London: George Newnes, 1892 & 1894. First Editions. Two volumes; publisher’s decorated cloth. The Adventures is a very good copy; some rubbing and with cracking hinges. The Memoirs has a gift inscription on the first blank, and while the hinges are vulnerable, they are intact. A better than usual set..... More
[Book #23307P]
London: Samuel French, 1907. First Edition; third issue (per Green and Gibson’s Addenda in the second edition of their bibliography). Publisher’s wrappers; very good. More
[Book #26809P]
London: Faber and Faber, 1958. First Edition. About fine in a dust jacket with very minor wear. Inscribed by the author in 1962. More
[Book #26158P]
Garden City: Doubleday, 1948. First Edition. One of 1426 numbered copies signed by Eisenhower on the facsimile of the D-Day Order of the Day. A fine copy in the original acetate dust jacket (chipped), but lacking the publisher’s slipcase. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author to publisher Richard Simon, “For..... More
[Book #24462P]
Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1860. First Edition; three volumes; original publisher’s cloth; without the ad leaf in volume one (Carter’s first state); publisher’s catalogue in volume three; endpapers replaced at what appears to be an early date (evidenced by matching foxing on the preliminaries); minor cloth wear; scattered foxing; a very good..... More
[Book #13824P]
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. A fine copy in a particularly nice example of the dust jacket, which has a tiny chip at top of the back panel. More
[Book #22411P]
Approximately 10 x 13”; framed and glazed. Fields and his co-star and miniature arch-nemesis Baby Le Roy are depicted riding tricycles on the movie lot, most likely during the filming of It’s A Gift. Inscribed by Fields to columnist and commentator Jimmy Starr, “For Jimmy Starr, best wishes from Bill..... More
[Book #17770P]
London: Rivingtons, 1903. Printed by Constable in red and black; initial letters and designs by Housman; folio; some scattered foxing; trivial edge rubbing; spine very slightly faded. Bound in full brown morocco; all edges gilt; signed “19 L.G.W. 06 [Lucy G. Wrightson]”. An exceptional binding with a complex geometric patterned..... More
[Book #20528P]
London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. First Edition. Near fine in dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author, “To Jonathan Miller from the Author.” Fleming, an antiquarian book collector himself, was clearly very much aware of old conventions slipping away, and often adhered to this old custom of inscribing books from..... More
[Book #17627P]
London: Edward Arnold, 1924. First Edition. Minor cloth soiling; nearly fine in a very good dust jacket with staining and soiling and some small nicks and chips. More
[Book #22855P]
London: Secker & Warburg, 1965. First Edition. Nearly fine in dust jacket. Basis for the film of the same title. More
[Book #26844P]
New York: William Morrow, 1938. First Edition. About fine in a price-clipped dust jacket with very light wear. More
[Book #18351P]
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1976. First Edition. One of 250 numbered copies, signed by the author. Fine in dust jacket and the publisher’s slipcase. More
[Book #21696P]
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1969. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #21701P]
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1971. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #21747P]
Worcester, Massachusetts: Metacom Press, 1985. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers. One of 500 numbered copies, signed by Gorey. More
[Book #21719P]
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968. First Edition. Fine in a dust jacket with a little browning. In a custom cloth slipcase. More
[Book #22733P]
No place: no publisher, 1995. First Edition. Publisher’s printed envelope containing the postcards. Signed by Gorey as Wryde. More
[Book #21721P]
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. Review copy; with the publisher’s slip laid in. More
[Book #21693P]
New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1964. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; fine. Review copy; with the publisher’s slip laid in. More
[Book #21692P]
New York: Meredith Press, 1967. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket. More
[Book #21702P]
New York: Parents’ Magazine Press, 1971. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. More
[Book #24360P]
New York: Young Scott Books, 1968. First Edition. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. More
[Book #21741P]
New York: Random House, 1966. First Edition. Inscribed by Lillian Hellman to Norman Mailer, “For Norman, With love, Lillian.” Just very good in dust jacket; in a custom cloth clamshell box. Of course, it would be better to have it inscribed by Hammett, but he had already been dead for..... More
[Book #25940J]
