Coward-McCann: NY, (1954). Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.5", black cloth, 277pp, covers rubbed, extremities a little worn, pp toned, old glue-stain covering most of front fly, in an edge-worn and rubbed dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF AUTHOR'S SECOND NOVEL UNDER HER REAL NAME. More
J.B. Lippincott: Philadelphia, 1934. Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.75", pict blue cloth, 352pp, extremities a little bumped, pp a little toned, in a lightly edge-worn but bright and colorful dustjacket. More
Frederick Warne and Co.: London, 1903. Hardcover. Illus. by the author, 5.5 x 4", gilt-dec brown cloth with color pict label of a mouse on a spool inside an upside-down heart-shaped window, 85pp, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, pp a bit used, but still a decent copy. Later printing (double-page... More
G.P. Putnam's: NY, (1999). Paperback. 9 x 6", printed wraps, 295pp, covers a bit rubbed and soiled, couple corners lightly bumped but still a nice copy of the "Uncorrected Proof for Limited Distribution." More
Alfred A. Knopf: NY, 1959. Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.5", red cloth backed blue boards, 239pp + pp, covers a little edge-worn, spine ends bumped else a nice, clean copy in a rubbed and extremity-worn dustjacket (NOT price-clipped!). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. More
Personality Posters: NY, nd (1968). Paperback. Each 9.5 x 5.5", with color illus. of a Beatle against a light blue background, minor edge wear else nice. Illustrated by Heinz Edelmann. Unused. More
Mitchell Kennerley: NY, 1921. Hardcover. 8 x 5", gilt-lettered black cloth, 55pp, covers worn, extremities bumped, spine sunned, leaves unopened, some toning to eps and edges; no dustjacket but still a nicely preserved copy of the FIRST EDITION (SD), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY, ON THE TITLE PAGE. More
The Crime Club/Doubleday, Doran: NY, 1930. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", black cloth, 317pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped, pp toned and used, Ex-Library (Clark-Hill Lending Library) with a couple of inkstamps only, in a rubbed, edge-worn/torn, abraded and darkened dustjacket. Later printing, but with the original dustjacket. More
Farrar & Rinehart: NY, (1931). Hardcover. 7.75 x 5.25", orange cloth, 277pp, extremities bumped and fraying, pp toned; a good, used copy in a rubbed, darkened, extremity-worn (chipping at bottom of spine, tiny hole at rear hinge) dustjacket, with inkstamped "Dollar Lib" below price on front flap. FIRST EDITION. SCARCE... More
Simon and Schuster: NY, (1985). Hardcover. 9.5 x 6.25", cloth backed boards, 8443pp, covers somewhat rubbed, some shelf wear, old adhesion marks in gutter at rear endpapers else a nice copy in a spine-sunned dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, FIRST STATE ("none" instead of "done" on p621, line 16), BOLDLY... More
J.B. Lippincott: Philadelphia, (1920). Hardcover. 8.25 x 5.5", green cloth backed boards, 296pp, spine ends lightly bumped else a nice, clean copy in a rubbed and extremity-worn dustjacket with a hint of moisture at bottom of rear panel. Ninth Impression in an Eighth Printing Dustjacket, but INSCRIBED "To Marian Osmond... More
Harper & Row: NY, (1982). Hardcover. 8.5 x 5.5", cloth backed boards, 214pp, minor extremity wear else a nice copy in a lightly rubbed dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. ALSO, A REVIEW COPY WITH THE PRINTED SLIP PRESENT. More
The Crime Club/Doubleday Doran: NY, 1929. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", black cloth, 319pp, covers lightly rubbed, extremities lightly bumped, contents toned, in a rubbed, edge-torn, darkened and soiled dustjacket. Later printing, but WITH WRAP-AROUND SHOWING SCENES FROM THE GOLDWYN "MOTION PICTURE SUCCESS, BULLDOG DRUMMOND." The wrap-around has one edge-tear and... More
Doubleday, Doran: Garden City, NY, 1945. Hardcover. 8 x 5.5", 217pp, covers lightly rubbed, spine mildly cocked, in a lightly rubbed and soiled dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. More
Oxford University Press: London and Ibadan, 1964. Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.5", golden cloth, 275pp, minor extremity bumping else a nice, clean copy in a lightly edge-worn, spine sunned dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. Nobel Prize winner 1986. More
Random House: NY, (1993). Hardcover. 8 x 5.5", cloth backed boards, 141pp, spine ends lightly bumped, small circular adhesion mark at bottom of front fly else a nice, clean copy, in a nice dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, BOLDLY INSCRIBED "Bill, Joy!" AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. More
W.A. Wilde: Boston, (1932). Hardcover. Illus. by Harold Cue, 7.75 x 5.25", gilt-lettered green cloth, 301pp, covers lightly rubbed, spine ends a little bumped, extremities lightly worn, eps unevenly toned but still a nice, bright copy in a rubbed, edge-worn, lightly chipped but great dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. SCARCE title. More
Lion Books: NY, (1950). Paperback. 6.25 x 4.25", lurid pict wraps, 224pp, covers with minor extremity wear, outer hinges creased, pp toned, but still a very nice copy of this SCARCE title; "Ross Macdonald". "What was she?" More
Methuen & Co.: London, (1926). Hardcover. Illus. by Ernest H. Shepard, 7.25 x 5", gilt-ruled and gilt-pict limp green leather; aeg, 158pp, spine a little sunned, extremities lightly worn, small spot in margin of foredge for last few pages, a few other light spots but still a remarkably well preserved... More
Grosset & Dunlap: NY, (1933). Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", green cloth, 184pp + pp, minor extremity wear, bookplate of former owner, pp toned, in a lightly edge-worn, spine worn dustjacket. WITH THE SCARCE JIG-SAW PUZZLE BOX, seal broken, worn (esp. at extremities), WITH ALL BUT ONE PUZZLE PIECE (missing is... More
Clark City Press: Livingston, MI, (1991). Hardcover. Illus. by Russell Chatham, 9.25 x 6.75", grey cloth backed marbled boards, 320pp, spine sunned, extremities a little bumped else a nice copy in a lightly used slipcase. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION (250 copies?) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. More
np (London), 1902. Hardcover. Frontis + 15 color plates by author, 5.25 x 4", pink pictorial boards, unpaginated, covers a bit rubbed, front cover a bit sunned, spine and top edge of front cover a bit soiled, end papers foxed else a nice copy, in a custom-made, lightly worn, splitting... More
La Press de l'Amour: Paris, nd (1920s?). Paperback. Erotic 1920's style drawings, 8 x 5", pict stapled wraps, unpaginated. Covers sunned with offsetting, pencil/ink prices, ink marks, light wear, contents very good condition. Each book contains several erotic- but not explicit- sexual adventures. "Tight Squeeze", "The Prick Of A Dagger"... More
Selbee: NY, nd (1960s?). Paperback. Photos, 8.25 x 5.25", pict stapled wraps, unpaginated. Covers have light wear/soiling else very good condition. The adult adventures of nurses Vicki and Judy. More