A very interesting selection of early mysteries, many uncommon titles and even more so in dust-jackets. A couple of newer titles thrown in and perhaps a few out-of-genre titles; and as always, some very attractive and affordable Vintage Paperbacks .
London: Jonathan Cape, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo., 254pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped jacket, (21s net.), has some mild rubbing to edges and tips and a short closed tear at the top front fold. Fresh and bright with..... More
New York: 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 but..... More
Chicago: Shasta, 1950. Hannes Bok. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 211pp. Beautiful First Printing of this anthology of six stories. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A touch of off-setting to paste-downs but minor. Stunning attractive unclipped, ($3.00), wrap-around dust-jacket by Hannes Bok. Fresh and bright with..... More
New York: Avon, 1959. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Vintage Paperback PBO Avon T307. Sharp Unread First Printing of this Paperback Original, No month, 1959. $.35 cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout. A hint of wear to edges. A few quite shallow surface creases. Fresh and bright with no chipping..... More
New York: Ace, 1956. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Vintage Paperback Ace Double D-189. Sharp First Printing. No month, 1956. $.35 Cover Price. Square, tight and clean throughout with some fairly mild edge wear and a touch of rubbing to hinges. A hint of a corner crease. Pages fairly mildly toning..... More
New York: E.R Herrick & Company, 1898. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large Oblong Folio, 21" x 14"8vo., 209pp. Bound in 1/4 ivory cloth over paper covered boards. 22 unpaginated full-color illustrations, most by Johnson but several others by popular illustrators of the time. Moderate professional restoration primarily for re-attaching and reinforcing..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster - Inner Sanctum Mystery, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 247pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of wear to bottom edges. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.50), has some quite mild edge-wear and rubbing to hinges. A couple of shallow crinkles..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster - Inner Sanctum Mystery, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 209pp. Sharp Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with a hint of bumping to spine ends and mild wear to top tips. Page edges mildly toning. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.50), has some edge-wear..... More
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club - Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 351pp. Sharp First US Edition, published four years after the British first by Hodder & Stoughton. Original black cloth with titles stamped in red on the spine and the front board. Square, tight..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo., 335pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, preceding the Heinemann British edition and the much more frequently seen Grosset & Dunlap reprint. Bound in green cloth with titles in black on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean internally. Foxing..... More