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Published by Bantam Books, NY 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Valley Books, AMHERST, MA, U.S.A.Valley Books
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Printing, #816. 180pp. Photos on request. Size: Mass Market.
Published by Bantam, New York, NY 1961
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.Lazy S Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good - Fine. No Jacket. First Thus. A 1st thus (new edition - Bantam Book A2232) of an early 1940s novel. "C S Forester's famous novel of a perfect crime." Very light wear at the edges. A bit of browning to the pages. A very good or better copy.
Published by Bantam, New York, NY 1961
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.Lazy S Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good - Fine. No Jacket. First Thus. A 1st thus (new edition - Bantam Book A2232) of an early 1940s novel. "C S Forester's famous novel of a perfect crime." Very light wear at the edges. A bit of browning to the pages. A very good or better copy.

- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Better World Books: West
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Condition: Good. First Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Published by bantam book, 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first PB. 816, very good , (CRIME NOVEL), paperback.
Published by bantam book, 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first PB. 816, good - very good , (CRIME NOVEL), paperback.
Published by Bantam Books, New York 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.Bookplate
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Tanned pages, crease-free spine with wear along spine. Solid little copy. TM/MM.

Published by Pan Books 1963
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United KingdomWorld of Rare Books
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Condition: Good. 1963. First edition thus. 156 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light… marking and tanning.
Published by bantam book, 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first PB. 816, very good +, (CRIME NOVEL), paperback.

- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd., Galway, GY, IrelandKennys Bookshop and Art Galleries Ltd.
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Condition: New. 2023. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . .
More imagesPublished by Bantam, us 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Happy Heroes, Monroe, NJ, U.S.A.Happy Heroes
Contact seller4-star sellersoftcover. Condition: nf. bantam # 816.

- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Books & Bygones, Reading, , United KingdomBooks & Bygones
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Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. 156 pages. Former owners name to inside front cover. Gripping from its macabre opening to its final, unguessable twist. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.
Published by Bantam 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis
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Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good paperback. 1951 paperback.
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- First Edition
Seller: Blaeberry Books, Lilliesleaf, , United KingdomBlaeberry Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A fine copy of a first edition, first impression hardback in a near fine, unclipped dustjacket. All books are swathed in biodegradable bubble wrap and posted in strong, custom made book boxes to ensure undamaged delivery.
Published by bantam book, 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. first PB. 816, almost near fine, unread but rear crease (CRIME NOVEL), paperback.

Language: English
Published by Pan, London 1963
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: David Schutte, Lydbury North, Shropshire, , United KingdomDavid Schutte
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Thus. The first issue of the Pan paperback G628 in 1963, faint foxing and a short edge tear on back cover, otherwise VG.
Published by The Franklin Library ; Mystery Masterpieces, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 1990
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.Lowry's Books
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Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Collector Edition. Spine is cocked forward, some rubbing and edgewear. Text is clean and tight in binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hokanson, Lars {Frontispiece} (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Little Brown 1942
- First Edition
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.My Book Heaven
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. First Edition. Very Good condition. Tanning to page ends. First American edition. No dustjacket.
More imagesPublished by Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex 1955
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Orlando Booksellers, Lincoln, United KingdomOrlando Booksellers
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Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket, as Issued. First Paperback Edition. A first printing of the first UK paperback edition - Penguin Catalogue No. 1111 - priced at 2/6 on the front cover - published 24th November 1955. which was followed by a uniform set of ten volumes of C. S. Forester's works published on 12th Jan…uary 1956 (Nos. 229, 698 and 1112 to 1119). ***A very good copy in illustrated green and white card wrappers, with the original Penguin style of horizontal stripes. The covers have some marks and creasing commensurate with age and handling but are largely clean and unmarked. No major faults - just some light rubbing and creasing to the edges of the covers. The spine has some light browning but no reading creases. There is no lean to the binding which is straight. No fading to the covers. Internally the book is also very good, with no inscriptions and no serious creases or tears - just some light browning to the inside of the covers. The paper stock is only slightly tanned with age. No foxing. Issued without a dustwrapper. ***159 pages. 180mm x 110mm. ***'Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 - 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic wars. The Hornblower novels "A Ship of the Line" and "Flying Colours" were jointly awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1938. His other works include "The African Queen" (1935; turned into a 1951 film by John Huston) and "The Good Shepherd" (1955; turned into a 2020 film, Greyhound, adapted by and starring Tom Hanks).' [Wiki] ***A first printing of the first Penguin paperback edition of this crime novel by C. S. Forester, in very nice condition. Impressive that a 66 year old paperback has survived in such nice condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.
Published by Budapest: Albatrosz, 1984, Budapest 1984
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dr Jeremy Parrott, London, , United KingdomDr Jeremy Parrott
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Condition: Very Good Indeed. First Edition. Very Good Indeed. First edition in Hungarian of Forester's early novel, Payment Deferred in a translation by Flora Fencsik. Issued in a series of crime fiction pulps, pb with colour cover art. An unusual addition to any collection.
Published by Penguin, GB 1955
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, , United KingdomRichard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976)
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Thus. Just a good reading copy.

Published by Little, Brown & Co, Boston 1942
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.Cleveland Book Company, ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Octavo, 265pp. A crisp, clean copy, very good or slightly better, in the publisher's grey cloth,s tamped in red. Spine gently cocked, with a few small stains to spine, else clean and sound. Facsimile dust jacket included. Crime novel written by the author o…f the Horatio Hornblower novels and "The African Queen.".
Published by British Publishers Guild (John LaneThe Bodley Head), GB 1950
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, , United KingdomRichard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976)
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Paperback. Condition: nrVG. 1st Thus. CWB (cover) (illustrator).
More images- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: ROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD, Aldeburgh, United KingdomROBIN SUMMERS BOOKS LTD
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Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Hardback. Large print edition. Octavo. 286pp. Original printed laminated hardback. Very good indeed.
More imagesPublished by Franklin Library 1990
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Zeds Books, Ashburn, VA, U.S.A.Zeds Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A very scarce title in any condition, this edition is in Fine condition. The front and back covers are in terrific condition and the gilded page edges show hardly any wear (see pictures of all sides). There are no markings, bookplates, or other signs of prior ownership in this…book. This book was published by The Franklin Library and would be a beautiful addition to your Franklin Library book collection.
Published by British Publishers Guild (Bodley Head), GB 1944
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, , United KingdomRichard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976)
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Paperback. Condition: G++. Services Edition. Digest size. 175 x 130mm. Designed cover. Sticker on front cover states "The surplus Government stock of this edition has been purchased by W.H. Smith Ltd for sale at 1/-" Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age.
More imagesPublished by Penguin 1955
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: MacKellar Art & Books, Bournemouth, , United KingdomMacKellar Art & Books
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1955 Penguin Crime paperback 1st edition 1st impression. Very good clean tight binding .
Published by British Publishers Guild (Bodley Head), GB 1944
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, , United KingdomRichard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976)
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Paperback. Condition: VG-. Services Edition. Digest size. 175 x 130mm. Designed cover. Sticker on front cover states "The surplus Government stock of this edition has been purchased by W.H. Smith Ltd for sale at 1/-" Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age.

Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston 1942
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.Kenneth Mallory Bookseller ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. First American Edition. Foxing to prelims and edges of textblock, spine just a bit sunned with a few dark spots, else very good in publisher's gray cloth lettered in red; lacking the jacket.
Published by john lane bodley head london 1930 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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No Jacket. first edition thus 273pp+ads. VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,edges sl.browned) lacks d/w.