The Pious Agent

London: Eyre Methuen, 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. 252pp. Fine in near fine lightly rubbed dust jacket. Inscribed by the author: "To Michael Curtis - a fine & dedicated rear - John Braine 1981.

New York: Atheneum, 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First am. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Hardcover and dustwrapper both a nice clean copy, almost new. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Eyre Methuen, 1975. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1975. First Edition. 252 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to text block edges. Stamps and stickers to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and… Read more about this item

New York: Atheneum, 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First am. Fine in very good dustwrapper. Dustwrapper rubbed with small tearing on top edges. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

London: Eyre Methuen, 1975. First edition, first printing. Published by Eyre Methuen in London, 1975. This is a near fine copy - with spotting to the top edge. The spine faded dust wrapper is bright and clean, with some slight blemishing present. There is a short nick to the bottom edge. The boards are fine and free from wear,… Read more about this item

Good for age but slightly shelf skewed in somewhat bumped and marked, protected dustjacket with a tape repaired 2cm tear to top of spine. Not price clipped.

New York: Atheneum. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1976. First US Edition. Hardcover. DJ has a chip to the front upper edge, a small tear to the front bottom edge, light wear to the spine ends, and is lightly rubbed. Light spotting to the outside page ends. .

NY: Atheneum, 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. First US edition, near fine in a fine dust jacket. Very slight spine slant to the book. $7.95 publisher's price on front flap; no names or other writing in the book.

NEW YORK NY: ATHENEUM. VG+/VG+. PUB 1976. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. BOOK IS ABOUT FINE BUT FOR A SLIGHT BUMP ON THE FRONT FORE-EDGE TOPCONRER AND A COUPLE PIN HOLE SIZED PUNCTURES NEAR THE FRONT GUTTER. D.J.HAS A SMALL BIT OF WEAR AT THE CORNERS WITH A SHORT TEAR AND ASSOCIATEDCREASE NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE REAR PANEL NEAR THE… Read more about this item

THE PIOUS AGENT, Atheneum, 1976, first American edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. The authors foray into the world of international spying.

Hardback. Very Good.

NY: Atheneum. 1976. First American Edition. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

Atheneum, 1976. 252pp. Blue and green hardback, DJ has minor rubbing and wear along edges, stated First American Edition, "Xavier Flynn is the pious agent of John Braine's novel of treachery within the British Secret Service. A devout Roman Catholic, Flynn belongs to a group of agents hired to dispose of England's interior enemies", . First American Edition. Hard… Read more about this item

eyre methuen london 1975. first edition 252pp NF (green cloth,owner's sign.to ffep,edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.)

New York: Atheneum, 1976. Former owner's signature on fep. Light fading to top page edges which are purple.. First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Spy Fiction.

Methuen Publishing Ltd, 1975-06-05. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Atheneum, 1976. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Braine, one of the UK's "angry young men" of the 1950s and '60s and author of "Room At The Top," tried his hand at this spy-thriller featuring Xavier Flynn, a British secret agent and active Catholic who works for a very secret agency charged… Read more about this item

London: Eyre Methuen, 1975. Book. Good. Cloth. First Edition.. 252pp; Slight spotting to edges and prelims else a bright copy in unclipped d/w; Size: 12mo.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Atheneum. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Good dust jacket. (thriller, espionage, novel)