Devil Thumbs Ride by Robert Soe (11 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. Cantor, Ann (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. First US paperback edition. Originally published in the US in hard covers by Robert M. McBride in 1938. Reading creasing to the spine which has a little chipping at the top and bottom and some edge rubbing. The front cover has a four inch crease across the bottom right corner and some edge rubbing. The back cover is a little discoloured. The fore edges of the text block are a little uneven but the binding is secure. Small creases to the bottom corners of a number of pages in the first half of the book and the pages are browned but they are otherwise clean and unmarked. Cover illustration by Ann Cantor. First printing. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Cantor, Ann (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. First US paperback edition. Originally published in the US in hard covers by Robert M. McBride in 1938. Reading creasing to spine. Light surface and edge wear to covers. Pages have been cut unevenly at the top and the pages are browned but they are otherwise clean and unmarked. Cover illustration by Ann Cantor. First printing.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . Mass Market Paperback . 1949 Avon Books edition, Avon Book #208. Tight sound unmarked copy in Good condition with some edgewear and cover ceases. No Signature.

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Mass Market Avon Reprint published in 1949. Number 208. Light cover wear, age-toned pages and a sound binding. Good collectible copy of this scarce title. Clean and free of marks or notations. Prompt shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Robert M. McBride, New York. 1938. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Retired American Lending Library Copy. Book is tight, square, but does have library stamps on the front endpapers and checkout dates on RFFP. Book Condition: Good; circular moisture stain on the front board; suntanned spine; wear through fabric at tips; dust soiling to the textblock top; white tape repaired split in front inner hinge. No DJ but DJ flaps are glued to the front and rear pastedowns. Clean internals. Rear inner hinge is sound and not split; front inner hinge is repaired. 246 pp 8vo. This book reads convincingly and appears to be a genuine record of what can happen to a simple married man, and an almost respectable girl, who find themselves caught in perfectly plausible yet terrifying complications caused by mere accident. This story concerns the escapades of two girl hitch-hikers, a traveling sailesman, the police, and a thief and murderer. Unwittingly these people are rushed into tragedy and melodrama on an American roadside. A clean presentable copy.

Paperback. first edition. 208 very good 1949, Cover by Ann Cantor. paperback,

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Ed. VG+ in pictorial wraps with black & yellow lettering & cover art by Ann Cantor picturing a motorcycle cop taken aback at the sight of satan above a coupe with two women & a guy in it. Mystery, Vintage Paperback.

Condition: Good. Avon Books 1949 water damage to rear wrap. G+.

First paperback edition. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Basis for the film noir directed by Felix Feist with Lawrence Tierney. A near fine copy, reading crease to spine, reading crease to right edge, some mild edge rubbing. (10203).

HARD BACK BLUE. Condition: FAIR. FIRST ED. BLUE FIRST EDITION 1938 COPY RKO Radio Pictures, Hollywood, PRODUCED THE 1947 FILM OF THE SAME TITLE STARRING FILM TOUGH GUY Lawrence Tierney, playing himself General wear and rubbed cover. Tight binding. Bookplate on front free endpage. Red gilt on cover and spine. Faded spine. No markings. DATE PUBLISHED: 1938 EDITION: FIRST ED 247.

A whiskey-drenched romance roars up Highway 101 by the Pacific Ocean. Very Good +, beautiful, bright copy that appears unread. Book is tanned with minor edge chipping.