Ballinger Howard Baker (10 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. 221 pp. Beacon Book B1063S. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the front hinge and spine; rubbing on the front and back covers; no interior markings. Book.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Hardcover Edition. First hardcover edition containing two novels originally published as paperback originals by Mayflower-Dell in 1965 and 1966 respectively - the later was originally titled The Case of the Muckrakers. Slight edge browning to the boards with a little bumping to the bottom corners. Slight browning to the page edges. Slight browning but the pages are otherwise unmarked. The jacket has a little fading to the spine and three small brown marks to the centre of the rear panel which also has several small red stains at the bottom left corner. First printing. …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. There is tearing along the bottom two thirds of the spine which is rather ragged. There is a stain across the back cover over nearly half the area and a number in pen to the top left corner. There is also a one inch stain to the bottom right corner of the front cover which has some spotting. Spotting and staining to the insides of the covers. Initials to the top left corner of the first page and the pages are a little browned with spotting to the final page but otherwise generally unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. One inch tear running along the spine at the top and a small chip at the base. Creasing and edge wear to the front cover. Browning to the rear cover which also has a number and a name written in pen along the top edge. Pages browned. Cover art by Symeoni. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Symeoni (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Light edge wear to covers which are also a little warped as are the pages - no staining but presumably this has been damp at some time. Rusty marks and holes in the area of the staple which is badly rusted. Pages a little browned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Pratt, Hugo & Symeoni, Sandro & Gold, D.J. (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Slight tearing at the top of the spine. Light creasing and edge wear to the front cover. Slight browning to the rear cover which also has a number in pen at the top. Light rusty marks from the stapele. Pages browned but otherwise unmarked. Cover art by Henry Fox. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Fox, Henry (illustrator). …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The rear cover has marking around the staple which is rusty. Pages browned but otherwise unmarked. Cover illustration by Caraselli and interior illustrations by Margaret Higgins. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. Caraselli; Higgins, Margaret (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First U.S. edition. Gilt spine lettering tarnished, else a near fine copy in dark maroon cloth; in a very good plus, illustrated dust jacket with a price sticker to the upper rear panel, a tear to the crown of the spine, and nicks and tiny bits of chipping to the lower spine. Jacket art by Steele Savage. Original $6.95 price on the front flap. A scarce novel of action and adventure "Through a series of flashbacks, interweaving three generations of Strangs, the entire history of Rhodesia from its founding to the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in 1965 is spelled out in glorious wide-screen color. And the most recurring color is blood."--Publisher's Weekly. "Specializing in action noir, William Arthur Howard Baker got his break writing for the Sexton Blake series of detective thrillers in the mid 50's, eventually becoming an editor. He reused many of the plots from this popular set of stories for his own spy series. A pen name of his was Peter Saxon."--Goodreads. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 32 "Sexton Blake" novels either first editions or 1st thus, mostly 1965, some 1966 and 1 1967. One or two are duplicated. They are mostly near very good, with no sellotape or other repairs noticed and not he covers, one has a part loss of a half title and one the contents loose in covers, selling as a collection with various authors contributing stories. The price includes subsidised postage within the UK. Extra postage would be required for overseas posts.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First collected edition. 12mo. Page edges foxed and bottom edge with a couple of bumps, very good in a worn, about very good dust jacket with a tiny chip on the rear panel. Very uncommon. *OCLC* locates six copies, none in the U.S. "Two full-length, fast-moving novels featuring Dangerman, John Drake - made world-famous by Patrick MacGoohan.". …