Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1956. Boards. A solid copy of the 1956 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG (light offsetting at the pastedowns and endsheets) in a bright, price-intact ($2.95), VG dustjacket, with mild soiling to the panels. Octavo, part of Doubleday's wonderful "Crime Club Special" series..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. The 1957 stated 1st edition of this Edgar Award-winning detective novel, purportedly the first work of detective fiction starring an African-American lead private eye, in this case Toussaint Moore. A solid, prefectly serviceable copy. Tight and VG, with light lean at the spine and..... More
New York: Walter J. Black, 1934. Boards. An early reprint by Walter J. Black, using the same wonderful pictorial dustjacket. Tight and Good+ (notable scuffing to the front panel) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light soiling to the rear panel. 12mo, "the fourth Perry Mason story" published. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1939. Cloth. A very presentable copy of the 1939 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine (mild spotting along the bottom-edge) in a bright, clipped (but also price-intact), VG dustjacket, with light creasing and just a bit of mild chipping along the spine..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. Pictorial boards. A sharp, very presentable copy of the 1928 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its wonderful pictorial boards, with just a touch of very light staining along the front panel's top-edge and mild spotting to the upper preliminaries. Part..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1952. Cloth. The 1952 re-issue of arguably Graham Greene's greatest achievement, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. Issued as part of Heinemann's "Uniform Edition" series, this copy was published 12 years after the 1940 original London edition, also published by Heinemann (under wartime conditions). A...... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1933. Cloth. The 1933 stated 1st edition, in its uncommon dustjacket. Solid and VG (offsetting along the gutters of both endsheets and pastedowns) in a bright, price-intact, VG example of the charming pictorial dustjacket, with light rubbing and soiling at the panels, and..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1938. Cloth. A serviceable copy of the 1938 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG- (light soiling along the panels, mild offsetting and light splitting at the inner gutters) in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with notable rubbing and creasing to the panels and 3..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1976. Boards. A very sharp copy of the 1976 stated 1st edition of James Patterson's Edgar Award-winning first published book. Tight and VG+ (light creasing at the panels) in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of mild creasing along the spine..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. Cloth. The 1983 signed/limited edition, specifically the Book-of-the-Month Club edition. #360 OF "ONE THOUSAND AND FORTY-EIGHT NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR" at the limitation. A very sharp, all-but-immaculate copy. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its duotone cloth. And including a Fine..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. Cloth. A handsome copy of this 1922 re-issue (originally published in 1896), IN ITS SCARCE PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light soiling to the rear panel and, inconspicuously, to the inside of the jacket. Thick 12mo, publisher's mystery-themed..... More
Boston: The Writer, Inc., 1966. Cloth. A crisp, fresh copy of the 1966 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a bright, price-intact ($4.00), Near Fine dustjacket, with several tiny closed tears along the spine crown. Octavo, approaches on writing detective fiction by the author of "Strangers on..... More
Doubleday, Doran & Co. (The Crime Club, Inc.), 1934. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1934 stated 1st American edition. Tight and VG in its dark cloth, with light foxing to the preliminaries and very mild soilig at the panels. 12mo, originally published in London under the title "Silence of..... More
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1927. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1927 1st UK edition. Solid and VG+ in its mustard-yellow cloth, with very light foxing along the edges and throughout the text. 12mo, tiny vintage bookseller stamp at the bottom of the front free endpaper. More
