Dark Adapted Eye by Vine Barbara, First Edition (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition by number code. Dust jacket is protected by mylar Name of previous owner inside cover.

Condition: Good. First Edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. VG / VG+. 1st Printing of the 1st UK Edition, SIGNED BY AUTHOR (Ruth Rendell) on TP. Book is straight, square, securely bound and, except for light soiling and pin-hole size dots of stain on top edge, free of markings and other blemishes. Cover and unclipped Dust Jacket are clean and bright, with very mildly bumped and rubbed corners, joints, heads and tails, straight spine / backstrip, hinges and edges, boldly legible lettering and crisply distinct lettering (red foil along the spine), design, artwork and Author image. Author photo and artwork. (Please see Seller images). ISBN 0670809764. ShiroBooks, independent bookseller, takes pride in accurate descriptions, careful wrapping and safe shipping. CONTACT SHIROBOOKS PRIOR TO ORDERING if any questions or for more information, details or photos. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Price-clipped dustwrapper. Bright copy with no markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine, Hardcover, First US Edition (1986). This is a true first edition, first printing (the print line reads: 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Book in very good condition, in a similar unclipped dust jacket. The book has minor bumping to the spine ends, with ageing and spotting to the page edges. There is a previous owner's name to the inside front page ("Lauren"). The dust jacket shows some general wear and ageing, including to the extremities, with a minute nick to the front panel. It is now encased in a removable plastic sleeve. A very good copy overall. (See pictures). Another novel by this acclaimed crime writer.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine, Hardcover, First UK Edition (1986). Book in very good condition, in a similar unclipped dust jacket. The book shows some bumping to the spine ends, with ageing and spotting to the page edges. The dust jacket shows some general shelf wear, but is now encased in a removable plastic sleeve. A very nice copy. (See pictures). Another novel by this much respected crime writer.

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.

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.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First American Edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Fine in plain blue printed wrappers. The FIRST Barbara Vine novel.

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.

8vo. Black paper to boards. First UK edition. Very fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine first edition of the first Barbara Vine novel, introducing the pseudonym of the great British thriller writer Ruth Rendell. Signed by Rendell on the title page thus: "Ruth Rendell as" above the name Barbara Vine. Binding square and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Jacket also fine. No tears, creases or marks of any kind. Not price clipped. A lovely copy. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 8vo. [6], 7-299, [5] pp. Black cloth with red lettering on the spine. Price of £9.95 on front flap of jacket. Signed by the author ("Ruth Rendell as") on the title page. Very Good or better with mild foxing to top texblock in a Very Good dust jacket with tape reinforcement on the reverse.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. Bright first edition copies of the first four novels written by Ruth Rendell under her pseudonym, Barbara Vine, with their original dust wrappers. The first editions of four works in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.Previous owner's ink inscription to the front free end paper of A Fatal Inversion. Correction fluid to the front free end paper of The House of Stairs. A collection of four novels by Ruth Barbara Rendell (1930-2015), the first four written under her pseudonym Barbara Vine. These psychological thrillers explore misunderstandings, unintended consequences, family secrets and hidden crimes. The first two of the set are award-winning novels.The set comprises: A Dark-Adapted Eye (1986, Viking) explores illegitimate births, custody battles and dysfunctional families.A Fatal Inversion (1987, Viking) reveals buried memories when skeletons are unearthed.The House of Stairs (1988, Guild Publishing) revolves around a house in 1960s London.Gallowglass (1990, Viking) tells the story of a botched kidnapping. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, except for light age toning to 'The House of Stairs'. Dust wrappers remain bright and smart. Fine. book.

8vo. First edition. Original black hardcovers. Flat signed in black ink on the half title page, 'Ruth Rendell as'. Unclipped d/w just a little rubbed along the top and bottom edges. Fine in near fine d/w.