Passage Of Arms
by Ambler, Eric
Passage of Arms is a novel by Eric Ambler, written in 1959. It is a fast paced thriller about the discovery of a cache of arms abandoned by communist insurgents in the jungle of Malaya, and the transfer of the arms via Singapore to Indonesia. The book is structured as a story within a story within a story. The outer story is that of Girija Krishnan, the Tamil plantation clerk who finds the cache and sells it.
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Passage Of Arms
by Eric Ambler
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- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1959
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San Francisco, California, USA
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A$35.64
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VG+ / VG+ (comes with two dust jacket variants). 1959 Knopf, first U.S. edition. Hardcover with dust jacket(s). Part of Ambler's second go-round as a novelist. Unsure of the theory behind multiple dust jacket designs. Item Price
A$35.64
Passage of Arms
by Ambler, Eric
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition thus
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- 1977
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- Glued binding is square and tight. Block and pages are clean and unmarked.
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- 9780345259141
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Maysville, Georgia, USA
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A$154.94
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Softcover. 216 pp. Ballantine Books, New York (1977). "First Ballantine Books Edition: November, 1977". $1.75 cover price. Slight edgewear. No markings. Near Fine condition. More photos upon request. Shipped in a box within a box, in bubble wrap; with a tracking number. Item Price
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Passage of Arms
by AMBLER, Eric (1909-1998)
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, GBR
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A$1,259.83
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London: Heinemann, 1959. ['Rogue school' thriller] SIGNED UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY of the FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.247, with map endpapers bound in. Publisher's yellow softcovers printed in black. Autographed to title page in blue ink. Contents clean, spine gently rolled, some wear to joints covers dusty with some small nicks and tears; very good. A modern day… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Passage of Arms
by Ambler, Eric
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Port Jefferson Station, New York, USA
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A$13.87
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1960 edition by The Reprint Society London
Book is in very good + condition.
Dust Jacket very good with very minor fraying top/bottom of spine
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Passage of Arms
by Ambler, Eric
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- Used - Fine
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- near fine
- Edition
- First American Edition, First Printing
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- 1960
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- Cloth
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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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A$309.88
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/near fine. First American edition of Passage of Arms by Eric Ambler.. Octavo, [6], 246pp. Red cloth with red embellishment on spine, title in gilt on spine. Stated "first American edition" on copyright page with inspection slip stating "no. 47" laid-in. Solid text block, top edge… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wheat and Chaff
by Horton, Samuel
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- Used - Good in fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First impression.
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- 1949
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- Hard with Dust Jacket
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Hexham, Northumberland, GBR
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A$6.98
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London: The Epworth Press., 1949. First impression. . Hard with Dust Jacket. Good in fair dust jacket. 12mo. 7 1/2".. Good in fair dust jacket. Publishers blue cloth, a little damp stained and marked. Dust jacket bears 20% loss around top. Price-clipped. A touch of spotting starting. A sound, clean copy.
