Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1975. First Edition, stated. Octavo; [viii], 180pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price; book in blue leatherette with silver lettering to spine. Jacket very faintly edgeworn with some nudging at spine ends and a 1/8" line of red discoloration along bottom of front jacket flap..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1938. First Edition, stated. Octavo; 254pp. Publisher's green cloth with black lettering. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly bumped at corners and spine ends with a bit of rubbing, else quite clean and sturdy with solid lettering. Some toning to endpapers and interior as expected..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1935. First Edition. Octavo; [iv], 307pp. Publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering. Yellow topstain. Lacks dust jacket. Boards a bit edgeworn, with soiling, smudging, a couple waterspots, and a few scrapes to cloth. Spine darkened and cocked. Boards shaken, with internal separation between spine and..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. Stated First Printing. Bookplate signed by Bloch loosely laid in at front. Small octavo; [viii], 152pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.95 price intact; book in black and white boards with red lettering and ornamentation. Red topstain. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with a horizontal crease..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1966. Stated First Edition. Octavo; [x], 211pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $4.50 price intact; book in black and marigold boards with green lettering. Jacket a bit rubbed along edges and spine ends, with a few brief runs to laminate and some toning to white panels..... More
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1999. First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; [viii], 308pp. Illustrated dust jacket with £16.99 price intact; book in black cloth with red foil lettering. Jacket a bit rubbed along edges with a couple tiny, clean tears at top back..... More
![Dismas Hardy [Mysterious Profile 13] [Signed Limited Edition]. John Lescroart](/pictures/thumb/10299.jpg?v=1627656319)
New York: The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008. Limited Edition. Signed by the author and numbered 39 of 100 numbered copies on limitation page at front (26 additional copies were lettered, but not for sale). 16mo (7" x 4.25"); [ii], 33pp +3 bio & ads. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering and..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First Edition, with no additional printings listed and Scribner's seal to copyright (predates Scribner's "A" designation). Octavo; xii, [ii], 348pp. Publisher's black cloth with red lettering. Lacks dust jacket. Boards rubbed along edges with exposure and bumping at corners, scuffs down hinges and fore-edge..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. First Edition, with Scribner's A and seal to copyright. Octavo; xvi, [ii], 174pp +7 ads. Publisher's black cloth with red lettering. Missing dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with some exposure at corners, tugging at spine ends, and some general scuffs and smudges to cloth. Spine..... More
![This Dame for Hire [Signed]. Sandra Scoppettone](/pictures/thumb/10293.jpg?v=1627654673)
New York: Ballantine Books, 2005. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author without inscription in purple pen on half title. Octavo; [viii], 253pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $21.95 price intact; book in black boards with copper lettering to spine. Jacket is crisp with very light signs of..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. First Edition. Octavo; 284pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $10.95 price intact; book in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket shows a small tear at top front and a couple at top back (repaired on the inside with tape) with adjacent creasing..... More
![Noir: A Novel [Signed]. Robert Coover](/pictures/thumb/10289.jpg?v=1627499205)
New York and London: Overlook Duckworth, 2010. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; 192pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $24.95 price intact; book in red and black boards with silver lettering to spine. Jacket is clean and crisp with no significant..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Small octavo; [viii], 179pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $15.95 price intact; book in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket very lightly shelfworn, but with no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Stated First Edition: December 1992, with full numberline. Small octavo; [vi], 201pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $17.95 price; book in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly shelfworn with a couple tiny, clean tears and some scuffing to extremities. Boards are square..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Small octavo; [x], 182pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $14.95 price intact; book in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket a bit rubbed at corners and extremities, with a small, clean tear at top back and some..... More
![Death of a Poison Pen: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery [Signed]. M C. Beaton, pseud. of Marion Chesney](/pictures/thumb/10275.jpg?v=1627498120)
New York: Mysterious Press / Warner Books, 2004. Stated First Printing: February 2004, with full numberline. Signed by the author (as Beaton) without inscription on full title. Small octavo; [viii], 244pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $23.95 price intact; book in black paper-covered boards with blue foil lettering to spine. Jacket..... More
![Absolute Power [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. David Baldacci](/pictures/thumb/10267.jpg?v=1627415927)
New York: Warner Books / A Time Warner Company, 1996. Stated First Printing: January 1996, with full numberline. Bookplate signed by Baldacci loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 470 pp. Printed dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket shows light edgewear, but no chips or tears..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1964. Stated First American Edition, with three blurbs to rear jacket panel and final lines of page 138 switched. Octavo. 256 pp. Dust jacket with $4.50 price present. Dark gray and red boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket chipped and creased along edges with..... More
New York: Bantam Books, 1988. First Edition with full numberline. Mass market paperback; 184pp. Covers are clean and crisp with very light edgewear, but no chips or tears. Spine straight and unbroken. Inside covers toned, with a 1990 ownership inscription at top corner of inner front cover. Pages a bit..... More
![The Three Hostages [Jacket title: The 3 Hostages]. John Buchan](/pictures/thumb/10230.jpg?v=1627314668)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. First Edition. Octavo. 367 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price present. Gray boards stamped in red. Dust jacket heavily chipped and worn with large portion missing from bottom of front panel with amateur tape repair. General creasing and rubbing along with several..... More
New York: The Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1939. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 271 pp. Grey cloth stamped in black. Lacks dust jacket. Boards well worn with brief exposure and stained with ghost of tape to front, rear, and preliminaries. Spotting and jacket flap remnants..... More