Charles Machardy (78 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked copy with crease-free spine. BP/Myst.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Shelf and spine wear -- reader's copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. dent creases in the covers. Priority shipping available on this item. ***No international shipping.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A tan to the pages. Foxing to the pages. Previous owners name.…

Hardcover. Condition: near fine. near fine. Stated First Edition. NOT an ex library book. 351 pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped.

Condition: Good. 1973. First Edition Thus. 318 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ex-library with the usual markings and a clear plastic cover. Slight wear on jacket edges. Aside from some soiling of text edges (not surfaces) the text pages are in good condition.

Paperback. First Printing. Very Good Condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 373 pages. Illustrated by 1 Col. & 6 Bw Plates (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition, second impression. Clean bright dust jacket. Short note on front endpaper. Otherwise clean and tight inside and out.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Very Good Condition. Grey Hard Cover Cloth binding. 361pp. Content clean, bright and sound in good to very good marked dust jacket and ink name of previous owner on front flyleaf. Photos available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. First American Edition. Clean and tight and square. Sharp corners. Appears unread. Navy blue boards with gold lettering on the spine and gold. Thomas R. Coward Memorial Award in Fiction symbol on the front. The dust jacket has very little shelfwear but does have a small closed tear at the bottom back edge of the spine. The jacket is in new mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Historical Fiction.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. reprint. edge wear on the jacket. some foxing and usage markings. sound binding. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Good. 1968. First Edition. 381 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Book has slight forward lean. Clipped jacket has mild edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Some mild rubbing and marking to surfaces.…

Condition: Good. 1972. Eighth impression. 352 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tight and square, very light toning in edges and endpapers. Dust jacket is unclipped and bright, very light wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 320 pages. Cover faded. Pages tannedThe glistening black wall of the Eiger is the dark mirror in which Robert Wis hart, a born climber with an international reputation, must read his fate. Even with the steadiest nerve and the best of luck the North Wall is a menacing prosp ect. But when your luck has turned against you, when your judgement?right or w rong?has brought disaster to your team, when your self-confidence has been tor n out by the roots?what then? Do you give up? Can you give up? Do you try agai n? Can you try again?In a story that holds the reader heart-in-mouth whil e boots scrabble frantically for a toe-hold, while thousands of feet below the s nug Swiss valleys spin softly, sickeningly round, while muscles sear with strain and the mind roars meaninglessly, Charles MacHardy shows the same deep understa nd of fear and courage as in his first novel Send Down a Dove.In his figh t to regain his strength Wishart is helped by his old climbing companions, by th e familiar beauty of the Scottish glens in which he was brought up, but above al l by Jo, the girl with whom he falls in love. In her naturalness, in her unselfi sh and affectionate disposition she is a heroine who convinces as well as charms the reader.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 12th Printing. A lightly creased spine with light edge rubbings. Store stamped. Wright, Paul (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First American edition. Slightly cocked spine with lightly bumped corners else very good in a very good dust jacket with some edgewear, toning on the spine, and tiny tears.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Hardcover first edition in very good condition with a mylar wrapped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: USED Good. Good Jacket. First Edition. 1st American Ed. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1968. Hardcover. Slightly cocked spine, small mark on bottom edge. Slight rubbing and tears throughout DJ, overall in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Some minor rubbing to both edges of the spine. Price-clipped. World War II submarine action. Fine / Very Good.

Condition: NF. in NF dustwrapper. The first edition. Previous owner's neat bookplate to ffep. Author of "The Ice Mirror".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. The Thomas R. Coward Prize Novel. First American edition. About fine in like (trace wear at the crown of the spine) dust jacket. An attractive, nicely preserved copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition with a mylar wrapped dust jacket.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled, sun-toned, and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 381 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Charles MacHardy. English fiction 20th century. Spy stories, English. Suspense fiction. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dj. First Edition.

first edition 381pp VG+ (grey cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed,sml.stamp to foot edge) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.creasing to flaps,price-clipped).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First American edition, first printing. "First American edition 1968" statement to the copyright page. MacHardy garnered a Thomas R. Coward Prize for this suspenseful, action first novel, narrated by Titt, an ordinary navy seaman assigned to a submarine's last mission patrol near the end of WWII. Conflict arises from the submarine captain's desire for glory and promotion. MacHardy draws on his own experiences in WWII for an accurately depicted navy, crew, and military story. Fine in blue linen with gilt embossed award insignia to the front cover, and with gilt embossed titles to the spine, textured golden-yellow end-papers; a very good plus dust jacket with action submarine art by Arthur Shilstone to the front panel and spine, author photo to the rear panel, with nicks, rubbing and short tears to the upper and lower spine edges, and slight age-toning to the spine panel; original printed $5.95 price still intact to the front inner flap.…