The Idols and the Prey; --A Novel of Haiti by Goodwin, John - 1953

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Stated first edition. Minor/moderate rubbing to extremities of boards. Dampstains to upper edge of text block. Moderate wear and soiling to dust jacket; several short tears and small chips; interior side stained; jacket in mylar protector. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1953). First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 341p octavo. A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953. 341pp [ex-library with just a few markings; pocket removal scar on front free endpaper; chipping and wear to dust jacket]. First Edition stated. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Brothers (1953) 344 pp. Original blue paper covered boards w/ gilt title on black cloth spine. Binding lightly soiled w/ wear to corners. Crease to spine. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ lightly soiled w/ wear and approx. 1 1/4" closed tear from bottom of spine. Few small chips to edges. Previous owner's name to top margin of front flap.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1953. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 341pp. Small bookseller's ticket to rear paste-down. A fine copy in barely edge-rubbed pictorial dustwrapper, Near Fine. Novel of young American expatriates in Haiti. Voudou elements.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1954. First Edition. 341 pages. This is an ex-Library book. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge wear with tears, chipping and creasing. All surfaces heavily tanned, particularly spine.

NY: Harper & Bros., 1953. [1st printing](1953) Author's 1st. Intrigue, Voodoo and rich Americans in Haiti. Endpages tanning; dj has a couple of closed tears and spine panel is a bit darkened; else excellent.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+.

London (7, Cork Street): Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First UK edition, first printing (published in the USA a year earlier). 338pp. In green cloth-covered boards, with gilt lettering on spine (boards very slightly rounded on corners and spine ends). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In it original dust jacket (a little rubbed at edges, chipped with minor loss at spine ends, some visible shelf wear on rear). Dust jacket now protected in archival quality Mylar wrapper, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives. 12 mo. Goodwin's first novel is a study degeneration where the hero is not so much one of the characters, although they are compelling, but the island of Haiti, brilliantly evoked by the author as he describes his characters' spiritual downfall.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1954. 341p., light foxing on the endpapers, original green cloth with gilt spine titles, illustrated dust-jacket, not price-clipped, a few small chips along the edges, a very good copy.. First UK Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.