Ability Kill by Ambler Eric, First Edition (46 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Mysterious Press, New York, 1987. Hardcover, 214 pp. 1st edition, 1st printing (full number line). Non-fiction study by the master of spy and crime tales. From an author who 'has delved more deeply into the hinterland of the murderous than any of his contemporaries'. Fine in a near fine jacket with a slight scuff on back cover. Jacket in a new mylar sleeve.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Essays on notorious cases and trials. First printing. Lightly rubbed, spine heel bumped with corresponding crimps to the Brodart covered jacket.

Condition: As New. First edition copy. . Like New dust jacket. In protective mylar cover.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First US printing. A collection of essays on both historical criminal trials and more contemporary ones. Includes a series of The Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures and other pieces. 214 pp Very good in very good dust jacket (light foxing to the edges of the textblock and to the dust jacket, price-clipped).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of true crime tales. Originally published separately in magazines, collected here for the first time. Lamination has bubbled on the front cover near the spine. Light shelf wear. In very good / good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. David Shannon (illustrator). 1st Edition. Mysterious Press, NY, 1987. First Edition/Printing Hardcover with DJ, xxi + 214 pp. An acclaimed master delves into notorious murder cases from 19th to 20th centuries. Includes the Ability to Kill, Trials for Murder, Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures, and other pieces. Small remainder dot on bottom edge. Else, book & DJ are fine, tight and "as new.".

Condition: Very Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. In protective mylar cover. (murder, case studies, criminals psychology, criminal law ).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Uncorrected Proof. Solid copy. Unmarked but for dampstain on rear panel along outside edge. Stain is light and does not penetrate. True tales of bloody murder. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. jacket is shelf rubbed and chipped. edge wear on boards. foxing, mild staining and marks. sound binding. fair copy.[SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Bodley Head, 1963. First Edition A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. The book shows a few spots of foxing on the page edge and at the endpapers. The board edges are lightly worn along the edges. The dustwrapper is tanning and lightly worn along the extremities and has 1" tear at the head of the front and rear dustwrapper panels. Ambler's penetrating analysis of capital crime , containing reporting on several famous British murder trials, his Lizzie Borden Memorial lectures, and other writings in the genre of crime.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. A collection of essays on both historical criminal trials and more contemporary ones. Includes a series of The Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures and other pieces. Second state with chapter on James Hanratty, . 222 pp Very near fine in red cloth with gold lettering in a near fine dustjacket (some toning to the white background on the spine and top edge of the dj) .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Uncorrected proof of the First American edition. Yellow wrappers. Slight edgewear and some toning else near fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1964 first edition in NEL paperbacks. Small ex pencil price mark otherwise clean interior , normal tanning to page edges and all pages tight in binding. Front seam lightly cracked (but not split). Covers clean, spine edges rubbed.

222 pp. 8vo, publisher's red cloth in dust jacket. First edition; later issue with the Hanratty substitution. Very slight bumping at corners; otherwise a nice copy in a jacket with minor bumping at extremities.

1st. ed.not read or opened. new. d.j. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.

Condition: Good. 1964. First Edition Thus. 191 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages are moderately tanned. Mild cracking to front hinge, however binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Notable creasing to covers and spine. Sticker to front cover.

First edition. Hardcover. Edges and prelims very lightly spotted, o/w very good in like price-clipped dustjacket with a few closed tears and small repairs at head and tail of spine and some wear at extremities.

Condition: Near Fine. London 1963 first edition, second issue, Bodley Head. Hardcover. 222p. Red cloth. sm octavo. Very Near Fine, no wear, no faults, no owner marks. in VG dj, price not clipped. The true first edition has a chapter on the John Bodkin Adams murder trial which was potentially libelous and so was replaced by a chapter on James Hanratty in the second issue of the first edition which is the case in this volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8.5 x 5.5", red cloth, 214pp, spine ends a little bumped else a nice, clean copy in a lightly worn slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #169), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ERIC AMBLER.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. jacket is a little scuffed. foxing, a little marked. binding is intact. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition book and jacket - light general wear to book contents clean and tidy - unclipped jacket has a few edge tears and has tanning spine, some shrinkage to laminate - now protected with clear jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Signed limited edition, #37 of 250 copies. ; 8vo; 214 pages; Signed by Author.

The Bodley Head. 1963. First edition. Hardback with DW. Light wear to board extremities and pages browned. A clean and sound copy in a slightly worn wrapper with laminate lifting to joint of upper panel.

Hardcover. First edition (& second printing). Non-fiction: true crime essays. As originally printed, the first edition contained an essay examining the high-profile murder trial of Dr. John Bodkin Adams. Because Dr. Adams had been acquitted, the essay was deemed potentially libelous. Fearing legal action, the publisher (The Bodley Head) halted the release and suppressed the run. Only about 50 copies of this ''first state'' version exist: to salvage the printing, the controversial essay on Dr. Adams was completely removed. In its place, Ambler substituted a newly written essay about James Hanratty, the ''A6 Murderer'' who had been controversially hanged the previous year. This is the second state with the James Hanratty essay. Fine copy in an almost fine (bright,unfaded pictorial) dustjacket with a little edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st edition, October 1987, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Bound in burgundy cloth with gold lettering in a matching slipcase. w/o dj as issued. 1 of 250 copies [this is #12] SIGNED by Ambler on limitation page. A number of stories and essays concerning true cimes including The Lizzie Borden Memorial lectures. Signed by Author. Limited Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. First UK Edition. London: The Bodley Head, 1963. An anthology of true crime essays by one of the great twentieth-century masters of intrigue. This is a Fine copy of the Second issue of the First Edition, lacking one chapter that was removed due to concerns that it was actionable as libel (an important consideration under English law). Bright red cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Fresh and clean text; 222 pages. The striking dustwrapper design features a drawing by Don Higgins. The wrapper has been clipped, else Fine. In a protective plastic cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Good Plus.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition.

First Edition. THE ABILITY TO KILL, Bodley Head, 1963, first edition, vg+ in like dust-wrapper with some slight wear.