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FEARING Kenneth : The Big Clock

Australasian Publishing Company & Bodley Head, Sydney, 1947

12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped dust wrapper very vibrant and unfaded, light chipping or short edge tears, fore edge rubbed, no loss, Australian printing, first thus at same time as UK edition using same sheets etc, spine is lettered with Bodley Head, 200pp crime thriller set in New York. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition

FEARING Kenneth : The Big Clock

Australasian Publishing Company & Bodley Head, Sydney, 1947

12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped dust wrapper very vibrant and unfaded, light chipping to spine ends and corner tips, fore edge fold rubbed and partially split, no loss, Australian printing, first thus at same time as UK edition using same sheets etc, spine is lettered with Bodley Head as well as dust jacket, 200pp crime thriller set in New York. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good

First Edition

Fearing, Kenneth : The Big Clock

Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1946

First edition. Fine. Copyright 1946 on copyright page. Harcourt Brace & Co., New York, 1946. Hardcover. Price intact jacket is not the Harcourt jacket but instead Grosset & Dunlap film tie-in with photograph of Ray Milland and Maureen O'Sullivan against the clock on front panel. Jacket was either placed on the book sometime ago (it fits beautifully) or is, as was the custom with Grosset at times, to buy stock from the original publisher and place their new DJ on the book. DJ in archival cover chips edge wear., Fine

1st Edition

Fearing, Kenneth : The Big Clock

The Bodley Head, London, 1947

8vo.. Signature on ffep. ow. about fine in an attractive dw. whcih has slight edge wear with small chips at both extremes of the spine. Basis for two notable films in 1948 and 1987.. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Plus

First Edition