New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 312pp Sharp Stated First Edition, bound in blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout save some spotting on end-papers and paste-downs. Very mild wear to spine ends and tips. Small bookseller's ticket..... More
Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal, 1959. Bob Abbett. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Vintage Paperback PBO Gold Medal #s929. Sharp Unread First Printing of this Paperback Original. No month, 1959. $.35 cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout with little if any toning. Some moderate wear to edges and a faint..... More
new York City: Bookfinger, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 231pp. Sharp Stated First American Edition, one of only 1000 unnumbered copies published. It was originally published in the U.K. by Jarrolds in 1916. Bound in black cloth with spine lettering in gilt. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a...... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1926. Hardcover. 12mo., 306pp. Beautiful early reprint, the "Popular" Edition, July 1926. Originally published in 1921 with a second printing and a "Cheap" edition following in 1923 before this edition, Square, tight and solid throughout with little or no wear save some gentle bumping to the..... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1931. Hardcover. 12mo., 252pp. Beautiful first printing of the "Cheap" Edition, no month,1931. Originally published in 1920. Bound in black cloth with titles and decoration in gilt on front board and spine. Square, tight and solid throughout with little or no wear. Gilt dulled on spine..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 331pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, (American) of this uncommon story of a scientific evil genius bent on world domination. Published by Cassell in the UK the same year. Bound in original red cloth with titles stamped in black..... More
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club - Doubleday & Co., 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 299pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, bound in orange cloth with spine titles and illustration in green. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a bit of gentle bumping to the heel. A touch of off-setting..... More
New York: Gold Medal, 1954. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Vintage Paperback PBO Gold Medal #408. Beautiful Unread First Printing of this Paperback Original. June, 1954. $.25 cover price. cover art by James Meese. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear or toning. Perhaps a hint of toning..... More
New York: Gold Medal, 1954. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Vintage Paperback PBO Gold Medal #408. Solid First Printing of this Paperback Original. June, 1954. $.25 cover price. cover art by James Meese. Square, tight and clean throughout with very mild page toning. A bit of edge-wear and rubbing. Sill fresh..... More
New York: Causeway Books, 1973. New Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 320pp. Sharp First Causeway Edition of this treatise on the occult by the author of the Fu Manchu series and an occultist himself. Originally published in 1914, this new edition has an introduction by Felix Morrow, the "...American communist political activist..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 322p. Beautiful Stated First Edition, (American) of this uncommon story of a scientific evil genius bent on world domination. Published by Cassell in the UK the same year. Bound in original red cloth with titles and illustrations stamped..... More
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo., 204pp. plus 4 pages of ads in rear. Sharp First U.K. and first hardcover edition of this story of the authorities chasing Sumuru in the Caribbean. It was originally published in the U.S. as a paperback edition titled, "The Fire Goddess"..... More