London: George Newnes, 1902. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 358 pages; VG; bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in gold and black; housed in an ox-blood cloth slipcase; mild rubbing to binding; red still bright; ffep has upper fore corner missing; gutter webbing beginning to show at half-title; with frontispiece and 15 full-page illustrations by Sidney Paget; First printing, with 'you' for 'your' on page 13; EH consignment; Shelved case 3. More

London: George Newnes, 1894. First Edition, first printing. Large Octavo; VG-; Blue spine with gilt lettering; 279 pages; All edges gilt; Edge wear to the boards, some fraying beginning at the corners; Binding is somewhat shaken, spine cocked; Previous owners name inked on half title page; Some scratching to gilt edges, interior toned with a few areas of spotting; Shelved case 3. More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. First Edition, First Printing, First State. Octavo, 212 pages, 8 pages ads; VG/VG; spine beige with blue lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; name to front pastedown; dust jacket with some mild wear and rubbing, primarily to extremities, head of spine chipped, some closed tears to edges; small stains to text block, rarely impacting interior; First Edition, with blank endpapers, red cloth cover, white spine, Rogers art on dust jacket, 6 titles on the front flap listing through 'The Shore Road Mystery' and 5 titles on the ad in the rear listing through 'Hunting for Hidden Gold'; a lovely unrestored copy; shelved case 14. More

London: Collins, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 192 pages; VG/VG; spine beige with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '7s. 6d.'; dust jacket spine sun-faded, mild chipping to head and tail of spine, edges; gift inscription on the ffep, dated xmas 1941; bookseller stamp to rear pastedown; bound in red cloth, slight fading to head and tail of spine where the chips in the dust jacket allowed sun through; pages brittle, as usual; EH consignment; shelved case 6. More

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Small Quarto, unpaginated; VG/VG-; spine blue and yellow with yellow and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut; small stain to middle of front cove; INSCRIBED on title page by Westlake; One of Westlake's scarcest titles, distributed almost exclusively to libraries with the library binding sticker to spine; shelved case 7. More

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1952. First Edition, 2000 copies. 8vo., 112pp.; VG/VG; spine black with black and white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.50; slight wear to head of spine, slight soling to rear cover; SIGNED on ffep, 'Sincerely / August Derleth'; interior clean; in excellent condition; LP consignment; shelved case 8, Dupont. More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 225 pages; VG/Fair; spine black and beige with yellow and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, non-archival backing to 80% of dust jacket, jacket worn, chipped, soiled; Publisher's full black cloth, front board and spine stamped in red; Jacket has publisher's promotional "seal" sticker on front panel; with the remnants of the publisher's "seal" on page 159 and rear free endpaper, the first seal page is present in its entirety; EH consignment; shelved case 6. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. Uncorrected Advance Proof. Octavo, 293 pages; VG; bound in yellow/orange paper wraps, black lettering to spine; inscribed on title page by Patricia Cornwell; includes letter from Scribner's to reviewer; shelved case 6. More

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971. First Edition. Octavo, 190pp. Hardcover with dust jacket in VG-/VG- condition. Bumping and shelf-wear. Dust jacket is encased in a protective mylar covering. Mild chips to jacket at head of front panel, tail of spine and head of rear panel; inch long closed tear near chip on front. Faint age-toning and creasing to jacket. Foxing to text block, not affecting text itself. Spine slightly cocked. Binding is sturdy. No markings to the text. Inscribed by Charles Willeford on the dedication page. Inscription reads: "To Carol Glasemer-- The brightest, prettiest and most charming English teacher I know-- what a pleasure it is to sign a book for you! Yours, Charles Willeford 20 Oct. 1971" Shelve: Case # 7 or window Spine is white with black text. More

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1919. First US Edition. 8vo., 313 pp., VG/G+; DJ, spine white (age-toned brown) with navy blue lettering, blue and orange pictorial front cover with black lettering; rubbing/chipping to edges, with material loss to corners; age-toning to DJ; "$1.50 Net" stated to spine of DJ; DJ protected by mylar; green cloth boards, navy blue lettering to spine and front cover; bumping to head and tail of spine, cocking to spine, text to spine faded yet legible; mild rubbing to edges and corners of boards; starting hinge between pp. 24-25, boards slightly shaken, binding sturdy; age-toning/mild scratching to text-block; age-toning to interior, text legible; LP consignment; shelved Case 6. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 249 pages; VG-/G+; multi-colored illustrated spine, white/yellow text; jacket has protective mylar cover, peeling and tape residue on inside flaps, rubbing, chipping around edges, back of flap has been colored with black marker to try to hide chipping, slight peeling on back; boards are strong, rubbing and staining around edges, minor fraying at spine tail, spine slightly cocked; textblock has edgewear, age toning, some spotting throughout, peeling on pastedowns, small stamp on front pastedown, writing on front endpaper, tape residue on both endpapers, text clean, binding strong; FLP Collection; shelved case 6, Dupont. More

