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1917036183NY: Boni and Liveright. 1917. An early work by Van Dine using his given name. An anthology of stories by French writers with a 30-page introduction by Van Dine/Wright. Rubbing to boards; a very good copy lacking the dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Boni and Liveright hardcover
50076Elkin Mathews & Marrot. London. 1930 First edition thus. Roy8vo 36pp. Hardcover in original cream pigskin with an abstract design of blue and black onlays and is lightly soiled with a darker mark on the lower spine being slightly splayed as well for reasons best known to specialist collectors internally this unusual book is comprised of Kelmscott hand-made paper that is clean and unfoxed with the requisite uneven fore-edges. Number 272 of only 300 copies ever produced with a lengthy introduction by D.H Lawrence this "is a story within a story contained within Dostoevsky's 1880 novel The Brothers Karamazov. It is recited by Ivan Karamazov during a conversation with his brother Alexei a novice monk about the possibility of a personal and benevolent God". This important original translation was made by Samuel S. Koteliansky a famous Ukrainian translator of Russian literature into English. Chekov was another who benefitted from his support as well as Dostoevsky and Rozanov amongst others being the manager of the prominent literary journal The Adelphi that published works of Lawrence Katherine Mansfield and even Dylan Thomas in the rarified world of mid-20th century English letters together with Leonard and Virginia Woolf. Hence the prominence of his name on the front board under the title and geometric pattern. Obviously extremely scarce anywhere in the world. Elkin, Mathews & Marrot. London. 1930 (First edition thus) hardcover
1938848New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. Octavo 227pp. Yellow cloth printed title on spine and front cover. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Wear to edges of boards. Scribner's "A" on copyright page. In facsimile dust jacket. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1938138459New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. First Edition. First Edition. Basis for the 1939 film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Gracie Allen Warren William and Ellen Drew. A Philo Vance mystery. <br/><br/>Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Bookplate to the front pastedown covered completely by jacket flap. Jacket is lightly rubbed with a few short closed tears and light chipping to the extremities. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1938WRCLIT44644New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. Yellow cloth lettered in black. First edition. Scattered flecking to the sizing of boards endleaves faintly darkened along edges else near very good in a somewhat rubbed and worn particularly at spine ends dust jacket with some wrinkles at the edges. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1938004382New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. Scribner's "A" on copyright page price of $2.00 front flap. Near Fine top edge dusty pastedowns age-toned nice period prior owner bookplate front pastedown completely hidden by front flap. In a Very Good dustjacket front and rear panels rubbed and with small chips at spine tips and flap folds. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover books
1938B872New York: Scribners 1938. First. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. S. S. Van Dine is the pen name used by American art critic Willard Huntington Wright 1888 – 1939 when he wrote detective novels. Wright was active in avant-garde cultural circles in pre-World War I New York and under the pen name which he originally used to conceal his identity he created the fictional detective Philo Vance a sleuth and aesthete who first appeared in books in the 1920s then in films and on the radio.<br /> <br /> The Gracie Allen Murder Case features the zany half of the Burns and Allen comedy team. It is in some ways a roman à clef including not just Burns and Allen but also such characters as Gracie's mother and brother. George Burns after all has described the couple's act as "All I had to do was ask 'Gracie how's your brother' and she talked for 38 years." That gave the book an unusual feel as did the comic tone of much of Gracie's dialogue. This tone suddenly shifts in a later chapter to one character's philosophically anguished speculations and then back again to Gracie.<br /> <br /> This copy is very good in yellow cloth with black titles on the spine and front cover. Minor bumping and fading at the edges. Text is age toned with some spotting on the leading page edges but no other marks or damage. The uncommon DJ is unclipped with minor chipping at the edges and moderate soiling. BI25. Scribners hardcover
193841988New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Yellow cloth with black lettering pictorial dust jacket. xii 227p 6pp ads. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and a bit of rubbing. A tight and attractive first edition of the penultimate 11th Philo Vance mystery turned into a 1939 film version starring the original dingbat but omitting husband George Burns. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
