All Booked Up Tapa dura - 1987

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dodd , Mead and Company, 1987. AR6 - DJ is mylar protected. DJ has price clipped, some chippings on the edges, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has wrinkling on the spine edges, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Only weeks ago, Basil Killingsley was looking at a rare old book in the Smedley Library. Now.... First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dodd Mead, 1987 hardback book and unclipped dust jacket [$15.95] in fine condition,stated-first edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

187 pages. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/2") bund in original publisher's grey quarter cloth with gilt lettering to spine over red boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
Only weeks ago, Basil Killingsley was looking at a rare old book in the Smedley Library. Now he is back to take another look, and the book is gone—gone from the shelves, gone from the computer listings, gone from the memories of everyone who works there.Basil is as indefatigable as he is eccentric. He will not rest until he finds the book and proves to all concerned that he is not imagining things. But more than Basil's (considerable) ego is involved here: it is not just any book that is missing, but a 1495 Wynkyn de Worde edition of Ranulf Higden's Policronicon, a book of historical and literary significance that is crucial to Basil's research.
As Basil and his equally formidable wife, Hortense, are busy searching the Smedley for clues, members of the staff keep turning up murdered, more books mysteriously appear on the… Leer más

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0396092047 . First printing. Unclipped dust jacket in new, clear archival cover. "When Basil Killingsley goes back to the Smedley library to take another look at a 1495 Wynkyn de Worde edition of POLYCHRONICON, a volume he looked at only the week before, the book has vanished, along with any record or memory of its existence." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 187 pages .

Dodd Mead, 1987-11. Hardcover. Good.

N.Y.: Dodd, 1987. 1st ed. page edges lightly soiled esle about fine in near fine dj . "New England's Smedley Library is a haven for strange academic and library types. When the rare books begin to disappear and copies of Tottle's Songs and Sonnets appear in their stead, a crew of zanies investigates. Then there is murder. This is an entertainment that pokes fun at everyone and everything. The plot moves swiftly along to the unmasking of the culprit." -- Library Journal. The author is a Professor of Medieval Literature. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Owner's name on copyright page, else fine in fine dustwrapper. Author's first mystery.

Dodd Mead. Collectible - Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. Pages toned. In protective mylar cover. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate on front paste down. (mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories)

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 187pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Pages edges lightly toning as is typical due to paper quality. Some mild spotting on top and fore-edge. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($15.95), has a touch of rubbing but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Review slip laid in. A beautiful collectable copy of the author's first book.

Dodd Mead. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0396092047 . Stated first edition hardcover with full number line inscribed by Curran to the title page. Spine ends/one corner lightly pushed, lightly toned pages. The DJ in mylar is lightly worn at extremities. Flap price $15.95. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .