Murder in E Minor.
New York: Bantam Books, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 196pp. Fine/near fine. Tight and handsome first edition of this Nero Wolfe mystery. More
New York: Bantam Books, 1986. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 196pp. Fine/near fine. Tight and handsome first edition of this Nero Wolfe mystery. More
New York: Bantam Books, [1992]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black buckram spine and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 216pp. Fine/near fine. Tight and handsome book club edition of this Nero Wolfe mystery. More
New York: M.S. Mill Co., Inc., 1947. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with yellow lettering and device, pictorial dust jacket. 247pp. Very good/very good. Couple of tape mars to front and rear board, else tight and decent; both endpapers show marks of removed tape, else text block is tight and..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2001]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 352pp. Near fine/very good. Tight, quite attractive first edition, signed handsomely by Grafton in black fineline on an inner flyleaf. More
[New York]: Warner Books, [1987]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth spine and green paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 257pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition -- tight and handsome -- of the eighth title in Granger's "November Man" mystery series. On the front flyleaf, he boldly pens in black..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1982. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and red paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. viii, 245pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition of this Cold War thriller boldly signed by the author on the title page: "Thanks & / regards / Bill Granger." More
New York: Coward-McCann, [1951]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with green spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 255pp. Very good/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn and rubbed, with single edge chip. A tight and attractive first edition of this (to cite front jacket panel) "Novel of Thievery Murder and the Borders of Reality."..... More
New York: Penguin Books, [1975]. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 332pp, (4pp ads). Very good. Slightest bit of faint wear. Tight and attractive later paperback printing. From the collection of published Sherlock buff and noted philatelic figure F. Burton Sellers (1918-2010). More
New York: Pocket Books, [1990]. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 197pp, (3pp ads). Very good. Slight spine wear. Tight, nice first paperback edition of this Doyle imitator. From the collection of published Sherlock buff and noted philatelic figure F. Burton Sellers (1918-2010). More
London: T.V. Boardman & Company, [1962]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange paper over boards with black spine lettering and decoration, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 191pp. Very good/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn and a bit rough at head of spine, one edge trimmed so about ΒΌ" inch shorter than book height; binding..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. White cloth spine with black spine lettering and black patterned paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 191pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn and a tad rubbed. A tight and nice first edition of Gruber's last book -- boldly inscribed and..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, [1947]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with green lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 283pp. Near fine/very good. Endpapers a tad age toned; jacket a bit edgeworn, with a number of miniscule edge chips. A tight, handsome first edition of this "Frank Gruber Ace Mystery"..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1964. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Near fine/very good. Faintest bit of jacket edgewear and rubbing. Quite tight and really handsome first edition of this archeological mystery. Gruber (1904-69) was a prolific pulp fiction writer who penned..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, [1954]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Cream paper over boards with green and brown spine lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 251pp. Very good/very good. Light jacket edgewear, with spine faintly sunned; text block lightly age toned. Tight, handsome first edition of this "Murray Hill Mystery" --..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 184pp. Fine/near fine. Book and binding are supremely pristine and jacket shows just the faintest of discernible wear. A superbly tight, handsome first edition of this novel in the "Dutton Novel of..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, [1945]. Hardcover. 12mo. Blue cloth with red spine lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 185pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn. A tight and lovely first edition of the 8th title in the "Johnny Fletcher" series -- a "Murray Hill Mystery." Gruber (1904-69)..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, [1941]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange cloth with blue lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 276pp. Very good/good plus. Binding only faintly edgeworn; endpapers quite age toned, especially pastedowns, else internally near fine; jacket rubbed and edgeworn, with a number of edge chips and large chip (roughly 2"..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, [1947]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue paper over boards with orange spine lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 188pp. Near fine/good plus. Jacket slightly edgeworn and inoffensively dampstained. A tight, handsome first edition of this "Murray Hill Mystery" -- the tenth (out of 18) "Johnny Fletcher..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. Hardcover. Small 4to. Orange cloth, dust jacket. 320pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition, signed by Guilfoile large and bold in black fineline on the title page. More
London: Cassell, [1963]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 182pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edge worn and rubbed. A tight and attractive first edition of this thriller. More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, [1994]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 216pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/fine. Tight, quite handsome reprint edition of this 1980 compilation by a "Who's Who" of Sherlock scholars. More
Secaucus, NJ: Castle Books, [1981]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 216pp. Extensive illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Handsome early printing of this illustrated essay collection compiled in honor of the 50th anniversary of Doyle's death. Contributors include Maurice Baring, J.M. Barrie, Basil Rathbone, P.G. Wodehouse and..... More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, [1974]. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 128pp. Extensive illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Tight and handsome first U.S. edition of this fascinating, "far-ranging collection of such diverse material...." From the collection of published Sherlock buff and noted philatelic figure F. Burton Sellers..... More
New York: St. Martin's, [2002]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 339pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with single archivally closed (on verso) edge tear; black remainder mark on top page edges. Tight, clean, decent first edition of this thriller, bearing on the front flyleaf..... More
[New York]: Delacorte Press, 1997. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 326pp. Near fine/near fine. An attractive first edition, tight and handsome, boldly inscribed and signed by the author in black fineline on the title page: "For Dick / Best wishes, James W. Hall." More