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GREAT CASES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, The.
by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan 1859-1930.
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Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library, 1987. Illustrated by Mitchell Hooks color plates, Sherlock Holmes Atlas (maps by Dr. Julian Wolff). Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. Green washable cloth, gilt, raised bands, illustrated eps, aeg. 8vo. pp. [xxii], 483, [12] maps, [1] colophon. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Beautiful gift copy, traces of wear.. Item Price
$20.00

WHITE COMPANY, The.
by Doyle, A(rthur) Conan 1859-1930.
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New York: Lovell, Coryell & Co, (1891 by United States Book Company). Spine indicates Oxford edition. (c.1891 London, 3 vols., 750 copies). Burgundy cloth. 8vo. pp. [vii], 6-483. Good/No jacket, as issued. Sunned spine, cap and corner wear, very toned pages with several edge tears, hinges starting, first section loose. Scarce early one volume reprint same year as first… Read more about this item Item Price
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TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION.
by Poe, Edgar Allan 1809-49.
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New York: Weathervane Books (Imprint Society/Crown), n.d. [August 1988 per publisher]. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (17 In Line, 12 color plates, as the London First). First thus edition. (c.1935 Harrap). Grey boards illustrated and printed black, quarter black cloth printed orange, striking b&w illustrated end papers. 4to. pp. [ii], 317, [1]. Fine/Very Good/No price in mylar. Several short… Read more about this item Item Price
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EAST IS EAST. First US and UK Editions.
by Lathen, Emma [pseud. Mary Jane Latsis and Martha Henissart].
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: Simon & Schuster/Victor Gallanzc First US/First UK edition. 2 volumes. Cloth backed pink boards, burgundy eps/Red paper covered boards. 8vo (22cm). pp. 268; 255. Near Fine/In like jacket/In mylar protector. Traces of wear to jackets; no marking or ownership. ISBN: 0671737074/ISBN: 0575051736.. Item Price
$30.00

SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW.
by Hoeg, Peter.
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New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, (1993). Translated by Tiina Nunnally from the Danish. Stated first (US) edition. First novel in English (c.1992, K¿benhavn, as "Fr¿ken Smillas fornemmelse for sne": c.1993, London as "Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow"). Blue boards, black quarter cloth, map eps. 8vo. pp. [vi], 453, [5] blank. Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. A beautiful copy with… Read more about this item Item Price
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TUT, TUT! MR. TUTT being Adventures of the Celebrated Firm of Tutt & Tutt, Attorneys and Counsellors of Law.
by Train, Arthur.
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Translated by frontis with tissue guard. First thus edition. c.1923. Green faux leather blind-stamped cloth. 8vo. pp. 315. Near Fine/No jacket, as issued. Traces of wear to binding, internall near fine with overall toning. Gift quality reading copy.. Item Price
$25.00

SMILER, A Trilogy (comprising The Runaways, Flight of the Grey Goose, and The Painted Tent)
by Canning, Victor, 1911-86.
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London: Heinemann, (1975). First thus edition. c.1971, 1973, 1974 (author). Red cloth, gilt print spine. Large Post 8vo (22cm). pp. [vi], 433, [1]. Fine/In like jacket/Clipped corner with publisher price sticker in mylar. Victor Miles on the run. Scarce in this condition. SBN: 434107875.. Item Price
$175.00

UNDER COVER OF DAYLIGHT, A Novel.
by Hall, James W.
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New York & London: W. W. Norton, (1987). Stated First (FTP & N1) edition. First novel. Cloth backed boards, uncut fore-edge. 8vo. pp. 288. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Traces of wear to binding and jacket. ISBN 0393024849.. Item Price
$35.00

RAINBOW FEATHER, The.
by Hume, Fergus.
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New York: G.W. Dillingham, (1898). First US edition. Blue decorated cloth. 12mo. pp. 255, [1]. VG+/No jacket. Spine has cloth wrinkles, internally fine.. Item Price
$40.00

ICE PICK.
by Baldwin, John.
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New York: William Morrow, 1983. Illustrated by Terry Fehr jacket (35D6). Stated first (&N) edition. First novel. Cloth backed boards, red eps. 8vo. pp. 228. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Traces of wear to binding and jacket. Scarce first lobotomy thriller.. Item Price
$30.00

BOOKMAN'S WAKE, The.
by Dunning, John.
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New York: Scribner's, 1995. First edition. Brown boards, tan quarter cloth. 8vo. pp. 351. Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar.. Item Price
$65.00

CHRONICLES OF SOLAR PONS.
by Derleth, August (1901-1971).
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Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1973. Illustrated by Frank Utpatel jacket. First edition. [4000 copies]. Holliston Black Novelex. 12mo. pp. ix, 237, [3] blank, [1] colophon. As New/VG/Unclipped price ($6.00) in mylar. Unread copy with light soil and two nicked areas to jacket. Introduction by Allen J. Hubin, Sixth and last collection of 10 Solar Pons adventures.. Item Price
$45.00

EYE IN THE MUSEUM, The.
by Connington, J. J. (Alfred Walter Steward), 1880-1947.
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Boston: Little Brown, January, 1930. First edition. 7/24 for Queen's University Chemistry Professor and Carnegie Research Fellow. Purple cloth. 12mo. pp. 285. VG-/No jacket. Sunned spine, edgewear, small pull on spine, bumped caps and corners.. Item Price
$45.00

WHILE MY PRETTY ONE SLEEPS.
by Clark, Mary Higgins.
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. First edition. Gray boards, gray quarter cloth. Signed by author. 8vo. pp. 318. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Slight creasing to lower cap .. Item Price
$30.00

EXTERIOR TO THE EVIDENCE.
by Fletcher, J S.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, May 1923. First edition. Light gray cloth. 12mo. pp. 287. Very Good/No jacket. Edgewear caps and corners, bumped caps, slightly sunned and spotted spine.. Item Price
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CASE OF CURIOSITIES, A.
by Kurzweil, Allen.
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1992). Illustrated by Teresa Fasolina jacket painting. Stated first (&L"A") edition. First novel. Cloth backed boards, uncut fore-edge. 8vo. pp. vii, [1], 358. Postscript. Near Fine/In like jacket/Unclipped price in mylar. Traces of wear to book and jacket. Yale graduate and Fulbright Fellow, wife anthropologist.. Item Price
$40.00

MURDER IN HASTE
by Weston, Garnett.
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New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1935. First edition. Yellow cloth. 12mo. pp. 310. Very Good/No jacket. Edgewear, soil.. Item Price
$40.00