New York: Hastings House, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original oblong volume, printed paper on boards with black cloth spine. 836pp. Reproduced, with an introduction by The Federal Writers' Project of Kentucky, Works Progress Administration. An American Guide Series volume. As mentioned above, this is a reproduction issue of a volume originally issued in 1854 by William.....
Tulsa: The Mid-West Printing Co., 1938. First edition. Wraps. Fine. Original illustrated wrappers. 79pp. Compiled by Workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in the State of Oklahoma. Sponsored by The Tulsa Federation of Women's Clubs. An American Guide Series publication. Illustrated throughout with large aerial photograph of Tulsa as a frontispiece. Four maps, three in-text.....
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., (1937). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Fine. Original blue cloth with red lettering to the front panel and spine. Some spotting to the spine. In a lovely example of a facsimile dust jacket. Illustrated frontispiece and dust jacket by John Coleman Burroughs. A very clean and solid copy. "First Edition" statement present on the.....
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original blue cloth stamped in white on the front panel and the spine. Gift inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1928. In the complete and quite scarce dust jacket. With minor rubbing to the front panel and spine. There is no fading of the colors.....
New York: Viking, 1986. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Signed by the author on a book-plate which is loosely inserted. A fine copy in all respects.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A lovely copy of this excellent work. Winner of the Whitbread Prize. Signed by the author on the title page.
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original blue/gray cloth with lettering and design in black to the spine. A Crime Club novel. Light offsetting of the jacket flaps to the endpapers. In a bright and lovely example of the scarce dust jacket which has received minor restoration to the foot of.....
London: N/A, 1709. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quite a mystery here. Everybody and their mother attributes this short work to Robert Harley, the Earl of Oxford, but I have yet to find this information supported in an independent source. The dates work and the biography fits but...I would love to find another source to confirm. Harley did write brief.....
London: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt with decorations in black, white, red, and gold. All edges beveled. Contains stories by Henty and Fenn. Newbolt points out that the publishers had mis-spelled W. W. Fenn's name as G. M. Fenn. I list the incorrect spelling because it is printed.....
London: Cresset, 1950. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Author's first book and the basis for the highly acclaimed Alfred Hitchcock film. The book has some very minor spotting to the blue cloth and just a hint of scuffing to the bottom edge and some minor scattered foxing. The jacket is price-clipped. The jacket has benefitted by.....
New York: The Crime Club, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 264 pp. The book is very clean, bright and solid. The scarce dust jacket is complete and bright. The verso of the jacket is reinforced with archival tape along the edges.....
Garden City: The Crime Club, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original full red cloth, stamped and lettered in black. 8vo - 270 pp. A lovely and bright copy. Top edge stained red. Very minor rubbing to the spine ends. A Lieutenant Valcour title. "First Edition" statement to the copyright page.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original red cloth, stamped and lettered in black. 8vo - 299 pp. Knopf "Borzoi" logo stamped to the rear board. Old original bookseller's ticket to the rear paste-down. In a very nice example of the complete un-clipped original dust jacket. The jacket has some minor.....
London: C.Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Moore(1855-1931) was an Irish writer who wrote for many years on the staff of the Newsletter in Belfast. This is a magnificently bound book in absolutely brilliant condition. The 5 stories concern the lives of famous English actors such as Garrick and Nell Gwynn. Original red cloth pictorially decorated in.....
London: Skeffington & Son Ltd., no date but 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original red cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 288 pp. A very clean, bright and solid copy. Map on page [14]. Spine ends just a bit pushed. The complete dust jacket has the 7/6 price to the.....
London: Printed for Payne and Foss for Thomas Davison, 1829. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine. First two volume edition. Lovely full dark green grained morocco binding signed by William George of Bristol. Marbled endpapers. Both half-titles present with one page advertisement at the end of volume II. Top edge gilt. "This edition is reprinted from a copy of the former.....
London: William Heinemann, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Smooth bronze cloth, lettered and decorated in black. Rear board device is 11/16 of an inch in diameter. Bookplate of H. BUXTON FORMAN. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy. The bronze of the spine is a shade darker than the boards.
London: Andrew Melrose, 1918. First edition thus. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Bound in original purple cloth with blind stamp on the front panel. Lettered on the spine. With purple fabric book-mark bound in. The author's scarce second book. With a complete and lovely dust jacket with cover art by Holloway. Contains 21 stories.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1920. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. A very attractive color illustrated cover depicting several ships of fighting sail in combat. The extremely scarce dust jacket has some chips and closed tears but remains bright, intact and very pleasing.
New York: D. Appleton And Company, 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy in a fine example of the scarce dust jacket. A very small area of staining to the bottom edge of the rear panel, else fine. Original black cloth with the spine and front panel lettered in gilt.....
London: J. Mawman, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarto volume bound in 3/4 leather with marbled paper insets. The spine has six compartments and a deep red leather title label, lettered in gold. A very solid and attractive copy. The blank endpages are foxed as is the illustrated frontispiece. Internally there is very little foxing. 326 pp. Marbled endpapers.....
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, Circa 1940/1944. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth, stamped and lettered in black to the front panel and spine. In a very clean, bright and pleasing copy of the dust jacket with a 5' price sticker to the spine. 12th printing, so stated on the copyright page. A lovely example of this reprint edition.....
New York: A. L. Burt, (1930). Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Original olive green cloth lettered in black. A very clean, bright and solid copy of the book. The complete dust jacket is quite bright as well with some shallow chipping at the top edge of the spine and also showing some faint spotting to the spine. A very nice.....
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.....