The Grail Tree ---the 3rd Lovejoy Mystery / Narrative -by Jonathan Gash ( Book / Volume 3 of the Series ) by Gash, Jonathan ( pen name for John Grant ) - 1979

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.

328+[5 ad] pages with diagrams and fold out plan. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with yellow lettering to spine and cover in original jacket. (Firsts, volume 14, Number 9 page 29) First edition with the first printing "A" on copyright page, second state with the dates 1929, 1930. Wright wrote as a critic and journalist until 1923, when he became ill from what was given out as overwork, but was in reality a secret drug addiction, according to John Loughery's biography Alias S.S. Van Dine. His doctor confined him to bed (supposedly because of a heart ailment, but actually because of a cocaine addiction) for more than two years. In frustration and boredom, he began collecting and studying thousands of volumes of crime and detection. In 1926 this paid off with the publication of his first S. S. Van Dine novel, The Benson Murder Case. Wright took his pseudonym from the abbreviation of "steamship" and from Van Dine, which he claimed was an old family name. Wright… Read More

First edition 1st printing, Very Good, apparently unread, book with light bump bottom edge back board, light water stain or fade bottom edge cloth backing, and a number of light gray spots top page edges,  and some light soiling page edges; in a Very Good jacket with light edge wear, mild rubbing on both panels, and a slight sun fade on spine. The third Lloyd Hopkins mystery. This copy has been signed by Ellroy on the front end page and generically inscribed: Dear Reader – Death was a thrill on Suicide Hill.

New York, Scholastic, 2008, hardcover, 174 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on the title page, Very Good+ condition, no dustjacket as issued. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end bumps, 6 new game cards included in unopened pouch inside front cover. The second installment of Amy and Dan\'s epic adventure see them traveling to Vienna with a coded piece of Mozart\'s sheet music and a pack of power-hungry relatives in hot pursuit, are they headed into a trap? ISBN 9780545060424

Rupert- Hart Davis, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This first edition is in very good condition with a very good jacket. Some wear present to the jacket at the top of the spine, and foxing to the page ends only. Otherwise close to near fine. We are very happy to send additional photos. Please feel free to contact us.

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.

328+[5 ad] pages with diagrams and fold out plan. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with yellow lettering to spine and cover in original jacket. (Firsts, volume 14, Number 9 page 29) First edition with the first printing "A" on copyright page, second state with the dates 1929, 1930. Wright wrote as a critic and journalist until 1923, when he became ill from what was given out as overwork, but was in reality a secret drug addiction, according to John Loughery's biography Alias S.S. Van Dine. His doctor confined him to bed (supposedly because of a heart ailment, but actually because of a cocaine addiction) for more than two years. In frustration and boredom, he began collecting and studying thousands of volumes of crime and detection. In 1926 this paid off with the publication of his first S. S. Van Dine novel, The Benson Murder Case. Wright took his pseudonym from the abbreviation of "steamship" and from Van Dine, which he claimed was an old family name. Wright… Read More

First edition 1st printing, Very Good, apparently unread, book with light bump bottom edge back board, light water stain or fade bottom edge cloth backing, and a number of light gray spots top page edges,  and some light soiling page edges; in a Very Good jacket with light edge wear, mild rubbing on both panels, and a slight sun fade on spine. The third Lloyd Hopkins mystery. This copy has been signed by Ellroy on the front end page and generically inscribed: Dear Reader – Death was a thrill on Suicide Hill.

New York, Scholastic, 2008, hardcover, 174 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing by numberline, Signed by the Author on the title page, Very Good+ condition, no dustjacket as issued. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine-end bumps, 6 new game cards included in unopened pouch inside front cover. The second installment of Amy and Dan\'s epic adventure see them traveling to Vienna with a coded piece of Mozart\'s sheet music and a pack of power-hungry relatives in hot pursuit, are they headed into a trap? ISBN 9780545060424

Rupert- Hart Davis, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This first edition is in very good condition with a very good jacket. Some wear present to the jacket at the top of the spine, and foxing to the page ends only. Otherwise close to near fine. We are very happy to send additional photos. Please feel free to contact us.