New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket; 222pp. Light wear and shallow creasing along jacket extremities, spine slightly cocked, faint soiling to top textblock edge with a couple light waterspots to bottom, else Very Good and sound. Posthumously-published novel..... More
Ashcroft, BC: Ash-Tree Press, 1996. Limited Edition of 500 copies. Octavo; xvi, 278pp. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine. Jacket is clean and crisp with no significant signs of shelfwear. Boards are clean and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Collection..... 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
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1952]. First American Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in green pictorial price-clipped dust jacket, yellow topstain; [6],182pp.; floor plan frontispiece. Some shallow chipping and wear to jacket extremities, tiny loss at spine foot affecting text without loss of meaning, spine panel a bit toned..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1959. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [8],247pp. Some general shelf wear, jacket rather wrinkled with small closed tear at bottom margin of upper panel not quite touching text, red spine lettering quite faded, corners bumped, very..... 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. Black boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges with a 1/4" closed tear along top of rear flap. Boards show light shelfwear to extremities. Binding is sound and pages a trifle toned but unmarked. More
London: Constable Crime, 1988. First Edition. Octavo. 188 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly worn along edges. Top corners of boards a bit bumped. Binding is sound. Pages a bit toned but unmarked. A very good copy of the thirty-sixth Superintendent..... 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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San Diego, CA: Library of American Comics / IDW Publishing, 2009. First Edition. Oblong quarto; 309pp.; chiefly comic strips. Some minor shelf wear and light wrinkling to jacket extremities, else Very Good to Near Fine. More
New York: Donald C. Vaughan, 1915. Fourth American Edition. Octavo; [viii], 390pp +3 ads. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Boards edgeworn with bumping to corners, a few runs to cloth, judging and scuffs to spine ends, and a few stray spots and smudges. Spine a bit cocked. Opens easily..... More
Ashcroft, BCL Ash-Tree Press, 1998. Limited Edition of 500 copies. Octavo; xv, 131pp. Illustrated dust jacket over wine cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket is crisp with no significant signs of shelfwear. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. First collection in..... More
Ashcroft, CA: Ash-Tree Press, 1997. Limited Edition of 400 copies. Octavo. 145 pp. + publisher's advertisements. Illustrated dust jacket. Gray boards stamped in silver. Originally published 1921, In Ghostly Company was the author's only book. Dust jacket and boards gently rubbed along edges. Binding is sound and pages..... 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
Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2009. First Edition. Octavo. 257 pages + advertisements. Illustrated dust jacket. Beige boards stamped in black. Includes 14 complete previously unpublished radio drama scripts. Very light shelfwear to jacket and to boards. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. 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
London: John Murray, 1929. First Edition. Octavo. 310 pages + publisher's advertisements. Red cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards show a touch of shelfwear and gilt lettering to spine slightly dulled. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Includes "The Disintegration Machine," "The Story of..... More
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London: The Harvill Press, 1999. First UK Edition. Bookplate signed by Perez-Reverte loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 212 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is gently rubbed at edges. Boards show just a trace of wear at spine ends. Binding is sound..... More
New Castle, PA: The Peace Makers, 1995. First Edition. Tall octavo. 242 pages plus advertisements. Comb-bound wrappers. Black and white illustrations. A collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches written, "out of disgust for some of the excruciatingly awful ripoffs I've read over the past few years." Nicolls would follow up..... More
New Castle, PA: The Peace Makers, 1996. First Edition. Tall octavo. 274 pages. Comb-bound wrappers. Purple card stock title pages for each story. Black and white illustrations. A collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches written, "out of disgust for some of the excruciatingly awful ripoffs I've read over the past..... More
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. First Edition. Signed by Neely on title page with brief inscription to previous owner. Octavo. 180 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket lightly worn along edges. Boards shelfworn, binding is sound, and pages unmarked... More