Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1950
Seller: Blue Moon Books, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good+++/Very Good. Bright and attractive cloth hardcover with dust jacket. First edition. Light toning to endpapers. Dust jacket wear to spine and light edgewear and rubbing. Nice copy.
Language: English
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1959
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of the second novel by Bair. Light edgewear. Price clipped otherwise in very good / very good condition.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1950. Reprinted. 226 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red 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. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Some tanning and foxing to all surfaces, particularly to spine.
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1950
Seller: Gyre & Gimble, Holden, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Green w /red lettering. Two spots on spine, slightly sunned and spotted, minor wear head and heel. Light foxing to endpapers, crease in first 20 pages appears to be binding flaw, text is otherwise clean, tight, bright, no marks.
Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. (1950), 251pp, bkplt, some soiling to cover, slight fading to dj spine, slight soiling & edgwear to dj.
Language: English
Published by Macdonald & Company (Publishers), Limited, London, England, United Kingdom, 1968
ISBN 10: 0356024148 ISBN 13: 9780356024141
Seller: M. W. Cramer Rare and Out Of Print Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Broom, Lynne (illustrator). 1st Edition. Top corners are bumped but otherwise in very good condition.Very good dust jacket is unclipped but has bumped top corners, half inch tear at top of spine with a crease and minor shelf wear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1951
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. 1951. 288 pages. Green jacket over green cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges.
Published by The Viking Press, New York, 1950
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Faster! Faster! by Patrick Bair (First Edition) Firm copy. Not price clipped. Light dust soiling to edges. First Edition, no later printings mentioned. Red top stain. Author's first novel. BOOK.
Published by Pan, 1959
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1959. 1959 Reprint. 158 pages. Beige pictorial paperback. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Paper cover is lightly rub worn and thumbed with light shelf wear to edges and corners. Light creases to corners and spine. Light tanning to spine and edges.
Published by Eyre and Spottiswode, Uk, 1950
Seller: EbenezerBooks, Tynewydd, RCT, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. red boards, some shelf wear, some minor wear to edges and corners, jacket has shelf wear, some chipping, very small tears etc, a good tight clean copy, a distincly original satirical fantasy. Book.
Published by Pan 1967 : A paperback book. Reduced postage on multiple orders., 1967
Seller: Mr.G.D.Price, Mansfield, United Kingdom
VERY GOOD condition.
Language: English
Published by Pan Books Ltd, London, 1961
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
First Edition
Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. Originally published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1959. This is the first UK paperback edition. The spine has some reading creasing, surface marking and edge rubbing. The front cover has some wear to the top edge, a small surface dent and a small patch of label residue at the bottom right corner. Browning to the back cover. Page edges browned. Heavy brown spotting to the insides of the covers. The pages are browned with a crease to one corner but are generally otherwise unmarked. First printing of this edition. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959
Seller: Harbor Books LLC, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Black cloth boards, 189pp, prior owners name neatly written on front endpaper, else contents clean, tight and unmarked. Illustrated dust jacket rubbed at corners and edges, price 12/6 on flap. Photo on request.
Published by Viking, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1950
Seller: Stuart W. Wells III, Norwalk, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Tuck [The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy page 26]. Allegory novel about a train to forever going (you guessed it) faster and faster, author's first novel. Dustjacket is a little dusty.
Published by Viking,, NY:, 1950
Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The author's first novel. First American edition. Light foxing to edges and endpapers, else very good in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning) dust jacket.
Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Very good clean copy in a good wrapper that is edge worn.
Language: English
Published by Pan Books Ltd, London, 1961
Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 13.84
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketMass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Originally published by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1959. This is the first UK paperback edition. The spine has some light edge rubbing and there is a small red mark and some light creasing at the bottom of the rear cover. Pages browned but otherwise clean and unmarked. First printing of this edition. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.
Published by Viking, NY, 1950
Seller: Mystery Cove Book Shop, Hulls Cove, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
hardcover. First Edition. Just about fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first book is not in Hubin (although the jacket indicates a criminous plot set on a train). Author has four titles in Hubin.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951
Seller: AJ Scruffles, Leigh On Sea, ESSEX, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with Dustjacket, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951. First edition of Bair's satirical novel of the invasion of a lakeside town by exploitative prospectors. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Some slight bumping and browning but text-block is crisp. Dustjacket has a number of small tears at the extremities and one larger one across the front cover that someone has covered (quite neatly) with clear tape. Overall good condition.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswood, 1950
Seller: Tall Stories Book & Print Gallery, ROCK HILL, SC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good hardcover with very good unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Pages and dust jacket are toned due to age.
Published by Macdonald, London, 1970
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: ILAB
First Edition
Octavo, boards. First edition. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 181. Not in Reginald (1978; 1992). A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with light shelf wear at head and tail of spine panel and corners. (#12130).
Published by Pan Books, 1970
Seller: Zardoz Books, Westbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
paperback / softback. Condition: vg+. 1st Pan 1970 paperback, vg+, In stock shipped from our UK warehouse.
Published by London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950
Seller: Peter Scott, Portslade, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 13.84
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketFirst Edition. Hardcover. 226pp. V.g. in d/w.
190pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, old price label on upper panel. A very good copy. . First edition.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951
Seller: Oopalba Books, Sale, MANCH, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 19.37
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First British Edition. Green boards are in good conditon other than a brown stain to lower front. Bright gilt titles. Some light foxing to edges and very slightly cocked but otherwise in Good condition. Unclipped dustwrapper in a bit dulled and soiled with a few closed tears. Second Novel by author of "Faster! Faster!" 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1959
Seller: Lost and Found Books, Healesville, VIC, Australia
First Edition
hard cover with dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 19 cm. 189 pages VG/VG. Light shelf wear and edge wear to dust jacket with a chipped area on front cover, foxing to top page edges, overall very good book in very good dust jacket.
Language: German
Published by Fackel Verlag Stuttgart,, 1955
Seller: Clerc Fremin, Steingaden, Germany
Hardcover Gut. 271 Seiten/ Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 250.
Language: English
Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1951
Seller: Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Condition: VG++, Edge & Endpaper Foxing. 1st UK Edition. Historical drama. Expanded condition report/scan on request.
Language: German
Published by Saarbrücken, Club der Buchfreunde [1953]., 1953
Seller: Versandantiquariat Nussbaum, Bernkastel-Kues, RP, Germany
gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Sehr gut. 314 S. ; 8 Gargantua falls / guter Zustand Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 520.
Published by The Viking Press, N.Y., 1950
Seller: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. English, Bill (illustrator). First Edition. 1st edition, August 1950, so stated. Very light fading to cloth else near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, $ 3.00 price intact, in protective mylar cover. Author's first book. (Listed in Hubin in the electronic version) Train setting. Book.