Grayland V Merle (11 results)

Tidy ex-library- minimal library markings, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

FIRST EDITION octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Burgundy boards titled in gilt on spine. Tight and square, light foxing in edges, small gift inscription in front. Dust jacket is unclipped and bright, 1 corner tear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. The Dead Men of Eden by V. Merle Grayland (First Edition) Firm, bright copy. Price-clipped. Tape to interior spine ends. First Edition, no later printings mentioned. BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 192 pages. ex library-internally sound-slight shelf wear.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Poor DW. 1st Edition. Boots library shield on front cover of book but no signs of library use. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Clean dw has large loss across top of rear cover and some damage to rear flap joint (all rep[aired with magic tape).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ex Book Exchange Library. Red bds with crisp Silver title, nice clean bds, has faint stamp to top edge, pp 192 bright and clean interior, front eps have Red tape residue and catalogue number stamped to ffep, rfep has scuff from tape removal. Original DJ is mostly very fresh with faintest of edge rubbing, same red tape residue to front flap. #New Zealand Literature# Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Some staining to dust-jacket. Small 1/2" tears to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; New Zealand edition. 190 pages. Maroon boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184 x 122mm. New Zealand author. Crime fiction, set in New Zealand. Detective Hoani Mata. "A beautiful girl is missing - a young man is murdered - an old man disappears." - from dust-jacket blurb. No price printed on dust-jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 190pp. Bound in brown cloth with gilt titles to the spine. Within a good plus unclipped dustwrapper with rubbing and a few chips to head and tail - designed by Michael Hoare. Unmarked without inscription. A Maori detective story set in New Zealand. A good plus copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Previous owner's signature in pencil. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 192 pages. Red boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 130mm. Crime fiction, a novel. "To Maori detective Hoani Mata, New Zealand's north seems sign-posted Peace and Happiness, for it is home. But when he starts driving back there for a holiday, what does he find? Two cars racing through the darkness, duelling for the long, lonely roadway; a strange accident, after which the victim disappears; an oddly perfumed room [. . .]" - from dust-jacket blurb. Title page has dual imprint: London: Robert Hale Limited / New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. Copyright page has: "First published in Great Britain 1963 / Printed in Great Britain by / Clarke, Doble & Brendon, Ltd. / Cattedown, Plymouth". Spine of book and dust-jacket both have "Whitcombe & Tombs". Front flap of dust-jacket with printed price "12/6 net".…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp . Original publisher's burgundy cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. From the Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction. Maori detective, Hoani Mata. Front panel of jacket in good order showing a man collapsed on the floor and woman's leg, wearing a red shoe, walking away. Very good in slightly rubbed, close very good dust jacket.…