New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh / The Dial Press, 1929. First Edition. Octavo. 308 pp. Purple boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards worn along edges with brief exposure, sparse white and black spotting, spine heavily toned. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh / Dial Press Inc., 1933. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's red-orange blind-embossed buckram, spine lettered in black; [2],vi,[2],310pp. Light shelf wear, a hint of fraying at spine crown, spine cloth significantly sunned, light soil to top textblock edge, hairline crack to front hinge, else..... More
New York: Lincoln Mac Veagh / The Dial Press, 1930. First Edition. Octavo. 281 pp. Blue boards stamped in yellow. No dust jacket. Boards worn along edges with brief exposure with heavier wear to joints. Spotting to rear. Binding gives a little but overall holding soundly. Pages unmarked. More
![Item #8751 A More Perfect Union [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. J A. Jance](/pictures/thumb/8751.jpg?v=1613769883)
New York: Severn House, 1988. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Jance loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 217 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $19.00 price present. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket gently worn at extremities. Boards show a slight lean and a touch nudged at top..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1926. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 295 pages. Dark red boards stamped in black. Lacks dust jacket. Boards show light wear to extremities. Impression of erased former owner's name on front free endpaper, else pages unmarked. Binding is sound. More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1938. First U.S. Edition (stated First Edition). Octavo. 295 pages. Orange boards stamped in black. Lacks dust jacket. Recased in original boards with new white/cream endpapers. Waterstaining and some spotting to cloth, with darkening and creasing down spine and rubbing along edges and..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930. Later Printing, with no edition statement. Octavo; [viii], 312pp. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth with white lettering and illustration. Red topstain. Jacket shows two closed inch tears at spine and fore-edge of front panel with some creasing between, along with a few..... More
New York: Hillman-Curl, Inc. / A Clue Club Mystery, 1939. First Edition. Octavo. 271 pp. Light blue boards stamped in black. Dark topstain. Lacks dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with brief exposure, toning to spine, and some general spotting and scuffing. Binding is sound. Abrasion to front pastedown from..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1923. First Edition with publisher's seal to copyright page. Octavo. 222 pp. Brown boards stamped in dark green. No dust jacket. Boards lightly edgeworn, spine ends nudged, and some light and sparse spotting to front. Binding is sound. Faint foxing to top..... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, [n.d. but 1926]. Presumed First American Edition with GHD initials on title page verso, though dust jacket lacks price. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's cloth in tan pictorial dust jacket, grey topstain; 304pp. Jacket a bit chipped with a few small closed tears to extremities, bottom..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [ca. 1927]. Reprint. Octavo (7.5" x 5"); 295pp +1 ads. Illustrated dust jacket (18 ERB titles on verso) over gray cloth with red lettering. Jacket shows a number of shallow chips and tears along edges with some adjacent creasing, along with some smudging to back..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's olive-grey cloth lettered in red, red topstain; 267pp. Corners and spine ends gently bumped, spine cocked, rear hinge cracked, else Good to Very Good, albeit lacking the rare jacket. Inter-war mystery novel by one of the most..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. First American Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's blue cloth, front cover lettered in red; [8],262pp. General shelf wear to cloth extremities, very brief exposure are corners, spine a bit faded, top textblock edge lightly soiled and dusty; overall Very Good, internally clean and sound. Lacking..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First American Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's bright orange cloth, front cover and spine stamped in blue, blue topstain; [8],290pp. General shelf wear to cloth extremities, corners rather bumped, spine cloth a few shades faded, else Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound. Lacking..... More
New York: Edward J. Clode, Inc., [1930]. Presumed first edition with no additional printings listed. Octavo. 280 pp. Dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. Lacks dust jacket. Extremities worn with brief exposure, some scuffing to rear, and gilt lettering to spine dulled. Binding is sound. Foxing to edges..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, [ca. 1930 based on author's titles listed at rear panel.] Reprint. Octavo (7.5" x 5.25); 274 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Gray boards stamped in red. Light red topstain. Dust jacket chipped along edges with dampstaining, principally along spine, and some general rubbing..... More
![Item #11943 East of Desolation [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Jack Higgins, pseud. Henry Patterson](/pictures/thumb/11943.jpg?v=1641423771)
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. / TheCrime Club, 1969. First U.S. Edition. Bookplate signed by Higgins loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 192 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original "$3.95" price present. Blue boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket worn with some creasing along edges with..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. First Edition. Octavo. 218 pages + publisher's advertisements. 4 photographic plates reproducing stills from the film. Red cloth stamped in black. Red topstain. Lacks dust jacket. Boards gently worn at extremities with a slight lean to spine. Binding is sound. A touch..... 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
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company / Tower Books, 1948. First Tower Books Edition (First Printing April 1948). Octavo. 123 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark blue cloth stamped in gray; dark topstain. Dust jacket worn along edges with a few very tiny tears. Moderate wear to boards at bottom edge..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1999. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by the author (as Coltrane) without inscription on full title. Octavo; [vii]. 155pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $21.95 price intact; book in charcoal paper- and black cloth-covered spine with dark gray foil lettering. Jacket is..... More
Livingston, MT: Clark City Press, [1991]. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's white printed card wrappers; ix,[1],239pp. A few tiny scratches at bottom text block edge, else Near Fine. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1942. Stated First Edition. Octavo; [iv], 277pp. Printed dust jacket with $2.50 price intact; book in bright red cloth with white lettering to spine. Large tear across bottom half of front jacket panel, from tail of spine to middle of front fore-edge, with some..... More
![Item #12214 A Red File for Callan: An Inner Sanctum Mystery [alt. title: A Magnum for Schneider]....](/pictures/thumb/12214.jpg?v=1643670941)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's simulated cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; 173pp. Light edge wear to jacket and cloth extremities, boards bowing a bit at fore-edge, brief tape residue to jacket verso, textblock margins a bit foxed, else a Very Good, bright copy..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket with no price as issued; [8],309pp. Jacket exceedingly tatty with ubiquitous chipping and closed tears to extremities, long shallow paper flaws from previously removed tape along margins of front panel, while remnants of old..... More