from Brenner's Books - Rare & Collectable

Sauk City, WI: Mycroft & Moran, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Fine. 8vo., 238pp. Sharp First Edition. One of 3000 copies printed, though it has been estimated that there were actually 3604 copies were actually published, (Jaffrey p.23). Square tight and clean throughout with some fairly mild bumping to spine ends and top front tip. Beautiful unclipped dust-jacket,… Read more

Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Fine. 12mo., 281pp. Beautiful First Edition, the second of Derleth's collection of stories paying homage to Sherlock Holmes after "In Re: Sherlock Holmes". One of only 2038 copies printed. Square tight and clean throughout with a touch of bumping to the spine ends and top tips but fairly… Read more

New York City: Dell, 1951. 1st Paperback Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Vintage Paperback Dell Ten Cent#23.. Beautiful First Paperback Printing, No date other than the original 1935 copyright but actually 1951 $.10 cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout with mild page edge toning. Some surface and edge-wear but fresh and bright with no chipping or tears.… Read more

New York City: Library of America, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Slipcase. Beautiful Unread likely First Printing though still in original shrink-wrap. Bound in tan cloth with spine titles in gilt. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. As New. Equally attractive publisher's slipcase. Small tear in the cellophane bound complete and sound. LOA Pamphlet present.… Read more

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 288pp. Beautiful First Edition bound in red cloth with titles in black spine. Blind-stamped rules and H&S logo on front board. Square, tight and clean throughout with trivial wear to spine ends. some gentle bumping to spine ends. Mild off-setting to end-papers. Beautiful and, and quite scarce,… Read more

New York City: McClure, Phillips & CO, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 289(6 ads)pp. Beautiful, bright First Edition, First State of this classic bibliomystery bound in original dark green cloth with titles on front board and spine stamped in gilt. Square, tight and clean throughout save a small spot… Read more

New York City: Samuel French, 1922. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Wraps. 12mo. 110(2)pp. Beautiful First Edition of Veiller's play, a French's Standard Library Edition and never previously published in book form. The play, originally written in 1916, had its premier on November 20th of the same year at the 48th Street Theater in New York City.… Read more

New York City: Samuel French, 1917. Soft cover. Fine. Wraps. 12mo. 156pp. Beautiful Unread recreation of the playbill from the September 11th, 1912 debut performance of Veiller's paly at the Eltinge Theater in New York City with a listing of the cast members and a full text of the play. The play was novelized by Marvin Dana the… Read more

New York City: Samuel French, 1928. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Wraps. 12mo. 144pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition of this dramatic adaptation of the novel by William Almon Wolff published the same year. It includes full text of the play with still photos of a performance at the National Theater in New York city with a… Read more

London: Anthony Blond, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 247pp. Sharp First Edition bond in black cloth with title in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a hint of wear to the crown but barely. Outer page edges toning. Light off-setting to end-papers. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (15s. net) has some mild… Read more

New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.,229pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition, First Printing, with the Scribner's "A" on the copyright page as called or. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear, toning or foxing, Perhaps a gentle bump to the heel but quite minor. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00), has… Read more

New York City: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.,204pp. Sharp First Edition, First Printing, with the Scribner's "A" on the copyright page as called or. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a small bump to the heel. Some off-setting to the paste-downs. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.00), has some minor wear to… Read more

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo., 221pp. Sharp First Edition, First Printing with green patterned endpapers. Second binding state without the scarce gun imprint. Square, tight and clean throughout with some wear to spine ends with a tiny nick in the crown. Mild surface rubbing. Lacking dust-jacket. A very handsome collectable copy at… Read more

New York City: Armed Services Edition, 1942. First Edition, Thus. Soft cover. Very Good/Near Fine. ASE #1038. 352pp. Sharp First Printing of the Armed Services Edition published the same year as the First Edition published by Doubleday's Crime Club. . Square, tight and clean throughout with fairly mild toning to page edges but no foxing. Some minor edge-wear.… Read more

New York City: The Crime Club - Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1954. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., 296pp. Sharp Stated First Edition, published in the same year in the UK Edition as "Not for Export". Square, tight and clean throughout with a hint of wear at the crown but quite minor. Pages toned as they invariably… Read more

London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo., 221pp. Sharp First Edition, Second Printing with scarce plain endpapers; with reportedly only about 3000 printed when the supply of the common green-patterned end-papers ran out. Second binding state without the scarce gun imprint. Square, tight and clean throughout with some fairly minor bumping to spine ends… Read more

New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 276pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no interior toning or foxing. Minor edge-wear and toning to board edges. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($3.00), has a touch of edge-wear and rubbing but is fresh and bright with no… Read more

London: Hollywood Publications Limited, 1948. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/Fine. Vintage Paperback Stapled Stiff Paper covers.. Sharp First Edition of this novelization adapted from the film of the same name starring James Stewart and Lee J. Cobb. Photo stills from the film throughout. Also included is a photo preview of "The Foxes of Harrow", the 1947 film… Read more

New York City: Ballantine, 1957. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Fine. Vintage Paperback PBO Ballantine #199. Beautiful First Printing of this Paperback Original, a novelization based upon the screenplay by Robert Alan Arthur for the Noir film starring Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes. No month, 1957. $.35 cover price. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no… Read more

New York City: Random House, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.,302pp. Beautiful Stated First Printing, bound in black cloth. Originally published by Michael Joseph in the UK several years earlier. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no toning or foxing; just a touch of off-setting to end-papers. Gentle bumping to crown. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket,… Read more