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69945Boston MA: Wentworth and Company 1856. Crime classic FIRST AUTHORISED AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.ii; 376. Bound in half red morocco tooled in gilt matching red cloth sides ruled in gilt. Contents clean no inscriptions some acceptable wear to covers small crack to upper joint. A very good copy. 'Waters' is considered among the first and most prolific authors to write 'police memoirs' or detective stories. From 1849-1852 he contributed an irregular series of stories to Chambers' Edinburgh Journal. Ten of these were published in pirated book-form editions in New York in 1852 and 1853 entitled The Recollections of a Policeman. The same ten plus two additional stories were then collated into an official volume entitled Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer published in London in 1856. In the same year twenty-one stories were authorised for publication in America the present volume being the most comprehensive of all the early versions. Boston, MA: Wentworth and Company, 1856 unknown
1165096935.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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1852002646New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. 1852 Bound in brown blind stamped cloth 238 pp. bright gilt spine titles.This ia a first edition pirated preceding the first British edition by four years the first authorized American edition by five. This copy with chipped spine extremities shelf wear spotting to front cover and the first twelve and last five leaves of text foxed. Quite bright and clean. A good to very good copy. Cornish, Lamport & Co. hardcover
185244206New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. Publishers 1852. 1852. First edition. This is the true first American edition that was first issued as a pirated edition by Cornish Lamport & Co. in 1852 with the text lifted from CHAMBER'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL and "some of our American Magazines." The first U. K. edition was published in 1856 as RECOLLECTIONS OF A DETECTIVE POLICE-OFFICER. The first authorized American edition was published in 1857 in Boston by Wentworth and Company. Thomas Waters was the pseudonym of William Russell. 8vo. Original burgandy cloth decorated in blind on front and rear covers titles stamped in gold gilt on the spine 238 pp. preface. Queen 's Quorum 2 says this book is "the most important criminological yellow-back of its time." The first collection of British Detective stories and preceded only by Edgar Allan Poe's TALES in 1845 according to Queen's Quorum. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends corners and extremities cloth is lightly rubbed former owner's name on front pastedown sheet else a very good copy of a rare book. Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers, 1852. hardcover
1853E14237New York: Cornish Lamport & Co 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. 8vo. in red cloth. 238 pp. True tales of a "Detective Policeman" of London who ".is in some repects peculiar to England--one of the developments of the last twenty five years.the record of 'hair-breath 'scapes whcih follow is another verification of the old saying 'Truth is stranger than fiction'". The binding while tight with hinges fully intact is well worn with the spine being chipped and lacking several pieces; covers soiled. The text has some occasional foxing and small stains. Remarkably scarce in first edition. <br/><br/> Cornish, Lamport & Co hardcover
18529305New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. Publishers 1852. 1st Edition . Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Extremely scarce first printing. This is the true first American edition that was first issued as a pirated edition by Cornish Lamport & Co. in 1852 with the text lifted from CHAMBER'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL and "some of our American Magazines." Front board very close to detaching binding repaired with tape. Noticeable shelf-wear soiling bumping etc. Some foxing pages otherwise clean. <br/> <br/> Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers hardcover
1356725325.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1716143977.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
192700278520Ipswich Mass.: Ipswich Mass.: Ipswich Historical Society 1927 1927 Original Wraps. Good. First Edition. American History Biography. Owner's Name. Vol xxvi edge wear history of Ipswich John Wise Chebacco Michael Farely 41 pgs data on society lists names publicationsstapled. Owner's Name. First Edition. Original Wraps. Good. Ipswich, Mass.: Ipswich Historical Society, 1927 paperback
2000Q-0963761617Riparian Pr 2000-05-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Riparian Pr paperback
2000DADAX0963761617Brand: Adventure Publications 2000-05-01. First Edition. paperback. New. 6.25x1.75x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Brand: Adventure Publications paperback
112361Hong Kong RHGC nd. c.1960. 2102pp. 8vo. Original boards unevenly faded and a little marked. B/w illustrations. Name in ink on ffe a few juvenile ink marks on p.101 and rear fre endpapers. Some foxing to endpapers and edges otherwise a very good copy. . Scarce. [Hong Kong, RHGC nd. c.1960.] hardcover
109808019X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
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0974226955.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19931376911Seattle WA: Hermetic Press 1993. Hardcover. Quarto xviii 806 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket has light bumping and creasing throughout with a faint liquid stain to the top left front cover. Bottom exterior text block has a light green stain. NOTE: Shelved in ND-HV. 1376911. FP New Rockville Stock. Hermetic Press hardcover
1945784091.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0486838129New. Brand new and still unused unknown
1967128905Lancer Books 73-656 1967. Very Good Plus. No. 6 spine in publisher series First Edition perfect-bound softcover 12mo photo cover featuring blonde lady with pistol. Vintage paperback Dr. Lowell Simon Dee LSD knew aikido and Asian languages here as "Oriental" and he knew how to blend in with the Haight-Ashbury crowd. Drugs and humor girls and trips. Very Good Plus condition faint foxing rubbing toning slight lean spine creases. Pretty purple painted edges. For mature readers. Lancer Books 73-656 paperback
54440MASSACHUSETTS. IPSWICH. WATERS Thomas. Frank. Candlewood An Ancient Neighborhood in Ipswich with Genealogies of John Brown William Fellows Robert Kinsman. Salem MA: The Salem press Co. 1909. 1st ed. 163 pp. Map frontis. illus. map. orig. printed wrappers. A near fine copy. unknown
1400132266.GaudioCD. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
20061-0525949291Dutton Adult 2006. Hardcover. New. 320 pages. 9.50x6.75x1.00 inches. Dutton Adult hardcover
2007Q-0452288711Plume 2007-09-25. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Plume paperback
2006Q-0525949291Dutton Adult 2006-10-19. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Dutton Adult hardcover
