Where Eagles Dare, First Edition (38 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. New York: Pantheon Books, 2019. First edition, first printing, with full number line including the 1. Hardcover. Black paper-covered boards with red spine lettering. Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. Remainder mark. Publisher's original price intact on jacket flap ($22.00). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean, unread copy, though with remainder mark to lower edge. Octavo, 144 pages. A witty and deeply personal critical appreciation of the 1968 action classic "Where Eagles Dare." Dyer riffs on the film to explore War II movie clichés and the aesthetics of narrative spectacle. The film, starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood, follows a group of Allied commandos on a daring rescue mission behind enemy lines in the Bavarian Alps, known for its convoluted plot, iconic cable car scenes, and wooden dialogue. Dyer, known for "Out of Sheer Rage" and "But Beautiful," blends film criticism, memoir, and cultural commentary in his inimitable style.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good to Very Good. First Edition. Slight shelf/edge & corner wear with bend to front top corner. Previous owners name stamped inside front cover.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Fawcett Crest printing, November 1968, stated; Fawcett Crest book number T1206; cover price 75 cents; page edges tinted red; a movie tie-in, with the back wrap stating "Soon to be a major motion picture starring Richard Burton"; the novel and the film were both commercial successes. "Read" on the front endpaper, else unmarked; the spine is slanted and creased; age-toning to the pages; sleeve protected.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" First Printing. Light shelfwear, else a clean tight copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Paperback in fair condition.

Condition: Fair. 1968. First Edition Thus. 219 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages are mildly tanned with faint foxing. Notable cracking to hinges, with some mildly loose pages. Previous owner's inscription to first page. Mild water staining to pages throughout. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Notable creasing to covers and spine. Notable tearing and scuffing to spine. Notable scratching and marking to covers.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good+. 1st American Paperback. Spine a bit slanted, reading crease, minor edge wear and rubbing. 2" closed tear along bottom front edge of spine. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. ; Fawcett Crest T1206, 75c cover price. First American paperback printing. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 207 pages; "Eight Allied agents. . . Seven men and a woman. . . Parachute onto a mountainside behind enemy line in wartime Germany. Their mission: to rescue an American general before the Nazis can force him to reveal secret D-day plans.".

Condition: Good. 1969. First edition thus. 219 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. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Condition: Good. 1969. First edition thus. 219 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. Spine rolled.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of these two spy/espionage novels. Price clipped otherwise in very good / very good condition.

Condition: Fair. 1969. First Edition Thus. 219 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Slight cracking to binding, front cover is loose. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners and reading creases. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good -. First Canadian Edition. Mass market paperback, 219 pages; spine creased and slanted but still very tight in binding, tiny corner creases to both covers, very clean and unmarked throughout. See also our other Maclean listings, including an extremely scarce pirated edition of South By Java Head (buy two or more and save on postage!).

Condition: Very Good. 1967. First Edition. 255 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has very light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing. Spine slightly sunned.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to hardback book.Dust jacket is not price clipped, protected by protective sleeve.256 pages. Pages are clean, bright and tight.5th impression.Ex library with usual stamps etc.

Condition: Good. 1967. First Edition. 255 pages. Green pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. DJ: nominal edge wear, toned/sunned. Black boards with white spine text. Else tight and square. Stamped "damaged" FFEP. THRILLER/ADVENTURE/ACTION/HXFIC/MILTFIC.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. (1967), stated First Edition; Near Fine/Very Good Plus dj, octavo, 312pp., black cloth hardcover, bright silver lettering on backstrip, unclipped ($4.95) dj with faint stain along top 1" of rear panel, binding tight, owner's inked name on endpaper o/w text unmarked.

Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First omnibus edition. A fair first omnibus edition in a fair dust jacket, bump to front cover shown in picture. Wt6rhear noted to dust jacket, picture shows crease to top edge of dust jacket, no remainder marks, pages lightly tanned, former owners inscription on title page.

