Waer Jack (41 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing # 651 of the second novel by Waer. Slight spine slant. Light edge wear to the base of the spine. Small corner chip to the bottom of the front cover. Light tanning to the pages. In very good condition.

1st edition. 241pp, (5.5 x 8.25 inches). VG/VG. Hardcover in DJ. One corner of book bumped, 2 page corners creased, otherwise spine straight, clean and tight, no markings. DJ has a little edgewear, tiny nicks at spine ends, not really soiled, a little dusty looking. Corner of front flap creased, not priceclipped. Mystery novel set in Mexico in big-time gambling world. Written by a Las Vegas casino manager.

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. b-207 Reading copy.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First printing. A VG copy in a good dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 784. Reading crease, light wear, pages yellowed; ink mark on the cover; a solid vintage paperback. "The gambling mob deals death!" Quantity Available: 1. Category: Vintage Paperbacks; Inventory No: 227035.

Paperback. first PB. 702, good , many creases hardboiled crime novel, paperback,

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 651, very good +, creases hardboiled mystery novel, paperback,

Paperback. Reprints Avon 651. 784, very good -fine, , reading crease hardboiled mystery novel, paperback,

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 651, very good -fine, , reading crease hardboiled mystery novel, paperback,

Soft cover. Condition: Vg+ to About Fine. First Printing. Avon 651. Book.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight un-read copy. Moderate wear. #784. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. Solid with some light creases on the covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. New York: The Viking Press. 1954. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Mystery novel about the manager of a Mexico City gambling casino. Hubin [1984 Crime Fiction, page 409]. 241 pages. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Very good with edge wear, light dust soiling to page edges in jacket with edge wear, lightcreasing to spine ends. See photos clph.

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 651, almost near fine, hardboiled mystery novel, paperback,

hardcover. First Edition. Fine in lightly soiled Dust Jacket. Hardboiled gambler in Mexico City. First of three mysteries, all with gambling themes, by this author who was a casino manager.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Book fine, dust jacket very good with a taped repain to inside of top spine, original price intact on front flap.

Paperback. Reprints Avon 651. 784, near fine, unread hardboiled mystery novel, paperback,

Hardcover. 241pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/2 orange cloth with sea green paper covered boards, a black ink stamped title on the spine, and a black ink stamped vignette on the front cover. The book is in fair condition only. The spine and surrounding areas on the boards are moisture stained. The edges of the covers are gently bumped. There is a small stain on the fore edge of the text block, and there is a small red stain on the bottom edge of the text block. There are small stains in the fore edge margins of the pages throughout the first half of the text. The pages are mildly browned. The dust jacket is in fair condition as well. Heavily moisture stained, although the damage is more severe on the internal, non visible side. The jacket is also rubbed, chipped and creased. From the jacket- " Jack Waer, who combines a crackling style with an absolute knowledge of the gambling world, bids for immediate recognition in this, his first action novel. Not that the wheel is fixed, but Viking confidently wagers a stack of blue chips on 17 and Black.".

Paperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 651, near fine, unread hardboiled mystery novel, paperback,

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Ed. Near Fine in pictorial wraps with black & red lettering & cover art picturing the picture of a blonde with a shiner on a key chain.Mystery about a gambler hunted by the cops & a vice ring for a murder he didn't commit. Mystery, Vintage Paperback.

Hardcover. Condition: F. 1st Edition. First edition. A fine copy in a VG+ dust jacket. The dust jacket has a crease a the lower edge of the frontpanel and small rubs to the outer corners. Mild soiling to the rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover. Edge wear. Ex Libris.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. New York: Viking Press, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good/Very Good. "First Published by the Viking Press in September 1954" on copyright page, in original unclipped jacket. Clean green boards with red cloth spine, black roulette wheel decoration on cover, black lettering on spine. 1" of slight fading at base of spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 241 pages. Dustjacket is not price clipped (2.75 on front inside flap), slight edgewear, short closed edge tears, faint water stain at lower corner of rear panel near spine, old label at base of rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Murder mystery set in a gambling casino in Mexico City.

Jack Waer Murder in Las Vegas 1st, 1955, Avon 784, Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Book has slight rubbing of spine and edges of cover, aging of pages, dust jacket has minor wear of spine and edges of panels.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good, book has minor rub of spine and edges of cover, corners of cover slightly frayed, light fading of cover, light yellowing of pages, small light stains on side foredge.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Author's first book; 241pp. A tight, clean copy in bright dustwrapper.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. Two-tone decorative cloth binding with partial roulette wheel design. 239 pp. Crime and gambling fiction. Fading to top and bottom of spine, light skew to boards. Dustjacket edgeworn and chipped top and bottom of spine (does not affect text). Very good in good dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: About Very Good. First Edition. Waer's debut mystery-thriller features Jim Fowler, an honest man in the somewhat dubious profession of gambling casino manager. Fowler accepts a position at a Mexico City casino and almost immediately finds that honesty tested by a bewitched roulette wheel; assorted beautiful women, most far from innocent or honest; an international crime ring; and a pair of murders. First Printing, First Edition. About 5 3/4 x 8 inches, 241 pages quarter bound in orange cloth over green paper-covered boards. Front cover has black graphic design denoting a roulette wheel, black lettering on spine. DJ's front panel repeats the cover graphic in lower right corner in black, white, green & orange; title and author in white. Back panel has b & w photo of author and brief bio. Boards and text are complete, clean and unmarked; binding tight and square. Not remaindered, not ex-library. DJ shows wear along edges, at corners and spine ends. There is an inch-long closed tear at bottom edge of front panel and 3/4-inch tear along fold between front panel and spine, o/w graphic elements undamaged, colors unfaded. Not price-clipped. Collectable copy for anyone who likes gambling in their mysteries.