The Run of the Country
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Irish author's first novel.
Modern First Edition
Laurence Sterne As Yorick
London: The Bodley Head, (1958). First edition. Hardcover. Good / Good. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine. The dust jacket is complete. The text block is clean and bright and the hinges strong. The difficulty with this copy is that the rear panel of the jacket adhered itself to the rear board, most likely from dampness. The.....
Notes On Life & Letters
London: J. M. Dent, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original green cloth with embossed blind design on front board with J. C. in the middle. Lettered in gilt on the spine. Top and fore-edge smooth, bottom edge rough cut. "Sea" on page ix is perfect and "Privately Printed" does not appear on page iv. The complete.....
The Rescue
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and attractive copy of this nautical adventure novel. Original green cloth. The jacket is complete save for a minor chip to the foot of the spine which has been professionally repaired.
The Rescue
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Bound in original dark green cloth with lettering in gilt to the spine. In the complete and lovely illustrated dust jacket. This is the nicest copy of this title that I have handled. With a very lightly tipped in (easy to remove) book-plate to the front paste-down.....
The Rover
London: Fisher & Unwin, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt. The dust jacket's spine is darkened though it remains quite readable. The jacket is not price-clipped. Laid in a promotional pamphlet from Fisher & Unwin praising and promoting Conrad.
The Rover
London: T. Fisher Unwin, (1923). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the front panel and the spine. In an extremely nice example of the alternate full color dust jacket. With Conrad/Unwin promotional pamphlet laid in. Mild foxing along the top edge, else fine. Agrees with all points as listed in Smith.....
Victory
London: Metuen & Co., (1915). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright, and solid copy of the first English edition. Published in September of 1915 in an impression of 8000 copies, including Canadian and Colonial export editions. Last page of ads dated 8/15/15. Some pages in the middle of the book remain uncut. 'Methuen's Popular.....
The Kimball Collection
New York: D. Appleton, Century, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very nice copy in a somewhat darkened dust jacket. Original orange cloth. Cover art by Peggy Bacon.
Billy the Kid
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Some minor overall wear to the jacket which is price-clipped. Jacket art designed by Merle Armitage.
The Fire Fighter
London: Chatto & Windus, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Author's acclaimed first book. Already reprinted. Unopened and unread. A novel of war time London during the Blitz.
Hamer's War
London: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. Authors second book.
The Strange Enchantment
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near fine. The jacket is price-clipped, else fine. Previous owner inscription on the ffep, else fine. A very bright and pleasing copy. Cover art by Biro.
Messieurs les Ronds de Cuir
Nouvelle Librairie De France, 1948. Paperback. Near Fine / Very Good. Wrappers in original glassine. Illustrated by Joseph Hemard. Preface by Marcel Schwob. The illustrations for this edition are quite lovely.
Sergeant York
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Re-issue. Tie-in with the Warner Brothers film starring Gary Cooper. This copy shows a contemplative Cooper from a scene from the movie. A nice copy of the book with previou owner inscription to the front free endpaper. The jacket shows moderate edge-wear. Original copyright date is 1922 by.....
The Blackbird
London: The Bodley Head, (1938). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Original green cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine. 8vo - 297pp, 4pp of ads. In a very nice example of the complete dust jacket. Original wood engravings to the dust jacket by Joan Hassell. There is a large image on the front panel and a smaller.....
Nobody Knows what the Stork Will Bring
New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A fine copy in all respects of this short story collection.
Gawain and Lady Green
New York: Donald Fine, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread.
This Way to Hell
New York: The MaCaulay Company, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very bright and clean copy of this scarce title. A Pro Prohibition novel. The cover art shows a police officer walking towards a parked car where a couple is engaged in matters prurient - brought on, we can suppose, by the evil influence of alcohol.....
Arthur King Of The Middle March
London: Orion, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author on the title page. The final volume of the highly acclaimed trilogy.
Arthur The Seeing Stone
New York: Arthur A. Levine, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. Unopened and unread.
Arthur The Seeing Stone
London: Orion, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. A fine copy in all respects.
West of the Water Tower
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A photoplay novel from Paramount film There is chipping to both ends of the spine and a few closed tears. Still, a very nice copy with lovely cover art.
Bordersnakes
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.....
The Innocents
Canada: Doubleday, (2019). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Signed by the author to the title page. A fine novel by this award winning author. A brother and sister survive alone near a desolate cove in 19th century Newfoundland. They face the harsh elements and occaisonal opportunistic visitors. Through it all, they stick together and.....