New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. In a second state dust jacket, with reviews on the front flap, and is a bit shorter. In Very Good condition, in a Good dust jacket. Name of former owner and two small damp stains on paste down. Cloth shows..... More
London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. First British edition, precedes the American edition. Bound in publisher's original deep blue cloth stamped in red and white, with the Knopf imprint at the base of the spine (later issues list Cassell). Very Good with lean to spine, toning to cloth at spine and..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original red cloth decorated in black and yellow; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with bright and shark stamping, slight fading to spine cloth; former owner bookplate to front pastedown with associated offsetting to adjacent page and..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First edition. 259 pp. Lightly green and tan cloth with red topstain, blue and red designs. Very Good+ condition. No jacket. A bit of foxing to front cover, nick in cloth at head. Offsetting to endpapers, especially on front end paper where a bookplate..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First edition. [viii], 259 pp. Bound in publisher's sightly greenish tan cloth with red topstain, blue and red designs. Very Good condition. Lacking jacket. Cloth a bit soiled, sunned around spine and top edge. Spine and slightly cocked. Light foxing throughout text and to..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. Seventh printing. Association copy signed by Dashiell Hammett, inscribed “For Barrett C. Kiesling with all good wishes / Dashiell Hammett Hollywood Nov 5. 1934.” Kiesling was Publicity Director for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. A near fine copy, lacking the dust jacket, with a small stain on..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1934. First edition. (First publications in book form.) Complete in two volumes. Both in pasteboard wraps with blue and red spines. 80; 120 pp. Good+ condition overall. Sturdy bindings. A few small finger smudges and light stains. Volume 1 about Very Good; front cover chipped, lightly creased..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1954. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth affect paper over boards, lettered in magenta. Near Fine with light shelf wear, large area of glue residue from bookplate removal on front free endpaper. In a Near Fune unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1954. First edition, first printing. Signed by Patricia Highsmith on the front free endpaper and inscribed "To Jose. A serious and grim book. I hope you will enjoy some parts of it. In memory of an important caesura in my life, and you are an anhydrate..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1954. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth affect paper over boards, lettered in magenta. Near Fine with light edge wear to covers, light soiling to front free endpaper, pages tanned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light wear to the extremities..... More
New York: Lippincott & Crowell Publishers, 1980. First edition, first printing. Signed by Patricia Highsmith on the front free end paper. Bound in publisher's original red boards over red cloth spine lettered in gilt. Fine, with a tiny spot to the front board, in a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1970. First edition stated, first printing. Near Fine, with light bruising to spine ends, faint scuff to rear cover, hair-line crack to inner hinge with binding remaining very solid, else fine. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with light scuffing and light edge wear..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. First edition, first printing. In publisher's blue cloth binding stamped in darker blue. Good, with cloth a bit mottled, faded at spine ends. Offsetting to endsheets and pages toned. In a Good tattered dust jacket, faded at the spine with large chips missing from..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1950. First edition. Bound in publisher's cloth, lacking the dust jacket. Good+. Spine faded. Cloth mottled, scuffed at rear and worn at corners and spine ends. A solid first of The Talented Mr. Ripley author's first novel, which was the basis of the classic..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1955. New York: Coward-McCann Inc, 1955. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth-affect boards with spine titles stamped in green. Near Fine with light rubbing at corners and spine ends, evidence of a small address label being removed from the front paste down, in..... More
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1945. Signed by Chester Himes, inscribed to Joe Wershba (probably the CBS journalist and producer) on front free endpaper in New York City, February 17, 1946. Second printing of the first edition. Very Good with bump to spine, dampstain to front cloth and light wear..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company / Crime Club, 1954. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's beige cloth. Very Good with foxing, heavy toning to pages. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear, foxing across surface, and light toning. More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. First edition. [vi], 281 pp. Publisher's red cloth with white lettering. First edition. Near Fine with light soiling to edges, offsetting to endpapers, in a Very Good unclipped dust jacket, edge-worn, upper tips chipped, a hint of dulling and soiling to spine panel..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940. First edition. 265 pp. Publisher's green cloth with black lettering. Very Good with spine lean, boards slightly curved, cloth a bit mottled, contents toned, bookplate on paste down, in Very Good dust jacket, a little rubbed, chipped at head, spine panel a bit..... More
New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc., 1950. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Near Fine with light spine lean, light mustiness to pages, foxing to textblock edge and offsetting to endsheets. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, with light edge wear, light rubbing and foxing. A...... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1934. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in red. Near Fine with foxing and soiling to textblock edge. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with darkening and a pencil check-mark to the spine, light edge wear and toning. Uncommon..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1951. First edition. 158 pp. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in silver. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, alittle chipped at head, small nick to fore edge. A British thriller, which inspired a film directed by Robert Parrish in 1953. More
New York: M.S. Mill Co. Inc., 1944. First edition. 272 pp. Original black cloth with red lettering. Near Fine with bookplate on front paste down, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a pencil checkmark on its spine panel and a tear along the edge near the head. A...... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1946. First edition. [vi], 240 pp. Publisher's black cloth with red spine lettering and topstain.Near Fine with lightly foxed edges, small bump to fore edge of textblock, in an attractive unclipped dust jacket, small closed tear to top of front panel, head and tail..... More
