![]() ![]() Book has no creased page corners, faint vertical spine creasing (this book is ALWAYS found with vertical spine reading creases - it is near impossible to find a 1st printing without spine creases), no spine lean, no cover creases, almost no edge wear, no color rubbing, no staining or soiling to covers, no former ownership markings or used bookstore stamps inside, pages barely starting to slightly age yellow at edges. ![]() hardcover trade printing in 1981 - just a book club hardcover published by Berkley around 1985 and a much later small press Dark Harvest hardcover published in 1989), First Printing (complete 10 - 1 numberline on copyright page), double cover. LEIGH NICHOLS (DEAN KOONTZ penname) - THE EYES OF DARKNESS, copyright 1981, published by Pocket (there was no U.S. ![]()
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