Doon Death, First Edition (10 results)

Paperback. first edition thus. 94-001 very good, creases paperback,

Paperback. first edition thus. very good, creases paperback,

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in. Hardcover with dust jacket, stated 1965 First US Edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Exlibrary copy with stamps and marks to endpapers, title page and top/bottom page edges. Moderate lean to binding, minor split to pages forming at pg.27 yet block remains solid, mild toning to some interior pages yet text legible. Dust jacket mildly worn with creasing to edges, chipping to jacket spine ends, not price-clipped. Poor copy in Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in. Hardcover with dust jacket, stated 1965 First US Edition. Signed by author on the title page. Exlibrary copy with stamps and markings to endpapers and title page, call number sticker affixed to lower dust jacket spine. Mild wear to book edges, boards clean, light split to binding forming at pg.51 yet block remains solid, interior text clean. Dust jacket mildly worn but clean, chipping to upper edge of front inner flap, not price-clipped. Poor copy in Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG/VG. First US edition, first printing. Author's debut. 191 pp.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first issue in original dark green boards, gilt lettering, in a Fine dust-jacket 8vo, 1964. Not clipped and with no ownership markings. I cannot guarantee it is the best copy extant, but to paraphrase the great Brian Clough its in the top one. Book accompanied by a Signed Autograph postcard "It is a pleasure to send you two signed photographs, with all good wishes Ruth Rendell" and two signed colour photographs. Signed by Author.

First edition of the author's first novel; 8vo; partly erased library stamps to pastedowns with further stamp to dedication page; publisher's green cloth lettered in white and yellow, dust-jacket designed by William Randell, some edge-wear, slightly chipped at spine ends, minor tape-burns to inner flaps but overall very good. The scarce first edition of the first novel by Ruth Rendell, introducing detective fiction readers for the first time to Inspector Wexford, who went on to feature in twenty-four of her novels. 'This subtle first novel departs from the well-trodden paths of crime to pose a problem which in its bizarre solution calls for compassion rather than condemnation' (introductory blurb). Many copies of the first edition of From Doon with Death went into the public library system, so it is unusual to find spared ex-library markings to book or dust-jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.S. Edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. FIRST US EDITION. Some very minor age toning, otherwise very good. RARE! The debut novel of British writer Ruth Rendell. The novel introduced her popular recurring character Inspector Wexford, who went on to feature in 24 of her novels.

Hard Cover. Condition: BOOK VERY GOOD+. Dust Jacket Condition: JACKET VERY GOOD+. 1st Edition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on a special decorative bookplate. A VERY CLEAN, ATTRACTIVE COPY WITH A BRIGHT DUSTJACKET. 1ST PRINTING. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. 192 pages. NOT AN EX-LIBRARY COPY. Author's first novel. BEAUTIFUL, COLLECTIBLE COPY! Signed by Author.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Garden City, NY: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, 1965. First American Edition Stated. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.50); 191pp. Light wear and wrinkling to dust jacket, white portions a bit toned, small piece of tape to front pastedown, else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. The author's first book and the first to introduce Inspector Wexford. The question mark symbol on the front jacket flap connotes that this is a "classic puzzler.".