The Jewel That Was Ours (An Inspector Morse Mystery)
Crown, March 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on full title page. A first edition, first printing with complete numberline to one. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. More
Crown, March 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on full title page. A first edition, first printing with complete numberline to one. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. More
The Franklin Library, 1995. First Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall). Slight rubbing to covers; else a near fine copy as issued. [14], 307, [4] pages + plate. Fine-bound issue of the author's first book; notable for the color frontispiece. Dated 1994 on title page..... More
Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in full brown polished calf by Root & Son, spine with raised bands, contrasting red and dark green morocco labels, and gilt floral tooling within gilt-tooled cpmpartments, covers bordered with triple gilt fillets and rosettes at corners; inner dentelles decorated in gilt..... More
Chapman and Hall, 1844. First Edition. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bound in period brown polished calf over textured matching cloth, spine with black leather label and raised bands, spine and extremities rubbed, some nicking to spine tips; front cover detttached, rear hinge entirely split with..... More
Chapman and Hall, 1844. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Bound in 19th-century 3/4 brown calf, spine with raised bands, red morocco label, and gilt tooling, over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers Podeschi A72. Engraved illustrations by 'Phiz' (H.K. Browne).40 Engraved Plates. More
Chapman and Hall, 1839. First Edition. Leather Binding. A very good copy in period full brown calf, spine with raised bands, black morocco label, and elaborate interlocking gilt tooling covering the entire spine, covers bordered with a single gilt fillet, speckled edges (binding rubbed; plates have usual browning and foxing)..... More
Bradbury & Evans, 1849. First Edition. Paperback. First edition in the original parts (20 parts issued in 19). Housed in an attractive dark forest green morroco and marbled boards slipcase with green cloth folding chemise, A very good, complete set, with restoration to spines and some nicks and tears to..... More
Chapman and Hall, 1837. First Edition. Leather Binding. First book edition with the first state of issue (including two different 'E' signatures at foot of pages 25 and 27; errata note on page [xvi] with 6 lines of corrections; etc). plus the engraved title page with 'Veller' (later altered to..... More
Chapman and Hall, 1859. First Edition. Leather Binding. A complete set of the first edition in original parts, housed in a stunning full plum morocco solander case, 'spine' with raised bands and elaborate gilt floral tooling. First edition of the original 8 parts issued in 7 numbers. Octavo. [i-vii], viii..... More
Lea and Blanchard, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. small 8vo 203,[5],192pp Contains 21 pieces in all (including 2 short novels , 18 short stories and 1 sonnet) by 'various hands'; the American edition d oes not include 'Charcoal Sketches' by Joseph C. Neal. Podeschi..... More
Chapman & Hall, January 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 750 copies printed. Original green cloth over boards, with gilt titles on spine. Light shelfwear, else a Near Fine copy // An essential reference work, each work in parts is described with issue points, and a facsimile of the wraps..... More
Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1856. First Thus. Hardcover. 4 volumes bound in 2. A good set, bound in quarter brown calf over dark green textured boards, black morocco spine labels and gilt rules, edges red (some rubbing; tears to spine; some foxing). First Continental edition. 'Copyright Edition' (title pages); not located in..... More
Chapman and Hall, 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes, complete as issued. Attractively bound in late 19th-century 3/4 brown morocco over brown cloth, spines with raised bands and elaborate gilt floral tooling, covers sectioned with a single gilt fillet, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers (some rubbing to spines and boards..... More
Houghton Mifflin, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Boldly signed by author with his distinctive signature on title page. A fine copy of the first edition, printing (stated) in a near fine jacket complete with $5.95 price (jacket has slight surface and edge wear). First novel of the American poet; basis of..... More
Little, Brown and Company, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The first edition, 1st state, signed by Dobie on special inserted leaf. First edition hardcover in jacket (jacket has minor spotting and wear; front inner hinge tender; ink name). McVicker A12a(1).Illustrated By Olaus J. Murie..... More
Random House, April 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on title page. First Edition w/ proper numberline. A near fine first edition in jacket (slight spotting to cloth; slight toning and edge wear to jacket). Interior is otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾'..... More
Dove & Courtney, January 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very scarce - extremely rare novel set during the Yukon's Skagway Gold Rush. Original brown cloth binding, color pictorial label on front cover (cloth chipped and worn, paper label rubbed; author's ink stamp on front..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Slight rubbing and browning to jacket; slight internal browning to edges. [8], 177, [3] pages. Second book of the Chilean author to be published in the US; novel concerning 'the enervating, pointless lives of the old..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight rubbing and browning to jacket; slight internal browning to edges. [8], 262, [2] pages. 'A novel of modern Chile awarded The William Faulkner Foundation Prize in 1962' (jacket upper cover); originally published in Chile in..... More
Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Slight rubbing and browning to jacket; slight brown ink mark on lower edges (remainder mark?); slight stain to upper right corner of half-title page (label mark); slight internal browning to edges. [8], 262, [2] pages. 'A..... More
Houghton Mifflin Co., 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and inscribed by author John Dos Passos on front endpaper' For Bud Clifton cordially John Passos.' Bound in the original red and light gray cloth (some wear and staining to cloth). More
Crippen & Landru, September 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed and Limited Edition. Numbered 96 of a print run of 150, signed by both Publishers. Includes separately-printed loose pamphlet entitled 'The Long Arm of the Paw' by Jeffrey Marks. A Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. More
Powell's / Norton, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Singed by author on title page. Part of Powell's Indiespensable series. A Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket and a Near Fine slipcase, with a Fine copy of the author's cards laid in. Book has no discernible flaws; DJ has no discernible flaws;..... More
W. W. Norton & Company, May 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and dated by Dunn on title page, 7/1 (date illegible). First edition hardcover in jacket (jacket has light wear and tiny tears to edges). More
Little Brown & Co, April 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VG+/VG in jacket (sl rub/minor nicks to jacket). tall 8vo with DJ xii,200pp ISBN 0-316-20010-7. Author's third book (and follow-up to his 'Platoon'); novel set in Beirut during the last phase of the American..... More