Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Lightly bumped at the head and heel of the spine; lightly soiled on the edges of the page block. Jacket lightly rubbed with minor edgewear.
Published by penguin, 1987
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. first edition. 600036 reading paperback,
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Remainder mark. Near fine jacket.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Some edge wear to boards and dust jacket; otherwise a solid, clean copy in collectible condition. Book.
First Edition
US$ 12.10
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition of award-winning Canadian murder mystery. All in VG+ clean and bright internal order. No inscriptions. Smart black boards with bright silver titling to spine. VG+ unclipped d/j. 8vo. 217pp.
Published by Doubleday Canada Limited, Toronto, Ontario, 1985
ISBN 10: 0385250010 ISBN 13: 9780385250016
Seller: Gyre & Gimble, Holden, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Canadian Edition. Grey cloth with gilt lettering. Hint of edgewear, mild general wear. Tape ghosts to endpapers. Text is clean and bright, no marks. Unclipped DJ with $19.95 price shows hint of edgewear and mild general scuffing. "When there is a murder in a town like Sechelt, a sleepy community on British Columbia's aptly named Sunshine Coast, it is necessarily unusual. And in this case no one finds it more so than the eighty-year-old culprit himself, who, upon brutally striking an eighty-five-year-old crony on the head, realizes, to his great surprise, that "he is going to survive this astonishing thing." (from the cover).
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Inscription reads, "Justice isn't up to me. Getting answers, that's my job." (Karl Alberg). Read this book to find out who Karl Alberg is and what he does. Ships same or next business day. Head edge of text book near the spine, small dot. Very small dents to tail edge of boards. Dust jacket protected in an archival cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 217 pages; Signed by Author.
US$ 13.84
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition UK; First Impression. Winner of the 1985 'Edgar' award for the best mystery of the year. Black boards with bright silver gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, which is price-clipped. There are NO inscriptions or marks. (8) + 217pp. Overall, this is an Excellent, Very Clean, Tight and Bright, 'Fine' copy." The Edgar Award-winning novel of hidden secrets, haunting guilt and murder." ; Karl Alberg Mystery; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday Canada, Toronto, 1985
ISBN 10: 0385250010 ISBN 13: 9780385250016
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of the first novel by Wright. First book in the "Karl Alberg" series. INSCRIBED by Wright on the title page - "To Lynda with best Wishes - L.R. (Bunny) Wright." Winner of the 1986 Edgar award for best first novel. Light Staining to the foredge of the pages. In near fine / near fine condition. Signed by Author.
Language: English
Published by Viking Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1985
ISBN 10: 0670805963 ISBN 13: 9780670805969
Seller: A Few Books More. . ., Billings, MT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. sm 8 vo, 217 pp. Blue boards with black spine. Corners sharp, bonding sound, square, no internal markings. Lightly read. Viking Press REMAINDER mark on bottom edge, very light - took me a moment to recognize it. DUST JACKET not price clipped (US$ 15.95), has 1/2" tear and folds top rear panel, some rubbing.
Harrback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. First Canadian edition of author's first book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 435 pages.
US$ 11.07
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. Dust Jacket slight creasing, price clipped. Black cloth with bright silver titling on spine. No ownership inscription. 217 pages clean and tight. Size: 8vo.
Published by Doubleday Canada, 1985
Seller: Anthony Clark, Wolfville, NS, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Doubleday Canada, Toronto, 1985, Hardcover First Canadian Edition. Fourth & Edgar Award Winning Novel by Wright. Book Condition: Tight Very Good Plus Copy. Dust jacket condition: a few surface scratches otherwise Very Good plus - near fine minus, not price clipped.will be encased in a mylar protective sleeve.nice copy.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in fine condition. DJ in fine condition. Signed by author.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Black cloth spine with blue paper covered boards. Dark, illustrated DJ. Previous owner address stamp on front DJ flap.
