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The Ox-Bow Incident (Inscribed, with Signed Poem Laid in)
New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED THUS ON FEP: "To Marguerite Dunsmore - /The friendly antagonist - in hopes / of more such intriguing duels / Cordially / Walter V. T. Clark / December 14, 1940. TOGETHER WITH CARBON TYPSCRIPT..... More
True Detective (Inscribed)
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. First Edition. Octavo, 358 pages; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $14.95 on front flap. INSCRIBED on ffep thus: "To Art - / with all the best / from Nate Heller's / Chicago! / Max" - additionally signed on the title page "Max Allen..... More
In Good Time
Kyoto (1964): Origin Press, 1964. First Edition. Original Wraps. 12mo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY CID CORMAN. 1 of 300 copies in original wrappers in gray printed dust jacket; internally clean. A very good copy. More
The Whispering Buddha
Los Angeles, CA. Hollyway Publishers, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED BY JOHN CLIFFORD COWLES. 460 pp. Original pink cloth, decorated in gilt; pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket is worn at extremities, with small loss at spine ends. More
THE FINAL COUNTRY
New York: Warner Books, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE BY JAMES CRUMLEY. Inscribed to bookseller Charles Parkhurst with his bookplate laid-in. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 310 pp. More
The Final Country. Limited Edition
Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED ON COLOPHON PAGE BY JAMES CRUMLEY. ALSO SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO BOOKSELLER CHARLES PARKHURST BY CRUMLEY AND PUBLISHER DENNIS McMILLAN ON COLOPHON PAGE. Limited Edition of 452 copies. This is No. 95. Bound in Brillianta..... More
ONE TO COUNT CADENCE
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. First printing, stated. Author's first book. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO BOOKSELLER CHARLES PARKHURST ON TITLE PAGE. Charles Parkhurst's armorial bookplate laid-in. Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Beautiful copy. 338 pp. More
THE WRONG CASE
New York: Random House, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE BY JAMES CRUMLEY. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Author's second book and first crime novel. 272 pp. More
THE SEA HUNTERS II
New York: G. P. Putnam, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CLIVE CUSSLER ON TITLE PAGE. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 446 pp. 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
Broomsticks and Other Tales
London: Constable & Company, 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. SIGNED BY WALTER DE LA MARE ON COLOPHON without personalization. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY DE LA MARE ON FFEP WITH 4 LINE POEM DATED CHRISTMAS 1925. LIMITED EDITION OF 278 COPIES. THIS IS No. 60. Beige cloth spine over blue boards..... More
RESTLESS IS THE RIVER
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUGUST DERLETH to author Faith Baldwin: "For Faith Baldwin/Contemporary/from August Derleth/Contemporary/with the hope that the story will not seem too depressing/10/9/39" written on the half-title. Faith Baldwin (Oct. 1, 1893 - March 18, 1978) was..... More
THE ONLY PLACE WE LIVE
Iowa City: The Prairie Press, 1966. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUGUST DERLETH. ALSO SIGNED BY FRANK UTPATEL, THE ILLUSTRATOR. 48pp., bound in 1/4 brown cloth over patterned blue paper covered boards, spine gilt, a fine copy in unclipped, in nearly fine, clean bright dust..... More
WELCOME TO HARD TIMES
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. First Printing. Author's first book SIGNED AND INSCRIBED to a close acquaintance whom he thought highly of signing his name "Ed" rather than the usual "E.L." . "To..../with admiration/Ed Doctorow/ Dec. 1965", 180pp. Bound in 1/4..... More
Booked to Die (Inscribed)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. First Edition. octavo, 321 pages; pictorial dust jacket with $19.95 on front flap. INSCRIBED to mystery collector, Arthur Parson thus: "To Arthur Parson / Best luck, / John Dunning / 4 - 9 - 95" on the title page. First printing, with full number..... More
The Bookman's Wake (The Dedication Copy)
New York: Scribner, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. THE ONLY DEDICATION COPY. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE DEDICATION PAGE BY JOHN DUNNING: "Jack [Kisling] & Mary - Truly, without youse guys there'd be no book - Cheers & Stuff/John/2-24-95/five weeks..... More
THE HOLLAND SUGGESTIONS. A Novel of Suspense
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JOHN DUNNING ON TITLE PAGE. Inscribed to bookselller Charles Parkhurst. ALSO SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "IF EVERYBODY HAS A TREASURE-HAUL BOOK INSIDE THEM, THIS HAS BEEN MINE" BY JOHN DUNNING ON AN OLD ALGONQUIN BOOKS..... More
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc., 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY MARILYN DURHAM ON FFEP. 246 pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More
RANEY. A Novel
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CLYDE EDGERTON ON TITLE PAGE. A Fine copy in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. $12.95 price on front flap of Dust Jacket. 227 pp. Author's First Book. More
Blood on the Moon (Inscribed)
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 263 pages; SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on FFEP to mystery collector Arthur Parson; pictorial dust jacket, with $14.95 on front flap. First edition stated. A beautiful copy of the author's first U.S. hardcover book. More
THE BIG NOWHERE
New York: Mysterious Press, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "TO ARTHUR H. PARSON - THIS BOOK EATS SOULS!" BY JAMES ELLROY ON HALF TITLE PAGE. $17.95 price on dust jacket front flap. A near fine book in a fine dust jacket. 406 pp..... More
Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology, with Special Reference to the Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Cairo: L'Institut Francais D'Archeologie Orientale, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. Bound in green cloth spine over beige printed boards. Inscribed by the author's wife. Folding map and 2 folding plates. A very good++ copy with minimal soil and edge wear covers. Issued without dust jacket. More
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald with Illustrations By Willy Pogany
New York (1930): Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Full-Leather. Quarto, SIGNED 3 times by Willy Pogany; number 222 of 500 copies for America and 750 copies for sale in England. Bound in full green morocco, with a small red and gilt circular device on front panel; top edge gilt, others uncut..... More
EXECUTIVE POWER (Inscribed)
New York: Atria Books, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY VINCE FLYNN. First Edition/First Printing. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 372 pp. More