Ability Kill by Ambler Eric, Signed (14 results)

Limited Edition, one of 26 hand-lettered copies (this being letter E) SIGNED by the author. Near Fine, with no dust jacket, in publisher's Near Fine cloth slipcase. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book and Slipcase are in FINE condition. 1987. Mysterious Press. 214 pages. Signed by Eric Ambler. Copy "J" of a Lettered Limited Edition of 26 copies. ; 9.30 X 6.50 X 0.80 inches; 214 pages; Signed by Author.

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

Leineneinband. Condition: Sehr gut. Limited Edition. 214 Seiten Das Buch befindet sich in einem gebrauchten sehr guten Zustand. Es ist gebraucht und hat geringe Gebrauchsspuren, wie eine leichte Verfärbung der Schnittkanten und ein leichter Abrieb an den Kanten vom Einband. Im Buch sind keine Einträge oder Beschriftungen. Nichtraucherbuch. Der Schuber ist etwas berieben. Auf zweiter Seite die Nummer 112 eingetragen und von E. Ambler signiert. Rik140313 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 900.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 214 pages; Copy #131 of 250. Fine slipcase. ; Signed by Author.

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: New. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Signed limited edition in slipcase, #90/250. Stored since issue. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Ability to Kill by Eric Ambler. London: The Bodley Head, 1963. First Edition, Second Issue (after a 50 copy issue the year prior). Signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper to no one in particular, "This is the one about decoration - love Eric Ambler." 8vo. (5.25" x 8") 222 pp. Red cloth boards with foxing to the text block. Offsetting to front free endpaper and a little foxing to the title page. Lightly nicked dust jacket is in very good condition, with staining along the top of the spine which is also found to the upper edge of the front panel. Book is in very good condition. Inscribed by Author(s).

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.

222 pages. Octavo (8" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers in original pictorial jacket. Notation by author. Advanced Uncorrected Proofs with controversial deleted chapter concerning John Bodkin Adams. With The Ability to Kill, first published in 1963, renowned thriller writer Eric Ambler turns his attention to true crime?with an emphasis on murder. In five essays, he presents a sampling of famously intriguing (and often disturbing) cases of the last few hundred years, including 19th-century Edinburgh's Burke and Hare, who supplied the medical school with ill-gotten cadavers; Victorian London's infamous Jack the Ripper; the Frenchman Henri Desiré Landru, an early 20th century serial killer; and the Californian doctor Bernard Finch and his lover Carole Tregoff, who conspired to murder his wife in 1961. Rounding out the collection are a few pieces on lighter topics such as spies and how to spot them, and novelists in Hollywood. Though his subjects are sometimes grim, Ambler's deft touch makes this examination of homicide and other matters pure pleasure to read. Condition: Various minor wear and soiling to wrappers and jacket; ink stamps else very good in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition, second issue with the chapter on the James Hanratty trial replacing the suppressed chapter on John Bodkin Adams. Signed by Author on title page. Near Fine red cloth with gilt spine title. Near Fine dust jacket protected in archival plastic cover. Not price clipped. DJ darkened on top front edge. Ambler presents a wide spectrum of notorious 19th & 20th century murder trials, delving into the motives of the killers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author.

London, The Bodley Head, 1962. 8°. 222 Seiten, 1 Bl. OLeinen mit Rückentitel in Gold. Farbig illustr. OUmschlag. One of about 50 copies of the first (british) issue incorporating the essay on the John Bodkin Adams murder trial, which was hurriedly withdrawn under the threat of a libel action. Loosely inserted is a sheet on which Ambler has handwritten a five-line quotation from Joyce's Pomes Penyeach. Although this is the only indication, this was Ambler's own copy, sold shortly before he died. Provenienz: Henry Sotheran's London. A fine copy with fine d/j. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie uns immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact us always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***.

First Edition. First Impression, second state of the text, with the suppressed chapter on the John Bodkin Adams murder trial (potentially libelous) replaced with that of James Hanratty. Octavo (20.5cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-222,[2]pp. Inscribed by Ambler in a contemporary hand on the front endpaper: "Thomas M. McDade / with warmest wishes / Eric Ambler '63." Recipient's pictorial bookplate mounted to front pastedown, some scattered foxing to upper edge of textblock, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 16s net), with wrinkling to the laminate, and a thin strip of dust-soil along the upper and lower edges; Very Good or better. Laid into this copy is the recipient's Mystery Writers of America (MWA) membership card for 1960-61.Laid into this copy are three pieces of correspondence between McDade and Ambler, written between 1956-1963. The first piece is a carbon copy of a letter from McDade to Ambler (February 7, 1956), after attending the Lizze Borden Memorial Lecture, which Ambler delivered before the Incorporated Society of British Murder-Tasters. He goes on at length about the lecture, and on behalf of the Society invites Ambler to speak on his next visit to the U.S. Ambler responds at length with a two-page TLS, dated 6 March, 1956. He explains that Holiday magazine has given him a grant to focus his research into the present state of murder homes of England and Scotland, and asks McDade's permission to quote him, from his letter of February 7th. The final letter is a brief TLS from Ambler to McDade, dated October 3, 1963, again declining an invitation to the Society's monthly meeting, but stating "I have found your THE ANNALS OF MURDER most helpful. Under separate cover I am sending you a copy of THE ABILITY TO KILL, a British collection of pieces some of which you may recognize. See particularly page 106." Indeed, on p.106, Ambler has mentioned McDade by name at the beginning of his chapter on Scotland, following by a block of text quoted from his February 7, 1956 letter. Two letters stapled together; old folds, some tears and creases, but generally Very Good and sound.Inscribed copies of this title are uncommon, with the only presentation copy found in the auction record being a later inscription to Otto Penzler. This copy, with its contemporary inscription and collection of correspondence, shows a compelling relationship between Ambler and a real enthusiast on the subject of the present work.