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Bodley Head. Good with no dust jacket. 1963. First ed/UK. Hardcover. 222 pages .
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The Ability to Kill and Other Pieces
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The Ability To Kill, And Other Pieces (Four Square Books. No. 1186.)
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Four Square Books, 1964. Paperback. Acceptable. 1964. 191. 191 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Orange pictorial paperback. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Loose frontis. Paper cover is lightly rub worn and thumbed with light shelf wear to edges and corners. Light creases to corners and spine. Light tanning to spine and edges.
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The Ability to Kill and Other Pieces (NEL 2786)
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New English Library, 1970. Paperback. Good. 1970. Reissued. 191 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Paper cover has mild edgewear with curling to corners and reading creases. Light tanning to spine and edges.
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THE ABILITY TO KILL AND OTHER PIECES
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London 1963 first edition, second issue, Bodley Head. Hardcover. 222p. Red cloth. sm octavo. Very Near Fine, no wear, no faults, no owner marks. in VG dj, price not clipped. The true first edition has a chapter on the John Bodkin Adams murder trial which was potentially libelous and so was replaced by a chapter on James Hanratty in the second issue of the first edition which is the case in this volume. .
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The Ability To Kill, And Other Pieces
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Four Square Book, 1964. Paperback. Good. 1964. First Edition Thus. 191 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages are moderately tanned. Mild cracking to front hinge, however binding remains firm. Paper cover has mild edge wear with mild corner curling. Notable creasing to covers and spine. Sticker to front cover.
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THE ABILITY TO KILL. And Other Pieces.
by AMBLER,, Eric.
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London, Bodley Head 1963,. 222pp. 8vo. Original cloth in slightly rubbed dustwrapper. A very good copy.
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THE ABILITY TO KILL and Other Pieces.
by Ambler, Eric.
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London:: Bodley Head,, (1963). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in red cloth with gold lettering in a near fine dustjacket (some toning to the white background on the spine and top edge of the dj) .. First printing. A collection of essays on both historical criminal trials and more contemporary ones. Includes a series of The Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures and other pieces. Second state with chapter on James Hanratty, . 222 pp
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The Ability to Kill and Other Pieces.
by AMBLER, Eric.
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London:: The Bodley Head,, [1963].. First edition; later issue with the Hanratty substitution.. publisher's red cloth in dust jacket.. Very slight bumping at corners; otherwise a nice copy in a jacket with minor bumping at extremities.. 8vo,.
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The Ability to Kill And Other Pieces
by Eric Ambler
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Signet / NAL, 1968. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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MYSTERIOUS PRESS [FALL 1987 SAMPLER] [containing excerpts from THE BLACK DAHLIA + SON OF GUN IN CHEEK, THE ABILITY TO KILL, HUCKLEBERRY FIEND, THE SABERDENE VARIATIONS, EARLY GRAVES, MURDER-IN-LAW, OLD BONES, BUTCHERS AND OTHER STORIES OF CRIME]
by Ellroy, James and Bill Pronzini, Eric Ambler, Julie Smith, Thomas Maxwell, Joseph Hansen, Paul Engleman, Aaron Elkins, Peter Lovesey
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The Mysterious Press [1987], 1987. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The Ability to Kill and Other Pieces
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London: The Bodley Head, 1963. An anthology of true crime essays by one of the great twentieth-century masters of intrigue. This is a Fine copy of the Second issue of the First Edition, lacking one chapter that was removed due to concerns that it was actionable as libel (an important consideration under English law). Bright red cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Fresh and clean text; 222 pages. The striking dustwrapper design features a drawing by Don Higgins. The wrapper has been clipped, else Fine. In a protective plastic cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Good Plus.
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The Ability to Kill and Other Pieces
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London: The Bodley Head, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (16s net), pulling to the laminate. Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The rare first state with the essay discussing the John Bodkin Adams case.
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The ability to kill and other pieces
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The Bodley Head. Clipped DJ in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1963.
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THE ABILITY TO KILL AND OTHER PIECES - INSCRIBED, WITH CORRESPONDENCE
by Ambler, Eric
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London: The Bodley Head Ltd, 1963. First Edition. First Impression, second state of the text, with the suppressed chapter on the John Bodkin Adams murder trial (potentially libelous) replaced with that of James Hanratty. Octavo (20.5cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-222,[2]pp. Inscribed by Ambler in a contemporary hand on the front endpaper: "Thomas M. McDade / with warmest wishes / Eric Ambler '63." Recipient's pictorial bookplate mounted to front pastedown, some scattered foxing to upper edge of textblock, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 16s net), with wrinkling to the laminate, and a thin strip of dust-soil along the upper and lower edges; Very Good or better. Laid into this copy is the recipient's Mystery Writers of America (MWA) membership card for 1960-61. Laid into this copy are three pieces of correspondence between McDade and Ambler, written between 1956-1963. The first piece is a carbon copy of a letter from McDade to Ambler (February…
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