London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 241pp. Beautiful First UK Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with some minor edge-wear. No toning or foxing. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (18s. net), has mildly toned edges and a short crease on the front flap. Still fresh and bright with..... More
Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal, 1958. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Vintage Paperback PBO Gold Medal #808. Beautiful Unread First Printing of this Paperback Original novelization of the 1958 MGM film starring Robert Taylor and Cyd Charisse. September, 1958. $.25 cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 346pp. Solid Stated First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a hint of toning to page edges and no foxing. Spine ends stiff, cracked and fragile though no loss. Toning to board edges. Sharp unclipped dust-jacket, ($4.50)..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 240pp, Sharp First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with a hint of bumping to spine ends. Page edges toning as is common with this title. Very attractive unclipped wrapper ($17.95), is fresh and..... More
New York: McClelland & Stewart, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 470pp. Beautiful First Canadian and True First Edition. First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a gentle bump to the heel. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($32.50), is fresh and bright..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 311pp. Beautiful First American Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($16.95), has some mild toning to spine and edges as is common but less..... 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: Ace Books, 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Vintage Paperback PBO Ace G-553. No month, 1965. $.50 cover price. Beautiful First Printing of this Paperback Original, basis for the TV show with Robert Vaughn. Square, tight and clean throughout with very minor surface and edge-wear. Fresh and bright with..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 233pp. Sharp First Edition with publisher's seal and "A" on copyright page as called for. Basis for the classic 1949 Film Noir "Thieves' Highway" starring Richard Conte and Lee J. Cobb. Bound in green/blue cloth with titles in maroon on..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. First Edition, Thus. Hardcover. 8vo., 312(10)pp. Beautiful assumed first Photo-Play Edition though this copy issued without the still from the 1931 film. Original green cloth with titles stamped in black. Square, tight, and clean throughout with save for previous owner's name on flyleaf and..... More
Greenwich, CT: Crest, 1964. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Small 8vo. Vintage Paperback Crest d763 $.50 Cover Price Sharp unread First Paperback Printing, November, 1964 Square and tight and clean throughout with mild edge and surface wear. Front cover starting to discolor. Still a fresh copy with no chipping or..... More
New York: Arbor House, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 319pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Bound in black and red cloth boards. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a hint at the crown but quite minor. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacker, ($13.50)..... More
New York: Modern Library, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 908pp. Sharp First printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($20.00), has a hint of edge-wear but is fresh and bright with no chipping, tears or creases. Signed by..... More
New York: A.L. Burt Company. Photoplay Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 362pp. plus 10 page publisher's catalog in rear. beautiful Photoplay Edition. Only original 1909 copyright date listed but circa 1915, after the release of the Broadway Star Features film. Grey cloth with titles in red on front board and spine. Background..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 248pp. Sharp Stated First Edition bound in yellow cloth with black outlined yellow titles. Square, and tight and quite clean throughout with or no toning or foxing. Minor wear to the spine ends and tips and a tiny spot..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beautiful First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout. A minimal amount of wear to spine. Spine titles slightly faded. Previous owner's name on the front paste-down. Unclipped wrapper ($2.50 Price intact), has some mild..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 276pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no interior toning or foxing. Minor edge-wear and toning to board edges. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.00), has a touch of edge-wear and rubbing but is fresh..... More
New York: Random House, 1990. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 493pp. Beautiful Unread First US Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($22.95), has a touch of edge-wear but is fresh and bright with no chipping..... More
London: Robert Hale, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 190pp. Sharp First Hardcover Edition of one of Cain's lesser known works, originally published as a Paperback Original as one of the stories in The Avon All-American Fiction Reader in 1951 and reprinted by Avon in 1952. Bound in black cloth with..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 276pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing. Bound in photographic cloth boards with titles in black on spine. Three stories by Capote, (A Christmas Memory, Miriam, and Among the Paths to Eden) , which were each originally filmed for television and then..... More
New York: Random House, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 493pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, First Printing with number sequence to "2" as called for by Random House. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a touch of rubbing to the heel. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket..... More
New York: Dell, 1961. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Small 8vo. Vintage Paperback PBO. Dell First Edition B2140. Sharp First Printing, July, 1961. $.35 Cover price. Square and tight and clean throughout. Small blemish to the lower front panel but not torn, just a small area that is puckered. Still, a...... More
London: Collins; The Crime Club, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 256pp. Beautiful First Edition, bound in red cloth with titles in black on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout save a small, neat contemporary gift inscription on the front end-paper. A hint of wear to spine ends but barely. Very..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1963. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 395pp. Sharp First UK Edition, bound in black cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. No toning or foxing. Very well-preserved. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (21s. net), has a touch of..... More
New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Thin 8vo., 158pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, bound in 1/4 black cloth over grey cloth-covered boards with gilt spine titles and author's signature blind-stamped on front board. Tight, square and clean throughout with little or no wear. Attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($4.95), has..... More