Boston: The Writer, Inc., 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original red cloth lettered in gilt to the front panel and spine. Octavo, ix, 168pp. Compiled and Written by Members of the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration of Massachusetts. Sponsored by The Albanian Historical Society of Massachusetts. The best separately published ethnic study to.....
Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt on the front panel and spine. As new. Unopened and unread. 569 pp. A very clean, bright and solid copy, excellent in all respects.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very bright, clean and pleasing copy in the scarce dust jacket. Cover art by Manso. The jacket is price-clipped with a $2 stamp on the flap. Some fraying at the foot of the spine and some minor wear at the corners. Short tear at the.....
London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, (1945). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original green cloth, stamped in black to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 224 pp. The book remains solid and tight. Some minor soiling. The complete jacket has the original 7s 6d price present on the bottom edge of the front flap. There is.....
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.....
London: Beautiful Books, (2011). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page with an extensive line quote along the top of the title page. From a very small edition of 200 copies. Highly regarded and very difficult to find. A fine copy in all respects of this.....
New York: Phoenix Press, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original blue boards, lettered in dark blue to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 256 pp. The book is solid and tight but is a bit dusty. The complete dust jacket has a closed tear to the front panel and some rubbing to the spine ends.....
New York: MJF Books, 1981-1992. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A lovely complete set of this first rate re-issue of the first dozen novels. They are - in MJF published order - Casino Royal, (1981); Live And Let Die, (1982); Moonraker, (1983); Diamonds Are Forever, (1984); From Russia With Love, (1985); Dr. No, (1986); Goldfinger, (1987); For Your.....
London: Michael Joseph, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. The jacket has a few areas of chipping at both ends of the spine. The top right corner has a very small chip as well as the lower left corner on the rear cover. Price-clipped. With the 3/6 price on the spine of the jacket. Still a very nice.....
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very good copy in a complete dust jacket. There is some very minor edge-wear but the overall quality is very nice. There is a "discarded" statement on the front free endpaper for reasons that must remain a mystery as the book is exceptionally clean and.....
New York: Hankins & Son, 1868. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original red cloth with beveled edges and then elaborately lettered and decorated in gilt on the spine and front panel. AEG. The front panel has several dark spots. The spine ends have just a touch of fraying but overall remains very nice indeed. Illustrated thoughout and with a very.....
New York: Scribner and Welford, (1897). First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original olive green boards, lettered in black and decorated in black, white and brown. Beveled edges. With eight full page illustrations by W. S. Stacey with two maps. There is a very faint and sloppy, almost childish, gift inscription on a front blank, dated, I believe, 3/4/97. Slight.....
London: John Trevisa, 16 May 1527. Third edition. Leather Bound. Near Fine. Ranulf Higden, (12??-1364) entered the Benedictine Abbey of St. Werburgh, Chester in 1299. There is no evidence that he ever attended University or did much travelling. The one exception, which demonstrates his standing within the community of scholars and the respect merited by ìThe Polycronicon, ìoccurred when he.....
London: Chatto and Windus, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. An elaborate extra illustrated set. Two 8vo volumes. These books contain approximately 170 extra plates, portraits, and miscellany, all bound in. Fifteen plates are hand-colored and many of the plates are folded. There are 66 woodcuts and 8 autograph letters and many plates with facsimile signatures. Bound in late 19th-century red.....
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company - For The Crime Club, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original black cloth decorated with bright red background. In a very bright and quite cool example of the dust jacket which is price-clipped. A Lieutenant Valcour story. First Edition statement to the copyright page. A lovely copy in all respects. The.....
New York: Random House, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Some minor rubbing to the spine ends on the jacket and again to the corners. The front panel is particularly bright. Two toned blue cloth binding with white endpapers. A great book made into a great movie starring William Holden, Grace Kelly, Frederick March, and Mickey Rooney.....
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: Covici Friede Publishers, (1937). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original bright green cloth, lettered in black to the spine. 8vo - 309 pp. The book remains quite bright. The edges, both top and bottom just slightly pushed. Top edge stained pale yellow. Endpapers just slightly toned toward the hinges. The book remains clean and solid.....
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, & Co., (1926). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original red cloth on boards, lettered in black on the front panel and the spine. Previous owner name to the front paste-down. Occasional page creasing to the top right corner seemingly from an aggressive page turner anxiously looking forward to the next page. The.....
Leiden: Officina Hackiana, 1671. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in full contemporary leather. The spine has six compartments with a red leather spine label stating "Papinii/Stattii". Some minor separation at the top hinge. The foot of the spine has worn away a bit exposing the lower band. With notes byh Domizio Calderino et al. and edited by Jan Veenhusen. [32], 882.....
New York: The Crime Club, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Fine. Original black cloth lettered in red on the front board and spine. Top edge red has faded to pink. Minor usage wear to the edges but overall the book remains very good. The jacket is bright, clean, complete and as nice as one could ever hope to.....
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Edited, selected and with an Introduction by R. Ellis Roberts. 4to. Illustrated with 12 woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. Full brown morocco stamped, illustrated and lettered in gilt employing a beautiful period "Arts and Crafts" style by Riviere. From a limited edition of 375 copies, this one being.....
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / near fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy in a complete dust jacket. An Asey Mayo mystery. Some minor rubbing along the bottom edge but, overall, this remains a very attractive copy.
Boston: Small Maynard, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and attractive copy of the First US Edition. One very small chip along the top edge of the rear panel.
London: Herbert Jenkins, Circa 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in dark brown to the front panel and spine. Stated fourteenth printing to the copyright page. McIlvaine estimates the thirteenth printing to be from 1935, hence my guess. A 5' price sticker to the spine. A clean, bright and solid copy. Edges a bit dusty.....