Ball Fire by Gray Berkeley (17 results)

Condition: Good. 1946. No edition remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.

Condition: Fair. 1946. No Edition Remarks. 192 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over maroon cloth. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable cracking to hinges, with exposed netting. Binding is weakened, however text block remains secure. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped dust jacket. Panels to dust jacket have light edge wear with tears and creasing.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A very good first edition copy in beige cloth binding, printed for the publishers in New Zealand. A name in front, slightly tilted.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition thus CD360 (preceded by the 1946 U.K. hardcover release) first printing of a good softcover with wear to the extremities, pages toning, a vertical front cover crease, some foxing, and a date stamped on the rear cover. The 35th novel in the Norman Conquest mystery/adventure series, an adventurer much like "The Saint".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A very good first edition copy in beige cloth binding, printed for the publishers in New Zealand. Unmarked, slightly tilted.

Paperback. Condition: Good +. White Circle Pocket Edition. 192 p. 18 cm. Pictorial paperback, red edges. CD 360. Ink date stamp and coffee ring on rear. Paper a little browned. Norman Conquest encounters murder and mayhem on his honeymoon with Joy Everard.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint; Second Printing. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, tape marks on endpapers, page edges marked, 20p on front endpaper but no other inscriptions, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped at the top edge and has a narrow crease along bottom edge. 192 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. VG with a slight spine roll, in Good jacket, unclipped with some small nicks and rubbing.

Softcover. Condition: Good. A White Circle Pocket Edition. CD 360. 192 p. 18 cm. Paperback. Tape repairs to spine. Some wear to spine edges. Paper browning. Norman Conquest - unique and dangerous.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Maroon boards with silver titles to the spine. Clean pages. Firm binding. Jacket is not price clipped. Jacket has a bit missing from the bottom of the spine. Jacket is in a removable protective cover. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The boards have a little bumping to the corners but are otherwise clean and unmarked. Page edges browned. Gift message in ink to the front free endpaper and the pages are slightly browned with a faint musty smell but they are otherwise unmarked. The jacket has a half-inch closed tear to the top right corner of the front panel and another to the bottom edge near the bottom left corner. There are three one inch closed tears at the top and bottom of the spine which has a little chipping. There is some discolouration to the rear panel which has two small closed tears to the bottom edge. First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. 102 pages (complete). A decent enough copy. The dustjacket is torn, worn, scuffed and creased. It is secure. The boards are passive, with some light scuffing and wear. The contents are comfortable. They are clean, clear, congenial, comfortable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. Original publisher's red/mauve cloth lettered silver on spine. pp 102. Colourful front of dustjacket loosely inserted showing 2 men fighting watched by a woman with gun and torch. Very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The author Derek Smith's copy. The book is in very good condition. 192 pages. Dated 1946 First UK edition. Contents are complete, clean and tight. Inscription to the front end paper. No marks or other inscriptions. Maroon boards are exceptionally clean and bright. Dust jacket has the slightest edge wear. Not price clipped at 8s 6d net. VG++ book in VG++ jacket. A very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Boards are in very good order with light bumping to head and tail of spine. Internally, a near fine copy. The original unclipped dust jacket is in very good condition, let down only by the 'closed' tear to the foot of the spine. Very mild edgewear and slight grubby rear panel. Overall a vg copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A near Fine copy of the first edition, in a VG+ dust jacket,just a trifle edge worn, slightly grubby on the (white) back panel as usual, but a lovely copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Scarce edition. Burgundy cloth titled in silver on spine. Tight and square, clean boards, very light foxing in edges, otherwise unmarked. Dust jacket is price clipped, small edge tears, chipped at spine ends, unfaded, protected in a fitted clear film sleeve.