Condition: Good. 1st Ed. Ex Hospital Library with stamps/labels, etc. DJ is complete with minor edge wear/marks - under a removable plastic cover. Mostly clean main content with a mild even tone. Little wear to boards with a slight lean & a stable binding.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1969
ISBN 10: 024559664X ISBN 13: 9780245596643
Language: English
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. First impression of the true first edition, published in th UK in 1969. ***Near fine in salmon-res cloth-covered boards with black titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. Page block edges clean. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions - just a contemporary small green Foyles bookseller's label to the bottom corner of the front pastedown (hidden under the dustwrapper flap). Pages clean and bright. No foxing. No creases or tears. ***In a very good indeed, colour illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed dual price of 23/- net / £1.15net. The dustwrapper is complete, with the extremities just slightly rubbed, nicked and creased. Spine of dustwrapper unfaded. Two very small closed tears to the top edge of the back panel. The white areas of the dustwrapper are slightly rubbed and discoloured. ***205 pages. 204mm x 134mm. ***'Jake Dunwoodie, Australian Minister responsible for the nuclear complex, life-force, is the latest of many prominent scientists to disappear under mysterious circumstances and the London headquarters of 6D2 are getting worried. A top man is needed for the job, so, naturally enough, Commander Shaw is detailed to investigate.' (Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper) ***'A fine, full-bloodied, extrovert, exciting affair' John Clarke, Evening Standard (Review quote about other Commander Shaw stories by the author taken from the back panel) ***A really nice copy of this Cold War thriller. First impression of the true first edition. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Published by Harrap, London, no date (advance proof copy, provisional publication date Sept '69).
205pp. Original wraps, faded and little soiled and creased. Corner of first few pages little creased. 20x13cms.
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd,, London, 1969
ISBN 10: 024559664X ISBN 13: 9780245596643
Language: English
Seller: HERB RIESSEN-RARE BOOKS, Costa Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
£ 20.48
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Add to basketA Hardbound Book. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Minor surface rubbing to dust jacket. A "Commander Shaw" Novel.
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
First Edition
£ 19
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of the eleventh novel in the "Commander Shaw" series. Light edge wear. Heavy rubbing to the surface of the dustjacket. Canadian Distribution Company's name rubber stamped onto the first end page. Price clipped otherwise in very good / good condition.
Published by The John Day Company, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1970
Seller: Squirrel Away Books, Loveland, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition
£ 15.20
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Hardcover with jacket in Mylar sleeve taped to boards, 1969, 1970, 1st american edition. Book is ex-library with usual disfigurements. Good/Fair condition, a decent reading copy, but well used. RARE Size: 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.
Published by The John Day Company, New York, 1970
Seller: Ziebarth Books, Coal Valley, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
£ 7.60
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. First U. S. edition, first printing, hardcover. 205 pages. Very good with head/tail of spine bumped and foxing to edges of text block, in a good dust jacket with tanning at spine and folds, wear to edges at spine and corners, rubbing to rear panel. Mylar cover on jacket. A Commander Shaw novel.