London: William Heinemann, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression, one of Agatha Christie's six "romantic" novels, written pseudonymously. Small 8vo: [4],200pp. Publisher's finely woven violet cloth, spine stamped gilt; illustrated dust jacket by Biro, priced 10s/6d. A Fine copy, virtually pristine and likely unread, in an about Fine jacket (spine... more
London: Faber and Faber, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of this "novel of prodigious inventiveness and linguistic dexterity." (Pringle 100). Small 8vo: 253,[1]pp. Publisher's cinnamon-colored cloth, spine stamped in gilt, illustrated dust jacket by Oscar Mellor, priced 16s. About Fine (light spotting to top edge) square, tight, and bright;... more
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression. Small 8vo: 253,[1]pp. Publisher's royal blue cloth, spine stamped in gilt, top edge stained navy blue, illustrated dust jacket priced £1.50. Very slightly canted, else As New in a Fine jacket, tight, square, unmarked, and unread. Jones & Newman (eds.) 65... more
London: André Deutsch, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the UK edition ("First published 1974 . . ." on copyright page). 8vo: 272pp. Publisher's coarsely woven red cloth, spine lettered in gilt (still sharp), pink end papers; illustrated dust jacket, priced £1.95 beneath residue of removed sticker. Fine, tight... more
New York: Fredk. A. Stokes C, n.d. [c. 1905]. First Printing. Stiff Wrappers. First American Edition, the rare first separate book publication of this "classic, perhaps the best haunted-house story ever written." (Sullivan) Small, slim 8vo: 57,[3 blank, advertisement, blank]pp. Original chromolithographed wrappers, flat spine lettered in black, back panel... more
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston Viking [through 1987], 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Three volumes, all First Printings, all signed (but not inscribed) by Burroughs on title pages. Tall octavos: xviii (including frontispiece and title page), 332; [12],306; [12],258pp. Red Night: Publisher's beige paper-covered boads initialed in blind, terracotta cloth... more
![Pines of Jaalam [Signed]. Daniel CHASE.](/pictures/thumb/BB0004.jpg?v=1499796634)
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. First Edition, as stated. Hardcover. Signed copy of a scarce title. Stated first edition of the New England author's second book. About Fine (beautifully preserved, save for slight soiling to the text block) publisher's green cloth with crisp black lettering, in a Near Fine or better dust... more
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1956. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated) of Clarke's "most characteristic and most enduring" novel (Magill). 8vo: viii,310pp. Publisher's blue and grey marbled paper-covered boards decorated with silver, red, yellow, and green stars, spine lettered with silver foil, illustrated dust jacket, with author's photograph to... more
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing of Doctorow's second novel and scarcest book, never reprinted and later orphaned by the author (his web site makes no mention of this title). 8vo: (6),218pp. Publisher's crimson cloth, spine stamped in gilt, top edge stained crimson, cream-colored typographic... more
![The Body Snatchers [wraparound band]. Jack FINNEY, pseud. Walter Braden Finney.](/pictures/thumb/BB1219.jpg?v=1499796741)
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (no further printings noted), with the uncommon promotional wraparound band, "The Star Thriller of the Month." Small 8vo: 192pp. Publisher's scarlet cloth, spine lettered in black, dust jacket priced 10s/6d. Faint spotting to top edge, leaves toned at margins (as... more
London: Michael Joseph, 1971. First Impression. Hardcover. First Printing ("First published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph 1971" on copyright page). 8vo; 194pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, the spine stamped gilt, in a pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Graham Humphreys and priced at £1.75. A just about Fine copy, probably... more
London: Michael Joseph, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (first published . . . 1958), collecting five stories set in the West Indies and featuring Horatio Hornblower, now an admiral. 8vo: 283,[1]pp. Publisher's royal blue cloth, the spine stamped gilt; in a price-clipped pictorial dust jacket designed by Biro. A.... more
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1944. First Edition, as stated. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated). Octavo, 157pp. Publisher's grey cloth, the spine and upper board lettered in blue, the top edge stained brown. About Fine, in an about Fine pictorial dust jacket priced at $2.00. Very scarce thus. Note: With... more
