Published by Bantam, 1987
ISBN 10: 0553264982 ISBN 13: 9780553264982
Seller: Code X Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Ruth Rendell writing as Barbara Vine. A woman investigates the shocking secrets that brought down her once proud family in this suspenseful Edgar Award winner from a New York Times?bestselling author. Faith Severn has never understood why the willful matriarch of her high-society family, aunt Vera Hillyard, snapped and murdered her own beloved sister. But long after Vera is condemned to hang, a journalist's startling discoveries allow Faith to perceive her family's story in a new light. Set in post?World War II Britain, A Dark-Adapted Eye is both a gripping mystery and a harrowing psychological portrait of a complex woman at the head of a troubled family. Called "a rich, beautifully crafted novel" by P. D. James, Time magazine has described its author as "the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world." Mass market paperback. First printing as indicated by the complete number string 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the publication history page. This is a used book. Pages are clean and bright with no markings, notes, or highlighting. Page edges show light foxing. Covers show only minor shelf wear; stress crease on front cover. No owner's marks or bookplates, not ex-library. Binding is tight and square. Corners not bumped. An excellent reading copy.
Published by Viking, Harmondsworth, 1986
ISBN 10: 0670809764 ISBN 13: 9780670809769
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Octavo hardback. 300 pp. Fine condition in Near Fine, unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sm4to. First American edition. Very good plus book in very good minus dust jacket. Signed by Ruth Rendell on the title page. Dark blue paper covered boards; navy cloth covered spine with gilt-stamped lettering and graphics. Small amount of creasing along edges at head and tail of board spine. Faint foxing starting on the upper external page edges. Small amount of damp staining in the upper right corner of back panel, only noticeable from the (again, small amount of) leeching on the back paste-down. Previous owner's name on front paste down. Internally clean, no marks or tears. Dust jacket has shelf-wear scuffs in general. Fore-edge folds are creased and scuffed. Edges at head and tail of jacket spine are rubbed and chipped. Lower fore-edge corner of back jacket panel has a 2" closed vertical tear along the fold. Fore-edge corners hare rubbed. Not price clipped. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. Signed by Author.
Published by VIKING, London, 1986
ISBN 10: 0670809764 ISBN 13: 9780670809769
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. A remainder star stampto bottom apge edges else a FINE book in FINE jacket.!BXX332.
Published by U. K.: VIKING, 1986, 1986
Seller: Bounteous, Buckingham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. (SEE PHOTO) Edgar Award winning book. Black cloth boards with red metallic lettering to the spine. 300 pages. light wear to DJ edge. Cover depicts a close-up of an eye with a gallows with a rope noose reflected in the black pupil. Small nick to top front edge. No inscriptions, not price clipped.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First UK edition. First UK edition of this exceptional crime novel that won the Edgar Award. Slight lean else a very good plus copy in very good clipped dustwrapper.
Published by Viking, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1986
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Pp. 300; boards slightly canted; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; text block lightly browned; Viking, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1986. First edition. *The first novel written by Ruth Rendell using the pseudonym Barbara Vine, A Dark-Adapted Eye won the American Edgar Award and was adapted as a BBC television film in 1994.
Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First American Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in plain blue printed wrappers. The FIRST Barbara Vine novel.
Published by Viking, 1986
ISBN 10: 0670809764 ISBN 13: 9780670809769
Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Association Member: RMABA
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. B-Fiction- This regular-sized hardback is in very good condition with the letter r in felt tip pen inside the front cover. The dust jacket is very good with light wear and chips on each corner. Ruth Rendell writes as Barabra Vine. She signed Ruth Rendell on the title page. Signed by Author(s).
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). First edition. A smart first edition of this psychological thriller novel from Ruth Rendell, written under the pen name of Barbara Vine. First edition. A psychological thriller largely set during the Second World War, following Faith Stevens, who recounts the memories of her aunt. The novel won the American Edgar Award and was adapted as a television film of the same name in 1994 by the BBC. Written by Ruth Barbara Rendell, under the pen name of Barbara Vine, an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries. In the original full black cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light wear to the extremities and a small closed tear to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. book.
Published by Bantam Books, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1986
ISBN 10: 0553051431 ISBN 13: 9780553051438
Seller: Mattabesset Books, Kensington, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine+. 1st Edition. Bantam Books, Inc., New York, New York, USA. First Printing (full number line to 1) of First American Edition, July, 1986. Rare. As New in Near Fine+ Dust Jacket. Unread. The Text Block is clean, cream-colored, tight, straight and square, without markings of any kind. The Binding is dark blue quarter cloth to blue boards (all colors uniform throughout), with bright gilt title, etc., to spine, and all corners square and sharp. The pictorial Dust Jacket is bright, colors uniform on all panels, the original price ($14.95) intact on front flap, with two defects: a small closed tear to top front and minor loss of gloss to top front cover from prior price sticker. See photos. 264 pages. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". This hard to find psychological mystery novel was the first of the novels that Ruth Rendell wrote under the name Barbara Vine, which she used here and later for her edgier novels. It was also the basis for the 1994 mini-series starring Helena Bonham Carter, Celie Imrie, Robin Ellis (of Poldark fame) and Ciaran Hinds. ISBN 10: 0553051431 / ISBN 13: 9780553051438.
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Published by Viking, London, 1986
Seller: Handbook, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
8vo. Black paper to boards. First UK edition. Very fine.