New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. As near flawless a copy as one could hope to find. Original green cloth with illustrated paste-down on front boards. Lettered in gilt on the spine. 16 full color plates with tissue guards, and dozens more in black and white, all by Christy.
London: Metuen & Co., (1915). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright, and solid copy of the first English edition. Published in September of 1915 in an impression of 8000 copies, including Canadian and Colonial export editions. Last page of ads dated 8/15/15. Some pages in the middle of the book remain uncut. 'Methuen's Popular.....
New York: Crime Club, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Bound in original black cloth, lettered and decorated in silver. Now married with a lovely facsimile jacket. A clean, bright and solid copy of the first edition. First Edition stated on the copyright page.
London: Collin, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. The jacket is not clipped but there is no price present. This was an export edition, most likely bound for Canada. It is identical to the UK domestic copy in all respects. There is even toning to the pages, typical of this title.....
New York: The MaCaulay Company, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very bright and clean copy of this scarce title. A Pro Prohibition novel. The cover art shows a police officer walking towards a parked car where a couple is engaged in matters prurient - brought on, we can suppose, by the evil influence of alcohol.....
London: Michael Joseph, (1950). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Fine. A lovely edition of this Hornblower novel. In a bright and complete dust jacket, designed by Biro. The edges are moderately spotted and there are a few areas of shelf wear to the bottom edges.
London: T. Fisher Unwin LTD, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original black cloth, bordered and lettered in red. In a bright and lovely example of the very rare dust jacket. Only the second Blackshirt volume and a very early Graeme title. There are a few areas of very minor chipping and some shallow closed tears...
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: Kegan Paul, Trench, Tubner &Company, 1932. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original pale canary cloth on boards. The complete dust jacket has archival paper tape to the folds of the verso. Translated from the original Swedish by E. G. Nash. With 63 photographic plates. 4to. Jehol is the ancient name for the Summer Palace of.....
New York: The John Day Co., 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. One small chip to the top of the spine. Previous owner stamp on the ffep. Cover art by Paul Sagsoorian.
London: Robert Hale, (1943). First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original green cloth lettered in silver on the spine. In the complete dust jacket which, though it is clipped, has the 7/6 price intact. Very nice jacket art by acclaimed artist and illustrator Eric Fraser. The fourth Mr. Moto novel. Very minor edge-wear to the spine ends, else.....
Hammersmith: The Kelmscott Press, 1892. First edition. Limp Vellum. Near Fine. Small quarto. Bound in original limp vellum with original yellow ties. The only title that had a hand-lettered spine and the first volume from Kelmscott bound in limp vellum. This volume now with a custom built drop-back clamshell box and a mirrored text spine label. The vellum has minor.....
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845. First edition. Fine. Original green cloth with elaborate gilt design and title on the front board. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Rear board blind stamped. Large 8vo. An exceptionally clean, bright and pleasing copy. No foxing or edge wear. Over 100 engravings and 4 full-page maps. "An extremely beautiful and interesting volume, full of.....
London: Cecil Palmer, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. An extremely clean, bright and pleasing copy of this very rare book. The condition is remarkable - the pictoral jacket, designed by Norman Dakers, looks as bright as the day it was issued. The story concerns the infamous Rasputin. Two pages of ads in the rear. Translated by.....
New York: D. Appleton And Company, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth, blocked in black rectangles to reveal the lettering. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this very scarce book. Our hero, Walker, begins his life as a train robber and general thief. He is offered the opportunity to play for the.....
London: Scholastic Press, (2001). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. With original promotional post-card laid in. Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Peter Jackson - due to open in December of 2018. A stunning copy.
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.....
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.....
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Three volumes, complete. The Deluxe Limited Edition. The total number of printings was 250, this one being number 46. Edited, with Introductions, Notes, a Biography and Bibliography by A. L. Rowse. This set is signed by Rowse at the limitation page. Bound uniformly in three quarters brown leather with brown.....
Oxford: The Limited Editions Club, 1953. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Bound in original green buckram, lettered and decorated in gilt. Illustrated by John Austen, and completed before his death. The engravings were then executed by Agnes Miller Parker. The second volume is signed by Agnes Miller Parker at the limitation page. Two volumes in the complete.....
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original green cloth, lettered in white to the front panel and spine. In a price-clipped dust jacket which shows only minor edge-wear. The rear panel of the jacket has some scattered foxing. The author lived with the Mackenzie River Eskimos, and other northern indiginous groups, and.....
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. 8vo. Red cloth lettered in black. Illustrated with black and white photographs. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy with just a hint of edge-wear. A piece of the top corner of the jacket's rear flap is missing. The sensational tale of the kidnapping of the.....
New York: Random House, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very lovely copy of this title. No chips or wear to the jacket. Previous owner signature on the ffep. Two pages at the end list Landmark books through #85 and World Landmark through # 38. Jacket states 195/195.
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.....
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.....