A 1967 first edition of Alistair MacLean's legendary WWII thriller "Where Eagles Dare," published by Doubleday. This is MacLean at the height of his powers?a relentless adventure novel that became the basis for the iconic 1968 film starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood. MacLean wrote the screenplay and novel simultaneously, creating one of the most perfectly plotted espionage thrillers ever written. A cornerstone of mid-century adventure fiction and military thriller collections. First edition, first printing (stated on copyright page). Hardcover with original dust jacket. Book is clean and tight with no writing, moderate foxing, no odor. Dust jacket in Good condition?vivid period graphics with only minor edge wear (see photos). A solid, attractive copy. Condition: Very Good (book), and Good/Good+ (dust jacket). Essential for MacLean collectors, WWII fiction enthusiasts, and fans of classic adventure thrillers.".

Condition: As New. 22.6 x 14.7 x 2.8 cm-London: Chancellor Press, 1984. First British Edition First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7þ" - 9þ" tall. a British edition of these two novels in one book-complete & unabridged-internally clean-DJ clipped-First Thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Dyer funnily takes on this B-Movie from the 1960s, in his as-usual entertaining style. Signed on title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. New York: Pantheon, 2019. First edition, first printing, with full number line including the 1. Octavo, 160 pages. Hardbound. Very fine/Very fine. Small remainder dot lower page block. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket cover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page (name only). A short, irreverent, and deeply personal meditation on the 1968 war film "Where Eagles Dare," blending cultural critique and digressive wit. This work echoes Dyer's earlier frame-by-frame analysis in "Zona," his 2012 book on Tarkovsky's "Stalker," and continues his genre-defying approach to nonfiction. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First hardcover American edition, with dust jacket, published by Doubleday, 1967. Set during WWII, classic espionage thriller, a team of SOE agents are sent out to rescue an American General held in a German fortress. 312 pages, 5-3/4" X 8-1/2". The dust jacket is not price clipped. Original price of $4.95 is printed on the top corner of the front flap. Jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. Jacket has a small chip at the tip of the front right corner. The back panel of the jacket has three 1/2 inch closed tears, two at the bottom edge, one at the top right corner. Sturdy black cloth covered boards, with the title in silver on the spine. Bright red-orange paste-down pages. Former owner's Christmas inscription on the top 2 inches of the first flyleaf page - 'Merry Christmas From --- 1967'. No further writing besides that. Not the book club edition, not a library discard copy. Edges of the text block are clean. The attached photos are of the copy we have in our inventory.

First edition. Hardcover. Thick octavo size. An ownership name and address on the top corner of the front free endpaper, otherwise fine in fine dustjacket. A handsome edition (well-bound on quality paper), one of "Collins Collector's Choice" omibuses, published before such large books became cheaply produced. This edition has an informative 3 page introduction by the author, covering the genesis of the titles and the publishing history. This heavy book will cost more to send overseas, than any default postage rate noted.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Original gilt-titled cloth. Slight bumping, two bookplates, slight soil to edge. The DJ in mylar is lightly edgeworn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A clean and tightly bound book. Dust Jacket chipped with small tears. Small signature on Title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover; 8vo; 255 pp. First U.K. edition. Green paper hardcovers with gilt on spine. Gently rubbed edges. Bright and clean interior. In a green illustrated jacket. PC. One inch tear in bottom of front flap. Lightly sunned. In a mylar jacket, light shelfwear. NF/NF. Book.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Wartime thriller] FIRST EDITION, second impression. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.256. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Ian Robertson, priced 21s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, top edge dusty/toned, jacket (as first impression) is bright and fresh with gentle (not excessive) sunning to spine. British Special Forces commandos parachute into the high peaks of the Austrian Alps with the mission of stealing into a fortified Alpine castle - accessible only by aerial gondola - the headquarters of Nazi intelligence. Famously filmed with Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood, this is the novel that set the pace for the modern action thriller. In the 50s and 60s, MacLean was one of the chief rivals of Ian Fleming, both authors sharing a Scottish heritage and a Royal Navy background.