Knock and Wait a While

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good plus dust jacket, some mild rubbing to front panel and spine panel, two tiny closed tears to upper front panel, slight edge rubbing. An uncommon title. (10163). Octavo, boards. Winner of the Edgar award for best first novel, 1958. A novel… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin,, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. two-tone blue cloth, pp., 310, d.j. is price-clipped, wear to spine ends of d.j. with some small loss at top, wear to front cornes of d.j. with some small loss at top corner, some minor tears to edges of d.j. light shelf wear to d.j. A very presentable copy of… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A short tear at the crown else fine in a moderately rubbed, near fine dustwrapper with three short tears. Edgar Award winner for Best Novel. A nice copy of an uncommon title.

A Panther Book, 1960. Paperback. Acceptable. 1960. Panther Edition. 223 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Pages are heavily tanned with noticeable foxing throughout. Minor dog-eared corners. Binding remains firm. Paper covers have moderate edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and curling to corners. Visible wear and water marks to covers.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1957. First Edition ~1st Printing. Hardcover. author's scarce Edgar-winning first novel, very good in good dust jacket, in fresh mylar cover; lite rubbing to edges of the front cover and spine of the jacket, jacket back has minor soiling and edge-chipping, front board slightly bowed, mild toning to pageblock edges, gentle spine lean else a… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957., 1957. First edition. First edition. Author's first book. The Mystery Writers of America winner of the Edgar Award for the Best First Novel. Fine, bright, tight copy in a price-clipped dust jacket, lightly rubbed and with some light professional restoration to the spine ends and corners. A superb espionage novel set during the Cold… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. First Edition. The dust jacket was formerly in a mylar protector (this was NOT an ex-library book) that had black paper edges. This has left a black ring arount the top and bottom of the boards. The black goes t hrough to the first and last few pages… Read more about this item

London: Panther, 1960. Book. Good. Mass Market Paperback. 1st UK Paperback Edition. G, Edgewear, Creases, Soiling, Spine Fade, Scuffing, Browning, Bottom Edge Tears/NO DUST JACKET. Panther #1037. Espionage thriller. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

Bantam, 1965. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.