A great collection, in various genres, recently added to our shelves. All books are subject to prior sale. Thanks very much for looking.
New York: Alliance Book Corporation - Fingerprint Mystery, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 306pp. Beautiful First US Edition, (not in Hubin), bound in black cloth with titles in white on spine and the Fingerprint logo on front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with gentle bumping to spine end. Remarkably..... More
Baltimore, MD: Borderlands Press, 2020. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 116pp. Beautiful Limited Edition, #302 of only 500 copies published. Bound in gold cloth with titles stamped in red on front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Signed by Lawrence Connolly, the Editor, on the limitation..... More
Chicago: W. B. Conkey, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 261 pp. Beautiful First Edition, Bound in red cloth with titles stamped in white, black-bordered letters on front board and in black on spine. Author's name and scenic vignette stamped in black on front board . Four illustrates, including frontispiece, by..... More
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 256pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition of this anthology of stories featuring Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee, Chief Pathologist at fictional Pasteur Hospital. With an introduction by Dr. Milton Helpern, Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York. Square tight and clean..... More
London: Sampson & Low, 1863. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two Volume, 8vo., vi(2)291pp, 300pp. Scarce later issue of the Samson & Low First Edition, bound in original brown cloth with borders and decorations stamped in black on front boards and titles in gilt on spine. This issue has Chapman and Hall..... More
Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Beautiful LEC Edition, #9 in the Forty-Second Series produced for the Limited Editions Club, this being #538 of2000 copies printed for the LEC at the Stinehour Press in Lunenburg, VT. 4to, 252pp. Bound in full linen, "...printed with an allover design..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 358pp. Beautiful First US Edition with no other printings listed as called for. Bound in publisher's navy cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with no spotting or toning. A touch gentle bumping at..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Square 4to., unpaginated. Beautiful Unread First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive clipped dust-jacket), has a bit of remnant of a price sticker on the rear panel..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 244pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, bound in 1/4 black cloth over blue paper-covered boards. Titles and decoration in silver on spine.. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Board edges have a hint of toning. toning. Very..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1962. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 344pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, bound in green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a touch at the spine ends but barely. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket..... More
Baltimore, MD: Borderlands Press, 2017. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 116pp. Beautiful Limited Edition, #478 of only 500 copies published. Bound in gold cloth with titles stamped in red on front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Also..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1836. Hardcover. 12mo., 251pp. Sharp later edition, originally published in 1822. Bound in publisher's black cloth with borders and decoration in blind. Gilt spine titles and the emblem for the Lady's Closet Library stamped in gilt on front board. Square and tight with some..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 377pp. Beautiful First Edition, Bound in green cloth with titles stamped in silver on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with a bit of mild wear to spine ends and edges. Solid. unclipped, and quite..... More
Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1981. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Beautiful Limited Editions Club., #8 in the Forty-Fifth Series produced for the Limited Editions Club, this being #538 of2000 copies printed for the LEC at the Anthoensen Press of Portland, ME. 4to, 264pp. Bound in full natural linen. Square, tight and..... More
New York: Samuel French, 1926. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 8vo., 146pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition, bound in tan wraps. Square, tight and clean throughout. Mild edge-wear with tiny closed tears along the edge as the covers were printed larger than the text block. Spine and edges very lightly toning. Many..... More
New York: J.W. Bouton, 1884. Three-Quarter Leather. Folio. xvi, 210(2)pp Sharp First American Edition with the illustrations by Maurice Leloir. Bound in three-quarter brown morocco over brown cloth-covered boards. Raised bands on spine with titles, borders and decoration in gilt. Brown cloth end-papers. a.e.g. 12 Full-page tissue-guarded photogravure illustrations including..... More
New York: The Crime Club - Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo.,311pp. Beautiful Stated First US Edition published the year after the English edition. Original black cloth with titles in black upon red bands on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with just..... More