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New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, (ca 1945, c 1936). Hardcover -. Near fine in blue cloth in a near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name) . Reprint. After the death of their father, a brother and sister discover that all of his savings have been swept away also, but undaunted they move to a tiny house in an obscure section of the city. 308 pp.

New York:: Fawcett - Gold Medal Books,, (c. 1961.). Very near fine - a tight and bright copy which appears unread.. Early printing. One of a series of spy thrillers featuring CIA agent Sam Durrell, published as paperback originals.. Great 'good girl' cover art. Gold Medal Book #D1612, cover price 50 c.

New York:: Fawcett - Gold Medal Books,, (c. 1958.). Very near fine - a tight and bright copy which appears unread.. Early printing. One of a series of spy thrillers featuring CIA agent Sam Durrell, published as paperback originals.. Great 'good girl' cover art. Gold Medal Book #K1481, cover price 40 c.

New York:: Pocket Books,, 1967.. Very good (crease to lower corner, rear cover.). First US paperback printing. #50452. 50c cover price. A Jane Marple murder mystery.

New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1914.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in blue cloth with gold letter and decorative devices on the spine and front panel, minor wear along the spine.. First edition. Janvier's last book, published shortly after his death in 1913, a humorous and affectionate look at a piece of the New York City he so loved. In the preface, Ripley Hitchcock describes the 'Casa Napoleon' as a 'very definite haven for wanderedrs of Latin origin which for several years opened hospitable doors upon a side-street near lower Fifth Avenue. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 black and white plates. Tipped into the front of the book is a warmly affectionate 2 page holograph letter addressed to Don Jose and dated December 28, 1911. The final paragraph reads 'For you too are'still beloved' and most warmly, dear Don Jose, and missed and longed for - and with all my heart I wish that we could begin again with another meeting at the Hungaria, and go… Read More

New York:: Harper Brothers,, 1906.. Hardcover first edition -. Only good in red cloth with an embossed designed, gold lettering. Front hinge is cracked, rear hinge starting, wear to cloth especially at the spine.. First printing. Novel set in Old Chester, Pennsylvania - and featuring, as many of her novels did -  a woman facing a crisis, but also a woman with intelligence, a subtle strength and independence in judgments. First issue without the box around the dedication. Illustrated by Walter Appleton Clark.

New York:: Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc.,, 1903.. Hardcover -. Very good (a bit of insect damage to cloth on spine, but still a sturdy tight copy). An uncommon early edition. . Early vintage reprint ("Special Subscription Edition") Historical fiction - A title in the Crowned Masterpieces of Modern Fiction series, bound in marbleized boards with a dark green cloth spine and gilt lettering on the spine, top edge gilt. 371 pp.

New York:: Dell,, [1954, c 1952.]. Good overall - usual toning to the pages, very fragile glued binding, minor wear to covers .. First paperback printing. Dell 749. Hardboiled private eye mystery novel featuring Johnny Liddell who "runs afoul of gamblers, goons and girls." Good girl cover art by Carl Bobertz, cover price 25c. 191 pp.

New York:: Dodd, Mead,, (c 1900, 1872). Hardcover -. Very good in dark green cloth with gilt lettering, white border on front cover, small decoration on spine, top edge gilt. Gift inscription dated Christmas 1904 on front endpaper. . Later printing. An attractive copy of this novel, set against the backdrop of the great Chicago fire, originally published in serial form in the New York Evangelist in 1872, but which became the most popular book of the year when it appeared in book form. Roe was a Lutheran minister who saw his books as a way of spreading the message of Christ, but as literary scholar Charles Byler noted, this was also "the first novel set in Chicago that dealt with the city as an urban environment rather than as a frontier settlement - examined topics that would become part of the Chicago literary tradition. These include the moral implications of a market economy that enriched some but left others in poverty, the role of conspicuous consumption in defining the cityÕs… Read More

New York:: Avon,, 1960.. First edition -. Fine.. First printing, a pocket paperback. Transcript of a series of television shows with interviewer Woodrow Wyatt - Russell on happiness, war, religion, the H-bomb, fanaticism and more. Vintage pocket paperback - G 13.

