Search Results: England from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Popular Library, 1963. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage Paperback, Popular Library K58. The first of Buchan's suspense novels featuring British adventurer, Richard Hannay, originally published in 1915, is now considered a classic of the genre and one as readable today as it was nearly a hundred years ago. Hannay, in London only three months after growing up in South Africa, had only one clue to the cult called Black Stone, a few words --"Thirty-nine steps - I counted them." scrawled by a dead man. And not the least of Hannay's troubles was he was a fugitive, wanted for murder. Text is clean and unmarked, tight and square, with a couple of damp stains on the fore edge and lightly age-tanned margins. The pictorial wrappers, with cover art by William Teason, are worn but whole, without tears or chipping or significant creasing. A collectable copy.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Walters' eighth mystery-crime novel features a young London doctor, Sophie Morrison, trapped in the apartment of a known pedophile in a decaying, crime-ridden housing project as an angry mob storms the building searching for a missing child. A collectable copy in like dustjacket.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The twelfth novel in Beaton's well-praised cozy mystery series featuring cranky, middle-aged Agatha Raisin. Her marriage to James Lacey is over, having lost him to God and a monastary after his miraculous cure from a brain tumor, so Agatha throws herself into the investigation of the death of a young bride, whose body has been found floating in the river. Suicide, the police say; never, says Agatha. The text and boards are clean, tight, and square; the dustjacket shows only very minimal edgewear. A collectable copy.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. the thirteenth novel in Beaton's highly-praised mystery series featuring eccentric, middle-aged sleuth Agatha Raisin, investigating the murder of the village's new curate. Scarce.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1995. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Fine. One of the masters of domestic crime and suspense, Yorke's "Almost The Truth" reveals how an ordinary man, Derek Jarvis, and his family are destroyed by a home invasion in which his daughter is raped and how Derek plans a revenge for the rapist far beyond his British prison sentence. Boards and text are clean, tight, square; book appears unread in a dustjacket showing almost no surface or edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Talese/Doubleday, 1999. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Amsterdam," British author McEwan's seventh novel, won England's Booker Prize in 1998. It is the story of two men, a composer and a newspaper editor, who, after attending the funeral of a woman who committed suicide before a brain disease killed her, mutually agree to help each other end his life in similar circumstances. This agreement quickly begins falling apart resulting in disaster for both. First printing, first U.S. edition. About 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches, 193 pages in beige paper-covered boards with white backstrip and "I. McE" stamped on front cover. Gold lettering on spine. Pictorial dustjacket design by Debra Lill with "Winner of the 1998 Booker Prize" across top of front panel and photo of author and five blurbs of praise for his work on back panel. Boards and text are complete, clean and unmarked. No noticeable flaws or damage such as tears, creasing, chipping or bumped corners. Not remaindered,… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy comes this powerful study of memory and the ways in which the violent past can continue to haunt and distort the best efforts at peace in the present; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows some rubbing and mild scratching on back panel.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1986. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One from Innes' series of witty English mysteries featuring Sir John Appleby, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, this time visiting the country estate of Lord Osprey, who is murdered in the library (where else?) and with an oriental dagger (of course). A collectable copy in like dustjacket. Scarce.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1974. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Innes' Sir John Appleby, featured in many of the author's past mysteries, is retired now from his post as Metropolitan Police Commissioner, but is tempted to return to deal with a case involving stolen art, a murdered man of wealth and a plethora of suspects, including the man's wife, who is having an affair with an eminent surgeon; the rich man's mistress, who is bedding his nephew; his son, his secretary, a house guest who's a shady art dealer and a Miss Kentwell, who claims to be representing charitable organizations. Remainder dots on top and bottom edges of text, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, with a slight spine lean; the dustjacket is tattered with somewhat large chips missing from the back panel and the top of the spine, as well as considerable surface and edgewear. That said, the dj is about 85 percent whole and not missing anything of significence. A quite… Read More

New York: The Viking Press, 1983. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Thomas' fourth novel, his first after the highly praised "The White Hotel;" Advance Review Copy with photograph and promotional materials laid in. Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1988. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A comic novel featuring one of Donleavy's recurring characters, showbiz impressario and libertine extraordinaire, Franz Sigmund "Isadorable" Schultz; First Printing of the First American Edition.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A book detailing the history of cars in art and the history of art in the advertising and marketing of automobiles from the early years of the 20th century to Pop Art and Photorealism at the start of the 21st. First U.S. Edition (as stated). About 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches, 144 pages including index and author's note. Bound in blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine and end pages decorated with 1904 car racing ad. White dustjacket shows poster by Rene Vincent for "new" Chenard et Walker and back panel features ll/1/1924 front cover of Vogue showing car and model, painted by George Lepape with dress and Voisin color scheme by Sophia Delaunay. Numerous b &w and full color reproductions of both fine art and advertising of cars and racing. Boards show light bumping at corners and touch of fading at edges, o/w boards and text are complete, clean and unmarked, except for pair of small remainder marks on bottom edge… Read More

