Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 422 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Includes stories and appreciations by Paul Gallico, H.H. Holmes, Agatha Christie, Baroness Orczy and Edgar Wallace among others. Jacket price-clipped. Sunning to DJ spine..... More
New York: Drake Publishers, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/8 Inches. 228 PP. First printing copy signed "Art - How good to see a first edition - there are so few of them - Sean Wright - 4 July 1997." Original price of $9.95 intact..... More
New York: Triangle Books, 1941. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8 Inches. 304 PP. First Triangle Books reprint of the 1938 Stokes edition. Original boards fresh and clean. Text a bit brittle as is typical for these cheaply made Triangle books. Scarce original DJ has a hint of..... More
Urbana, IL: Golden Gryphon, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/8 Inches. 313 PP. One of only 4000 copies. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $25.95 intact. A sharp copy in like DJ. More
London: The Thriller Book Club, 1963. First Thus. Hardcover. 4 7/8 X 7 3/8 Inches. 256 PP. Original publisher blue cloth binding. FFEP has been cleanly excised. DJ retains original price on front flap. A nice copy free of PO writing, plates etc. More
New York: Doubleday (Crime Club), 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 Inches. 223 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Mystery about the death of jockey Johnny Mallo at the race-track. Pages a bit toned. Light wear..... More
New York: G. Howard Watt, 1930. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 314 PP. Stunning copy of the First American Edition of "The Owl" in the original dust jacket. Original marbled boards sharp and clean. A hint of foxing throughout. DJ retains original price of $2.00..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 252 PP. Original brown cloth binding with title stamping in black on spine. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $2.50 intact. PO name on FFEP. Light sunning to..... More
New York: Hanro Corporation (Phantom Books), 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 3/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. Wraps worn with crease to front, else a good example. Wear to spine and edges. More
New York: Star Guidance (Venus Books), 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 Inches. Wraps a bit rubbed and edgeworn with a small crease to the bottom of the rear, else very good. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 3/4 Inches. 228 PP. Stated "Second Printing" on the copyright page. First issue American DJ with price of $2.00 intact. Light wear board edges and gutters a bit dusty. PO name and date on FFEP. DJ a...... More
New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 211 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $8.95 intact on front flap. More
London: George G. Harrap, 1963. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 Inches. 254 PP. Original cloth a bit worn and dusty. Ink name and number to FFEP. DJ worn at edges with chipping to spine ends and folds. A few old tape ghosts here and there. Very early..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Original cloth. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 293 PP. First printing with full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $16.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Cornwell on officical "From the Library..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 279 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $5.95 intact on front flap of DJ. More
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1959. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 191 PP. True first UK printing. Original price intact. Foxing to the gutters. Rear endpaper excised. Bookseller lable (Holliday Bookshop/New York) to rear pastedown. More
London: Kinnell, 1989. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 8 Inches. 301 PP. Signed by Lansdale directly on the title-page. Original price of 10.95 intact on front flap. A sharp copy. More
New York: Vantage Press, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 196 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $8.95 intact on front flap. Book clean and sharp. DJ worn at edges with shallow chipping and one 1/2 inch closed tear..... More
Jacksonville, FL: The Bookman Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 258 PP. Stated "1st Edition" on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed on the FFEP. Original price of $20.00 on the front flap. More
New York: Beacon Publications, 1955. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 191 PP. Paperback original of this early Willeford classic. Beacon #109. Slight wear to spine and a few bumps at edges and corners. Crease to lower edge of front cover. An acceptable copy of a...... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 669 PP. Hint of foxing to gutters. Original cloth boards clean and sharp. Price-intact on lower edge of front flap. Jacket exceptionally clean but for some foxing and one minor spot of paper loss to lower spine..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company / The Crime Club, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/4 X 8 1/8 Inches. 312 PP. Stated "First Edition" copy on the copyright page. Original black publisher cloth binding with red illustration and title-stamping to front cover and spine. Faint offsetting..... More
New York: Pocket Books, 1946. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 6 1/4 Inches. 392 PP. Pocket Books #324. A sharp copy of the first paperback printing. Hint of toning to covers. Text clean and tight. "Oct 10 P.M." stamped to top gutter. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 277 PP. A Harper Sealed Mystery. Tipped in refund offer on page 223 intact. Unobtrusive pocket removal inside back cover. A very sharp copy. More
London: The Thriller Book Club, 1962. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 4 7/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 192 PP. Original light green publisher paper binding. Jacket mostly clean and tight, with a bit of chipping to top of rear panel. More