Murder Manana
New York: Duell, Sloan, 1941. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #33378P]
New York: Duell, Sloan, 1941. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #33378P]
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, 1905. Sheet music from the stage production, with music by Manuel Klein. The same color lithographed cover was presumably used for all the separately issued musical numbers. The show was originally titled “Tomorrowland.” BAL 770 (this was one of four, out of sixteen songs..... More
[Book #36822P]
No place of publication: privately printed, 1897. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; BAL 733 (locating a single copy), noting that 100 copies were “Issued as a souvenir of a picnic given by Harper & Brothers for their employees.” Inscribed inside the front wrapper by an executive or editor at the publishing..... More
[Book #37085P]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First Edition; BAL state A; a very good copy of this Sherlock Holmes parody. More
[Book #32455P]
Over 45 words have been added by the author, mostly in ink, and there are additional corrections and cross-outs in both ink and pencil. With the stamp of “The New Hampton Publishing Company” (and the typed word “October” below) at the top of the first page, where the author’s name..... More
[Book #35896P]
New York: George J. Coombes, 1886. First Edition of his first regularly published book. Bangs’s name appears in the copyright notice and his initials are on the front cover; publisher’s cloth; very good. More
[Book #29213P]
Undated; probably from the 1940s - 1950s. Penciled on the verso in Bankhead’s hand, “Walter Winchell Esq.” She writes in pencil on the recto, “Dearest Winchell, Salute. What a Broadcast/ What a Man/ What a Country - I hope - Tallulah.” Aside from a small tape mend on the verso..... More
[Book #36750P]
London: Chatto & Windus, 1960. First Edition. Bottom of front cover bumped, else fine in a slightly worn dust jacket. Basis for the film of the same title. More
[Book #37156P]
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1882. First Edition. Wright 286. Publisher’s illustrated cloth; comically depicting a dandified black man in front of a slave cabin. A near fine copy. This book relates a version of the “Brer Rabbit, Brer Wolf and Tar Baby” story, immortalized by Joel Chandler Harris in Uncle..... More
[Book #19136P]
Boston: David Reed, 1826. First American Edition. Publisher’s boards with paper spine labels; some wear, but excellent copies. A third volume, bound as volume III is Barbauld’s A Legacy for Young Ladies...Boston, David Reed, 1826. First American Edition, bound identically with the first two. An influential literary figure, she passed..... More
[Book #37517P]
Hartford: Allen S. Stillman, 1844. Bound in contemporary full calf; foxed; good to very good. Complete with the folding map, color frontispiece, etc. More
[Book #36408P]
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1920. First Edition. Contemporary owner’s inscription; very good in a good, splitting dust jacket. More
[Book #32952P]
New York: Collins & Co., 1811. First Edition. Contemporary (original?) quarter-calf and marbled paper; gilt spine lettering and rules; owner’s notes on the endpapers; minor pencil underlining; some staining; good to very good. More
[Book #27252P]
London: Martin Secker, n.d. [1919]. First Edition. Near fine in a worn and chipped dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed in pencil by the author, “E.V. [Lucas] from M.B. May 22, 1919.”. More
[Book #14954P]
London: Duckworth, 1913. First Edition. Very good. “From The Diary of Sherlock Holmes.”. More
[Book #32333P]
Scottsdale, Arizona: Another Rainbow Publishing, Inc., 1981. First Edition. This issue was limited to 1875 numbered copies, signed by Barks. This copy is numbered as a publisher’s proof, noting it as “Not For Sale.” Presentation copy; inscribed by Barks, “To Floyd Gottfredson who taught us all how comics should be..... More
[Book #30130P]
Boston: Arena Publishing, 1896. First Edition. Near fine. Wright #305, locating a single copy, and noting that "The patients were New York millionaires." More
[Book #12427P]
Buffalo: Warren, Johnson, 1873. “Author’s Edition,” revised and enlarged; publisher’s cloth; author’s printed compliments slip (with Barnum’s engraved facsimile signature) tipped in; very good. More
[Book #27424P]
No place of publication: no publisher, 1892. Volume I; bound in contemporary half-leather; owner’s inscription; the binding is worn; good. 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..... More
[Book #34875P]
New York: Stokes, 1899. First Edition; limited issue; one of 1000 copies with a numbered label signed by the author mounted inside the front cover. Previous owner’s inscription; top of front hinge started; very good. More
[Book #36464P]
London: Methuen, 1899. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; pages yellowed as is inevitable in such a cheaply produced book; overall very good, and very uncommon. More
[Book #36465P]
New York: Stokes, 1905. First Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, apparently upon publication, “To my Friend Irene Davison who helped me greatly with the literary part of this book. Robert Barr Oct 11 1905.” Spotted and worn; spine darkened; fair to good. The recipient was Barr’s secretary. More
[Book #35236P]
London: Chatto & Windus, 1895. First Edition. Some foxing; very good plus. Presentation copy; with the author’s lengthy inscription on the half-title, “Dear Edith [Watson; likely a cousin]; I intended you to have my new book ‘Over the Border’ to take with you to America, but it will not be..... More
[Book #36388P]
London: Ward, Lock, 1908. First Edition. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, apparently upon publication, “With the regards of Robert Barr May 16 1908.” This was in a group of books inscribed to his secretary, Irene Davison. More
[Book #35238P]