Brain Guy by Benjamin Appel (26 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint Edition. Stated First Stark House Edition; no statement of printing. Condition: Near Fine: The front cover shows a small pinch in the lower right-hand corner else is clean. The back cover shows two short faint non-penetrating scratches, else is clean. The spine of this unread book is square with faint rubbing on the ends, else is clean. The pages are clean and unmarked. The page edges are clean and unmarked. This book will be placed in a new archival bag, bubble wrapped and shipped after receipt of payment in a new box with a USPS tracking number.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good+. Second printing, mass market paperback, has a small lean to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends and corners with minor creasing to the upper corner of the text block, faint areas of soiling to the covers with a touch of soiling to the fore edge of the first few pages, rubbing with slight edge wear to the covers, and age toning to the page edges, otherwise a solid, tight Good+ copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear. Previous owners name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Mass-market paperback. Condition: Poor. First edition. lion PPB1ST, 1950. First edition. Poor. 1.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. This book is in good condition, shelf wear, wear to edges and corners of cover, loose hinges and yellowing to pages, but is otherwise clean with a sturdy binding. A decent copy. Protected by a mylar bag.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Lion Books #39, 1950. First Lion printing. Very Good condition. Spine slant. Creases along the spine seams. Three faint, vertical creases on the front cover. Rubs to the spine tips and corners. Mild tanning to the pages.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

2nd Printing. Lion Library LL151. Very Good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Lion Library LL 151. Second printing. Fiction/Mob/"Criminal Underworld". Very good condtion. Faint edge-wear on front and back covers. Crease on lower right corner of front cover. Minor edge-wear on top and bottom edges of spine. Faint crease on top edge of back cover.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 338 pages. 8.50x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 224 pages; Minor rubbing and wear. Light reading creases. Lion book #39.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. First Edition Stated. Reading copy only. Former private circulating copy with warped and reglued spine, pages skewed from the warping but text intact. With new endpapers. Decent copy to own until you upgrade. Rare hardboiled mystery.

Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnBRAIN GUYn n n n n nIt is the Depression and Hell s Kitchen rent-collector Bill Trent has just lost his job. But Bill is a smart guy. He figures right away that if he hooks up with McMan.

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tight binding, solid, lightly soiled boards with nice corners, bright red lettering and illustrations to front board and spine strip, gently ruffled spine ends, red top edge, light foxing to bottom and fore edges, otherwise unmarked pages throughout. In mylar cover. Stated 1st edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition stated, first printing. Bound in publisher's buff cloth stamped in red. Near Fine. Cloth toned along top edge, lightly foxed along rear joint, lightly bruised at head. Previous owner bookplate to front paste down. Else a lovely copy in a Very Good silver foil dust jacket with price intact, surface scratches and edge wear with chipping at the spine ends and a short tear with an associated crease along the bottom edge of the rear panel. Appel's first book, a proletarian hard boiled novel, published with a fragile silver foil jacket which is difficult to find in presentable condition.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. The author's first novel, hard boiled crime. Intelligent guy stumbles into the underworld and becomes the leader of a mob. "Those who are interested in books on the underworld gangsterdom and racketeering will find here some interesting matter from what is, now and again, a somewhat unusual point of view. As a story, the book will carry you along whether you like it or not." Fred T. Marsh, New York Times, 22 July, 1934. [Reference: Hubin, p. 27]. A very good copy, some mild dust soiling to beige cloth in a very good price clipped dust jacket, some rubbing to edges, corners and spine ends, foil coated cover shows some scratches. Very scarce in dust jacket. (9963).

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - BRAIN GUYIt is the Depression and Hell's Kitchen rent-collector Bill Trent has just lost his job. But Bill is a smart guy. He figures right away that if he hooks up with McMann, together they can make a bundle holding up the businesses that used to pay him rentMcMann's got the muscle and Bill knows when the safes are loaded. Then his younger brother Joe comes to stay, and it's hard to keep up a respectable front for the kid, particularly when plainclothes cop Hanrahan gets wise to the heists. McMann calls Bill the brain guy but how smart can you be when you've got nobody to trust, no way out, and no place to go but down PLUNDERJoe and Blacky are two awol GI's in post-WWII Manila. They've escaped the stockade and are loose in the world of pom-pom houses and sweet buy & sell deals. And Joe has plansbig plans. He's going to get a piece of this action. Posing as officers, Joe and Blacky begin to build a little financial empire for themselves. But Joe isn't satisfied with a small piece. He wants it all, whether it's black market goods or someone else's woman. And all Blacky wants is an end to the conniving. Between Joe's schemes and Blacky's conscience stretch the obliging back streets of Manila. The rape of the Philippines has begun.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Brain Guy / Plunder | Benjamin Appel | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2016 | Stark House Press | EAN 9781933586014 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.