New York: King's Crown Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Good jacket, clipped at the top edge but priced on the bottom ($2.75), generally toned and soiled, some chips and closed tears throughout. Pale purple cloth, faded at the spine and edges, with red ink lettering on..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publlishers, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Berg on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($14.95). Quarter cream buckram with blue paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of twenty-four essays about the influences of various authors..... More
Cincinnati: Reader's Digest Books, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Block on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($16.95). Quarter red buckram with red paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Block's five-part work on the writing and publishing process. More
New York: Arbor House, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Block on the front endpaper page. Introudction by Brian Garfield. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($13.95). Quarter black cloth with grey paper on the boards, some foxing. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges and at the..... More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), a few small closed tears. Blue buckram with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, pen initials and date on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Braxton's work arguing for..... More
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Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete five-volume set. Near Fine in Near Fine jackets, unclipped (priced on the rear panels), faded at the spines and some extending onto the front panels. Colored buckram bindings, lightly pushed at the corners, with gilt lettering on the spines. Square..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($22.00). Quarter maroon cloth with orange paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An essay told in "29 tangos" that addresses Keat's idea that beauty is truth. More
New York: Viking Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Second Printing. Inscribed by Cowley on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, faded at the spine, faintly rubbed at the edges. Blue buckram with gilt lettering and designs on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a faded..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Wraps rubbed at the edges, creased at the front fold. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. This issue features "The Law of Genre" by Jacques Derrida and "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night; or, Why Are We Huddling..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($35.00 at the back panel), faintly rubbed at the edges. Cream cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Doody's "comprehensive sutdy of the names of people and places--real and..... More
London: Aurum Press, 2002. First Edition. Foreword by P.D. James. Fine. Clean wraps. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A thoroughly illustrated work representing "the first comprehensive guide to the locations and landmarks that have inspired the very best of British detective fiction." More
London: Walter Scott, Limited, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Postcard signed by Ellis tipped-in on the Contents page. Good, lacking the jacket. Blue buckram, rubbed, some fraying at the head of the spine. Bound with some reading wear and a forward lean, portrait of Ellis pasted onto the second front endpaper..... More
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped, generally rubbed and toned, a large closed tear on the front panel. Blue buckram with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of literary criticism about..... More
London: Stanley Nott, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Foreword and Notes by Ezra Pound. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (5s. net), generally toned, a few stains. Quarter white paper with black cloth on the boards. Square and firmly bound with a black top stain, signature of statistician J.F. Anscombe..... More
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($17.95), faded at the spine and top edge, a closed tear at the bottom edge of the front panel. Blue buckram, bumped at the bottom two corners, gilt lettering on the spine. Square..... More
Somerviller: Abyss Publications, 1969. Paperback. Second Printing, limited to 300 copies. With a TLS from Fox on his personal letterhead. Near Fine. Wraps toned and soiled at the spine and edges. Square and firmly bound with two staples, clean internally. An early printing of the first critical study on Bukowski..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.50). Black boards with red pastedowns on the spine and front panel. Square and firmly bound, lightly foxed at the top edge, clean otherwise. An anthology of crime stories representing from ancient Greece to..... More
Baltimore: Borderlands Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 500 copies signed by the contributors, including Stephen King. Fine in a Fine jacket, housed in a Fine slipcase. Jacket is clean and unclipped ($75.00). Brown buckram with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean..... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1928. First Edition. Paperback. Inscribed by Hurst on the half-title. Fair. Covers present but detached from the textblock. Firmly bound with two staples, clean internally. A short volume about one of the best-selling authors of the first half of the 20th century. In addition to..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($6.95), toned at the spine. Black cloth, lightly bumped at the corners, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The fifth Adam Dalgliesh novel, one that sees him..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Near Fine jacket, clipped. Red boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with toned paged, foxed at the edges, clean otherwise. An omnibus of three early James novels, two featuring Adam Dalgliesh and..... More
Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 450 copies signed by James. Fine in the issued jacket and slipcase. Jacket unclipped (no price). Red boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Here James "examines the cahllenges, achievements and potential of a genre..... More
Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine jacket unclipped (no price). Red boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Here James "examines the cahllenges, achievements and potential of a genre which has fascinated her for more than fifty years as..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by James on the title page. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (£9.95). Black boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with toned pages, clean otherwise. The seventh Adam Dalgliesh novel, one centering on the..... More
Garden City: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1954. Mass Market Paperback. Anchor A-31. Very Good. Wraps generally toned and soiled, rubbed at the edges. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name inside the front cover, clean otherwise. Cover by Edward Gorey. More
