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The Small Assassin: Available Copies

Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Very Good

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The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

1962. First Edition Thus. 144 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with minor defects. Some issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Cracking at title page, suitable as a reading copy. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

1st paperback edition. Unmarked. VG

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Paperback. Photograph available on request.

Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

1970. Reissued. 143 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any). 0.22

Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers. 0.22

Book has a lighly cocked spine, modest rubbing and smudges to covers with heavy creases, modest wear to edges and corners, small bends to top corner of a small grouping of pages, some toning to endpapers. in good condition due to cosmetic/aging wear, otherwise a solidly-bound copy with unmarked pages.

144 pages; "A baby born with the urge to kill - the couple who leave for a honeymoon, in a cemetery - a husband & wife who had an unpleasant experience with some mummified Mexican corpses - the tombstone in the bedroom - a little boy who examines the macabre entrails of the man upstairs.">> Cover scuffing & creasing; spine slant; Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall

First edition copy. . (mystery, crime, short stories)

, very good, , , paperback,

NEL No.521, first paperback edition; a collection of 13 stories by the great Ray Bradbury; this copy is VG- with a taped spine and one edge stain, otherwise unmarked; very scarce.

vg reissue New Englih Library 1970 edition paperback In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Paperback. Panther. Collection of horror stories. Very good condition. Slight edge-wear on front cover. Slight wear on edges of spine. Faint edge-wear on left edge of back cover. Small crease toward lower right corner of back cover. Slight yellowing on inside front and back covers.

13 short stories by Ray Bradbury. Front cover blurb: "Haunting tales of horror by the master". Contains "thirteen fixes of terror, not to be taken at bedtime". Front cover illustration by Steve Crisp. Mass market paperback. Printed in Great Britain. Slight handling wear, mild marginal spotting, otherwise a nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 190pp. SB-100.

good complete solid clean 1st British Ace H521 1962 edition paperback book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

1st Ace Books edition, 1962. Pages slightly yellowed. Creases to spine and covers.

Second British paperback ed. Near fine condition, very slight over all wear.

Some outer edges have scuffs. Cover has light scratches and marks. Book content is in good readable condition.

Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Former seller's name and price in ink on front endpaper, otherwise clean and unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of covers and ends of spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 0.38

inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Discrete con difetti, segni d'uso Condizioni dell'interno: Discrete con Difetti, bruniture

144 pages; "A baby born with the urge to kill - the couple who leave for a honeymoon, in a cemetery - a husband & wife who had an unpleasant experience with some mummified Mexican corpses - the tombstone in the bedroom - a little boy who examines the macabre entrails of the man upstairs." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.

© 1962: A collection of 13 short stories by Ray Bradbury. 1st printing of 1973 edition:- Contents: The Small Assassin / The Next In Line / The Lake / The Crowd / Jack-In-The-Box / The Man Upstairs / The Cistern / The Tombstone / The Smiling People / The Handler / Let's Play 'Poison' / The Night / The Dead Man:- Synopsis: A fantastic journey into a world of beauty and terror with thirteen of the very best of Bradbury. A baby born with the urge to kill - the couple who leave for a honeymoon, in a cemetery - a husband and wife who had an unpleasant experience with some mummified Mexican corpses - the tombstone in the bedroom - a little boy who examines the macabre entrails of the man upstairs. A chilling collection that will linger in the dark vaults of your memory, long after you have finished reading it:- Review(s): "Ray Bradbury has long been streets ahead of anyone else. He has the imagination of Wells coupled with the gift of prose writing" - Daily Telegraph / "Everything he writes has a glow of individual magic about it" - Time And Tide:- (original cost £0.30).

Paperback. Slight general wear and tanning to pages. Internally clean. Very good condition.