KEZIAH DANE by Grafton, Sue - 1967

Twodot, 2010. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. The true story of life on the Wild West Show. 150 pages, text clean and tight. A few B/W photos. First edition number line 1-10.

Sphere Books, 1975. Mass market paperback Used - very good condition. Book is clean and tight with some shelf wear. Price sticker removed poorly- 1/4" spot with cover ink gone.. Scuffing along edges of spine and bottom edge of book. Back cover is creased near spine and at the lower-left corner. Pages are yellowed with age and there is additional discoloration on the first and last free end-papers and on the inside of front and back covers. Light marking in black marker along top edge of pages. No markings inside the book. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.

London, England: London, UK: Sphere, 1975, 1st sphere Edition, First Printing, 1975. ----------paperback, a solid Very Good example, a tidy copy with a small abrasion along the spine and front cover, signed without inscription by GRAFTON, missing from most Grafton collections, the author's 1st book, by the author of the hugely popular KINSEY MILHONE mysteries, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE//// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)------. Signed (see description). First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good (see description). Illus. by Photo Cover. 4.25w x 7h Inches.

Sphere Books Limited, London, 1975. First Edition. Softcover (Photographic). Good Condition (ex-library). Photographic paperback binding with orange coloured titles to the front panel and blue and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Keziah Dane has been living on the edge of poverty with her children since the flood that drowned their town had also killed her husband. Into her life comes a crafty vagrant, Web, who insinuates himself into Keziah's confidence; " ... He uses her trust to disguise his crude attempts to rape her elder daughter, who defends herself by smashing his skull. Webb's body is dumped in the murky depths of Drowntown, but his death brings unexpected benefits to the Danes." – from the rear panel blurb. Author's first work. This book is an ex-library copy: – library stamp to the title page, due back page and library pocket along with library stamp to the rear page. A little creasing of the book corners, and along the front… Read More

London: Sphere. Good+. 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Paperback edition of Grafton's first book. Signed by Grafton to the title page. Reading creases and other small creases to front and rear covers and rubbing to spine. ; Signed by Author .

peter owen london 1968. ex-lib first edition 220pp VG (brown cloth,tape stains to boards w.some surface losses where tape has been removed,mod.shelf wear,tape stains to eps,usual libr.stamps w.labels removed,foot of ffep clipped,contents o/w clean,spine cracked and mod.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,chipping to extrems.w.some minor closed tears,flaps trimmed w.loss of some text to rear flap,tape stains to flaps,price-clipped) scarce first edition of sue grafton's first novel;ex-libris but still relatively tidy

Macmillan, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. This copy has new end papers. Faint tape marks to boards. Small scuff to jacket. Top page edges a little dirty. NOT ex-lib.

NEW YORK: Macmillan, 1967. First edition. 1st. printing (stated). Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. EX-LIB WITH USUAL MARKINGS & EXPECTED IMPERFECTIONS; DJprotected by new mylar wrap; ALL ELSE-CLEAN, TIGHT, & ATTRACTIVE.. 8 vo; red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine; illust. dj; 220 pps. Grafton's first novel; scarce & hard to find.

Red boards with gold writing on spine; "54499" embossed in gold on back board. Top and bottom of book spine rumpled; slight chipping on top of dust jacket spine. Author's picture, short bio, and 54499 on back dust jacket; tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition.MacMillan First Edition; First Printing as indicated by "FIRST PRINTING" and no other printings listed on copyright page.Grafton's very first book before her Alphabet series. Hardcover and original dust jacket price-clipped, but now protected by archival Mylar cover.

New York: Macmillan, 1967. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Stated first printing. Really no negatives to report except some tiny nicking at jacket spine ends. Owner brief name date and place on pastedown completely under the flap. Could easily go a grade higher.