North Eric Bernard Cronin (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket. 216 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good price clipped dust jacket. The jacket is quite nice but shows some wear / rubbing on the edges and extremities. Jacket illustrated by Paul Blaisdell. NOTE: This copy is the 1964 3rd printing of the 1955 publication. Holt Rinehart and Winston is on the spine of the book. The jacket is from the John C. Winston Company. The rocket in a circle that the John C. Winston Company uses is on the title page of the book. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.…

175 pp, red tinted edges, fine copy in illustrated, limp wrappers. Second printing. Eric North is a pseudonym for Australian, Bernard Cronin.

175 pp, yellow tinted edges, fine copy in illustrated, limp wrappers. Third printing. Eric North is a pseudonym for Australian, Bernard Cronin.

Hardcover. Second Printing. pp. vii, 216. 8vo. Publisher's original terracotta cloth over boards with black lettering to the spine, and front board, untrimmed edges. Extremities exceptionally well-preserved, contents equally without blemish with clean, and unmarked leaves (light toning throughout). Overall, very good+. Regrettably, lacking its dustjacket. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First USedition. A FINE book in NEAR FINE jacket( trace of age darkening to spine ;small chip to base of front panel. bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped; price intact). Set in Australia. Australian author's second thriller under this pseudonym.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Good Plus. First American. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial dustjacket by Edward Pagram features two men in conflict while a woman looks on in fear. Dustjacket is worn at edges and corners and has several short tears at top and bottom, as well as a crease at the top of front cover. This book is one of five detective novels written by Bernard Cronin under his "Eric North" pseudonym. The story takes place in Melbourne, Australia, and involves murder, drugs and organized crime. 208 pp. Size: 5 x 7 1/2 Inches. Dustjacket By Edward Pagram (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Very good first edition. Binding square and tight. Bumping, wear to spine ends, edges, corners. Some light age-toning throughout. Fair dust jacket. Not price-clipped. General wear. Areas of loss to spine ends. Title, publisher's name partially lost. Area of loss to center of spine. Chipping to edges. Some separation from wear to folds, joints. Rubbing. Striking cover illustration by Paul Blaisdell still bright and intact. …

Octavo, cloth. First edition. A small party of geologists in the Central Australian desert are menaced by prehistoric insects. Part of the classic Winston science fiction series for young readers published between 1952 and 1961. "One of the best written of the 1950s Winston series and still enjoyable today." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-112. Former owner's name stamped on front free endpaper, a fine copy in nearly fine first printing dust jacket (26 titles listed on the rear panel) with touch of rubbing to edges, closed tear with associated crease at lower edge of rear panel, and ink check marks against titles listed on rear panel. Jacket illustration by Paul Blaisdell. (#136659).…

First edition. Octavo, jacket illustration by Paul Blaisdell, cloth. A small party of geologists in the Central Australian desert are menaced by prehistoric insects. "One of the best written of the 1950 Winston series and still enjoyable today." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-112. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction. Former owner's name stamp to front free endpaper, a fine copy in a nearly fine first printing dust jacket (twenty-six titles listed on the rear panel), touch of rubbing to extremities, closed tear with fold to lower rear panel, titles listed on rear panel have ink check marks. (14076).…

First edition. Octavo, jacket illustration by Paul Blaisdell, cloth. A small party of geologists in the Central Australian desert are menaced by prehistoric insects. "One of the best written of the 1950 Winston series and still enjoyable today." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 5-112. Part of the popular Winston juvenile series published between 1952-1961, which introduced many young readers to science fiction. Previous owners name in ink to rear free end paper, mild tanning to page edges, a fine copy in a fine price clipped first printing dust jacket (twenty-six titles listed on the rear panel). A bright, sharp copy. Part of an original single owner collection. (27533).…