Background To Danger
by Ambler, Eric
Eric Ambler is often said to have invented the modern suspense novel. Beginning in 1937, he wrote a series of novels that were touted for their realism, in which he introduced ordinary protagonists who are thrust into political intrigue they are ill prepared to deal with. In the process he paved the way for such writers as John Le Carre, Len Deighton, and Robert Ludlum. He was awarded four Gold Daggers and a Diamond Dagger from The Crime Writers Association, named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers Association, and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth. In addition to his novels, Ambler wrote a number of screenplays, including Rebecca, which he collaborated on with his wife, Joan Harrison. Eric Ambler died in 1998.
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Background to Danger
by Ambler Eric
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- 1937
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, GBR
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Book measures 19.5x13.5.cm. 280,[2]pp. Bound in original publishers cloth, with black zig-zags, title lettering. Cloth rubbed, lean on spine, faded and marked. Binding in good condition. Internally, pages clean. A good copy. . First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. 8vo. Item Price
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BACKGROUND TO DANGER
by Ambler,Eric
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- 1958
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, CAN
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New York: DelL Publishing Co., 1958. Book. Illus. by Cover Design By Seymour Chawst. Fine. Paperbound. First Dell Printing,Sept. 1958. Dell Great Mystery Library Nimber 18, 35 cent cover-price,published in England under the title, "Uncommon Danger", a tight, bright copy,. Item Price
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Background to Danger
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- 1937
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Woodstock, Illinois, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Ambler on the title page. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), rubbed at the surface and edges, shallow chips to the head and foot of the spine. Orange cloth with brown ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Background to Danger
by eric ambler
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San Francisco, California, USA
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VG- to VG 1945 Pocket Book 286, first printing. Softcover. Very slight spine roll + general cover wear (but nothing too heinous). Item Price
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Background to Danger
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Advance Copy. Hardcover. Good. Advance Reading Copy, preceding the first American edition. 280 pp. Publisher's plain wraps: "Special Advance Copy for private and confidential use only / not to be sold or offered to the public." Good with masking tape to some corners of wraps, creased concave spine, bumped corners. Wraps unevenly… Read more about this item Item Price
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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BACKGROUND TO DANGER, Knopf, 1937, first American edition (published a bit earlier in the U.K. as UNCOMMON DANGER), near fine in like full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some slight wear along the front spine fold. The source book for 1943 film of the same name. Item Price
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Background to Danger.
by AMBLER, ERIC.
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San Francisco, California, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Cloth rather soiled on front cover. Pastedowns browned and spotted. Else very good to near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few tiny nicks at edges and with some shallow chipping at top of spine. Basis for the 1943 film direced by Raoul Walsh,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First American edition. First American edition, first printing. [xii], 280 pp. Publisher's orange cloth binding with dark brown stamping. Very Good with light rubbing to cloth at edges, toning to pages and browning to paste downs from binder's glue. In a Good+ dust jacket with price intact, rubbing at folds, medium-sized chips to… Read more about this item Item Price
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First American edition. First American edition, first printing. [xii], 280 pp. Bound in publisher's orange cloth with dark brown stamping. Near Fine with bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper, pages toned with age, offsetting to endpapers, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with wear spot along top edge of front panel, tiny stain,… Read more about this item Item Price
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BACKGROUND TO DANGER
by Ambler, Eric
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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BACKGROUND TO DANGER, Knopf, 1937, first American edition, folded, gathered and sewn sheets unbound. An advance copy (?) of the authors first book printed in the USA. A very good copy housed in custom tray-case. (As new facsimile dust-wrapper available for a modest fee. Please inquire if interested. Thank you). Item Price
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Background to Danger
by AMBLER, Eric (1909-1998)
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, GBR
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New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. [Intrigue] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.280; [1], blank; [1], advertisements; [2], blank. Publisher's orange cloth lettered in burgundy, pictorial jacket priced at $2.00. Edges of text block toned, ink ownership to flyleaf, jacket with a few chips and tears, clipped to rear flap corner. A very good copy. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Background To Danger [aka Uncommon Danger]
by AMBLER, Eric
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); orange boards titled in black on the spine; decorated lines stamped in black on cover. Heel of spine is pushed, else a Fine copy; The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00) and has several small chips and tears, with shallow loss to the crown; Very Good only.
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Background to Danger
by AMBLER, Eric
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- 1945
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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New York: Pocket, 1945. Softcover. Very Good. Later. About Very good in wrappers, a paperback. Pages and inside cover browned. Cover shelf rubbed. Corners rubbed. Cover spine slightly wrinkled. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition… Read more about this item Item Price
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Background To Danger
by Ambler, Eric
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Surprise, Arizona, USA
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A$1,156.35
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New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1937. First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good. octavo, 280 pages; tanning to inner and outer hinges; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $2.00 on front flap, small loss at spine ends, light wear at extremities; soiling to rear panel of dust jacket. First American Edition, stated. Owner name and date on FFEP.… Read more about this item Item Price
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BACKGROUND TO DANGER. [SPECIAL ADVANCE COPY]
by Ambler, Eric
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- Used - Some tanning to text paper, spine leaned, small dampstain to upper front cover at right edge and another at upper spine / upper
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Laurel, Maryland, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first U. S. edition. Some tanning to text paper, spine leaned, small dampstain to upper front cover at right edge and another at upper spine / upper left front edge, light wear at edges with creasing at corners, a good to very good copy. An uncommon advance… Read more about this item Item Price
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BACKGROUND TO DANGER
by Ambler, Eric
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- Used - A little offsetting to end papers, a nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with rubbing to corner tips and
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- First U.S. edition
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- 1937
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Laurel, Maryland, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First U.S. edition. A little offsetting to end papers, a nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with rubbing to corner tips and spine ends. A bright attractive copy. (11600). Octavo, cloth. Espionage thriller involving military secrets, Soviet agents, German agents and Rumanian oil. Filmed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Background to Danger
by Ambler, Eric
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- first
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- 1940
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- Brown cloth
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pdx, Oregon, USA
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A$154.18
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Black zig zag on front cover and spine. Sun dial logo bottom rear right. Faded impression on front verso and recto, which has a design of lines going all over the page. Book has been read many times, the cover shows wear but no detachment or fraying.Book is clean. No writing, on underlining, no mars or tears.dappled edges
a… Read more about this item Item Price
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BACKGROUND TO DANGER
by Eric Ambler
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- First American Edition; First Printing
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- 1937
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Pomona, New York, USA
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A$4,622.24
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New York: Knopf. 1937. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Rubbing, few small open tears along panel edges. Light toning on rear inner gutter. . Item Price
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Background to Danger (Publisher's Advance Reading Copy in wrappers)
by Eric Ambler
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Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. Advance Reading Copy, preceding the First American Edition. Very Good in publisher's standard card wrappers, stating "SPECIAL ADVANCE COPY: For private and confidential use only." Tipped on on the front wrapper, as issued, is the full-color illustration from the first edition jacket.
Basis for the 1943 film directed by Raoul Walsh,… Read more about this item Item Price
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BACKGROUND TO DANGER - POSTER
by AMBLER, ERIC
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- 1943
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, USA
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N.P.: 1943., 1943. First edition. Colorful and attractive window card for the 1943 Warner Brothers motion picture. Directed by Raoul Walsh and screenplay by W.R. Burnett. From the novel originally published in the U.K. as Uncommon Danger in 1937, and as Background To Danger in the U.S. in 1937. The movie starred George Raft, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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