Eater Darkness by Robert Coates (21 results)

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Stains and discoloration to covers. Bumping to upper rear corner. Age toning to pages. No names, underlining, notes or highlighting. Book will be well padded in bubble wrap and shipped in a sturdy box. c6.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. very good- fine, paperback.

mass_market. Condition: Good. Some tanning to covers, minor reading wear. Pages/covers clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The New Traveller's Companion Series, #170. 1st thus (2012). 142pp. VG+ clean copy.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: New.

softcover. Condition: Very Good-. 1967 Capricorn Books, mass market paperback, light creases on cover corners, owner's names on front nedpaper, page edges tanned, 238 pages.

First edition. Octavo, pp. [i-xv] xvi [1] 2-179 [180: blank] [181: printer's imprint] [182-184: blank] [note: paper wrapper folded over first and last leaves; leaf preceding half title leaf is a blank], original marbled paper wrappers, printed paper labels affixed to front and spine panels. The author's first book, "an ignored minor masterpiece of antirealistic fiction, a novel that deserves the attention of all students of fantasy literature." - Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 463. Coates' novel "quite brilliantly applies a wide arsenal of literary devices, some of them surrealistic, to the exaggeratedly spoof-like tale of a master criminal and his absurd super-weapon, which sees through solids and applies remote-control heat to kill people invisibly; beneath the spoofing and the cosmopolitan style lies a sense of horror." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 239. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-16; (1987) 2-18; (1995) 2-20; and (2004) II-267. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 438. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 54. Bleiler (1978), p. 45. Reginald 03107]. Mild wear to spine ends, 20 mm closed tear to upper spine, lower flap edge cleanly split, a nearly fine to fine copy of a fragile book. An excellent copy. (33346).…

First edition, first impression; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's marbled wrappers with letterpress paper labels on cover and spine, some rubbing, chipping and wear to the wraps, toning to the spine label, else very good. First edition of the author's first book, hailed as the first Dada novel published by an American. It is both an acclaimed crime novel and a study in surrealist fiction.…

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First. A near fine copy. Mostly unopened. A surreal fantasy involving an OP weapon in the hands of a master criminal. Some rubbing, chipping and wear to the wraps, a little toning to the spine label and some creasing to the flaps.

Octavo, pp. [i-xv] xvi [1] 2-179 [180: blank] [181: printer's imprint] [182-184: blank] [note: paper wrapper folded over first and last leaves; leaf preceding half title leaf is a blank], original marbled paper wrappers, printed paper labels affixed to front and spine panels. First edition. The author's first book, "an ignored minor masterpiece of antirealistic fiction, a novel that deserves the attention of all students of fantasy literature." - Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 463. Coates' novel "quite brilliantly applies a wide arsenal of literary devices, some of them surrealistic, to the exaggeratedly spoof-like tale of a master criminal and his absurd super-weapon, which sees through solids and applies remote-control heat to kill people invisibly; beneath the spoofing and the cosmopolitan style lies a sense of horror." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 239. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 2-16; (1987) 2-18; (1995) 2-20; and (2004) II-267. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 438. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 54. Bleiler (1978), p. 45. Reginald 03107. 7 mm chip from head of spine panel, light wear to tail of spine panel, several tiny closed tears to fore edge of front wrapper, else a fine copy. A very attractive copy of a scarce, fragile book. (#9837).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First American edition. Yellow cloth boards stamped in black and silver. Boards are soiled and worn. Fore-edge of text block stained (not affecting page-faces). Interior is unmarked; a few pages have spots of soiling, else clean. Dust jacket is in fair condition: front panel is chipped; rear panel is very grubby and has damage; old repairs on reverse; not price clipped ($2.50); in a clear archival sleeve. The rear panel of the jacket shows a biographical sketch of the author by Malcolm Cowley. 238 pages. 7.5 x 5 inches. Rare in dust jacket. Robert Coates' first novel, The Eater of Darkness, was first published in Paris by Contact Editions in 1926. This is the first American edition, as issued by the Macaulay Company. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The Eater of Darkness by Robert M. Coates (Signed, First) Rebound Firm copy, softened corners, some rubbing to the faded spine. Small news clipping photo of Author mounted to ffe. Lightly tanned pages. [1926]. PRESENTATION COPY. SIGNED and inscribed: "To Dora 'My only Friend' [signed] Bob Coates," on title page, with a printed copy of a photograph of the author laid down to front free endpaper. The true first edition has only been known in wrappers; this copy is professionally bound in plain unlettered contemporary dark red cloth with all edges trimmed. Possibly a presentation binding state done by the publisher for the author, or done by the author himself, or even possibly done by the recipient (doubtful). A cloth hardcover binding contemporary with the publication of the book. A surreal science fantasy/crime novel with a mad scientist and a "peeping Tom" ray. The novel was influenced by the principles of DaDa, the nihilistic art movement, and its literary offshoot in the Paris of its day. BOOK. …

Original wraps. Condition: VG( with spine chipping). SIGNED RARE Marbled wraps with paper title labels to spine and front panel. This is Coates first book and the book often considered the first novel of the DADA movement.sss08/22/19 vg (note missing piece below lable).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. yellow cloth, silver lettering, no dust jacket, 238 pp, first edition, lightly soiled, spine faded, bookplate of Warren R. Forster clued to front pastedown Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [1926]. PRESENTATION COPY. SIGNED and inscribed: "To Dora 'My only Friend' [signed] Bob Coates," on title page, with a printed copy of a photograph of the author laid down to front free endpaper. The true first edition has only been known in wrappers; this copy is professionally bound in plain unlettered contemporary dark red cloth with all edges trimmed. Possibly a presentation binding state done by the publisher for the author, or done by the author himself, or even possibly done by the recipient (doubtful). In any case, this is a cloth hardcover binding contemporary with the publication of the book. A surreal science fantasy/crime novel with a mad scientist and a "peeping Tom" ray. The novel was influenced by the principles of DaDa, the nihilistic art movement and its literary offshoot in the Paris of its day. Book Condition: Very Good: Firm copy, softened corners, some rubbing to the faded spine. Small news clipping photo of Author mounted to ffe. Lightly tanned papers. Signed. …