ISBN: 9780060102043 - tour de force (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. COVER MAY NOT MATCH THE PICTURE ON THIS SITE. AN EXCELLENT READING OR REFERENCE COPY! Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket and cover show edge wear. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Dust jacket shows light edge wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. 1st U.S. Edition, 1st Printing. Description: Dust jacket design by Robert Fillie. The publisher's blurb reads: ''Martyn Finch, well known for his paintings of skyscapes, was tired of painting them, however successfully. He and a girl named Katey went to Segovia to vacation, while he looked for fresh artistic inspiration. Then, when he was only momentarily not looking at Katey, she vanished, with his car and all his possessions. Eventually he found a note from her: 'We will catch up with you at Madrid . Or Valencia if we miss you at Madrid.' He couldn't imagine who 'we' were. So begins this swift, knowledgeable, often funny novel of international art forgery.'' BINDNG/CONDITION: light blue binding with black at the spine; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. Printed endpapers. 8vo (about 8.5 inches tall). 247 pages.…

Hardcover. First US Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Previous owner's name; 253 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. This novel by Cleife features an artist named Martyn Finch. Finch, an ex-pilot, who now makes a decent living painting sea and sky-scapes, decides on a vacation to Spain with his girl friend, Katey. In Segovia, Katey vanishes with Finch's car and possessions. On the very edge of down-and-out, Finch accepts a job piloting a decripit old airplane and then suddenly finds himself forging a Salvador Dali painting. And, of course, when he admists the forgery, no one, especially the experts, will believe him. First Printing, First U.S. Edition (as stated, with a complete numberline on the back end page following the last page of text), a Harper Novel of Suspense. About 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 247 pages in light blue cloth-covered boards and black back strip with white and blue lettering. Front panel of dustjacket shows a surrealistic blue airplane shaped like a shark hovering in a pale yellow sky above a moon with a Dali-esque face, including the mustache. Back panel shows b & w photo of author. Boards and text are complete, clean and unmarked, no significant flaws of any kind except light bumping at top end of spine. Not ex-library. Dustjacket shows a touch of edgewear but no tears, creases or scratches. Not price-clipped. A collectable copy. If you like art crime mysteries with a touch of humor, this is one for your collection.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Very Good. Slightly smaller book, black cloth spine, royal blue boards, gilt just good on spine, ink note at top inside front cover, bookplate on first front end paper, 253 lightly browned pages. DJ has illustration of cruise ship passengers waving on front and spine, praise on back for Banning books from national publications. DJ has light crease at bottom front left, spine top left edge, 3/8" tear at top back edge nearer tip, back lightly and uniformly browned. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Collectible-Good.