London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1945). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original light blue cloth, lettered in black to the spine. Some mottling to the cloth at the spine. 8vo - 207pp. The dust jacket shows some minor wear at the foot of the spine. A Miss Silver story.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original black cloth with gilt paper labels, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 244pp. There is a small hole to page 49 at the bottom of the page - a possible publishing flaw - not imacting any text. First edition, first.....
Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. First Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto edition with original quarter pigskin and turquoise cloth with a pictorial gilt cover stamp with a brown morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Translated by George Herbert Palmer and illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. From a limited edition of 550 copies, this one being number 175. Virtually unread as.....
London: Swann, Sonnerschein, Le Bas & Lowrey, 1886. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Original brilliant red publisher's cloth, elaborately stamped in black and gold. 8vo - [xvi].326,[1 blank],[8 ads]. With 35 engraved illustrations. All edges gilt. Patterned endpapers. This is a stunning example of a very imortant resource for any study of Norse Mythology and a key influence on Richard Wagner.....
London: Yale University Press, 2025. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Illustrated. A highlyh recommended historic examination of the early days of Elizabethan Theatre. Examines in depth the efforts of the Burbages and their obsessive drive to make London a thriving theatre center. The contributions of Christopher Marlowe and William Shakespeare helped make this a......
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1930). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original royal blue cloth, lettered in gilt to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 317pp. The book is extremely clean, bright and solid. The complete dust jacket is bright and without edge-wear. There are a few spots to the front panel, else fine. A murder mysery set.....
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1933. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original black cloth, with lettering in pale green to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 398pp. There is some staining to the front panel and some overall fading to the spine. The book remains solid and internally clean. The jacket is complete but show.....
Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Original red cloth with text in black to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 257 pp. Map endpapers. Previous owner signature and stamp to the half title. The book is solid and complete. The corners are bent a bit and there is rubbing to the spine ends. The.....
New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1878. First Illustrated American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Original brick-red pictorial cloth over beveled boards. 8vo - 370,[2 ads] pp. and containing 96 full-page illustrations by Paul Phillippoteaux. Translated from the original french by Ellen E. Frewer. This edition printed from the same plates as the British Sampson & Low edition. Both of these.....
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., (1935). First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original black cloth lettered in orange to the front pane and spine. 8vo - 310pp. A remarkably clean, bright and attractive copy of this first US edition. Likewise, the dust jacket with art by Galdone is equally fine. A story of espionage regarding an invention "calculated to.....
New York: The Macaulay Company, (1933). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original dark blue cloth on boards, lettered in orange to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 253pp. The book is very clean and solid with true corners. Spine ends a bit pushed. The complete jacket shows minor over-all wear with some rubbing to the corners.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original black cloth on boards, lettered in blue to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 346pp. "First Edition" statement to the copyright page. Posthumously published - King died in 1928. A mystery novel with elements of romance, centering on a woman stealing $60,000 dollars in negotiable bonds.....
New York: J. H. Sears & Company, (1929). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original black cloth boards, stamped in green to the front panel and lettered in green to the spine. 8vo - 311pp. Top edge stained green. A very clean, bright and solid copy. A lovely example of book design from the 1920's. Printed in Kingsport, Tennessee. A......
London: Wright & Brown. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Originally pubished by Methuen in1936. No date on this. In a nice example of the scarce dust jacket. The boards are splayed a bit at the fore-edge.
London: Robert Hale, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Original black cloth on boards, lettered in silver to the spine. 8vo - 191pp. A very sharp copy, both. book and dust jacket. A private lending library book-plate to the front paste-down. No other markings. Now quite scarce. Listed in Hubin.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1930). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original light blue cloth on boards, lettered in light purple to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 313 pp. Author's second novel, set in Los Angeles. Cover art by Mary Briggs. Now quite scarce. Listed in Hubin.
New York: The Crime Club, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original blue cloth on boards, stamped and lettered in black to the spine. 8vo - 275 pp. Top edge stained blue. Fore-edge is rough-cut. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of the author's second novel. The bright and complete dust jacket shows only very minor edge-wear.....
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Original tan cloth on boards, lettered and stamped in red to the spine. 8vo - 307pp. Top edge stained red. Fore-edge rough-cut. Some minor toning to the endpapers. A lovely example of the dust jacket with art-work by the enigmatic "Roese." A very clean, bright.....
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1934. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original royal blue cloth on boards with the famous gold skull and dagger stamped to the front panel and spine with lettering to the spine in gold as well. 8vo - 288 pp. With the required parenthetical (1) to the last page. Top edge stained.....
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, (1912). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original gray cloth with elaborate stamped image of a garter in white and gold. Text to front panel in dark brown with gold high-lights and the author's name in brown. All text on spine in gilt. This novel published posthumously by the author's wife. Mr. Futrelle.....
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1934). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Original green cloth with letters stamped in brown. Top edge stained yellow. 8vo - 312pp. A very nice copy in all respects. A very warm signed inscription by the author to the front free endpaper. He signed his name "Robert (Machine Gun) Casey." Listed in Hubin...
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1937). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Original powder blue cloth on boards, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 316,[4 ads] pp. Some minor edge-wear at the foot of the spine and the corners. Blue endpapers. With an exceptionally clean, bright and solid example of the dust jacket. Now extremely.....
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Original blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt to the spine. 8vo - 392 pp. Top edge gilt. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this very important first hand historic account of the final campaign of the Army of the Potomac as events swept.....
Columbia, SC: The State Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original blue cloth, lettered in gold to the spine. Large 8vo - 333pp. In a complete example of the scarce dust jacket. Illustrated with photographs and two maps - of Gettysburg and Spotsylvania respectively. The jacket has a few small tape repairs to edges; two on.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original textured black cloth with gilt text to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 293 pp. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this scarce copy. Many of the pages remain un-cut. This copy comes with a very sharp example of the scarce dust jacket.....