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Sphere Books, 1975. Mass market paperback Used - very good condition. Book is clean and tight with some shelf wear. Price sticker removed poorly- 1/4" spot with cover ink gone.. Scuffing along edges of spine and bottom edge of book. Back cover is creased near spine and at the lower-left corner. Pages are yellowed with age and there is additional discoloration on the first and last free end-papers and on the inside of front and back covers. Light marking in black marker along top edge of pages. No markings inside the book. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.

London, England: London, UK: Sphere, 1975, 1st sphere Edition, First Printing, 1975. ----------paperback, a solid Very Good example, a tidy copy with a small abrasion along the spine and front cover, signed without inscription by GRAFTON, missing from most Grafton collections, the author's 1st book, by the author of the hugely popular KINSEY MILHONE mysteries, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE//// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)------. Signed (see description). First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 4.25w x 7h Inches.

Sphere Books Limited, London, 1975. First Edition. Softcover (Photographic). Good Condition (ex-library). Photographic paperback binding with orange coloured titles to the front panel and blue and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Keziah Dane has been living on the edge of poverty with her children since the flood that drowned their town had also killed her husband. Into her life comes a crafty vagrant, Web, who insinuates himself into Keziah's confidence; " ... He uses her trust to disguise his crude attempts to rape her elder daughter, who defends herself by smashing his skull. Webb's body is dumped in the murky depths of Drowntown, but his death brings unexpected benefits to the Danes." – from the rear panel blurb. Author's first work. This book is an ex-library copy: – library stamp to the title page, due back page and library pocket along with library stamp to the rear page. A little creasing of the book corners, and along the front… Read More

London: Sphere. Good+. 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Paperback edition of Grafton's first book. Signed by Grafton to the title page. Reading creases and other small creases to front and rear covers and rubbing to spine. ; Signed by Author .

peter owen london 1968. ex-lib first edition 220pp VG (brown cloth,tape stains to boards w.some surface losses where tape has been removed,mod.shelf wear,tape stains to eps,usual libr.stamps w.labels removed,foot of ffep clipped,contents o/w clean,spine cracked and mod.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,chipping to extrems.w.some minor closed tears,flaps trimmed w.loss of some text to rear flap,tape stains to flaps,price-clipped) scarce first edition of sue grafton's first novel;ex-libris but still relatively tidy

Macmillan, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. This copy has new end papers. Faint tape marks to boards. Small scuff to jacket. Top page edges a little dirty. NOT ex-lib.

NEW YORK: Macmillan, 1967. First edition. 1st. printing (stated). Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. EX-LIB WITH USUAL MARKINGS & EXPECTED IMPERFECTIONS; DJprotected by new mylar wrap; ALL ELSE-CLEAN, TIGHT, & ATTRACTIVE.. 8 vo; red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; illust. dj; 220 pps. Grafton's first novel; scarce & hard to find.

New York: Macmillan, 1967. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Stated first printing. Really no negatives to report except some tiny nicking at jacket spine ends. Owner brief name date and place on pastedown completely under the flap. Could easily go a grade higher.

MacMillan Company. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth. States "First Printing". Signed on the title page, without inscription, by Grafton. To the front and rear pastedowns it is stamped, "Property of Display Dept." . Some rubbing along the upper page edge. There are three places in the book where there is what appears to be ink spray to one page and also to the page opposite. It is light in color and I did not notice it at first. I am quite certain this is a printers error. This is likely the reason it was removed to the Display Dept. It is otherwise quite a nice copy. Without any other names or bookplates. The dust jacket is nearly fine and has only very minor wear. Price of $4.95 to the front flap. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 220 pages .

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Sue Grafton (1940-2017) first novel, and only non-mystery before she started her Kinsey Malone series in 1982 with "A is for Alibi". Inscribed simply to "Dear Reader" by Grafton on the title page. First Printing. Very minimal wear to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Red cloth boards with silver embossed titling. Water damage, at some point, stained the upper and lower edges of the covers but has only had impact on the first free endpapers and pastedowns. Clean within.

New York: Macmillan. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1967. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 220 pp., First printing of the first edition of the author's first book. .

London: Peter Owen, 1968. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [iv], 220 pages. Hardcover binding with minimal shelfwear along the extremities. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing to the extremities, and moderately sunned on spine; protected in archival mylar. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition..

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1967. Very good in very good dust jacket.. First printing of Sue Grafton's first novel, a work of literary fiction preceding her 'Alphabet' mysteries by well over a decade. KEZIAH DANE follows a single mother widowed by a devastating flood and a traveling con artist whose intrusion on the Dane family leads to a violent confrontation. An important work in the iconic author's development. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original red cloth binding. Original unclipped ($4.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Black topstain. 220 pages. Jacket with some wrinkling to lower front edge, light rubbing; some color offsetting from binding and small tape repair to verso. Binding with mild edgewear, very slight lean. Spot of soil and former tape shadow on front free endpaper, else interior clean.

MacMillan. NF. 1967. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardback in Near Fine condition with Near Fine dust jacket. . 8.5 X 5.7 X 1.0 inches. 220 pages. Signed by Sue Grafton on title page. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1967. First Edition. Near Fine/About Fine. octavo, 220 pages; publisher's red cloth, spine printed in gilt. Pictorial dust jacket, with price of $4.95 on front flap. First printing, stated. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "for you dear Reader.../ Sue Grafton" Author's first book.

Macmillan, 1967. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Author's First Book. First Edition. Fine copy in like price clipped jacket.1/8 inch missing of front flap.Ink letters on front pastedown. Beautiful Copy..

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1967. Nice copy of author's first book many years before she began her mystery series. Signed by author on title page with no inscription. Unmarked, tight and clean but with just a touch of lean to head of spine. Price intact jacket is as bright and fresh as when new. In mylar. . Signed by Author. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Sue Grafton on the title page. The author's first published novel, a work of mainstream fiction concerning a widow who lives "on the brink of poverty" with her children in a small Kentucky town. Grafton (1940-2017) followed this with The Lolly-Madonna War (1969) before beginning her Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet" mystery series. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. A tight, unread copy. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

New York: The Macmillan Co., 1967. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Printing Of Sue Grafton's First Novel. The Top Edging Is Lightly Scuffed And The Bottom Edge Of The Boards Show Slight Bumping. There Is A 2" By 3/4" Owners Name Sticker Behind The Front Flap. The Book Appears Unread. A Very Nice Copy With The Jacket Protected.

MacMillan, 1967 Stated first printing; slightest edge wear to otherwise bright dust jacket with $4.95 price intact; faint diagonal crease to front of dust jacket and a small diagonal crease to front dust jacket flap; light soiling to page edges; o/w VG/VG+; signed by Sue Grafton on title page; pictures available upon request. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.