Missing Persons by David Goodis: First Edition (14 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First paperback edition. Vertical dampstain on first three leaves, creases and soiling on covers, very good.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Paperback Edition. First paperback edition. Pocket Book No.833. Originally published in hard covers in the US by Morrow in 1950. The front cover has small tears at the top right corner which have been carefully repaired to the reverse. The rear cover is a little discoloured with two small surface chips at the left side. The spine has three small surface cracks and some edge rubbing. The top edges of the pages are a little discoloured. Browning to the insides of the covers. Browning to the pages with a small chip to one top corner but the pages are otherwise unmarked. Cover illustration by Roy App. First printing. Postage charge will be reduced by £1.50 when the order is processed. App, Roy (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. First paperback edition. Pocket Book No.833. Originally published in hard covers in the US by Morrow in 1950. There is a tiny surface chip at the bottom left corner of the back cover but the covers are otherwise clean and unmarked. Browning to the insides of the covers. Light browning to the pages which are otherwise unmarked - the book is crisp and feels unread. Cover illustration by Roy App. First printing. App, Roy (illustrator).…

Paperback. first PB. 833, very good + hardboiled suspense novel, paperback.

Paperback. first PB. 833, very good -fine, , reading crease hardboiled suspense novel, paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Vintage Paperback Pocket Books #833. Sharp Unread First Printing of this Paperback Original, November, 1951. No Cover Price. Square, tight and clean throughout with barely any page toning. Some wear to spine and rubbing to hinges and a hint of edge-wear. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price. Roy App (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Book has some light rubbing to back but rest of book is in great shape, very clean and sharp, bright and clean, with a tight binding. Photos on request.

Paperback. first PB. 833, near fine, unread hardboiled suspense novel, paperback.

First Edition. first edition, 1950. new york: william morrow & company. 5.5 x 7.5 inches. 186 pages. hardcover. bound in black cloth-covered boards. book condition: spine bumped and edgeworn. inner front hinge starting. minor toning. very good. jacket condition: spine bumped with small losses to extremities across all panels. notable rubbing and shelfwear. soiling and creasing to back panel. unclipped ($2.50).…

Hard Cover. Condition: VG++. Fine (Facsimile DW). First Edition. Previous owner's small ownership label on front pastedown (completely hidden by front flap of dust jacket). Small four digit number written on top corner of ffep. Overall, a tight, clean copy of this early Goodis first edition bounf in boards, stamped in red. 186pp. Included in the price is a facsimile dust jacket that fits the book perfectly.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. OF MISSING PERSONS by David Goodis FIRST Slight lean, otherwise firm. Light offset toning to endpapers. No markings. Spinefade, back cover darkened, small chips, a few short closed tears (taped underside). Spotting to flap folds. Penciled '5/3' on flap below 2.50 price. First edition, 1950. No other dates or printings indicated. Black cloth, red lettering to spine. 186 pp. Original Dust Jacket. Based on a screenplay he wrote. The last of his novels to first be published in hardcover. Immerman Studios(Cover Artist) (illustrator). BOOK.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tips of corners show some pinpoint wear, previous owner initials on endpaper. otherwise a fabulous copy, super clean and bright, with a tight binding and clean pages. Dust jacket has light wear to bottom corners, more modest wear to top corners (with a small chip at head of spine), light toning and a few light smudges to back. otherwise quite clean and attractive, now protected in an archival cover.…

First edition. Near fine in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners, a small crease to top edge and bottom edge of front cover and lightly soiled on the back panel. Author's fifth mystery novel. Paul Ballard is the head of Missing Persons Bureau, and his customers are the people of the city who have lost other people and want Ballard to bring them back. But Ballard's prize customer is found dead, and this particular murder tears City Hall wide open. It left him with one crazy thousand-to-one chance of saving all the things he stood for, and his boss was not fooling when he said, "It's your funeral!".…

First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in red on spine; dustjacket; 186pp. Some pinpoint wear to spine ends, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50) and unfaded, lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny nicks and short tears and one small skinned area at crown; an attractive, Very Good+ example. Goodis's fifth novel, his last one in hardcover before churning out a dozen of the finest paperback originals ever written. Basis for the 1956 Pierre Chenal film 'Section des Disparus' starring Guillermo Battaglia and Amalia Bernabé. Hubin, p.173.…