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World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 6 April 2009
1970. First edition thus. 158 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Seller Inventory # 1762524453ABS
Title: The Last Valley
Publisher: Sphere
Publication Date: 1970
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Six vintage film still photographs from the 1971 film. Paper snipe affixed to the verso of three images. Based on the 1959 novel by J.B. Pick, about the people of a small village, previously safe from the fighting during the Thirty Years' War, trying to peacefully co-exist with a band of occupying mercenaries. Often cited by Michael Caine as a favorite among his many roles. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine, manuscript graphite and ink annotations to the verso. Black manuscript notation to the recto of one image. Seller Inventory # 141346
Seller: Else Fine Booksellers, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A novel of the Thirty Years War and the basis of the 1971 film starring Michael Caine and Omar Sharrif. Slight spine lean, minor wear at the corners, University of Washington hospital stamp on the front paste down, two blue ink dots on the f.e.p. Dust jacket is chipped at the corners and spine ends, edge wear, one small closed tear, a few soil spots on the front and back, lightly sun-darkened on the spine. Seller Inventory # 000943
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket. First Edition. (Boston: Little, Brown & Company 1959). First US Edition. Publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to the spine. "First American Edition" on copyright page. the basis of the film of the same name starring Omar Sharif and Michael Caine, scripted by James Clavell. Quite uncommon. Foxing to the top edge; dulling to the gilt spine lettering; no inscriptions; overall VG indeed. The dustwrapper is in VG+ condition with a slither of loss at the spine tips and a slightly toned spine. John Barclay Pick was know as a poet and scholar of David Lindsay and Neil Gunn. Quite a nice copy. Photographs/scans available upon request. Seller Inventory # 355490724671
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Nodens Books, Marcellus, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. "First American Edition" on copyright page. An excellent novel, of which an excellent film was made: The Last Valley (1971) starring Omar Sharif and Michael Caine, scripted by James Clavell. Very rare. Jacket in mylar. John Barclay Pick was know as a poet and scholar of David Lindsay and Neil Gunn. Seller Inventory # 001036