Seconds by ELY, David

This hard bound book is in good condition. The top of the pages has some foxing. The sides and bottom pages are clean. The front free page has a yellow line in the middle from the dust jacket. Page 96 has a slight crease in the upper left hand corner. All other pages are clean and crisp. The binding list tight and all pages are in tact. The front board is clean. The back board has an oil stain 1" by 1" on the upper left side. The spine is clean and neat. The dust jacket has some small cracks on the left lower front corner. The tail and head of dusk jacket also has some cracks.

New York: Pantheon/ Random, 1963. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. DJ by Muriel Nassar. 18369 shelf. Gold-stamped red cloth spine w/ embossed slate blue bds. Narrow stripe of discolored on edges. Brown speckles on fore-edge. Lightly soiled dust jacket. By the author of Trot. Solid attractive. Blurbs: Ralph Ellison, Eric Ambler, Irving Howe. Bonus laid in: compliments card of Bennett Cerf.

Paperback. Good.

NY: Pantheon, 1963. 1st printing, 1963. "Wilson, a bored, middle-aged banker, is 'reborn' by the 'company' into a new identity. Adjusting to his new life, he is even less happy than he was before and gradually understands that the price paid for a second chance is too high. A Kafka-like exploration of the depersonalization of modern life. The benign indifference, bureaucratic efficiency and curteous reasonableness of the company are more disturbing than overt malevolence. John Frankenheimer's 1966 film version, with Rock Hudson as the protagonist, was one of the scariest films of that decade." (Barron; Horror, 4-105) Previous owner's name and date on ffep; dj has a couple of tiny closed edge tears.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ to Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Pantheon Books A Division of Random House, [1963]. First edition. Corners a touch bumped and base of spine a bit bumped, a nearly fine copy in a very good or somewhat better dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends, mild wear to the corner tips and some age darkening to the spine panel. (23348). Octavo, cloth-backed boards. The story of a man caught up by a nameless organization that uses advanced managerial and technological methods to achieve its singular aim -- lifting the moral and physical barriers to personal liberty and self-indulgence. Brilliantly filmed by John Frankenheimer with Rock Hudson as the hapless victim of a shadowy organization which ultimately kills him and recycles his body parts. "Like David Ely's slender, nightmarish novel, SECONDS has a thinly science-fictional rationale, but it is actually an exercise in Kafkaesque horror ... Outstandingly photographed by James Wong Howe, extremely well played by the whole cast (the choice of Hudson as every… Read More

Pantheon Books. hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. First edition first printing looks unread in price intact jacket. As clean and tight as a book from 1963 can be. Original publisher's top stain. E24 Please email for photos.

New York: Pantheon Books A Division of Random House, [1963]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with two light blue horizontal lines on the verso of the jacket (offset from a previous jacket protector) with slight bleed through at jacket flaps. A sharp copy. (16591). Octavo, cloth-backed boards. The story of a man caught up by a nameless organization that uses advanced managerial and technological methods to achieve its singular aim -- lifting the moral and physical barriers to personal liberty and self-indulgence. Brilliantly filmed by John Frankenheimer with Rock Hudson as the hapless victim of a shadowy organization which ultimately kills him and recycles his body parts. "Like David Ely's slender, nightmarish novel, SECONDS has a thinly science-fictional rationale, but it is actually an exercise in Kafkaesque horror ... Outstandingly photographed by James Wong Howe, extremely well played by the whole cast (the choice of Hudson as every man's self-image is inspired),… Read More