Slender Thread by Merrill (6 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Panther Edition. VG, Edgewear, creases, spine lean, browning. Novel of suspense. Panther 1582. Photos on request.

Condition: Good. 1960. First Published in GB. 238 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over purple cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. More pronounced to endpapers. Binding remains firm. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate sunning to spine with some crushing to ends. Unclipped dust jacket. Panels to dust jacket have heavy edge wear with chips, tears and areas of loss.…

Couverture souple. Condition: bon. R150107943: 1960. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 250 pages. Scotch sur le dos. Note au stylo sur la page de garde. Tampons sur la page de garde, de faux titre et de titre. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine. …

hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardback. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1959 hardcover with dust jacket. The book is in very good condition. clean,square and tight. foxed to fore-edges. ffep has name and address of prev owner. The dust jacket is very good+++ condition. clean and bright.dust jacket illustrated by Broom Lynne. see photos.…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's purple boards with lilac lettering to the spine. Text block foxed else VG in a D/W that has some shallow loss to the spine ends loss and and with several, minor, closed tears which have been neatly repaired on the verso with filmoplast. is torn along and in the centre of spine. Looks better than it sounds and distinctly uncommon. At the time of cataloguing there appear to be no copies listed elsewhere and even reading copies are scarce. N.B: Christopher Fowler's regular contributions to The Independent on the subject of forgotten authors (and recently collected in book format as The Book Of Forgotten Authors) includes this book as one of his picks. In 2011 writing for the Independent Christopher Fowler wrote that "if the plots seem far-fetched, her ability to turn up the tension is unquestionable". A masterly novel that stretches the nerves to the cutting edge of fear. Allegedly some supernatural content. Author also wrote under the name of K.G. Ballard which must have confused readers of J.G. Ballard! She is, however, better known as the American crime writer, Holly Roth. Great cover artwork by Broon Lynne. Note : this UK first edition is considerably rarer than its US counterpart published by Harcourt Brace in 1959. Photographs/scans available upon request.…