New York: Ballantine, 1968. First Edition. Stated First Printing, July 1968. Publisher's Code U6124. Signed bookplate loosely laid-in at the title page; Octavo (18cm); pictorial card wrappers, priced 75 cents; yellow edge staing; 310pp. Former owner's name on front free endpaper; subtle tanning to text edges with some trivial wear..... More

London: Heinemann, 1963. First Edition. Dustjacket and illustrations by the author. A Gong'an detective novel based on the real character of Judge Dee (Ti Jen-chieh or Di Renjie) who is attending the Dragon Boat races accompanied by his three ladies. The sudden death of a young student crewing one of..... More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1938. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black cloth, blind stamped on cover with spine titled in gilt; red topstain; dustjacket; 308pp. Spine ends gently nudged; minor spots of soiling to bottom of textblock; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00); dampstain to bottom..... More

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1923. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); blue cloth with paper title-label titled in black on the spine; dustjacket; 236pp. Rubbing to the spine ends and extremities; 1 cm. tear to the crown; mildly toned title label; adhesive shadow from a removed bookplate inside the..... More

New York: Crime Club / Doubleday, 1941. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo. (19.5cm); light blue cloth titled in purple on spine; dustjacket; 272pp. Front forward lean; spine ends pushed with tiny tears to crown; mild sunning to spine and board edges; faint offesetting inside covers; Very Good. The dustjacket is..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20cm); dark orange cloth titled in blue on cover and spine; brown topstain; 294pp. Spine ends pushed and corners nudged; rubbing and bumps to bottom board edges; mild toning to endpapers; faint forward lean with ghost of an old..... More

London: Chatto and Windus, 1931. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19.5cm); light blue boards titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; gray topstain; 266pp. Crown gently pushed, else a Fine copy. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced 7s. 6d. net); nicks and short tears to the extremities; toning to the spine with..... More

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1962. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); bright yellow paper covered boards titled in black on spine; dustjacket; 192pp. Spine ends pushed, faint forward lean; Very Good+. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.95); Faint rubbing to rear panel; minimal edgewear; Near Fine. Twenty-third book..... More

New York: Crime Club / Doubleday, 1964. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); light brown cloth titled in black on spine; dustjacket; 213pp. Spine ends pushed; small bump to the top of the front board; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95) with toning to the flaps; mild rubbing..... More

Mt. Horeb, WI: Night Heron Press, 1977. First, Limited Edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by the author, this being #185; (13.35cm); letterpress printed sheets, sewn into gray handmade wrappers, with printed title label mounted to front cover; [28]pp. Fine copy. Short collection of verse by American poet and..... More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1935. First Edition. "Story of a marathon dance, with all its attendant ballyhoo, set in the Depression years of the 1930's. One of the main participants, a youth still idealistic but down on his luck, reacts to the deep pessimism of his dancing partner by..... More

London: Michael Joseph, 1976. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm); Black paper-covered boards titled in silver on spine; dustjacket; 237pp; Fine. The dustjacket is price clipped and gently rubbed at spine tips; Near Fine. Author's first novel, a techno-thriller involving a highjacked flight inbound towards Heathrow airport is the author's first novel..... More

London: Orion, 1994. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Bookplate signed by the author (with tic-tac-toe symbol drawn beneath signature), loosely laid in at the title page. Octavo (22.5cm). Black paper covered boards titled in silver on spine; dustjacket; 278pp. Fine.The dustjacket is unclipped (priced £15.99) with a faint surface scratch..... More