New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1942. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 250 pp. Light beige/green cloth binding with letter in red on cover and spine. Deckled edges. Cloth binding toned with brown spot on front cover over text and some smaller spots on the back. Previous owner's signature on..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1943. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 252 pp. Book bound in light gray cloth with title stamped in red on cover and spine. Deckled edges. Library stamp ("Property of Frears Loan Library") on top and bottom edges and back attached endpaper. Some offsetting from..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1951. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 222 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price. Book bound in brown cloth with "Guilt Edge Mystery" logo in blue on cover and title in blue on spine. Decked edges. Dust jacket is clean and bright with some..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company / An ABC Mystery, 1948. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 219 pp. Pictorial dust jacket with $2.50 price present. Black cloth binding with decoration to cover and spine in red. Deckled edges. Dust jacket is clean and bright with some minor edge..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company / ABC Mystery, 1945. Stated First Edition. Wartime edition. Octavo; 220 pp. Pictorial dust jacket with $2.00 price. Black cloth binding with text and image of a skull blindstamped on cover and in gilt to spine. Deckled edges. Dust jacket is..... More
New York: Covici, Friede Publishers, 1930. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's tan cloth lettered in red, dark red topstain; [6],298pp. Light shelf wear, corners bumped, spine very slightly cocked and rather toned, else a Very Good copy, topstain unfaded and contents clean and bright. The prolific crime author's..... More
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
London: Constable Crime, 1985. First Edition. Octavo. 176 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly worn along edges. Boards show light shelfwear along bottom edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
London: Cassell & Company Ltd, 1957. First Edition. Octavo. 186 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket chipped along edges with several closed tears, amateur tape repair to recto and verso, and a small slit to spine adjacent to interior tape remnant from..... More
London: Constable, 1993. First Edition. Octavo. 169 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket gently rubbed at extremities. Bottom corners and spine end of boards very slightly nudged. Binding is sound. Slight paper flaw to rear pastedown. Pages a trifle toned but otherwise..... More
London: Constable Crime, 1995. First Edition. Octavo. 159 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly worn along edges. Sturdy and square in boards. Pages a bit toned but unmarked. A very good copy of one of the final Superintendent Gently novels. More
London: Constable Crime, 1987. First Edition. Octavo. 172 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with £8.95 net price intact. Black boards stamped in silver. Jacket is rubbed along edges with some bumping to head of spine. Corresponding bump to boards at head and along top front edge near spine. Binding is..... More
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1936. First UK Edition. Octavo. 288 pages. Brown cloth stamped in black. Yellow endpapers. Lacks dust jacket. Boards are moderately worn with brief exposure, and light rippling to spine. Bit of a lean to spine. Opens easily between gatherings towards center but otherwise binding..... More
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New York: Mysterious Bookshop, 2009. Limited Edition of 100 copies signed by McCall Smith at limitation page, this being #88. Small octavo. 33 pp. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Paperback issue of same, unsigned, included as well. Bumping along edges of boards. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Wrapper..... 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
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. First Edition. Octavo. 360 pp. + publisher's advertisements. Green cloth stamped in white with gilt-backed medallion to front. Boards show light edgewear and corners slightly bumped with some soiling to edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Boston: Richard D. Badger / The Gorham Press, 1910. First Edition. Octavo. 157 pp. Eight black and white plates including frontispiece, complete. Black boards stamped in white and gilt. No dust jacket. Boards lightly edgeworn and corners slightly bumped. Stamping at spine heavily faded and general rubbing and..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1914. First Edition. Octavo. 381 pp. Black and white illustrations. Green cloth boards stamped in orange. Lacks dust jacket. Boards lightly worn along edges with a bit of rubbing along spine. Binding is sound and pages clean and unmarked. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. First Edition. Octavo. 305 pp. Green boards stamped in black. Lacks dust jacket. Boards lightly worn along edges; spine cocked, with some superficial chewing to cloth. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932. First Edition. Octavo. 319 pp. Red boards stamped in black. Black topstain; gray endpapers. Lacks dust jacket. Boards worn along edges with black spotting to front and a black smear to rear. Long vertical crease down length of spine. Binding is sound..... 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
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1934. First Edition. Octavo; 311 pp. Black cloth binding with lettering in yellow to cover and spine. Deckled edges. Slight lean to spine with rubbing on edges. Offsetting on endpapers. Adhesive visible on front hinge. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. More
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1932. First Edition. Lavender cloth binding over boards with illustration and text in yellow on cover and spine. Spine toned and edges rubbed. Top portion of spine chipped off, but text unaffected. Spine a bit cocked with a vertical crease to cloth. Small water spot..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1918. First Edition with C-S code on copyright. Frontispiece by Will Foster. Octavo; 326 pp. Black cloth binding with blindstamped illustration of a woman's silhouette. Text in gilt to cover and spine. Spine toned and slightly cocked. Boards rubbed with some scuffs and smudges..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1900. First Edition. Octavo. 348 p. + publisher's advertisements. Frontispiece. Red cloth boards stamped in black and gilt. Boards worn along extremities with exposure. Spine chipped at both ends and along joints with significant exposure along rear joint. General rubbing and smudging. Hinges..... More