New York:: Signet,, (1956.). First edition -. Good only (spine slant), but the cover art - a great exampleof the 'good girl' art - is bright and attractive. . First paperback printing. The author's first book with a cover blurb by dedicatee Mickey Spillane (who was a 'service buddy' of the author) "The kind of book I go for." Signet 1286. cover price 25 cents.

New York:: Doubleday, Page & Co., Inc.,, 1909.. Hardcover first edition -. Good condition in green cloth with gilt decorations and lettering on the spine and upper cover. (one internal plate missing, 2 sheets loose but present, wrinkling to the green cloth probably due to a bindery error. Still a straight volume, clean and attractive.) . First edition. Subtitled: 'Being the Story of a Little Truly-Girl, Who Grew Up; Her Mysterious Companion; Her Crabbed Old Uncle; The Whish-Whish Woods; A Very Civil Engineer, and Mr. Billy Sanders the Sage of Shady Dale.' An appealing story by the author who is best known for his Uncle Remus stories. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 interior plates by Charlotte Harding. 184 pp.

New York:: Pocket Books,, (1960). First edition -. Near fine (usual toning to the pages) Note: vintage paperbacks are very fragile and need to be handled carefully.. First paperback printing. "Missing: Oil maps worth more then $100,000,000" so Victor Grant is called in. Pocket Books #6013.Cover price 35c. 149 pp.

New York:: Ace Books,, (1969). Good overall - usual toning to the pages. Note: vintage paperbacks are very fragile and need to be handled with care. . First paperback printing. Legal thriller set in Kentucky. "A young black leader challenges segregation in a Southern tavern, and is battered into the street by its redneck owner. Hours later, the owner is shot dead. And the town - its raging blacks and whites, its police, its only black lawyer - do battle over issues too large to be ducked." (Allen Hubin) ACE 06610 cover price 75c. 221 pp.

New York:: Lancer, , 1968.. Very good+.. First thus. A science fiction novel of a world where sadists are allowed to fulfill their urges, and where suffering and torture are essential to the maintenance of civilization.

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, (1911, c 1902). Hardcover -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (dust jacket has only a few small chips, and it has kept the cloth covers bright and attractive.). Reprint. A collection of nine short stories. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. A lovely vintage copy in blue cloth with a cream panel on the front cover, edged in gilt with gilt lettering, depicting a blue flower. Dark blue lettering on spine. 299 pp plus 9 pp publisher's ads.

New York:: A. L. Burt,, c.1902. Some wear to cloth at ends of spines and corners, front hinge cracking, but overall very good condition.. Reprint. Novel of Tammany Hall. Attractive edition in dark green cloth with red and white cover design, red lettering. Frontispiece.

New York:: Triangle Books, , (1942.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacket. (some toning to the pages, but relatively minor - dj has edgewear and a closed tear on the front cover, but is still bright and striking.). First UK printing. A novel about one of the most dangerous jobs in the world - that of putting out oil well fires - or, as stated on the great vintage dustjacket "a blistering tale of two oil-well fighters, a redhead with a sporting proposition and a blonde with money in her stocking." 248 pp.

Boston:: Small Maynard and Co,, 1914.. Hardcover -. Good overalll in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering (rubbing to lettering on spine, some foxing to edges of textblock, but a straight and tight copy). First thus. A story of an English gentleman and his family - 6 daughters and one son - and of their gradual disintegration as a family, by this prolific and popular novelist. Originally published in 1904, the title page has the notation "rewritten 1914." 467 pp.

New York:: Grosset & Dunlap,, (ca 1944, c 1921.). Hardcover -. Very good in blue cloth in a fair only dustjacket (significant edgewear and chipping to the dj, but still attractive, and essentially complete.). Reprint. Despite the title, Buff was a brave and intelligent mixed breed dog, mostly collie but also part pit-terrier. Contains a notice that this was printed under wartime conditions on dust jacket flap and on title page. vii, 341 pp. Illustrated dark blue and white endpapers.