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Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. No edition remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
5 Against the House by Finney, Jack - 1954
by Finney, Jack
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5 Against the House
by Finney, Jack
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Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co, 1954. First edition stated. His first book and scarce. Black boards are clean with pretty shrarp tips. Spine ends lightly crimped. Textblock tight and square. Small Library of Parliament rubber stamp dated Mar 5 1954 ion front pastedown. Additional stamp on copyright page showing cancelled or released 1977. No other markings. Price clipped jacket has shallow chip (2mm) at head of spine and edgewear with tiny amount of paper loss at base of spine. Both front and rear panel fresh and bright. Basis for film which featured Kim Novak. In mylar. . First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Publisher Doubleday & Co
- Place of Publication Garden City, New York
- Date Published 1954
- Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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5 Against the House
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5 Against the House
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Kenmore, Washington, United States
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Pocket Books, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. NY: Pocket Books 1955, first Pocket Books printing. VG paperback; no spine crease. 4.25 x 6.5 in., 160 pp.
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5 Against The House
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Webster, New York, United States
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Pocket Books. New York: Pocket Books, Inc. , 1955 first edition . 1078 very good - fine, reading crease Cover by George Erickson. paperback,
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5 Against The House
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WEYMOUTH, Dorset, United Kingdom
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London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover, light browning to eps, covers rubbed and lightly marked, a small indentation on spine, otherwise Good in Good dustjacket with light edge loss, and severe foxing.
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5 Against The House
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London, United Kingdom
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0 First edition/First printing published by Pocket Books, New York July 1955. No marks or inscriptions. Darkening to pages. VG+
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Webster, New York, United States
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Pocket Books. New York: Pocket Books, Inc. , 1955 first edition . 1078 almost near fine Cover by George Erickson. paperback,
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Webster, New York, United States
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Pocket Books. New York: Pocket Books, Inc. , 1955 first edition . 1078 near fine Cover by George Erickson. paperback,
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5 Against The House.
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1954 1st UK ed.. 8.0 x 5.5 inches. In purple cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Small tear to front. spine slightly rubbed at ends. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 192 pp. Four bored college boys decide to rob a casino in Reno. This is the author’s first novel and is scarce, especially with dustwrapper.
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5 Against the House
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New York: Pocket Books, 1955. Soft cover. Good. Erickson, George. Pocket Book edition, INSCRIBED by the author on the dedication page. Slight damp stain, most visible in the loss of red stain to the upper corner (see photo). Darkening to the pages throughout.
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5 Against the House: A Suspense Novel of youth, love and a fantastic Reno club robbery
by Finney, Jack
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/G+; black spine, yellow text; jacket has protective mylar cover, rubbing, staining, chipping at spine head and tail and in corners, a few small closed tears around edges, price clipped on front flap; boards are strong, spine slightly cocked, rubbing along bottom edges and on back; textblock has rubbing in corner of tail edge, staining on pastedowns and endpapers, otherwise clean, binding strong; pp 221; FLP Collection. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1284542. FP New Rockville Stock.
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