Published by Robert Hale, 1986
Seller: Jeff 'n' Joys Quality Books, Redcar, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 13.13
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Winner of the 1985 'Edgar' award for the best mystery of the year. When there is a murder in a town like Sechelt - a sleepy community on Canada's Sunshine Coast - it is necessarily unusual. Yet for George Wilcox, an eighty-five-year-old who does volunteer work at the local hospital and who brutally bashes in the head of his old friend Carlyle, the most amazing part of his act is that he is going to survive this thing. First Edition. First printing. Priceclipped dustjacket. Age tanning to pages. IN STOCK READY FOR IMMEDIATE DISPATCH.
Published by Doubleday Canada, Toronto, 1985
ISBN 10: 0385250010 ISBN 13: 9780385250016
Seller: Purpora Books, Comox, BC, Canada
First Edition
Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Small brown stain on top edge which has penetrated slightly onto margins of 5 leaves. The first Karl Alberg mystery, set on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel.
Published by Doubleday Canada Limited. Toronto., 1982
ISBN 10: 0385250010 ISBN 13: 9780385250016
Seller: Richard Peterson-Bookseller, Kingston, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The book is bound in bright grey boards with bright gilt letters on the spine. There is very, very light wear on the cover edges. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight. Stated: "First Canadian Edition" The dust jacket is clean, bright & unmarked. Like new. $19.95 on the flap.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, dampstained, edge w. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mylared. 1st Edition.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. Black cloth spine with blue paper covered boards. Dark, illustrated DJ. Previous owner address stamp on front DJ flap.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. True ( Canadian) first edition/printing of the author's award winning mystery. First novel in the Karl Alberg series and winner of the 1986 Edgar Award for best novel. A VERY FINE (crisp; appears unread) book in VERY FINE jacket. ** Media mail available to the U.S.A.**.
Published by Doubleday Canada, Toronto, 1985
ISBN 10: 0385250010 ISBN 13: 9780385250016
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Only slight edge wear, a little yellowing of pages. ; First edition stated. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright, solid book ; Karl Alberg Mystery #1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 217 pages; "In this, L.R. Wright's first mystery novel, we are introduced to RCMP Staff Sergeant Karl Alberg; and so begins the highly-acclaimed series featuring Karl and librarian Cassandra Mitchell. At eighty, George Wilcox hardly expected to crown his life by committing a murder. It had happened so quickly, so easily, so unexpectedly in the sleepy town on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, a near-perfect crime that wraps Wilcox in a web of guilt, honour, and secrets of the past. An unprovoked act that soon binds him to the warmhearted town librarian, Cassandra Mitchell, and her new romantic interest, zealous Staff Sergeant Alberg. Together, this troubled trio find themselves caught up in a crime whose solution transcends the logic of pure justice." Soon to be a TV series.
Language: English
Published by Doubleday Canada, 1985
Seller: Sellers & Newel Second-Hand Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Beautiful first edition of Wright's Edgar Award-winning first crime novel featuring Karl Alberg. A lovely, uncreased un-price clipped, unmarked copy of an important work in the history of Canadian crime fiction.
Published by Doubleday, 1985
ISBN 10: 0385250010 ISBN 13: 9780385250016
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. TORONTO: Viking (1985). First edition, first printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy, which appears unread. NOT price-clipped. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box. This is the first Canadian edition. The author is Canadian. This novel won the 1985 Edgar Award for best mystery.
Published by Doubleday Canada, Toronto, 1985
Seller: Mystery Cove Book Shop, Hulls Cove, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
hardcover. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. First edition, 1st printing. Canadian author's Edgar winning first mystery introduces Sgt. Karl Alberg.
Published by No place: Viking,
Seller: BOOKFELLOWS Fine Books, ABAA, Sun City, AZ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. (1985). First U.S. edition: Uncorrected Proof. Fine in red wraps. Winner of Mystery Writers of America Edgar award for best novel of 1985.
Published by Viking (1985), (New York), 1985
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First U.S. edition. Uncorrected proof of the Edgar Award winner. Fine in red paperwraps.
Published by Doubleday, Toronto, 1985
Seller: Encanto Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Canadian Edition. Small stain on bottom edge.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. edgar best mystery novel award for 1985.