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

New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1987]. First edition. Some of the usual age toning to text pages, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket, lettering on spine panel slightly faded. (14803). Octavo, boards. Signed by the author on the title page. The fourth novel in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1987]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, lettering on spine panel slightly faded. (10322). Octavo, boards. Fourth volume in the Kinsey Millhone series.

New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [2003]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a small rub spot to upper front corner of jacket, with all the first issue points. (9865). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Runaway bestseller mystery/thriller about the Holy Grail and secret societies. Basis for the feature film starring Tom Hanks.

New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Auckland: Doubleday, [2003]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with all the issue points. (9388). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Runaway bestseller mystery about the Holy Grail and secret societies. Made into a feature film with Tom Hanks.

London: R. A. Everett & Co., Ltd., 1903. First edition. Large former owner bookplate to front free endpapern, front hinge starting, slight discoloration to corners of cloth, publisher lettering partially perished at base of spine. Still a solid very good copy. A nice copy of a major genre rarity. (14763). Octavo, pp. [1-8] 9-315 [316-320: ads], original dark green cloth, front panel stamped in black, spine panel stamped in gold. "Sensational horror thriller, in which an Oriental savant in a Scottish castle seeks to free soul of beloved from thrall of diabolic brotherhood; rife with supernatural elements, including immortality, metempsychosis, raising the dead, metastasis of stone to organic matter, all incorporated into occult framework based on Zoroastrian beliefs. Highly imaginative, suspense and weird atmosphere well-maintained throughout. An excellent specimen of its kind, well above the norm." - Robert Knowlton. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 43. Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of… Read More

New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland: Bantam Books, 2000. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (19629). Octavo, boards. The third volume in the AEGYPT quartet. "Deeply atmospheric, impressively learned, endlessly suggestive: it won't mean much, though, to readers who haven't wrestled with its equally demanding predecessors. Crowley's work is a taste well worth acquiring, but you have to work at it." Kirkus review, 8/8/00.

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, [1921]. First U.S. edition. Foxing to page edges, spine ends bruised, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. An uncommon first edition in either the U.S. or U.K. editions, moreso in jacket. (30894). Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-305 [306: blank], original mesh red cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. First published in the U.K. as THE DAFFODIL MYSTERY. A detective, Jack Tarling and his Chinese assistant Ling Chu solve a murder. Filmed in 1962 as The Devil's Daffodil. Hubin, p. 832.

Eugene, OR: Author's Choice Monthly Pulphouse Publishing, [1989]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (29173). Octavo, cloth. One of 300 numbered clothbound copies signed by Goldstein. Collects five stories. Author's Choice Monthly, Issue Three.

New York, London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First edition. Small inked number at the upper left corner of the front free endpaper. Just a hint of dust soiling to cloth, a square, tight, clean, very good copy. A very presentable copy. No dust jacket. (#151298) (16847). Octavo, pp. [1-10] [1-3] 4-272 [273: colophon] [274-278: blank] [note: the first and last two leaves are blanks], title page printed in brown and black, original decorated tan cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red and brown, running Borzoi stamped in brown on rear panel,top edge stained brown, fore and bottom edges rough trimmed. The author's second book. Hard-boiled detective novel first published in BLACK MASK. Filmed in 1978 as a television mini-series with James Coburn. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 334-5. Layman A.2.1.a.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (5346). Octavo, Hardcover. The third Doc Adams mystery.

[Eugene, OR: Pulphouse Publishing, Inc., 1991]. First edition. A fine copy, no jacket as issued. (29405). Small octavo, imitation leather stamped in gold. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Willis. Issued as Short Story Hardback #20.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1970]. First edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good to nearly fine dust jacket with mild shelf wear to spine ends, a tiny tear at the upper right rear panel at spine fold and several small pinholes to the rear panel. (23229). "The scientist who discovers antigravity is forced to flee from Israel in order to stop his invention becoming a weapon of war. One of Harrison's more effective SF thrillers." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. [85]. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-199.

New York: Ace/Putnam, 1992. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. (698). Octavo, Hardcover. Sequel to THE ROWAN.

New York: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1952]. First edition. A fine copy, some mild rubbing to edges, unread. (12432). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Gold Medal #240. Paperback original.

New York: Rinehart and Co., 1954. First edition. Very good, darkening to text block, in a very good dust jacket, with light edge wear. (7611). Octavo, Hardcover. Review slip laid in. A Father Shanley-Sammy Golden novel.

New York: Bantam Books, [2011]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (24230). Octavo, boards. The fifth book of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series.

New York: Ace Books, [1973]. First edition. A fine copy, unread. (30304). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Paperback original. Set in a post-holocaust California.

Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1946. First edition. A near fine copy, some dustiness to cut edges, offsetting to front free end paper in a very good plus to near fine dust jacket, light rubbing to corners and folds, minor chipping to head and heel of spine panel. Dust soiling to white background of rear panel. (8545). Octavo, cloth. Story collection. The short story "Two Men in a Furnished Room" was the source for the noir film The Guilty (1947).

New York: Random House, [1983]. First edition, first state (no statement of printing on copyright page). Several small stains to fore edge of pages, a nearly fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (22321). Octavo, cloth backed boards. The author's fourth novel. Signed by Crumley on the title page. The second novel featuring his detective, Milo Milodragovitch. Milo investigates the dumping of toxic waste into the groundwater in Montana. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 176-177.

New York: Random House, [1983]. First edition, second state (first edition statement and number line ending with two on the copyright page). Small stain mark to lower right edge of front free end paper, several tiny stain marks to lower fore edge of pages, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to corner tips. (22323). Octavo, cloth backed boards. The author's fourth novel. Signed by Crumley on the title page. The second novel featuring his detective, Milo Milodragovitch. Milo investigates the dumping of toxic waste into the groundwater in Montana. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 176-177.