New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1945. First edition. [viii], 180 pp. Original crimson cloth lettered in yellow. Small name stamp on front free endpaper, else Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, a little worn at extremities, small tape mend on verso of head, unclipped. An attractive copy. More
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1940. First edition, first printing. Publisher's black cloth binding stamped in turquoise. Very Good with light fading at spine ends, two scrapes to top edge of textblock affecting margins, toning to pages. In a heavily restored dust jacket. More
New York: Random House, 1977. First edition, first printing. Signed by author on title page in black ink. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Remainder mark on bottom edge, typical toning to pages with age. Jacket a little toned and a bit soiled, tiny tear in top of back..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1962. First edition, first printing. Very Good with cloth heavily faded at edges and moderately faded at spine. Foxing to end sheets and lightly to edge of page block. In a Very Good+ dust jacket with publisher's price intact, light edge wear, and a bit of..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. First American edition, first printing. Signed by P. D. James on the title page. Bound in publisher's rust colored cloth with spine lettered in black. Near Fine with slight bruising to spine ends in Near Fine dust jacket with light wear at spine ends..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. First American edition, first printing. Signed by P. D. James on the title page. Bound in publisher's green cloth covered boards stamped in blue. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with wear at spine ends. A lovely copy. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original tan cloth over black spine cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good with some foxing to cloth and pages, pages toned. In an unclipped dust jacket, Very Good, with toning, foxing and wear. A very nice copy..... More
Ward, Lock & Co. London and Melbourne, 1929. First edition. (Precedes American edition.) Signed by Harry Stephen Keeler on front free endpaper in black ink with his typical aplomb. Original red cloth lettered and ruled in black. Good only, lacking jacket. Cloth mottled, soiled and well-rubbed with a few pinholes..... More
New York: Phoenix Press, 1946. First edition. 256 pp. Gray cloth with crimson lettering. Near Fine with some light foxing to endpapers in Very Good+ price-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear and soiling, foxing to flaps. A rare example of this book in nice shape without any tape ghosts..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1940. First edition. 310pp. Yellow cloth with dark green lettering. Near Fine with foxing to spine cloth and a bit of wear along top edge in unclipped original dust jacket with rubbing and tearing along folds, creased spine panel, but generally presents well. Another..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1930. First American edition. (Following the more common British edition of Ward, Lock.) 317 pp. Purple cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine in About Very Good unclipped dust jacket with chipped head and tail, dulled spine panel, exposed tips and some nicks to..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1940. First edition. 317pp. Red cloth with black lettering. Near Fine in unclipped dust jacket with small chip in front panel near head, else Very Good with dulled spine panel with small stain, small closed tear near foot, rubbed along edges. More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1939. First edition. 305 p. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Typical offsetting to endpapers. Light wear to cloth along bottom edge, small stain on bottom edge, spot of fading to cloth at head. Jacket presents better than it sounds: missing chip at head, chipped tail..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1928. First Edition, Fifth Printing. Signed by the author on the front free end paper; warmly inscribed: "To my old friend Mr. Samuel U. Clark, this hectic yarn of gorillas and China girls and reporters and death ? and brain surgery and God knows..... More
London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1950. First edition. 253pp. Crimson cloth with orange spine lettering. Very Good+ in Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket, a little edge-rubbed but very attractive overall, bright and unfaded. Textblock edges foxed and a little stained, top and bottom edge worn. A very rare late Keeler..... More
London: Ward Lock and Company, 1931. First British edition, first printing, colonial issue. (Circular sticker over circular price on bottom of front panel stating Assembly Hall Bookroom, Sydney [Australia] with address. Printed in London.) 254 p. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Foxing to endpapers and fore edge. Offsetting to..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1936. First edition. 448 p. Purple cloth with black lettering. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Offsetting to front cover from sunned dust jacket front panel, fading to cloth along top edge and red topstain. Jacket front panel red faded from sunning;..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1939. First American edition. 317pp. Yellow cloth with green lettering. Near Fine with light rubbing to top edge, slight spine lean, light offsetting to endpapers and spine. In an about Very Good dust jacket, unclipped ($2.50), chipped at head and foot, small tear at top of..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Company, 1951. First British edition. 223 pp. Turquoise cloth with black lettering. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Heavy foxing to fore edge and a small smudge. Jacket clipped with new price (6s/- net) stamped on front flap. Chipping to head, rubbing to back panel..... More
New York: Phoenix Press, 1948. First edition. 255 pp. Publisher's black cloth with yellow spine lettering. Near Fine with Stockton, CA bookstore stamp on front free endpaper, in unclipped dust jacket with mends to verso in archival mending tissue and masking tape, some pencil markings there as well, chipped at..... More
Hausbrouck Heights, New Jersey: Graphic Publishing Company, 1952. First edition. Very Good with a little bit of blue staining on spine, publishing distributor stamps on prelims, rubbing along edges. Front cover with its menacing hypodermic needle art presents well. Another paperback original from the prolific Day Keene (pseudonym of Gunnar..... More
New York: Phoenix Press, 1943. First edition. 252 pp. Blue cloth with red lettering on spine. Very Good+ with some curvature to boards, spine lean, a little foxing to edges, small smudge to half title. In an unfaded dust jacket with a crease along the top of the front panel..... More
Philadelphia & New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1948. First edition, first impression. In publisher's original cloth-affect binding with titles in dark blue on the spine. Near Fine with spine lightly rolled, light toning to pages and light foxing to endsheets. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with rubbing..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1957. First edition. [vi], 175, [1] pp. Original gray cloth backstrip and red paper-covered boards, spine lettered in black and red. Near Fine with light wear, small bookplate remnant to front free endpaper faint tidemark to rear paste down. In Very Good unclipped dust..... More
New York: Phoenix Press, 1945. First edition. 255 pp. Publisher's gray cloth, spine lettered in red. Fine with a little age-toning to contents, in a slightly foxed and rubbed dust jacket with a small penciled checkmark on its spine panel, Very Good+. A mystery novel from a small publisher that..... More