Search Results: Authors starting with M from John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1942. First edition. Some toning to end papers, some erasures to front free end paper, a clean, nearly fine copy in an attractive very good dust jacket with a small "v" chip to upper front panel, several tiny tears and crease to lower front panel, light wear to spine ends with shallow loss at head of spine panel, mild color fade to spine panel. (25433). Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-342, original blue-green cloth, spine stamped in gold. A brother and sister move to rural Devon and purchase Cliff House in which they find it is haunted by a ghost. The author's best known novel which became a bestseller U. S. (first published in the U. K. as UNEASY FREEHOLD, 1941). Filmed in 1944 with Ray Milland. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 124. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1064. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 275. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 128.… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1942. First U.S. edition. Former owner's name in ink to front free end paper, spine a little leaned, a very good or somewhat better copy in a very good dust jacket with a small triangular chip to the lower front panel (5 mm wide, 12 mm deep) and a small closed tear (7 mm) with crease to upper front panel, chipping with loss to spine ends, moderate sun fade to spine panel which also has a vertical crease down the center. An uncommon book in jacket. (16246). Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-342, original blue-green cloth, spine stamped in gold. The author's best known novel, a ghost story-haunted house novel which became a bestseller here in the U.S.; published in the U.K. as UNEASY FREEHOLD (1941). Filmed in 1944 with Ray Milland. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 124. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1064. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, p. 275. In 333.… Read More

Eugene, OR: Hypatia Press, 1987. First edition. A fine copy in slipcase with a matching numbered art print. (29124). Octavo, leather. One of 250 leather bound copies numbered with roman numerals, signed by "Bertie" MacAvoy, introducer Anne McCaffrey, and artist Leslie Newcomer. The author's first book. 1984 World Fantasy Award nominee. Runner up for the 1984 Philip K. Dick Award. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-172. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 82.

Eugene, OR: Hypatia Press, 1987. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in slipcase with a matching numbered art print. (26488). Octavo, leather. One of 250 leather bound copies numbered with roman numerals, signed by "Bertie" MacAvoy, introducer Anne McCaffrey, and artist Leslie Newcomer. The author's first book. 1984 World Fantasy Award nominee. Runner up for the 1984 Philip K. Dick Award. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-172. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 82.

New York: Doubleday/Foundation, 1989. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (3297). Octavo, Hardcover.

New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1924. First edition. Light tape ghosts to front and rear end papers, mild wear to spine ends and corner tips, a very good to nearly fine copy in a good dust jacket (with fine wraparound illustration by T. Hadejen) with wear to corners with minor loss, rubbing to folds, light wear to spine ends, browned clear tape to spine ends and rear corners, browned tape to verso at spine ends and front flap. (24545). Octavo, pp. [1-6] [i-iv] v [vi] [1-2] 3-414 [415-420: blank] [note: first three and last three leaves are blanks], original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in yellow. Issued later in Britain as ULTIMATUM and reprinted as a serial in AIR WONDER in 1929. "The League of the Covenant uses secret weapons and airships to force peace on the world." - Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 51. "A classic of its day." - Tuck (1978), p. 287. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1389. Clareson, Science Fiction in America,… Read More

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1960. First edition. A fine unread copy. (5930). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Paperback original.

London: Robert Hale Limited, [1965]. First British (and first hardcover) edition. Top edge dusty, spine ends a bit soft, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some rubbing, largely to edges. (11602). Octavo, boards. The first hardcover edition of the first Travis McGee novel.

[New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1959]. First edition. Fine in wrappers with a touch of rubbing. (5937). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Dell #B127. Paperback original. First published in Cosmopolitan magazine in a shorter version as "Ultimate Surprise."

[New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1957]. First edition. Some darkening to text block. Reading crease to spine edge, some light rubbing to corners and rear edge. An attractive near fine copy. (5074). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Dell #A152. Paperback original. First published in Cosmopolitan magazine in a shorter version as "The Heat of Money."

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958. First edition. Previous owners bookplate affixed to front free end paper, mild fade to cloth of spine ends, light residue to edges from old style jacket protector, top stain slightly faded a very good to nearly fine copy in a bright near fine dust jacket with light shelf wear along top edges and spine ends. (10995). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Basis for the two films titled "Cape Fear.

Greenwich, CT: A Fawcett Gold Medal Book, [1971]. First edition. Mild darkening to text paper, mild crease to lower right front corner, reading creases to spine, a very good to nearly fine copy. (26632). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Gold Medal T2127. Paperback original. The thirteenth Travis McGee novel. Hubin, p. 526.

New York: Greenberg: Publisher, [1952]. First edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the corner tips and spine ends, rubbing to the edges. (28834). Octavo, boards. The author's second SF novel. Political intrigue on post-World War III Earth where the United States is a second rate power and fascist states are ascendant. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-266. Brians, p. 251.

London: Robert Hale, 1974. First edition. Fine in fine price clipped dust jacket. (3537). Octavo, boards. "An amusing combination of thriller, sex comedy and downright fantasy which never lets up." - Barron (ed.): Fantasy Literature 4A- 174.

[New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1957]. First edition. Fine in wrappers, very light crease to spine edge, light crease to upper corner. (7816). Small octavo, cover painting by Victor Kalin, pictorial wrappers. Dell #B112. Paperback original.

New York: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1951]. First edition. A good to very good copy. Some darkening to text block, some staining to some of the lettering of front cover title (shows on the verso), light rubbing to edges, spine leaned. (7383). Small octavo, cover art by Barye Phillips, pictorial wrappers. Gold Medal #164. Paperback original. Author's second mystery novel.

New York: Greenberg: Publisher, [1951]. First edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the corner tips and spine ends with shallow loss to spine ends, slight color fade to the spine panel. (28835). Octavo, boards. "A well-spun yarn of the world of 1975 exhibiting familiar insanity. The explanation is that human irrational behavior is manipulated, inadvertently, by telepathic dreamers from another world. When the dreamers learn this, life on Earth takes a turn for the better." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-268. The author's first SF book. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 99.

[New York]: The Library of America, [2015]. First edition of this collection. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (24702). Octavo, cloth. Collects THE WAY SOME PEOPLE DIE, THE BARBAROUS COAST, THE DOOMSTERS and THE GALTON CASE.

New York: Popular Library, 1956. First edition. A very good copy plus copy, stress creases and rubbing. (12428). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Popular Library #750. Paperback original. Collects two novellas, Border Town Girl and Linda.

New York: Dell, 1957. First edition. A Very Good copy in wrappers, rubbing to edges, reading creases to spine, stress creases to front panel near spine. (7815). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Paperback original.