Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1928). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy of this novel in a bright, complete and very attractive old dust jacket. Pseudonym for Lily C. Nutt. Author listed in Bleiler. This novel is more romantic in nature with some mystery and intrigue as well.
London: Herbert Jenkins, (1940). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to front panel and spine. 8vo - 282 pp, 6pp ads. The book is bright and solid with true corners. There are minor foxing spots to all edges. Endpapers toned. In a complete dust jacket with a 7'6 sticker atop the original 8'3.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good. Authors second book. Haycroft-Queen cornerstone. The book is very nice with just some light spotting to the endpapers and the spine ends rolled a bit. The spine shows some fading and there is some chipping at the foot of the spine. The verso of the jacket shows.....
London: Richard Field, William Jaggard and Thomas Harper for Nathaniell Butter, No date but after 1624? Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio, engraved title page, full page engraving with dedication to Henry Prince of Wales, engraved title to the Odyssey and again to the Batrachomyomachi all present in this copy including three original blanks. This copy without the portrait of Chapman and.....
London: Chatto and Windus, 2005. FIRST LIMITED ED. Hardcover. Limited Edition Number 296/500. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. This book was published as a paperback original, however, 500 hardbacked copies were published two week earlier in a special limited edition. This is number 296 of this limited.....
New York: George H. Doran Company, (1917). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good. Original dark orange cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. With a Foreward by General Bramwell Booth. The extremely rare dust jacket is complete with some minor chips - one to the lower right corner of the front panel and another at the.....
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A closed tear at the top right corner of the front panel and some fraying to both spine ends. Some chips to the top edge of the rear panel. Still, a very attractive copy of this scarce title, in the even scarcer original dust jacket...
London: Michael Joseph, (1937). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original green cloth boards, lettered in silver to the spine. 8vo - 287pp. A really lovely copy. The boards are clean, the corners true and the text as new. The bright dust jacket has a few very shallow chips and one closed tear. The red Michael Joseph logo on.....
London: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1864. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. Original dark green pebbled cloth with blind corner designs. Lettered and illustrated in gilt. With twenty two large illustrations by Edward H. Wehnert. Nineteenth century gift inscriptions on the front paste-down and the front free endpaper...
London: Bloomsbury, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. Winner of the Booker Prize for 2010.
London: Herbert Jenkins, (1937). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth, lettered and stamped in black. 8vo - 312 pp. 8 pp of ads to the rear. Some minor foxing spots to the edges. In a lovely example of the dust jacket - very bright and pleasing. The jacket has received some minor restoration at the.....
London: Herbert Jenkins, (1936). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth, stamped and lettered in black. 8vo - 312 pp. 8 pages of ads. In a really lovely bright and pleasing example of the dust jacket. 3'6 price sticker to the spine. The jacket is signed P.S. Sefton Kyle was one of the several pseudonyms of Roy.....
London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Dark blue pebble grained cloth with color plates affixed to both the front and rear board. Lettered in gilt on the spine. Twenty three full page color lithograph images plus a color plate of a menu and dozens of in-text black and white illustrations. The map is not present. An.....
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, (1944). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of a scarce book in any condition yet alone one in this excellent state. The jacket is not price-clipped. There is just the slightest bit of rubbing at the top left corner of the front panel near the spine, else.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1936). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Original light purple boards, lettered in yellow to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 315 pp, [1]. The book is bright and solid. There is some scattered foxing to the front and rear paste-downs, but nowhere else. The jacket is very bright and pleasing and.....
London: Hutchinson, (1934). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / very good. Bound in original blue-green cloth, lettered in black on the front panel and the spine. In the complete and very dramatic dust jacket. Some minor edge-wear and rubbing to the jacket. Two small tape repairs to the verso. The author's final work, which the publisher's make very obvious. A......
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. In original green cloth with lettering in black to the front panel and spine. Illustrated endpapers. Both the endpapers and the lovely dust jacket were designed by the author. Some minor shelf-wear to the bottom edges and equally minor edge-wear to the jacket. The color.....
London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). Later printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. A stunning copy in all respects. 8vo - 288 pages. Now beautifully bound by Anastasia "Annie" Power. Her initialled monogram is present at the lower rear inner dentelle. Now bound in full deep green morocco with ornate gilt rectilinear ruled borders on both the front and rear boards. The front panel.....
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original publisher's vertically ribbed burgundy cloth, lettered in gilt. In a clean, bright and complete dust jacket on orange paper lettered in black and adorned on every surface with gold leaves. The edges of the book are somewhat spotty which is likely foxing but does.....
London: Herbert Jenkins, (1942). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. An excellent copy of a very good vintage mystery novel. Just a hint of wear to the foot of the spine, else fine. The evocative dust jacket art by Sears bears a striking resemblence to my.....
London: Herbert Jenkins, Circa 1940. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. Top right corner is dented, else fine.The dust jacket is very clean, bright and pleasing. Minor edge-wear. A 5' price sticker is present at the spine. The sixth printing. McIlvaine states that the 5th printing was issued.....
London: Herbert Jenkins, Circa 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth on boards, decorated and lettered in black to the front panel and spine. Twelfth Printing statement to the copyright page. Bookseller sticker to the front paste-down. The jacket has a few closed tears and minor soiling to the spine. A very clean, bright and solid copy.....
London: Herbert Jenkins, Circa 1944. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in black. In a bright and complete dust jacket. The orange on the spine is just a half-shade lighter than the front panel. A 5' sticker price is affixed to the spine. McIlvaine, A41B, states "Herbert Jenkins reprinted through 1969; the tenth printing, about 1945.....
New York: Crime Club, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good. Bound in original gray cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. The dust jacket is chipped at the spine ends and has a piece missing from the bottom right corner of the front panel. A wartime issued volume, now quite rare in good condition. First.....
Stuttgart: Alfred Druckenmuller, 1964. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Five volumes complete. An exceptionally clean, bright and solid set. Original dark blue cloth. The complete dust jackets are very bright indeed. Fine copies in all respects. Shipping will be times 5 the normal rate. These books are substantial and heavy.