Missing Persons by Goodis David (20 results)
Published by Detective Book Club, c.1950,, 1950
- Hardcover
Seller: Harry Alter, Sylva, NC, U.S.A.Harry Alter
Contact seller5-star sellerhardcover. Condition: Good. Detective Book Club, NY, c.1950, 8vo., cloth, (131,123,213)pp., foced foredges, G in worn dj $.
Published by Pocket #833, 1951., 1951
- Softcover
Seller: The Book Den, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.The Book Den
Contact seller4-star sellerVery good-, spine chipping. Covers bright.
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Language: English
Published by Pocket Books Inc., New York, 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United KingdomRaymond Tait
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
£ 25.00
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Add to basketMass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. First paperback edition. Pocket Book No.833. Originally published in hard covers in the US by Morrow in 1950. The front cover has small tears at the top right corner which have been carefully repaired to the reverse. The rear cover is a little discoloured with two…small surface chips at the left side. The spine has three small surface cracks and some edge rubbing. The top edges of the pages are a little discoloured. Browning to the insides of the covers. Browning to the pages with a small chip to one top corner but the pages are otherwise unmarked. Cover illustration by Roy App. First printing. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. App, Roy (illustrator).
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Language: English
Published by Banner Books
- Softcover
Seller: High Street Books, New Mills, United KingdomHigh Street Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
£ 40.00
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good. Undated UK printing,spine creased, front hinge taped, page edges tanned.
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Language: English
Published by Pocket Books Inc., New York, 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United KingdomRaymond Tait
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 42.00
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Add to basketMass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. First paperback edition. Pocket Book No.833. Originally published in hard covers in the US by Morrow in 1950. There is a tiny surface chip at the bottom left corner of the back cover but the covers are otherwise clean and unmarked. Browning to the insides of t…he covers. Light browning to the pages which are otherwise unmarked - the book is crisp and feels unread. Cover illustration by Roy App. First printing. App, Roy (illustrator).
Published by Pocket
- Softcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by pocket book,, 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first PB. 833, very good + hardboiled suspense novel, paperback.
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Published by EDITIONS J'AI LU N°P42, 1965
- Softcover
Condition: Used - Near fine
£ 14.91
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Add to basketCouverture souple. Condition: bon. RO90071811: 1965. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 190 pages. . . . Classification Dewey : 843.0872-Le roman policier.
Published by pocket book,, 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first PB. 833, very good -fine, , reading crease hardboiled suspense novel, paperback.
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Published by Pocket Books, New York, 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA, Manasquan, NJ, U.S.A.Brenner's Collectable Books ABAA, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 65.71
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Vintage Paperback Pocket Books #833. Sharp Unread First Printing of this Paperback Original, November, 1951. No Cover Price. Square, tight and clean throughout with barely any page toning. Some wear to spine and rubbing to hinges and a hint of edge-wear. Still fresh and bright with…no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price. Roy App (illustrator).
Published by Pocket Books, 1950
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.Recycle Bookstore
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 69.54
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book has some light rubbing to back but rest of book is in great shape, very clean and sharp, bright and clean, with a tight binding. Photos on request.
Published by pocket book,, 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first PB. 833, near fine, unread hardboiled suspense novel, paperback.
Published by Pocket, 1951
- Softcover
Seller: Always Superior Books, marietta, GA, U.S.A.Always Superior Books
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. Condition: Fine. 1st Printing. Pocket 833 a beautiful copy from my own collection never read. Book.
Published by New York Morrow 1950, 1950
- Hardcover
Seller: James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.James Pepper Rare Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Very good copy with a thin split to the front hinge and some minor edge wear and spotting to the boards in an excellent facsimile dust jacket.
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Published by Morrow, NY, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 382.69
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: VG++. Fine (Facsimile DW). First Edition. Previous owner's small ownership label on front pastedown (completely hidden by front flap of dust jacket). Small four digit number written on top corner of ffep. Overall, a tight, clean copy of this early Goodis first edition bounf in boards, stamped in red. 186pp…. Included in the price is a facsimile dust jacket that fits the book perfectly.
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Published by William Morrow & Co., (New York), 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.Heartwood Books and Art
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 502.52
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. OF MISSING PERSONS by David Goodis FIRST Slight lean, otherwise firm. Light offset toning to endpapers. No markings. Spinefade, back cover darkened, small chips, a few short closed tears (taped underside). Spotting to flap folds. Penciled '5/3' on…flap below 2.50 price. First edition, 1950. No other dates or printings indicated. Black cloth, red lettering to spine. 186 pp. Original Dust Jacket. Based on a screenplay he wrote. The last of his novels to first be published in hardcover. Immerman Studios(Cover Artist) (illustrator). BOOK.
Published by William Morrow & Co, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Recycle Bookstore, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.Recycle Bookstore
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
£ 657.14
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tips of corners show some pinpoint wear, previous owner initials on endpaper. otherwise a fabulous copy, super clean and bright, with a tight binding and clean pages. Dust jacket has light wear to bottom corners, more modest wear to top corners (wi…th a small chip at head of spine), light toning and a few light smudges to back. otherwise quite clean and attractive, now protected in an archival cover.
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Published by William Morrow & Co, New York, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, CanadaKarol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 548.50
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 12mo Pp. 186. Black cloth boards with red lettered spine. Spine ends lightly rubbed and bumped, book clean throughout and the binding tight and square. Price clipped dust jacket, without any tape or repairs, but with two closed tears, short one at…top edge of front cover, and another one about 3 cm up along the front panel right at the spine, with a faint crease and some light nicks along the spine. Nice copy in jacket.
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Published by William Morrow & CO., 1950., New York, 1950
- First Edition
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst edition. Near fine in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners, a small crease to top edge and bottom edge of front cover and lightly soiled on the back panel. Author's fifth mystery novel. Paul Ballard is the head of Missing Persons Bureau, and his customers are the people of the city who have lost other…people and want Ballard to bring them back. But Ballard's prize customer is found dead, and this particular murder tears City Hall wide open. It left him with one crazy thousand-to-one chance of saving all the things he stood for, and his boss was not fooling when he said, "It's your funeral!".
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Published by William Morrow & Company, New York, 1950
- First Edition
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerAssociation member: ABAA
First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in red on spine; dustjacket; 186pp. Some pinpoint wear to spine ends, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50) and unfaded, lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny nicks and short tears and one small skinned area at crown; an attractive, Ve…ry Good+ example. Goodis's fifth novel, his last one in hardcover before churning out a dozen of the finest paperback originals ever written. Basis for the 1956 Pierre Chenal film 'Section des Disparus' starring Guillermo Battaglia and Amalia Bernabé. Hubin, p.173.









