New York: Phoenix Press, 1943. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth with spine lettered in black. Very Good. Spine rolled, corners bumped, cloth lightly spotted, light foxing to textblock edge and endsheets. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with a small chip at the top of..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1962. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth with spine lettered in a darker blue. Near Fine or better, with slight wear to the spine ends, faint stains to the textblock edges. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1946. First edition. [vi], 279 pp. Publisher's black cloth with gilt spine lettering, red topstain. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket with foxing along top of flaps and verso, bright and unfaded, unclipped. A rare novel by a New York author who..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963. First edition, first printing. Very Good with light fading to spine cloth and edges, light shelf lean. Two old tape ghosts to front free end paper with offsetting to half title page from a clipping formerly taped in (a Graham Greene blurb, likely from a...... More
New York: Carleton, Publisher, 1865. First American edition. (Also first single-volume edition following the three volume British Bentley edition of 1864. Crawford 093.) 480 pp. Publisher's purplish cloth, front stamped in blind, spine in gilt, blue endpapers. About Very Good overall with head and tail cloth worn away, rubbing along..... More
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1926. First American edition. 256 p. Very Good+ or better in Good dust jacket. Former owner's inscription on fep with her critical judgement, "No Good," dated 1928 with blotting to front panel. Front panel missing chip at bottom edge, crease, tidemarks on spine panel and..... More
New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1943. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth with titles stamped in gilt. Near Fine with light offsetting to endsheets and a very vibrant topstain. In a stunning, unclipped dust jacket, Near Fine, with light edge wear, light foxing, a vertical crease to..... More
New York: Phoenix Press, 1944. First edition. 255 pp. Original blue cloth with purple spine lettering. Very Good+ with dust-soiling and foxing to edges, in a Very Good foxed and soiled dust jacket with a penciled checkmark on the spine, unclipped. Very uncommon in collectible condition as most Phoenix Press..... More
New York: Phoenix Press, 1942. First edition. 254 pp. x, [2], (11)-254 pp. Original red cloth with black spine lettering. Near Fine with slight lean to spine, top edge dust-soiled, offsetting to endpapers, in Near Fine unsunned dust jacket. Very uncommon in collectible condition as most Phoenix Press titles were..... More
New York: Arcadia House, 1944. New York: Arcadia House, 1944. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's salmon cloth stamped in black. Near Fine with a faint lean to the binding. Pages toned, foxed at textblock edge, prelims and terminals. In a Very Good dust jacket with graphite check mark..... More
New York: Mystery House, 1943. First American edition. 256 pp. Publisher's red cloth lettered in black. Near Fine with foxing and dust-soiling to edges, contents clean and bright, in the rare pictorial dust jacket, foxed and dust-soiled with a small pencil checkmark on the spine-- hardly any shelf wear and..... More
New York: Mystery House, 1946. First American edition. 288 pp. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in navy blue. Near Fine, slight lean, in an unfaded, unclipped dust jacket with some foxing, else Near Fine, lightly shelf wear. A lovely example of the scarce jacket. A novel from the golden age of..... More
New York: Doubleday and Company / Crime Club, 1949. First American edition. 189 pp. Black cloth with yellow spine lettering. Pages thoroughly toned with age, else Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with light wear, toning to verso. An attractive copy. The scarce American appearance of an Inspector Macdonald mystery..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company / Crime Club, 1948. First American edition. 192 pp. Black cloth with orange lettering. Pages throroughly toned with age, foxing and spotting along edges and to endpapers, in Very Good dust jacket with dust-soiling and foxing along edges, a few small stains. The rare..... More
New York: Doubleday and Company / Crime Club, 1954. First edition. 190 pp. Blue cloth with pale blue lettering. Very Good+ with toned contents, offsetting to endpapers , in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, lightly foxed and toned, small nick in front gutter, but unfaded and bright. A rare mystery..... More
New York: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1953. First edition. 174, [2] pp. Bound in illustrated publisher's wraps. Very Good with rubbing along edges, creasing at gutters, two tiny stains to fore edge. A noir paperback original by an acclaimed American crime writer. More
New York: Dell Publishing, 1954. Title page inscribed to former owner by author and signed, dated June 16, 1979. First edition. 254, (2, ads) pp. Paperback original. A Good+ copy with rolled spine, some creasing and rubbing to covers. The early pulp titles of MacDonald are uncommon signed. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author and signed under his real name, Kenneth Millar on the front free endpaper "For Stretch with admiration and affection, Ken". Stretch was a Santa Barbara neighbor of the author. Bound in publisher's blue boards over red..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, & Company, 1944. First edition, first impression. Bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in black. Near Fine with offsetting to endsheets, foxing to endsheets and textblock edge, but otherwise bright and clean. In a rich, vibrantly colored example of the dust jacket with small chips to..... More
New York: Julian Messner Inc, 1943. First edition. 213 pp. Publisher's orange cloth with black lettering on spine. A Near Fine copy with former owner's bookplate on paste down, tiny bump to back board but very clean and sharp, in a Near Fine dust jacket with light shelf wear, faint..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. First edition. [vi], 310 pp. Publisher's crimson cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with rubbing along edges, slightly foxed edges, former owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper, in Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with a small chip near head, a little insecting..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939. First edition. 254 p. Very Good. No jacket. Small glue stain on margin of pgs 4 and 5. Light scratching to front board, spot of fraying to cloth along bottom edge. A nice, clean copy. The author's rare second mystery, basis of a 1940 film..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1981. First edition. Signed by author on title page in black ink. 243 pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. Former owner's name written on front endpaper and next page. Unclipped jacket has very light creasing to top of back..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company / The Crime Club, 1943. First edition. [xii], 271 pp. Publisher's gray cloth with crimson spine lettering. Near Fine with former owner's bookplate on paste down, in a Near Fine dust jacket with hardly any fading, a tiny pencil checkmark to spine panel, light..... More
New York: Doubleday Doran and Company / The Crime Club, 1930. First edition. (As stated on copyright page.) 302 p. Black cloth with red lettering. About Very Good in Very Good+ supplied dust jacket. Light wear. Some bookplate remnants on rear paste down, Forbes Bookshop stamp on front endpapers. Jacket..... More