![The Brutal Telling [Signed]. Louise Penny](/images/noimage.png)
London: Headline, 2009. First Edition. Signed by Penny without inscription on title page. Octavo. 374 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket lightly edgeworn with some creasing. Boards show light shelfwear with a few patches of white discoloration to fore-edge. Binding is sound and..... More
London: Headline, 2007. First Edition. Signed by Penny without inscription on title page. Octavo. 311 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket gently rubbed along edges with a patch of surface scratching to rear panel. Top corners of boards slightly bumped. Binding is sound..... More
London: Headline, 2006. First Edition. Signed by Penny without inscription on title page. Octavo. 311 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket gently rubbed along edges. Boards show a touch of shelfwear along bottom edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Second..... More
London: Headline, 2005. First Edition. Signed by Penny without inscription on title page. Octavo. 312 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Red boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket gently rubbed at corners with two faint patches of discoloration to front and rear flap versos. Boards show light shelfwear at bottom..... More
London: Robert Hale, 1970. First Thus. Octavo. 192 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket chipped and creased along edges and joints. Boards edgeworn and spine rolled. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Includes the novella "Linda" in addition to the title story. More
![The Sisters Brothers [Signed]. Patrick deWitt](/pictures/thumb/12108.jpg?v=1642458627)
London: Granta, 2011. First U.K. Edition. Octavo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers; [6],328pp. A hint of dust-soil and light curve to back cover at fore-edge, else Fine. Signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on title page. Modernized Western novel by the Canadian author, adapted..... More
New York: Covici-Friede, 1932. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's yellow cloth lettered in red; xi,[1],275pp. Cloth a bit rubbed at corners and spine ends with brief exposure, the whole rather soiled, faint ring stain to front cover and brief spot of white residue to rear, spine toned, faint foxing to textblock..... More
![Folio on Florence White [from the files of Strong and Matthews]. Will Oursler](/pictures/thumb/12101.jpg?v=1642456146)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); [8],302pp. General light shelf wear to jacket and cloth extremities, corners bumped, some light foxing to textblock fore-edge, else Very Good and sound overall. World War II-era murder mystery..... More
New York: Greenberg Publishers, 1952. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.75); [8],206pp. Jacket extremities rather rubbed with a few small closed tears never approaching text, old and quite yellowed tape reinforcement to spine panel, rear panel dust-soiled, corners rather bumped. Overall Very Good in Good..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958. First Edition. Octavo. 215 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.50 price intact. Black and orange boards stamped in silver and black. Red topstain. Dust jacket rubbed along edges with loss at bottom of spine, expertly repaired. Fading and spotting to spine with..... More
![The Sportswriter [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Richard Ford](/pictures/thumb/12088.jpg?v=1642454375)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. Stated First American Hardcover Edition. Bookplate signed by Ford loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 375 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Orange and brown boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket shows light edgewear. Boards also gently worn along edges, with faint outward..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1929. First U.S. Edition. Large octavo. 232 pp. 12 color plates; black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt; pictorial endpapers. Dust jacket rubbed with some slight chipping. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. First Edition. Octavo. 329 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.50 price intact. Brown decorated publisher's cloth. Dust jacket slightly chipped along edges. Boards a bit edgeworn with a few bumps and spine ends nudged. Binding is sound. Spotting to top edge of text..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1932. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's black textured cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in yellow; [8],242pp. Light edge wear, chiefly at spine ends, spine slightly cocked, endpapers toned, else a Very Good, sound copy, albeit lacking jacket. A Harper Sealed Mystery. Novel by..... More
Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday & Company, 1949. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.25); 220pp. General shelf wear to jacket and board extremities including a few closed tears to the former with old tape repair on verso, corners bumped..... More
![The Oxford Book of English Short Stories [Signed by Byatt]. A S. Byatt, ed](/pictures/thumb/12063.jpg?v=1642113559)
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's thick cloth in pictorial dust jacket; xxx,439pp. Light shelf wear and wrinkling to jacket extremities, else Very Good or better. Signed by Byatt on title page. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. First U.S. Trade Edition. Large octavo. 517 pp. + publisher's advertisements. 16 color illustrations with lettered tissue guards, complete; numerous black and white in-text illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth stamped in gilt. Black topstain. Dust jacket rubbed with spotting to spine..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904. First Edition. Octavo. 286 pp. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Green boards stamped in yellow, black, and light green. No dust jacket. Boards worn and a touch faded along edges with light general scuffing and staining. Binding is sound. Bookplate of..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1904. No additional printings listed; 1911 gift inscription to half title. Octavo. 98 pp. Color frontispiece; 8 black and white illustrations, all by Neill. Blue boards decorated in gilt and color illustration to front framed by flower panels. Illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket. Boards..... More
New York: Random House, 1949. Stated First Printing. Octavo; [viii], 209pp. Blue dust jacket with white lettering; $2.75 price intact. Boards in black cloth with silver and yellow lettering to spine. Dark black or blue topstain. Jacket shows shallow areas of biopredation along top edge, spine, and a couple spots..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1956. First Edition with "R" on copyright page. Octavo; publisher's boards in blue pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.75); [8],245pp. Shelf wear to jacket and board extremities, jacket spine panel a bit toned, as is textblock, corners bumped; overall a Very Good, still quite..... More
Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1938. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's yellow cloth, front cover and spine stamped in black, yellow topstain; [6],297pp. Cloth a bit rubbed at extremities with some exposure, most notably at spine ends, spine cloth and margins toned; overall Very Good, internally..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1969. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.95); [4],188pp. Jacket a bit wrinkled and rubbed at extremities, perished glue to flaps and pastedowns, minor spine lean, faint white soiling to boards as well as occasional soiling and foxing..... More
San Francisco: The Greenwood Press, 1955. Limited Edition of 500 copies. Octavo. 40 pp. Illustrated wraps. Photographs of a busts of Henry Miller affixed to front and rear endpapers. Wraps lightly edgeworn with some toning. Binding is sound. Ownership inscriptions of a Jack Pieri to front and rear..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. First Edition, with GHD colophon on title page and copyright. Octavo; 294pp. Publisher's olive cloth with black lettering and illustration. Map endpapers. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly edgeworn and nudged at spine ends, with a couple faint smudges. Spine a bit cocked. Prior..... More