![Item #25282 Blood Money [alt. title: $106,000 Blood Money]. Dashiell Hammett](/pictures/thumb/25282.jpg?v=1674776961)
Cleveland: World Publishing Company, [1943]. "Tower Books Edition." Octavo; publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket, red topstain; 188pp. Jacket extremities rather rubbed with closed tear to top margin of upper panel not quite touching text, spine panel faded, textblock significantly toned due to inferior paper quality; still, a Very..... More
New York: John Day Company, [1931]. First Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's black decorative cloth, green titling to upper and spine; 525pp. Light shelf wear including some very brief spotting to cloth sizing, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Includes "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner..... More
![Item #25279 Modern Tales of Horror [alt. title: "Creeps By Night"]. William Faulkner, Dashiell...](/pictures/thumb/25279.jpg?v=1674777822)
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1932. First U.K. Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's cloth in yellow dust jacket lettered in red and black; 448pp. General shelf wear, spine panel toned and ends chipped with minor loss of text, offsetting mid-panel from previously removed sticker, general soil, brief tape repair to verso, some..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1983. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [4],220pp.; map. Minor shelf wear, lighter portions of jacket toned at extremities, else a Very Good copy overall. More
![Item #25274 Dead Man's Ransom: The Ninth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael [Inscribed and Signed]....](/pictures/thumb/25274.jpg?v=1674779577)
New York: William Morrow and Company, [1984]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 189pp.; map. Minor shelf wear, dust jacket flaps toned, corners gently bumped, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Inscribed and signed by the author on title..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1924. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's black pictorial cloth, red titling to upper cover and spine; vii,[3],305pp. Shallow flawing along top board extremities from biopredation, textblock extremities foxed and dust-soiled, faint evidence of effaced ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else a Good to..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1941. First American Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's green decorative cloth, black title to upper cover and spine; mixed pagination. Light wear and dust-soil to boards, front hinge cracked, else a Very Good, internally sound, copy. More
New York: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1940. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's yellow pictorial cloth stamped in black; [8],270pp.; illustrated title page. Brief scuffing at cloth extremities, spine slightly cocked and toned, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. More
London: William Heinemann Ltd, [1948]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in silver foil; 320pp.; pictorial endpapers. Corners gently bumped, spine a bit cocked, top textblock edge foxed, else a Very Good copy, albeit lacking dust jacket. Mystery novel featuring the author's most popular creation, the..... More
New York: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1941. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's green decorative buckram, black titling to upper cover and spine, black topstain; [8],280pp. Light wear to cloth extremities minor soil to upper cover, spine and topstain a bit faded, contemporary bookselller ticket of Lauriat's Books..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1955. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket signed in image by Philip Youngman Carter; [12],243pp. Unnecessary tape reinforcement along verso jacket extremities, a hint of shelf wear, else Very Good, eerie dust jacket by the author's husband still quite brilliant and sound..... More
![Item #25250 The Simeon Chamber [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Steve Paul Martini](/pictures/thumb/25250.jpg?v=1674317109)
New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1988. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Martini loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 315 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Red boards stamped in black. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed and toned along edges. Light shelfwear to boards and spine ends nudged. Binding is sound..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006. First Edition. Signed by all five contributors at title page. Octavo. 406 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket shows a couple minor creases at bottom of spine. Boards with a couple shallow bumps along bottom edge..... More
Bloomington, IN: Gaslight Publications, 1980. First Edition. Octavo. 84 pp. Black and white photographs. Gray cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Light rubbing to edges and front board bows very slightly. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked. More
New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh / Dial Press, 1931. Reprint. Octavo; publisher's black blind-embossed buckram, spine lettered in silver foil; [8],310pp. Scuffing to spine ends and corners, spine a bit cocked, contemporary ownership rubberstamp to rear free endpaper, hairline crack to rear hinge, occasional soil to textblock, else a Very..... More
New York: Macaulay Company, [1932]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in black; 313pp. General shelf wear, corners a bit bumped and spine slightly cocked and faded, endpapers toned, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. British crime novel bringing out the best of the..... More
[London]: Downey & Co., [1898]. Reprint. Octavo. 374 pp. + advertisements. Dark green cloth stamped in red and gilt. Illustrated title page. Corners bumped, light wear to edges and joints and binding is sound. Ownership stamp to front pastedown and bookseller's sales slip mounted to rear pastedown, but pages otherwise..... More