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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this new and enlarged edition, which adds two new chapters to the original edition. Xv, 420pp. Pictorial cloth stamped in gold with a puma head and gilt lettering on the front panel and the spine panel, top edge gilt. Frontispiece and fifty-four inserted plates with b&w photographs.… Read more about this item

London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. 223pp. Bright blue cloth stamped in yellow on the spine. With numerous b&w photographs. A fine copy in good dustjacket with fading and tears to spine panel, light chipping and wear. ; Octavo.

Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. [2]pp of publisher's advertisements, 416pp + subscribers' list and [2]pp of publisher's advertisements. Original decorated cloth stamped in blind on the sides, spine lettered in gold. Engraved title, frontispiece, and four inserted plates with woodcuts. Biography of the famous Arctic explorer. Some wear to corner tips and spine ends, a touch… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Published by Mitchell and Hinman, 1834. First Edition. Hardcover. 324pp. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine lettered in gold. With the Mitchell and Hinman advertisement bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Signature in pencil on front free endpaper. Light wear to extremities and rubbing to covers, old stain affecting upper edge of roughly a hundred leaves. About… Read more about this item

New York: Published by N. Bangs and T. Mason for the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1824. First US Edition. Hardcover. ix, [2], 12-432pp. Contemporary full sheepskin. Engraved frontispiece of Epworth Church and one inserted plate. A history of the family of John Wesley, the evangelist and theologian founder of Methodism. Old signatures on front free endpaper and title page. Scattered… Read more about this item

London / Paris / New York: Goupil & Co., Jean Boussod, Manzi, Joyant & Co, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 1475 numbered copies, this being #496. v, 216pp. Contemporary black half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt floral decorations and lettering, marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt others uncut. The binding is signed by Hertzberg.… Read more about this item

New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. xiv, 276pp. Cloth backed boards. The ultimate biography of one of the masters of modern mystery literature. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo.

London: The Folio Society, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 223pp. Decorated cloth, printed on laid paper. A memoir. Introduction by Joseph Connolly. With several b&w photographs. A fine copy in fine slipcase with a touch of fading to edges. ; Octavo.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc, 1930. Hardcover. xv, 326pp. Cloth. The autobiography of Inspector Carey, who was in charge of the Homicide Bureau of the New York Police Department, and was connected with all the sensational murder trials like the Dot King case, the Elwell case, the Ruth Snyder-Judd Gray case, and many others. Edges a… Read more about this item

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 258pp. Mustard cloth stamped in green on the spine. The first full-scale biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Includes compilations, letters, documents, synopses, lists of characters, plots and themes. Profusely illustrated with b/w pictures. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with tiny scrapes to front panel. ; Octavo.

Roma: Tipografia Novissima, 1943. First Edition. Wrappers. Eroi e avventure della nostra guerra n. 14. 80pp. Original wrappers. A short biography of the flying ace. With several full page photographs. Small stains along the spine on both covers, light wear and chipping to spine. A very good copy. Text in Italian.; Octavo.

London: Sheed & Ward, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 238pp. Green cloth stamped in brown on the spine. With color and b&w illustrations by the author. Collects fairy stories, comic verse, satirical ballads, an Introduction to the Study of Demonology, and more. Three small stains to the front board, toning to endpapers, light wear to extremities. A bright very good+… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Elliott & Beezley, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 416pp. Brown pictorial cloth stamped in black and gold on the front and the spine, color illustration affixed to front panel, all edges gilt. Floral endpapers. With several portrait illustrations. Light wear to spine ends, mild fading to spine. A bright near fine copy. ; Quarto.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Special edition reserved for the friends of the auhtor and Little, Brown and Company. 155pp. Cloth. Signed by Hellman on the limitation page. Spine panel faded but with lettering perfectly readable, upper corner tip bruised. A near fine copy in the original acetate dustjacket. ; Octavo; Signed by Author.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 258pp. Mustard cloth stamped in green on the spine. The first full-scale biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Includes compilations, letters, documents, synopses, lists of characters, plots and themes. Profusely illustrated with b/w pictures. Tiny tear to spine panel else a fine copy in near fine dustjacket with tiny scrapes to… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. viii, 303pp. Cloth. With portraits, facsimiles, and other illustrations. A couple of faint spots to covers else a fine copy.; Octavo.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, 1984. First US Edition. Hardcover. 815pp. Cloth backed boards. Remainder mark to bottom edge, spine head a bit pushed in. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket. ; Octavo.

New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc, 1945. First Edition. Paperback. Armed Services Edition T-4. Oblong format. Tiny chip and very mild fading to spine. A near fine copy. ; Small octavo.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth. Name on front free endpaper. Light fading to board edges. A near fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with a closed tear to rear panel. ; Octavo.

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 613pp. Cloth backed boards. A biography of the master of suspense. Spine a bit pushed in. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light shelf wear. ; Octavo.