Prelude To a Certain Midnight

Doubleday and Company: New York, NY, 1947. [Modern Literature] FIRST US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp. [ii]; 249; [5]. Originally owned by the actor Alexander Knox. Publisher's grey cloth with maroon patterning and lettering to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket, priced at $2.50 to front flap. Toning to edges of pages, toning to edges of textblock, discolouration and… Read more about this item

William Heinemann, 1947. 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (spine a little faded - otherwise VG), no dustwrapper. Pp. 177 (prelims lightly toned; no inscriptions).

NY: Dover, 1983. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Dover. SOFTCOVER. 1983. REPUBLICATION of the original 1947 edition. AS NEW, bound in original orange glossy stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO creasing. Cover design by Paul E Kennedy. Stored in Archival sleeve.. Republication. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1947. First UK Edition. One of Kersh's bleakest novels, telling the story about the hunt for the murderer of a ten year-old child in Soho, carrying the reader through the seamy underbelly of London. Inscribed to American photographer Carl Perutz, a friend and traveling companion of Kersh's who took several well-known portraits of the author.… Read more about this item

London: Heinemann, 1947 Black cloth titled in silver on spine. Tight and tidy, just light toning in endpapers and edges. Dust jacket is price clipped, rubbed at edges, small tears/gaps to corners, unfaded, in a clear film protective sleeve. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1983. Paperback. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Books, 1953. Paperback. Good. 1953. Published in Penguin Books. 191 pages. Green and white striped paper covers. 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… Read more about this item

Dover Pubns, 1983-10. Paperback. Good.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1947. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dj has heavy edgewear with several small tears (some open tears)some rubbing, light soiling & spine is sun darkened. Book has light edgewear. Lightly bumped corners. Light soiling. Book has a light musty or old book smell.… Read more about this item

Dover Pubns, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good condition. Former library book in library binding (softcover rebound to last forever). Pages clean.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1947.. 1947.. Good. - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed. The dust jacket is lightly rubbed & chipped with small pieces out of the head & tail of its spine. Its spine & the edges of the rear panel are somewhat darkened. 249 pages. Good. <p>First… Read more about this item

Penguin, 1953, first printing,. 1953. Soft cover. paperback, pages browning, text clean and tight, no inscriptions, spine not creased, Very Good condition .

GB: Heinemann, 1947. Name etc on front endpaper.. 1st Edition. Hardback. VG/No DW.

1947. William Heinemann, London. 1947. First edition. Hardback with DW. Pages very slightly browned o/w a lovely clean and sound copy in slightly worn wrapper that is a little chipped to head and tail of spine and is lightly soiled to rear panel.

Black Mask, 2005. Softcover. Near Fine. Like new!

Dover Pubns, 1983-10-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

New York: Dover, 1953. Softcover. Very Good in color illustrated wraps.. 12mo.

William Heinemann London 1947. first edition, black cloth, 177pp, VG+(boards sl soiled & v sl sunned, prev owners sign to fep, v sl browning & foxing to ep's & edges) d/w G+(sl wear & tears to extrems with chipped spine head & foot, internal & external foxing, sl soiled & rubbed, sl sunned)

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1947. Three small chips on front panel. Tight, square boards. Red color on spine not faded. 1/4" chip at head of spine. In mylar. A novel of London. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London 1957 1st (stated) Heinemann. Sm.8vo., 177pp., hardcover. VG in Good DJ, small chip near head of spine, light wear along edges, a few small closed tears.