UNDER COVER OF DAYLIGHT.
New York: Norton & Co., (1987). First edition. Advance reading copy in pictorial paperwraps. Author's first book. Minor soiling otherwise fine. Item #18494 More
New York: Norton & Co., (1987). First edition. Advance reading copy in pictorial paperwraps. Author's first book. Minor soiling otherwise fine. Item #18494 More
New York: William Morrow and Co., 1940. First edition. An early western by the mystery writer best known for his Michael Shayne novels. Written under his own name, Davis Dresser. Near fine in edge-rubbed dust jacket with few chips, tears and attendant creasing but otherwise very good. Item #54820 More
New York: Torquil / Dodd, Mead & Co., (1959). First edition. Expanded from the short story “Dead Man's Diary” which appeared in Black Mask, Sept. 1945 [per Johnson, working bibliography]. Page following endpaper with "Michael Shayne's 34th Case" hand corrected in ink to "33rd" otherwise fine in bright, near fine..... Item #72263 More
London: John Long, (1957). First UK edition. Foxing to page edges otherwise bright and fine in equally nice, fine dust jacket with only the barest wear -- unusual thus. Item #72264 More
New York: Torquil / Dodd, Mead & Co., (1960). First edition. Ghostwritten by Robert Terrall [per Johnson, working bibliography]. Expanded from the short story "Violence in the Sun" in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, Jan 1960. Touch of faint foxing otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. Scarce. Item #72265 More
(Denver: Copper Canyon Press, 1973). First edition. One of 500 copies. Near fine in paperwraps with faint soil mark near spine and light sticker shadow to front cover. (Only 10 hardback copies.). Item #24117 More
New York: Henry Holt, (1914). First edition. INSCRIBED BY HAMILTON - "To Ralph Block -- flittings, flutterings, and floatings -- from his fellow=outcast, Clayton Hamilton [underscored with flourish] to commemorate their year of common exile at the Goldwyn Studios, Culver City, California 1921-1922." HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER AND SCREENWRITER Ralph Block (1889-1974)..... Item #33449 More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. First edition. Author's first book, SIGNED. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #31011 More
New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #51140 More
(Adak, Alaska: Intelligence Section Field Force Headquarters, 1944). First edition. "In Honor and Memory of the Men of the North Pacific Theater Who Died so that a Continent Might Be Free." Hammett, who was stationed in the Aleutians Islands was assigned to help compile an accounting of the Aleutian Campaign..... Item #49126 More
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak, 1945. First edition. Paperback original, "Bestseller Mystery, No. B62." Collects "Fly Paper," "Death on Pine Street," Zigzags of Treachery," and "The Farewell Murder," all of which first appeared in "Black Mask" magazine (two are previously uncollected). Pages a little darkened, light edge wear, otherwise fine..... Item #52277 More
HammettD.pdf. Item #22813 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First edition. The detective known only as "The Continental Op" investigates a diamond theft from the San Franciscan Leggett family, the supposed victims of a curse said to inflict sudden, violent deaths on those in their vicinity. Very good to near fine with only..... Item #53807 More
[San Franciso]: North Point Press, circa 1984. First edition. 18.75 x 24.75" broadside poster advertising the availability of the trade edition issued from the Arion Press limited edition (published the previous year). Both editions were illustrated with period photographs of sites in the novel. The poster prominently features a film-noirish..... Item #71804 More
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
New York: Knopf, 1983. First edition. INSCRIBED BY HANNAH on title page, "To Walter Sullivan,/ All respects --/ Barry Hannah." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and one of the founding members of The Fellowship of Southern Writers to which Hannah..... Item #72193 More
New York: Random House, (1972). First edition. Posthumous collection of three plays: "Les Blancs," "The Drinking Gourd," and "What Use Are Flowers." Edited and with critical backgrounds on each play by Nemiroff, her husband. Introduction by Julius Lester. INSCRIBED on front endpaper by Nemiroff, "July 1972/ To Bob & Ellie..... Item #72266 More
London: Macmillan Co., 1923. First edition. An attractive pictorial cover in green with gilt stamping. Slight wear to corners and spine ends still near fine. Lacking dust jacket. Item #49866 More
San Francisco: John Howell-Books, 1977. First edition. Limited edition of 225 copies. Contains a checklist of Grabhorn publications from 1916-1956 and a complete specimen of types. Printed by Andrew Hoyem. Illustrated with 23 tipped-in original printing specimens, including one folding one, and two pages of printer's devices (one for each..... Item #55615 More
London: Doubleday, (2001). First edition. SIGNED BY HARRIS on the title page. From the author of CHOCOLAT. Usual tanning to the pages otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. Item #71609 More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1881. First edition. First issue with "presumptive" in last line page 9 (versus "presumptuous"). An enduring though controversial Southern classic illustrated by Frederick S. Church & James H. Moser. Small 8vo brown cloth boards; gilt-stamped spine; front cover stamped in black with pictorial of..... Item #72010 More
London: Printed for T. Woodward, A. Ward, S. Birt, et al, 1744 - 1748. Second edition, considered by many to be the best. Revised from the 1705 first edition adding a number of new maps including one of Australia. Two folio volumes (approximately 10.5 x 16.5”). Bound in tan, full-leather..... Item #71741 More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1946). First edition of the author's first novel. Although not indicated as such in the book, this copy is from the collection of sportswriter Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman and has what we imagine are burn marks from the ashes of his cigar. About very good..... Item #55001 More
London: Faber and Faber, (1965). First edition. Children's book for middle grade readers. Illustrated with drawings by Eileen Green. 8vo emerald green cloth boards lettered in gilt at spine; 203 pages. Bright and fine with barest rubbing to tips; in very good to near fine dust jacket with touch of..... Item #72267 More
London: Faber and Faber, (1972). First British edition. SIGNED by the author on half-title page. Published in the States as TUNNEL THROUGH THE DEEPS. An alternate history story set in (an alternate) 1973--George Washington lost the Battle of Lexington, and was executed as a traitor, and as a result America..... Item #52313 More