Toronto: The Ryerson Press. 1920. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. First Canadian edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled in black and with decorations in blind on front cover. 353 pp., Frontispiece and 23 additional full-page black & white plates in the text. Hairline crack to inner front hinge, spine panel slightly..... More
Toronto: Doubleday, Doran and Company (Canada) Ltd. (1932). 1932. First Canadian edition, although unstated. Octavo, original black cloth. Issued as a Crime Club book. Slight browning to endpapers, but overall near fine in dust wrapper with some small chips, minor rubbing and a bit of fraying at spine tips. More
Boston: L.C. Page & Company. [1908]. Early Edition. Hardcover. Second impression of the Illustrated edition, originally issued a year earlier in 1907. Octavo, original gray cloth titled and decorated in dark green and red. 267 pp + 2 publisher's catalogues at the rear, the first 4 pp, the second 10..... More
London: Stanley paul & Co., Ltd., (1927). First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 284 pp, Index. Illustrations. Very good clean copy in attractive dust wrapper. ¶ A curious work on plays based on real-life crimes, sensationalized. Many of the..... More
New York: Delacorte Press. [1984]. Advance copy [uncorrected proof] of the first edition. Octavo, original yellow printed wrappers. 300 pp. A few small stains to front wrapper, otherwise a very good copy. ¶ Hard-boiled novel set amid the surfing world in Southern California. A great book. A blurb on the..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. 1902. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original brick-red cloth staped in blind & gilt, gilt titles. 376pp + [8] pp publisher's ads at rear. Frontispiece with tissue guard and one additional plate by Read. Old ink inscription on front free endpaper..... More
Chicago & New York: The Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. [1947]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original blue cloth stamped in gold. A very good clean copy in the original colour pictorial dust wrapper, very good with short closed tears and small chips to the edges, small abrasion to..... More
Toronto: Collins White Circle. 1943. First Canadian Edition. Paperback. First Canadian Edition. Small octavo, original printed wrappers. 192 pp. Issued as Collins White Circle Novel No. 57 (25¢). Minor cover creases, a very good copy. ¶ Sequel to THE TALKATIVE POLICEMAN. More
London: Macmillan, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original red boards titled in gilt on spine. 190 pp. Light browning to text block, otherwise a fine copy in a fine dust jacket, price corner clipped. ¶ A Brother Caedfael Mystery. The siege of Winchester sends monks streaming..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1982. First American Edition. Hard Cover. First American edition. Octavo, original tan boards with brown cloth spine titled in silver. 223 pp. A virtually fine copy in like dust jacket, price corner intact. A fresh, clean copy. ¶ A beautiful Princess about to..... More
London: Macmillan, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original black boards titled in gilt on spine. 201 pp. Light browning to text block, otherwise a fine copy in a fine dust jacket, price corner clipped. ¶ The harsh, unforgiving Father Ailnoth is brought as pastor for Holy..... More
London: Macmillan, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original green boards titled in gilt on spine. 190 pp. Light browning to text block, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket, price corner intact. ¶ A young monk is murdered next to a white rose bush at..... More
New York: Triangle Books. [1941]. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint edition, originally issued by Wasburn in 1938. Octavo, original brown cloth stamped in red. 312 pp. Browing to text block, name stamp on front endpaper, a very good copy in the original colour pictorial dust wrapper with some wear to extremities. The..... More
New York: Street & Smith. [1901]. First edition. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers. Issued as Magnet Library No. 198 [no price]. 218 pp. Browning to text block. Small chips to pages, covers a bit stained and chipped. Overall, a very good copy. More
London: Published for The Crime Book Society by Hutchinson & Co., No Date [1930's]. "32nd Thousand" Paperback. Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers (a paperback). 252 + [4] pp ads at rear. Issued as No. 52 in The Crime Book Society Pocket Library. Text block slightly browned, a nearly fine, bright..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original pictorial yellow cloth blocked in black. 357 pp. Front free endpaper lacking, and inner front hinge cracked; some light stains to the text block. Yellow cloth slightly dust-soiled, as usual but not too badly at all..... More
New York: Random House, 1944. Second Printing. Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, original tan cloth titled and decorated in green. 242 pp. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "To Bill Kelly / in memory of / a pleasant Christmas / Eve, 1944, and / hist tales..... More
Toronto: Dodd, Mead & Company (Canada) Limited, [1933]. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. Octavo, original mauve cloth titled in black on spine and front cover. 301 pp. Likely, these are the same sheets and binding as the US edition, with new preliminaries. Faint cup rings to the cloth;..... More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, No Date [circa 1880]. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint, first published 1796. Octavo, original brown cloth decorated and titled in black and gold on spine and front panel. 646 pp. Two plates, both serving as frontispieces. Preliminary blank leaf neatly excised, inner hinges neatly repaired, minor rubbing to..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. [1970]. 1st edition. Octavo, hardcover, original orange cloth stamped in gold. The author's first book. Edgar award winner, 1971. Made into a film of the same title starring Sean Connery. A fine, bright copy in like dust wrapper which shows none of the usua l...... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton. MCMXVII (1917). First edition. Octavo, original brown cloth. Hinges slightly cracked, small tear to fore-edge of rear board, cloth slightly soiled. Browning to text block. A very good copy. The author's fourth book, a collection of World War One stories. More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1935. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. 483 pp. Rubbing to black cloth boards, spine ends and corners a bit rolled; upper fore-edge corners very slightly bumped. A very good, sound copy with no internal markings and..... More
London: Thornton Butterworth Ltd., [1938]. First Edition, Second Issue. Hardcover. First issued in 1937, here re-issued in the publisher's "Crime Circle Novels' series. These are the first edition sheets, the title leaf is mounted on a stub. Octavo, original orange cloth titled in black. [254] pp + [2] pp ads..... More
New york: William Morrow & Company. 1975. First edition. Octavo, original orange boards with cloth spine. A fine copy in a nice clean dust wrapper, nearly fine but with slight overall rubbing, price-corner intact. More
London: John Westhouse. 1946. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original tan cloth titled in gilt on spine. 182 pp. A near fine copy in a very slightly worn dust jacket, slight soiling to white paper stock on rear panel. A nice copy of a very scarce book. ¶ A...... More