Cussler, Clive & Kemprecos, Paul | Navigator, The | Double-Signed Lettered Ltd Edition by Cussler, Clive & Kemprecos, Paul - 2007

First UK edition 1st printing, Good to Very Good book with bumped bottom corners, mild spine slant and slightly splayed boards, couple of very small, light spots front end page and front page edges; in a Very Good to Near Fine jacket light edge and corner wear with some loss of color, white back panel lightly soiled. This copy of Barnard’s second mystery is signed on title page.

Phantom Lady - William Irish (1st Edition, 3rd Printing Robert Siodmak 1943 Hardcover w/ DJ)
Copyright 1942, published by J. B. Lippincott (NY). Stated "Third Printing" on the front, inside flap of the jacket and "Third Impression" the copyright page. The basis of the classic 1944 film noir classic directed by Robert Siodmak. Dust jacket has $2.00 printed on the front, inside flap. Jacket has significant nicks, chips, and tears along the edges. Hardcover has heavy spine lean and shows light wear along the corners and edges. Crack at page 208-209. Floating spine back strip. Orange publisher's stain on the top-edge of the textblock. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper; no other writing. Overall, it is in Good Plus (G+) condition.

Near fine copy in an almost fine dust jacket. A really nice copy. An overlooked mystery writer, who wrote for the TV series Perry Mason and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

London, Cassell & Co., 1960, hardcover, 185 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed and inscribed by the Author on a small label pasted to front endpaper, Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, text block lightly age-toned. Dustjacket price clipped, slightest edge nicks, light rubs and tiny, closed top-edge tear to rear panel in new Brodart sleeve. The New Zealand-born author and rugby writer who was responsible for a number of well-known urban legends, including the widespread belief that the flush toilet was invented by Thomas Crapper and that the brassiere was invented by Otto Titzling presents a work of detective fiction stories featuring Detective-Superintendent Keeton and centered on the murder of a young man and his connection to three, very different, society women.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, February 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Fine. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2020. Fine/Fine. Orange board covers with blue cloth spine and illustrated Dj with orange spine. Brodart cover. Flat Signed by author on title page. Full number line. 9.25 x 6.25 with 358 pp.

First UK edition 1st printing, Good to Very Good book with bumped bottom corners, mild spine slant and slightly splayed boards, couple of very small, light spots front end page and front page edges; in a Very Good to Near Fine jacket light edge and corner wear with some loss of color, white back panel lightly soiled. This copy of Barnard’s second mystery is signed on title page.

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939. First Edition . Cloth. Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The author's scarce second novel and second mystery based on the railroad industry. Railroad Detective Andy MacVeigh and his wife Sue try solving the murder of a dancer in New York's Grand Central Terminal. From the dj flap: "The author was given the run of the Grand Central Terminal and the elaborate underground system by the New York Central Railroad." The front and rear endpapers consist of a map "Plan of Grand Central Terminal at Express Level." Salmon cloth with blue titles. Age-toning to paper. Bookstore stamp at top (barely visible) & bottom edges of text block, front & rear endpapers, and to one interior page, not affecting any text. A mild slant to the spine. Soiling to edges of text block. Previous owner's bookplate on verso of half-title page. Boards lightly soiled. Tightly bound, corner tips very good, and text clean. Dust-jacket, now protected in a removable archival plastic cover,… Read More

J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia,, 1958 HBDJ, Hard Cover ,1958. Stated 1st Edition, VG+/VG-, AS-IS, Grey Cloth with Red Titles has minor edgewear, Previous Owners Name Inside Front Cover. Tears and Chips Along Edges of DJ. All books in VG or better condition ,NOT EX-LIBRARY, Interior Nice tight clean Light wear, Fox, 188 pgs, Light rub, scuff & small chips DJ Spine ends & scuff along edges, DJ Protected Clear Mylar , Barby, Nancy & Doug Holland, spend the Christmas Holidays at Their New Hampshire summer Home & are involved in Another Fascinating mystery. A wooden Indian, a Hidden Journal with a secret Code, a party Telephone Line, an Ice Storm & a Helpful Librarian all play a part in Helping the Children to solve an Intriguing Puzzle from the Past.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Collins. First edition, first impression. 1938 Original orange cloth cover book is bright but it looks as though it had some type of cover at one time that was removed to reveal a lovely bright orange. Some of old cover still remains. Not ex-library, no ownership marks. A 2"x 1/2" piece removed from top right corner of Part I page. FEP and last two Advert pages a little loose and split from spine but holding. Lightly smudged here and there throughout. For it's age a very nice collectible book. Comes in a nice facsimile dust jacket mylar protected.

G.P. Putnam's Sons, February 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Very Good/Fine. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2020. Fine/Fine. Orange board covers with blue cloth spine and illustrated Dj with orange spine. Brodart cover. Flat Signed by author on title page. Full number line. 9.25 x 6.25 with 358 pp.