New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated) of this classic that "Sinclair Lewis thought indispensible to an understanding of the genre." (Catalogue of Crime) 8vo: [8],290pp. Publisher's black cloth, front cover and spine lettered in red, without the scarce dust jacket. About Fine (nearly... more
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1942. First American Edition. Hardcover. First Printing (the true first, published three months before the British edition). Demy 8vo: [6],245,[1]pp. Publisher's orange cloth embossed in black, fore-edge untrimmed. A superior example of this cheaply done wartime production, fine, tight and bright, with barely a hint of... more
![Murder For Christmas: A Poirot Story [Hercule Poirot's Christmas]. Agatha CHRISTIE.](/pictures/thumb/BB1580.jpg?v=1503721178)
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1939. First American Edition. Hardcover. First Printing. Demy 8vo: [10],272pp. Publisher's black pictorial cloth embossed in bright green, fore-edge untrimmed, wanting the dust jacket. A superior example of this cheaply done wartime production, fine, tight and bright. Wagstaff & Poole, pp. 153-57. Barzun & Taylor 767... more
New York: Dodd Mead, 1934. First American Edition. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo: [vi],246pp. Publisher's orange cloth, the spine and upper cover stamped in black, the top edge stained orange, the fore-edge untrimmed, with decorated endpapers; in an illustrated dust jacket priced at $2.00.A Very Fine copy, square, tight and extremely... more
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1868. First Edition thus. Decorative Cloth. First Illustrated Edition (which Collins thought "very picturesque") and First American Edition of "the first and greatest of English detective novels." (T. S. Eliot) Tall 8vo: 223,[1]pp (text in two columns), including two pages of publisher's ads and 66... more
New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing (so stated) of Faulkner's seventeenth novel. 8vo: [4],247,[1]pp. Publisher's black cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in blue and gold, top edge stained blue, title page printed in blue and black; pictorial dust jacket, illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer, priced... more
![[The Blofeld Trilogy, comprising] Thunderball; [with] On Her Majesty's Secret Service; [and] You Only Live Twice. Ian FLEMING.](/pictures/thumb/BB1531.JPG?v=1499796850)
London: Jonathan Cape [through 1964], 1961. Richard Chopping. First Edition. Hardcover. Three fine first impressions, First Issue or First State, of the author's eighth, tenth, and eleventh novels (Blofeld is absent from the ninth, The Spy Who Loved Me) in the iconic, correct-issue dust jackets illustrated by Richard Chopping. Uniformly... more
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1928. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated), fewer than 1000 copies issued. 8vo: 304pp. Publisher's moss-green cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in orange (apparently a variant binding; Wilden cites tan cloth printed in black); price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. A Fine, tightly bound, unmarked copy; in a.... more
![Odessa File, The [Inscribed]. Frederick FORSYTH.](/pictures/thumb/BB0639.jpg?v=1503717499)
London: Hutchinson, 1972. First Impression. Hardcover. First Edition ('First published 1972' on the copyright page) of the author's second book following The Day Of The Jackal. Filmed in 1974 film with Jon Voight and Maximilian Schell. 8vo; [x], 310pp. Publisher's black cloth, the spine stamped in silver gilt, the title... more
London: Michael Joseph, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression ("First published by . . . " on copyright page). 8vo: 238pp. Publisher's forest green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; in the iconic Trevor Denning dust jacket, priced 16s. A Fine example, square, tight and likely unread, with lightly spotted top... more
New York: Viking Press, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing ("First Published in March 1940" on copyright page), second state (correctly paginated, but pp. 165-6 and 255-256 are cancels, both stating "Chapter Three"; no author's note, dedication unaltered). 8vo: {8},301,[1]pp. Publisher's yellow cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in black... more
London: William Heinemann, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (First published 1958 on copyright page). 8vo: [6],273,[1]pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; illustrated dust jacket priced 15s. About Fine (pages marginally toned; neat, brief inscription to upper outside corner of free front end paper); Near Fine or... more
