Recent Arrivals from Mary Riversong Books

Beatrix Potter. The World of Peter Rabbit & Friends Complete Story Collection. ISBN 0723245827. Copyright 1999 Frederick Warne & Co., London. 1st Impression Thus. Full Number Line. USED. VG/VG. 5 ¼ X 6 ¼. 270 pages.

209LewisBabbittRed Sinclair Lewis. Babbitt. Copyright 1922. No other info appears on the copyright page. Harcourt Brace, NY. This is an undated Harbrace reprint edition, circa 1938 Printed from First Edition second issue plates with the correction of "Lyte" for "Purdy" on p. 49, line 4. USED. VG/Good-. Dark red boards and original maroon dust. Quite rare thus.… Read more

215DoyleWorks A. Conan Doyle. Collected Works of A. Conan Doyle, One Volume Edition. 1920, Walter J. Black. SHERLOCK HOLMES. USED. VG Condition/ No DJ as issued. 1020 pages. Rare in nice condition like this one. 5 ¾ X 8 3/8.

Conan Doyle Uniform Edition (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.) THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. July, 1955. John Murray, London. USED. Good-/Good- original price-clipped dust jacket. Partial front flap only. Front flap: has been cut at odd angle. Red boards with black titling. 5 1/8 X 7 ½. 248 pages. Synopsis: Detectives "Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a… Read more

206ChristieSittaford Agatha Christie. The Sittaford Mystery. 2013, Center Point Pub. Thorndike, Maine. LARGE PRINT EDITION. ISBN 9781611736823. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾ 326 pages. EXLIB. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original price $34.95. Features Detective Emily Trefusis. Synopsis: The Sittaford Mystery is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and… Read more

Agatha Christie. The Clocks, A Hercule Poirot Mystery. 2013, Center Point Pub. Thorndike, Maine. LARGE PRINT EDITION. ISBN 9781611737127. 5 7/8 X 8 ¾. 350 pages. EXLIB. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original price $34.95. Synopsis: "A hired stenographer lets herself into her client's home only to realize that the body of a dead man is sprawled across the living… Read more

Agatha Christie. Destination Unknown (The Greenway Edition). Originally published as "So Many Steps To Death". Copyright 1954,1955 Dodd, Mead. Stated First Impression Thus. Full number line. USED. VG/ VG price-clipped blue fish motif dust jacket. 5 3/8 X 8 192 pages. Synopsis: "In Agatha Christie's gripping international thriller Destination Unknown, a woman, Hilary Craven, at the end of her… Read more

203ChristiePaddington Agatha Christie. 4.50 From Paddington, 1957, Collins, London FIRST EDITION. USED. VG-/VG- UNCLIPPED DJ, ORIGINAL PRICE 12S 6D NET. Protected in a mylar wrap. Synopsis: "4.50 from Paddington (Miss Marple) is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie, first published in November, 1957 by Collins Crime Club. A Collins Crime Club Choice This work was published in the United States… Read more

Agatha Christie. Evil Under The Sun (A Hercule Poirot Detective Novel). Copyright 1940,1941 by Agatha Christie Mallowan. First American Edition. Dodd, Mead. . Used. Good- Condition/ New fax dust jacket. Fabric is split at spine and has been taped. 5 ½ X 8 Inches. 260 pages. "Synopsis. A quiet holiday at a secluded hotel in Devon is all that… Read more

Charles E. Carryl The Admiral's Caravan. Copyright 1892. The Century Company, NY. Grey cloth cover with gold titling and color illustration. Illustrated by Reginald B. Birch. Front free-endpaper is gift inscribed and dated 1899. Listed in Peter Parley to Penrod, page 96. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included if originally issued. RARE. 6 ½ X 8 5/8 140 pages. Plot… Read more

E.T. Bell. Men Of Mathematics 1965 Touchstone Edition, 1st Impression Thus. Full Number line. USED. Good Condition/ Good Condition DJ. ISBN 978146597612. The Lives and Achievements of the Great Mathematicians from Zeno to Poincare. 590 pages, indexed. 5 ½ x 8 ½.

Frank Norris. Blix, Copyright 1899, Doubleday & McClure Co. Published 1901 by International Association of Newspapers and Authors. McTeague, another title by this author, is misspelled as McTague on the title page. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. Blue boards with red heart wallpaper design. Former owner signature on front free endpaper. Plot summary: A… Read more

Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 Grosset & Dunlap Reprint. Complete and Unabridged. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. 1 inch missing from dj at bottom spine. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY. "It was nearly a year after the supposed suicide of Rosemary Barton that murder was suspected. Anonymous letters had been received,… Read more

Stearn, Jess. Edgar Cayce - The Sleeping Prophet. 1967, Doubleday & Company First Edition. The Earth-shaking prophecies and remarkable medical cures. USED. VG/G unclipped DJ. 280 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 5/8. Metaphysics, Paranormal, Occult. A square, solid copy.

Eliot, T.S. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. First Edition, $2.50 printing thus, 1939. 3rd Printing? Harcourt Brace And Company. Used. Good Condition/ Good Dust Jacket. 45 pages. 6 3/8 X 8 7/8. RARE. About the author: "Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Considered one of the 20th century's major poets, he… Read more

Eliot,T.S. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers. 25th Printing Thus. Copyright renewed 1967. ISBN0151686572. . USED. VG/VG unclipped $8.95 DJ. 46 pages 6 ½ X 8 7/8. About the author: "Thomas Stearns Eliot was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor. Considered one of the 20th century's major poets, he is a central… Read more

Walker, Alice: The Temple Of My Familiar. 1990 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. By Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple". Cover design by Lambert Davis. ISBN 0896219291. USED. VG CONDITION/ No DJ if Issued. 594 pages. Summary: "A romance of the last 500,000 years which spans continents as well as centuries." 5 ¾ X 9 ¾. A square,… Read more

Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey… Read more

Wyndham, John: The Day Of The Triffids. EXLIB. VG-/VG- Original unclipped dust jacket. Original price 2.20 pounds net. Michael Joseph copyright August, 1951. 11th Printing Thus, August, 1973. ISBN 071810093X. 302 Pages. 5 X 7 ½. Green boards with silver titling. Black and green dust jacket. "Terrifying, Wellsian...This fantastic story is so cleverly written that it becomes almost plausible.… Read more

Wilder, Laura Ingalls: On the Banks of Plum Creek. 1953 Harper & Brothers Uniform edition. ILLUSTRATED BYGARTH WILLIAMS. Used. VG-/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. Hardcover. Apple Green Boards. Little House on the Prairie series The book tells about the family's move to Plum Creek, Laura's first time going to school, and grasshoppers that eat… Read more