A Sour Apple Tree by John Blackburn (18 results)

Condition: Good. 1963. First Edition Thus. 154 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Sphere Edition. G, Edgewear, creases, stain, remainder stripes, browning/NO DUST JACKET. Crime thriller. Sphere 16950. Expanded condition report/scan on request.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. A Sour Apple Tree 0.39. Book.

Condition: Fair. 1963. First Edition Thus. 155 pages. Pictorial paperback. Pages are rather marked with pronounced tanning and foxing, plus thumbing. Binding is firm. Prices in pencil to front endpaper and inside front cover. Pages are water stained to edges, but the text is unaffected. A few dog-eared corners. Paper cover has minor wear with slight marks, creases, some sunning and modest edge wear. Spine is rolled.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A gruesome wave of murder--suicides is sweeping England, leaving the police baffled. But General Kirk of British Intelligence thinks the deaths may be connected to the one case he never solved, the one that's nagged at him for years: John Glyde, a traitor who vanished in the ruins of the Third Reich. With the help of his colleagues Mike Howard and Penny Wise, Kirk tries to get to the bottom of the weird happenings, but the truth is far more terrible and bizarre than he could ever imagine.The second novel by the prolific British thriller and horror writer John Blackburn (1923-1993), A Sour Apple Tree (1958) is a fast-paced Cold War-era thriller which, like all Blackburn's works, also incorporates a blend of horror and science fiction and will keep readers guessing and turning the pages until the startling conclusion. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

paperback. Condition: New. Special order direct from the distributor.

Condition: New. In.

Condition: New.

Original Cloth. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Curl, Peter (illustrator). First Edition. Ex-Library copy. The jacket has been cut down and the flaps have been glued to the front and rear pastedowns - removal would probably cause serious damage to the flaps. Light edge wear to the boards. Browning to page edges. Browning with some label residue to the endpapers. The pages are browned with a few light stains but are otherwise generally unmarked. The jacket has a small piece torn from the bottom corner of the front flap and a two inch by half-inch piece cut from the top corner of the rear flap and has some light edge and surface wear. Jacket illustration by Peter Curl. First printing.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Originally published by Secker in 1958. This is the first printing of the first paperback edition from Penguin. Very light reading creasing to spine with a little rubbing to the corners. Browning to the page edges but the pages are otherwise unmarked. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very little use with no inscriptions and slightly creased spine. Page edges speckled.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A gruesome wave of murder--suicides is sweeping England, leaving the police baffled. But General Kirk of British Intelligence thinks the deaths may be connected to the one case he never solved, the one that's nagged at him for years: John Glyde, a traitor who vanished in the ruins of the Third Reich. With the help of his colleagues Mike Howard and Penny Wise, Kirk tries to get to the bottom of the weird happenings, but the truth is far more terrible and bizarre than he could ever imagine.The second novel by the prolific British thriller and horror writer John Blackburn (1923-1993), A Sour Apple Tree (1958) is a fast-paced Cold War-era thriller which, like all Blackburn's works, also incorporates a blend of horror and science fiction and will keep readers guessing and turning the pages until the startling conclusion. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A gruesome wave of murder--suicides is sweeping England, leaving the police baffled. But General Kirk of British Intelligence thinks the deaths may be connected to the one case he never solved, the one that's nagged at him for years: John Glyde, a traitor who vanished in the ruins of the Third Reich. With the help of his colleagues Mike Howard and Penny Wise, Kirk tries to get to the bottom of the weird happenings, but the truth is far more terrible and bizarre than he could ever imagine.The second novel by the prolific British thriller and horror writer John Blackburn (1923-1993), A Sour Apple Tree (1958) is a fast-paced Cold War-era thriller which, like all Blackburn's works, also incorporates a blend of horror and science fiction and will keep readers guessing and turning the pages until the startling conclusion. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

First edition. Octavo. 191 pages. The author's second book, a spy thriller.Fine in near-fine dustwrapper.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - A gruesome wave of murder-suicides is sweeping England, leaving the police baffled. But General Kirk of British Intelligence thinks the deaths may be connected to the one case he never solved, the one that's nagged at him for years: John Glyde, a traitor who vanished in the ruins of the Third Reich. With the help of his colleagues Mike Howard and Penny Wise, Kirk tries to get to the bottom of the weird happenings, but the truth is far more terrible and bizarre than he could ever imagine.The second novel by the prolific British thriller and horror writer John Blackburn (1923-1993), A Sour Apple Tree (1958) is a fast-paced Cold War-era thriller which, like all Blackburn's works, also incorporates a blend of horror and science fiction and will keep readers guessing and turning the pages until the startling conclusion.