Special Editions and Rare Finds
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1940. 1st edition; dust jacket in protective cover; spine chipped; shelf wear along top edge; corners chipped; red cloth with white paper label inset with design of man riding horse; white paper label on spine with author and title; front cover lightly soiled; illustrated endpapers; former owner's name in ink on ffep; binding tight; text clean. G+/G
Arkham House, 1957. 1st edition; dust jacket protected; not price clipped; black cloth; endpapers toned; binding good; text clean. G/G
1st edition; dust jacket protected; minimal wear, if any; binding tight; text clean. VG/VG
Privately published by Macy-Masius: Publishers, 1927; no. 2120/3000; introduction by Carl Van Doren; decorations by Rockwell Kent; maroon cloth with decoration on gold paper inset on front cover; faded gilt lettering on spine; in bright red slipcase with paper label on spine; decorated endpapers; t.e.g.; both book and slipcase in excellent condition. VG
Leigh Brackett (1915-1978) was an American writer, particularly of science fiction; she has been referred to as the "Queen of Space Opera." She was also a screenwriter and a writer of crime fiction. An Eye for an Eye has been called a novel of nightmare revenge, and it was adapted for television as Suspicion series episode in 1958.
1st edition; published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company; "A Crime Club selection." Dust jacket in protective mylar cover; 1/2" tear at head of spine and top of front cover; price clipped; black boards with red decoration and lettering on spine; binding tight; text clean and bright. VG/G+
1st printing; stiff silver covers; missing a few of the mechanicals (harmonic accordion, duodecahedron attached to black string and accompanying rubber band; 45 R.P.M. flexi-disc with portrait of Lou Reed on playing surface; balloon); all others are present and working; signature with pop-up castle detached and laid in; covers have some wear. G
William B. Ewert, Publisher, Concord, NY, 1980. Limited edition, no. 48 of 176 copies, signed on colophon; string tied, wrappers. VG+
1st edition, 2nd printing, October 1956. Dust jacket protected; head of spine chipped with loss; bottom front cover creased; blue cloth; binding tight; text clean. G+/G
World Publishing Company, 1957. 1st edition in English, featuring just one signature with increasingly smaller split pages. Cover serves as title page, corners bumped; covers show minor wear, some smudges; binding tight; text clean. G+