Language: English
Published by Popular Library, 1950
Seller: The Corner Bookshop, Bath, ME, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Rare. Covers rubbed and lightly scuffed, edge worn, front cover has few creases and bumped corner, writing on back cover, edge of pages darkened, damp stain to edge of many pages, first few also soiled and wrinkled, title page has large dark stain and corner missing. 223 pages plus one page of ads.
Language: English
Published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., New York, 1974
Seller: Turn the Page, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Reincarnation of Peter Proud by Max Ehrlich. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Indianapolis & New York, 1974. First Edition (printing not stated). Book Condition / Dust Jacket Condition: Book: Very Good +; Blue cloth boards clean and well preserved with white spine lettering bright and fully legible. Binding tight and square. Mild bumping at spine ends and faint rubbing at extremities. Corners lightly bumped and rubbed. No spine lean observed. Interior pages clean and unmarked with light, even toning consistent with 1970s paper stock. No ownership inscriptions, underlining, or remainder marks noted . Dust Jacket: None (see photos) Printing Identification Note: Bobbs-Merrill often did not include number lines or explicit first edition statements during this period. When no later printing statement appears, copies matching the original binding and copyright date are typically consistent with the first edition printing. The Reincarnation of Peter Proud is a suspenseful psychological thriller about a college professor haunted by vivid dreams of a past life that gradually prove to be real memories. As he investigates the mystery of his apparent reincarnation, Peter Proud uncovers a disturbing history of love, betrayal, and murder that threatens to repeat itself.
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1949
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Later. Good Hardcover has spinw lean, no dust jacket corners and spine bumped, text edges smudged, end pages foxed.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc, New York, 1949
Seller: Turn the Page, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Big Eye by Max Ehrlich. Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1949. First Edition. Book Condition / Dust Jacket Condition: Book: Very Good -; Original green cloth boards with maroon spine lettering and Doubleday Science Fiction device. Binding remains tight and square. Moderate overall rubbing and discoloration to boards. Noticeable surface wear and scuffing, including a significant abrasion to lower front board with exposed board material. Spine shows edgewear and minor fraying at extremities. Corners bumped. Interior pages moderately toned as typical for 1940s paper stock. No ownership inscriptions observed. Some scattered light foxing and faint handling marks. Adhesive shadow to front pastedown from removed jacket or prior protector. Text clean and fully legible throughout. No dust jacket present. (see photos) Printing Identification Note: The copyright page shows only the 1949 copyright date with no subsequent printings stated. Doubleday typically noted later printings. This copy is consistent with a first edition, first printing (1949) in the Doubleday Science Fiction series. The Big Eye is Max Ehrlich's Cold War-era science fiction novel imagining a colossal extraterrestrial entity appearing near Earth and threatening humanity with incomprehensible intelligence and power. Blending speculative science with psychological tension, the novel reflects postwar anxieties and early atomic-age science fiction themes.