Buy this book on-line NICHOLS**, LEIGH: : THE EYES OF DARKNESS.**LONDON.PIATKUS,1981. ISBN 0861882016.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,but price-clipped dw/dj. Very light wear/rubbing dw/dj edges.Fore- edges aged as usual/normal.Pseudonym,DEAN R. KOONTZ.
'Shortly after midnight,just four minutes
into Tuesday morning,on the way home from a late rehearsal of her new show,Tina Evans thought she saw her son,Danny,in a strangers car'.
This was the second of five novels under NICHOLS pseudonym.It is also,the novel discussed in the news (c. 2020),whereby Koontz 'predicted' an outbreak very similar to Coronavirus - referring to it as 'Wuhan-400'. Scarce UK,H/B title.See my book IDs' rja917421 and rja917521 for UK,12mo p/back 1sts.
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UK,12mo p/back,1st edn 2nd imp.[Originally and first published,US (NY) Pocket Books in 1981.The UK (London) Fontana p/back 1st edn in 1982 - this 1st edn,2nd imp in July,1983 and is its first UK appearance as a paperback 1st edn.Preceded by the first UK appearance,as an 8vo HB +dw/dj, 1st edn by PIATKUS (London) in 1981,also under the 'Leigh Nichols' pseudonym.Re-issued in UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,by HEADLINE,1991 but as by Dean Koontz - dropping the pseudonym.] VG.No owner inscrptn,and no price removal from cover. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,'eye-catching' single die-cut to front cover,with white, pale blue and the title in black-outlined silver gilt lettering and single silver gilt teardrop just below the die cit.Die-cutting is a design/printing process where a shape is cut into a book's cover or dw/dj - a single die cut revealing a coloured eye from female part-portrait with other superimposed artwork, illustrated front free endpaper,behind the front cover.White lettering to the reading-creased spine,rear cover with white lettered story preamble; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping and minimal creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present and some minor, superficial scoring/indents to covers.Top+ fore-edges slightly aged/toned; top edges with sporadic blemishes,fore-edge without; contents bright,tight,clean with virtually no page-edge toning,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - carefully read.UK,12mo p/back 1st edn,2nd imp,3-312pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-4 comprising 40 chapters; plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated front free endpaper,half-title+title pages,a dedication,individual Pts separator pages and to the rear,2pp publisher advert with order form to its reverse.
The 2nd of 5 novels under this pseudonym. It is also,the novel discussed in the news,whereby Koontz 'predicted' an outbreak very similar to Coronavirus - referring to it as 'Wuhan-400'.
The opening sentence: 'Shortly after midnight,just four minutes into Tuesday morning,on the way home from a late rehearsal of her new show,Tina Evans thought she saw her son,Danny,in a stranger's car.'
One year after her son died in a tragic accident in the Sierras,Tina Evans begins to suspect that he is actually alive and that his death was staged to cover up his abduction.As she probes into the facts,her life is almost at once endangered.
A solid suspense novel,but not an equal to either 'The Servants of Twilight' - see my book ID rja917621 for UK,12mo p/back 1st edn - or 'Shadowfires' but still gripping.In 1994 he had it revised for re-issue in either of the following couple of years.
An uncommon item as UK,p/back issue.See my book ID rja917521 for anotherUK,p/b 1st edn of same title and also book ID rja450 for a scarce UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn example.
Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.
Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of NICHOLS**, LEIGH: : THE EYES OF DARKNESS.**. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. NICHOLS**, LEIGH: : THE EYES OF DARKNESS.**LONDON.FONTANA PAPERBACKS,1982. ISBN 0006165087.
UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.[Originally and first published,US(NY) Pocket Books in 1981.The UK (London) Fontana p/back 1st edn in 1982,and is its first UK appearance as a paperback 1st edn.Preceded by the first UK appearance,as an 8vo HB +dw/dj, 1st edn by PIATKUS(London) in 1981,under the 'Leigh Nichols' pseudonym.Re-issued in UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,by HEADLINE,1991 but as by Dean Koontz - dropping the pseudonym.] VG.No owner inscrptn,and no price removal from cover.Bright,crisp, clean,glossy,'eye-catching' single die-cut to front cover,with white,pale blue and the title in black-outlined silver gilt lettering and single silver gilt teardrop just below the die cut.Die-cutting is a design/printing process where a shape is cut into a book's cover or dw/dj - a single die cut revealing a coloured eye from female part-portrait with other superimposed artwork,illustrated front free endpaper,behind the front cover.White lettering to reading creased spine,rear cover with white lettered story preamble; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping and minimal creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present and some minor,superficial scoring/indents to covers.Front cover with with a top corner crease and an oblique angled crease/ wrinkle towards the fore-edge of same, spine lightly faded with reading creases, rear cover with some indent impressions, book with a slight lean.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned; contents bright, tight,clean with virtually no page-edge toning,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - carefully read.UK,12mo p/back 1st edn,3- 312pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-4 comprising 40 chapters; plus [unpaginated] colour illustrated front free endpaper, half-title+title pages,a dedication, individual Pts separator pages and to the rear,2pp publisher advert with order form to its reverse.An uncommon UK,p/back 1st edn.
The 2nd of 5 novels under this pseudonym. It is also,the novel discussed in the news,whereby Koontz 'predicted' an outbreak very similar to Coronavirus - referring to it as 'Wuhan-400'.
The opening sentence: 'Shortly after midnight,just four minutes into Tuesday morning,on the way home from a late rehearsal of her new show,Tina Evans thought she saw her son,Danny,in a stranger's car.'
One year after her son died in a tragic accident in the Sierras,Tina Evans begins to suspect that he is actually alive and that his death was staged to cover up his abduction.As she probes into the facts,her life is almost at once endangered.
A solid suspense novel,but not an equal to either 'The Servants of Twilight' - see my book ID rja917621 for UK,12mo p/back 1st edn - or 'Shadowfires' but still gripping.In 1994 he had it revised for re-issue in either of the following couple of years.
An uncommon item as UK,p/back issue.See my book ID rja917421 for another UK,p/b 1st edn of same title and also my book ID rja450 for a scarce UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn example.
Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
** UK,buyers note,p/backs' actual shipping costs/differences are adjusted and any difference is refunded after order receipt and before order's despatch, especially if p/back is offered P/p free.
** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.
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