Oliver Bleek Ross Thomas (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This appears to be a First Edition of this book as the year on the title page matches the year on the copyright page and there are no other printings mentioned. The author's name for this title is a pseudonym for the author Ross Thomas, and it appears to be the second book written under this pen name. The boards have tan paper covering and a pinkish cloth spine cover with with black lettering for the author's name and white lettering for the title. There is some light soiling to the covers and edge wear, but the corners remain sharp. Internally, the 254 pages of text are bright, clean, without underlining or highlighting, and there is no marginalia. The leaf edges are lightly toned. The dust wrapper is without rips or tears, is not price clipped, but does seem to have some light soiling to the back panel. There also seems to have been some production difficulties with the gloss finish as there appear to be some vertical rises to the finish. The dust jacket is currently protected by a clear removable cover.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1970. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine just a bit of foxing to page edges starting to appear. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK edition, 1970, Ross Thomas writing as Oliver Bleeck, near fine condition in a near fine dust jacket, not price clipped. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "Ross Thomas (February 19, 1926, in Oklahoma City â" December 18, 1995, in Santa Monica, California) was an American writer of crime fiction. He is best known for his witty thrillers that expose the mechanisms of professional politics. He also wrote five novels under the pseudonym Oliver Bleeck about professional go-between Philip St. Ives. " (from Wikipedia); A Philip St Ives Mystery, Book 4; 217p. pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK edition. 8vo. [4], 5-256 pp. Orange cloth with blue lettering on the spine; blue topstain. Price of £1.40 onthe front flap of the jacket. Jacket design by Kaye Bellman. Bookseller's ticket to the front pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First edition. First edition (no statement as is correct). Hardcover. Tight, generally fine copy, bit of embrowning to the text margins. In very good dust jacket with edgewear to the front panel. Hardcover. "Abner Procane is the greatest thief in the world. And he's in trouble.".…

First UK edition. 217 pp. Small ink dot bottom edge, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED, "For David Streitfeld / an odd London sage. / Ross Thomas.".