New York: Street and Smith Publications. 1942. First Edition (& 1st printing). Original Wraps. Original pictorial wrappers. Large format [Bedsheet sized] pulp magazine. Off-white paper, small chips at spine tips, a solid, very good copy. ¶ Reprint magazine, with stories by Ellery Queen, Frank Gruber, Steve Fisher, Edward Ronns, Norbert..... More
New York: The Macaulay Company. [1935]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original pinkish cloth titled in black. 256 pp. Browning to endpapers, small ink name on flyleaf. A very good copy in dust wrapper, light wear to edges. ¶ Kidnap mystery novel described at front flap as..... More
New York: Edward Arnold, 70 Fifth Avenue, 1897. First American Edition. Octavo, original red cloth lettered in gilt with black rules on spine and front panel. [1-vii], viii, [1], 2-317, [318-blank], 16 page catalogue of Edward Arnold's Publications bound in at rear. The catalogue lists Wells' THIRTY STRANGE STORIES (also..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Small damp stain to rear board, slight dust-soiling, a very good to near fine copy in dust wrapper which has light wear at the edges. ¶ Murder mystery set on Long Island. More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited. 1896. Third Edition. Early reprint, first published in 1896. Octavo, original blue cloth over beveled boards lettered in gilt on spine panel, small pictorial paper label on spine and a larger version of this affixed within a gilt border on the front panel. 322..... More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1916. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original grey cloth lettered in black and stamped in blind on front panel, spine panel blocked and lettered in gilt. 345 + [6] pp ads at rear. Ownership stamp from "Vicious CircleLively Arts Society" (upside-down) on front..... More
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., [1928]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original gren cloth titled in gilt on spine panel. [270] pp. Spine just a trifle darkened, a clean, very good copy. ¶ Tales of mystery, suspense and horror set in London's Chinatown. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original brown cloth stamped in green. A virtually fine copy in a fine dust wrapper with a faint touch of rubbing at the edges. A sharp, clean copy. ¶ Hard-boiled backwoods 'noir' novel. A swift story..... More
London: The Reader's Library Publishing Company Ltd., No Date [1929]. Photoplay Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of the British Photoplay Edition, with stills from the 1929 Silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by British International Films. Octavo, original burgundy cloth titled and decorated in gilt on spine and front..... More
New York: Street & Smith. [1910]. Original Wraps. Octavo, original colour pictorial wrappers. Issued as New Magnet Library No. 767 (no price). 309 pp. Browning to text block, folding to first leaf (slight binding error). A very good copy, quite fresh and bright. ¶ The rear panel bears a colour..... More
New York: Street & Smith. [1915]. First edition. Octavo, original colour pictorial wrappers. Issued as New Magnet Library No. 951 (15¢). 320 pp. Browning to text block, small stains. A very good, bright copy. More
New York: Street & Smith. [circa 1917]. Original Wraps. Reprint, first issued as a Dime novel in 1908. Octavo, original colour pictorial wrappers. Issued as New Magnet Library No. 1257 (no price). 318 pp. Browning to text block, tiny chips to covers. A bright, clean, very good copy. More
New York: Street & Smith. [1915]. First edition. Octavo, original colour pictorial wrappers. Issued as New Magnet Library No. 963 (25¢). 319 pp. Browning to text block, a very good, bright copy. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled and designed in red. 271 pp. Stamp on rear endpaper 'Property of Frears Loan Library', no other markings. Corners a touch soft, mild bumps, a bit of soiling to the cloth; a...... More
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New York: Albert & Charles Boni. 1926. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original brown cloth titled in red on spine & front cover. 290 pp. Spine panel a bit darkened otherwise a near fine copy; quite sharp. ¶ The second Inspector French mystery novel. More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1932. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled in red on spine & front cover, map endpapers. 303 pp. Ex-lending library copy with spine lean, Library stamp ("Book and Magazine Depot, Military District No. 4, Sun Life Building, Montreal")..... More
Penyfford, Chester, UK: Calabash Press, 1995. New edition. Originally published in 1992 by Theme Publications. Sherlock Holmes and Dracula. A fine copy in dust wrapper. More
London: Skeffington & Son, Ltd., No Date [1933]. First British Edition. Hardcover. First British edition. Octavo, original red cloth titled and bordered in black on spine & front panel. 288 pp + 24 pp publisher's catalogue at rear, dated Spring, 1933. Spine panel a trifle faded, a nice clean copy..... More
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, Publishers. [1919]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original green cloth stamped in gold. 349 pp. Tiny stains and corners a touch bruised; text block a trifle rubbed on fore-edges, gilt lettering on spine somewhat oxidized; a very good copy. ¶ Weird adventure thriller, a...... More
New York: Brentanos, 1924. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover. Octavo, original textured black cloth titled and ruled in redon spine & front panel,front panel bordered in blind. Top page edges stained red. 360 pp. Some fading to red dye on top edges, a very good, bright copy, in the original..... More
New York: M.S. Mill and William Morrow, [1956]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red cloth titled in black on spine. 220 pp. Very good copy in price-clipped dust wrapper, small tears & chips, touch of staining to bottom edge. Johnny Macall mystery novel. Nice quote from PG Wodehouse..... More
Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur Westbrook Company. No Date [circa 1900]. Early Edition. Paperback. Reprint. Octavo, original colour pictorial wrappers. Issued as The Great American Detective Series No. 11. Mild browning to text block otherwise a fine bright copy. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers. [1928] [i.e., slightly later]. Early Edition. Hardcover. Reprint, first issued by Knopf in 1921. Octavo, original gray cloth stamped in red. 305 pp + [7] pp ads at rear. Private residence library label on front paste-down, squiggle (signature?) in pencil on front fly else..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., No Date [circa 1920]. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint. Small octavo, original red boards decorated in blind, titled in black on spine. 283 pp. Issued as a volume in Hodder & Stoughton's 2 /- Novels. Small dampstains to fore-edges of text block, also affecting the front &..... More
