![Item #7117 Island of the Red God [Hutchinson's Girls' Adventure Series]. Leta Zoe Adams](https://perusethestacks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7117.png?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1729800902)
London: Hutchinson & Co., [1943]. First UK edition. 8vo, 227pp. Illustrations by Armstrong Sperry. Red cloth boards lettered in yellow in illustrated jacket. Spine cocked, corners a touch worn in jacket with chipping at spine ends, rubbing along folds and edge wear. Very good. First UK edition of this adventure.....
New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this adventure novel by Kathleen Moore Knight, writing as Alan Amos. Listed in Hubin's Bibliography of Crime Fiction. Very good hardcover with some pale moisture spotting to bottom corner of front board. Jacket nicely preserved, very good.....
New York: Macmillan, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first printing of this interesting mystery novel from the great science fiction author, Poul Anderson. Signed and inscribed to the former owners on the ffep. Winner of the first annual Macmillan Cock Robin Mystery Award. Very good book with rubbing along edges.....
New York: Dutton, 1998. Uncorrected Proofs. Paperback in publisher's printed card wrappers. Card addressed to Ann Rule from the publisher seeking a quote laid in. Wraps curled and with some staining. Very good. From the estate of Seattle author, Ann Rule, who popularized and modernized the true crime genre starting.....
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. Advance uncorrected reader's proof. Paperback in publisher's printed card wrappers. Letter to Ann Rule from the publisher requesting a quote laid in. Wraps stained, contents clean. Very good. From the estate of Seattle author, Ann Rule, who popularized and modernized the true crime genre.....
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 1999. Advance Uncorrected Proofs. Paperback in publisher's glossy, illustrated wrappers. Letter to Ann Rule from the publisher laid in. Near fine. From the estate of Seattle author, Ann Rule, who popularized and modernized the true crime genre starting with her first book, The Stranger Beside Me in.....
New York: Dutton, 1993. Uncorrected Proofs. Paperback in publisher's green card wrappers. Ownership signature of Ann Rule to half title page. Few stray marks and some edge wear to wraps, foxing to top edge. Very good. From the estate of Seattle author, Ann Rule, who popularized and modernized the true.....
New York: Pocket Books, 1995. Advance Uncorrected Proofs. Paperback in publisher's printed red wrappers. Letter to Ann Rule from the publisher laid in. Wraps toned and with staining to rear cover. Letter worn and torn around edges. Very good. From the estate of Seattle author, Ann Rule, who popularized and.....
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof. Paperback in publisher's glossy, illustrated wrappers. Letter from the publisher to Ann Rule laid in. Some edge wear to top and a few wrinkled page corners. Very good. From the estate of Seattle author, Ann Rule, who popularized and modernized.....
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001. Advance Reader's Edition. Paperback in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Letter from the publisher to Ann Rule laid in. Wraps lightly curled and with some edge wear. very good. From the estate of Seattle author, Ann Rule, who popularized and modernized the true crime genre starting.....
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1943. First edition. 8vo, 279pp. Publisher's crimson cloth lettered in blue/gray, top edge stained red in illustrated jacket. Near fine book with a small instance of damp staining to bottom edge of front endpapers in jacket that shows light use at spine ends, small damp stain.....
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club / Doubleday, 1940. First edition. Hardcover in dust jacket, illustrations throughout. Spine cocked, boards worn along edges and with staining from an old jacket protector. The jacket has been backed in brown paper, using old brown tape along edges, and perhaps also painted over.....
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1895. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hubin and Bleiler listed collection from the prolific Scottish writer, Robert Barr. Red variant binding with silver illustration and lettering to front cover and spine, and silver stained top edge. Complete with original glassine jacket which has discolored over time and.....
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1933. First edition. 8vo, 303pp. Decorated, gray cloth boards in illustrated jacket. Top edge dusty, some pushing at spine ends in jacket that shows toning and a few instances of rubbing. A very good+ copy. Very nice copy of this thriller from the writing team.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1943. First edition. 8vo, 193pp. Inscribed by Bellairs to the former owner on the ffep and dated in year of publication. Publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in white in illustrated jacket by Arthur Hawkins. Rubbing and light bumping to boards text block edges toned. Jacket.....
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. First edition. 8vo, 336pp. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black in illustrated jacket. Spine toned, partial ownership label on front pastedown else clean internally. Jacket price clipped, chipping at spine ends, and chip from lower edge of back panel. Very good. First edition of.....
![Item #10153 Winterkill [Signed Proof and Display Stand]. C. J Box](https://perusethestacks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/10153.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1785188644)
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. Uncorrected Manuscript for Limited Distribution. Advance proof (ARC) in illustrated wrappers, signed by Box on the title page. 10x8" Putnam's display stand with review for Savage Run and photo of Box, also signed by Box. Proof smudged on back and bumped at head of.....
New York: William Morrow, 2003. Uncorrected proof. 8vo, 210pp., publisher's plain blue wraps. Near fine with slight fading to spine.
New York: W. J. Watt & Co., 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this mystery story, the author's only listed work in Hubin's Bibliography of Crime Fiction. Very good book with light rubbing at spine ends and corner tips in the scarce jacket, very good, with small chips from.....
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1950. First edition. 8vo, 256pp. Publisher's black cloth stamped in blind and gilt in illustrated jacket. Owner's name on front pastedown else a sharp, near fine copy in jacket which is price clipped and shows some edge rubbing and spine fade. Stated first edition.....
New York: Pocket Books, 1966. First paperback edition. Mass market paperback in illustrated wrappers by Sandy Kossin. Lengthy and entertaining inscription from Burke to the former owner dated in 1969 on half title, and an additional quote on the dedication page in his hand. Spine creased and sunned, wear to.....
![Item #10171 A Stained White Radiance [with] Cimarron Rose [and] 6 Other Signed Proofs. James Lee...](https://perusethestacks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/noimage.png?auto=webp)
Various, Ca. 1992-2007. Advance Reading Copies, ARC's, Proofs. 8 Advance Copies, each signed by Burke. Generally near fine with minimal wear. Tremendous lot of 8 signed proofs from James Lee Burke. Includes Cimmaron Rose, In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead, A Stained White Radiance, Sunset Limited, The Tin Roof.....
New York: Pocket Books, 1982. First edition. Paperback original, signed by Burke on the title page. Very good in publisher's wraps with discreet (and unnecessary) tape reinforcement at spine ends and corners.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First edition. 8vo, 292, [2]pp. Publisher's orange cloth lettered and decorated in black on front cover and spine in illustrated jacket by Bob Smith. Cloth worn through at spine ends, corners, and along upper edges of boards. Jacket price clipped and with sunning to.....
New York: The World Publishing Company, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First thus of this omnibus edition, signed by Cain on the ffep. Very good book with some shelf wear at spine ends and corner tips. Jacket has 1" triangular chip from head of spine, chipping at heel and corners, and.....
