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New York: Victor Gollancz (1928), 1929. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 287 Pp. Red Cloth Lettered In Black. Second Uk Edition, Stated "Cheap Edition May 31St 1929". Appears Interesting And Readable To Me, But Cyril Connolly, In A Review Upon First Publication Of The Book, Identified It As Perhaps The Worst Novel Ever Published. Some Wear, Tiny Frays At Two Lower Tips, Slight Darkening To Spine, All Lettering Strong. No Names Or Marks Or Stains. Very Scarce [ We Are Seriously Looking For And Very Interested In Buying A Nice Example Of The First Uk Hardcover Printing, 1928, Published By Gollancz].

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1928. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 251 Pp. Blue Cloth Lettered In Red. First American Edition, First Published In The Uk. Appears Interesting And Readable To Me, But Cyril Connolly, In A Review Upon First Publication Of The Book, Identified It As Perhaps The Worst Novel Ever Published. Worn, Frayed Across Bottom Of Spine, Small Frays At 3 Of 4 Tips At Two Edges Of Boards Adjacent To The Bottom Of The Spine, A Little Fading, All Red Lettering Clear. Former Owner's Name On Front Endpaper. Very Scarce [ We Are Seriously Looking For And Very Interested In Buying The First Uk Hardcover Printing By Gollancz].

London Uk: Gollancz, 1928. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. No Book Included/Good. Dust Jackt Only, For First Edition (Gollancz 1928). Would Be Near Fine, No Wear Or Tear, But A Little Pinkish Dampstaining To Flaps And Rear Panel. (Se Wikipedia:) Edward Mcknight Kauffer (1890 -1954) Was An American Artist And Graphic Designer Who Lived For Much Of His Life In The United Kingdom. He Worked Mainly In Poster Art, But Was Also Active As A Painter, Book Illustrator And Theatre Designer. Edward Leland Kauffer Was Born On 14 December 1890, In Great Falls, Montana. By 1910 He Had Moved To San Francisco Working As A Bookseller And Studying Art At The California School Of Design From 1910 To 1912. At Around This Time Professor Joseph Mcknight Of The University Of Utah Became Aware Of Kauffer's Work, Sponsored Him And Paid To Send Him To Paris For Further Study. In Gratitude Kauffer Took His Sponsor's Name As A Middle Name. Kauffer Stopped In Chicago For Six Months In 1912/1913 And Studied At The… Read More

New York: The Crime Club, Inc. / Doubleday & Company, 1963. 1st Edition . Black Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 7 5/8" Tall. Ix, 437 Pp. Grey Cloth, Spine Lettered In Maroon. First Edition Stated. Near Fine, No Marks. Dust Jacket Price Clipped But With Part Of $ Sign Remaining At Top Of Front Flap; Short Tear And Creasing At Top Of Spine; Light Foxing In Lower Part Of Front Panel.

New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1982. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Grey Boards. Fair/Near Fine. 8 1/4" Tall. 274 Pp. Grey Boards With Red Lettering On Spine. First Edition Stated, With Full Number Line Including "1". Ex-Library, Book Quite Worn, Spine Leaned, Library Stamp On First Free Endpaper, Tiny Date On Facing Endpaper, No Other Marks, Hinge Cracked Before Title Page. Dust Jacket Priced $12.95, Date 0482 At Bottom Of Front Flap., No Wear But Two Tiny Surface Abrasions Near Bottom Of Spine Panel Where The Library Sticker Was Too-Roughly Removed.

Gordonville, VA, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/As New. First Printing, As New In As Fine Dj With Points Of Rubbing Right At Corners, Generically Inscribed By The Author

San Francisco: Randall & Windle, 1978. 1st Edition . No Binding. Fine. Beige Card Wrappers With French Flaps. One Of 300 Copies, Of Which This Is One Of 150 Issued As A Keepsake For The Biennial Meeting Of The Roxburghe And Zamorano Clubs In 1978. The Text Reproduces A Humorous 1947 Article By Randall And The Hitherto Unpublished Letter From Morley In Response To That Publication.

