Verlag: Everest House Pubs (1981), NY, 1981
Anbieter: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, USA
Zustand: G in G DJ ex-library. Paintings by Tom Adams (illustrator). Tom Adams painted the first Christie cover in 1962 for A Murder Is Announced and since then his paintings have become one of the best known series of paperback covers all over the world. Over 90 of his individual cover paintings are reproduced here, accompanied by perceptive and incisive comments from the well-known crime-writer, biographer and critic, Julian Symons, with introductions and commentaries by Adams himself. Library markings.
Verlag: Everest House, New York, 1981
ISBN 10: 0896961443 ISBN 13: 9780896961449
Anbieter: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Tom Adams (illustrator). First American Edition. Fine in very good dust jacket with no chips or tears. No markings, no bookplate. Some scuffing to dust jacket. Artwork for either UK or US editions of Agatha Christie mysteries with commentary by both Julian Symons and the artist.
Verlag: Everest House 1981, 1981
Anbieter: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, USA
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ISBN 0-89696-144-3. Hardback. First U.S. Printing. Very good condition book, with slight foxing to edges of interior pages, in a Very good condition dustjacket, with slight browning to jacket edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. $24.95 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket.
Verlag: Paper Tiger, Limpsfield, Surrey, 1981
ISBN 10: 0905895622 ISBN 13: 9780905895628
Anbieter: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Cloth, 144 pages, colour illustrations; 30 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Corners lightly bumped/front board. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Size: 4to.
Verlag: Dragon's World 1981, 1981
Anbieter: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Neuseeland
Verbandsmitglied: IOBA
Quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Verlag: Paper Tiger, Limpsfield, Great Britain, 1981
Anbieter: sonalsorises, Los angeles, CA, USA
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Cloth. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. Tom Adams Endpapers (illustrator). First Edition. First edition, introduction by John Fowles. Near mint in original dust jacket which is unclipped and in a protective dust jacket cover. seldom found in this nice a condition.
Verlag: Everest House New York 1981, 1981
Anbieter: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australien
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1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy tall octavo 144pp., colour plates, index, With reproductions of over 90 of Tom Adams highly individual cover paintings.
Verlag: Everest House New York 1981, 1981
Anbieter: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australien
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1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New tall octavo 144pp., colour plates, index, With reproductions of over 90 of Tom Adams highly individual cover paintings.
Verlag: Paper Tiger / Dragon's World Ltd, Limpsfield, Surrey, 1981
ISBN 10: 0905895622 ISBN 13: 9780905895628
Anbieter: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Jacket and Illustrations by Tom Adams (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly rubbed and bruised, some very slight yellowing to largely white jacket, not price clipped (£8.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 144pp, lavishly illustrated. Thomas Charles Renwick Adams (1926-2019), was a, American Anglo Scots illustrator and painter. He is known for his work in book cover art, portrait painting, poster, advertising and album art. He is most widely known for his book cover art for the paperback editions of Agatha Christie. He is also known for his science fiction art, including '2001: A Space Odyssey' and 'Flash Gordon' with Nic Roeg and Mike Hodges. In music, he did covers for Lou Reed's self titled album and Iron Maiden's compilation 'Edward the Great'. Adams executed the artwork for the paperback cover of John Fowles' (who wrote the Foreword for this book) 'The Collector', but is chiefly known for his work on the paperback copies of Agatha Christie's detective novels. His first was 'A Murder is Announced' in 1962. The text is by detective writer, poet and commentator Julian Symons (1912- 94). A scarce, large and important book.