New York: The McClure Company, 1908. Decorative Cloth. The 1908 1st American edition. VG in its dark cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at the front panel and lightly-faded lettering at the spine. Former owner inscription to the title page, light soiling at the front free endpaper and front pastedown, otherwise very..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. Cloth. The September 1924 4th printing, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges. Thick 12mo, 334 pgs. More
Chicago: Newsstand Library Incorporated, 1960. 1st. Original Wraps. A clean, very solid copy of the 1960 1st edition. Crisp, bright and Near Fine, with one microscopic chip at the spine. Pocketbook NSL U137. "The chase was furious--the capture was rapacious--the prize was luscious!" More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1931. Cloth. The 1931 second printing before publication of this wild "football mystery". Solid and VG in a bright, price-intact ($2.00) example of the wonderful pictorial dustjacket. Light wear at the spine ends, otherwise very sharp. 12mo, 265 pgs. More
Futuropolis, 1980. Cloth. The 1980 1st French edition of a number of the serialized late 1930s Charlie Chan stories. Translated from the original Earl Derr Biggers text. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine pictorial dustjacket. Quarto, panelled comic strips, which include the wonderful original Alfred Andriola illustrations..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1923. 1st. Decorative Cloth. The 1923 1st edition. VG- in its pictorial cloth, with light rubbing at the panelsand mild darkening at the spine and chipping along the spine label. Internally, very clean, with no writing or markings of any kind. Octavo, 333..... More
New York: David McKay Co., 1947. 1st. Cloth. The 1947 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with several closed tears along the panel edges and light chipping at the spine crown. Octavo, 218 pgs., an "Armchair Mystery" More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1912. 1st. Cloth. The 1912 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light wear at the spine and rear panel edges. 12mo, 337 pgs. A crisp example of the dramatic 1912 dustjacket. More
New York: W.J. Watt & Co., 1921. 1st. Cloth. The 1921 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ (with light offsetting at the gutters) in a bright, price-intact, VG example of the George Gage-illustrated dustjacket, with light soiling at the rear panel and spine and very light..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1967. 1st. Hardcover. A solid copy of the 1967 stated 1st printing. Tight and VG (with light wear at the rear panel's top-edge) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 189 pgs. More
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1949. Original Wraps. NICELY INSCRIBED BY PATRICK QUENTIN (AND SIGNED ADDITIONALLY AS HIS ALIAS "RICHARD WEBB") on the verso of the title page. A beautiful copy to boot of the 1949 1st paperback edition, which was originally published in hardback by Simon and Schuster in..... More
New York: Roy Publishers, 1960. 1st. Cloth. The 1960 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with just a touch of wear at the spine ends and light soiling to the rear panel. 12mo, 176 pgs. "A new slant on an age-old racket! Mike Strang..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co. (The Crime Club, Inc.), 1938. 1st. Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1938 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light fading along the spine and very light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 319 pgs..... More
