A fairly interesting assortment of a couple of dozen recent finds in several genres.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 343pp. Beautiful First Printing with Scribner's A and seal on copyright page. Original yellow cloth. Square tight and clean throughout with perhaps a touch of edge-wear and mild of off-setting on paste-downs from the jacket flaps. A bit of soiling..... More
New York: The Century Company, 1916. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo., 117pp. Beautiful Limited Edition, #280 of 500 numbered copies. Original cream paper covered boards with lettering in black on front board and spine and decorations in gold. t.e.g. Photos of the author and his residence. Square, tight and clean..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 406pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($28.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the author on the title page..... More
Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., 1904. New Edition. Hardcover. 8vo.,337pp Sharp New Edition originally published in 1881. Original green cloth with titles on spine and front board stamped in gold. t.e.g. 33 illustrations including frontis portrait of the author. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of wear to..... More
New York: Mysterious Press - The Armchair Detective Library, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 160pp. Beautiful First Edition, Part of the Armchair Detective Library series. Pretty much as new in like slipcase as published. This is letter V of 26 lettered presentation copies signed by the author on a special..... More
New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1914. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 180pp. Beautiful First US Edition. Original green cloth with titles in white on spine and front board though mostly faded on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with perhaps a hint of toning. Minute wear to spine ends and..... More