Sports from Mary Riversong Books

Through the Magic Door . An essay about exploring books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Creator of The Sherlock Holmes Series. His subject is the charisma and charm of books. Creative visualization. Doyle invites readers to enjoy the greatest minds of all times through what they have left behind and argues that, when we read, the selfishness and hopelessness of… Read more

RARE OCTOBER, 1908 HARPER & BROTHERS. UNEXPURGATED FIRST EDITION. INCLUDES THE WATERMELON PAGE. COLOUR PRINTS. ILLUSTRATED BY PETER NEWELL. HOLE-DRILLED. ANTIQUARIAN. Good condition/ No DJ Included. USED. Front paper past-down is scuffed. Binding is tight and all plates look in good shape. Finger marks noted. 7 3/8 X 8 7/8. This is so much fun! Like watching animation go… Read more

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (Greenway Edition) Dodd, Mead. By Agatha Christie. States "First published in the Greenway Edition 1968. No number line appears. As New/VG unclipped $8.95 dust jacket with 12 on dj spine. Plot Summary: While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is… Read more

Murder on the Matterhorn (1951, F.A. Thorpe, Large Print Edition, for vision Impaired ) By Glyn Carr. ARTISAN HOUSE, ANSTEY, LEICESTERSHIRE.THIS LARGE PRINT EDITION HAS BEEN PUBLISHED BY KIND PERMISSION OF GEOFFREY BLES, LONDON. EXLIB. GOOD CONDITION /VERY GOOD ORIGINAL DUST JACKET PROTECTED BY MYLAR WRAP. Please see stock photo. Our jacket is VG with no library stickers on it.… Read more

Nancy's Mysterious Letter: Keene, Carolyn. Copyright 1932, Grosset & Dunlap. RARE Nancy Drew #8, 1939 issue thus. Includes original "HEADLINE BOOKS FOR GIRLS" DUST JACKET. RUSSELL H. TANDY COVER ART. Since the dj Back panel authors are: Faith Baldwin through Ann Spence Warner and titles listed were published in 1931, this may be a first state unclipped dust jacket.… Read more

Dinesen, Isak: Last Tales, A Collection of Twelve New Tales of Compelling Beauty 1957, Random House. First Edition. Stated First Printing Thus. Used. Very Good/Good+ original red dust jacket, price-clipped. Jacket states 11/57 on front flap. 5 3/4 X

Freddy And Mr. Camphor. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/No Dust jacket included. Alfred A. Knopf 1944 Stated First Edition. A solid copy. Spine is sunned. Please see our photos. Summary: In Freddy and Mr. Camphor, Freddy is in need of a change and finds an opportunity for one as a caretaker on Mr.… Read more

Freddy and the Baseball Team From Mars, Alfred A. Knopf 1st Ed. 1955. Hardcover. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Used. VG/ No DJ. Rose red boards. Spine lightly sunned. A nice copy of a scarce item.

RUDYARD KIPLING: COLLECTED DOG STORIES. SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY. Stated First Edition after the printing of a Limited Edition of 450 copies. 1934, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. ILLUSTRATED BY MARGUERITE KIRMSE. Short Story Anthology. Used. Good- Condition/ no DJ. . Tight binding, gutters are intact. Bright pages. Cherry Red cloth boards with gold gilt titling and ornamentation. Red topstain. Cherry… Read more

Five against the Odds. RARE/SCARCE. Used. Good/ No DJ included. A bright, clean ex-library copy. Library-bound. STATED FIRST EDITION, HARCOURT, BRACE 1955. A tough journey: "Tim, an Indiana teenager, learns that he can still be an asset to his high school basketball team after he is struck down by polio." Not an easy find.