London: Fabern & Faber Limited, 1942. First edition. 8vo, 290pp. Cover art reproduced on page of thicker stock at front, after ffep. Publisher's drab cloth, spine lettered in red, in illustrated jacket. Spine slightly cocked with soiling and light foxing to boards, pastedowns tanned else clean internally. Jacket spine toned.....
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: 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.....
Austin: Swan Press, 1992. First edition. 8vo, 154, [2]pp. Black, white, and blue glossy wrappers. Fine condition. First edition of this collection from the late, great Texas author, Neal Barrett Jr, signed by him and Joe R. Lansdale who did the introduction.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2017. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Advance uncorrected bound manuscript (proof). Author's second book. Near fine in wraps with publish date in pen to front cover.
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.....
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1930. First edition. 8vo, 320pp. Publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt in illustrated jacket. Spine cocked, foxing to page block edge and margins of preliminaries, else clean internally. Jacket shows foxing and soiling with a few closed edge tears. Very good. First edition of this thriller.....
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1936. First edition. 8vo, 318pp. Map endpapers. Publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt, illustrated jacket. Spine cocked, pushing at heel else nearly fine in very good+ jacket with some use at spine ends, shallow chip to upper edge of front panel, tear to lower edge of.....
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. First edition. 8vo, 253 plus 2pp. publisher's ads at rear. Publisher's blue cloth with sunning to spine and around edges. Some wear at spine ends and corners. Text block toned, mainly to margins, paperclip indentation to first three leaves with light chip.....
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.....
Fort Sill: School of Fire for Field Artillery, 1916. Hardcover. WWI manual and journal belonging to Charles Wadsworth Camp of the 305th field artillery regiment. Camp, a mystery writer, drama critic, and father of author Madeleine L'Engle, would later go on to write a history of the 305th. Being exposed.....
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition stated. Novel with thriller/mystery elements from Charles Wadsworth Camp, father of children's author, Madeleine L'Engle. Camp, a WWI veteran, died in 1936 from complications due to mustard gas exposure in the war. He wrote several mystery novels, including.....
Shingletown: Mark V. Ziesing, 1991. Limited to 500 copies signed by all contributors, this being #251. Faux leather maroon boards, stamped in gilt, illustrated jacket. Fine condition in slipcase that shows very light wear.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Advance Reading Copy (ARC). 8vo, illustrated wraps, near fine with some rubbing to covers. Signed by Connelly on title page with publisher's reply card laid in. Advance proof copy of the second Harry Bosch mystery from Connelly.
London: Jarrolds, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. One of two works listed in Hubin's bibliography of crime fiction from this author. The other work titled,"The Dope Dealers," was published the prior year by the same publisher. This copy of The White Chalet has been signed on the title page by the.....
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1930. First edition. 8vo, 249pp. Red cloth boards smudged and with dulling to gilt on upper cover and spine. Former owner's embossed monogram to endpapers, remnants of an old sticker to ffep else clean internally and very good. Presented with facsimile jacket.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. 4th printing. 19x12cm, 252pp. Boldly signed by Fleming in blue ink on the ffep. Black cloth stamped in gilt and white, illustrated jacket by Richard Chopping. Bookplate of Frank J. Farrell to front pastedown. Few marginal smudges, old bookseller's note in pencil to rear endpaper else.....
Oxford: Frank Harvey, 1905. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Quite scarce first edition of this collection of sketches, including the Sherlockian parody, "The Adventure of the Diamond Necklace." Very good in publisher's rust colored wraps with black lettering and illustration to front cover. Some foxing throughout. Has been rebacked with matching.....
Oxford: Frank Harvey, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Scarce collection of sketches including the Sherlockian parody, "The Adventure of the Diamond Necklace," among others. Large paper issue limited to 150 copies, this being #44. Publisher's green cloth with black lettering and illustration to front cover. Very good with some wear at.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Uncorrected Proof of this first novel from Fowles. Original printed wrappers from Cape remain bright with just a few minor spots of soiling. The spine shows some creasing with light rubbing along rear joint and at spine ends. Bookplate signed by Fowles.....
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Early Perry Mason story from Gardner. Near fine copy with a hint of pale staining to lower foredge of front and rear boards, which can be seen on the underside of the jacket as well. Clean and bright lettering and.....
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The Fourth Perry Mason mystery story from Gardner, complete in the scarce jacket. Very good with a couple bumps to front board and some spots of rubbing to front and rear. Some wear to cloth at upper edge of rear.....
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Quite scarce third Perry Mason mystery from Gardner, complete in unrestored jacket. Near fine copy with minimal wear in very good jacket with 1/4" loss at head and shallow chipping at heel and corners. Cover remains vibrant, but spine is.....
