Murder by Metaphor
Austin: Zumaya Enigma, 2009. First printing. Paperback. octavo, paper wraps, signed by Aaron, book is in very good + condition with light overall wear, 234pp.
Austin: Zumaya Enigma, 2009. First printing. Paperback. octavo, paper wraps, signed by Aaron, book is in very good + condition with light overall wear, 234pp.
Washington DC: Smithsonian, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. First Printing. 2002. Hardcover. 230pp. Fine in Fine dustjacket. Only the tiniest bit of soil to rear panel of jacket. Contents unmarked.
New York: Walker and Company, 1991. Hardcover. Signed by Albert on the titlepage. Number line begins with a "2," 1991. Hardcover in dust jacket, 195 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near FIne dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector. Promo photograph loosely inserted...
New York: Knopf, 1956. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo, cloth in dust jacket. Book has offsetting to front endpapers and first blanks. Minor bumping to corners of boards. Jacket is bright with sunning to spine, shallow edgewear, and half-inch chipping to crown of spine. Jacket housed in archival dust jacket.....
New York: Knopf, 1956. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo, cloth in dust jacket. Book has rubbing to corners of boards and jacket has shallow edgewear. Jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. William Morrow & Co, 1993. Paperback. 228 pp. Advance reading copy, softcover with dj wrap. Fine/Near fine with some creases at spine head. Includes letter from publisher. Contents fine.
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. William Morrow & Co, 1993. Paperback. 228 pp. Advance reading copy, Softcover with DJ wrap. Near Fine in a Near fine jacket. Light edgewear to DJ; owner's signature on first page of text.
New York: Knopf, 1937. First printing. Hardcover. Green cloth in dust jacket, book very good plus with some tanning to endpapers, jacket VG with light edgewear, some rubbing to spine and shallow loss to spine ends. A novel of European intrigue compared on the flap to John Buchan and E......
New York: Viking Press, 1933. First Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's black cloth lettered in yellow, good with light wear, bookplate of the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association Library, with a few stamps, small portion of dust jacket affixed to rear flyleaf. Some wear and tanning. Provenance: Sarah Caldwell Lee, the granddaughter of.....
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1956. McCann, Gerald. First Edition. Hardcover. White cloth hard back with illustrated jacket. Jacket is VG+, with slight edgewear and soling, wear/rubbing to spine ends. Book is VG, with blue discoloring and spotting on entirety of covers. Light browning to endpapers and flyleaf. Text clean and.....
Silver Spring, MD: Adventure House, 2003. Paperback. 2003, Softcover. Fine copy, like new. 195 pp. Illustrated.
New York: Century Co., 1926. First printing. Hardcover. Orange cloth with "bookplate" on front cover, very good, no jacket, light soil and handling to covers, contents clean.
London: Collins, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. Orange cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 192pp., not illustrated. Book shows hint of wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, front flyleaf has sticker remnants, otherwise text clean and unmarked with age-toning throughout. DJ shows general soil and mild wear to hinges and.....
Doylestown, PA: Wildside Press, no date. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint, no date (ca. 2000s), hardcover with blue cloth boards, octavo, 290pp., not illustrated. Book fine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.
Doylestown, PA: Wildside Press, no date. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint, no date (ca. 2000s), hardcover with blue cloth boards, octavo, 289pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with mild rubbing to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.
Doylestown, PA: Wildside Press, no date. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint, no date (ca. 2000s), hardcover with blue cloth boards, octavo, 258pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with mild wear to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.
New York: George H. Doran, No date (c. 1925). Hardcover. No date, circa 1925. Hardcover, pictorial boards, 8vo. Very Good copy, no dust jacket, but comes in a protective mylar sleeve. Boards edgeworn; tearing to cloth at spine ends; heavier on the head of spine where the tearing has affected.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1987. First printing. Hardcover. Signed by Brett! Cloth backed boards in dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has hint of shelfwear to edges of boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ shows hint of shelfwear.
Hermitage, PA: Steward Masters Publishing, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, but not numbered or publisher-signed. Cloth in dust jacket and in pictorial slipcase, mint copy. 620 pp. Reprints 4 classic pulp novels from Brown's early career: The Fabulous Clipjoint, The Dead Ringer, The Bloody Moonlight, Compliments of.....
Hermitage, PA: Steward Masters Publishing, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, mint copy in slipcase, one of 500 thus, but unnumbered. 620 pp. Reprints 4 classic pulp novels from Brown's early career: The Fabulous Clipjoint, The Dead Ringer, The Bloody Moonlight, Compliments of a Fiend. Although it says.....
New York: Doubleday, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, hardcover in dust jacket. Author's signature to title page and book plate to front pastedown, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Shallow bumping to spine ends. Jacket is very nearly Fine in archival dust jacket protector.
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc. / Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. c.1937. Hardcover. Black cloth. 12mo. 279pp. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, mild soil to boards, rubbing at corners and spine-ends, spine slightly cocked, light tanning to endpapers.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. First printing. Hardcover. Inscribed by Caldwell! First printing, 2015, hardcover with glossy paper boards in dust jacket, octavo, 431pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with handsome boards and tight binding, former owner's plate to front endpaper (name has been blacked out), otherwise text clean.....
New York: Street and Smith, 1901. First edition. Paperback. 1901, First Edition. Softcover. Published as Magnet Detective Library No. 181. Original wraps. 209 pp., plus ads. Very Good. Light wear and creasing to the covers; previous owner's signature on the top margin of the front cover; 1/2-inch snag to the.....
New York: The Dial Press, 1980. First printing. Hardcover. Signed first edition, 1980. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, 246 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Very Good+ dust jacket, light soiling or discoloration to the page-edges, some soiling or discoloration to the dust jacket, light wear to the.....