STATE OF SIEGE.
New York: Knopf, 1956. First U.S. edition. Published in the UK as THE NIGHT COMERS. Fine in near fine dust jacket with few tiny tears, spine ends rubbed, and corners nicked. Item #54996 More
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THE ISLAND OF SHEEP.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1936). First edition. Very good to near fine with very subtle spotting to covers and a touch of light foxing to prelims. In bright dust jacket with scattered foxing to spine and few inconspicuous tears, otherwise near fine. Item #53949 More
THE MAN FROM THE NORLANDS.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936. First U.S. edition, and first edition under this title (published in the UK as THE ISLAND OF SHEEP. "Circulating Library" copy, from the days when public libraries were not as plentiful and circulating libraries, which charged a fee, were known to stock popular novels the..... Item #53940 More
THE POWER-HOUSE.
Edingburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1916. First edition. Slim red cloth boards stamped in black on front and spine. About very good with spine toned to pink but lettering still bright, pages darkened, as usually seen, and endpaper just beginning to crack at hinge but binding quite strong..... Item #53930 More
KILLER IN THE RAIN.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. First edition. First book appearances of eight stories written by Chandler in the 1930's for pulp magazines. Introduction by Philip Durham. Spine a little shaken otherwise near fine in very good to near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with edges rubbed and few tiny nicks and tears..... Item #53932 More
THE LITTLE SISTER.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1949. First U.S. edition, preceded by the UK. Crisp and very nearly fine with pin prick to front gutter; in about very good, price-clipped dust jacket with shallow rubbed chipping to spine ends and corners (touching a few letters in "Raymond" ar head of spine), and two..... Item #53931 More
PLAYBACK.
London: Hamish Hamilton, (1958). First edition, preceding the U.S. edition. First issue boards stamped in silver versus yellow. The final (complete) Philip Marlowe. Near fine in price-clipped dust jacket lightly rubbed at spine ends, tips and folds. Bottom half rear flap clipped out, good only thus. Item #53943 More
A MAN NAMED THIN: And other stories.
New York: (Mercury Mystery), (1962). First edition. Mercury Mystery No. 233. A paperback original featuring the first book appearance of each of the 8 stories. Edited and with introduction by Ellery Queen. Perfect bound multi-colored paperwraps; 128 pages. Covers show light soiling, edge rubbing and shallow chip from top rear..... Item #53941 More
THE LOOKING-GLASS WAR.
London: Heinemann, (1965). First edition. An incompetent British intelligence agency known as "The Department" and its multiple botched attempts to verify a Communist defector's story of a Soviet missile build-up in East Germany. INSCRIBED BY LE CARRE on front endpaper, "S. Sanders/ best wishes/ John le Carre." Page edges foxed..... Item #55552 More
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