Savannah: The Georgia Historical Society, 1947. First edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Original dark green paper covered volume, stamped in gilt on the front panel with the Georgia Historical Society emblem and lettered in gilt to the spine. 475pp, xviii. "One of the last publications in the series and one of the scarcest - of great historical value." Dykes, #66.....
London: The Crime Club, (1941). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. In original orange cloth, lettered in black to the spine. Book nerd factoid - the jacket's front panel and spine omit the apostrophe at the end of Bennion's. The title page includes it. In any case, the jacket shows some edge-wear to both ends of the spine.....
London: J. M. Dent, 1922. Leather Bound. Near Fine. Six octavo volumes now bound in full smooth calf by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. This set appears to have been specially bound for The J. W. Robinson Company of Los Angeles. Their name appears next to the Sangorski & Sutcliffe statement at the front free endpaper. At the rear of each volume.....
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., (1938). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Original blue cloth lettered in red to the front panel and spine. This volume with a very bright and attractive facsimile jacket. Illustrated throughout by John Coleman Burrougths. "First Edition" statement present on the copyright page. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy. Zeuschner #235...
New York: The MacMillan Company, (1939). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Original dark blue cloth, lettered and lined in gilt. Octavo, xli, 427 pp. A very good copy of the true first edition of this now scarce American Guide Series work and one of the very few, Idaho being the other exception, to have a listed author. This.....
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and attractive copy of this nautical adventure novel. Original green cloth. The jacket is complete save for a minor chip to the foot of the spine which has been professionally repaired.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, (1923). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the front panel and the spine. In an extremely nice example of the alternate full color dust jacket. With Conrad/Unwin promotional pamphlet laid in. Mild foxing along the top edge, else fine. Agrees with all points as listed in Smith.....
London: Collins, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of the export edition. Identical to the domestic UK edition but without the price on the jacket flap. Pages toning evenly, common with this title. The jacket is not clipped. Signed by the author on the title page.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original brown cloth, lettered in gilt and illustrated in black. With three maps and twenty five illustrations. A lovely copy with only minor edge-wear at the corners and the foot of the spine.
New York: Longmans, Green & Company, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. The further adventures of D'Artagnan and Cyrano. Cover art by Frank McIntosh. A beautiful copy - book and jacket alike. There is some very modest foxing to the front and rear free endpapers.
Caldwell: The Caxton Printers Ltd., 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original mottled brown cloth with lettering and design stamped in black or very dark brown. Octavo, 256pp. Prepared by the Federal Writers' Project, of the Work Projects Administration. An American Guide Series volume. Mangione states in The Dream and the Deal "In Idaho the indefatigable Vardis Fisher.....
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1926. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy. Scarce in jacket. Published in England as The Secret of the Hills. The first James Drew mystery. This one has a little bit of everything - hidden treasure, stately English Country House, London fog, secret codes and.....
Boston: Small, Maynard And Company, (1909). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. In original illlustrated boards, all in shades of gray and black. Illustrations by George Harding. This has to be a very early appearance for Harding whose work first began to appear in The Saturday Evening Post in 1903. Untrimmed edges. The complete dust jacket mirrors the.....
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, (1895). Hardcover. Near Fine. Original tan cloth lettered in gold with decorations in gold, brown, and light tan. Previous owner signature to a front blank. Four full page illustrations. Two pages of ads to the rear. Top edge gilt. Title page has "Dorothy's Double" and Rand, McNally & Company in red. The rest of the.....
London: Puffin, 2011. First Limited Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine. As new. The first title in the Higson Young Bond series. This edition does not cut corners. The rich blue and silver cover glows in the dark. It is signed and limited and housed in an engraved Perspex slip-case. It is then nestled safely in a sturdy box. Limited to 1000.....
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1988. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. Folio volume, bound in half-white pigskin over white speckled blue cloth. Spine lettering stamped in blue. With forty etchings by Robert Motherwell on twenty folded leaves. From a limited edtion of 150 and 25 (1-XXV) hors de commerce copies, this one being number XX. Signed by Robert Motherwell at the.....
London: Constable & Company, 1928. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A near perfect example of this two volume set. Original blue boards with blind-stamped design. Lettered in gilt on the spine. teg. An edition limited to 750 copies. With original dust jackets with just a slight hint of wear. With 12 hand-colored illustrations. An altogether lovely set.....
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original gray cloth, lettered and stamped in black. 8vo. Fore-edge and bottom edge roughly trimmed. Top edge smooth and un-colored. Pale green endpapers. There is a parenthetical (1) at the last page as required. Bleiler (1948) p. 206. In a complete and quite lovely dust jacket. The.....
London: Cassell And Company, (1932). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original red cloth with lettering in black on the spine. The cloth is a little mottled but still remains solid and clean. Small previous bookshop sticker to the front paste-down. In the complete dust jacket. Minor scattered foxing to the endpapers. Some very minor chipping to the.....
London: Faber & Faber, (2017). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page. Number row ending in "1." The Irish author's breakout novel.
New York: Covici, Friede, 1936. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A very clean, bright and exceptional copy of the second printing. Navy blue cloth, lettered and designed in gilt. Steinbeck's first book initially published in 1929 and reprinted in 1936 due to his increased popularity. This second 1936 issue iwas published in blue cloth and with the publishers imprint removed from.....
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. In original tan cloth with lettering in dark red to the spine and the Red Badge logo to the front panel. Illustrated endpapers and dust jacket art designed by the author. Previous owner book-plate to the front paste-down completely hidden by the front flap of.....
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.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Company, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very bright, solid and pleasing copy. Previous owner inscription at the half-title. Illustrated by John R. Neill. All first edition points. [Hanff, Greene, Martin, Greene, and Haff, page 101, Oz Book XXX.].
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good. A solid copy. Mild sunning to the spine. The complete jacket has some fraying at both spine ends but remains bright and attractive. The jacket is not price-clipped. Inscribed, signed and dated (1940) by the author on the front free endpaper. Robert Penn Warren's first novel of a turn.....