New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963. Stated first American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's teal cloth stamped in gilt and red. Very Good with slight dulling to spine, light shelf wear, toning to pages. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket, edgeworn with a chip to the top corner..... More
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams on the title page, and with Harmony Books editor Harriet Bell's business card laid in. Near Fine with sunning to covers at top and bottom edge, light softening to spine ends, pages lightly toned. In a...... More
London: Rex Collings, 1972. Signed. First edition, first printing. Warmly inscribed by the author "To dear Janet, with much love, Richard Adams, December 1974." Very Good, lean and reading crease to spine, bumping to foot, light rubbing to cloth at extremities, endpapers foxed, previous owner name (Janet Vernon Hall) to..... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1974. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Richard Adams on the title page and inscribed to a former owner. Very Good with light shelf wear, foxing to spine cloth and textblock top edge. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light soiling and..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First American edition. Inscribed by Ambler to Norman Nolan on page facing title page at the Mystery Writers of America awards (Ambler won the Grand Master award) in New York, April 25, 1975. From the Otto Penzler Collection of Mystery Fiction. [xiv], 281, [1]..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1939. First edition. 320pp. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Good+ condition, sans jacket. Cloth a bit stained with wear spot on back board, spine darkened, slight lean, previous owner's bookplate on paste down, small stain on fore edge, internally clean and fairly bright. The..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1939. First edition. 320 pp. Red cloth with black lettering on spine; lacking the dust jacket. Good, with spine cloth faded, a few small stains and light fraying to cloth, slight cock to spine. Light pencil gift inscription to fep "In commemoration of the Great..... More
London: William Pickering, 1846. First edition in English. (iv), 197 pp. Late 19th Century three quarter leather over marbled paper, spine lettered in gilt. A Good or better copy with edges well-rubbed and cloth and leather mostly rubbed off or chipped there. Lacking front free endpaper. Last signature of pages..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. First hardcover edition, first printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket with price intact. Foxing to edge of page block, and publisher's remainder stamp at bottom edge. Dust jacket is a bit tired looking, with rubbing and light edge wear--nothing major, but..... More
New York: Gnome Press, 1950. First edition, wrappered issue. Though the publishing history is murky, this is assumed to be either an example from the publisher's short foray into paperback publishing, or an Armed Services edition. Very Good. Pages toned. Wraps lightly worn with a short tear and associated creasing..... More
New York: Gnome Press, 1950. First edition, first printing of this science fiction classic. Signed by Isaac Asimov on the front free endpaper. Quite the superlative copy, bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in black. About Fine, with bumping to bottom corners of boards, and tape ghosts to front and..... More
New York: Gnome Press, 1950. First edition, first printing of this science fiction classic. Bound in publisher's original red cloth stamped in black; lacking the dust jacket. Near Fine with light mottling and light wear to cloth. Spine lightly creased. Pages toned and with several tiny stains to the textblock..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1985]. Signed by Margaret Atwood on the half-title, inscribed to former owner.Advance reading copy of the first American edition, also referred to as an Advance Uncorrected Proof on the front endpaper. [xii], 240 pp. Illustrated wraps. Very Good+ with some creasing and offsetting to spine, slightly..... More
London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1817. Third edition. Two volumes, bound in mid-twentieth century half brown calf; bound without half-titles and terminal blank in Volume 1, as is often the case. Contents foxed throughout. Repaired L-shape tear to page 7 of Volume I; fraying to fore edge margin of page..... More
New York: The Dial Press, 1974. First edition. [viii], 197 pp. Publisher's reddish orange cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket that is a little short for the book, small closed tear to back panel, small rub spot. An attractive copy of the novel by African..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. First edition. Inscribed to former owner on title page, "From Virgil Tibbs and John Ball." 184 pp. Original half cloth and boards, lettered in silver. Near Fine with a few finger smudges, in price-clipped dust jacket, easily Very Good+ with a lot less wear..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. First edition. 184 pp. Original half cloth and gray paper-covered boards, lettered in silver. Fine in Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with slightly sunned spine panel. An uncommonly neat, unrubbed example of the dust jacket. The author's first book. Winner of the Edgar..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1973. First British edition, first printing. Very Good in a Good dust jacket with price intact. Front board lightly bowed. A few small spots of bleeding to front end paper. Water warping to just jacket, with wrinkling to laminate; ding to front panel near spine. Served as..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1950. First edition. 262 pp. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine stamping. A little offsetting and foxing to endpapers, else Fine in a dust jacket that is corner-clipped but has price intact ($3.00), generally bright and attractive, with some wear spots to front..... More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1930. First British edition. iv, 315 pp. Publisher's light blue cloth with navy lettering. Cloth very faintly stained, foxing to edges and prelims, still a clean, straight Very Good+ copy in very nice shape. Lacking the dust jacket. The basis of the 1932 film with a dynamite..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1968. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author on the title page, and inscribed to a former owner. Fine, in a Very Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket, with a small bit of tape residue to the spine panel on the blank verso, and a...... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by Julia Child and her husband Paul on the half-title page and inscribed to a former owner. Near Fine with light soiling, former owner's inkless emboss to front free endpaper. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. First edition. 233 pp. Green cloth with crimson lettering. Near Fine in Very Good unclipped dust jacket, spine darkened with some small tears and edge-chips. Best-known as the basis of Jules Dassin's film noir Thieves' Highway. Also a tightly-plotted proletarian novel that managed to..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. First edition. 233 pp. Green cloth with crimson lettering. Near Fine in original dust jacket, unclipped ($3.00), chipped at extremities, else Very Good with spine panel dulled, tape shadow on back panel upper corner. Best-known as the basis of Jules Dassin's film noir Thieves'..... More
