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Belmont 213, 1960. VG -. paperback

Belmont 213, 1960. VG. paperback

belmont book, , (first PB 1960), . 213, , good - very good , creases, hardboiled crime novel, , paperback,

belmont book, , (first PB 1960), . 213, , very good , hardboiled crime novel, , paperback,

Belmont, 1960. Softcover. Near Fine. #213

New York: Vanguard, 1957. Previous owner's tiny sticker on front flyleaf, tiny stain to page 14, and faint tanning page 58/59 from news item laid in, else a fine copy of the author's first book in bright and crisp near fine dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover.

belmont book, , (first PB 1960), . 213, , very good -fine, reading crease, hardboiled crime novel, , paperback,

Vanguard 1958. First edition. Very Good book in a Very Good dustjacket.

belmont book, , (first PB 1960), . 213, , almost near fine, , hardboiled crime novel, , paperback,

New York, NY, U.S.A.: The Vanguard Press, Inc., 1957. Good condition Hardcover Octavo in a Fair condition Dust Jacket, 1957, 1st edition presumed. Has a pencil mark on Dust Jacket and a name and some writing on FEP. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good -. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.

belmont book, , (first PB 1960), . 213, , near fine, , hardboiled crime novel, , paperback,

London: Digit Books / Brown Watson Ltd [c.1957]. Good. 1957. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. First edition thus [of the author's first book]. Digit Books R-445 with 2/6 cover price. Hubin [1984 Crime Fiction page 295]. [156] pages [last numbered page is 155] plus ads at the rear.bx245E

New York: Vanguard, 1957. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 192 pp. The corners are slightly bumped. The jacket is scuffed at the upper and lower edges. The first novel of a South African writer.

GB: Digit (Brown, Watson), 1961. Remainder mark on bottom edge.. 1st Thus. Paperback. VG+. Illus. by Osborne (cover).

NY: Vanguard, 1957. Slight darkening to spine, overall a tight, clean copy in black, yellow and purple dustwrapper. The first edition of the author's first book -- a novel based in Africa. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG++.

Deutsch, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The jacket is a bit rubbed, marked and torn but has suffered minimal paper loss. Internally clean and tightly bound. A few library markings.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1957. First Edition. Cloth and boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo, black cloth with gold and silver lettering on spine over textured black boards, Mylar-protected zigzag-striped dust jacket (unclipped), 192 pages. Author Audrey Alison Murray spent many years in Basutoland, South Africa. Bookplate of Paul & Laura Bohannan. Laura Bohannan (1922-2002) pen name Elenore Smith Bowen, was an American cultural anthropologist best known for her 1961 article, "Shakespeare in the Bush." Bohannan also wrote Tiv Economy, with her husband, and Return to Laughter, a novel. These works were based on travels and work in Africa. In The Blanket, "the clash between primitive Africa and civilized justice in tellingly illustrated when Chief Phimri orders his second son Lepontane and some of his tribe to perform the brutal ritual murder of an enemy. The intended victim, warned by his mistress, tricks Phimri's eldest son and he is murdered. Horrified, Lepontane tells the truth… Read More

New York: Vanguard Press. Assumed First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. Writer's first novel. DJ is rubbed at edges with some mild chipping to head/heel at spine.

New York: The Vanguard Press. 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Slight lean to spine.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Owner's modest name and address stamp front fly, a little foxing on the endpapers else about fine in about fine dustwrapper but for a few spots of foxing on the flaps. Novel set in Africa.