London: Cresset Press Ltd, 1956. First Impression. Hardcover. First Edition ("first published 1956" with no other printings noted). 8vo; 284pp. Publisher's scarlet cloth, the spine stamped in gilt, in an illustrated dust jacket priced at 15/-. A just about Fine copy, lightly read if at all, the spine gilt slightly... more
London: William Heinemann, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of Highsmith's most elusive title in collectible condition. 8vo: [4],284pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, spine stamped in gold; dust jacket illustrated by John Bance, priced 21s. A spectacular copy, apparently unread, with tight binding (spine ends lightly bumped), crisp gold lettering... more
London: Collins, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (no additional printings noted). 8vo; 287, [1]pp. Publisher's cinnamon-colored cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, the bottom edge untrimmed; in a pictorial dust jacket priced 9s/6d. Just about Fine, with the edges a bit darkened and the spine ends bumped; in a.... more
London: Collins, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (no additional printings noted). 8vo; 252, [4]pp. Publisher's French-blue cloth, the spine lettered in gilt, the bottom edge untrimmed; in a pictorial dust jacket priced 10s/6d. Near Fine, with the spine somewhat faded and the gilt dulled; in a just about Fine... more
London: Collins, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (no additional printings noted). 8vo; 255, [1]pp. Publisher's scarlet cloth, the spine lettered in black, the bottom edge untrimmed; in a pictorial dust jacket designed by Ruth Atkinson. Just about Fine, with a dust-spotted top edge; in a better than Near Fine... more
![Vivienne: Gently Where She Lay [Inscribed to his wife]. Alan HUNTER.](/pictures/thumb/BB1671.jpg?v=1505268729)
London: Cassell, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (First Published 1972 on copyright page). 8vo: 15,[2]pp. Publisher's bluish-green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, illustrated dust jacket priced £1.60 net. Inscribed by the author (and scarce such) in blue ink on front free end paper: "1972 / For My wife /... more
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. First American Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of the U. S. edition (with the Scribners 'A' on the copyright page) of the author's second mystery, first published in Great Britain in 1963. Fine, tight, clean copy in publisher's pea-green cloth with bright blue lettering, in... more
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1967. First American Edition. Hardcover. A spectacular copy of the third installment in the classic Adam Dalgliesh mystery series, from the "reigning mistress of murder” (Time). First Printing, with publisher's code A - 8.67 [MC] on copyright page. 8vo: Publisher's coarsely woven French blue cloth... more
Boston: Little, Brown, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing ("Published August, 1930," with no further printings noted). 8vo: [4],294pp. Publisher's yellow cloth stamped in black, pictorial dust jacket priced $2.00, with the wraparound band announcing "The New Oppenheim—Presenting Tottie Green's Gang." A Fine, virtually pristine copy in an As New... more
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1955. First Impression. Hardcover. First UK Edition (released only as a paperback, entitled Return of Sumuru, in the U.S.). Publisher's red cloth, spine and lower cover stamped in black; price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. Just about Fine, square, tight and unmarked (front hinge seamlessly repaired), but end papers... more
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (no further printings noted), translated from the French by Tony White. Small 8vo: 128pp. Publisher's chestnut cloth, spine stamped in gilt, pictorial dust jacket designed by Youngman Carter and priced 12s/6d. Near Fine or better (lightly spotted fore-edge, ball-point inscription to... more
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. First Printing. Decorative Cloth. First Edition, one of only 1500 copies, of this collection of original short stories (including "The Transferred Ghost" and "The Spectral Mortgage), excepting the title story, which was published first in the September issue of the magazine The Century, in... more
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing (with "A" and publisher's seal on copyright page). 8vo: 227,[7]pp. Publisher's canary yellow cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in black,fore-edge untrimmed, typographic dust jacket priced $2. A Near Fine or better copy, cloth clean and bright, offsetting to... more