Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1908. First Edition. First Printing, Binding "B" (Reilly and Britton in upper and lower case letters). Octavo (23.5cm); light-blue cloth; front cover paper label illustrated in full color on metallic gold background; titled in black on spine with tin woodsman vignette embellished in silver; 256pp; 16..... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1935. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); light gray cloth, titled in red and black on a black background on spine; black topstain; dustjacket; 263pp. Faint soil to rear cover; Near Fine or better. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50) with a few minor nicks and..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1957. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); turquoise cloth covered boards with maroon titles on spine and mother with puppies on front cover; dustjacket; 199pp; illustrations throughout by Janet and Ann Grahame-Johnstone. Toning to the upper board edges; sunning to spine; mild foxing to the pictorial..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1946. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); blue boards titled in black on spine; dustjacket; 250pp. Spine ends gently pushed; light wear to upper board edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00) with chipping and short tears to the extremities; minor loss to upper front..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1953. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); blue-gray cloth, titled in maroon on spine; dustjacket; 303pp. Light rubbing with a few white scuff marks; spine ends pushed; Very Good+. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50) with chipping and short tears to the extremities; rubbing and..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1939. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); blue cloth titled in yellow on the cover and spine; yellow topstain; dustjacket; 265,[5]pp. Spine ends gently pushed; faint scuff to topstain; extensive checkmarks to the publisher's book list on terminal leaves; Very Good+. The dustjacket is price-clipped..... More
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1934. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); russet cloth boards titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 416pp. Spine ends gently pushed; mild foxing to upper textblock; Near Fine. Dustjacket is priced 7/6 net on spine; light rubbing and dust soil, with a few nicks and..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1941. First Edition. First Prinitng. Octavo (19.5cm); brick red cloth covered boards titled in white on spine; dustjacket; 281pp. Spine ends pushed; lower edge of boards are mildly rubbed; Very Good+. The dustjacket is price-clipped with short closed tears and nicks to extremities; dampstaining..... More
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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1970. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue, a review copy with the publisher's slip laid in. Octavo (20.5cm); pictorial wraps titled in blue, gold and green on front cover and spine; 92pp. Mild toning to spine; Near Fine. Pulitzer Prize winning author's second full length..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1970. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Octavo (21.5cm). Blue paper covered boards with yellow/gold cloth backstrip; titled in black on spine; publisher's device stamped in blind on front cover; dustjacket; 92pp. Spine ends pushed; faint forward lean; with some rough erasure to front endpaper;..... More
New York: Julian Messner, 1957. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm). Gold paper covered boards titled in black on spine; dustjacket; 319pp. Spine ends are pushed; minor bumps to lower front board; Near Fine of better. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95); verso has unnecessary tape reinforcement to spine ends..... More
New York: Cosmopolitan, 1929. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); mint green cloth covered boards titled in black on front cover and spine; dustjacket by Theodore Nadejen; 378pp. Spine ends are pushed with rubbing, mostly at crown; tiny bookseller's ticket inside rear cover; Very Good+. The "art deco" dustjacket is..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. Limited Edition. One of 2,300 copies, this being # 970 (stamped on limitation page and verso of dustjacket). Octavo (21.5cm); off-white cloth covered boards with gilt borders and titles on cover and spine; brown endpapers; uncut pages; dustjacket by Paul Wenck; 310pp. A few bumps..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1941. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); russet cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [x],269,[1]pp. Softening to spine ends, light wear to corners, with a tiny scuff to lower front cover, and some offsetting to pastedowns from..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1933. First American Edition. "The pearls with their emerald clasp had been Marion's greatest pride. She had worn them on all occasions right up to the day of her tragic death. Rosamun had been surprised when the lawyers told her that Marion had left her..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1962. First Edition. Le Carré's second novel and the second book to feature master spy George Smiley, set in a small town and centered around an elite private school. BARZUN & TAYLOR 1361; HUBIN, p.249. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1926. Second Edition. Later Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); red brown paper covered boards, titled in orange on the cover and spine; orange topstain; dustjacket; 371pp; illustrated by W.T. Benda. Spine ends lightly pushed; mild rubbing to the extremities; faded topstain; extensive pencil erasure to endpapers; Very Good+. Dustjacket..... More
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New York: The Noonday Press, 1957. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black cloth covered boards titled in yellow and orange on the cover and spine; dustjacket; 132pp. Fine. The pictorial dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00) with light rubbing and edgewear; Near Fine. Basis for the French film, Thomas..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First Edition. First Printing, ["A" on copyright page]. Octavo (19.5cm); pink cloth covered, decorative boards, titled in black and gilt on cover and spine; dustjacket; author's personal "victorian gentleman's calling card" loosely laid in at title page; 277pp. Spine ends lightly pushed; soiling to..... More
London: Collins, 1983. First Edition. First Impression. Signed on the title page by the author. Octavo (20.5cm). Red paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 275pp. Spine ends lightly pushed; light soil to the right edge of textblock; small blue circle with "c" stamped underneath signature on title..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1913. First Edition. "This South Carolina rice planter and author was 58 before she found a market for her writings. This is a collection of humorous and whimsical accounts of the people and simple events at Chicora and...Plantersville [South Carolina]. The story not only of her trials..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1979-1983. First U.K. Editions. First Impressions. Five octavo volumes (22.5cm); blue paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; pale gray/blue topstain; dustjackets; 365; 245; 288; 145; 179pp. All are Near Fine or better with topstain faded on most volumes. The dustjackets are uniform, designed by David..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1928. Second Edition. Phoenix Library. Octavo (17.5cm). Orange cloth covered boards; publisher's device stamped in blind on cover and titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 326,[10]pp ads. Spine ends pushed with shallow loss to crown; faint offsetting to endpapers; Very Good+. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); dark blue decorative paper covered boards; titled in black and white on spine; yellow topstain; dustjacket; 131pp. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners, faint foxing to topstain; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00) with light..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1932. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20cm); lime green cloth covered boards titled in black on cover and spine; colorful pictorial endpapers; map; red topstain; 312pp. Soiling and discoloration to the boards; sunning to spine; light foxing to a few prelininary leaves; Very Good..... More
