5 against the House by Finney, Jack - 1954

Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1954. Hardcover. Good. 1954. No edition remarks. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Pocket Books, 1955. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No dust jacket. NY: Pocket Books 1955, first Pocket Books printing. VG paperback; no spine crease. 4.25 x 6.5 in., 160 pp.

Pocket Books. New York: Pocket Books, Inc. , 1955 first edition . 1078 very good - fine, reading crease Cover by George Erickson. paperback,

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover, light browning to eps, covers rubbed and lightly marked, a small indentation on spine, otherwise Good in Good dustjacket with light edge loss, and severe foxing.

0 First edition/First printing published by Pocket Books, New York July 1955. No marks or inscriptions. Darkening to pages. VG+

Pocket Books. New York: Pocket Books, Inc. , 1955 first edition . 1078 almost near fine Cover by George Erickson. paperback,

Pocket Books. New York: Pocket Books, Inc. , 1955 first edition . 1078 near fine Cover by George Erickson. paperback,

Eyre & Spottiswoode. 1954 1st UK ed.. 8.0 x 5.5 inches. In purple cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Small tear to front. spine slightly rubbed at ends. Not price clipped. With protective plastic wrap). Mild foxing to edges. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. 192 pp. Four bored college boys decide to rob a casino in Reno. This is the author’s first novel and is scarce, especially with dustwrapper.

New York: Pocket Books, 1955. Soft cover. Good. Erickson, George. Pocket Book edition, INSCRIBED by the author on the dedication page. Slight damp stain, most visible in the loss of red stain to the upper corner (see photo). Darkening to the pages throughout.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/G+; black spine, yellow text; jacket has protective mylar cover, rubbing, staining, chipping at spine head and tail and in corners, a few small closed tears around edges, price clipped on front flap; boards are strong, spine slightly cocked, rubbing along bottom edges and on back; textblock has rubbing in corner of tail edge, staining on pastedowns and endpapers, otherwise clean, binding strong; pp 221; FLP Collection. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1284542. FP New Rockville Stock.