Search Results: halo in blood by evans john

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1984. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Quill Mysterious Classic, 1984. Book. Illus. by Steve Macanga;. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Steve Macanga..

quill classic, 1973 first thus. , near fine, unread, , paperback,

First Bantam Books edition second printing # 74 of the first novel in the Paul Pine series. Also published under the title So Long, Sinner. Slight spine slant. Light sun fading to the spine. In very good condition.

NY: Ziff-Davis, 1946. Vol. 5, No. 3. Edited by Raymond A. Palmer. Cover art by Arnold Kohn "Halo in Blood" (novel) by John Evans [Howard Browne]. Includes "Black of the Moon" by Merle Constiner; "The Undetective" by Frances M. Deegan; "Somebody Has to Die!" by J. J. Cliff; "One Reward Too Many" by Harold Francis Sorenson. Features: "Off the Blotter"; "The Truth About Hypnotism" by Sandy Miller; "Crime Laboratory" by Leslie Anderson; "Gunlegging", "Mexican Justice", & "The Cop Is My Friend" by Rosetta Livingston; "No Hunting Allowed" by R. Clayton; "Solution to Back Cover Mystery" by A. R. Steber; "The Borden Murder Case" by Alexander Blade; "Famous American Murders". Illustrated by Robert Fuqua, Brady, William Juhre, Julian S. Krupa, and William Marsh. Losses at lower edges; standard wear and tear at overlaps; a little dusty; minor tanning; pencil… Read More

Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc. , 1946 first edition. 74 , very good - fine, reading crease, , paperback,

Harpenden: No Exit Press, 1988. First thus hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Light shelf wear to the jacket, and page block and page edges are tanned. Pages and text are otherwise clear and unmarked throughout. LW. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Used.

(Harpenden): No Exit Press, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First English edition, hardcover issue. Pages browned as usual else fine in fine dustwrapper.

New York: Quill, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. First editions from this publisher. Halo in Blood is near fine with two faint creases to front cover. Halo for Satan is fine. Both feature private eye Paul Pine. ; Small octavo.

Bantam Books. New York: Bantam Books, Inc. , 1946 first edition. 74 , almost near fine, , paperback,

NY: Bantam, 1946. [1st printing] Dec. 1946; #74. Cover art is uncredited. Creasing; tanning; spine sunned. Signed on title page Howard Browne & "John Evans".. Signed by Author. Mass Market Paperback. Good+ to Very Good-.

New York: Bantam, 1946. 2nd Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Very good second paperback printing. Square, tight, internally clean. Some fading to spine and wear to spine ends. Previous owner's name in pen to title page. Old price sticker shadow to front cover. Signed by Howard Browne on the title page.

London: No Exit Press, 1988. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8" by 5.5". None. A thrilling crime novel by Howard Browne. First thus, the first edition of this work published by No Exit Press. The true first of this work was published in 1946. With original unclipped dustwrapper. The author Howard Browne wrote this work under one of his many pseudonyms, John Evans. Browne wrote dozens of mystery works and was also an editor of science fiction works. In original cloth binding and held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Dustwrapper is also in excellent condition. A Few handling marks to wraps and minor bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned at edges due to paper used. Otherwise, clean throughout. Fine

Indianapolis, IN,: Bobbs-Merrill, 1946. 245 pp., red cloth w/ gold lettering; Dust jacket in clear archival cover; Book shows a little wear to ends of spine; slight shelfwear to bottom edges & corners; spine is slightly angled; a little light foxing to top edge of page block; some browned areas to endpapers; Dust jacket shows wear, chipping & small creases to top edges; flap folds area worn through in spots (esp. front); spine panel has pieces missing at ends (about 1 1/2" at head, about 1/2" at foot), w/ some holes worn through where it joins the front panel - it also shows a couple of small scrapes & a white wear line where it joins rear panel; rear panel has a short worn & creased tear to top edge, as well as some light brown dampstains to top right & some light soil overall; inside flaps show a little light soil or foxing w/ some minor dampstains at edges, plus a small crease to each corner of front flap; from panel w/ illustration is still fairly bright w/ the only… Read More

INDIANAPOLIS: BOBBS-MERRILL, 1946. Fine. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Close to fine in a Vg.+ dj. (Slight hint of foxing at endpapers & pastedowns. Moderate chipping at spine ends on dj. A few edge tears & traces of light shelfwear to edges of dj.) FIRST Paul Pine mystery. .

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946. First Edition. The hand-boiled author's first book, and the first to feature Chicago private detective Paul Pine. "Paul Pine, solo sleuth, from a pauper's funeral to a five body carnage, is almost sunk without trace by the girl whose marriage he is to prevent. Pine's snooping lands him in wrong with the police, gets him quite a view of Chicago's underworld, and earns him more than one manhandling, until the answers are opened up by the girl - in not quite the way he thought" (Kirkus Review). The earliest inscription we have seen on any of the author's books. Hubin, p.134. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 245,[9]pp. Inscribed by the author the day after publication on the front endpaper: "To Katherine Le Roy / in appreciation / Howard "John Evans" Browne / 5/24/46." Spine ends gently nudged, beginning oxidation to gilt titling, with a small, faint splash mark to upper edge of… Read More

Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1946. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. 245 pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt stamping. First edition. A Near Fine copy with a little foxing and dust-soiling to edges, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a tiny tear at head, darkening to spine panel. A very attractive, vivdly-colored example of the dust jacket, uncommon thus. A crime novel featuring Chicago private detective Paul Pine.