Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Fredric Brown. Knock Three-One-Two. E.P. Dutton, 1959.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First edition stated. Front hinge blown and clumsily repaired with cellophane tape.
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. Knock Three-One-Two *. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1959.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Minor wear to boards, but spine is slightly cocked and top edge of textblock is dusty. Dust jacket is unclipped in Brodart sleeve with minor curling along top edge where Brodart was applied a little too snugly. Very slight fading to spine of dust jacket. Prior owner's name inscribed on front flyleaf. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. bbt5
Seller: Memories Lost and Found, Avondale Estates, GA, U.S.A.
BROWN, Fredric. Knock Three-One-Two. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, New York, 1959.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Octavo. Illustrated black and red dust jacket. Good, dust jacket slightly trimmed, wear to edges heaviest at spine ends and corners, spine slightly darkened, Bookstall sticket on rear panel, spotting at edges, ink stamp of The Bookstall on both free end papers, evidence of glue on both pastedowns.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Fredric Brown. Knock Three-One-Two. E.P.Dutton and Co, New York, 1959.
Price: US$109.57 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dust jacket: New facsimile jacket. Protected in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fine. Book: Slight fading to spine, light scratching to front boards. Very light foxing to top page edge, text very clean throughout. Overall book condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13.5 x 19.5 cm).
Seller: Tarrington Books, Tarrington, HEF, United Kingdom
Brown, Fredric. Knock Three-one-two. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1959.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small octavo, 190 pages; pictorial dust jacket is price-clipped. A little spotting on page edges, owner name and date on ffep. Dust jacket with light wear at extremities.
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.
BROWN, Fredric. Knock Three - One - Two. E.P. Dutton & Co, New York, 1959.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); black paper-covered boards with titles stamped on spine; dustjacket; 190pp. Light wear to boards; Near Fine; dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.95); former owner's initials written small on front DJ flap; toning and few spots to verso only of jacket; light edgewear including a short closed tear and light crease to spine- VG+. From the DJ: "Before the night was over, Ray was brutally beaten and given an ultimatum: raise the money he owed in 24 hours- or else. And this time even Dolly, his girlfriend, couldn't help him."
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Brown, Fredric. Knock Three-One-Two. E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc, New York, 1959.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 190pp. Black hardcover, title printed on spine. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Clean text. Previous ownership stamp on front free endpaper. In publisher's fine dust jacket, bright illustrations and vibrant colors, $2.95 retail price on front flap. An outstanding example. Fredric Brown was an American science fiction, mystery, short fantasy and black comedy writer. His first novel, The Fabulous Clipjoint, won an Edgar Award for outstanding mystery novel. Another novel, The Screaming Mimi, was adapted into a film in 1958. He is widely considered one of the best Science Fiction Writers of the 20th Century. Fredric Brown died in 1972, having published over 100 works of fiction. Since his death, many of his early pulp novels have been republished and have found a cult following.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.