The Empty Shrine
New York: Doubleday, 1958. FIRST. VG / FA. The jacket shows overall wear.
New York: Doubleday, 1958. FIRST. VG / FA. The jacket shows overall wear.
New York: Doubleday, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Inscribed by the author on the ffep and signed again on the title page. A very bright and pleasing copy.
New York: Doubleday, 1963. FIRST. NF / NF. Inscribed by the author on the ffep and signed again on the title page.
New York: Doubleday, 1956. FIRST. NF / FAIR. Signed on the half-title. The jacket has some chipping.
London: Macmillan, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A perfect copy of this, the author's first novel. Under the pseudonym of Ronald Bassett he has written several books of nautical fiction. Very nice wrap-around cover art by Edward Mortelmans. Illustrated map endpapers.
London: Gerald S. Swan Ltd., 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A lovely copy of this novel of an old theatrical Fit-Up touring company. Beautiful period cover art. Extremely scarce in this fine condition.
New York: Random House, 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of the Third Printing. Black cloth. The jacket has some minor rubbing and is not price-clipped.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A fine copy in all respects. The second volume in his nautical trilogy.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1980. FIRST. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A fine copy. First book of nautical trilogy.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A clean, bright and solid copy of this novel. Vietnam combat action. The jacket has some very minor rubbing to the edges. Wrap-around cover art by Hiram Richardson.
New York: John Lane, 1920. FIRST. NF. Green cloth. A very clean, bright and solid copy.
New York: Bantam Books, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. A novel of big city power politics, corruption, racial tension and intrigue. Very faint previous owner embossed name on page opposite title. Minor rubbing to the spine ends and some wear along the lower edge. Still, a very nice copy.....
New York: Viking, 1988. FIRST. NF / NF. As new. A fine copy in all respects.