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Passage of Arms
by AMBLER, Eric (1909-1998)
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, GBR
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A$872.19
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London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST EDITION, SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.250. Publisher's hardback black cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. With author's ink note to flyleaf; Thank you, thank you. / Eric Ambler / Jan' 1965. Spine edges and extremities toned else near fine. A modern day pirate adventure, set in the South-Seas.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Passage of Arms
by Ambler, Eric
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Manasquan, New Jersey, USA
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A$139.45
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American Edition, First printing. Beautiful copy, square, tight and clean throughout. A touch of wear to the spine ends but fairly minor. Includes both dust wrapper variants. Includes both versions of the dust-wrapper, both unclipped, ($3.95). The Carlu is just a bout Fine with a tiny… Read more about this item Item Price
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Passage of Arms
by Eric Ambler
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- Used - Fine
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- Very Good Indeed
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1959
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- Cloth
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BATH, Somerset, GBR
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A$139.55
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London: Heinemann, 1959. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5.5" . None . An excellent first edition of this novel by Eric Ambler, in the unclipped dust wrapper. The first impression of this novel by Eric Ambler, concerning the discovery of a cache of arms left behind by Communists insurgents in the Malayan jungle, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Passage of Arms
by Eric Ambler
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- Used - Good/Good
- Published
- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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A$10.19
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Heinemann, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. Reprint. 250 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth. Moderate tanning to pages with pen inscriptions to front endpaper. Heavy tanning to text block edges and pencil inscriptions to rear pastedown. Binding is loose. Boards have visible rubbing and minor bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket with visible edge… Read more about this item Item Price
A$10.19
Passage of Arms
by Ambler, Eric
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Didcot, Oxfordshire, GBR
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A$23.26
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London: Heinemann, 1959. First edition hardcover in good condition, with unclipped dust jacket in acceptable condition for its age. Jacket is marked and sunned throughout, and edges are creases and torn, particularly at the upper rear, spine side. Board edges, corners and spine ends are bumped, and page block is tanned and blemished. Boards are clean and pages are clear… Read more about this item Item Price
A$23.26
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Passage of Arms
by AMBLER, Eric (1909-1998)
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, GBR
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A$145.36
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London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.250. Publisher's hardback black cloth binding in pictorial dust-jacket priced at 16s. Contents clean, no inscriptions, a few small marks and some splashing to edges of text block, lightly used jacket with a couple of short edge tears. A very good copy. A modern day pirate adventure, set… Read more about this item Item Price
A$145.36
Passage of Arms
by AMBLER, Eric
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good ++ Price-Clipped
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1960
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- Hardcover
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$42.61
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New York: Knopf, 1960. Bound in rust colored cloth, stamped in gold and red. In the original dust jacket that is priced clipped. A light bit of darkening to spine a bit of rubbing -- but overall, a great copy of this suspense novel by one of the masters of the genre. 243pp.. First U.S. Edition.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$42.61
Passage of Arms
by AMBLER, Eric
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- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 1987
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780375726781
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, USA
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A$30.99
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New York: Vintage Books, 1987. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Trade paperback. Fine. A thriller. Item Price
A$30.99
Passage of Arms
by AMBLER, Eric
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- Used
- Published
- 1959
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Wadsworth, Illinois, USA
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A$54.23
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine Jean Carlu designed dust jacket that is price-clipped. Lacking the second jacket. Still a very copy of this Ambler thriller. Item Price
A$54.23
Passage of arms
by Ambler, Eric
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Galway, IRL
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A$46.48
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London : Heinemann, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 250p. ; 20cm. Subjects: Illegal arms transfers, Malaya ; Fiction. Item Price
A$46.48
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Passage of Arms
by Ambler, Eric
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- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1960
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
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A$426.09
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New York: Knopf, 1960. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two dust jackets, slight toning to front free end paper and pastedown, slight toning to both dust jackets. Previous owner's signature and date on title page. Item Price
A$426.09
Passage of Arms
by Eric Ambler
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- Used - Good/Good
- Published
- 1959
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- Hardcover
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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A$6.07
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Heinemann, 1959. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1959. Reprint. 250 pages. Illustrated jacket over cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped… Read more about this item Item Price
A$6.07
PASSAGE OF ARMS.
by Ambler, Eric.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Santa Monica, California, USA
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A$154.94
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NY: KNOPF. 1960. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1960. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First American Edition. Close to fine in 2 variant dust jackets. (Trace of tiny chipping at edge of DJ. Flaps. Mild trace of offsetting on endpapers. ) . Item Price
A$154.94
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Passage of Arms
by AMBLER, Eric (1909-1998)
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, GBR
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A$290.73
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London: Heinemann, 1959. [Gun-running thriller] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.228. Publisher's salmon pink hardback cloth binding blocked in red and gilt, in two pictorial dust-jackets priced $3.95- one of which was supposedly a trial jacket and not issued, but in reality very many copies came with the extra jacket around the book. A fine copy in… Read more about this item Item Price
A$290.73
