No one has ever escaped the brutal convict labor camp at Five Shadows--but Corey Bowen is ready to die trying. Beaten nearly to death after his last ...Show synopsisNo one has ever escaped the brutal convict labor camp at Five Shadows--but Corey Bowen is ready to die trying. Beaten nearly to death after his last escape attempt, Corey will have help this time--from a lady with murder on her mind and a debt to pay back. But Bowen won't leave the corrupt desert hell behind him without a few scores settled--permanently. (May)Hide synopsis
Description:First Edition-Paperback. With a book store stamp on the first...First Edition-Paperback. With a book store stamp on the first page. Very good lightly used copy with some minor dust soiling, a few slight creases, and a bit of edge wear in printed wrappers.
Description:Harper Johnson. Very Good Plus. A nice clean copy with some...Harper Johnson. Very Good Plus. A nice clean copy with some faint stress creases at corners of the front cover which are a bit soft.
Description:Harper Johnson Cover Art. Very Good. Book. Signed by Author(s) -...Harper Johnson Cover Art. Very Good. Book. Signed by Author(s) ------------paperback, a solid Very Good copy, a bit of light edge wear, a bit of age toning to paper, signed and inscribed on the title page by LEONARD, faint stress mark on rear panel, very short very faint stress crease on upper corner of front panel, small mark on text block at spine, faint blue stain on lower spine tip, sounds much worse than it is as this looks quite good overall and presents well, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo.
Description:Harper Johnson. Fine. Completely square, tight and clean. Rare...Harper Johnson. Fine. Completely square, tight and clean. Rare in such condition.
Description:Dust Jacket Included. Signed by Author(s) Signed by Author....Dust Jacket Included. Signed by Author(s) Signed by Author. first edition, book in good condition: missing early pages, have page 1 of the story, spine slightly loose, and back 4 pages are loose, and tape stain in the back and front cover. DJ very good with stain and wear along the edge and slight fading on the spine.
Description:Dust jacket ONLY. A very good example of the dj. (Faint damp...Dust jacket ONLY. A very good example of the dj. (Faint damp stain at base of spine spreading a little more than an inch to either side. A few short edge tears & glue stains running vertically at edge of dj. flaps where the flaps had once been glued down) Author's THIRD book. A western. A scarce dust jacket in quest of a hardcover match.
Description:First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Easily...First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. Easily Near Fine in an about Near Fine example of the scarce dust jacket. Jacket is exceptional for this title, the best we have seen, with no fading whatsoever, just a touch of fray at the crown and a small sticker shadow on the front flap. Leonard's third book and third Western.
Description:First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing on...First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a little rubbing on the front panel, and two tiny tears barely worthy of mention. The third of the author's three Houghton Mifflin hardcover westerns, from early in Leonard's career. He has gone on to become one of the most successful mystery novelists working today, and several of his works have been adapted to film. Only a small number of hardcover copies of this edition were printed, and most of them went to libraries (when copies surface on the market they usually have replaced endpapers and remnants of library markings). A superior copy of a notable rarity, avidly sought by both western and mystery collectors. See this book in 3D on our site.
Description:First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Very Good...First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Very Good plus in a Very Good or better dust jacket. Faint ring stain on the front board, light foxing to the top page edges, else book is bright and clean. Jacket is chipped at the heel, with some associated shallow creasing, and several tiny closed tears at the extremities. A very presentable copy of what is, in our experience, perhaps the author's rarest title, much more difficult than the already-scarce American edition published by Houghton Mifflin. Leonard's third novel, a Western, the only copy we have ever seen.
Description:The uncorrected proof copy of the third of his Westerns, which...The uncorrected proof copy of the third of his Westerns, which preceded his first mystery by over a decade and his first bestseller by over two decades. Rare: we have never seen another proof copy of any of Leonard's Westerns offered for sale, and Houghton Mifflin was not even routinely doing bound proofs for all its titles at that time. There were probably only a couple of dozen of these produced and, given the format and fragility of this item, it's unlikely that many others have survived, if any. 7" x 11" ringbound galley sheets, printed on rectos only. The label affixed to the cardstock cover gives a publication date of 1955 (the book was actually published in 1956) and, in pencil "May 1." Also in pencil on the front cover label is written "The Westerners"--an alternate title, or an indication of the genre, for marketing purposes? The covers show some extremely slight creasing; still a remarkably fine copy, with the covers crisp, the fragile plastic ring spine intact. Housed in a custom quarter leather clamshell case.
