Search Results: Fiction from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

New York: Cosmopolitan Book, 1927. Illustrated by Art deco end papers. First (SD) edition. Black cloth, uncut. 8vo. pp. 335. Very Good/No jacket. Light cover wear, no ownership..

New York: Atheneum, 1977. Stated First edition. First book. Cloth backed boards. 8vo. pp. [x], 321, [1] blank, [1] about author, [3] blank. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Slight cap crushing, jacket has one tiny front flap rub at fold and a faint tinge of yellowing to white areas..

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill (Braunworth, NY), (1913). Illustrated by bw tissue frontis and 4 plates by R. M. Crosby (collated). Assumed first edition. Green cloth, gilt topboard emblem. 12mo. pp. [xii], 357, [1] blank. Very Good/No jacket. Minor cover wear, short period gift inscription, foxing starting at first plate, toned spot from removed bookmark pp. 268-9. Kentucky born artist (miniatures and photography), author of 13 novels and autobiography..

Nashville, TN: Printed for The St. Lawrence University by Parthenon Press, 1962. Edited by Lacy Lockert, and preface. First thus edition. c.1921. Red cloth. 12mo. pp. 414. Fine/Very Good/No price in mylar. Light soil and sunning to paper printed jacket and one closed tear. Folded printed announcement laid in "With the compliments of the St. Lawrence University Library Sent at the suggestion of Richard Gaines"..

London: Secker & Warburg, (1983). Illustrated by two b/w maps. First (Fpuy) edition. Black paper covered boards. Demy 8vo (22.5cm). pp. 314. As New/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Unread copy with minuscule spots of wear. Mpengi and the last six elephants. ISBN: 0436274736..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. First printing and edition. Book Five. Tan linen, black print, yellow topstain. 8vo. pp. ix, [1] blank, 326. Near Fine/Very Good/Unclipped price in mylar. Surface rubbing to bright jacket with closed tear and chip at heel. Ink owner ffep. ISBN: 0395290856..

Providence, RI: H. Gregory (Robert Grieve), 1899. First edition. Green linen, gilt print and decoration, uncut, teg. 12mo. pp. [viii], 249, [1], [2] blank. VG/No jacket, as issued. Light board rubbing, several foxed spots, pencil gift inscription, rear hinge starting but tight. Sixteen short story accounts of life in Rhode Island. (Wright 4920)..

Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1922. Illustrated by John Goss with 4 b&w plates including frontispiece. First edition. Burgundy cloth. Inscribed by author "with kindest regards to L.E.P. Smith, Francis L. Cooper". 12mo. pp. 392. VG/No jacket. Edgewear and rubbing to extremities..

New York: Alfred A. Knopf [Vail-Ballou Press], May 1924. First edition. Black blind-stamped cloth and topstain decorated in grey chain and printed navy, thick paper issue, deckled edges. 8vo. pp. 217. Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Navy print a bit rubbed on topboard and spine. Small bookseller ticket. Eight nautical shorts..

New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corp, 1924. Illustrated by Color frontis and center-fold spread by Dean Cornwell. First US (SD, NAP) edition. Green cloth, gilt print and decoration. 12mo. pp. [xii], 369, [5] blank. VG+/No jacket. Slightly dulled boards, pencil date notation, internally NF..

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Inc, 1992. Illustrated by Jacket photograph: from the Almasy Expedition 1932, Royal Geographical Society London. Jacket design by AB3 Design. First Canadian edition. Teal blue boards, gilt print spine. 8vo. pp. 307. [1] blank, [1] colophon. Acknowledgements. Fine/Near Fine/Unclipped price in mylar. Traces of crushing to jacket head. Canadian was the second published, Bloomsbury first, US third..

New York: Viking Press, (1976). Illustrated by one b/w line drawing, Janet Halverson. First state binding and First (FPY) edition. (0876 bottom front flap; "SBN 670-30838-2" jacket rear, "ISBN 0-670-30838-2" copyright page). Brown paper boards (measuring a smidgen over 5 inches), quarter black cloth, yellow topstain, brown eps. Demy 8vo. pp. [viii], 160. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price ($7.95) in mylar. Small board bump, ink owner last name in jacket with traces of wear to caps and some corners. Third novel ordered returned to publisher for full replacement due to glue mishap at spine. (You can also see 5/8" cloth on topboard vs. 1/2" on bottom board which flushes fore-edge with the board edge)...and this one was not returned..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975. Illustrated by Victor Mays jacket, several maps. Stated First American (SD &N1) edition. Second Delancey story. Blue buckram, red topboard illustration, pink topstain, gold eps. Demy 8vo. pp. 187, [3]. VG+/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Traces of rub at caps and corners..

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, (October, 1907). Illustrated by Double color tissue frontis, 22 color plates and lithographs, several silhouettes, text in calligraphy with green illustrated page borders. Assumed first edition. Brown cloth, color paste-on, thick paper issue, teg. Cr.4to (26cm). pp. [116]. Good+. Cap and corner wear, several stains/soil with small nick to color paste-on. Several dots of stain internally, one repairable page tear, a bit shaken, no ownership. ..

New York: John Day, (1960). Illustrated by Charles Walker. First edition. Clay cloth dec & pr black, uncut. 8vo. pp. 255. Near Fine/Very Good/Unclipped price in mylar. Some rubbing and light soil to jacket. Jed Jordan was Marberry's only pseudonym..

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1973. Illustrated by Frank Utpatel jacket. First edition. [3468 copies]. Holliston Black Novelex. 12mo. pp. [viii], 177, [1] blank, [1] colophon. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price ($6.00) in mylar. Faint dustline to gray eps, trace of edgewear to bottom in bright jacket with trace of rubbing at fold and edge. First American book and Arkham title. A collection of five short stories from creator of Mike Faraday. Copper is founder of the Tunbridge Wells Vintage Film Society and member of the British Film Society and Vintage Film Circle of London..

New York: International Magazine (Cosmopolitan), October 1933. Illustrated by 6 b/w photos (each author). Stated second edition. c.1932. Red cloth, gilt print. 8vo. pp. [viii], 212. VG/No jacket. Slightly sunned spine, one straightened dogear. Cosmopolitan Magazine subscriber premium..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. Illustrated by Wendell Minor jacket. First (SD & N1) edition. Third book. Orange/red cloth, black eps and topstain. Demy 8vo. pp. 536. Near Fine/Very Good (0576)/Unclipped price ($10.00) in mylar. Minor wear to binding in bright jacket with closed tear in front which has old foxed tape residue from back, light edge wear and spots of foxed stain on spine..

Boston: James Munroe & Co, 1844. Second US edition. c.1833 as Poor Laws and Paupers Illustrated: The Parish, The Hamlet. c.1836 (separately). Original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt decorated spine. 16mo. pp. [iv], 181, 3 blank. About Very Good/No jacket, as issued. Spine and corners chipped. Internally near fine with overall edge toning throughout. Front hinge section (1.5-inches) pulled, hinges sound otherwise. Nine shorts..

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1975. Illustrated by Frank Utpatel jacket. First edition. "4000" copies. Holliston Black Novelex. 12mo. pp. [iv]. 251, [1], [1] colophon. Fine/Very Good/Unclipped price ($6.50) in mylar. Jacket has light edge and fold wear and light soil to rear. Derleth's complete collection of 17 science fiction stories..