Philadelphia: George H. Buchanan and Company, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Original dark green cloth lettered in gilt on the front panel and the spine. An exceptionally clean, bright and solid copy. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of photographs, line drawings, graphs and schematic drawings. A fine copy in all respects.
Washington DC: The Dumbarton Oaks Center For Byzantine Studies, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Quarto edition bound in blue cloth and lettered in gilt on the spine. Contains the following essays: Philip Grierson - The Tombs and Obits of hte Byzantine Emperors (337-1042); with an Additional Note by Cyril Mango and Ihor Sevcenko; Harry A. Wolfson - The.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy. The author's third novel and first non mystery effort.
London: Faber & Faber, (2018). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page. Winner of the 2018 Man Booker Prize for Literature. An exceptionally nice copy of this highly acclaimed novel. First edition, first issue.
Chiswick: C. Whittington, 1821. Hardcover. An extra 90 dollars spent on repairing the front hinge of volume 1. Near Fine. In early and probable original full green leather bindings with blind stamped raised arabesque cartouche designs and gilt borders. Five compartments to each spine with black labels and gilt lettering. Two 16mo volumes. aeg. Marbled endpapers. Two very attractive fore-edge.....
New York: The Crime Club, 1937. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very good / Very Good. Orignal black cloth, decorated in red to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 306 pp. In a bright example of the dust jacket which is price-clipped. Cover art by Walter Frame.
London: Collins, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. In original green cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine. In a bright example of the exceedingly scarce dust jacket. The jacket shows some minor wear to the spine ends. The cover art is by Lars (or perhaps Lara) Foster. The author was born Mary Nesta Skrine in Kildare.....
London: Michael Joseph, (1938). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. The third published book in the Hornblower series. Original red cloth, lettered in silver to the spine. 8vo - 284pp, 3 pages of ads. An oddity in the Hornblower canon. This title was published the day before this stand-alone edition, where it was paired with A Ship Of The.....
New York: George H. Doran Company, (1927). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original red cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. In a bright and complete example of the extremely scarce dust jacket. Some minor scuffing and soiling to the jacket. A very early Graeme title and a lovely example at that...
Paris: Fischbacher, 1884. Second edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A lovely copy of an extremely rare text. GuettÈe began his religious life a Roman Catholic but later broke from the Church after becoming convinced there were many flaws in the Roman Orthodoxy. He wrote many books on his theological concerns. His books from the 19th century are now quite scarce. This.....
London: Collins, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original purple cloth, lettered in silver to the spine. A very clean and solid example of the book. The compelling period dust jacket shows some minor corner wear and a bit of loss at the head of the spine impacting the "X" of Exit. A very nice copy...
London: Picador, (2014). First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author directly to the title page. A fine and bright copy in all respects. This prescient book was highly regarded at its inception. Then, with the enormous success of the HBO series the title is in even higher demand. This.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original Publisher's black cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt to the front panel and spine. 8vo. [viii], 264, [265 -266 ads & colophon], 2 blank pp. Top edge stained dark brown. Fore-edge and bottom edge rough cut. In a complete and very attractive example of.....
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: Hutchinson & Co., (1900). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original green cloth lettered in gilt with decorations in black, white, and brown. All edges gilt with board ends beveled. Contains stories by G. A. Henty, George Manville Fenn, Gordon Stables, Howard Pyle, Charles Dickens, David Ker and others. The catalogue at the rear lists 32 titles in 'The Fifty-Two.....
New York: The Century Company, (1926). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Bound in original orange ribbed cloth and lettered in black to the spine. The front panel has paste-down image of the book-plate, the same image that adorns the dust jacket. The top edge of the text-block is a little dusty but beyond that the book is.....
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, (1938). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the spine. 8vo - 293 pp and two pages of ads. The book is clean, bright and solid. There is some minor shadow transfer from the jacket flap to the front and rear free endpapers. The corners are true.....
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original purple cloth, stamped and lettered in black. 8vo - 279 pp. The last page is un-cut. Endpapers decorated with the "Red Badge Detective" logo. In a bright and lovely example of the jacket which is clipped.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1936). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original light blue cloth on boards, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. Bright blue endpapers. 8vo - 315 [1] pp. In a bright and very attractive example of the scarce dust jacket. A closed tear at the top right corner of the front panel.....
London: Thornton Butterworth, (1928). Second printing. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original green cloth boards with lettering in black on the spine. In a complete dust jacket with art work by O.C. Bourne. This copy states "Overseas Edition." The copyright lists :"First Published June of 1928" and July of 1928 as the Second Impression. Perhaps all of the Second.....
Reading: Fantasy Press, (1950). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine. 8vo - 273pp. Jacket design and illustrations by Ric Brinkley. This is a regular trade edition from a complete run of 5000 copies. This author presentation copy has a very long signed inscription to the front free endpaper indicating.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. No date. Orange cloth with black lettering. 354 pages with one page ad at rear for books by J.S. Fletcher. The wonderful dust jacket is the one with the large and dominating eyes looking over the sleeping woman. There is a closed tear on the spine and at the.....
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd, (1936). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original cobalt blue cloth boards, stamped and lettered in yellow. 8vo - pagination uncertain. I can explain. This book is from the "Harrap Sealed Mystery" series and, in what can only be described as a rare event, the seal is intact. The wrapper which.....
Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, (1922). First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original red cloth on boards, lettered in gilt on the front panel and the spine. Small previous book shop tab lightly tipped in at the hinge of the front free endpaper. In the complete dust jacket which remains quite bright and pleasing. Dust jacket art.....
New York: The Crime Club, 1929. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy of the first US edition. The jacket is fine and bright save for a small crease along the top edge.