New York: Brant Art Publications, 2003. Magazine. Near Fine. Art In America" magazine, March 2003, issue. About 9 x 10 3/4 inches, 152 pages in glossy light card wrappers featuring Picabia's "Portrait of a Couple," 1942-43 on front cover; Gagosian Gallery ad for Ed Ruscha photo exhibition, Beverly Hills, CA, on back. Articles include Brooks Adams on Picabia, Karen Wilkin on Degas, Carter Ratcliff on Doug Ohlson's abstractions. Two pieces on Duchamp as well as review of abstractionist prints, other exhibition reviews. Magazine is complete, clean and unmarked. Covers and text show single tiny tear at bottom of spine, o/w no tears, creases, address labels, other flaws. A collectable copy.

New York: Brant Art Publications, 1986. Magazine. Very Good. Volume 74, No. 2: Contents include a memoir of the making of Diego Rivera's Rockefeller Center mural; an article clarifying French photographer Eugene Atget's documentary work; recent work by Joan Snyder, Dorothea Rockburne and English artist Stephen Buckley; and Issues & Commentary by Carter Ratcliff, Review of Books and Review of Exhibitions including de Kooning and Tony Smith. About 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 152 pages in pictorial paper wrappers showing a detail from Rivera's 1934-35 reconstruction of his destroyed Rockefeller Center mural on front cover. Lower front corner shows touch of bumping. Light reading creases, very minimal surface and edge wear. No tears, scratches, dogears or other significant flaws or damage. No address sticker. Clean, complete and unmarked. A collectable copy

New York: Brant Art Publications, 1986. Magazine. Very Good. Vol. 74, No. 5: Featured articles include Jennifer Bartlett retrospective; essay on relationship between art and corporate worlds by Suzanne Stephens; Arte Povera at P.S. 1; and Ruben Nakian retrospective. Also regular departments: Issues & Commentary by Carter Ratcliff; Review of Books; Review of Exhibitions. About 8 1/2 by 11 inches, 184 pages in glossy light card wrappers. Front cover shows detail of Joseph Beuys's "Richikrafte," 1974-75. Back cover shows ad for Ellsworth Kelly exhibition. Wrappers and text show only minor surface and edgewear. Complete, no tears, no marking, no address or other labels. Collectable.

New York: Washington Square Press, 1964. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage Paperback; the Folger Library General Reader's Shakespeare, W-106. "As You Like It" is a romantic fantasy that became, and has remained, one of Shakespeare's most popular plays; mass market paperback; Fifth Printing of the First Edition Thus; Previous owner's name on the front end page, slightly age-tanned, o/w text is clean, tight, square; pictorial wrappers show only minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A master of the satirical mystery, Barnard presents the story of Benedict Cotterel, one of the world's great novelists, now on his deathbed, where, to the consternation and anger of his assorted relatives, he keeps changing his will.

New York: Arcade Publishing, Inc., 2003. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The sixth novel in Maitland's highly-praised and increasingly popular police procedural mystery series featuring Scotland Yard's unconventional detective team -- Kathy Kolla and David Brock. This time they investigate the brutal murder of a controversial university professor known for his stand against Islamic extremism but others with other motives may also have wanted him dead. A light, tiny stain at the top of the text's fore edge, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square, not remaindered. The dustjacket shows a small crease on the lower corner of the front flap and just a touch of edgewear, o/w no tears, no chipping, not price-clipped. A collectable copy from this very collectable author.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. If quantity is the sole determinant for champion crime writer, Creasey, who wrote over 600 crime thrillers under more than 20 pseudonyms is the easy winner. Using the pen name, Anthony Morton, Creasey wrote 47 novels featuring The Baron, aka John Mannering, international antiques dealer and Scotland Yard consultant. The series also became the basis for a Tv series. This book is the 34th in the series and finds the Baron fuming in a jail cell, accused of murder and jewel theft, while family and friends follow his direction to find the real killer. First printing, first U.S. edition (Scribner's code: "A-4-67 [V]" on copyright page). 5 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches, 192 pages in bright orange cloth-covered boards with blue lettering on spine. Dustjacket's front panel shows shadowy blue figure carrying pearl necklace in one hand, hammer in the other, against an orange and black background. Lettering in white and orange.… Read More

New York: Stein and Day, 1963. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Published as a screenplay in reading form ten years after Thomas' death, the book is based on a story of the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson; text edges somewhat soiled, dustjacket slightly soiled, chipped and edgeworn; Very Good/Very Good. Collectable.