The Green Shadow by GRANT, James Edward - 1935

New York: Dodd Mead, 1930. SCARCE in the Arthur Hawkins Art Deco dustjacket( the American 1st in jacket is scarcer than the British.). Peach-colored cloth boards printed in green and black, and with Art Deco printed endpages and pastedowns. Small, neatly-printed prior owner name in ink front endpage. Top edge lightly faded. Dustjacket is darkened at spine, and has chips at head and heels of spine and at flap folds. . First American Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good.

London: Collins, 1940 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original bright red cloth on boards. Book has no writing or damage. DJ missing small bits of word "at" on front cover and word "death" at head of backstrip. DJ torn 2 inches at bottoms of both joints and across upper right corner. Not repaired. Original price 8/3 on lower flap. Eight friends usually get together for darts, but tonight they join in an experiment, following which one of the party is no longer able to play. 284 pp. plus ads. Tiny bookshop sticker..

[Los Angeles: Universal Pictures], 30 June 1942.. [1],107 leaves. Quarto. Mimeographed typescript, printed on rectos only of salmon colored stock. Bradbound. Pencil name on title leaf ("Milton Feld," a Universal producer at the time), a few annotations in color pencil, very good or better. A first draft of this contribution to the Holmes screen canon. Released in April of 1943, SHERLOCK HOLMES IN WASHINGTON was directed by Roy William Neill, and starred Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. The association of Lynn Riggs, the Oklahoma-born, part-Cherokee gay playwright and poet with this project is very interesting. It is one of at least two of the Universal Holmes titles that Riggs worked on, the other being an (until recently) uncredited revised draft of the screenplay for SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE VOICE OF TERROR (also dated 1942). Riggs is most widely known for his play, GREEN GROW THE LILACS, which was immensely popular as the musical adaptation, OKLAHOMA!, but little has been written about his years as… Read More

283+[7 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with green lettering to spine and lettering to cover bordered with a green rectangle boarder in original jacket. Inscribed by the author. 283+[7 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with green lettering to spine and lettering to cover bordered with a green rectangle border in original jacket. (Firsts, Volume 14, Number 9, pages 31) First edition.First edition. The Casino Murder Case is a 1934 novel written by S. S. Van Dine in the series about fictional detective Philo Vance. In this outing, a murder investigation is connected with a private casino on New York's Upper West Side, and the wealthy and unorthodox family that operates it. It was adapted into a film in 1935. Bookplate for the library of Henry Tatnall Brown, Jr. Henry Brown's bookplate may be a miniature autobiography: the three institutional seals at the bottom suggest that he attended the public schools… Read More

1037 pages with frontispiece, drawings, illustrations, photographs and plates. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's beige cloth with black lettering to spine and cover in original pictorial jacket. Signed sheet by the author laid in. (Firsts: Volume 14, number 9, page 32. First omnibus edition. This omnibus edition, published after Garden, collects three of the earlier titles: Scarab, Dragon and Kennel Murder Cases. More importantly it also contains several essential articles, both by and about Willard Huntington Wright, including his "Twenty Rules for Writing Detective Stories." Also included are several "portraits" of Philo Vance from the serialization of the novels in periodicals, and a motion picture studio portrait of William Powell as Vance. this copy has a inscribed leaflet: To Harry F Crouss Yours for bigger and better crimes! S S Van Dine. Condition: Inscribed sheet by the author laid in. Jacket with minor rubbing to edges, few scratches else near fine in like jacket.

New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1982. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1982 Holt, Rinehart Winston TRUE FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing **SIGNED** directly on the front page. Though ex-library a very sold copy but with the usual wear including a very faded stamp at the top page edges. It is in VG/VG condition. The gray boards are very clean with very minor edge wear. a crease in the spine enad just a bit of a lean. Inside there has been reinforcement fo the endpages and a bit of wrinkling on the ffep. There is a white tape covering what was probably a library stamp not affecting any print. The text is clean and tight. The unclipped DJ shows very minor wear at the edges, corners and spine ends. Still an very rare true first!! **Brenbooks specializes in first edition mysteries, many signed! **BONUS** Receive the 1950 Rinehart First Edition of her father's 4th novel "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" in Vg/Vg condition. It is beautifully **SIGNED & INSCRIBED**… Read More

Norwalk: Easton Press [no date]. (Hardcover in slipcase) Fine. The complete set bound in brown leather with titles and cover illustration stamped in gilt, each in a fine slipcase designed to resemble the original dust jacket. All edges gilt, ribbon page markers, illustrated endpapers. The Easton bookplate signed by the previous owner in each volume. Vol. 1 The Tower Treasure. Vol. 2 The House on the Cliff. Vol. 3 The Secret of the Old Mill. Vol. 4 The Missing Chums. Vol. 5 Hunting for Hidden Gold. Vol. 6 The Shore Road Mystery. Vol. 7 The Secret of the Caves. Vol. 8 The Mystery of Cabin Island. Vol. 9 The Great Airport Mystery. Vol.10 What Happened at Midnight. Vol.12 Footprints Under the Window. Vol.11 While the Clock Ticked. Main character: Hardy Boys. (Sets).

London: Chatto & Windus, 1875. Published 1875-1886. Handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf, the backs with ornate floral gilt decorations, gilt lettering on red and brown morocco labels, the sides with floral gilt rules, marbled end papers and edges, the bookplates of William Slater, Esq., Holmses Sharples front paste downs. Very Good, old tape repairs in two of the volumes, two other volumes with joints starting, top edges marbling dulled, widely scattered toning. Titles of the seven volumes are: Miss or Mrs.? and other Stories in Outline (1885, illus. by Henry Fildes and Henry Woods); Basil ( 1885, illus. Sir John Gilbert and F. Mahoney); Hide and Seek, or, The Mystery of Mary Grice (1876, illus. Sir John Gilbert and M.F. Mahoney); The Moonstone, A Romance ( 1886, illus. George Du Maurier and F.A. Fraser); The Haunted Hotel, a Mystery of Modern Venice, to which is added My Lady's Money ( 1878, 6 illus. by Arthur Hopkins); The Dead Secret ( 1875, illus. J. Gilbert); and My Miscellanies (… Read More

New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1934. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Hardcover, no dust jacket. 1 st Edition of the only Novel by Carr under Fairbairn pseudonym. Black cloth boards with yellow text on spine. First edition thus, with copyright page stating only a single date of " First Published 1934" with text at the bottom of the page stating it was printed in Guernsey, Channel Islands, British Isles. Book is free and clear of any handwriting or bookplates, no torn or loose pages, binding good. Top edge mildly dust darkened. Book condition VG+. See photos.

HERCULE POIROT The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd (1926, Dodd, Mead. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION Stated 7th Printing Thus, December, 1926. WITH NEW FAX JACKET. USED. VG CONDITION. Agatha Christie. HERCULE POIROT. 306 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 5/8. A nice copy.