The Jargoon Pard by Norton, Andre - 1974

New York: Century Co, 1926. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page.. Publisher's olive-green cloth; blind stamped Viking ship on front; gilt spine titles. No cloth fading. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Spine tips pushed, lower spine small eight-inch split on lower spine band. The rare and rarely seen Dust Jacket is price-clipped; has several edge chips, mostly at head/heel of spine and flap folds; some age soiling on the white back panel. 8vo; 19.5 cm.; 7.5 inches tall; 346 pages. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page..  Hough weaves a spellbinding tale of love, pride, courage, and cruelty, but was criticized by one reviewer of the time, William Hovgaard, himself a published saga scholar, for representing Leif as much less honorable and heroic than in the sagas. Such is historical fiction, and a good yarn.… Read More

New York: HarperCollins, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket and Slipcase. New/New. Original Illustration by Ernest Franklin. Signed by Hillerman on the title page. Fine in fine jacket in fine slipcase. ix, 319 pp. Original color drawing by Ernest Franklin on the half title page. Black cloth-backed blue boards, titles and cover decorating on copper; map endpapers; pictorial jacket; publisher's embossed slipcase. First Edition.. The original drawing is of a Vietnamese man polling a boat [This book] proves Hillerman can write good fiction without calling in the Tribal Police. (Entertainment Weekly)

London: Cassell & Company, 1892. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Smooth blue cloth with bright gilt spine titles; top edge gilt others deckled. 7.75 inches tall; 256 pages on laid-paper followed by an 8-page publisher's catalogue. First English Edition. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Minor spine tip and corner rubs with no loss of cloth.. Doyle's first scientific romance and In a review for White Dwarf #82, literary critic Dave Langford stated that "Doyle has an old and familiar tale to tell: The Well-Meaning (but Mad) Scientist who can Make Gold, yet finds out that Wealth Is But A Curse." A fascinating collectible copy of an uncommon Doyle title. Ref: Green & Gibson A9a; Bleiler, 102; Nicholls, 178

New York: Doubleday and Doran, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust JAcket.. Black cloth with golden titles and decoration; 7.5 inches tall; 3-307 pages; Booksellers sticker lower gutter of rear end-page; First American Edition. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. "The title novella features a descent into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean and the discovery of Atlantis, includes elements Doyle's interest in Spiritualism. The Professor Challenger story 'When the World Screamed' the earth turns out to be a living creature and according to Neil Barron is the best of the collection. Ref: Bleiler, 102; Nicholls, 178; Green and Gibson A47c.; Barron, 2-33

New York: Viking Press, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Illustrated by Beatien Yazz. Signed by Beatien Yazz with the generic Inscription "I Thank You". Cloth over the spine to textured boards;  8.5 inches tall; 206 pages. Illustrated by Beatien Yazz with full color plates; No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; A lovely script ownership on the front pastedown. The Dust Jacket is with price and is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has age-toned with a modestly darkened spine and some offsetting color (red) on the bottom edge.. Beatien Yazz [AKA Little No Shirt - Jimmy Toddy] was born on the Navajo Reservation. Yazz showed promise as an artist very early. At an early age, Yazz met the Lippencotts, traders at the Wide Ruins Trading Post and they made available to him scraps of paper and other equipment so that he might practice in color. He exhibited his work around the world and is known for his paintings of animals and people… Read More

New York: Century Co, 1926. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page.. Publisher's olive-green cloth; blind stamped Viking ship on front; gilt spine titles. No cloth fading. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Spine tips pushed, lower spine small eight-inch split on lower spine band. The rare and rarely seen Dust Jacket is price-clipped; has several edge chips, mostly at head/heel of spine and flap folds; some age soiling on the white back panel. 8vo; 19.5 cm.; 7.5 inches tall; 346 pages. First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page..  Hough weaves a spellbinding tale of love, pride, courage, and cruelty, but was criticized by one reviewer of the time, William Hovgaard, himself a published saga scholar, for representing Leif as much less honorable and heroic than in the sagas. Such is historical fiction, and a good yarn.… Read More

New York: HarperCollins, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket and Slipcase. New/New. Original Illustration by Ernest Franklin. Signed by Hillerman on the title page. Fine in fine jacket in fine slipcase. ix, 319 pp. Original color drawing by Ernest Franklin on the half title page. Black cloth-backed blue boards, titles and cover decorating on copper; map endpapers; pictorial jacket; publisher's embossed slipcase. First Edition.. The original drawing is of a Vietnamese man polling a boat [This book] proves Hillerman can write good fiction without calling in the Tribal Police. (Entertainment Weekly)

London: Cassell & Company, 1892. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Smooth blue cloth with bright gilt spine titles; top edge gilt others deckled. 7.75 inches tall; 256 pages on laid-paper followed by an 8-page publisher's catalogue. First English Edition. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Minor spine tip and corner rubs with no loss of cloth.. Doyle's first scientific romance and In a review for White Dwarf #82, literary critic Dave Langford stated that "Doyle has an old and familiar tale to tell: The Well-Meaning (but Mad) Scientist who can Make Gold, yet finds out that Wealth Is But A Curse." A fascinating collectible copy of an uncommon Doyle title. Ref: Green & Gibson A9a; Bleiler, 102; Nicholls, 178

New York: Doubleday and Doran, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust JAcket.. Black cloth with golden titles and decoration; 7.5 inches tall; 3-307 pages; Booksellers sticker lower gutter of rear end-page; First American Edition. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. "The title novella features a descent into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean and the discovery of Atlantis, includes elements Doyle's interest in Spiritualism. The Professor Challenger story 'When the World Screamed' the earth turns out to be a living creature and according to Neil Barron is the best of the collection. Ref: Bleiler, 102; Nicholls, 178; Green and Gibson A47c.; Barron, 2-33

New York: Viking Press, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Illustrated by Beatien Yazz. Signed by Beatien Yazz with the generic Inscription "I Thank You". Cloth over the spine to textured boards;  8.5 inches tall; 206 pages. Illustrated by Beatien Yazz with full color plates; No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; A lovely script ownership on the front pastedown. The Dust Jacket is with price and is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has age-toned with a modestly darkened spine and some offsetting color (red) on the bottom edge.. Beatien Yazz [AKA Little No Shirt - Jimmy Toddy] was born on the Navajo Reservation. Yazz showed promise as an artist very early. At an early age, Yazz met the Lippencotts, traders at the Wide Ruins Trading Post and they made available to him scraps of paper and other equipment so that he might practice in color. He exhibited his work around the world and is known for his paintings of animals and people… Read More