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Painted Devils: Available Copies
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Below are the first 30 of the lowest-total-price offerings from AbeBooks; all information shown is as specified by the sellers. To see all responses direct from AbeBooks—who may have more than 30—click here.
Painted Devils by Aickman, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Scribners (1979)
Seller: Uncle Hugo's SF/Uncle Edgar's Mystery (Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Fair
Book Price: $7.50
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $13.50
The book is water damage and has some staining through the spine and inside front covers; most of the pages are crinkled and lightly warped due to the water damage.
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Painted Devils by Aickman, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons (1979)
Seller: HPB-Ruby (Dallas, TX, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $12.00
Shipping: $3.75
TOTAL Cost: $15.75
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Painted Devils by Aickman, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons ()
Seller: Wonder Book (Frederick, MD, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $19.97
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $19.97
Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. Art of Edward Gory on dust jacket. Book Club edition. (mystery, fiction, short stories, edward gory) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Painted Devils by Aickman, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (1979)
Seller: City Center Gallery & Books (Fayetteville, NC, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
Book Price: $22.00
Shipping: $3.99
TOTAL Cost: $25.99
Grey hardcover boards with black lettering. Book edge and dust jacket has light foxing due to age. Previous owner's name on end paper. Interior is clean and unmarked. Book Club Edition. Covered Brodart cover for protection.
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Painted Devils - Strange Stories (Book Club Edition) by Robert Aickman
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Scribners Book Club (1979)
Seller: Clarkean Books (Stoney Creek, ON, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $34.00
Shipping: $11.00
TOTAL Cost: $45.00
One of the more sought after Book Club editions. Book is in Near Fine condition and the jacket is in about Very Good Plus with wear. Collection including the uneasy story Ravissante by this popular author.
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Painted Devils: Strange Stories by Robert Aickman
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780684159997
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, U.S.A. (1979)
Seller: Lotsa Books (Fort Smith, AR, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $42.00
Shipping: $6.00
TOTAL Cost: $48.00
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover is in near-fine condition (stained on the text block, foxing on the inside of the front and back covers, bumped on the bottom corners of the front and back covers and white powdery dust on the front and back covers). Dust jacket is in very good condition (torn at the top edge of the inside flap of the back cover, stained on the underneath side of the jacket, yellowed, bottom corner of the front cover is worn and edge wear). Brodart protected. 234 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Seller: GF Books, Inc. (Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $54.46
Shipping: Free!
TOTAL Cost: $54.46
Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
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Painted Devils: Strange Stories by AICKMAN, Robert; GOREY, Edward (dust jacket illustrator)
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, NY (1979)
Seller: Reifsnyder Books (Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $60.00
Shipping: $5.00
TOTAL Cost: $65.00
Book Club Edition. A near fine first edition of this collection of weird & supernatural tales by British writer Robert Aickman, grandson of Richard Marsh (of The Beetle fame). This is the first time these stories were collected, with no equivalent UK edition. The collection includes 'The Waiting Room', one of his most well-known spooky tales. The jacket artwork by one of the best illustrators of all things weird sets the mood perfectly.
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Painted Devils: Strange Stories by Aickman, Robert; Gorey, Edward (Illustrator)
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York (1979)
Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA (La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Near Fine
Book Price: $60.00
Shipping: $5.50
TOTAL Cost: $65.50
Another collection of 9 chilling stories of " nightmare and madness, death and the supernatural" by one of the most acclaimed masters of the genre, with DJ illustration by the late, great Edward Gorey. In 243 pages. A Book Club edition (BCE) from 1979, this hardcover 8vo has light gray paper-over-boards lettered in black to spine Condition is Near Fine, marred only by former owner's bookplate to ffep & slightly bumped corners. Else, exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages creamy white & unmarked. The unclipped DJ is also Near fine, just slight crinkling & rubbing at both ends of spine keeps it from being perfect; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.
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Painted Devils: Strange stories by Aickman, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780684159997
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (1979)
Seller: Anthony Clark (Wolfville, NS, Canada)
Used Book—Condition: Very Good
Book Price: $62.95
Shipping: $15.85
TOTAL Cost: $78.80
Scribner's, New York, 1979, Hardcover First Edition/First Printing with a complete number line. Nine stories by the great one. Book is very tight & Near Fine, but with a very slight spine slant and some light soiling along the forward & bottom text block, with issues listed as Very Good plus. Dust Jacket is Fine and not price clipped - comes in a removable, archival, mylar sleeve - a nice copy!
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PAINTED DEVILS by Aickman, Robert
Hardcover
ISBN:
Publisher: Scribners (1979)
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979 (ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: unspecified
Book Price: $75.40
Shipping: $12.50
TOTAL Cost: $87.90
PAINTED DEVILS, Scribners, 1979, first edition, small stamp on f.e.p., else fine in Gorey pictorial dust-wrapper. Not published in the U.K. Review copy with review slip laid in.
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