Patchwork Death by Nichols Peter (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First US edition, first printing this novel by Samuel Youd did under this pen name. A 1-inch semi-closed tear to the cover. A 1-inch closed-tear to the rear cover. Age toning to the cover and pages. Price clipped otherwise in good / good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. FIRST U. S. EDITION hardcover, sewn-bound in gray cloth or board, with black lettering on spine, is in VG+ condition, with very faint scuff on front cover (see photo), and normal age-toning to pages; pages very tight, looks like this volume may never have been read. Dust jacket, designed by Ben Feder, Inc., and enclosed in protective mylar (mylar not pictured), is in FAIR condition, having a small tear to front cover edge at top, two tiny tears to back jacket (which former owner/bookseller has attempted repair from inside of jacket with magic tape), price-clipped, some creasing and wear to edges; former bookseller has unfortunately written two prices in ball-point pen at bottom of front flap. Book is the work of noted children's science-fiction author John Christopher (rn: Christopher Samuel Youd). Fiction. Novel. British. Suspense. Mystery. DB.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 8vo. 191 pages. Grey paper covered boards, black spine titles, front decoration; white pictorial dust jacket, not price-clipped. Light rubbing to spine head & tail, wrinkling to head; interior unmarked; rubbing and chipping to jacket extremities, esp. to upper and spine head, no text affected. A very good copy in a good jacket.

NICHOLS, Peter. PATCHWORK OF DEATH. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1965]. 8vo., gray boards in dust jacket; 191 pages. First Edition. Scarce to locate coipes in collectible condition. Near fine (covers nice, contents clean & tight); nice (touch of browning spine, $3.95 price is present) d/j. $75.00.