New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1955. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 272 PP. First American edition with the publisher "A" on the copyright page. Price-clipped. A hint of sunning to edges and spine. DJ lightly worn at edges and folds. A very attractive copy overall. More
Nashville, TN: Cumberland House, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 415 PP. First printing with number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact. PO initials on front pastedown. Remainder mark to bottom gutter. Appears to be a clean, unread copy..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 435 PP. Stated "First Edition" with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $21.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Patterson on laid-in bookplate. The important first..... More
New York: Blue Ribbon Books. 1931. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/8 Inches. 483 PP. First Blue Ribbon edition in the scarce orignial DJ. DJ design by Irving Politzer. Original red cloth with black title-stamping to front cover and spine. DJ worn at edges and folds with a...... More
New York: Books Inc., 1944. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 3/4 Inches. 282 PP. First Books, Inc. edition in the original DJ. One of the "Midnite Mysteries" from this publisher. PO bookplate on front pastedown. Evidence of damp stain to rear of DJ and boards. A nice "filler"..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 160 PP. First printing with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $9.95 intact on front flap. Hint of rubbing to DJ edges and rear panel. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 243 PP. First printing in original light blue boards with white title stamping and device to front cover. A very rare Dr. Priestley novel to locate in the original dust jacket. Light..... More
London: Hard Case Crime / Titan Books, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 249 PP + Publisher Catalog. First printing of the hardcover with the "First Hard Case Crime" notation on the copyright page. Original price of $23.99 on rear panel. Signed by Block on laid-in..... More
New York: Random House, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 286 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original red cloth boards a bit sunned at spine. Light toning. A very attractive copy in a facsimile DJ. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1942. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 Inches. 318 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original orange boards with green stamping to front panel and spine. DJ worn at edges and folds with a few small chips. Light foxing and..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. 5 3/4 X 8 Inches. 210 PP. Signed twice by author. Also accompanied by signed note in the hand of Blankfort. Written by Michael Blankfort (1907-1982) under his Ford psuedonym. Under his own name he wroted "The Widow-Makers," "The..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 3/8 Inches. 249 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $2.00 intact on front flap. Written by Doris Morna MacTaggart under the Ferrars pseudonym. PO inscription to FFEP. Original red cloth boards a bit frayed and..... More
New York: Arbor House, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 285 PP. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $14.50 intact. Signed by Block directly on the FFEP. A "Scudder" novel! Hint of rubbing to..... More
New York: The William Caslon Company, 1936. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 256 PP. Original black cloth with red title stamping to front cover and spine. Signed and inscribed "To Ernest and Laura / George F. Eliot / 9/22/36" directly on the FFEP. Very..... More
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1936. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8 Inches. 276 PP. Wartime reissue with compliance statement to title-page. Original black cloth with green title stamping clean and sharp. DJ worn a few small chips to top and bottom edges. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 5/8 Inches. 296 PP. Stated "First American Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Classic Jazz Age mystery novil in the scarce DJ. Hint of toning to endpapers, else..... More
London: John Murray, 1954. First Edition. Cloth. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 313 PP. Stated "First Edition... 1954" on the copyright page. Original price of "12s 6d Net" on front flap. Original red cloth binding. PO bookplate to front pastedown. Gutters and endpapers a bit dusty. DJ worn at..... More
Delavan, WI: G&G Books, 1996. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 273 PP. #408 of 500 copies signed and numbered on publisher limitation page. A clean and sharp copy. More
Kokomo, IN: Popular Publications, 1949. First Edition. Original wraps. 8 1/2 X 11 1/4 Inches. 112 PP. Contents include "A Young Man of Promise" by John D. MacDonald and "The Affair of the Pearl Princess" by Erle Stanley Gardner. 100% complete. Light wear to edges and a small chip to..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1946. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 269 PP. Stated "First Edition" of this scarce mystery novel. Housed in original issue Lippincott DJ. This is an ex-library copy with the usual marks etc... DJ trimmed with primitive tape repairs to flaps from damage..... More
New York: Random House, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 181 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $6.95 on front flap. Signed by Block on laid-in bookplate. The first in the Bernie Rhodenbarr series. Very faint residue from a...... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. Stated "First Edition" with correct number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Author's first novel. Light wear to edges. PO name. DJ rather chipped and worn at edges and folds..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1971. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 244 PP. First printing of the 1971 reissue. Full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $5.95 intact on front flap. DJ a bit rubbed at folds, with a...... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1969. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 243 PP. First printing of the 1969 reissue of this classic. Full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $4.95 intact on front flap. DJ a bit rubbed at..... More
New York: Armchair Detective Library, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 3/4 Inches. 351 PP. Original Deluxe Limited Edition of the first hardcover printing of this title. A sharp copy. More