(Bristol): Arrowsmith, (1934). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original blue cloth, lettered in black to the spine. 8vo - 288 pp. In an attractive example of the complete and very rare dust jacket. The jacket is not clipped and retains the 7/7 net price at the bottom corner of the front flap. A hand-written school gift inscription.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good. Authors second book. Haycroft-Queen cornerstone. The book is very nice with just some light spotting to the endpapers and the spine ends rolled a bit. The spine shows some fading and there is some chipping at the foot of the spine. The verso of the jacket shows.....
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, (1943). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original light blue cloth, blocked and lettered in burgundy. 8vo - 317pp. Previous owner book-plate to the front paste-down. A small map is present on page 23. A clean, bright and solid copy. Stained red along the top edge. In a complete dust jacket with minor rubbing.....
New York: The Crime Club, (1931). First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Original black cloth, lettered and decorated in red. All edges red. Small previous owner signature and date on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket is particularly nice. All corners of the jacket are bevel cut with no price stated. A very good period mystery.....
New York: Hillman-Curl, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. The first Bulldog Drummond book with Fairlie's name. At the time of his death Sapper was working with Fairlie on this title. Fairlie completed this one and went on to write many more. The book is in great shape, very tight and straight. There is some browing on.....
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. 8vo. First U.S. Edition. Dark green cloth lettered in red. Extremely bright and clean copy with text remaining very clean. Lovely dust jacket art featuring a Buddha. Jacket with black background with gold and green highlighting. Lettering in gold. Some minor edge-wear. A very attractive.....
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...
London: F. V. White & Company, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original black cloth, lettered in gold to the front panel and spine. In a complete dust jacket. There is some offsetting to the front and rear free endpapers due to the dust jacket flaps. That the jacket exists at all is a minor miracle. Some.....
Toronto/London: Viking, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of this, the third Inspector Banks Mystery. Signed by the author on the title page.
London: Arthur Barker, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of this classic Spillane work. Lovely period cover art. Some rubbing to the spine ends.
London: Michael Joseph, 2006. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited Edition Number 28/100. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. This is a limited edtion of 100 copies, this one being number 51 with a red cross stamp on the title page. The thrilling and now highly collectible first Max.....
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A very clean and pleasing copy of this early Upfield title. Some very minor rubbing to the jacket. The original gray cloth has some minor rubbing but remains solid. A very good copy.