First American Edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean black and rose red cloth boards with silver lettering and small snaffle bit on cover and spine. Very narrow line of fading at top spine edge (1/16"), no bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean illustrated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with drawings by Laurian Jones (the author's daughter who was 13 years old). 303 pages + "Author's Note". Clean jacket has some fading to red background portion of spine, edge wear and small corner chips, one 2-1/4" closed tear alon... View More...
Beautiful first Photo Play Edition in original dust jacket. Clean green ribbed cloth boards with burgundy decorative border, crisp stamped white lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper. Many pages of illustrations, stills from the SEL film starring William Farnum and Kathlyn Williams. 314 pages. In a very good minus dust jacket which has a few small chips along bottom edge, light soiling, a few short closed tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
New York: Random House , 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing with correct number line and all correct first edition points, in clean dust jacket. Clean unfaded dark green boards with black cloth spine, metallic lettering on cover (author's initials) and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 388 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, small price clip at upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover... View More...
Here is a great collection of three books - 1) a first edition, first printing of Minight in the Garden of Good and Evil, SIGNED by author John Berendt; 2) a first edition, first printing Modern Library Edition of the same title with Introduction by John Berendt; 3) a first edition, first printing of "Hiding My Candy" by The Lady Chablis (a primary character featured in the book and the movie), with an Introduction by John Berendt. All books and jackets are in excellent condition. All jackets are clean and unchipped, unclipped and in new archival quality mylar covers. The signed true first edi... View More...
Stated first printing in original dust jacket; it is missing the recorded introduction by Arlo Guthrie. Color illustrated cloth-covered boards are quite clean, have light corner/edge wear - no fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Photo illustrated endpapers are clean and unmarked. Illustrated title page; pages and text block edges are clean, with photo illustrations by Howell Conant and Benno Friedman (many in full color); stills from the United Artists motion picture "Alice's Restaurant", spice and herb charts by the Spice Islands Company; and drawings throughout by Alice M... View More...
Doubleday & Co., 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. True first edition, first printing, with number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 and April 2003 First Edition on copyright page. "DOUBLEDAY/New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland" on the title page. First Edition, First Printing points are present, including mis-spelling of "skitoma" on page 243. Very clean black boards with bright gold lettering on black cloth spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean bright endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 454 pgs. Correct first edition bo... View More...
New York: Doubleday & Co., 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Near Fine. Clean black boards with clean black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. Small bump to one corner tip; very slight surface wear at base of spine. Binding is tight, no cracking, with very slight lean. Pages and edges are clean. Small previous owner last name at top edge of front free endpaper. 454 pgs. April 2003 First Edition and full number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on copyright page. "DOUBLEDAY/New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland" on the title page. All first edition, first printing points present, in... View More...
Fine hardcover book from the Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces, with illustrations by the inimitable Edward Gorey. Clean black cloth boards with triple gold line border on cover with large Gorey paste-on illustration (no wear). Gold lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Gilt page edges all around. Clean illustrated endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Edward Gorey's interior illustrations and cover panel first appeared in 1967 in a Swiss edition of "The Thirty-nine Steps." 177 pages. View More...
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean hardcover book in original dust jacket. Black cloth boards with blind-stamped lettering on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers, no names, writing or bookplates. 406 pgs. No publication date. Dustjacket with price on spine (3/6 net) has very light soiling, a few very small edge chips, closed edge tear on spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The Playwright: "Hangman's House", was produced for Broadway in 1926. The film Hangman's ... View More...
No. 60 Avon paperback with great illustrated cover. Light vertical creasing at spine; a little waviness to cover. Pages are clean, no marks, but tanned. 191 pages. View More...
New York: William Morrow, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition in clean original jacket. Marbled green boards with yellow cloth spine, black lettering on spine. Hint of fading to board edges; very light dust soiling to spine. Binding is tight & square, no bumping or wear. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 218 pp. Clean dustjacket is price clipped, unchipped, tiny closed tear at upper rear spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A novel set in Africa, where a certain valley is soon to be ... View More...
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Photo Play Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Clean green cloth boards with dark green lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear; hint of slightest fading to lower edges. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean, illustrated endpapers (illustrated with stills from United Artists film). 506 pgs. Clean bright color illustrated dustjacket has very shallow chipping at top spine edge, short closed tear and tiny chip at lower spine edge, a few additional tiny closed edge tears, very slight fading to spine. Enclosed in new archival quali... View More...
Fine First Edition, First Printing (with complete number line on copyright page), SIGNED by the author, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean gray boards with blue spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no previous owner markings. Signed "Lee Child" on blank fly leaf, with publisher's "Signed Copy" (removable) sticker on front of jacket to verify authenticity. 356 pages + "About the Author." Clean bright jacket is not price clipped, no wear, no tears, no chips; enclosed in new archiv... View More...
New York: Triangle Books, 1943. Reprint. Very Good+/Very Good+. Very clean red boards with gray lettering on cover and spine. Very narrow line of fading at top edge of boards and spine. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers, with previous owner name neatly penned on front free endpaper. Hint of tanning to pages (much less than usual with Triangle Books). 307 pgs. Clean dustjacket has hint of fading, one tiny shallow chip at top of rear panel, a few very short closed edge tears. Cover of jacket is illustrated with still from the motion picture. 8vo. ... View More...
New York: Charles Scribner, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing (with "A" appearing on copyright page A-9.65[ V ] ) in original dust jacket. Clean yellow cloth boards with reddish brown lettering and small decoration on cover, reddish brown lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 383 pages. Clean dust jacket is price clipped (front inside flap has clip at both top and bottom edge), 1" closed tear at rear spine fold, a few very ... View More...
New York: Viking Press, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition in unclipped first issue jacket. Clean blue and rose cloth boards with gold title box across front board and spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean; previous owner name neatly penned on front fixed endpaper. 265 pages. Dust jacket is not price clipped (2.50 on front inside flap), has some edge wear and very small edge chips, small surface scrape below title on front panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Anti-war novel in... View More...
New York: Coward, Mccann & Geoghegan, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean pale gray boards with black cloth spine, bright silver lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean decorated endpapers (the Prizzi family tree). No names, writing or marks. 316 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped(13.95 on front inside flap), no tears. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
Very clean first edition, first printing in a clean unclipped dust jacket. No bumping or fading, binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. No names, writing or marks. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. View More...
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926. Photoplay Edition. Good/Good+. Photoplay edition in original jacket. Blue ribbed cloth boards with black lettering and decoration on cover, black lettering on spine. Some light water stains to bottom front board edge, rear board edge, otherwise clean. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner inscription on front free endpaper. 342 pgs. Illustrated with stills from the movie starring Lillian Gish. Color illustrated dustjacket featuring portrait of Lillian Gish seated on stairwell has shallow chipping ... View More...
New York: Random House, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Very clean orange boards with clean beige cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 233 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Captivating novel about a man who is deserted by his wife and left to care for his four-year old son; made into a blockbuster movie in 1979 starring Meryl Streep and Dustin... View More...
