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Doubleday & Company. Garden City, NY., 1952 Book size about 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches with some 191 pages. Bound in blue/white tweed paper covered boards with pink spine lettering. In the original dust wrapper with a front flap price of $2.50. A Crime Club Selection book. Book missing free front end paper; scars on both covers from tape removal; printed on very cheap paper which has age toned and is brittle. Wrapper chipped at spine top area; tape removal evidence on flaps; other moderate wear. GOOD/GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good/Good.

The Penn Publishing Company. Philadelphia. 1910. Second Printing., 1910 Red cloth with white lettering on the front cover and spine. Die cut pictorial paste-on in the center of the front cover. 336 pages. 8vo. Tissue guarded color frontis and three black/white plates by RALPH L BOYER. One of the many Sherlock Holmes imitations so prevalent around the turn-of-the-century (And now so hard to find). A much worn copy really suitable as a reader. Still scarce in the original publisher editions. GOOD- Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 2nd Edition.. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

Grosset & Dunlap. NY. Circa 1932., 1929 Book size about 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches with some 349 pages plus nine pages of publisher ads at the rear. Bound in black cloth with green lettering. A PHOTOPLAY EDITION with frontis and three full page movie stills on glossy paper; 2 fold-out crime scene maps; one nearly full page in-text map; one other small illustration. One of those marvelous 1930's era crime novels with plenty of visual information to go along with the text. Book with light overall wear. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Illustrated Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Grosset & Dunlap. NY., 1922 Book size about 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches with some 286 pages plus two pages of publisher ads at the rear. Bound in black cloth with red decoration and lettering. In the original dust wrapper with a list of G & D publications on the reverse side. One of McNeile's 'Bulldog Drummond' detective tales. Published originally in 1922 this Grosset edition is circa 1925. Exceedingly scarce in the original dust wrapper in any early edition. Book with previous owner name at front; light wear. Wrapper with large chip at spine bottom and other moderate to small chips here and there; tape repairs to rear side of the wrapper; spine darkened. Wrapper is now enclosed in a removable protective clear plastic cover. A clean book with undamaged hinges. VERY GOOD/FAIR Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair.

Dial Press. ny., 1977 This is an 'Uncorrected Galleys' printing of this book. Size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 316 pages. Bound in pale green wraps with black lettering. Front cover gives the publication date and price ($8.95). Very scarce. Tear along front cover spine edge about two inches; light covers soil. VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Simon & Schuster. NY., 1995 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 194 pages. Bound in bright yellow wraps. This is an ADVANCE UNCORRECTED READER'S PROOF copy. No sign of wear. FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Atheneum. NY., 1989 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 245 pages. Bound in blue paper over boards with black cloth spine--silver spine lettering. In the original dust wrapper with front flap price of $17.95. Wrapper enclosed in a removable clear plastic protector. Book and wrapper with very slight wear. FINE/NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine.

Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence. Boston., 1989 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 150 pages. Bound in pale blue wraps with black lettering. This is an UNCORRECTED PROOF copy. No sign of wear. FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Mysterious Press. NY., 1989 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 259 pages. Bound in slick glossy illustrated wraps. This is an ADVANCE READING COPY LIMITED EDITION--one of 500 copies with author signature on a bookplate inside the front cover. Also laid-in is the very scarce publisher four page promotional pamphlet which came with the book. Book with very slight wear. FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Bantam Books. NY., 1995 Typical mass market paperback size and format with some 278 pages. This is an ADVANCE READING COPY. Book with light rubbing to the edges else tight and unread. NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Write Way Publishing. Aurora, Co., 1998 Book size about 6 by 8 1/2 inches with some 221 pages. Bound in white wraps with a black plastic comb binding--black lettering. Laid-in is a publisher printed slip for the reviewer. This is an ADVANCE READING copy. Book with very slight wear. FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket.

Pocket Books. NY., 1993 Book size about 6 by 8 1/2 inches with some 281 pages. Bound in blue paper over boards with a black cloth spine. In the original dust wrapper with a front flap price of $20.00. Wrapper enclosed in a removable clear plastic protector. Book and wrapper with the slightest of wear. FINE/FINE. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Grosset & Dunlap. NY., 1943 Book size about 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches with some 314 pages. Bound in gray cloth with green lettering. In the original dust wrapper with front flap price of 100100. Book with slight wear--clean, tight and unmarked. Wrapper with light wear; rear cover large damp stain at bottom. NEAR FINE/GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good.

Charles Scribner's Sons. NY., 1987 Book size about 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches with some 245 pages. Bound in yellow wraps with black lettering. This is an UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF COPY with a publisher printed promotional sheet laid-in. Book lightly bumped at spine top. NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

Harper & Brothers. NY., 1918 Uniformly bound 12 volume set with each book about 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches and three to four hundred pages. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration. Each book with a frontis illustration on glossy paper; first nine by Will Foster; remaining three unattributed. Early detective fiction following in the Sherlock Holmes footsteps. Really great read if you are a fan of the evolution of detective stories. The original stories were published from 1910 to 1917 and this compilation was probably published around 1918. Titles in the series are: The Silent Bullet; The Poisoned Pen; The Dream Doctor; The War Terror; The Social Gangster; The Treasure Train; The Ear In The Wall; Gold Of The Gods; Exploits Of Elaine; The Romance Of Elaine; Guy Garrick; Constance Dunlap. Quite scarce in nice condition as a complete set. One page chipped with loss of some text; one page with edge tear and slight text loss; one page with small edge tear; previous owner bookplate at… Read More

Dutton. NY., 1993 Book size about 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches with some 534 pages. Bound in purple paper over boards with a black cloth spine. In the original dust wrapper with a front flap price of $22.00. Wrapper is enclosed in a removable clear plastic protector. Book and wrapper with the very slightest of wear. FINE/FINE. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

William Morrow & Company. NY., 1991 Book size about 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches with some 309 pages. Bound in pumpkin paper over boards with brown cloth spine--silver spine lettering. In the original dust wrapper with front flap price of $19.00. Wrapper enclosed in a removable clear plastic protector. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Very slight wear to book and wrapper. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Warner Books. NY., 2001 Book size about 6 by 9 inches with some 519 pages. Bound in brown paper over boards with dark brown paper spine. In the original dust wrapper with front flap price of $25.95. Wrapper enclosed in a removable clear plastic protector. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS ON THE HALF TITLE PAGE. Book and wrapper with very slight wear. FINE/FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Kensington Books. NY. 1997. First Printing., 1997 Mustard paper covered boards with black paper covered spine. Gilt lettering on the spine only. 281 pages. 8vo. Very light wear. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

James Cahill Publishing. Huntington Beach, Ca., 1981 Book size about 5 1/2 by 9 inches with some 222 pages. Bound in black cloth with gilt spine lettering. In the original dust wrapper with front flap price of $21.00. Wrapper enclosed in a removable clear plastic protector. Book published without an ISBN number. Originally appeared in 1981 as a paperback--this is the 1995 First Hardcover Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Covers slightly dished else no sign of wear to book or wrapper. FINE/FINE Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Signed by Author. 2nd Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.