193842650New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. 1938. First edition. Fine bright copy in dust jacket with a small closed tear to the bottom crease of the front flap fold. Gracie Allen trys to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder. Allen's uncle fixes her up with Bill at a company picnic. When the two go out to a nightclub that night Gracie inadvertently links Bill to the murder of a thug after finding the dead body and Bill's cigarette case at the scene of the crime. While being questioned at the club she meets Vance who's investigating the homicide. After Gracie's bungled attempts to solve the case Vance decides it might be easier to have her working with him. Despite Gracie's "help" the two eventually find the real killer. An exceptional copy. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. unknown
1938000020New York: P.F. Collier & Son 1938. Reprint . Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Strong Very Good. See scans and description. New York: P.F. Collier & Son 1938. Small octavo 227 pp. Gray leatherette with maroon and gilt imprinting. Spine slant page edge soiling. Very Good firm bright and handsome. The scarce leatherette Collier edition of Van Dine's Philo Vance mystery The Gracie Allen Murder Case with a lengthy cast of characters including - yes - a George Burns and a Gracie Allen. Ships in a new sturdy protective box - not a bag. L108 <br/> <br/> P.F. Collier & Son hardcover
1938041681NY: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS. "A" & SEAL PRESENT MENDED TEARS & SMALL CHIPS TO A UNCLIPPED DJ. . VG. Hardcover. First Edition. 1938. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS hardcover
1938313397NY: SCRIBNERS. 1938. First Edition. A good only copy in a fair to good dj. Couple moderate-size chips in dj. at spine. Book shop stamp on rear pastedown. General shelfsoiling & wear . SCRIBNERS. unknown
1938004382New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1938. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Scribner's "A" on copyright page price of $2.00 front flap. Near Fine top edge dusty pastedowns age-toned nice period prior owner bookplate front pastedown completely hidden by front flap. In a Very Good dustjacket front and rear panels rubbed and with small chips at spine tips and flap folds. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
1928MYSCTSCRIBNERS 1928. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. A beautiful first edition in fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by S.S. Van Dine. You can't get a better copy!. SCRIBNERS Hardcover
17120NY: SCRIBNERS. 1938. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9997525035 . A very good copy in very good dust jacket. Short edge tears & touches of shelf wear to jacket. TIny chips at spine ends. Sir Hugh Taylor's copy with his signature & contemporary date at head of end paper. Traces of rubbing to predominantly black jacket. Printed Scribner's bookmark laid-in. A Philo Vance novel. . NY: SCRIBNERS. 1938 hardcover
20182-6202307021Scholars' Press 2018. Paperback. New. 156 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.36 inches. Scholars' Press paperback
1922547379London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf 1922. Small hard cover no jacket in very good condition for its age. From the collection of W.L. Webb the Guardian's literary editor for many years ownership penned to FEP. General shelf and handling wear including notable tanning to cover spine and pageblock leading into endpapers. Rear endpaper has been torn away. Wear to board edges and corners marked at spine and spine head and foot. Within pages are securely bound and content is clear. CN. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used. Leonard and Virginia Woolf Hardcover
192200001028Richmond: Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press printed by William Clowes and Sons Ltd. London and Beccles 1922. 6 - including half-title 86 pages plus 2 pages ads. No errata slip present. Original publisher's decorative paper-covered boards with printed paper spine and cover labels. 18 x 12 cm. The spine label is sunned and slightly chipped with no impact on lettering; light wear to spine ends and a tiny tear to the head of the spine. The endpapers are slightly tanned; the text block shows mild uniform toning. Still a very good copy of a fragile volume. Bookseller's ticket of The Holliday Bookshop New York 10 W. 47th St. on the rear pastedown. PROVENANCE: This copy from the library of Irma Liebmann Harris 1885-1969 with her engraved bookplate on the front pastedown. Harris was a member of a prominent Jewish family from Atlanta Georgia and a leading figure in the city's social and cultural life. She was the daughter of Isaac Liebman founder and president of the Atlanta Paper Company 18861924. In 1908 she married Arthur Israel Harris 18811963 who succeeded Liebman as president of the company 19241946 and later served as chairman 19471957. The firm pioneered wet-strength packaging vital to the U.S. military during World War II and secured major contracts with Coca-Cola and other beverage companies. Irma