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192525721New York: George H. Doran Company 1925. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardbound octavo. 292 pp. Handsome very good copy in orange-red boards. Presumed second printing with a "B" on the copyright page. Lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. George H. Doran Company hardcover books
200221362Boston: Little Brown & Co 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. First edition first printing of this breakout successful novel by the author of Lucky. A clean near fine example in near fine price intact dustwrapper. Price sticker afixed to rear panel. Source for the film of the same name. Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
197228912Philadelphia: Oswald Train 1972. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/very good. 12mo. 156 pp. Reprint edition of Bennett's only volume of detective stories. A handsome near fine copy in very good pictorial dustwrapper with design by William Dixon. Oswald Train unknown books
200521391New York: Little Brown & Co 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine first edition in dustwrapper of this legal thriller by the author of The Concrete Blond and Blood Work. INITIALED by the author on the title page. Source for the film of the same name. <br/><br/> Little, Brown & Co hardcover books
19541559New York: Random House Inc. 1954. First Edition First Printing. 8vo 8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 208 x 140 mm 248 pages in quarter cloth over paper boards titles to upper board and to spine. Very Good or better in a Very Good dust jacket. Some light toning to spine edges internally clean and bright. The unclipped dust jacket has some nicks and soiling.American journalists learn a secret about the head of the dreaded security police in a European people's democracy. They head for the border town of Skaro with the bad guys on their heels. A Cold War thriller. <br /><br /> Random House, Inc. hardcover books
187832526Chicago: Donnelley Lloyd & Co 1878. First Edition. Small octavo 18.5cm.; publisher's brown decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt blue-grey glazed endpapers; 256pp.; frontispiece full-page illus. throughout. Some light wear to extremities spine gilt rather dulled else Very Good or better. Memoir of the professional gambler/drunk-turned-evangelist. See BANTA's Indiana Authors and Their Books p. 195. Donnelley, Lloyd & Co unknown books
185257744New Orleans Charleston Baltimore and Philadelphia: A.R. Orton 1852. the original wrapper was dated 1853 apparently accounting for that date being used in each of the three OCLC listings. First edition of this rather primitively printed pamphlet. 8vo. 2 11-36 pp. Portrait frontispiece three wood-engraved plates. OCLC: "Sensational and presumably fictitious account of the criminal career of Margaret C. Waldegrave probably written by the publishers" the author of several similar lurid tales in the early 1850s. Contemporary pencil inscription on verso of frontispiece "Allow one vol. / plain binding / leather back." Not in Wright "American Fiction" McDade "Annals of Murder" or Jumonville "New Orleans Imprints." OCLC locates four copies American Antiquarian Soc. New York Historical Soc. Juniata British Library; AAS also holds a prospectus broadside for the work. Some interior foxing and soiling corner of one leaf renewed not affecting text. Recent plain gray wrappers. #4698. <br/><br/> A.R. Orton hardcover books
195628497New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. 191 pp. Exceptionally nice copy in dustwrapper of this crime and suspense novel by the author of The Screaming Mimi and Night of the Jabberwock. A handsome near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover books
192825927New York: The Macaulay Company 1928. First edition. Cloth. Good . 8vo. Yellow cloth covers printed in red. A 315 pp novel. Circular stain to preliminary pages and front inside pastedown. Narrow boring hole affecting a few pages at top. Otherwise a solid very good copy. Lacks the uncommon dustwrapper. The Macaulay Company unknown books
197913635New York: W. W. Norton and Company 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First edition of the author's first book a suspense novel that won the Edgar Award for best first novel of the year. This copy both SIGNED by the author and separately INSCRIBED by Patterson and dated in year of publication. A very good copy in very good price intact but bottom-corner clipped dustwrapper. <br/><br/> W. W. Norton and Company hardcover books
19529297NY: Roy 1952. First edn. 8vo Pp. 302. Pages little browned a good copy. OP Thompson and her supposed lover Frederick Bywaters were hung after being convicted of murdering her husband Percy Thompson. Roy unknown books
199221533New York: St Martin's 1992. Book Club. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine copy in dustwrapper of the author's first book. Although it looks tastes and smells like a first edition it is actually a book club edition due to the "HB5X" present on the last page of text. SIGNED by the author on the title page. St Martin's hardcover books
194622955New York: Simon & Schuster 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Classic crime omnibus collecting hard-boiled stories from issues of Black Mask magazine. 468 pp. Featuring work by George Harmon Coxe Norbert Deavis Raymond Chandler and others. Small prior owner name to front endpaper else a very good copy in green boards. The price-intact dustwrapper $3.00 is typically toned at spine colors and has a few chips and small tears to edges. A solid copy overall. <br/><br/> Simon & Schuster hardcover books
