Springers by Mather Berkely (9 results)

Condition: Fair. 1968. No Edition Remarks. 222 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Some rub-marking and foxing to pastedowns and rear endpapers. Front endpaper is missing. Cracking to front hinge. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Book has noticeable forward lean. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Special Edition. By Berkely Mather, Pseudonym of John Evan Weston-Davies. London: Collins, 1968. First edition: Uncorrected Advance Proofs. H.N. Swanson, Sunset Blvd. film and literary agents, rubber-stamped to the inside of the covers and to the half-title page with their notation in ink that the American edition is to be titled A SPY FOR A SPY. The first of three espionage thrillers featuring MI6 agent James Wainright, this time back from China and Russia, to do work as a single man assignment in England, dealing with a high-stakes prisoner exchange. Mather was a scriptwriter and re-writer for James Bond films. Spine slant, mild creases to the rear cover's corners, tiny chips to the front cover's lower corner, "THE SPRINGERS MATHER" written by the agency to the outer lower page edges, else about very good in red wraps with printed front cover title plate. Listed in Smith, CLOAK AND DAGGER FICTION (Third edition).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. NO DUSTJACKET. No dustjacket. Very clean brick-brown hardback binding - gilt-coloured titles to spine. Very clean pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Softcover. Uncorrected advance proof. The book is in very good condition. There are a couple of small pen marks on the first page.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ex-library. Usual library markings. tape marks to end papers & dj flaps.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. the jacket is rubbed and marked. edge worn. previous owner inscription. book room stamp.clipped to front end pager. light tanning. Ek. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

HARDCOVER. Mans Book trilogy. Books is in very good condition. D/w is intact but showing heavy shelf wear.

Hardcover. Octavo, 222 pages. In Good plus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine is white with black and blue print, illustration. Dust jacket in mylar; slight peripheral toning. Price clipped. Boards in green cloth; light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column Z. 1409014. FP New Rockville Stock.…

dj. First Edition. [Spy Thriller] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY signed by the author. Octavo (21 x 14cm). Publisher's hardback cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Alan Manham, priced at 21s. Inscribed by the author in blue ink to flyleaf: To all the Wiggingtons / with love from / the author / Jasper / Berkely Mather / The Banks / 4th August 1968. A clean, fine copy. Prison-break espionage novel involving British, Russian and Chinese intelligence agents. Berkely Mather's books were favourably reviewed by Ian Fleming for the Sunday Times, and, at Fleming's request, Mather later contributed to the screenplay for the first James Bond film 'Dr. No' (1962). This copy later formed part of the archive assembled by Jon Gilbert (pencil signature within). His comprehensive guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Signed.…