Buffalo, NY: Top Stories, 1981. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's illustrated stiff card wraps. [24pp]. Light wear to extremities, a couple of small scratches to the front panel; internally clean, ink stamp of "Top Stories" NYC address to copyright page. A very good, clean copy. An early piece of searing..... More

[New Haven? 1867?]. First Thus. Scarce handbill issued within the first two years of the founding of the Association, this version of the Constitution listing XII clauses, chiefly "to aid the development of Social Science, and to guide the public mind to the best practical means of promoting the Amendment..... More

London: Phaidon, 2005. First Edition. Folio. 33cm. Publisher's white cloth titled in silver gilt to spine, with publisher's imprint to front board. Dustjacket. 288pp. Minor bumping to corners and spine ends, some very slight areas of soiling, tight and strong; internally clean and fresh, signed and dated by Mary Ellen..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. First American Edition. Bentley's follow-up to his 1913 novel Trent's Last Case, co-written with his friend H. Warner Allen. HUBIN, p.31. First Printing. Octavo; orange cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; 324pp, [2]. Hint of darkening..... More

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Tan cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 292pp. Small (ca 1/2" dia) faint stain at upper corner of front board, else a tight, Very Good or better copy. In the original W.A. Dwiggins dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.00 on front flap) with..... More

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. First American Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's vivid golden yellow boards titled in orange to spine and front board. 354pp. Very minor wear and scuffing to extremities and spine ends, a little darkening to the cloth of the spine and perhaps some very light..... More

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1949. First Edition. Basis for Gerd Oswald's 1958 film noir, starring Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey, and Gypsy Rose Lee. HUBIN, p.54. First Printing. Octavo; yellow paper-covered boards, with titling and publisher's logo stamped in black to spine and front cover; dustjacket; 248, [8]pp. Slight..... More

Boston: The Writer Inc., 1945. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. 237pp. Slight bumping and some minor wear to spine ends and extremities, mostly presenting as scuffing of the cloth. A very good, clean copy, strong and durable. Internally clean, with..... More

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1917. First American Edition. Best-known book by Burke (1886-1945), a collection of 14 short stories set in the Limehouse borough of London's poverty-stricken East End, featuring the the Chinese character Quong Lee as narrator. "The Chink and the Child," the first story in..... More

New York: Random House, [1937]. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm.); original cloth in pictorial dust jacket by "Lieberman," grey topstain; 278pp. Light shelf wear, spine a bit toned, else Very Good to Near Fine. "The Story of a Reformed Bank Robber," who finds religion in the penitentiary. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1964. First American Edition. Collection of eight stories which first appeared in the pages of pulp magazines like Black Mask, Dime Detective, and Detective Story Magazine. First Printing. Octavo; blue cloth, with titles stamped in white on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 394pp. A few faint..... More

Albany: New York State Temperance Society, 1835. Third edition. Octavo (21cm). Sewn, printed self-wrappers; 96pp; untrimmed. External soil and scattered foxing to contents; old damp-stain in gutter throughout; complete and Good. AMER. IMPRINTS 30906. More

Indianapolis, IN: N.P., 1906. Original lithographed wanted poster, with text and photographic portrait printed in black on recto only; measures 10.75" x 7". Thin strip of paper reinforcement along top edge verso, a few faint folds and small tears; brief penciled notation to left of portrait; Very Good, clean example..... More