Fish Robert Pike (12 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition 2nd printing of a fine hardcover, with a small bookplate on the ffep, in a fine dustjacket. The 4th novel in the Jim Reardon mystery series, a Lieutenant in the San Francisco CA USA Police Department.

hardcover. Later printing. Remainder mark on lower edge, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. Lieutenant Reardon.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Printing (1st Ed.). Near Fine in pictorial wraps with blue & black lettering & cover art by Victor Kalin picturing a guy falling onto train tracks in front of an oncoming subway car. Mystery, Vintage Paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition thus S374 (preceded by the 1963 hardcover released then as "Mute Witness", among others) 6th printing stated, of a near fine softcover with a faint vertical cover crease near the spine, and pages toning. The 1st novel in the Lt. Clancy mystery series, a police officer operating in New York City. This novel is the basis for the 1968 film "Bullitt" starring Steve McQueen and this is the film tie-in edition with his picture on both covers. Scarce in this condition.

First edition. Mild fading at the shelf edges, else a near fine copy in black over electric-blue boards with gilt titles to the spine; in a lightly age-toned dust jacket with tiny tears and accompanying wear to the head and heel of spine. A Lieutenant Reardon novel inscribed to John Ball, the Edgar Award-winning author of IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, and SIGNED twice by Fish as "Robert L. Pike" and "Robert L. Fish." A nice association copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Crime Club/Doubleday & Company. Garden City, New York. , 1963. 183 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Number present to the front pastedown. Light offsetting present to the endpapers. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. . A very scarce copy of Robert Fish's early book and first written under the "Robert L. Pike" pseudonym. Book that was turned into the acclaimed film "Bullitt" starring Steve McQueen. Clancy doesn't care that the shooter is a witness in an important trial. All he knows is that the guy has a gunand no one pulls a gun on Lieutenant Clancy of the NYPD. Shooting the state's witness earns Clancy a transfer to the backwater 52nd Precinct. To get his career on track, he is forced to accept a humiliating assignment: babysitting mob kingpin Johnny Rossi while he waits to testify before the crime commission. When a thug guns Rossi down in his hotel room, Clancy suspects the killer had a man inside. He will bring fiery justice to those responsible, whether the rats are in the mafia or in City Hall. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Ronnie Lesser GGA {Good Girl Art} Painted Cover (illustrator). First Edition By This Publisher. Rare >>> 144 pages.; " When gangster kingpin Johnny Rossi comes to New York to testify against his crime syndicate associates, it falls to Lieutenant Clancy to keep the government's star witness safe. Why Rossi has come to New York from California, and what is so crucial about his testimony are questions only District Attorney Chalmers seems to know. When guarding Rossi becomes a more difficult and perplexing task than Clancy had anticipated, he begins to uncover something much more sinister." >>This is a reading copy. Cover creasing & scuffing; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. This is the third mystery novel to feature the character Lt. Clancy, of the NYPD. The first Pike novel Mute Witness was the source material for the Steve McQueen film Bullitt. A near fine copy, previous owners name in ink to front free end paper, some offsetting to end paper in a near fine dust jacket with some light edge rubbing. (10150).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good +. First edition. Police novel which was made into the Steve McQueen film "Bullitt". Bump on bottom front board corner. Two tiny specks at top of front free endpaper. Dust jacket with $3.50 price has a little rubbing on the rear panel. Jacket is bright except for the publisher's name at bottom of spine which is somewhat faded.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. Fish's first novel to be published under his Pike pseudonym, and the first of three novels featuring Lt. Clancy. The Steve McQueen film "Bullitt" was based on this novel. Neat gift inscription to upper left corner of front free endpaper. Touch of rubbing to cover edges, a nearly fine copy in very good plus dust jacket with light shelf wear to corners, some age-darkening to spine panel, and some rubbing to rear panel. The jacket colors are bright, the spine panel is not faded. An above average copy of an uncommon book. (#137042).

Hardcover. Condition: Near-Fine. 1st Edition. Pub for Crime Club by Doubleday, 1963, stated 1st Edition. NOT exLib. Near-Fine or better condition hardcover w/ Near-Fine unclipped ($3.50) pict dustjacket now in archival grade Brodart. Black cloth over bds w/ orange lettering on spine. Very light bump to lower front corner. Approx dime-size rust-looking dots on top edge near binding, o/w book is complete, intact & unmarked. Almost indiscernible wear to dj, spine slightly faded, still displays very well. 183pp. Square, straight, tight, bright & clean except as noted, overall NF/NF or better cond. Same or next day shipping. Please email any questions.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. This book was the source material for the Steve McQueen feature film "Bullitt" The feature character Lt. Clancy appeared in two more novels. This is also the first novel using the Pike pseudonym. Previous owners neat gift inscription to upper left corner of front free endpaper, touch or rubbing to extremities, a nearly fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket, light shelf wear to corners, some age darkening to spine panel, some rubbing to rear panel. front panel colors bright as well as no fading to colors on spine panel. An above average copy of an uncommon book. (13986).