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  • The Mudlark. THE CAST, THEODORE BONNET.
    [SIGNED BY THE CAST]. BONNET, THEODORE

    The Mudlark

    London: W.H. Allen, n.d [1950]. First Edition. Very good to fine. Inscribed by members of the cast, including Irene Dunne, Alec Guiness, Jean Negulesco, and Finlay Currie All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • Mr. Dooley's Opinions. F. P DUNNE.
    DUNNE, F.P

    Mr. Dooley's Opinions

    New York: R.H. Russell, 1901. First Edition. Ownership stamp on endpaper; slight offsetting from the dust jacket onto endpapers, else a fine bright copy in a professionally restored dust jacket with its price changed in print by the publisher. The sage of Ar-rchey Road gives his views on a variety.....

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  • Roland-Flugzeuge 1914-1917 der Luft-Fahzeug-Gesellschaft m.b.H. Abteilung Flugzeugbau Kaiserdamm, AVIATION, ANONYMOUS.
    [AVIATION]. ANONYMOUS

    Roland-Flugzeuge 1914-1917 der Luft-Fahzeug-Gesellschaft m.b.H. Abteilung Flugzeugbau Kaiserdamm, Charlottenburg

    No place of publication: no publisher, n.d. [c.1917]. An extraordinary photographic album, documenting aircraft production at the Berlin based LFG company during the Great War. 37 original gelatin silver prints 4.5 x 6.5 inches, mounted on 8 x 12 inch cardstock with printed titles beneath. Photographs include the manufacturing plants.....

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  • Babaouo. SALVADOR DALI.
    DALI, SALVADOR

    Babaouo

    Paris: Centre Culturel de Paris, 1978. First Edition. Of 372 copies, this is one of 90 numbered copies on “Velin de Rives”; signed by Dali on the colophon, as well as on the illustrated, color title page; bound in publisher’s full leather with gilt decoration; the illustrations in the text.....

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  • Mission to Moscow. THE CAST, JOSEPH D. DAVIES.
    [SIGNED BY THE CAST]. DAVIES, JOSEPH D

    Mission to Moscow

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941 or 1942. Later printing. A few pages a little wrinkled; very good. Inscribed at length on the dedication page by Davies, who has also signed on the front endpaper, under which seven members of the cast have signed, noting the parts they played. Most.....

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  • Playback. RAYMOND CHANDLER.
    CHANDLER, RAYMOND

    Playback

    London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958. First Edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket. As usual, the binding lettering is in silver; a small number were issued in yellow. Widely panned, this is a weak effort from an author that so much was expected of. For all that, while it suffers.....

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  • Original Portrait Photograph in Western Costume. GARY COOPER.
    COOPER, GARY

    Original Portrait Photograph in Western Costume

    A little smaller than 11 x 13”. Signed in blue ink on a lighter area of his shirt, “Gary Cooper/ 1932.” Stamped on the verso “Photography by Coburn.” Robert Coburn was a prominent and successful Hollywood portrait and still photographer of the era. Cooper is dressed in a western shirt.....

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  • The Valley Of Fear. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
    DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

    The Valley Of Fear

    New York: George H. Doran, 1914. First Edition; preceding the English publication by some months. First Edition; preceding the English edition by several months. A nearly fine copy in an excellent example of the rare color pictorial dust jacket. The jacket has had some archival mending and strengthening, with chips.....

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  • Fringilla. Some Tales in Verse. Illustrated by Louis Fairfax-Muckley and James Linton. R. D BLACKMORE.
    BLACKMORE, R.D

    Fringilla. Some Tales in Verse. Illustrated by Louis Fairfax-Muckley and James Linton

    London: Elkin Mathews, 1895. First Edition. Minor foxing; mostly unopened; a fine copy in the rare printed glassine dust jacket (with some tears and chips). The price of 10 shillings is printed at the bottom of the front panel and the bottom of the spine; leaving the illustrated cloth visible.....

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  • Detective Stories Gone Wrong: The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs by Luke Sharp. SHERLOCKIANA, ROBERT BARR.
    [SHERLOCKIANA]. BARR, ROBERT

    Detective Stories Gone Wrong: The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs by Luke Sharp

    London: The Idler, 1892. Volume I of this magazine; bound in contemporary half-leather; owner’s inscription; the shabby binding is worn. One of the earliest Sherlockian parodies and illustrated by George Hutchinson, who had recently illustrated the 1891 Ward, Lock edition of A Study in Scarlet. These issues were originally published.....

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  • Original Holograph Ms. for the Simon Templar short story "Pearls Before Wine&quot. LESLIE CHARTERIS.
    CHARTERIS, LESLIE

    Original Holograph Ms. for the Simon Templar short story "Pearls Before Wine"

    46 pages in Charteris’s hand, written with two different pens, on the verso of the defunct Bond-Charteris Enterprises’ printed production forms. Bound in a three ring, brad-fastened folder titled and signed by the author, with an extraordinary three page holograph letter (Hollywood, 28 March 47) presenting the piece, signed by.....

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  • The Water Witch. JAMES FENIMORE COOPER.
    COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE

    The Water Witch

    London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. First English Edition; preceded by a Dresden edition and followed by an American one; three volumes; bound in 3/4 contemporary calf with marbled paper boards; red morocco spine labels; decorated spines; bookplates; a very good set. All books described as first editions are.....

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