New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange cloth with blue lettering and rules. 188pp. Very good. Faintest of edgewear, with spine faintly sunned. A tight and nice third printing of this crime noir classic -- with nice autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf are two fine, matching..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1936]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and pictorial black front cover stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 207pp, (5pp ads). Frontispiece. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only; ownership signature on front pastedown and same within printed "This is my Book" box on..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1930]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and pictorial black front cover stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 210pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only, with a few tiny edge chips. Quite tight, really handsome first edition of the fifth..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [19431. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and pictorial black front cover stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 206pp, (2pp ad). Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear only, with several old mends on jacket verso. Tight, appealing later printing of the..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1940]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and pictorial black front cover stamping, pictorial dust jacket. iii, 212pp. Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only, with old mend on jacket verso; amusingly, the printed "This is my Book" box..... More
Hartford: Hurlbut, Scranton & Company, 1864. Hardcover. Small 4to. Full calf with gilt spine lettering and rules. 506pp, (2pp ads). All edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, engraved title page, full-page tissue-guarded heavy stock steel-engraved illustrations. Very good. Binding a bit edgeworn and scuffed; 1865 inked ownership signature on front flyleaf and..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1931]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and pictorial black front cover stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 208pp, (44pp ads). Frontispiece. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; nonauthorial 1932 gift inscription on front flyleaf. Attractive, tight first edition of the sixth title in..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1943]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and pictorial black front cover stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 210pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Very good/very good. Binding sharp and nice, though erased ownership signature/address on printed "This is my Book" front flyleaf statement..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1941]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and pictorial black front cover stamping, pictorial dust jacket. iii, 209pp. Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only, with old mends on jacket verso. Sharp and lovely first edition of the seventeenth..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1933]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and pictorial black front cover stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 210pp, (2pp ad). Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only, with faint abrasion near center front panel. A bright, handsome early printing of..... More
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Company, [1907]. Hardcover. Illustrations by B. Cory Kilvert. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board large color plate. 150pp. Color frontispiece, 6 full-page called-for color plates. Good plus. While internally tight and quite nice, binding is a bit edgeworn and corner bumped..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. Hardcover. Illustations by Gordon Grant. Small 8vo. Blue cloth with yellow lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. x, 321pp. Line drawings. Very good/very good. 1929 nonauthorial gift inscription on front flyleaf; endpapers a tad age toned; jacket faintly edgeworn and slightly sunned. Handsome..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1947]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and pictorial black front cover stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 209pp. Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Only faint jacket edgewear; text block lightly age toned as usual. Tight, most handsome first edition of the concluding..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1943]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and pictorial black front cover stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 209pp. Frontispiece. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only, with small inoffensive abrasion near center of front panel; ownership namedate inked on "This is my Book"..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1930]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and pictorial black front cover stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 210pp, (2pp ad). Frontispiece. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only. Bright, handsome, tight early printing of the fourth title in the popular 21-volume "Buddy Series"..... More
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, [1929]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and pictorial stamping, pictorial dust jacket. 208pp, (4pp ads). Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket edgewear only. A tight, quite sharp and handsome first edition of the penultimate title in the popular..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by Worth Brehm. Small 8vo. Light green cloth with dark green lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 356pp, (2pp ads). Frontispiece, full-page plates. Very good/very good. Faintest binding edgewear only; jacket slightly edgeworn and age toned. Photoplay edition ("Illustrated with Scenes from the Photoplay..... More
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, [1931]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Red cloth with black lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 223pp. Frontispiece. Near fine/good plus. Jacket edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with a few tiny edge chips but a large triangular paper loss to rear panel (only). A tight, quite nice..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, [1984]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff yellow printed wrappers. (20pp), 457pp, (9pp blank). Very good. Faint edgewear to outer wrappers (only), else tight and internally fine. Handsome uncorrected proof copy of this (to cite press release) "unprecedented combination reference book/biography." Laid in loose are a 7" X 5"..... More
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing, 1908. Hardcover. Illustrations by Ralph L. Boyer. Small 8vo. Olive green cloth with ivory lettering and black, brown and ivory pictorial stamping. 350pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 6 called-for full-page plates, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Quite mild edgewear, with spine lettering a tad rubbed; inner hinges delicate and..... More
This hero of libertarians and conservatives alike was a prolific, influential business and economics author and philosopher who penned numerous popular titles and served as editor, columnist and journalist for many major American newspapers between 1913 and 1969. TLS, 1p (lettersheet), 5½" X 8½", New York, NY, 24 December 1940..... More
The star Yankee pitcher of the 1920s and '30s, known as "Schoolboy," became one of the first players to enter sportscasting; elected to the Hall of Fame in 1969. TNS, 1p, 6" X 7", n.p., n.y. Near fine. On his personal imprinted letterhead, Hoyt writes a choice sentiment: "To a...... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, [1973]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xi, 332pp. Fine/fine. Handsome and pristine first edition of this essay collection, subtitled on jacket front as "Reflections & notes on the art of writing from a career of half a century." This..... More
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History" (1954) and "Lamy of Santa Fe: His Life and Times" (1975) was equally at home with fiction and with history. ALS, 1p, 8½" X 11", Middletown, CT, 13 May 1976. Fine. Addressed to Arnold F. Gates..... More
Des Plaines, IL: Gilbert K. Westgard II, 1976. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. 140pp. Near fine. Handsome, tight facsimile reprint of the first edition (Boston: Loring, 1877), with colophon facing title page noting 200 numbered copies (this #5) signed in full in black fineline by Westgard..... More