Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1877. First Edition. 12mo, 128 pages; publisher's brown cloth, printed in black, pale yellow end papers. Let us quote the author in the Preface: " As the speaking-telephone, in which magneto-electric currents were utilized for the transmission of speech and other kinds of sounds, was invented..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
