Spy Ointment, Signed (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Ed. Near Fine in white pictorial wraps with red lettering. Comic spy novel about a peace-loving pacifist from Greenwich Village who due to a slight misunderstanding finds himself spying for a government agency. SIGNED by the Author on title page. Mystery, Spy Novel, Donald E. Westlake, Signed. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine-. First Edition. An early Westlake. Two small ink stamps. Small # on endpaper. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by the Author on the front endpaper. First Printing. price-clipped jacket. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition of this 'comic spy thriller' briefly Inscribed by Donald Westlake on the front-free endpaper. A near fine copy in blue decorated cloth, gilt titles and decorations to the spine in a bright, fresh, near fine pictorial dustwrapper with some overall light use, a touch of soiling. 8vo. 200 pp. Signed by Author.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Espionage caper] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[viii]; 201; [1], blank. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, dust-wrapper designed by Martin Pickwick. Non-specific inscription to endpaper "Best wishes / Donald Westlake" A fine copy in like, price-clipped wrapper. A swinging 'sixties spy novel. Author Westlake wrote two screen treatments for a James Bond film, which were unused and so developed into the later espionage novel 'Forever and a Death'. Part of the comprehensive archive of James Bond material assembled by Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert, with his pencilled note and ownership signature. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Signed.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Printing. Signed on title page by author. Octavo (21cm); decorated blue and black paper covered spine stamped in gilt; topstained dark blue, dustjacket; 200pp; moderate foxing inside covers; moderate edgewear to bottom of boards; spine ends slightly pushed, Very Good. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95), light edgewear, minor rubbing, else Near Fine condition. Signed.