Search Results: Vintage Fiction from Black Cat Hill Books

New York, NY W.W. Norton & Company, 1931. Hardcover First Edition USA (1931), unstated, and thus no doubt a later impression. First published in Australia in 1930.. Very Good: shows light wear to the rear corner tips; mild rubbing to the panels and some obscuring of the gilt the designs at the backstrip (the titles thereon remain easily legible); the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, attractuve copy, structurally sound and tightly bound. A clean, sturdy, presentable reading copy. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.75 x 5.5 x 1.7 inches). 314 pages. Language: English. Weight: 29 ounces. Black cloth over boards with gilt HRH monogram at the front panel and gilt titles on a red field and gilt designs at the backstrip. First published… Read More

New York, NY Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1895. Hardcover First Ed thus, but later printing. Good+: Shows moderate use. Binding shows very slight spine lean; light wear to extremities; titles at backstrip obscured due to rubbing, but remain legible; faint rubbing and light soil. Binding remains quite secure; text clean. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 318 pages. Decorated cloth with inlaid Pictorial design at front panel and backstrip. First Ed thus, but later printing. Hardback: Lacks DJ.

New York, NY Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1910. Hardcover First Edition [1910], so stated. First Edition [1910], so stated. Very Good+: shows minimal wear to the extremities. The top edge shows dust-darkening. The binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. No longer absolutely pristine, but remains a handsome copy: clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (7.55 x5.15 x 1.3 inches). 272 pages. Tissue-guarded frontispiece is a softly colored illustration of the protagonist. Gilt designs and titles at front panel and backstrip are quite bold. Weight: 18.4 ounces. Hardback: No DJ 'as issued'.  

New York, NY Macmillan Publishing Company, 1911. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. First Ed, so stated. Good+: Shows moderate use. Front free endpaper removed; moderate wear to extremities; rubbing and light soil; bottom edge shows mottling. Binding square and secure; text clean. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club Edition. NOT an Ex-Library copy. 8vo. 372pp. Hardback: Decorated Cloth Boards. Lacks DJ. 

New York, NY Harper & Brothers, 1911. Hardcover First Edition [1911], unstated, in accordance with Harper & Brothers customary practice at the time of publication. First Edition [1911], unstated, in accordance with Harper & Brothers customary practice at the time of publication. Good: Decorated pastedown at front face shows moderate rubbing; moderate wear to the extremities; the hinges are just starting; former owner’s name at front free endpaper; the pages have tanned somewhat, due to aging and one page is much more darkened than the others, perhaps from a news clipping or such. The binding shows the slightest lean, but remains secure [the front hinge shows a little weakness at the inner gutter-just starting]. The text is clean. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Small 8vo. (6.8 x 4.5 x 0.7 inches). 68 pages; tissued fronticepiece. Weight: 8 ounces. Hardback: Lacks DJ. 

London, UK Chapman & Hall, 1923. Hardcover First Ed, so stated. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Editon, so stated. Limited Edition, [275 copies printed, of which 250 for sale]; Copy #214, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Near Fine in Very Good DJ: Book shows blotchy coloration to cloth-covered boards; mild shelfwear along bottom edge of boards. Dustwrapper shows small chip at heel of spine; minor edgewear; mylar-protected. NOT a Remainder. NOT a Book-Club. NOT Ex-Library copy. 4to. 248pp. Large Format Edition, on unbleached Arnold Handmade Paper, TEG. Hardback with DJ. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.