Die Entscheidung: Neue Betrachtungen, Briefe, Gedanken and Reden.
Frankfurt: S. Fischer Verlag, 1955. Hardcover. 12mo. Tan cloth, dust jacket. 206pp. Near fine/very good. Slightest of jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and nice. More
Frankfurt: S. Fischer Verlag, 1955. Hardcover. 12mo. Tan cloth, dust jacket. 206pp. Near fine/very good. Slightest of jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and nice. More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1889. Hardcover. Small 4to. Olive green cloth with gilt and black lettering. xvi, 390pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, 5 called-for full-page plates and foldout floor plan. Very good. Mild binding wear only, with text block tight and internally near fine; foldout shows several discreet archival mends..... More
New York: Drama Book Specialists (Publishers), [1978]. Hardcover. 4to. Burgundy paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 225pp. Extensive line drawings and patterns. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn. Tight and handsome later printing of this extraordinary reference first published in 1967 -- a remarkable fashion..... More
Garden City: Hanover House, [1953]. Hardcover. Illustrations by George Jahns. 8vo. Blue/grey tweed paper over boards with yellow spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 256pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny edge chips at head/tail of spine. Tight, attractive later printing of this "Ripley's Believe..... More
New York: Hyperion, 1995. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 371pp. Near fine/near fine. A tight and lovely first edition of the noted t.v. journalist's essay collection, handsomely signed and inscribed by him in black fineline on the half-title page: "To..... More
Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 144pp. Illustrations. Very good/very good. Page 91 has small crease at top. First edition. Collection of writings from Elizabeth I, Pepys, Walpole and others. More
New York: The Arundel Print, 1881. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Original green cloth with "'WHEN DID HE DIE?' AND 'WHAT DID HE DO?'" giltstamped on front board. 497pp. Very good. Mild bit of edgewear, but still tight-hinged and with decorative gilt bright. Small contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. Revised edition of..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, n.y. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Full calf, gilt, blind-embossed rules. viii, 301pp. Engraved frontispiece, glazed marbled endpapers. Very good. Minor edgewear; attractive 19th century bookplate of one Thomas Lee Hardy on front pastedown. Third edition, tight and handsome. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, [1956]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Two-tone blue cloth with orange spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 103pp. Near fine/very good. Faintest touch of rubbing to spine head/tail; jacket faintly edgeworn. Handsome, tight first edition of this challenging-to-summarize slim study that might best be described as the English..... More
London: Stanley Paul and Co. Ltd., [1956]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red paper over boards with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn and rubbed, with a few small edge chips. Quite tight and lovely first edition of this survey of 22 well-known murder..... More
New York: Greenberg, 1926. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 160pp. Very good/very good. Very minor jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and handsome. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and cream paper over boards, dust jacket. xix, 313pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit rubbed; ownership signature on front flyleaf. Tight, clean, nice first edition, boldly inscribed and signed by the author in black ballpoint on the..... More
Davenport, IA: By the Author, 1880. Hardcover. 12mo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration and black rules. xvi, 176pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Very good. Quite mild binding edgewear, else tight, bright and near fine. Handsome first edition of this slim how-to by New Hampshirite Charles (1824-1900), who moved to Davenport..... More
New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1961. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xv, 239pp. Very good/very good. Slightest bit of jacket edgewear; ownership last name inkstamped on front and rear pastedown. First edition, tight and attractive, of what the front jacket panel subtitles "A Handbook for Police Officers, Detectives..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. Hardcover. Edited by Alexander Blacker Kerr. 8vo. Blue silk-like cloth spine with paper label and lavender decorative paper over boards. 181pp. Very good. A bit edgeworn, with evidence of bookplate removal from rear pastedown. Tight, clean first edition. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1937. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 167pp. Very good/very good. A tight, clean and lovely first edition by the Czech-born American philosopher and historian (1891-1971) -- with a unique twist: The title page bears a choice presentation inscription from fellow Czech MAX BROD..... More
Jerusalem: Steimatzky's Agency Ltd., [1978]. Small 4to. Terra cotta paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 269pp. 2 maps, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Single archivally closed (on verso) edge tear to otherwise near fine jacket. A tight and lovely first Israeli edition, handsomely inscribed and signed..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. Hardcover. Illustrations by Michael Valdez. Small 4to. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 143pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Tight, attractive first edition -- a mild ex-library copy, with very few and mostly-removed markings. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. x, 236pp. Near fine/very good. Slight jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition of this eclectic essay collection. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth, dust jacket. xi, 368pp. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Handsome second printing. More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, [1983]. Hardcover. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1983. Small 4to. Tan cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 192pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations (many color). Fine/fine. First edition, tight and pristine, of this first collection by the famed Chicago journalist -- bearing a fine red-bordered bookplate on the..... More
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and tan cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xv, 206pp. Very good/very good. Light jacket edgewear. A tight and attractive third printing of the syndicated advice columnist's writings, bearing a huge and bold inscription by her in black fineline on the front flyleaf: "Warm..... More
Philadelphia: Countryside Press, 1970. Hardcover. 4to. White paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 176pp. Numerous photographs (most color), diagrams, patterns. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn, with spine faintly sunned. First edition, tight and nice. Colorful assortment of holiday recipes, craft ideas and decorating suggestions. More
Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1987. Hardcover. 8vo. Red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Very good/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition. More
New York: Vantage Press, 1985. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. First edition of this miscellany of essays, short stories, letters and poems, nicely inscribed on the front flyleaf by the author to a noted Hemingway scholar: "9/26/89 / To: /..... More