New York: The International News Company, 1943. 1st Edition. Cloth. Folio. 26 weekly issues, (July.2, to Dec. 25), bound together, approximately 29 pages each. Bound in black cloth with titles on spine in gilt. Photographs and both b&w and color illustrations throughout including a great portrait of the not-yet-21 future..... More
Paris: Librarie de Firmin-Didot, 1875. Full-Leather. 8 Volumes complete, 4to. Solid Early Edition, bound in marbled paper-covered boards with titles in gilt upon gilt-bordered leather spine labels. Illustrated with hundreds of full-page black & white engravings. Text in French. Includes the scarcer volume 8, the "Secret Museum" that deals in..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1902. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Macmillan, New York, 1902. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. First edition. INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER: "To _____________/ With great pleasure in his admiration/ Gertrude Atherton/ New York, November 8th, 1902". Maroon cloth ornately lettered in..... More
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 311pp. Beautiful First Canadian and True First Edition, Square, tight and clean throughout with some mild wear to the spine ends else Fine. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($22.95), has a minuscule nick at the crown and some light water staining..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 319pp. Beautiful First Edition of this scarce mystery. Bound in black cloth with titles in yellow on the spine and cat and feather motif on front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no where. A hint..... More
New York: Arbor House, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gorgeous First Printing. Square tight and clean throughout. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper has a tiny bit of wear at the crown but fresh and bright with no creases, tears or chipping. Signed by the Author..... More
New York: Canaveral Press, 1964. Roy G. Krenkel. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 282(1)pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition of these interconnected stories about Carson on Venus. Bound in blue cloth with titles in black on front board and spine. Mapped end-papers. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1938. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 296pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Impression, bound in navy cloth with titles in lighter blue on front board and spine. Blue top-stain, (unfaded). Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Small booksellers ticket tipped into the..... More
London: William Tegg, 1868. Full-Leather. Two volumes, 8to., xxiv(1)427pp; (5)430pp. Sharp Eighth Edition, beautifully bound by Bickers & Son in contemporary full green calf, gilt ruled, raised spine bands with compartments decorated in in gilt in four compartments. Titles in gilt upon red leather labels in two compartments. Marbled fore-edges..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 448pp. Sharp True First Edition. Bobbs-Merrill published a reprint often confused as the first edition. Bound in publisher's red cloth with titles in white and illustration of the title character in-laid on the front board. Frontis illustration. Square, tight and clean..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 207pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition bound in brown cloth with titles in black on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps of trivial wear to crown but quite minor. No toning or..... More
Boston: William F. Gill & Co, 1875. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 237pp. Sharp First American and First Illustrated Edition of this early dramatic work from the author of The Moonstone and The Woman in White. Bound in original publisher's green cloth with titles outlined in gilt on spine and..... More
Blackrock, County Dublin: Caislean An Bhurcaigh, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo., 183pp.. Gorgeous Unread First Limited Edition, one of only 50 copies published. Beautifully bound in full red morocco, raised spine bands with gilt bordered compartments with titles in gilt. Anchor and ship motif's stamped in gilt on the..... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. RARE DUST WRAPPER 8vo., 311pp. Gorgeous Fine First Edition, First Printing. Original blue cloth with titles stamped in gold on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout. Perhaps a hint of a crimp to the heel and crown but barely noticeable. A remarkably..... More
Sauk City, WI: Mycroft & Moran, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 238pp. Gorgeous First Edition. One of 3000 copies printed, though it has been estimated that there were actually 3604 copies were actually published, (Jaffrey p.23). Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a hint of..... More
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 248pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing, one of only 2470 copies printed. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a gentle bump to the crown. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($4.00), is fresh and bright with no..... More
New York: Berkley Medallion, 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Vintage Paperback PBO Berkley Z1878. Sharp First Printing of this paperback original written by the iconic crime fiction author using this pseudonym. . September, 1970. $1.25 Cover Price. Square and tight with fairly minor surface and edge-wear. A hint of toning..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 252pp. Beautiful First Edition with no other printings listed as called for by this publisher. Bound in yellow cloth with titles in black on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of bumping to the spine ends..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 332pp, Beautiful First Edition Bound in orange cloth with titles in black on spine and front board. Square, tight and clean throughout save some off-setting to end-papers from jacket flaps. Very gentle bumping to spine ends and trivial rubbing to..... More
New York: The Crime Club - Doubleday & Co., 1931. First U.S. Edition. Cloth. 8vo., 320pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, bound in black cloth with titles in red on spine and title and Crime Club logo on front board. Published in the UK by Harrap in the same year. Square..... More
Hartford, CT: A.D. Worthington, 1897. 1st Edition. Publisher's Cloth. 4to., xxxiv(1)730pp.plus 4pp. ads in rear. Beautiful First Edition of this classic biography of a most intrepid woman. Typically found in red cloth, this copy bound in the publisher's scarcer brown cloth with titles and decoration stamped in gilt on spine..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. Photoplay Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 300pp. Sharp First Edition, bound in red cloth with titles in yellow on front board and spine. Originally published as "The Curse of Capistrano" in All-Story Weekly. The film was released in 1920 and then finally the novelization with G&D..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 219pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. The author's first novel, winner of the 1991 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, as well as the Shamus and Creasy Awards. The basis for the 1995..... More
Cambridge, MA: Horizon Press, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to., un-paginated. Beautiful First Limited Edition, #46 of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist and accompanied by an original signed lithograph on custom made French BFK Rives rag paper. Bound in cream cloth with titles in gilt on spine and front..... More
London: William Pickering, 1843. First Edition, Thus. Half-Leather. 16mo., (5)144pp.. Lacking half-title. Beautiful First Separate Edition. Finely bound in half 19th century polished calf over marbled paper-covered boards. All edges speckled red. Engraved frontis portrait of Chaucer by W.H. Worthington. Raised spine bands with compartments ruled in gilt. Title in..... More