197722793New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1977. First American edition. Hardcover. Good/good. First American edition of the author's first book a humorous crime novel. Taken by the publisher directly from the original British sheets. This sadly is an ex-libris copy with a "withdrawn" stamps on the endpapers evidence of pocket removal from rear endpaper etc. A fair to good copy in dustwrapper of an uncommon literary debut. Sold in as-is condition. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
195222021New York: Prentice-Hall 1952. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Stated first American edition. 211 pp. A murder suspense story by the author of The Man Who Watched The Trains Go by. Translated into English by Louise Varese. Prior ownership sticker to the front endpaper else a very good copy in very good price-intact dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Prentice-Hall hardcover books
196213645New York: Simon & Schuster 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First edition stated. A crime novel that won the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery of the Year. A very good copy in very good price intact dustwrapper with small chips to edges. Uncommon title in the first edition. <br/><br/> Simon & Schuster hardcover books
193128239New York: Knopf 1931. 1st US edition Hubin I p. 781; NCBEL IV 744. Blue green cloth binding designed by WAD. Red topstain. Green dust jacket. VG slight lean/VG spine panel sunned/pc. viii 257 1 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/> Knopf hardcover books
1986189621Washington DC: GPO 1986. Paperback. Two volumes xxii 393 356p. wraps a bit shelf worn spines creased rear wrap stained internally very good condition. GPO paperback books
199413873New York: St. Martin's Press 1994. 1st edition. Blue paper-wrapped binding with gold spine lettering. White dust jacket. NF/VG some soiling. 249 pp including glossary. Illustrated from photographs. Sm. 8vo. <br/><br/> St. Martin's Press unknown books
199521534London: Macmillan 1995. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine first UK edition in dustwrapper. A crime novel by the Edgar Award winning novelist. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Macmillan hardcover books
199421385Boston: Little Brown 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition of this Harry Bosch crime novel. Connelly is one of the best writing today. Tiny blemish to leading edge of text block else a sharp and clean fine copy in fine price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author and dated in year of publication. Great read. <br/><br/> Little Brown hardcover books
1808WRCAM53841New York 1808. 56pp. Dbd. Faint institutional ink stamp and embossed blindstamp to titlepage minor toning light foxing. Overall very good. A curious and rare account of the trial of Alexander Whistelo a black man accused of leaving Lucy Williams a mulatto with child. A controversy ensued as sundry doctors stated that the child was the offspring of white parents. In addition a witness attested to a white man visiting Ms. Williams: "The witness.confessed that such a person had been in bed with her: that he had turned the black man out with a pistol and taken his place - that they had a connexion; but she said she was sure they had made no one young one." In the end Whistelo was acquitted. SABIN 103312. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 14750. unknown books
196613662New York: William Morrow 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. First edition of the author's first book an espionage novel that won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel of the Year. Crimp at top of spine else an exceptional copy in very good price intact dustwrapper with some creases and closed tears. Lightly toned at spine as often seen. A better than typical copy of this classic. William Morrow hardcover books
1979695London: Hutchinson & Co. Publishers Ltd. 1979. First U.K. Edition Third Printing. The book that led to the unmasking of Anthony Blunt as the "Fourth Man" in the Cambridge spy ring. Octavo 504 pages. Corners bumped especially at top of both front and rear leading to some creasing of pages. Otherwise Very Good in a dust jacket that shows some edge wear and creases. <br/><br/>The author strongly believed that Queen Elizabeth's art adviser Anthony Blunt was the "Fourth Man" in the Cambridge spy ring. But apparently fearing a libel suit he referred to Blunt as "Maurice." In a dramatic announcement to Parliament in November 1979 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher confirmed that "Maurice" was indeed Anthony Blunt. Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. unknown books
19741290<p>Small Quarto 10 1/2 x 8 inches; 267 x 205 mm 12 pages in stapled wrappers. </p><p>Transcript of a speech by William J. Casey 1913-1987 accepting the William J. Donovan Award from the Veterans of the Office of Strategic Services. Casey had been chief of secret intelligence for the European theatre of operations during World War II. This award -- from a group of former intelligence officers -- cites him for his organization of radio teams that he parachuted into Germany to send back intelligence on Nazi positions.<br /></p><p>In his speech Casey lavishes praise on Donovan and others in the clandestine services and discusses some of his own intelligence work during World War II. A fascinating look at a side of the war that was crucial in securing the Allied victory over the the Axis powers.<br /></p><p>OCLC shows only two institutional holdings at Georgetown and at the NIOD Institute for War Holocaust and Genocide Studies in Amsterdam. Separately we find two copies among Casey's papers at the Hoover Institution in Stanford California. None in commerce. <b>SCARCE</b>.<br /></p><p>CONDITION: Governmental department stamp and log-in number on front wrapper two horizontal folds for mailing. A Very Good copy.<br /></p><br /> [Veterans of the Office of Strategic Services] books
