COWARD, NOEL
Point Valaine
London: Heinemann, 1935. First Edition. Near fine in dust jacket. An uncommon title. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
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BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLENLittle People of the Snow
New York: Appleton, 1873. BAL 1733. A deluxe edition with text from 1864’s Thirty Poems. Front hinge cracked, but with an additional engraved portrait tipped in. Presentation copy; inscribed by Bryant at Christmas, 1872. A bright copy with very minor wear; in a quarter-leather custom slipcase and chemise. All books.....
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[SHERLOCKIANA]. ANONYMOUSPlayers Of The Day: A Series of Portraits In Colour Of Theatrical...
London: George Newnes, n.d. [1902]. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; minor rubbing; very good; the interior is in near fine condition. The volume consists of 48 color portraits, each mounted on a leaf with a preceding biographical page. Among the best of these portraits is one of Gillette as Holmes. Unlike.....
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CONSETT, MATTHEWA Tour Through Sweden, Swedish-Lapland, Finland and Denmark
London: J. Johnson, et al, 1789. First Edition. Quarto; with eight engravings by Bewick; properly rebacked with the original spine (probably a mid-19th century binding, signed “Wallis,” maintaining wide margins), gilt-ruled leather boards and marbled endpapers. Aside from minor occasional spotting, at least very good, if not better. All books.....
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BAILEY, H.CThe Red Castle
London: Ward, Lock, 1932. First Edition. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Ownership signature; about fine in a restored dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
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CHANSLOR, ROYJohnny Guitar. A Novel of the American West
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First Edition. Pages yellowed as usual; very good in a dust jacket with a stained back panel. The 1954 Nicholas Ray film starred Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady, Ernest Borgnine, and John Carradine. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “To Phyllis.....
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BLACKMORE, R.DFringilla. Some Tales in Verse. Illustrated by Louis Fairfax-Muckley and James Linton
London: Elkin Mathews, 1895. First Edition; deluxe issue. Minor foxing; small owner’s signature; covers slightly bowed; a nearly fine copy in publisher’s vellum; printed in gold on the spine and covers; one of 25 copies; a signed, holograph Blackmore letter is laid in. An especially handsome book illustrated in Pre-Raphaelite.....
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DICKENS, CHARLESThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
London: Chapman & Hall, 1870. First Edition; first binding. Bookplate removed; front hinge cracking; slight foxing; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
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[SHERLOCKIANA]. CHRIST, JAY FINLEYA Note From the Commonplace Book of J.A. Finch, Retired
No place of publication: Fanlight Press, 1947 (?). First Edition. One printed sheet, folded. Fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
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[HAMMETT, DASHIELL]. ANASTASIA, PEDIGO & MILLERWind Blown and Dripping: A Book of Aleutian Cartoons. With an Introduction...
No place of publication: no publisher, 1945. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; nearly fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
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CAIN, JAMES MTwo Lengthy Typed Letters
In a letter dated November 17,1957, writing an academic, recalling his start as a writer, the influence of H.L. Mencken and the craft of writing. This three page double-spaced letter, nearly seven hundred words, is signed in ink, with two tiny ink corrections; creased in the center and with a......
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[EMERSON, RALPH WALDO]. CARLYLE, THOMASPast and Present
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1843. First American Edition. B.A.L. 5194. Emerson edited the work and contributed a short note. Publisher’s paper covered boards with paper spine label; some splitting and chipping; 1843 owner’s inscription; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise.....