Escape Five Shadows: First Edition (29 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. First Dell edition, mass market paperback with the cover slightly misaligned, has light bumps to the spine ends, mild sunning to the spine with very slight wear along the hinges, a couple tiny punctures to the tail of the first few pages, and a previous owner's name/brief note to…

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Dell #940. First Dell printing, March 1957. Bright, square, and tight copy with cover art by Harper Johnson. There's a 1cm tear or split at foot of spine; the paper isn't torn away from the spine or anything, so it's pretty subtle. Two tiny pin holes at bottom of first pages, donÕt…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by author on title page. A paperback in Near Fine condition. No dust jacket. Reprinted by arrangement with Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. First Dell Printing-March 1957. Binding on inside cover of book comes apart slightly but is intact. Cover of book shows minimal wea…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. (Dated title page with matching date on copyright page.) Very Good, top edge has a number of small ink blots, former owner's name on half-title. In About Very Good dust jacket, lightly chipped at top edge; some rubbing to front panel; back panel has w…

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, red heavy boards, black text to boards, 160pp, G+ (heavily soiled & tanned, pages moderately tanned, soiled & foxed, previous library stampes & residue to fep & rep) in d/w G- (dustjacket fully glued to boards & spine, several sections missing, moderately soiled & chafed, adhesive cover residue…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. AS IS! Rear flap of jacket glued to inside rear board. EX-LIBRARY, stamped withdrawn on library pocket on fep. Library rubber stamp in lower margin of title page. Fading to jacket spine. Unlikely that you can separate jacket from book without causing serious d…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Former library book with usual library stamps, tape stains, markings and shelf wear. Some spots of soiling on pages 10-11. No other markings in book. First Edition indicated b matching publication dates on the title and copyright pages. The jacket is a facsimi…

First Edition. First edition of the author's third book, a western. Ex-library with only markings being to fly-title page ("withdrawn" stamped in red over light blindstamp and short black line at base of page). Finely and freshly rebound in brown cloth boards with gilt-stamped leather spine label and inset reproduction from dust…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed very nicely on title page. Book has some very light fading to bottom edges, pinpoint wear to corners, a very odd black sharpie mark (1.6 by .2) to upper right of front cover (hides a small scuff). rest of book is very clean and attractive, with a solid binding…

First edition. Signed by the author on a pictorial label and laid-in. Author's third Western novel. Former owner's [Veterans Administration National Library] embossed stamp on the title page else a fine copy in dust jacket lightly sunned on the spine and with a hint of wear to the spine ends. Wrongly convicted and imprisoned in…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First American Edition. Nice copy in its first printing. Scarce. His first three hardcover books were all Westerns and have yet to be surpassed. Unmarked, tight and square. Signed neatly by author on bookplate laid in. Reddish brown boards clean with pretty sharp tips and darker brown…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. PUBLISHER'S FILE COPY, so stamped to the front free endpaper - FILE COPY - together with the handwritten date, '7-8-57'. A VG+ copy possibly unread (slight spine fade; faint mark to leading edge of upper board; light dustiness and spotting to page edges) in like D/W (tiny…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. A near VG copy (boards showing a few minor marks, clear titles to spine, ex-library stamps and marks to paste-downs and title page; front free end-paper replaced, lacking half-title; corner torn from foot of first text page not touching text). In the VERY RARE D/W priced…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by Elmore Leonard on a laid in signature. A beautiful dustjacket that is vibrant in color with light fading to the spine. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published in Boston by Houghton Mifflin in 1956. First Edition indicated by matching publication dates on the title and copyright pages. The third of the author's three Houghton Mifflin hardcover westerns, from early in Leonard's career. He has gone…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Fine with ink owner name on front pastedown in near fine dust jacket with a little rubbing on the front panel, and two tiny tears barely worthy of mention. The third of the author's three Houghton Mifflin hardcover westerns, from early in Leonard's career. He has gone on to b…

dj. First UK Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A very presentable copy of what is, in our experience, perhaps the author's rarest title, much more difficult than the already-scarce American edition published by Houghton Mifflin the previous year. Very Good plus in a Very Good or better dust jacket. Faint ring stai…