The Face of Hate by Du Bois, Theodora - 1948

Toronto: The Coop-Clark Co., 1906. KID McGHIE- S. R. Crockett- Illustrated by E.F. Skinner- The Copp-Clark Co. Ltd.- Toronto- 1906-True-1st Edition-1st Printing-1st State- SC- Illustrated Softcover Wraps:- 12mo- VG/ no dj as issued-original grey wraps with green titles on cover and spine-illustration on cover also in green.- B&W frontis-+ 3 other plates- They are bound in to face pp.102, 192, and 322. -400pp all clean-no tears or writing- some cover rubs on spine,piece of tape at lower edge to prevent further separation which is about 3/4 of an inch- edges a little curled as to be expect with softcover, but a prime example of a very, very SCARCE copy in softcover-1st/1st-There are almost none that have survived-none available on the net!- Only 2 softcover true 1st ed's found in World cat: One in the UCLA rare books ibrary and and at the Univ. of Torotnto in the Fischer rare book room-SEE PHOTOS- Safe-cracking, burglary, etc. - with a ghost thrown in! There is no list of the plates, which are… Read More

Paris, France, 1961. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (The Traveller's Companion Series No 87) First Edition. Paperback original. Green, Text only wrappers. Price on rear "15 N.F. Not to Be Sold in the USA & UK" . All Kearney points 5.87.1 noted. / Spine sunned/faded. Price on rear cover scribbled out with ballpoint pen. Very small nicks and chips to spine ends. Some small chips to hinges. Faint reading creases to spine. Sewn binding stressed at one point but solid. Pages white and supple. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 017070. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Chester Himes Pinktoes

A Tower Mystery, 1st thus, this is 1st printing of the Tower edition. Very Good book with color rubbed along top and bottom edges, boards slightly bowed, offsetting paste downs and end pages, pages age yellowed; in a Good to Very Good jacket that has edge and corner wear, some small chipschip and 3/4 inch tear at bottom of spine at jacket fold, light sun fade on spine and yellowing back pane, light rubbing. Inscribed – For Louise – with all good wishes – and signed Dorothy (B. Hughes). Scarce signature – Hughes mystery involving modern day slave trade in the Southwest.

London: Orion. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1857979389 . 278 p. 22 cm. Sound and square binding, in black cloth-covered boards. Very light wear to corners and spine ends. Inside pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Dustwrapper has minor spine ends wear. Faint impression of a two digit number can be seen on front panel in certain light. Very lightly rubbed. The seventh Inspector John Rebus detective novel by British writer Ian Rankin. .

London: Heinemann/Octopus, 1977. FINE condition in NEAR FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1977. FIRST EDITION, Thus. AS NEW, bound in maroon leatherette with yellow endpapers in yellow and maroon dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price and publisher USD sticker intact. 862pp. Dust jacket has creasing across top of spine and back panel, else FINE. Includes, complete and unabridged: The Big Sleep, The High Window, The Lady in the Lake, The Long Goodbye, Farewell My Lovely (yes, without the comma).. First Edition, Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

First edition 1st printing, Good to Very Good book with light edge wear, starting at title page, spine lightly pushed top and bottom and very slight bump top front corner, in Very Good dust jacket that is price clipped, edge and corner wear with couple spots of very slight loss, several small creases along edges, mild sun fade on spine and some over write incisions front cover that do not penetrate the mylar, a classic signed by Block on the title page.

New York NY: E. P. Dutton. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; 336 pages .

New York: Knopf, 2008. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. This is the rare first US edition, first printing of the first in the Millennium Trilogy, that has gone on to become the best-selling phenomenon of recent times. Book and unclipped jacket are in excellent condition, with slight rubbing to book spine, else fine. Larsson's genius, given that long stretches of the books are tangled with dreary detail and curious Swedish coffee mornings, is to have created characters who we really care about. The action sequences get better and better as the books progress.

Five Star Waterville, Maine, 2006 HBDJ, August 2006, stated 1st edition, NF+/VG+, This book is very good +condition except for minor shelf wear.287 pgs,Alex Night moves out of the private eye business on Larchmont Boulevard in Hollywood and into the mystery writing profession at the WRITERS AND ARTISTS BUILDING in Beverly Hills, where he intends to follow in the footsteps of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. But Night is persistently plagued by former clients who won't let him get past the title page of his potential Edgar Award mystery novel The Big Changeover. After too many false starts and near fatal distractions, Night finds himself on the treacherous trail of two missing objects. The first: an Imperial Fabergi Egg, The Tear of Russia, given by William Randolph Hearst over a half century ago to his mistress - --a Fabergi now valued at over ten million dollars. The second: his missing fianci, the beautiful Goldie Rose. It's soon evident that Goldie has been kidnapped, but by whom - and… Read More

First UK edition, Fine unread book, in a Very Good to Near Fine jacket that has slight edge and corner wear, couple of very light overwrite impressions, tiny dog-ear at top corner front flap, with a Gollancz price sticker over the original price. This copy has been signed by Hillerman on the half-title page. The second Jim Chee mystery.