Gerald Backus (4 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 14 short stories. Featured are Mutiny at Patton Street by Michael Gilbert, Last Rendezvous by Jean L. Backus, The Glory Hunter by Brian Garfield, The Death of the Bag Man by Stephen Wasylyk, In the House Next Door by William Bankier, Raffles and the Sweet Taste of Revenge by Barry Perowne, Trip Out on Red Lizzie by Gerald Kersh, The Other Pistol by john Rosinski, Why It Happened by Martina Thomas, The Landlady Journal by Sonora Morrow, Two Turkey's in a Snowdrift by John Vineyard, Inspector Ghote and the Film Star by H.R.F. Keating, A Glowing Future by Ruth Rendell, The Problem of the Country Inn by Edward D. Hoch. Light edge wear. Slight reading creases. In very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Dk. green pictorial cl., gilt lettering, illus., backstr. dulled, 1/4" tear to outer from hinge. Frontis. Illus. Xxiii, 514pp. incl. indices of authors, first lines.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Gerald Backus (jacket) (illustrator). First Edition Stated. Sturdy vintage copy with owner's discreet signature, and only one private lending library stamp. Book is covered in a flawless facsimile dust jacket of the original so it presents like new. Scarce Jim Maitland adventure/mystery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Green cloth cover with gilt blind stamped decor is frayed on lower front corner with modest wear to other corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good+ condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Two pages have tears in the outer margin up to 1". Pages are lightly toned but clean and very good. A few scattered pages are untrimmed. Complete with 7 color plates including frontispiece. Rare dust jacket is toned with light soiling to spine panel and tattered at extremities but in good+ condition. Publisher's price of $5.00 on DJ flap. DJ protected by a brand new, clear, acid-free mylar cover. We add mylar covers to all books with DJs to preserve the DJs and add luster to magnify their beauty. (If pictured, shown without the mylar cover for an accurate representation of dust jacket. ) . ; 0; 514 pages.