Mystery And Adventure from Dale Steffey Books, ABAA

London: Longmans, Green & Co./ Chatto and Windus , 1886. Three First Edition books bound in one volume, consecutively Underwoods, Chatto and Windus 1887; The Dynamiter, Longmans, Green & Co. 1885, and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Longmans, Green & Co, 1886. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, marbled end papers, top edge gilt,… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co SCARCE, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at verso of half-title page -"To Darrell P(?) Esq. With the best wishes of the author. Yours sincerely, Charles Leach, September 1936". No Date, (1933) according to OCLC, which locates only 3 copies, all in the UK. vii, 248 pages with black and white photographs. Very Good,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Tokyo and Palo Alto: Kodansha International, 1970. Fine in Near Fine dust jacker, tiny tear top edge and with publisher's original glassine jacket , also Near Fine, small tear top edge. Cover photograph by Naotaka Hirota and cover design by M. Kuwata. The first English translation of this popular Japanese mystery( Hubin 562.), and SCARCE in such lovely condition, thanks… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City, N.Y.: The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1928. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at half title page. Near Fine in a lovely Near Fine dust jacket, small bump bottom front corner, 1/4" closed tear bottom edge of front panel dj, front flap and part of rear panel blurb from another equally lovely dust jacket glued… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1943. First Edition, same dates title and copyright page. Near Fine, small prior owner name label hidden by front flap, small creases to cloth at spine ends, in a Very Good dust jacket, small chips and light edge wear top and bottom edges, orange lettering at spine faded. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Doubleday & Co., 1983. Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, old tape mend bottom edge of spine, rear panel uniformly toned, light wear at edges. 30 mystery short stories not previously collected in a book. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1909. Near Fine, tiny bumps at bottom corners, in a Very Good dust jacket, old internal and external tape mends, spine toned, small chips. SCARCE in dust jacket in any edition. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title, in Hubin. Police reporter and amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille. . Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1940. SCARCE in dust jacket. Very Good, scant soling to cloth, faint tape stains at end pages, in a Very Good Minus dust jacket, 1" x 2" chip at head of spine, 1"x 1" chip at base of spine, light rubbing at edges. A Red Badge Mystery. . First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: BCA, 1992. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on bookplate attached to title page. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Published by BCA in 1992, the same year as the Constable true first edition. Part of the basis for the popular TV series "A Touch of Frost" starring David Jason. SCARCE SIGNED in either of the editions. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Doubleday, 1980. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at title page in year of publication -"To Frank Hoffmann best wishes Isaac Asimov Jan. '80" , Near Fine, tiny rubs at corners and spine ends, in Near Fine dust jacket, light wear at edges. A Doubleday Crime Club selection. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1989. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -"To Emma Cammack, all the best Jim Burke". First printing, with complete number line 1-10. The third Dave Robicheaux mystery, winner of the Edgar Award. Fine in Fine dust jacket. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Saber más sobre este artículo

No Place: No Publisher Not stated (Vintage Press, New York, 1986) publisher's promotional poster for Thomson's noir crime novel, featuring John Garfield (playing Frank Chambers) and Lana Turner (Cora Kellaway) in a classic pose from the film "The Postman Always Rings Twice". 23 3/4"h x 15 1/2"w. Near Fine, faint creasing.small stains verso not showing on front side. Well suited… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1951. SCARCE. Featuring the 1st dust jacket design by Andy Warhaw ( Andy Warhol), with credit at bottom of front flap. Warhol was an award-winning illustrator in the 1950s before his rise to fame. He went on to create at least 6 more designs for dust jackets. Near… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1951. SCARCE in dust jacket and collectible condition. Near Fine, usual page browning due to Doubleday's cheap paper. In a Very Good Plus dust jacket, light edge wear. A Crime Club selection, previously serialized in the Saturday Evening Post. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garden City: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1950. RARE, her third of eight critically acclaimed mystery novels, all set in California and all published by Doubleday, and all of which are RARE in today's market in the first edition. Near Fine, the usual browning given Doubleday's use of cheap paper, in a Near Fine dust… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Strand Magazine, 1901. The true First Printing of the third and arguably best Sherlock Holmes mystery, one which had avid readers queuing up across England with the publication of every new issue. With numerous illustrations by Sidney Paget. Nine complete Strand Magazines, bound without the wrappers, in contemporary brown cloth with red morocco label, gilt rules and lettering, Very… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Chatto & Windus, 1875. Published 1875-1886. Handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf, the backs with ornate floral gilt decorations, gilt lettering on red and brown morocco labels, the sides with floral gilt rules, marbled end papers and edges, the bookplates of William Slater, Esq., Holmses Sharples front paste downs. Very Good, old tape repairs in two of the volumes,… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Three volumes finely bound in half yellow morocco over marbled boards, the backs with gilt floral decorations and lettering, marbled end papers, top edges gilt, ribbon markers, bindings signed "Vauthain". Illustrated by Louise L. Heustis, Victor Perard, and Bayard Jones. All three volumes Near Fine, tiny rubs at tips. A lovely set in matching… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1980. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page - "For Peter P. Jacobi, You were one of the first to tell me I was a writer and I've never forgotten it. with good affection Stephen Hunter Columbia, Md. Feb. 27, 1980". With laid in ALS on the back of a sheet of… Saber más sobre este artículo

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986. Publisher's promotional poster featuring the eerie Michael Kenna photograph seen on the front of the dust jacket of the book. Near Fine, small bottom corner crease, small speck of soil at bottom edge, 18" w x 24"h. Well suited for framing, a poster distibuted in limited numbers at the ABA trade show in 1986.… Saber más sobre este artículo