London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1938). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original light blue boards, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 255, [1] pp. Bright blue endpapers. A clean, bright and very sharp copy of this, the fifth title in the series.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1936). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original light blue boards, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 324,[1]pp, 5pp of ads. Bright blue endpapers. The complete jacket shows some fading to the spine. A very sharp copy of the second title in the series.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1936). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original light blue cloth on boards, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. Bright blue endpapers. 8vo - 315 [1] pp. In a bright and very attractive example of the scarce dust jacket. A closed tear at the top right corner of the front panel.....
London: John Long, (1929). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / good. Original red cloth, lettered in black to the spine. 8vo - 288 pp. Some foxing to the fore-edge. The jacket is creased and has some chipping at the head of the spine. The colors remain bright and the jacket art is quite compelling. A nice copy of a book.....
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Original green cloth, lettered in red to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 345 pp. The cloth is just slightly dusty. Previous owner signature to the front free endpaper. Top edge red. In a bright and really lovely example of the dust jacket.....
London: Herbert Jenkins, Circa 1940/1944. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. In a bright jacket that shows some edge-wear with minor losses. The spine has a 5' price sticker. When held up to the light another price - 4' I believe, can faintly be seen. A nice copy.....
London: Herbert Jenkins, Circa 1940. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. Top right corner is dented, else fine.The dust jacket is very clean, bright and pleasing. Minor edge-wear. A 5' price sticker is present at the spine. The sixth printing. McIlvaine states that the 5th printing was issued.....
London: Herbert Jenkins, Circa 1940/1944. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. In a bright and clean example of the dust jacket. The orange on the spine is slightly faded. One small chip at the foot of the spine. Lovely cover art by W. Heath Robinson. McIlvaine A44B. A......
London: Herbert Jenkins, Circa 1940/1944. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth, stamped and lettered in black to the front panel and spine. In a very clean, bright and pleasing copy of the dust jacket with a 5' price sticker to the spine. 12th printing, so stated on the copyright page. A lovely example of this reprint edition.....
London: Herbert Jenkins, Circa 1940/1944. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered and stamped in black to the front panel and spine. The bright and complete dust jacket has a 5' price sticker to the spine. The orange of the spine is just on shade lighter than the front panel. I put the date in based on.....
London: Herbert Jenkins, Circa 1944. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original orange cloth, lettered in black. In a bright and complete dust jacket. The orange on the spine is just a half-shade lighter than the front panel. A 5' sticker price is affixed to the spine. McIlvaine, A41B, states "Herbert Jenkins reprinted through 1969; the tenth printing, about 1945.....
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1926). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Original blue cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. A nautical adventure novel, containing comic stories as well as murder mysteries. This volume contains the seed for a 1955 film noir - "Footsteps In the Fog," starring Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons. The screenplay is.....
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. In a lovely bright and complete dust jacket. Previous owner book-plate to the front paste-down. Small bump to the top right corner of the board, else fine.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original gray cloth, lettered in red to the front panel and spine. In a complete and bright dust jacket showing some edge-wear rubbing. An "Office File" Copy with a very faint stamp along the top edge. Top edge red. Previous owner book-plate to the front paste-down.....
Cambridge: University Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original blue green cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine. In a bright and solid example of the dust jacket. Jacket designed by Farnhill.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine. In a bright and complete dust jacket.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original blue cloth, lettered in blue to the spine. In a bright and complete dust jacket.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Volume I of what became a two volume set. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated within.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine. In very clean and bright example of the dust jacket, which is price-clipped. Previous owner signature to the front free endpaper.
New York: Thomas Nelson, (1958). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this important critical examination of the great Imagist Poet, Amy Lowell. The book is without blemish. The bright jacket shows only minor areas of wear. A very nice copy indeed.
Tucson: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original red cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine. Illustrated endpapers. "This first edition of Bordersnakes by James Crumley is limited to 326 copies: 300 cloth-bound and 26 bound in quarter morocco with hand-made paper-covered boards, Each copy is signed and numbered by the author. This cloth copy no.....
New York: Harper Collins, (1994). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this classic Mantle book. Co-authored with Mickey Herskowitz. Signed by Mantle at the half-title. In a complete and bright example of the dust jacket. Illustrated throughout. Also laid in is a flyer from the bookshop where Mantle was signing, laying out.....
New York: Scholastic Press, (2007). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original black cloth, pressed diamond pattern - black on black, with lettering in red to the spine. This is the Deluxe Edition, designed by David Saylor with illustrations by Mary GrandPre. Dust jacket with wrap-around art, illustrated endpapers in a flawless illustrated slip-case.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Good. Original black cloth, with red stamping to the spine. In the dust jacket which shows overall moderate wear with some loss along the fore-edge of the front panel. Illustrated endpapers. Inscribed and signed by the author at the half-title. Drawings by Margaret LeFranc.
London: Macmillan, (2007). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original navy blue cloth, lettered in silver to the spine. From a special limited edition of 1000 copies, this one being #888. Signed by the author to the Limitation Page. Housed, as issued, in a lovely illustrated slip-case. The first volume of the "Void" trilogy. From the library of science fiction.....