Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. First Edition. Octavo. 437 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Beige and black boards stamped in gilt. Map endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly worn along edges with some faint intermittent staining and smudging. Boards lightly worn at edges also with sparse staining. Binding sound. Remainder..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author "For John Charles [?], with many thanks and every good wish -- Andy" on half title. Octavo; 282pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.50 price; book in half blindstamped gray and black cloth with..... More
Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1958. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. Illustrated dustjacket with original $4.00 price; book in black cloth-covered boards with green lettering to spine. Jacket shows light bumps and shallow chips to corners and spine ends, with some toning to back along..... More
First Edition. New York: The Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper to writer and columnist William Safire with inscription "To Bill, From his friend, the novelist (why not?), David." Octavo; 370pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $13.95 price; book in marigold paper-covered..... More
Book Club Edition. New York: Random House, 1966. Book Club Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on the title page. Illustrated dust jacket with book club edition stated. Book is bound in orange boards with spine stamped in black. Dust jacket toned with a small dampstain along the top..... More
![The Day of the Jackal [Signed]. Frederick Forsyth](/pictures/thumb/7001.jpg?v=1597341905)
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1971. First Edition (stated "First Published 1971"), First Printing. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; [vi], 358 pp. Illustrated black dust jacket with £2.00 net / 40s net price intact. Boards in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket..... More
Salisbury, NC: Frederick G. Gotwald, 1989 Bound printed yellow wrappers. Octavo. 120 pages. Black and white illustrations. Annotated guides to the Nero Wolfe mystery series created by Rex Stout, inspired by William S. Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes. Lightly creased at corners and some light smudging. Binding and interior..... More
Salisbury, NC: Frederick G. Gotwald, 1989. Bound printed yellow wrappers. Octavo. 102 pages. Black and white illustrations. Annotated guides to the Nero Wolfe mystery series created by Rex Stout, inspired by William S. Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes. Lightly worn at edges and some light smudging. Binding and interior..... More
Salisbury, NC: Frederick G. Gotwald, 1989. Bound printed yellow wrappers. Octavo. 114 pages. Black and white illustrations. Annotated guides to the Nero Wolfe mystery series created by Rex Stout, inspired by William S. Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes. Lightly rubbed at edges and some smudging to rear panel. Binding..... More
Salisbury, NC: Frederick G. Gotwald, 1989. Bound printed yellow wrappers. Octavo. 107 pages. Black and white illustrations. Annotated guides to the Nero Wolfe mystery series created by Rex Stout, inspired by William S. Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes. Lightly rubbed at edges and some light smudging to front and..... More
Salisbury, NC: Frederick G. Gotwald, [ca. 1989]. Bound printed yellow wrappers. Octavo. 93 pages. Black and white illustrations. Annotated guides to the Nero Wolfe mystery series created by Rex Stout, inspired by William S. Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes. Lightly rubbed at edges and some light smudging to front..... More
Salisbury, NC: Frederick G. Gotwald, [ca. 1989]. Bound printed yellow wrappers. Octavo. 125 pages. Black and white illustrations. Annotated guides to the Nero Wolfe mystery series created by Rex Stout, inspired by William S. Baring-Gould's Annotated Sherlock Holmes. Lightly rubbed at edges and some light smudging to front..... More
![A Chilling Tale of Shave Ice: Mrs. Sugihara Haunts A Village [Signed]. Glen Grant, Ross Yamanka](/pictures/thumb/6423.jpg?v=1592240256)
Honolulu, HI: Chicken Skin Press, 1997. First Edition. Glossy Wraps. Signed by Grant on half title with inscription, "Enjoy the Chicken Skin! / Glen Grant / 11/17/97." Octavo. 208 pages. Black and white illustrations. Glossary to rear. Light wear to edges, binding is sound, and pages unmarked. Bookseller sticker to..... More
![Brighton Rock: An Entertainment [Second Printing]. Graham Greene](/pictures/thumb/6459.jpg?v=1592591440)
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Second Printing. Octavo. 358 pages. Black and salmon boards stamped in silver. Lacks dust jacket. Boards are frayed at top of spine and corners. Light soiling and fading to spine. Some general staining to front and rear panels. Binding is holding. Remnants..... More
![Our Man in Havana [First U.S. Edition]. Graham Greene](/pictures/thumb/6409.jpg?v=1601665732)
New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 247 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.50 price intact; book in rose cloth with black lettering and illustration. Jacket fairly edgeworn with a few small chips and tears with adjacent creasing and a 1.5" tear at top of front..... More
Antibes, France & Sussex, England: 1980-1986. Folio (14” x 9.5”); 24 clear, bound-in sleeves with blank endleaves. Includes seven typed letters from Greene (six signed, one dictated and signed in absence), seven letters from Gibson (four photocopied, three original with two signed), and two letters from Greene’s sister and amanuensis..... More
[New York]: Breaking Point, 1949. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's red card wrappers printed in black; 95pp. Light shelf wear, spine rather cocked, extensive pencil marginalia throughout, else a Very Good reading copy. Two pieces of promotional material laid in. Early collection of essays by the American folklorist and cultural critic..... 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
![Blood on the Moon [Signed]. James Ellroy](/pictures/thumb/6444.jpg?v=1592944582)
New York: Mysterious Press, 1984. First Edition. Signed by Ellroy on front free end paper with inscription, "To Keith Tober / Death Thrill / Grave Fill / Blood Sharks / Total Dark - / James Ellroy." Octavo. 263 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $14.95 price intact; book..... More
First Edition. Paperback. Benin City: Ethiope Publishing Corporation, 1974. First Edition. Octavo; 111pp. Illustrated green paper wraps. Covers lightly edgeworn with a slight curve along spine and a few scratches and scuffs. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Omotoso's fourth novel, claimed to be the first Nigerian detective novel. More
First Edition. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. First Edition with no additional printings listed. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"); 254p. Printed red dustjacket with original $5.95 price; book in red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Jacket shows a few tiny tears along edges, some bumping at spine ends, and..... More
First Edition. Hardcover. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. First Edition, First State with crossword puzzle endpapers and crossword competition insert laid in. Octavo (7.5" x 5"); 255p. Illustrated dustjacket with original 16s. net. price; book in red cloth with black stamped lettering and rubber stamp design with blindstamped "Downgrade to Unclassified"..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 279 pages. Gray cloth with purple lettering. Missing dust jacket. Staining, fading, spotting to boards. Spine lightly rolled. Binding is sound. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Pages clean, lightly tanned. More
Boston: J.E. Tilton and Company, 1864. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's plum blind-ruled "TZ" cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 554pp. Cloth extremities a bit rubbed, especially at spine foot with tiny loss, spine rather sunned, front hinge cracked, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else About Very Good, textblock clean and..... More
Paperback. New York: Atomic Books, 1946. Octavo (7.5" x 5"); 128p. Illustrated paper covers with 25¢ price. Covers show a couple small tears along edges and light shelfwear, with a small "HI" written at top front corner and some general smudging and toning. Title page with shallow chips along fore-edge..... More