 yellowing pages, tan pictorial cover with purple ltrs, yellow printers ink on edges, store sticker on inside back cover, corners/head-heel of spine/& edges are bumped/scruffed/creased/ & nicked, creases on spine, mark on front cover from sticker removal. Ellery Queen mystery--which player held the card of death?. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. G+.

NY: Random House, 1963. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. VG+ in VG dust jacket. A well kept copy. Excellent hardcover in gray boards, bump to lower corner of front cover (otherwise NF copy), tightly bound, top edge of text block tinted red, unblemished, as published; unmarked with bright and clean pages. Dust jacket illustrated by Arthur Hawkins, bump to… Ler mais sobre este item

Random House, 1963. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cover shows slight wear; interior pages lightly yellowed; owner stamp on inside cover; small green mark on page edge.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

New York: Random House, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Binding very slightly cocked, spine modestly rubbed with ends lightly bumped, very good, lacking the dust jacket. A mystery, ghostwritten by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon.

Random House. Book Club. Hardcover. Good/Good.

Gollancz, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book has no inscriptions. Dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed with a few very small closed tears, but still looks great in cellophane. Binding is excellent, tight and square.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Penguin Books, 1967. Paperback. Acceptable. 1967. First Penguin Edition. 208 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Pages are lightly tanned with Minor dog-eared corners, with a few small nicks and rub marks along text block edge. Pen inscription to reverse of rear cover. Cover has moderate shelf-wear to edges and surfaces, with slight curling to corners. Mild crushing to spine… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a crease on the spine; no interior markings..

London:Gollancz, 1963. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. First Printing. An uncorrected proof of the first UK edition. Scarce in this format. Edges browned, multiple reading creases to spine, creasing at the upper wrapper, a few spots at the edges - Good in plain paper, printed wrappers

London: Victor Gollancz, 1963. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. dustjacket has 3 very small tape marks on vertical e3dge of front flap

Ballantine Books, 1975. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.