Charles Willeford. Pick-Up. Beacon, 1955.

Price: US$120.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: New York: Beacon Publications, 1955. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. First edition. #109. Vintage paperback original, very good condition, spine creased only very slightly, cover with one small crease in top corner. Cover shows a pictorial wraps with white & yellow lettering & cover art picturing a blonde cutie running from a hotel.Page toning consistent with vintage. No marks or tears, except 2 small initials on inside cover. Packaged and preserved in heavy duty plastic sleeve. SUMMARY: Mystery about a married woman who prowls the streets at night when drunk. An excellent noir novel by the Miami Blues author that flaunts breaking a well-known rule of writing: to not hide crucial character information until the end of the book. 1955. Beacon Publications US A Beacon First Award Wining Novel. RARE COLLECTIBLE.

Seller: Lotsa Books, Fort Smith, AR, U.S.A.

Willeford, Charles. Pick-Up. Beacon Publications, New York, 1955.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Pocket paperbound original book. Published as Beacon Books B200. A stirring story of illicit love. Very good condition with some creases to the rear cover and general light wear. A solid copy of this early Willeford title.

Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.

Willeford, Charles. Pick-Up. Beacon Publications Corp, New York, 1955.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. 191, [1] pp. Illustrated wraps. A Very Good+ copy with an uncreased spine, bright wraps, slight lean to spine and shelf wear, slight crease to bottom of front wrap, rubbing to back wrap. An excellent noir novel by the Miami Blues author that flaunts breaking a well-known rule of writing: to not hide crucial character information until the end of the book.

Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Willeford, Charles. PICK-UP. Beacon Publications Corp, [New York, 1955.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Description: Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Beacon #109. Paperback original. A superior fine copy in wrappers, with a faint reading crease at front cover-spine edge. (8490)

Seller: John W. Knott, Jr, Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB, Laurel, MD, U.S.A.

Willeford, Charles. PICK-UP. Beacon Publications Corp. 1955]., [New York, 1955.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Description: Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Beacon #109. Paperback original. Faint reading crease at front spine fold, a fine copy. (#125669)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.