THE BODY ON THE BEACH. A Fethering Mystery
London: Macmillan, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED BY SIMON BRETT ON TITLE PAGE without personalization. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 327 pp. More
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TERROR AT COMPASS LAKE. Doubleday Crime Club Series
Garden City NY: Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. Bound in black cloth with red design spine, top edge stained red. A near fine copy with offsetting to endpapers and paste-down from dust jacket. In a very good dust jacket with 1..... More
ENEMY AND BROTHER
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO BOOK COLLECTOR ARTHUR PARSON BY DOROTHY SALISBURY DAVIS ON TITLE PAGE. A very good+ copy with foxing and edge wear covers. In a very good+ dust jacket with mild edge wear and..... More
A Red Death (Inscribed)
New York: W. W. Norton, 1991. First Edition. Octavo, 284 pages; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $18.95 on front flap. Inscribed on title page to mystery collector Arthur H. Parson. The second Easy Rawlins mystery. A fine, unread copy. More
The Case of the Cautious Coquette
New York: William Morrow, 1949. First Edition. Octavo, 275 [2] pages; pictorial dust jacket by Charles Lofgren, with price of $2.50 on front flap; small loss at head of jacket spine. Internally clean and bright. A Perry Mason story. More
Proceedings of the Ninth Republican National Convention Held at Chicago, ILL. June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 25, 1888, Resulting in the Nomination of Benjamin Harrison for President and Levi P. Morton for Vice-President.
Chicago: The Republican National Committee, 1888. First Edition. Octavo, 270 pages; publisher's brown cloth printed in black and gilt, with beveled edges; floral end papers; all edges stained red. Order form tipped in at title page. More
Justice for Hire. The Fourth Private Eye Writers of America Anthology (Signed By All contributors)
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1990. First Edition. Octavo, 278 pages; number "M" of 26 copies signed by all 16 contributors, among them, Lawrence Block, James Ellroy & Max Allan Collins. Black cloth binding, spine printed in red, in publisher's slipcase. More
Appleby's Answer. A Red Badge Novel of Suspense
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1973. First American Edition. Octavo, 192 pages; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $4.95 on front flap. Internally clean and bright. Dust jacket with light wear at extremities and light scuffs to front and rear panels. More
A Color Notation. An Illustrated System Defining All Colors & Their Relations By Measured Scales of Hue, Value and Chroma. Made In Solid Paint for the Accompanying COLOR ATLAS (not present)
Boston: Geo. H. Ellis Co, 1913. Octavo, 113[1] pages; brown boards, cloth covered spine. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Illustrated in color and in black and white. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. More
Fifty Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Paraphrased from Literal Translations By Richard LeGallienne
Wausau, WI: The Philosoper Press, 1901. First Edition. Octavo, unpaginated; brown boards, number 10 of 200 copies, signed by Richard LeGallienne. "Made for Mr. James Carleton Young, Minneapolis Minnesota." on the colophon. Gift inscription on the front pastedown by Mr. Young to one Miss Blaza and dated July 16th 1911..... More
Fun. 117 Parlor Games and Guessing Contests
San Francisco: F. L. Morgan Co., 1925. First Edition. 12mo, unpaginated; pictorial boards, printed in black and yellow, in original box. Pictorial pattern on top of box matches the front panel of book. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. More
Wobble to Death (Inscribed)
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1970. First Edition. Octavo, 190 pages; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $4.50 on front flap. Inscribed on the title page to mystery collector Arthur Parson. Winner of the best "First Crime Novel" award in the UK. Light wear to dust jacket at front..... More
Heaven's Prisoners (Inscribed)
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1988. First Edition. Octavo, 292 pages; pictorial dust jacket with price of $17.95 on front flap. Signed by the author on ffep, additionally inscribed on the title page to mystery collector Arthur Parson. First Edition, stated, with full number line. More
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First Edition. Octavo, 250 pages; pictorial dust jacket with price of $7.95 on front flap. First edition, stated, with full number line. More
Logan: A Trilogy
Baltimore: MacLay & Associates, Inc., 1986. First Edition. Octavo, 384 pages; Signed and with a drawing on ffep, inscribed "To Arthur! / Cheers!" - dated Feb. 18, 1995. More
Kiss Me, Deadly (Signed)
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1952. First Edition. Octavo, 251 pages; first issus pictorial dust jacket, with price of $2.50 on front flap. Signed on a 5" x 7" ad card showing showing the author promoting a Johnson outboard motor. Book and dust jacket are worn at edges. Internally clean..... More
THE ERECTION SET
New York: E P Dutton, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover With Dust Jacket. Octavo. A near fine copy with minimal scuffs ffep, slight staining top edge in a near fine dust jacket with fading spine of dust jacket. 335 pp. More
END RUN. A Drew Gavin Mystery
Philadelphia: Intrigue Press, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover With Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "THANKS SO MUCH! READ ON!" TO BOOK COLLECTOR ARTHUR PARSON BY STEVE BREWER ON TITLE PAGE. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 314pp. More
SCHINDLER'S LIST
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover With Dust Jacket. Octavo. A very good+ copy with previous owner name ffep, owner blindstamp title page, light staining fore-edge. In a near fine dust jacket with spine slight fading. 400 pp. More
AGATHA CHRISTIE. An Autobiography
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover With Dust Jacket. Octavo. A near fine copy with offsetting from newspaper articles front endpaper, minimal soil edges in a near fine dust jacket. A nice collectable copy. xiii, 529 pp. More
Flood (Inscribed)
New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover With Dust Jacket. Octavo. Octavo, 341 pages; pictorial dust jacket with price of $17.95 on front flap. 1 of 1500 copies printed for advance review. Inscribed on title page to mystery collector Arthur Parson. Arthor's first book; first printing..... More
Dancing Aztecs (Inscribed)
New York: M. Evans and Co., Inc., 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover With Dust Jacket. Octavo. Octavo, 374 pages; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $8.95 on front flap. Inscribed on the title page to mystery collector Arthur Parson. First printing with full number line. Dust jacket is 1/8" shorter..... More