Stronghand or the Noble Revenge
London: John Maxwell, 1863. First English Edition. Original cloth; two volumes; very good. A novel of Mexico and the Indians. Most of the author’s books were set in the American west. More
[Book #37494P]
London: John Maxwell, 1863. First English Edition. Original cloth; two volumes; very good. A novel of Mexico and the Indians. Most of the author’s books were set in the American west. More
[Book #37494P]
London: Chatto & Windus, 1881. First Edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author “T. Bloom With Grant Allen’s kindest regards. Christmas 1881.” Minor foxing; very good to fine. Given that he was born and brought up in Canada, he is justifiably claimed as a Canadian author, although most of his..... More
[Book #37492P]
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1938. First Edition. Some cloth spotting and wear; nearly very good. An excellent, poignant association copy; presented to Frost by the author. Inscribed in pencil, "Signed with all affection and the deepest of respect for Robert Frost on the occasion of a vist to him..... More
[Book #37758P]
Garden City: Doubleday, 1987. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #37656P]
Naples, Italy (presumably): no publisher, 1845. Approximately 9 1/2 x 8 1/4”; full pebble grained red morocco; covers lined and titled in gilt; all edges gilt. Excellent condition. This album consists of 18 aquatints of southern Italian life. Even had this not been titled so, it is clearly a Grand..... More
[Book #38042P]
Firenze (Italy): Presso Luigi Dardi R. Calcografo, 1850. First Edition; oblong quarto (approximately 9 3/4” tall by 13” wide); consisting of a title page with descriptions on the verso and twenty color plates; bound in later buckram with a leather spine label (rubbed); some foxing, which is not apparent in..... More
[Book #37452P]
London: David Bogue, 1851. First Edition. “With Twenty Illustrations, Drawn from the Stuffed Animals Contributed by Herrmann Ploucquet of Stuttgart to the Great Exhibition. Publisher’s illustrated cloth; some spotting; shaken; very good. The illustrations (frogs, cats, weasels, etc.), including the fold-out frontispiece, are black and white. More
[Book #37798P]
Prague: Gottlieb, 1840s. In German (at that time, most residents of Prague were German speakers). The printed portion notes a patent date of 1827, although a certificate inside the back cover is dated 1840 and various used pages are from the 1850s. Bound in full leather with the owner’s name..... More
[Book #37711P]
New York: Vanguard Press, 1944. First Edition of the author’s first book. A fine copy in a dust jacket with very light wear. More
[Book #26463P]
London: Nelson, 1913. First Edition. Minor cloth wear; very good. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Haycraft notes in Murder for Pleasure (New York, 1941) that this book, “...like every epochal work, must be regarded in its own historical spectrum to be fully appreciated. Compared to the highly developed product of to-day, it..... More
[Book #37658N]
New York: George Braziller, 1964. First Edition; limited issue; signed by Shahn and Berry. Near fine in a slightly faded slipcase. More
[Book #37793P]
New York: Harrison Smith, 1932. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. More
[Book #19207P]
London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1894. First Edition; three volumes; publisher’s cloth. Very minor rubbing; bookplates; some hinges weak; in a custom cloth slipcase. This copy is in the blue cloth noted by Sadleir, who also reported two other colors. This was the author’s final novel in a writing career that..... More
[Book #37489P]
New York: Arbor House, 1983. First Edition. Slight foxing; about fine in dust jacket. Signed by the author. More
[Book #37484P]
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1929. First Edition. Very good in a somewhat worn, good dust jacket. More
[Book #37644P]
London: Richard Bentley, 1851. “Second Edition”; two volumes; publisher’s cloth; hinges cracking; quarter-inch square chip at the crown of volume one; glass ring on the front board; a very clean and solid set, and very uncommon in original cloth. More
[Book #37511P]
New York: Avon Books, 1944. First Edition; publisher’s wrappers; a very good to fine copy. More
[Book #37539P]
New York: Avon, 1947 [according to Hubin, 1948]. First Edition; publisher’s wrappers. Very good plus. More
[Book #37534P]
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1986. First Edition, thus. Publisher’s binding of decorated plastic hinged with cloth. A fine copy in the original cardboard box. Included are two original 8 x 10” photographs used in the book: “Raymond Chandler’s Grave” (page 6) and “Agnes in Geiger’s Bookshop” (page 40). Each of..... More
[Book #21086P]
London: “Pepys Series”, n.d. (c. 1940). Consisting of 50 cards, four printed sheets explaining values, and a pamphlet of instructions, in the original printed box. Cheyney’’s own Lemmy Caution and Hercule Poirot are two of the the detectives with their own cards. Very good condition and very uncommon. We have..... More
[Book #37485P]
New York: Viking Press, 1935. First Edition; advance uncorrected proof copy in printed wrappers. The publisher issued 500 untitled copies as part of a promotion, offering $50.00 for the best title submitted. A very good copy. With a very good copy in dust jacket of the trade issue. More
[Book #38055P]
Austin: Humanities Research Center, 1971. First Edition; clothbound issue of this catalogue, written by Mary Hirth, with an introduction by Connolly. Very good. More
[Book #38051P]
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1946. First English Edition. Near fine in a very good (some small chips) price-clipped dust jacket with the reduced (3/6) price stamped on the front flap.This book was preceded by Gremlins. More
[Book #37831N]
New York: Scribner’s, 1954. First Edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with light wear. More
[Book #37410P]