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: Bantam Books, 1989. Hardcover. [SIGNED]. 231 pp. Octavo. [23.5 cm]. 1/4 black paper over blue boards. With original dustjacket. From the author of "The Monkey's Raincoat" 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: Simon & Schuster, 2021. Later printing. Hardcover. 306pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Black boards with title stamped in gilt on spine. "Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the..... 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
Sauk City, WI: Stanton & Lee Publishers, 1947. Dwig. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by illustrator. 109pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Pale blue pictorial cloth over boards. Ex-library with a label on the front pastedown. Else, no other markings. Legitimately deaccessioned. Spine subtly faded; two small spots of light discoloration along the..... 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
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, 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: 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
Great Britain: Hodder & Stroughton, 2004. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 393 pp. Octavo. [24 cm]. Navy cloth over boards with original dust jacket. Gilt title stamped on spine. Signed by the author on the title page in black ink. This book is Fforde's creative reimagining of Shakespeare's Hamlet set..... 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
Toronto: The Macmillan Co. of Toronto, Ltd., 1912. F. R. Gruger. Hardcover. 332; [4]pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Light gray cloth over boards pictorially stamped in gilt, black and white. Four pages of publisher's advertisements. Very good. Gentle bumping and rubbing to the extremities. The spine is slightly rolled, and the..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 275pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 blue paper with purple paper covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The spine ends are gently bumped. In a very good dust jacket, with light rubbing to the..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 275pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 blue paper with purple paper covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good in a very good dust jacket. A Lupe Solano Mystery. Signed by the author on the title..... More
New York: Penzler Publishers, 2019. First edition thus. Paperback. 249pp. Octavo [20.5 cm]; illustrated wraps. Perry Mason seeks the link between a poisoned kitten, a murdered man, and a mysterious voice from the past. -- from publisher. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1999]. Fourteenth printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 274pp. Octavo [21 cm] Slate gray paper over boards. In a dust jacket, with light rubbing to the panels. Grafton's introductory novel in the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet mystery" series. Signed by Sue Grafton on the tipped-in title page. More