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 about Canton Barrier
Frank Utpatel. First Edition. 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... More about The Return of Solar Pons
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. Stated First American Edition (preceded by a 1964 French Edition). Octavo; 223pp. Printed dust jacket with original $4.50 price; book in quarter black cloth and red paper-covered boards with white lettering to spine. Jacket rubbed along edges with a few tiny... More about Cotton Comes to Harlem
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Paperback. Milano: Longanesi & C., 1968. I Gialli Proibiti (The Forbidden Yellows) #5. Italian language. Mass market paperback; 239p. In shrinkwrap. Very faint rubbing at corners, else covers are clean, bright, and crisp. Spine is straight and unbroken. Italian translation of Cottom Comes to Harlem, the sixth in Himes's Harlem... More about Harlem [trans. of Cotton Comes to Harlem
Book Club Edition. New York: Random House, 1965. Book Club Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on the title page. Octavo; 172 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with Book Club Edition stated. Book is bound in dark blue cloth with black stamped lettering and pink topstain. Jacket has one small... More about The Fugitive Pigeon
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 about The Busy Body
First Edition. New York: Coward-McCann, 1963. First State First Edition with no W on copyright, three blurbs on back, and reversed lines on p 138. SIGNED by the author without inscription on title page. Original dustjacket showing $4.50 price; book in gray paper-covered boards and red cloth spine with gilt... More about The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
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 about Fella's Choice
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 about The Anderson Tapes
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 about Horse Under Water
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 about Sherlock Holmes Versus Arsene Lupin: The Case of the Golden Blonde
First Edition. New York: Doubleday, 1995. First Edition with full numberline. SIGNED by editor Paula L. Woods on full title, as well as by Walter Mosley and Gary Phillips on first page of their contributions. Illustrated dustjacket showing original $23.95 price; book in brown paper-covered boards with black cloth spine... More about Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 275 pages. Salmon cloth-covered boards with blue lettering. Lacks dust jacket. Heavily worn along edges, with a few cracks at top and bottom of spine. Corners are frayed. Front cover opens a bit shakily with a crack... More about Farewell, My Lovely
First Edition. New York: The Viking Press, 1969. First Edition. Octavo; 181pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $4.50 price; book in blue paper-covered boards with black cloth spine and white, blue, and green lettering to spine. Jacket is shelfworn with a few small tears and creases along edges, along with... More about Death of a Dude
First Printing. Hardcover. New York: Mysterious Press, 2001. Stated First Printing with full numberline. SIGNED by the author (as Donald E. Westlake) without inscription on full title. Octavo (7.75" x 5.25"); [vi], 278p. Original dustjacket with $22.95 price; book in gray paper-covered boards with black lettering to spine. Jacket shows... More about Flashfire
First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Villard Books, 1985. First Edition, First Printing with numberline ending in "2" in keeping with Random House and its subsidiaries' methods at the time. Signed by the author to William Safire on flyleaf with inscription "For Bill Safire - my favorite provocateur - with admiration... More about Moscow Rules: A Novel
Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1981. Limited First Edition, SIGNED by MacDonald and Foreword author Eudora Welty and numbered 118 of 250 copies on colophon at back. Black leather with silver lettering to spine; 129p. Covers are sturdy and square with no significant signs of shelfwear. Binding... More about Self-Portrait: Ceaselessly Into the Past