Recent Arrivals from Gargoyle Books

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. Another volume in the classic series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana. Book #6 in the original series, first published in 1937, this is a much later printing of that First Edition from the 1950s, listing to DG#22… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Random House, 1946. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Tenniel, John; Kredel, Fritz. Lovely two-volume set of the Alice tales from 1946 (First, thus), with the lovely original drawings of Sir John Tenniel hand-colored by German illustrator Fritz Kredel for a soft watercolor effect. Orig. housed in a slipcase (which is NOT present),… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grosset & Dunlap, 1945. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Szyk, Arthur; Kredel, Fritz. Two Volume Set from 1945, originally came in a slipcase, but this is NOT present here--just the 2 books, no DJs as issued. The Andersen volume contains 29 tales, translated from the original Danish by Mrs. E. V. Lucas… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bantam, 1974. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Soft cover. Good+. Still the definitive biography of the tortured "legendary queen of rock,'' by a woman who worked closely with Joplin & her manager, Albert Grossman, until her death in Oct. 1970. In 398 pages + 8-page center section of rare black-and-white photos… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 2002. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Sophomore effort from the author of the highly lauded first novel, "The Secret History," written a full decade after that first success. 555 pages. A FIRST EDITION, first printing, this hardcover octavo has black paper over boards, stamped in silver… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday Anchor, 1957. First Thus . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Gorey, Edward. Scarce Anchor title & another in the series that the late Edward Gorey did for this publisher, here doing both the cover art & typography! A must for Gorey completists! 1912, this is the first Anchor mass market paperback edition… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1945. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Eichenberg, Fritz. The classic love story with unforgettable, striking woodcut illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg throughout the 213 pages of text. This is a special edition produced by Richard Ellis for the Book of the Month Club, orig. issued as part of a set… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1951. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/Near Fine. Estes, Eleanor. Newberry-award-winning title for which this acclaimed children's author also created her own illustrations, which appear in pen-and-ink throughout the book's 250 pages. First book to feature the Pye family. A FIRST EDITION, but slightly later printing, from 1951,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: McLoughlin Bros., Publishers, 1900. First Thus . Hardcover. Poor. One of a series of literary classics adapted for young readers by breaking up words into one syllable for easy pronunciation. Abridged & adapted from the original story by I. F. M., in 112 pages with a colored frontispiece & 5 color chromolithograh plates throughout… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Orig. published in 1933 under the author's pseudonym Antonio de Fierro Blanco, a "man of mystery" who claimed that his book was an autobiographical account of "One Year in the Life of Senor Don Juan Obrigon, Known During Past Years in the… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Bantam Books, 2011. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book #5 in the author's "Fire and Ice" series & basis for Season #5 of HBO's "Game of Thrones." In 1016 pages, map endpapers. A FIRST EDITION, but slightly later (6th) printing, from 2011, this hardcover small quarto has two-tone… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1944. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. True account by U. S. Army Captain & pilot who participated in the 1942 Doolittle Raid over Tokyo, Japan, in WWII, crashed over the Chinese coast, lost a leg, & was saved during a daring rescue. In 221 pages with 16 pages of black-and-white… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pyramid, 1971. First Paperback 2nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+. A novel about "orgies, incest, drugs, homosexuality, necrophilia, murder, satanism, & living sacrifice" with lurid cover art to boot! Designed to tap into the growing societal panic about out-of-control teenagers in the late-1960s, with hints of the Satanic Panic that would arise… Read more about this item

New York, New York: MacMillan Company, 1942. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Chronicle of a four-year expedition to Melanesia in attempt to document the lives of the "primitive" tribes living in the Solomon Islands, in 416 pages with map endpapers in front + scattered pen-and-ink illustrations & stunning black-and-white full-page photos of various… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry M. Snyder, 1933. First Edition Later Printing 3rd Printing. Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. Butler, A B., Jr.. Scarce Blanding title, a "rollicking epic ballad of Virgin Annie,'' illustrated with the slightly scandalous pen-and-ink drawings of A.B. Butler, Jr. Originally published in 1928 & reprinted in 1930, this is the 1933 printing. Unpaginated. Small… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Volume #8 in the classic series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana. Orig. published in 1939, this is a later printing of that First Edition, listing to DG#16 & ND #32 in front matter & to DG#16 on front… Read more about this item

New York, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1953. Second Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/VG-/G+. Constructed from documentary data, journals, & diaries, this is the intriguing, true story of the mysterious Mammy Pleasant, a woman of color who arrived in the city from New Orleans, where she had been a "voodoo queen.'' Throughout the Gold Rush… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co, 2004. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Second volume in the author's "Baroque Cycle" set in 18th-century London. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 2004, this hardcover 8vo has light orange paper over darker orange cloth-covered boards, stamped with a gilt design to front & lettering/scroll… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pyramid, 1960. First Paperback 2nd Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Beecham, Tom. Orig. published in the Strand magazine in 1912 as the author was trying to distance himself from his better-known Sherlock Holmes tales, this was his sole foray into science fiction. This is the Second Printing of this First Mass Market… Read more about this item

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.: Winn Books, 1985. First Softcover Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good+. Hoper, Pegge. Contains 47 full-color plates by the artist considered "the most popular of all the painters now working in Hawaii," along with an in-depth, 25-page, biographical portrait of the woman & her life & work written by Don Berry. Her images portray… Read more about this item