The Ability to Kill
by Eric Ambler
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very good
- Seller
-
San Jose, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Bodley Head, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. Signed. First issue (one of about fifty copies to escape recall) with the essay on Dr. John Bodkin Adams. Inscribed to Otto Penzler, dated, and SIGNED by Eric Ambler on the title page. Fine volume in a mylar sleeved dust jacket which has light edge worn and perimeter toning, and lifting to the laminate along the front joint.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trilby & Co. Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13082101
- Title
- The Ability to Kill
- Author
- Eric Ambler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bodley Head
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- first edition|signed
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Trilby & Co. Books
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San Jose, California
About Trilby & Co. Books
Trilby & Co. Books is located in Northern California. The company was founded years ago by a Shetland Sheepdog named Trilby. Trilby's message to her family was brief and direct - the sale of books would increase disposable income and improve the quality of provisions in her food dish. My name is McTavish (picture above). I am the current CEO of this company, and I approve of her message. Oh, by the way, my speciality is literature, with an emphasis on first editions and signed books.
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