The Professor's Mystery
Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1911. Hardcover. hardcover. c.1911. Cloth. 8vo. 341pp. Near Fine, Minor shelfwear, soil.
Mystery
Fear of the Dark
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by Haywood! First printing, 1988, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 185pp., not illustrated. Book fine with handsome boards and tight binding, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG+ with mild edgewear that includes a small closed.....
Der Fall Arbogast
KölnKöln: Dumont Literatur U. Kunst, 2001. Fine. in Fine dj. Hardback in fold-out dust jacket, 350 pp., clean unmarked copy, fine copy in fine dust jacket. Binding is Hard Cover.
The Blessing Way -- signed
London: Macmillan, 1970. First UK edition. Hardcover. Signed on title page. Boards in dust jacket, book very good plus, just a touch of wear, jacket very good plus to near fine, lightest wear, one tiny tear to upper left of front panel, slight toning to rear panel, tiny snag to.....
Finding Moon - signed copy
New York: Harper Collins, 1995. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, fine copy, signed by Hillerman.
The Fly on the Wall
New York: Harper and Row, 1971. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, book is fair to good, wear, ex-library evidence: tape stains on covers, abrasion from tape removal to rear cover, modest abrasions to rear flyleaf, stamp on title page and signs of erasure of another stamp. But.....
Talking God - signed
New York: Harper and Row, 1989. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, fine copy, inscribed to a Margaret Emerson.
The Fallen Man - with original colored drawing by Ernest Franklin, signed by him and Hillerman
New York: Harper Collins, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, fine copy, with original elaborate colored illustration on half title by Ernest Franklin, signed by him, and also signed by Hillerman on title page. Rare thus.
Collection of 23 Chester Himes novels in various languages other than English -- German: Schwarzes Geld fur Weisse Gauner, Heisse Nach fur Kuhle Killer, Heroin fur Harlem (hardcover), Blind mit einer Pistole (hardcover), Der Traum vom Grossen Geld, Blin, mit einer Pistole, Schwarzer samt in Heissen Nachten, Heisse Nach fur Kuihle Killer, Heroin fur Harlem, Lauf Nigger lauf -- Italian: La Notte delle Vendette, Harlem, Imbroglio Negro -- French: La Croisade de Lee Gordon, L'aveugle au Postolet (two copies) -- Dutch: Katoen komt naar Harlem, Razernil in Harlem, Kille dood in Harlem, Zinloze moord in Harlem -- Spanish: Algodon en Harlem -- Finnish: Ei Armoa Harlemissa, Kuolema Kulkee Harlemissa -- Japanese: Blind Man with a Pistol
various: various, 1970's. Paperback. Collection of 23 Chester Himes novels in various languages other than English. Most published around the 1970's. All paperbacks except for the two in German that are noted as hardcovers. Very Good in general, minor shelfwear; clean contents throughout; browning to the paper of about half.....
Death on the Border
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1937. Hardcover. Gray cloth. 12mo. 305pp. Ex-Library with minor marks - pencil call number on flyleaf, small 'Withdrawn' stamp on rear pastedown. Very Good in Good dustjacket. Light shelfwear, mild sunning to board edges, slight cocking to spine.....
The Menace
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1933. Hardcover. Black cloth, red titles. 8vo. 267pp. Ex-Library. With library stamp on front pastedown, pocket on rear endpaper. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, rubbing at corners, dj flap pasted to front pastedown, mild age toning.
The Amateur Cracksman and Raffles: Further Adventures o the Amateur Cracksman, photoplay edition
New York: Grosset and Dunlop, 1906. Hardcover. 1906, Grosset edition. 289 pp. + ads. Hardcover, red cloth, 8vo., white titles. Good copy, no dust jacket. Title on front board rubbed, but visible; spine titles have completely rubbed off. Inner hinges cracked, but boards holding. Clean and unmarked text. Frontis. AND.....
A Thief in the Night: Further Adventures of A. J. Raffles, Cricketeer and Cracksman
New York: Scribners, 1906. Hardcover. 1906. Early edition. Hardcover, 8vo., 286 pp. Illustrated with b&w drawings. Near fine. Rubbing to bottom edge of covers. Feels unread.
Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman
New York: Scribners, 1909. Hardcover. 1909. Early edition. Hardcover, 8vo., 253 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Very good. Light rubbing to covers; light wear to spine-ends.
Penance
Woodstock: The Country Man Press / A Foul Play Press Book, 1995. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by Housewright on the titlepage. First edition, 1995. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, 295 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, "Autographed Copy" sticker affixed to the rear panel.....
Shriek with Pleasure
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1950. First edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. c.1950. Hardcover. Cloth. 8vo. 257pp. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Light general shelfwear, some soil to edges of text block. Light rubbing to dustjacket, edgewear with occasional mild chipping / short tears.
Death on the Bridge
Garden City: The Crime Club, Inc., 1935. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1935, hardcover with black cloth boards, octavo, 273pp., not illustrated. Book VG with some white soil to rear bottom board, mild wear to spine ends and corners, small sticker ghost to top of spine, binding tight, front flyleaf.....
Million Dollar Boomerang, with the Pinkertons on the World's Greatest Bank Robbery
Macfadden, 1940. Paperback. Offprint, 1940. Softcover staple bound 8vo, 20+pp. VG with light dusting and shelfwear to wrappers. Contents are clean and unmarked.
The Ampersand Papers: A Red Badge Novel of Suspense
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1978. Second printing. Hardcover. 1978. Second printing. Hardcover, 192. pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Dime-sized black spot to fore-edge of text block. Rubbing and light edgewear to DJ.
Appleby Talks Again
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1957. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1957. Cloth hardcover with dust jacket, 189 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Good dust jacket, light discoloration to the pages and the page-edges, soil and discoloration to the dust jacket, wear to the dust jacket.....
Death on a Quiet Day
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1957. Hardcover. 1957. Presumed first edition. Hardcover, 214 pp. Very good. Fading to endpapers. Light foxing to edges of text-block. Faint sunning to spine. Contents clean and unmarked.
Hare Sitting Up
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1959. Hardcover. 1959, first or early edition. Hardcover cloth 8vo, 192pp. VG+ with some foxing to the edges of the textblock. In VG+ dust jacket with minor shelfwear soil and bumping to spine corners. Previous owner's signature to front flyleaf, else clean and unmarked...
One-Man Show
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1952. Book Club. Hardcover. 1952. Book club edition. Hardcover, 192 pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light soiling to covers. Edgewear and soiling to DJ.
Silence Observed
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1961. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1961. White cloth 8vo, 218pp. Near fine with gentle bumping to spine ends; in a VG dustjacket with light edgewear, mostly creasing to the spinehead. Previous owner's bookplate appears on the front pastedown, else clean and unmarked...
Appleby on Ararat
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press Reprint, 1971. Reprint. Hardcover. 1971, reprint, 254 pp. Hardcover. Fine copy, no dust jacket.