Safe Behind Bars by Hall Andrew (6 results)

Condition: Good. 1968. First Edition. 131 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. The third and last of three highly praised black comedies written by Hall in the 1960s - although he went on to have a very long and successful career as a writer for television and even as an author of children's books, in a 1917 interview he commented that he was most proud of his novels. This novel, about the irony of fate, is comedy at its blackest, written with chilling humor, leading up to a startling and violent conclusion. 132 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket design by Nicholas Flower (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st UK printing. Hardback in jacket. 20.5x13.5cm. 132 pages. Clean & tight book. Flat pages. No inscriptions. Jacket has edge wear. Front flap is not price-clipped: 18/- net. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref XTME.

Cassell, London. 1968. First edition. Hardback with DW. Wrapper browned and slightly shelf worn, otherwise a nice clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition, first printing. With the excellent, unclipped, dust-jacket, by Nicholas Flower, with just a couple of chips to the edges and head and tail of the spine. Signed in blue biro by the author across the middle of the titlepage. Original black cloth with silver title lettering to spine. A fine copy in the VG+ jacket. The third and last of three highly praised black comedies written in the 1960s, this novel, about the irony of fate, is comedy at its blackest, written with chilling humour, leading up to a startling and violent conclusion. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.