New York: Mysterious Press, 1987. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 8vo (8-1/2" x 6"). [14], xxi, [2], 214pp. 40/255. Red cloth covers with gilt titles to spine, in red cloth slipcase. Signed by author and numbered on limitations page, rest of text block is tight and unmarked. More about The Ability to Kill
London: Chatto and Windus, 1874. Gustave Dore. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (19 x 14cm). 651pp. Half bound mahogany leather with marbled covers, corners bumped. Original spine with gilt titles and decorations pasted to new spine. Top edges gilt. Text block tight and unmarked. 425 Gustave Dore designs. More about Droll Stories; collected from The Abbeys Of Touraine
Greenville SC: Robert F. Beaudine, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to (9-1/2" x 7-1/2"). 309pp. Limited edition (#127). Signed by author on fly-leaf, otherwise text block is tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ. More about Based Upon A Lie
New York: Harcourt, Brace And Company, 1939. First Edition. 8vo (19 x 14cm). 313pp. Blue cloth covers with white titles to faded spine. Inscribed (in French) by author on free endpaper. rest of text block tight and unmarked. More about Blow-Down
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1949. First Edition. 8vo (21 x 14cm). 317pp. Quarter bound with green cloth covers and yellow cloth spine. Light wear to corners. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ in Mylar, upper panel separated, multiple chips to edges and corners. More about Pemberly Shades
Paris: B. Arthaud, 1954. Le Beaux Pays. Paperback. 8vo (9" x 7"). 226pp. In French, text block tight and unmarked. Shelf wear, includes laid-in recipe in French. International shipping at cost. More about Le Perigord
London: Victor Gollancz, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (7-1/2" x 5"). [4]. 206, [2] pp. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ, 1/32" hole head of upper panel, 1/8" x 1/4" chip to tail, darkening to spine, corners bumped, in Mylar. Includes laid in publication notice (8/12/57) from Victor Gollancz..... More about A Father And His Fate
New York: Coward-McCann, 1951. Jack Long. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (21 x 14cm). 307pp. Olive green cloth covers. Inscribed by author on half-title and an A.L.s from the author to the recipient stapled to the rear free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ, wear to head/tail..... More about Pursuit of Gentlemen (signed by author and A.L.s
London: J. Walker & J. Harris, 1808. Hardcover. 32mo (13). [4, blank], [4,blank, frontispiece, title, blank], (vi) [1] 2-638 [4] pp. Brown calf with gilt borders, spine with gilt title and four raised bands, marbled edges and endpapers. Previous book seller information (in pencil) to verso of free endpaper, rest..... More about Life & Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8" x 5-1/2"). [10]-448. Blue cloth covers with silver design to upper and silver titles to spine, wear to head/tail of spine and edges. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ, wear to head/tail of spine and edges, in Mylar. More about The Last Crusader
New York: Mysterious Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9" x 6"). 241pp. 101/250. Green cloth covers with gilt titles to spine, matching slipcase. Signed by author on limitations page, rest of text block tight and unmarked. More about Only When I Laugh
Paris, France: Paul Ollendorff, 1890. Hardcover. 12mo (7" x 4-1/2"). Quarter bound purple leather/marbled covers, spine faded, wear to head/tail of spine, corners bumped. 360pp. Text block tight and unmarked. More about Toutes les deux
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. George Cruikshank. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9" x 6"). vi,vii [list of illustrations, 1] x-xii [b], 2-311pp. Original brown cloth, gilt wreath design to upper cover, in blind to lower, spine barely attached. Yellow endpapers, half-title, illustrations by George Cruikshank. with "claimed by his affectionate..... More about The Adventures of Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. H.K. Brown. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (22 x 14cm). xvi, 624pp. Half-bound light brown leather, tan cloth with 1/2" gilt eagle ornament, six compartment, five raised band spine with gilt title (Dombey & Son), gilt Dickens, wear to head/tail of spine and corners. Engraved frontispiece..... More about Dombey and Son
Cleveland, Ohio: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1918. First Edition. Soft cover. 48mo (3-3/4" x 2-3/4").124, [3 publishers advertising ]pp. Blind stamped title to upper cover. A Little Leather Classic in edge-worn brown cloth covers (due to W.W.I. shortages of leather). Poor quality paper pages age browned. OCLC 567657507. More about Short Stories (Number 4
New York: Eastern Publishing Co., 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (7-1/2" 5"). viii, 280pp. Red cloth covers, stains to lower cover and spine, wear to head/tail of spine, corners bumped. Inscribed by author (1906) to recto of frontispiece, both hinges stating, rest of text block unmarked. More about Reflections Of A Bass-Drum Player; On Everything Worth Thinking About
New York: Berkley Hardcover, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8-1/2 x 5-1/2"). 295pp. Signed by co-author John Wilson on half-title page, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ in Mylar. More about Good Morning Heartache
North Country, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo (9" x 6").193pp. Inscribed by author on free endpaper to author (and Poet Laureate of Virginia) George Garrett. PO information also on free endpaper. Slight stains to fore-edge, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ, 1/4" x 3/8" chip to head of spine..... More about The Girl from Ipanema
New York: Armchair Detective Library, 1989. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). iv, [2],166pp. 48/100. Red cloth covers with gilt titles to upper cover and spine. In red cloth slipcase. Signed by author on limitations page, rest of text block tight and unmarked. More about Cop Hater
New York: Viking Adult, 2005. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9" x 6"). 392pp. Signed by author on fly-leaf, slight spotting to fore-edge, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ in Mylar. More about Sun and Shadow An Erik Winter Novel
New York: Mysterious Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9" x 6"). 309pp. 44/250 Black cloth covers with black titles on spine. Signed by author on limitations page, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ, shelf wear to edges, upper corners bumped. Black cloth slipcase. More about The Dark Fantastic
New York: William Morrow, 1980. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (9-1/2" x 6-1/2"). 381pp. Signed by author twice, once on half title and again on title page, rest of t ext block tight and unmarked. Checked with publisher and no copies had printed signatures. Unclipped DJ, shelf wear to head/tail..... More about The Key To Rebecca
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1935. First Edition. 12mo (20 x 13cm). 52pp. Green cloth covers with Gilt titles to upper cover (with fish design) and spine. PO signature to free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Light foxing to endpapers, 3 x 1cm damp stain to..... More about Change of Idols
Roslyn Heights, New York: Libra Publishers, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (8-1/4" x 5-1/2"). 103pp. Inscribed by author on free endpaper. Fictionalized account of "the quest for freedom of blacks in the Old West". Unclipped DJ, small red wax droppings on spine, in Mylar. Two in OCLC 25685509. More about Billy Is Black
London: John Dicks, 1868. Hardcover. 12mo (7-1/2" x 5"). 364 [2], [publisher's ads.) pp. Green cloth covers, gilt title to spine, wear to head/tail of spine, corners bumped. Text block unmarked. "1. It is the cheapest Edition ever issue from the press of this, or any other country, and must..... More about Arabian Nights Entertainments