Dabreaks a Seal

THE D.A. BREAKS A SEAL, Morrow, 1946, first edition., vg+/near fine in a bright vg dust-wrapper with 2 small chips and a bit larger triangular chip missing from the upper right corner of the front dust-wrapper panel.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1946. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth with teal green spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 217pp. Very good/good plus. Faint binding edgewear only; jacket rather edgeworn and a tad sunned, with a few edge chips -- but complete and overall appealing. A tight and nice first edition of the seventh of Gardner's nine… Read more about this item

Morrow, 1946. 1st. hardcover. Very Good.

William Morrow, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Signed. Inscribed to "Louie" (Louie Roripaugh, husband of Gardner's secretary and assistant, Hedy Roripaugh) and SIGNED both "Erle" and "Erle Stanley Gardner" on the front endpaper. The volume is edge rubbed with bumping at the spine ends. The pages are lightly toned. The unclipped dust jacket is… Read more about this item

NY: Morrow, 1946. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a VG dust jacket missing severa very shallow chips. Jacket spine is lightly color faded, but is not price-clipped. First edition, 1st printing. Where there's a will there's a way - at least that was old A. B. Carr's reasoning until Doug Selby appeared and mapped out another course..

Cassell, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A fine first British edition in a near fine dust jacket, with original price of 8/6 on the front flap. First Published 1950 on copyright page. Unread copy.

Pocket, 1952. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 869, 1st Pocket printing, name in ink on front cover, date inside front cover, tiny chip at top edge of tilted spine, ink name on front cover

UK hardback reprint, Thriller Book Club. The book is in very good condition, the dustjacket is in very good condition.

New York: Pocket Books, 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Pocket Books 869. A Doug Selby mystery. Spine slant, minor wear. A very good+ copy. ; Small octavo.

Pocket Books, 1960. Paperback. Good. 1960. 4th Printing. 169 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and… Read more about this item

UK: Cassel & Co. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1950. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; hbk; 1st UK edition; orange cloth covers with bumped corners and faded spine; glue mark inside cover and sellotapr mark down inside cover edge; number handwritten to top edge inside cover; hand written number also written on rear of title page… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover in jacket. Bound in black cloth with teal stamping on the spine, in a dust jacket with toning, light soiling, edge-wear, and light chipping to the corners and spine-ends. The covers show light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid.… Read more about this item

GARDNER, Erle Stanley The D.A. Breaks a Seal (Cardinal Books C-292) Cardinal Edition, Montreal, 1958, 2nd impression., paperback, good, 168pp. No loose pages, no inscription or annotations, binding sound, lean to the spine, lightly tanned, foxing to edges and prelims. Covers foxed inside, light shelf wear to all edges and bumps to fore-edge corners, spine strip intact. FICTION, COLLECTABLE PAPERBACK, CARDINAL EDITION, CRIME, ERLE… Read more about this item

Pocket, 1952. 569, 169 browning pages, blue pictorial cover with white & yellow ltrs, red printers ink on edges, corners/head-heel of spine/ & edges are nicked, original price was 25 cents, clean & tight. Doug Selby mystery.. 2nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

NY: Pocket Books. VG+. 1952. 2nd Printing. Paperback. Pocket Books #869, 1952. Stated second printing. VG+ condition. Very f aint diagonal crease along the rear cover's lower edge. Tiny rubs to t he book's corners and spine tips. Mild tanning to the pages. .

Pocket Books, 1960-01-01. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. . 2nd printing. A copy that's been read with wear and creases to the cover and spine. Pages are tanned.

Pocket Books, 1952. Soft cover. Good. Paperback in Good Plus condition. Card covers marked, lightly worn and scuffed to the edges, minor surface wear and scuffing, 169 pages, edges lightly tanned, minor use marks, binding tight with slightest roll. Free standard airmail worldwide.

Canada: Cardinal Edition/ Pocket Books., 1958. Book. Illus. by GGA {Good Girl Art} Painted Cover;. Very Good +. Soft cover. Second Edition By Publisher.. 169 pages. >> Cover creasing, minor indents to covers.; Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

USA: Pocket Books., 1952. Book. Illus. by GGA {Good Girl Art} Painted Cover;. Very Good to Fine. Soft cover. Third Edition by Publisher.. 169 pages. >> Cover creasing; Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

Pocket, 1960. Softcover. Near Fine. #2869, 4th printing