London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. 301pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Green cloth over boards, with a blind stamped pictorial vignette on the front board. Both boards are a bit warped, and there is a small chip along the front joint. In Hubin. The third and last in..... More
New York: Bantam Books, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 280pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 navy blue cloth with yellow paper covered boards and a bold gilt stamped title on the spine. Near fine. There are several very small light stains on the front board, and there is a very minor..... More
New York: Doubleday, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 373pp. Octavo [24 cm] Black paper covered boards with a silver stamped title on the spine. Very good. The spine is subtly rolled, and the boards are slightly warped. The spine ends are gently bumped. There are multiple tiny light stains on..... More
New York: Doubleday, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 302pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 gray paper with beige paper covered boards and a silver stamped title on the spine. Very good. The spine ends and edges of the covers are ever so slightly bumped and rubbed. There are several small dark..... More
New York: Hyperion, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 298pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 green cloth with bright yellow paper covered boards. Very good. Very minor spine roll. The covers are very slightly concave. There are multiple barely perceptible stains on the bottom edge of the text block. In a near..... More
New York: G. W. Dillingham Company, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. 320pp. Octavo [20 cm] Red cloth over boards, with a sloped and faded spine, and two contemporary inscriptions from previous owners on the front endpaper. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle. A mystery..... More
New York: R. H. Russell, 1901. Thomas Mitchell Peirce and F. D. Steele. First edition. Hardcover. 155pp. Octavo [21 cm] Dark blue cloth with a gilt stamped title and lamppost design on the spine, and an illustrated title label mounted to the front cover and surrounded by thick gilt borders..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 278pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Beige cloth over boards with green lettering on the backstrip and front board. The spine is a bit slanted, and the endpapers are subtly sunned. The edges are slightly chipped, with the largest chip measuring just under..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1908. Charles Grunwald. Hardcover. 276; [4]pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Bluish gray striated cloth covered boards with black ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and an illustrated paper label mounted to the front cover. Four pages of publisher's advertisements at the rear. Good..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912]. First edition. Hardcover. 19pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] in blue cloth with gilt stamped spine title and cover device, and front board title and border in white. Light rubbing and wear to boards, spine lightly cocked and darkened; front hinge discreetly repaired at frontispiece, erased pencil..... More
London: George Newnes, Ltd, 1905. Sidney Paget. First British edition in book form. Hardcover. 403pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] in blue cloth with gilt titles. Very good. Front hinge repaired, with front free endpaper replaced. Corners lightly exposed, rubbing to spine tips. Illustrations by Sidney Paget. This work was first published..... More
New York: Scribner, 1995. Advance Reader's Copy. Paperback. 350pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The edges of the covers are very subtly bumped and rubbed. The edges of the text block are lightly soiled. The second novel in mystery writer John Dunning's renowned Cliff Janeway series. More
New York: Scribner, 1995. Advance reader's copy. Paperback. SIGNED. 351pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Pictorial wraps. Very good. There is a 3 and 1/2" crease in the front wrap. The second novel in mystery writer John Dunning's renowned Cliff Janeway series. His first Janeway novel, Booked to Die, won the Nero..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 187pp. Small octavo [21.5 cm] Gray boards with red stamped title on backstrip. Ex-library, with the usual markings. There are four prominent tape stains on the covers. The dust jacket is a bit toned, and the surface is lightly rubbed. Signed..... More
New York: Scribner, 2005. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. SIGNED. 353pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Pictorial wraps. Very good condition, with minimal surface and edge wear to the spine and covers. Signed by Dunning, winner of the Nero Wolfe Award, on the title page. The fourth novel in mystery writer John Dunning's..... More
New York: Scribner, 2001. Special Advance Reader's Copy. Paperback. SIGNED. 479pp. Large octavo [23.5 cm] Blue, white and red pictorial wraps. Very good. The covers show light surface and edge wear. John Dunning is the author of Booked to Die and The Bookman's Wake. He and his wife Helen, opened..... More
New York: Scribner, 2001. Special Advance Reader's Copy. Paperback. SIGNED. 479pp. Large octavo [23.5 cm] Blue, white and red pictorial wraps. Very good. The covers show light surface and edge wear. John Dunning is the author of Booked to Die and The Bookman's Wake. He and his wife Helen, opened..... More
New York: Scribner, 2005. First edition. SIGNED. 368pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 red paper with tan paper over boards. Near fine, in a very good dust jacket, with creasing to the front inside flap. Signed by the author on the title page. The fourth novel in mystery writer John Dunning's..... More
New York: Mysterious Press, 1990. Advance reading copy. Paperback. SIGNED octavo, 468 pp. Uncorrected page proofs in blue wraps. Bookplate signed by Ellroy loosely laid in, with a letter form Ellroy's public relations firm. Slight lean to spine, with a shallow chip to the head. A very good advance copy..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994. First Edition, Special Booksellers' Edition. Paperback. 290pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Heavy cream colored wrappers with printed titles. Very good. Faint rubbing to corners. Lower left corner of rear panel dog eared. First volume in the wildly successful Stephanie Plum series. This edition predates the..... More
Denver: Unbridled Books, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. Black paper hardbound, pictorial dust jacket. Signed on the title page by Falco, with a warm inscription. More
New York: Mercury Publications, Circa 1951. Mercury Publications reprint. Paperback. 125pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. The rear wrap is a bit stained. Originally published under the title "Loneliest Girl in the World." Complete and unabridged. A Mercury Mystery, No. 173. More
New York: Penguin Books, 2005. Later printing. Paperback. 385pp. 20 cm. in multicolored wrappers (with blue front cover, orange and white backstrip, cream colored rear cover). New. More
New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. 201pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/2 black cloth with black paper over boards, and a silver stamped title on the spine. Publisher's blue and white patterned endpapers. Very good, in a very good dust jacket, with..... More
New York: A Dutton Book, 1997. First edition. SIGNED. 532pp. Large octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 black paper with red paper covered boards, and the title stamped in bold red metallic ink on the back strip. Near fine. In a very good dust jacket, with light surface and edge wear. Signed..... More