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing (Scribner's "A" on copyright page) of "one of the two or three best of Heinlein's 'juveniles.'" (Pringle). 8vo: x,302pp. Publisher's grey cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in red, illustrated end papers and double-page title, dust jacket design by... more
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1951. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated). 8vo: [10], 11-256pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth lettered in gilt with green paper-covered covers and "time line" end papers; in a pictorial dust jacket, priced $3.00, brilliantly illustrated by Hubert Rogers. A Fine copy, tightly bound, with bright, clean... more
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. First Printing. Hardcover. First Printing. Near Fine (offsetting to end papers) publisher's red boards with bright silver lettering and a beautiful lavender top stain, in a Near Fine or better (some soiling to rear panel) pictorial dust jacket. "The 'Cardi' is William Jones who comes home... more
London: New English Library, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First Issue (with gutter code R49 at page 447) of the first UK edition of King’s third novel and the first to hit the New York Times bestseller list, marking the beginning of his long reign as the heavyweight of contemporary popular... more
New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1929. First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition (so stated). 8vo: [6],329,[1]pp. Publisher's French blue cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in gilt, top edge stained yellow, fore-edge untrimmed, map end papers, title page printed in pink and black; pictorial dust jacket by George Illian, priced $2.50. Near... more
![The Last Battle [Chronicles Of Narnia]. Clive. Staples LEWIS.](/pictures/thumb/BB0410.jpg?v=1499796659)
London: The Bodley Head, 1968. Early Reprint. Hardcover. Sixth Printing. Small 8vo, 184pp, with illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Publisher's grey cloth, the spine titled gilt, in a bright pictorial dust jacket priced at 13s/6d. Fine (and probably unread) in a Fine jacket with some smudges to the white back panel... more
![Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The [Chronicles Of Narnia]. Clive. Staples LEWIS.](/pictures/thumb/BB0676.jpg?v=1499796685)
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1960. Later printing. Hardcover. Third Impression (dated on the final page, "reprinted 1960"). Small 8vo, 224pp, with illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Publisher's French blue cloth, the spine titled in silver, with illustrated end papers; in the correct third-impression pictorial dust jacket priced at 10s/6d. Near Fine, with... more
London: Rich & Cowan Ltd, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression (first published August 1933 on copyright page), edited, with a foreword, by John Gawsworth and an introduction by Lord Alfred Douglas. 8vo: xxi,[3],25-313[1]pp, with photographic frontispiece portrait. Publisher's cornflower blue cloth, spine paneled and lettered in black; pictorial dust... more
New York: Saturday Review Press/ E. P. Dutton, 1974. First Edition, as stated. Hardcover. First Edition, so stated. A virtually flawless copy of this amusing collaboration. As New orange paper-covered boards with bright orange lettering on an oatmeal-colored cloth spine, in an As New dust jacket designed by Gorey. Apparently... more
London: Chatto & Windus, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression of the author's fifth novel. 8vo: 252pp. Publisher's cinnamon-colored paper over boards simulating cloth, spine stamped in gilt; pictorial dust jacket designed by John Woodcock, priced 18s net. About Fine (apparently unread); about Fine jacket (spine and back panels lightly... more
London: Chatto & Windus, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. First Impression. 8vo: 319,(1)pp. Publisher's pale olive cloth, spine stamped in gilt, top edge stained slate-blue; illustrated dust jacket by Christopher Comford, priced 21s. About Fine (spine tips lightly faded, one corner bumped), Near Fine or better jacket (back panel toned). Fletcher... more
Boston: Little, Brown, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo: viii,374pp. Publisher's teal cloth, spine lettered in silver, upper cover stamped in silver with wave motif, three-master, and long boat, top edge stained rose, map end papers; dust jacket, priced $2.50, illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. Fine (save for several... more