Garden City, NY: The Crime Club - Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 278pp. Sharp Stated First Edition bound in original publisher's grey cloth with titles stamped in orange on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout save some off-setting to paste-downs. Small bookseller ticket on front end-paper..... More
New York City: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Thin 8vo., 125pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($11.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears..... More
New York City: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 324pp.plus 4pgs ads. Beautiful First Edition, also published as just "The Relentless Current" using Booth's pseudonym, M.E. Charlesworth which is really her maiden name, Mary Elizabeth Charlseworth prior to her marriage to Ballington Booth in 1886). This was also..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 180pp. Sharp First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of wear to spine ends but very minor. Edges of boards ever-so-lightly toned. Very attractive unclipped wrapper, (3.50), has a closed tear on the front panel and light edge-wear but..... More
New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 347pp.Sharp First Printing with Scribner's "A" present, square tight and clean throughout. Equally attractive un-clipped dust-wrapper, ($3.75), has the smallest amount of wear to the spine ends. Protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. A beautiful, collectable copy and uncommon..... More
Tarzana, CA: Burroughs, 1948. J. Allen St. John. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 318pp. Beautiful First Burroughs Reprint, bound in the usual tan-grey cloth with dark blue lettering on cover & spine. Zeuschner, pg.210, #798. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save for a hint of edge-wear..... More
Norfolk, VA: Crippen and Landru, 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Beautiful Limited Edition, #37 of 200 copies. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper. Included booklet "Danse Macabre" by Hugh B. Cave which is in publisher's pouch affixed to rear paste-down. Signed by Hugh..... More
New York City: Harper & Brothers, 1887. Hardcover. 16mo., (2)170pp. plus 12pg ads. Sharp Early US Edition. Published a year earlier as #105 of Harper's Handy Series. Originally published in the UK, also in 1886, as part of that year's Arrowsmith's Christmas Annual. This volume is likely a Harper's Popular..... More
Sauk City. WI: Mycroft & Moran, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 108pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition, one of only 2904 copies printed. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($3.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Design by Frank..... More
New York City: E.P. Dutton, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 219pp. Sharp Stated First Edition bound in quarter pink cloth over paper-covered boards. Photographs throughout. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of wear to spine ends but quite minor. Very attractive unclipped photographic dust-jacket, ($3.95), has some minor..... More
New York City: Doubleday, 2015. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Unopened and unread. Sign and dated by the author opposite the title page. Gorgeous copy. More
Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1924. 1st Edition. Cloth. 2 volumes, 12mo., ix(3)283pp., viii(2)277pp. Solid Stated First Edition bound in publisher's green cloth with tiles and borders in gilt on front board and spine. Illustrated end-papers and interior illustrations by George Westcott. Square and tight and clean throughout save some..... More
Indianapolis: Wm. S. Buford, 1919. 1st Edition. Cloth. 4to., 192pp. Sharp First Edition with no date on copyright page but c.1919, shortly after demobilization. Bound in publisher's red cloth with titles and illustration in black on front board. Photos, drawings and charts throughout. Square, tight and clean throughout. Some wear..... More
New York City: Scribner, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 301pp. Beautiful First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($22.00), is fresh and bright with chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. A gorgeous, collectable copy of..... More
New York City: Century Co., 1903. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6] 262pp. Sharp First Edition bound in publisher's dark blue gilt-stamped titles and fish design on front cover signed with the double D monogram of the Decorative Designers. t,e,g, Square, tight and clean throughout. A touch of wear to extremities..... More
New York City: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1931. 1st Edition. Cloth. 8vo., 265pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing of this uncommon mystery about a football player murdered on the field during a game. Bound in publisher's original red cloth with titles in black on front board and spine. Square, tight..... More
New York City: Boni & Liveright, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo.252pp. Beautiful First Edition, bound in original maroon pebbled cloth with titles stamped in gilt on front board and spine. Patterned end-papers. Square, tight and clean throughout with perhaps a hint of wear to spine ends rubbing to bottom edges..... More
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. First Edition; First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper has a hint of wear to the tips but very minor. A beautiful collectable..... More
London: Macmillan & Co., 1922. 2nd Edition. Three-Quarter Leather. 8vo., (6),xxxiv,(3)305pp Beautiful later printing of the Second Edition. Bound in 3/4 maroon morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. Binding signed by Bayntun of Bath on the ffep. t.e.g. Leather ruled in gilt. raised bands, titles stamped in gilt in spine compartments..... More
New York City: Harcourt, Brace, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. More
New York City: F.M. Lupton, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 344pp. Beautiful, bright First Edition, First State of this uncommon anthology. Bound in original dark green cloth with titles on front board and spine stamped in gilt with illustration in black and yellow. Square, tight and clean throughout with some..... More
London: Orion, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 272pp. Beautiful First Printing with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. "In the crypt of the Abbey Church at Hallowdene, the monks were boiling their Bishop.' Author's first novel is a...... More
London: Heinemann, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 163pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (18s. net), has a hint of wear at the spine ends and tips but quite minor. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears..... More
Minneapolis: Dreamhaven, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 285pp. Beautiful First Limited Edition. #775 of 1000 copies printed. Contains a foreword by Greg Ketter, an introduction by Neil Gaiman, and stories by Gene Wolfe, P. D. Cacek, A. R. Morlan, John J. Miller, Ramsey Campbell, Charles de Lint, Lisa Morton, Jack..... More
London: Macmillan, 1913. Hugh Thomson. Hardcover. Lacks folding map. More