Devil Laughter, First Edition (23 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st Printing. The 10th book in the Lou Prophet series. Bruce Emmett cover art.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st Printing. The 10th book in the Lou Prophet series. Bruce Emmett cover art.

Paperback. first PB. C-142, good - very good (HISTORICAL ADVENTURE), paperback,

Paperback. first PB. C-142, very good , (HISTORICAL ADVENTURE), paperback,

Paperback. first PB. C-142, very good +, (HISTORICAL ADVENTURE), paperback,

Paperback. first PB. C-142, very good -fine, , reading crease (HISTORICAL ADVENTURE), paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Stated First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 318 pages; Lightly soiled. Rubbed areas front and back. Tight. With light stain at hinge otherwise clean. No Dust Jacket.

Condition: Good. 1954. First Edition. 378 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are mildly tanned with visible foxing. Heavy foxing to endpapers. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Heavy tanning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

Paperback. first PB. C-142, almost near fine, (HISTORICAL ADVENTURE), paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 376p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a very good dustjacket. Faint tape stains along top edges of endpapers, but otherwise clean and tight. The jacket's front panel is chipped at the top; otherwise intact. A romance novel set during the French Revolution, following the three love interests of a hotheaded revolutionary.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Two-color cloth; 8vo.,376pp. Tight. No names or other markings. D/j with inch-deep chip toe of spine panal and small tear top edge of front panal;, else Fine in Good D/j in jacket protector.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good hardcover with very good unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior. Pages are toned due to age. Dust jacket has minor wear to the head of spine.

Hardcover First Ed. Afro-American Fiction. Beige boards with red lettering. Yellowing to pages. Owner's name inscribed on inside front cover. VG. No DJ. (318 Pgs.).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Light rubbing to the shelf-edges, end-papers slightly age-toned as usual, else near fine in polished yellow linen over terra-cotta boards with black titles to the spine; in a very good plus dust jacket with art by by Harry Barton, with some shelf-edge nicks and short tears, and tiny chips to the upper spine end; original printed $3.50 price still intact to the front inner flap. 18th-century historical novel of the French Revolution, centering on a hot-blooded son of a wealthy Sicilian shipowner seething with Republican principles.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. Historical novel set in the turbulent years of the French Revolution. Octavo: [4], 376 pp. Original yellow cloth-backed brown buckram boards, with black titles. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with a short tear to the front panel and some light sun fading along the spine. Better than very good. Provenance: from the library of Emmy Award-winning screenwriter David Lloyd. Born in Augusta, Georgia, Frank Yerby (1916-91) rose to fame as a writer of popular fiction tinged with a distinctive southern flavor. He was the first African American to write a series of best-selling novels and to have a book purchased by a Hollywood studio for a film adaptation. During his prolific career, Yerby wrote thirty-three novels and sold more than fifty-five million hardback and paperback books worldwide.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Book has only very light wear and aging. Dustjacket has some edge and corner wear with a small chip, top left (see scan). There is a neatly closed tear at the bottom of the spine, and some light staining along the edge of the interior front fold. For all its flaws, this is still a bright, colorful, presentable and attractive jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 376 pages; One of Yerby's epic novels set during the French Revolution. Born in Augusta Georgia, Yerby was the first African American to write a best-selling novel and to have a book purchased by a Hollywood studio for a film adaptation. Dial Press played down the fact that he was African-American.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Barton, Harry (illustrator). 1st Edition. 318 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Harry Barton. The story of an adventurous rouge during the French Revolution. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with slight wear to the corners. A beautiful copy!

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. Romantic novel set during the French Revolution. 376 pp. Dust jacket by Harry Barton. Back cover of the dj has a small photograph of Yerby, and a description of him as the 'modern Dumas.' Very near fine in a very good dust jacket (just light edgewear to dj.) Surprisingly uncommon in the first edition.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 376pp. Yellow cloth spine with title and brown cloth over boards. Pictorial Dust Jacket slightly chipped at crown and foot of spine panel. Yerby's 9th novel. African American author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Evil clown cover. VF.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Covers show light scuffing with shelfing wear and bumping at the corners. Spine is heavily creased. Binding is tight. Slightly cocked from tight shelving. Free endpages show light age-toning. Page edges show light scuffing. Interior pages are unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in quarter leather boards. Gilded text block edges.