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, 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

Hartford, Ct. American Publishing Company, 1894. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. An absolutely exceptionally copy of the first state (sheets bulk 1 1/8 inches, title leaf conjugate—not tipped in—Twain's facsimile signature to frontispiece measuring 1 7/16" wide [Variant A]). Tall, thick 8vo: [6],15-432pp, with tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece and numerous marginal illustrations... 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

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

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: 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: The Readers Library, n.d. [c. 1925]. Early Reprint. Hardcover. A smart 1920's reprint in the handsome dust jacket. Small 8vo: 253,[1]pp. Publisher's maroon linen, spine and upper cover heavily stamped in gold; illustrated wraparound dust jacket, unpriced and unclipped. About Fine (spine tail bumped, small dent to top of... 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: 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. 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

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