Search Results: the naked villany by jocelyn davey

Alfred A. Knopf, 1958-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Alfred A Knopf 1954 stated first American edition hardcover, light wear to extremities of decorative paper-covered boards, chipped edges/ tape residue on rubbed dust jacket, tight binding, clean unmarked text Prompt, reliable service Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. 1958. First American Edition. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First American edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. Hardcover, 1st US edition. Book has light rub of spine ends and cover edges, name on front endpaper, light soiling foredges. Clean text. Dustwrapper has minor wear and tear of spine ends and panel edges, minor soiling panels. 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.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Small octavo. Illustrated pink board with bumped corner and nick else near fine in very good dustwrapper with chips, tears, and toning.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First American edition. Very good in good dustwrapper. First US edition, rub of spine, edges and corners of cover, yellowing of edges of cover, yellowing pages, dustwrapper has chipping of spine and edges of panels, yellowing of panels, 1/4" tear top front panel. 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.

Chatto & Windus, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, chipped and edge worn. The first and last pages are 'browned' due to the age. Now protected in cellophane. The condition of the book is given in terms of the book's age. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. No internal markings.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First American edition. Very good in a good dustwrapper with a tear at the top of the spine down the rear fold, two tears horizontally across the spine, soiling to the panels, spine darkened.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Very near fine in a very good dustwrapper with some age-toning (and art by Jean Carlu). Oxford don pursues lost Bach manuscripts in Mayfair.

Alfred a Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. First American Edition. 271 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over patterned cloth. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning to text block edges. Some rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Binding remains firm. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Light blue boards with lightly bumnped corners and spine ends, git spine lettering dulled, clean throughout in a tight and square binding. Clean, attractive dust jacket, price clipped, with light edge-wear, one piece of clear tape to a verso edge.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Jacket illustration by Jean Carlu. Decorative papercovered boards. Light toning at the spine ends, slight bumping at the crown, about near fine in a price-clipped, very good dust jacket with soiling, and interior tape repairs at the folds. Oxford don pursues lost Bach manuscripts in Mayfair.

Dolphin Books, 1961. Paperback. Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Good copy with clean pages. Stains to cover. 16mo. Published in New York, 1961. 235 pages.

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1958., 1958. First American edition (so stated). 8vo. Dust jacket designed by Jean Carlu (unclipped; small chip). Very good. 271 pages. No other signatures or bookplates. Signed by Jocelyn Davey on a paper label attached to the front pastedown. Author's second Ambrose Usher novel.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958., 1958. First edition. First U. S. edition. Pseudonym of Chaim Raphael (1908-1994). Inscribed to Vera Caspary on the front free fly leaf: "To Vera Caspary - or rather for 'Laura' / the rare thing - a perfect book / Chaim Raphael / 'Jocelyn Davey' / London / May 1959." Fine in dust jacket very lightly sunned on the spine with minor wear to the spine ends and extremities, and a small, mild indentation to the front cover. Ambrose Usher, an Oxford-don turned secret agent becomes involved with some lost Bach manuscripts, a crucial passage from the Old Testament, a colony of kidnapped monkeys, and murder. A compelling association copy, inscribed to author Vera Caspary, whose 1943 novel Laura served as the basis for Otto Preminger's 1944 film noir. High praise, and yes - a perfect book.