London: W.H. Allen & Co, 1956. First British edition. 200 pp. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with a spine lettering a little dulled, very slight dust-soiling. In unfaded and unclipped pictorial dust jacket that is rubbed and lightly worn along edges, back panel a little scuffed..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935. First edition. Bound in publisher's oatmeal cloth with black and red stamping. Very Good in Good+ original dust jacket. Gutter of front cover has typical offsetting/darkening; cloth a bit foxed, as is typical, but less so than many copies. Fragile jacket chipped at extremities..... More
London: Arthur Barker Ltd, 1935. First British edition. Signed by author on front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner and dated August 1944. [vi], 233 pp. Original buckram cloth lettered in red. Very Good+ with light stain to fore edge, slight curving to boards, in Good dust jacket with some..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First edition. [vi], 241 pp. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black. Very Good with thoroughly age-toned contents, edges a little foxed and dust-soiled, in an unfaded example of the rare dust jacket, Near Fine with a tiny chip along the top edge of the..... More
New York: Royal Books, 1935. First edition of Willeford's novel High Priest, bound with an adventure novel. (Paperback original.).Spine creased, cover worn at edges with some creasing to back cover. Typical toning with age. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. First edition. [vi], 234 pp. Original cloth stamped in blue. Near Fine with foxing to edges and cloth, slight lean, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a little wear along top edge, spine panel slightly toned. The author worked on the screenplay..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1947. First edition. 254 pp. Publisher's grey cloth lettered in red. Near Fine, small ding to front board, hint of foxing to cloth, contents very bright, in a Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelfwear, rear flap creased, very bright and vivid colors. A...... More
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. First American edition. x, 312, [6] pp. w/ photo illustrations from a dramatic production. Bound in grayish blue cloth with gilt lettering, black and red stamping. Very Good, mottling and edge-rubbing to cloth, front hinge starting, grease pencil price to front free..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1874. First edition. 278 pp. with most pages printed in bicolumnar format. Bound in publisher's brown pebbled cloth, lettered in gilt, brown coated endpapers. About Very Good with wear and a little staining to cloth, spine sunned, small stain to top edge intruding into inner margins of..... More
London: Macmillan, 1979. First British edition, first printing. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, corners and spine ends gently bumped. In a Near Fine dust jacket with publisher's price intact, light rubbing and light general wear, light crimping along the edges. The second Brother Cadfael mystery. A Medieval whodunnit!..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's original cloth. Near Fine with light spine lean, cloth lightly mottled, foxing to textblock edge, offsetting to endsheets, several marginal tears to pages. In a Very Good dust jacket with some edge wear, toning, soiling, foxing..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1957. First edition. 184 p. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. Gilt worn along bottom edge, lettering on spine lightly worn. Jacket chipped at extremities (especially head), small creased tear on front panel bottom, rubbing to back panel, price intact ($2.95). Basis of the 1965..... More
London: Jackdaw Publications, 1967. First edition. Signed by Len Deighton on both the Contents booklet and a small note on his stationary: "1st Mar '88 Dear Phil Thanks for writing. I have great pleasure in signing the Jackdaw. Seeing it again brought back memories of long ago[.] With every good..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1948. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's lilac cloth stamped in red. Very Good with foxing to cloth, toning to pages and previous owner bookplate to front paste down. In a stunning, unclipped dust jacket with a small scrape to the front panel..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. First American edition. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. No remainder marks or inscriptions of any kind. Jacket lightly shelf worn with nick along top of back panel. The first Inspector Rebus novel. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company / The Crime Club, 1941. First edition. [vi], 298 pp. Publisher's red cloth with black lettering. Near Fine with offsetting to endpapers, bookplate on paste down, in pictorial dust jacket with a tiny chip at head, a few tiny puckers to gutter, still..... More
London: Scribners, 1990. First edition. Signed by author on half title. [vi], 186 pp. Original cloth, lettered in gilt. Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. The fourth book in the Factory series and the British crime author's best-known work, a cult classic for its grit and violence. More
New York: Random House, 1947. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt and grey. Near Fine with slight spine lean and surface indentations to cloth at rear, in a Near Fine dust jacket with some light general wear and soiling, with colors remaining very bold..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. First edition. [viii], 183 pp. Original black cloth with red spine lettering. About Very Good with cocked spine, foxed edges, small stain on top edge, in Very Good dust jacket with rubbing and flaking along spine folds, spine sunned, foxed edges, crease along bottom..... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1913. First British edition, first printing. Presentation copy signed by Sax Rohmer on the half title page, inscribed to Robert M. McBride, a partner in McBride, Nast and Co., who was responsible for publishing the first American edition of this book. The inscription reads "To R...... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. First edition. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Endpapers a bit foxed with slight offsetting, spine cloth a bit rubbed along edges, a tiny light stain near head. Jacket spine panel moderately sunned, well-worn along edges, chipped head and worn tail, small chip in..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. First edition. Near fine with rear bottom tip slightly exposed and name on front free endpaper in very good+ dust jacket with chipped head, wear and few closed tears along fore and top edges, tiny dampstain on back panel bottom tip. The author's only book..... More
Indianapolis & New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1946. First edition. 234 pp. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good+ with slight lean to spine, a little dust-soiled, edges foxed, bumped corners, in a bright, unfaded dust jacket with a little rubbing to edges, small scrape to front panel..... More
New York: M. S. Mill Co., 1944. First edition, first impression. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in green. Near Fine with light wear to cloth, offsetting to endsheets and light toning to pages. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, with foxing and light edge wear, light rubbing, light..... More
Indianapolis & New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1946. New York: The Dial Press, 1943. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's deep grey cloth stamped in dark blue. Good. Lean to spine, boards slightly bowed with creasing to front board visible to cloth and front pastedown, rear pastedown visibly..... More