Athens, GA: University Of Georgia Press, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Original pale green cloth, lettered and stamped in black. Large octavo, xx.,274pp. Savannah Unit, Georgia Writers' Project, Work Projects Administration. Photographs by Muriel and Malcolm Bell, Jr. Dykes says "This is an important study of African survivals among the Georgia coastal negroe." "One of the.....
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, (1941). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Bound in original light blue cloth, stamped with illustration in dark blue and gilt. Octavo, 158pp. Illustrated throughout. Compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Maryland. Sponsored by The United States Naval Academy. The first volume in.....
London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Octavo publication, 312 pages. Illustrated throughout by Francis W. Walker, with a particularly nice image of Westminster Abbey at the frontispiece. The lovely binding was executed by Fazakerly of Liverpool. The binding is full levant chocolate morocco with a series of concentric gilt rules along the edges. The spine has.....
London: Michael Joseph, (1952). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original publishers black cloth, stamped in red and gold to the spine. 8vo - 254 pp. A clean and solid copy in an equally lovely example of the dust jacket with art design by Freda Nichols. The front free endpaper contains a full page signed inscription from the.....
New York: Viking Press, 1984. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy. Signed by the author on a book-plate which is loosely laid in. The jacket is bright and complete.
New York: Edward J. Clode, (1930). First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very nice copy of this scarce title. The UK edition was published in 1902. Original red cloth, lettered in black on the front panel and the spine. The bright and complete jacket shows some very minor edge-wear and a vertical crease to the spine.....
Washington DC: Dumbarton Oaks Center For Byzantine Studies, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto volume bound in navy blue cloth lettered in gilt to the front panel and the spine. 222 pages of text and 22 pages of plates, including one large map. A very clean, bright and solid copy.
London: Canongate, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. From the limited edition of 750 copies, this one being number 706. Number "1" is the only number on the copyright page. Signed by the author to the title page. Now housed in its original illustrated slip-case. This highly acclaimed novel has remained on the best.....
London and New York: Cassell & Co., 1888. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very scarce item. Full color illustration on boards. Two shilling price on the spine. Written by the son of Nathaniel Hawthorne. A lovely copy of a rare item. Some rubbing to the boards at the hinges.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1938). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Original blue boards, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. 8vo 288 pp. The book is solid, albeit a bit dusty. The foot of the spine is pushed. Blue endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped with the 7s 6d price present at the flap. Charles.....
London: Hutchinson, (1940). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Bound in original russet cloth, lettered in black. In a complete and very scarce dust jacket. Cover art by A. W. Simpson. A thriller set in England at the early days of World War II. The Gestapo is in England, up to their necks in evil intent. They did.....
Garden City: The Crime Club, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original black cloth decorated with bright red background. In a very bright and quite cool example of the dust jacket. A Lieutenant Valcour story. First Edition statement to the copyight page. There is some minor rubbing to the spine of the jacket. There is a red.....
Boston: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, Co., (1924). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Bound in original grey cloth with illustrations and title stamped in black. Illustrated endpapers. All illustrations by Florence Liley Young. All plates are present. In the extremely rare complete dust jacket which shows only minor wear with a closed tear at the bottom edge of.....
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, (1932). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original black cloth, stamped in red to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 311 pp. The book is solid but does show overall rubbing and soiling. The complete dust jacket printed on yellow paper in red and black. The jacket shows edge-wear with some.....
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.....
London: Heinemann, (1959). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. Book plate on paste-down. In a complete fine dust jacket designed by Sheila Perry. Contains 13 short stories. An extremely clean, bright and crisp copy.
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / very good. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. Scarce in this excellent condition. 8vo. a Crime Circle novel. Very dramatic cover art depicting two diving RAF planes. Some minor soiling and creasing. Some tearing at the front flap hinge but overall, a very pleasing copy...
Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A lovely copy of the true first edition. Original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A very faint and narrow damp-stain of the bottom edge of the first few pages. Very minor impact. The first book appearance of the Maryland State Song.
London: Hutchinson & Co., (1934). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original rough grained navy blue cloth with blind stamp illustration, lettered in gilt. 4to. With 7 colored plates and over 50 other black and white illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. In the complete and remarkable dust jacket. Very minor edge-wear to the jacket. As fine a copy of.....
Westminster: Charles J. Sawyer Ltd., 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Two volumes. 4to. An excellent reference which examines the High Points of collecting English Literature. Profusely illustrated. Quite scarce in the dust jackets which show only minor edge-wear.
London: Septimus Prowett, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Thin 4to. Illustrated by Henry Moses with 16 line-engraved plates at the rear. First separate edition in English. In full brown morocco with abstract dragons in combat motive painted on. The front cover primarily in green and blue and the rear cover in red and blue. a.e.g. Gilt border on covers.....
Garden City: The Crime Club, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original black cloth, lettered and stamped in red. 8vo - 283 pp. A very clean, bright and solid copy. The dust jacket is bright and clean with very slight rubbing at the foot of the spine. Very shallow closed tear at the top edge of the.....
New York: The Crime Club, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. A small plane crashes and the pilot and only passenger are found dead. But the parachute is missing. The wonderful jacket, designed by Clayton Rhight, remains very bright. There is a small chip at the head of the spine.....
London: Hutchinson, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / near fine. A clean, bright and pleasing copy of this volume. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. The jacket is complete without chips and is not price-clipped. Lovely cover art.
London: Hutchinson, (1959). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original red publisher's cloth on boards. Has a very clean, bright and attractive dust jacket. A superb copy in all respects. Three fold-out maps with several other illustrations. Warmly inscribed, and signed on the title page by the author. Tells of Wheatley's service to his country during World War II. A......