Racine, Wisconsin: Dell Publishing Company, 1950. First Edition . Glossy Illustrated Wraps. Fine (As new) Condition. 7 5/8" x 5. Bright Color Covers; Black and White Insode Cover. 160 pp. First and only issue. With the Cornell Woolrich novelette "Rear Window". Also with Helen McCoy, Allan Vaughan Elston, Ray Bradbury and Vincent Starrett stories. An unusually bright, clean, unworn copy, as new except for interior aging, from storage in the former estate of Zane Grey in Altadena. Just slight browning to the interior pages.

New York: Frank A. Munsey Co., 1937. First Edition . Illustrated Wraps. Near Fine. 9 7/8" Tall. 144 pp. With long letter by Hubbard from Hollywood to the editor, on last page: "... If I write less than fifty thousand a month, my idea-machine practically breaks down... strangely, the best stories I ever did were done spontaneously at a composition speed of between two and three thousand words an hour - which includes getting up, walking around the chair, lighting the pipe and wishing they'd turn off the radio next door ... enough stalling, i've got to finish this shooting script... " This is one of the best copies imaginable, bright, unworn, absolutely clean, almost iridescent color cover, with a few short ( up to 1/4") closed tears at edges, slight wear right at heel of spine, in part because the cover is slightly larger than the book. Suitable for framing.

Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1918. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 332 Pp. Red Cloth Lettered In White. First Printing, With 1918 Date On Title Page. Light Use, Wear To White Lettering, Slight Browning To Spine, Inscription "To Ellery Merry Christmas From His Guest. A. W. Vernon Christmas 1918".

Bantam, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Viii, 600 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt, Black Boards, Red Endpapers. First Printing Indicated. Signed By Gifford Without Inscription; No Other Marks. Very Near Fine In Very Near Fine Dust Jacket Priced $19.95.

New York City Ny: London House & Maxwell, 1970. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 183 Pp. Brown Cloth, Git. First American Printing, 1970 , Of The 1968 Revised Uk Edition. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket But Thin Line Of Foxing On Front And Rear Free Endpapers (From Poor Dj Protector), And Slight Rubbing To Dust Jacket Edges.

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1929. First Edition . Orange Cloth. Very Good. 299 pp. Covers clean and bright; spine a little aged and just beginning to fray along top edge. Personal bookplate, no other marks.

New York City: The Viking Press, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 216 Pp. Grey Cloth Lettered In Green. Book Club Edition, Sttaing "First Published By The Viking Press In September 1948". Book Near Fine But Pages Browned. Dust Jacket With Light Wear, A Few Short Tars And Minute Losses At Edges.

New York Ny: Julian Messner, Inc, 1941. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 251 Pp. Gray-Blue Cloth (Not Blue Boards) Lettered In Dark Blue, 8 1/4" Tall. First Printing (Published By Julian Messner, Inc. ...Copyright 1941 By R. H. Sampson" On Copyright Page). Light Usage, No Marks, Hinges Solid.

New York: Bantam Books, 1948. First Paperback Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 182 Pp. Near Fine, Slight Browning To Pages. One Of The Personal Copies Of Ian Ballantine Of Ballantine Books, Bantam Books, Etc. And With A Loose Card Indicating It Is From His Library.

New York: Random House, 1966. Book Club Edition . Black Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8 1/2" Tall. Xxiii, 355 Pp Plus A Short Biographical Sketch At End. Black Cloth, Gilt. Reprint (Book Club Edition). Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket With Just A Touch Of Rubbing.

New York: Meredith Press, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 248 Pp. White Cloth Stamped In Black, Black Boards. Fine, No Wear, With Signature Of Literary Agent Julian Bach, Jr. Dust Jacket Priced $4.95, Near Fine, Would Be Fine But Trace Of Rubbing Right Along Top Edge Of Spine.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 312 Pp. Red Cloth, Stated First Impression, No Book Club Dot; Dj Printed In Blue And Black. First American Printing. Very Lightly Used, Would Be Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket, But Top Edge Of Page Block Shows Some Foxing, And Dampness On Bottom Two Inches Of Rear Board Has Resulted In Pink Staining To Inside And Outside Of Bottom Two Inches Of Rear Panel Of Dj; No Dampstaining To Endpapers Or Pages.

New York: Vanguard Press, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 219 Pp. Black Cloth. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket, Priced 7.95.