Foiled Again.
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 350 pp. 8vo. "Signed by Author" sticker on front panel of dust jacket, clean and sharp, now in mylar cover. Fine / fine. More
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 350 pp. 8vo. "Signed by Author" sticker on front panel of dust jacket, clean and sharp, now in mylar cover. Fine / fine. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 272 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Light dust staining to head of text block. Clean, within.
Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Also the author's first mystery. Very Good / Very Good. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 276 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Light dust staining to head of text block. Clean, within.
Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Very Good / Very Good. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 272 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Light dust staining to head of text block. Clean, within.
Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Very Good / Very Good. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 276 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Light dust staining to head of text block. Clean, within.
Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Avon Book Company, 1946. Wraps. First Edition. 122 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to covers, pencil mark along top right edge of front panel. Darkening of newsprint pages within. Overall in very nice condition of a pulp magazine not intended to survive beyond a few readings.
Murder Mystery Monthly No. 43 that collects three of Chandler's stories: Finger Man, The Bronze Door, Smart-Aleck Kill, and The Simple Art of Murder. Very Good. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 243 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Author's first book and inscribed by her on the title page in year of publication. Fine / fine. More
Sauk City, WI: Mycroft and Moran, 1945. Hardcover. First Edition. xv, 238 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket clean and crisp, price clipped, and in mylar cover. Black cloth boards with red embossed titling to spine, clean within.
Signed by August Derleth (1909-1971) on the first free endpaper. Printed in an edition of 3,000 copies. Fine / Fine. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1976. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. First U.S. Edition. 288 pp. 8vo. Light wear to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with minor bump to bottom corners of boards, clean within.
The second title in Colin Dexter's very successful Inspector Morse series. Fine / Very Good. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 224 pp. 8vo. Slight scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Clean and crisp within. Fine / Very Good. More
London: George Newnes, Limited, 1892. Hardcover. Second Edition. 283 pp. 8vo. Burgundy cloth pictorial boards with an image of Dr. Watson and a woman on the cover, Mr. Holmes on spine. General wear and scuffing, fraying at base of spine, small losses along edges, small hole 3" down from head of spine, even with Holmes' forehead. Front and rear endpapers have a green flower repeating pattern, previous owner's name in light black ink on first free endpaper. Text block slightly loose but still tight to boards, clean within.
An early edition of Doyle's second stand-alone Sherlock Holmes title. Good. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 321 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
John Dunning's (1942-2023) first book, introducing Cliff Janeway, ex-police officer turned rare bookseller. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First Edition. 305 pp. 8vo. Gray cloth boards with red embossed titling to cover and spine. Slight lean to text block, clean within. Very Good. More
New York: Walker and Company, 1995. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 314 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Enclosed in a second, special edition dust jacket that is #126 of 200 and also signed by the author on the title page in the year of publication. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 305 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Elizabeth George's first novel, which also introduced her long-running character, Scotland Yard Inspector Thomas Lynley, who is also the eighth Earl of Asherton. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Various, 1982-2015. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printings. 8vo. The rarest of the set, "A is for Alibi" has slight wear and scuffing to the dust jacket and is Very Good in condition, all other dust jackets are Fine. Heavy set, will require additional postage.
All copies are signed by Sue Grafton (1940-2017) on the title page except for "M is for Malice" which has a signature plate pasted to the half-title page. Included with the set is a copy of the slipcased limited edition, "Kinsey and Me: A Collection of Short Stories" published in a limited edition of 326 copies (300 numbered, 26 lettered copies) by the Bench Press in1991 and signed at the colophon by Sue Grafton, this being #205 of the..... More
Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1973. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 204 pp. 8vo. Slight wear and scuffing to dust jacket, small closed tears at head and foot of spine, closed tear to base of rear panel, now in mylar cover. Brown cloth boards with yellow embossed titling to spine, slight lean to text block. Clean within. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Torquil/Dodd, Mead & Company, 1960. Hardcover. First Edition. 186 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has some wear and sunning at edges, 3/16" shorter than the hardcover it encloses it is now in a mylar cover. Red cloth boards and very clean within. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. Hardcover. First Edition. First American Edition. First Printing. 271 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has light scuffing from shelf wear, closed tear at base of spine was repaired with cellophane tape at verso and is almost invisible from the front, now in mylar cover. Black cloth boards with gold titling. Very light strip of darkening along gutter from the glue used in production.
Signed by P. D. James (1920-2014) on the title page. James' sixth novel. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. Hardcover. First Edition. First American Edition. First Printing. 254 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket is clean and sharp, with two closed tears at head of rear panel, now in mylar cover. Terra cotta cloth boards with black titling to spine. Previous owner's name and address written in blue ink on first free endpaper, clean within.
Signed by P. D. James (1920-2014) on the title page. James' first novel. Very Good / Very Good. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1962. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 254 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket is clean and sharp with a whisper of shelf wear, price clipped, now in mylar cover. Green cloth boards with gold titling to spine. An early price in ink on upper right corner of first free endpaper, small loss in center of rear first free endpaper where something has been removed as well as a 4-1/2' strip of glue residue along gutter, very clean within. Originally part of a hospital library with "Bothwell Hospital" stamped in read at head of text block, which would also explain the glue residue on the rear pastedown, no other markings or indications it is ex-library.
P. D. James' (1920-2014) first novel and increasingly rare..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1977. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 265 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket quite sharp, price clipped, and in mylar cover. Very clean within.
Signed by P. D. James (1920-2014) on a bookplate that is laid in. Very Good / Fine. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Hardcover. First Edition. First American Edition. First Printing. 224 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has light scuffing from shelf wear, closed tear at head of spine repaired with cellophane tape at verso, hardly visible from the front, now in mylar cover. Green cloth boards with blue titling. Small blue ink mark at lower left corner of front pastedown, clean within.
Signed by P. D. James (1920-2014) on the title page. James' second novel. Very Good / Very Good. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1963. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 224 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has considerable wear and scuffing, stain at head of spine, skull label indicating it is a mystery at base of spine, glue residue on verso vertical edges of end flaps, now in mylar cover. Red cloth boards with gold titling to spine, clean within.
P. D. James' (1920-2014) second novel but still a scarce volume in this condition. Very Good / Good. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1963. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 224 pp. 8vo. This is a facsimile dust jacket with little wear, now in mylar cover. Red cloth boards with gold titling to spine have considerable wear and cloth loss along edges, front and rear gutter paper has split with mull still tight to text block, date stamp at bottom of the title page. Likely ex-library.
P. D. James' (1920-2014) second novel. Good / Good. More