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C.S. Forester. Payment Deferred. Little Brown, 1942.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Very Good condition. Tanning to page ends. First American edition. No dustjacket.
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
Forester, C.S.. Payment Deferred. Little Brown & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, 1942.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
FORESTER, C.S.. Payment Deferred.. Little, Brown and Company, 1942.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG- section of the spine is sunned, in a poor DJ.
Seller: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Forester, C. S.. Payment Deferred. Little Brown, Boston, 1942.
Price: US$126.00 + shipping
Description: Nice copy in its second printing, one month after the first. Unmarked but for vintage bookplate on front pastedown. Tight and square. Textblock supple and clean. No toning. Price clipped jacket is a nice one with only minor wear to spine ends and top of front fold. Red background color on spine still present very lightly sunned compared to bright red of front panel. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
C.S. Forester. Payment Deferred (First Edition). Little, Brown, Boston, 1942.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition, preceded by the First UK Edition published by John Lane The Bodley Head in 1926. Basis for the 1932 pre-Code film starring Charles Laughton and Maureen O'Sullivan. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Slightly cocked, with bookplate on the front pastedown. Jacket lightly worn at the spine ends, with small nicks at the corners.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
C. S. FORESTER. PAYMENT DEFERRED. Little Brown & Co, Boston, 1942.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine hardcover copy in a near fine jacket/brodart covered. Stated First Edition. No bumped corners to book. Small, tiny nick to cloth, top of spine. Copy is very tight. Bookplate appears on front board under flap. No owners signatures. Jacket is not priced clipped. Light edge wear to top and bottom of jackets spine. Some light soiling to rear panel from handling over the years. A very decent copy.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
C.S. Forester. PAYMENT DEFERRED. Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1942.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Former owner's name on front endpaper else clean, tight, and unmarked. The jacket is clean with the original $2.50 price intact and marred only by some shallow chipping of less than a 1/4-inch at the spine ends. Classic mystery novel, published in England in 1926 and the basis for the film starring Charles Laughton and Elsa Lancaster. This is the first American edition published 16 years later, A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, considered as one of the top detective novels of the century.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Payment Deferred by C. S. Forester (First Edition) A firm square copy with rubbed edges. Faint toning to the endpapers. A bright dust jacket with some foxing to the flaps. Interior joints and edges covered with 1/2' brown tape. Price-clipped. Clear protective cover. Published January 1942, stated. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone mystery.
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
FORESTER, C. S.. PAYMENT DEFERRED.. Little, Brown and Company, 1942., Boston, 1942.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First U.S. edition. Fine, bright copy in dust jacket with minor wear to the spine ends and head of spine. Originally published in England in 1926. William Marble is in serious debt, struggling to keep his family afloat and is close to facing bankruptcy, when an opportunity presents itself. His rich nephew visits one night, giving Marble the chance to slip poison into his drink. When Marble has all the money he has ever dreamed of, he thinks life will surely be easier for him. Instead, his troubles are just beginning, as things are about to get a whole lot worse. Slowly William?s family become caught in a dangerous web of fear, secrets, and blackmail. A gritty psychological thiller. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone.
Seller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, GREENCASTLE, PA, U.S.A.
FORESTER, C.S.. PAYMENT DEFERRED.. BOSTON, LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, 1942., 1942.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DUST JACKET WITH DESIGN BY CHARLES LOFGREN (UNCLIPPED; FEW NICKS); NO SIGNATURES OR BOOKPLATES; ADVANCE COPY FOR REVIEW WITH PUBLISHER'S SLIP LAID IN LOOSE WITH THE PUBLISHING DATE OF JANUARY 21, 1942. FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
C. S. Forester. Payment Deferred. Little, Brown and Company, 1942.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Payment Deferred" by C. S. Forester 1942 - First American Edition, First Printing Vintage Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket 8" x 5 1/2" 265 Pages The jacket is in good minus condition with edge wear, chips and blue markings on the front inside flap. The jacket is now protected with a removable Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good minus condition, free from rips, tears, writing and bends. The previous owner's name is written on the front free end page in blue ink and there is some tape residue. There is slight soiling on the page edges. The boards are in good minus condition with some edge wear and light soiling. The binding is tight and square.
Seller: Dara's Library, Wilmette, IL, U.S.A.
Forester, C. S.. Payment Deferred. Little Brown, Boston, 1942.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first American edition, published by Little Brown in 1942. A near fine copy of the book with very light spots on the front endpaper. Dust Jacket near fine with some light chipping along the top edge of the front panel and the head of the spine. Half inch tear to the top of the front panel . Haycraft-Queen cornerstone.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.