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Alistair MacLean | First Editions
1922 - 1987
See below our stock of Alistair MacLean First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
Results 1 - 17 (of 17)
Bear Island.
London: Collins, 1971. [Murder Mystery] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.286 [2]. Publisher's dark green cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by Norman Weaver, priced at £1.50. A nice crisp, clean copy, bumped to head of spine. Jacket very slightly sunned to spine. Near fine. Seafaring suspense..... More
The Golden Rendezvous.
London: Collins, 1962. [Maritime Thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.255 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by John Heseltine, priced at 16s. Blue ink initials to fly-leaf. Light toning and spotting to edges. Sunning mark to head of spine corresponding the..... More
Goodbye California.
London: Collins, 1977. [Action thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.318; [4]. Publisher's brown cloth with silver titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket photographed by Roy Botterell. Near fine in similar price-clipped jacket, with usual sunning to spine, and a little rubbing to edges. A race-against-time novel with elements of..... More
The Guns of Navarone.
London: Collins, 1957. [WWII adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.318; [2], blank. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 14s. A lovely fine copy of the book in similar jacket. One of the author's most popular titles, and the basis for the epic 1961..... More
HMS Ulysses.
London: Collins, 1955. [Nautical thriller] FIRST EDITION. Author's first book. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated cartographic endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper by John Rose. Contents clean, discreet name to flyleaf (masked by map), jacket with a few small chips and tears, rear panel..... More
The Last Frontier.
London: Collins, 1959. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.319 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 15s. Some toning to edges. Some bumping to binding, with sunning marks to spine corresponding with jacket losses. Jacket re-priced in blue ink..... More
Puppet on a Chain.
London: Collins, 1969. [Smuggling adventure]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.255; [1]. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, in macabre pictorial dust-jacket designed by Norman Weaver. Minor dustiness to edges. Dust-jacket lightly worn to spine ends, else a near fine bright copy. Heroin smuggling thriller set in Amsterdam; an..... More
Seawitch.
London: Collins, 1977. [Action thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.221 [3], blank. Publisher's blue-green cloth with silver titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket photographed by Roy Botterell. Near fine in similar price-clipped jacket, a trifle sunned to spine. Classic MacLean 'vendetta' novel, uncovering kidnap and betrayal in the cut..... More
South by Java Head.
London: Collins, 1958. [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 14s. Very light toning to edges, jacket a little spotted to rear; a fine copy. A wartime adventure set on the South China Seas; the third thriller..... More
South by Java Head.
London: Collins, 1958. [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.320. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket priced at 14s. Minor spotting, small scuff/sticker pull to flyleaf, jacket fine but for a tiny chip to crown. Shows well. A war-time adventure set on the South China..... More
The Way to Dusty Death.
London: Collins, 1973. [Grand Prix thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.222; [2]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, pictorial dust-jacket illustrated by John Constable, priced at £2.00. A near fine copy in like jacket. Unusual to find this copy unclipped. More
Breakheart Pass.
London: Collins, 1974. [Historical adventure thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket, priced at £2.00. Near fine, with some light bumping to extremities, and a little rubbing to jacket edges. Suspense novel set in 1870s Nevada..... More
Caravan To Vaccares.
London: Collins, 1970. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.251. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust wrapper. A fine copy of the book in near fine, price-clipped jacket with some sunning to spine. A gripping manhunt thriller set in Provence. Basis..... More
Floodgate.
London: Collins, 1983. [Disaster novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23x 13cm), pp.[ii]; 315; [3]., blank. Bound in publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, pictorial dust wrapper. Price-clipped else a clean, near fine copy. A ransom thriller concerning a group of IRA-sympathisers and their plot to decimate Amsterdam's Schiphol..... More
Night Without End.
London: Collins, 1960. [Polar adventure thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket priced at 15s. A large blue ink child's doodle to fly-leaf. Toning to edges. Some handling to cloth; gilt somewhat dulled. Jacket a little toned..... More
Night Without End.
London: Collins, 1960. [Polar adventure thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.256. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket priced at 15s. Toned to edges and endpapers. Some light bumping to board extremities. Jacket lightly toned to spine and rear panel, with light rubbing..... More
River of Death.
London: Collins, 1981. [Amazon jungle adventure thriller] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.192; [4], blank. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust wrapper. A lightly handled copy, wrapper lightly sunned to spine. Very good. Revenge novel based around a lost city expedition in..... More
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