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London: Michael Joseph, 1998. FIRST. F / F. Unopened and unread. As new.
London: Michael Joseph, 1998. FIRST. F / F. Unopened and unread. As new.
New York: Harper & Row, 1974. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy. The jacket is not price-clipped.
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and attractive copy of this early title.
New York: Harper & Row, 1978. First edition. Near Fine / Very Good. A clean, bright and solid copy in a price-clipped jacket.
London: Michael Joseph, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. An extremely clean, bright and attractive copy.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1999). First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author at the half-title.
London: Michael Joseph, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread.
London: Michael Joseph, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread.
New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A very nice copy. A small one eighth inch tear to the rear panel.
London: Michael Joseph, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. A very solid and attractive copy. Previous owner signature on front free endpaper, else fine.
New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and attractive copy.
London: Michael Joseph, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1994). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the half-title.
London: Michael Joseph, (2014). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed, dated and with a line quote, all on the title page. Author's first book and a wonderful book at that. A very exciting first offering.
London: Penguin Books, (2021). First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Paperback original. As new. Unopened and unread. The third volume in the Detective Stark series. Now quite scarce.
New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A Sister Frevisse Medieval Mystery.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1924. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. In original pale blue cloth, stamped and lettered in dark blue. Octavo - 276 pp. Cream endpapers. Previous owner signature "R. L. Watkins / Cleveland / 1924" to the front free endpaper. A very solid and attractive copy of this title. Published in England.....
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.....
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: Hodder & Stoughton, (c. 1920). Early Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original publisher's red/orange cloth with spine lettered in black. Front panel and spine decoratively stamped. Front interior hinge has been strengthened. Text block evenly browned due to age and low quality paper. Author's signed and dated presentation to the front free endpaper. Inscription is dated 1923.....
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1938. First edition. Near Fine / Near Fine. Powder blue cloth with lettering in gilt at the spine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Spine very slightly turned. Some very minor nicks to the edges.
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 is 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.....
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1936). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original tan cloth boards, lettered in blue to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 302pp. + 6pp from her next book "Mr. Pinkerton Grows a Beard." A very clean, bright and solid copy from this prolific Golden Age mystery writer perhaps just as famously known.....
Chicago: Royce, 1945. First Edition thus. Soft covered. Fine. Original soft covered book with bright and pleasing full color illustrations. 128 pp. From the Quick Reader series. This book is abridged and likely sold to soldiers or travelers/commuters. Quite small - designed to fit in a pocket which explains why most of the books show extensive wear. This copy did.....
Dundee and London: Oberon Press, no date but ca. 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very good. Original blue cloth, lettered in black to the front panel and spine. 8vo - 208 pp. The book is clean, bright and solid. The lovely dust jacket has some minor rubbing, some chips to the foot of the spine and a small.....