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.....
New York: The Dial Press, (1936). First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original red cloth, lettered in black to the spine. Previous owner signature to the front paste-down completely hidden by the jacket's flap. In a brilliant example of the scarce dust jacket which is price-clipped, else fine. Top edge stained dark red. Anthony Gilbert is the.....
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original black cloth, lettered and decorated in red to the front panel and spine. Frome one of two pseudonyms for Zenith Jones Brown, the other and equally famous one being Leslie Ford. A neat previous owner dated inscription to the front free endpaper, dated.....
New York: Dodd, Mead And Company, 1927. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original blue cloth with lettering in orange to the front panel and decoration that mirrors that of the jacket. Previous owner name to the front paste-down completely hidden by the jacket's flap. A very clean, bright and solid copy of the book. This copy.....
New York: The Macaulay Company, (1932). First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Original green cloth, lettered in yellow to the front panel and spine. The boards have minor soiling and a few spots and the spine has some vertical creasing. Previous owner name to the front paste-down. The dust jacket is bright and very pleasing though it is.....
New York: Macaulay Company, (1931). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original black cloth lettered in green to the front panel and spine. The book is solid with true corners and strong hinges. The scarce complete jacket is bright and very compelling, with jacket art by C. Schneider. There has been some minor restoration done to the spine.....
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc., The Crime Club, 1941. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original blue cloth, lettered in black to the spine. Published in the U.K. the same year as Up The Garden Path. A very clean, bright and solid copy. The dust jacket, with art by H. A. Peace is very bright and.....
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1928). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. An extremely clean, bright and solid copy of this excellent murder mystery. "The whole family desire the death of the miserly father and grand-father. They are deep in financial difficulties and impending law-suits and imminent embarrassment. It is with a sense of anticipation that they all depart for Mallow.....
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, (1933). First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original green cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. An unusualy fine and crisp copy with true corners. The compelling dust jacket is equally fine, in all respects, though it is price-clipped. Charles Barry is the pseudonym of Charles Bryson, per.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original blue/gray cloth, lettered in pale gold to the front panel and spine. In a complete and quite lovely example of the scarce dust jacket with art by Politzer. The UK edition was published earlier in the same year. Hubin lists the authors to be Eva.....
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original deep red cloth, lettered in black. Decorated endpapers. A very clean, bright and attractive copy of this Dr. Thorndyke mystery. The four corners of the flaps are bevel cut which I presumed to be an effort to account for a price-clip. The problem is.....
London: Bantam Press, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2019). First printing. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page. A young woman goes missing and the three Bronte sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne become involved in the mystery. The first book in a new series.
London: Herbert Jenkins, (1946). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original orange cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. The boards are very clean and bright with true corners. The lovely period dust jacket shows only minor wear and rubbing. The jacket is not clipped and shows the original 8s. 6d. net price on the.....
London: Canongate, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed and dated by the author to the title page. The highly acclaimed third novel by this Irish author. Number 1 only present on the copyright page. Part horror, part police procedural, part gothic mystery - a very compelling literary page turner. Highly recommended...
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1934). First edition. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original deep red cloth with lettering and decoration in yellow/gold. Just a hint of wear to the corners. In a bright and complete example of the dust jacket. A Dr. Hailey mystery. Wynne is the pseudonym of Robert McNair Wilson. "Lord Wallace's body was found lying on.....
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1929). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original dark red cloth, lettered in gilt to the front panel and spine. In a very clean, bright and complete example of the very scarce dust jacket. "A young Chicago reporter undertakes to find out if a trunk contains any papers that support a claim to the.....
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1926. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. In original gray cloth which is lightly soiled. Lettered in black to the front panel and spine. In a nice example of the scarce dust jacket. Rear free endpaper with a small chip to the top corner. The jacket shows some minor staining to.....
London: The Crime Club, (1945). First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine / Very Good. Original red cloth, lettered in black to the spine. A Tecumseh Fox mystery story. A really fine atmospheric New York murder mystery. The scarce, bright, and very attractive jacket has two flaws - a small abrasion to the front panel and the original dark pink of the.....
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. Original black cloth, lettered and decorated in red. In a bright and pleasing example of the dust jacket which is price-clipped. The book shows some minor wear to the corners and has a little creasing to the spine. A vintage murder mystery set in the.....
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1909). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. In original olive green cloth, lettered in white to the front panel and spine. Early previous owner inscription blotted out at the front free endpaper. Barzun and Taylor call it "her masterpiece." The book is bright and solid with true corners and virtually no wear. The complete.....
New York: Doubleday, Doran And Company - For The Crime Club, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original gray cloth, lettered and decorated in maroon. A very clean, bright and solid copy in an equally lovely example of the dust jacket which is price-clipped. First Edition statement to the copyright page. A mystery novel set in the United.....
New York: The Macaulay Company, (1923). First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. In a bright, complete and lovely example of the scarce just jacket. Published earlier the same year in the UK with the title The Bronze Face. The house with the bronze door hid a violent gang of blackmailers.....
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 copyight page. A lovely copy in all respects. The.....
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Near Fine. In original tan cloth with lettering in dark red to the spine and the Red Badge logo to the front panel. Illustrated endpapers and dust jacket art designed by the author. Previous owner book-plate to the front paste-down completely hidden by the front flap of.....