Harris was a civic leader serving with the Girl Scouts the Atlanta USO during World War II Travelers Aid the Atlanta Council of Jewish Women and as founder and president of the Peachtree Garden Club. An avid art and book collector she read extensively in French and German. Her bookplate is signed in the plate K. Merrill likely the work of the American painter and etcher Katherine Merrill 18761962. FIRST EDITION. Some copies are found with an errata slip tipped-in before the title page that states "The first story in this book 'The Gentleman from San Francisco' is translated by D.H. Lawrence and S.S. Koteliansky. Owing to a mistake Mr. Lawrence's name has been omitted from the title-page. The three other stories are translated by S.S. Koteliansky and Leonard Woolf." The title story was first printed in 1915 in the Russian anthology "Provo." It is set on the island of Capri where the author lived the last few winters before the start of the First World War. Ivan Bunin later became the first Russian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature 1933. Woolmer "A Checklist of the Hogarth Press 1917-1946" 19. Roberts "A Bibliography of D.H. Lawrence" B9. Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press hardcover
1935197095New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. 1935. First edition. 8vo. 8 pages of publisher's advertisements at end. Dust jacket unclipped; two small nicks. Very good-fine. No signatures or bookplates. Filmed in 1936 starring Edmund Lowe Virginia Bruce and HB Warner. F. Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. hardcover books
19351330955New York: P.F. Collier & Con Corporation 1935. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 332; Good; gray and burgundy pictorial spine with gilt text; no jacket; a Philo Vance story; cloth has modest wear to exterior; minor wear to corners; strong boards; text block has slight toning to exterior edges; tight binding. 1330955. FP New Rockville Stock. P.F. Collier & Con Corporation hardcover books
193517479New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. First Edition First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. The first edition first printing of The Garden Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story signed by S.S. Van Dine. Octavo 2 332pp 10pp ads. Publisher's black cloth title stamped in gilt. The first printing with the "Scribner's A" on the copyright page. Faint wear to black cloth light scuff mark on front cover along fore-edge. Solid text block internally clean. In the publisher's first state dust jacket $2.00 on the front flap two closed tears with archival tissue reinforcement to verso notable wear along bottom edge of front panel wear at tips a very good example. This copy is signed on the front free endpaper by S.S. Dine. The Garden Murder Case was first published in 1935 by Charles Scribner's Sons in New York. The novel was serialized in American Magazine beginning in February 1935 just before its book release. A British edition was issued the same year by Cassell and Company in London. The book was the ninth in the Philo Vance series and was one of the later entries before the character's popularity declined. A film adaptation by MGM starring Edmund Lowe as Vance was released in 1936. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown
1935n0465New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. Later entry in the Philo Vance series set amongst the horse-racing set filmed in 1936 starring Edmund Lowe as Vance. First printing with 'A' on copyright page. Hardcover full black cloth gilt titling. Light general wear gilt a bit tarnished ink name & dates rubberstamped name & address on free endsheet; jacket shows a bit of edgewear minor chipping & creasing short tear; front flap too closely trimmed removing the last letter from most words. Text clean; 332 pages 8 pages offering brief synopses & reviews of previous Vance novels. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 5½" by 7½". Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
193500004318New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 7 7-332 8 pages of publisher's advertisements pp. Black cloth with gold lettering on the front board and the spine. Attractive Near Fine book in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with edge wear and a few hints of rubbing. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
193526018New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1935. 1935. First edition. Former owner's name on front pastedown sheet completely hidden by the dust jacket flap else fine bright copy in price-clipped dust jacket with some minor professional restoration to spine ends and corners. While attending the running of one of America's great handicap horse races Philo Vance who is there playing the ponies hears a shot and is the first to discover the body. His investigation leads him into the world of "hay burners" book-makers betting jockeys and handicapping. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. unknown
193515504893SCRIBNER 1935. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. FIRST. A NEAR FINE FIRST EDITION IN VERY GOOD PLUS DUST JACKET.NOT PRICE CLIPPED $2.00. SCRIBNER Hardcover