New York: Random House, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 214 pages; VG/VG; white black with silver text; jacket has protective mylar cover, minor shelfwear, price uncut '$4.95'; two small closed tears to top edge of front cover; SIGNED flat by Stark/Westlake twice on ffep, once with each name; shelved case 6. More

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1938. First Edition. 8vo., 303 pp., G+/G-; blue and navy blue pictorial DJ with white/black/red lettering, spine of DJ faded light blue and green with white and green lettering; chipping with material loss to head and tail of spine, hinges, and corners; blue ink staining to interior of DJ, particularly to bottom-edge that bleeds into exterior, staining the bottom edge of front cover and tail of spine black; brown staining to interior of DJ that bleeds through to front cover and front flap, staining the top right-hand corner of front cover green and and top left-hand corner of front flap brown; small black stain to bottom edge of back cover of DJ towards bottom left-hand corner; creasing to edges of flaps; tape to top right-hand edge of front flap and to top left-hand corner of back flap of DJ; all four corners of flaps price clipped; later edition DJ (Triangle Books, pub. 1941); DJ protected by mylar; red cloth boards with red and navy blue lettering; bumping/chipping/fraying to head and tail of spine, cocking to spine; bumping/fraying to corners of boards, bumping to edges of boards; dark green top, age-toning to text-block, fore-edge partially stippled; age-toning to endpapers and margins of interior, text legible; starting hinge between pp. 122-123, boards shaken, binding intact; last 21 pp. contain recipes; LP consignment; shelved Case 7. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 186 pages; VG/VG; spine white with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$5.95'; mild wear to dust jacket; spine slightly cocked; INSCRIBED by Parker on ffep; top edge of text block red; date code "0174" at the bottom left-hand corner; 'First printing c' on copyright page; LP consignment; shelved case 6, Dupont. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. Uncorrected Advance Proof. Octavo, 321 pages; VG; bound in off-white paper wraps, black lettering to spine; minor smudging to covers; signed flat on title page by John Dunning; shelved case 6. More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Reprint. 8vo., 267pp.; VG/G+; spine yellow with black lettering, black falcon; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut; dust jacket has some liquid staining on rear cover; tail of spine has some chipping, the only part of the publisher's name remaining is "Gros"; age-toning to pages, brittle; LP consignment; shelved case 6, Dupont. More

New York: Dodd, Mean & Company, 1939. First American Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 248 pages; VG/VG-; spine blue with yellow and white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.00'; dust jacket with 9 small pieces of non-archival tape to the interior, rear flap with upper corner torn off, small hole to center of spine, chipping, wear, and creases; EH consignment; shelved case 6. More

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1976. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG; yellow spine, black text; jacket has protective mylar cover, very minor shelfwear; boards are strong, minor bumping in bottom corners; textblock is clean; pp 158; FLP Collection; shelved Case 7. More

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1954. First Edition. Octavo; VG/G+; black spine, yellow text; jacket has protective mylar cover, rubbing, staining, chipping at spine head and tail and in corners, a few small closed tears around edges, price clipped on front flap; boards are strong, spine slightly cocked, rubbing along bottom edges and on back; textblock has rubbing in corner of tail edge, staining on pastedowns and endpapers, otherwise clean, binding strong; pp 221; FLP Collection. Shelve: Case 6. More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1930. First English Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 311 pages, [8] ads; G+/none; bound in publisher's blue cloth, black lettering to spine; spine sun-faded to green; rubbing to corners, head and tail of spin; INSCRIBED on ffep by Mary Roberts Rinehard to Justice and Mrs. Sterne; shelved case 6. More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1937. First Edition. Octavo, 311 pages; VG-/VG-; spine is dark red with beige lettering; dust jacket is in a mylar covering, has moderate wear along the top and bottom edges, has chipping and small tears at the top and bottom of the spine and on the fore edge corners, has wear and creasing along the sides on the spine and along the fore edge, has minor rubing on the back cover; binding has minimal shelf wear, with minimal detachment on the front inner hinge; pages have minimal age toning; EH Consignment; shelved case 6. More

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1984. First Edition, Third Printing. Octavo, 387 pages; VG-/G; spine white with red and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$14.95'; dust jacket has some mild rubbing and wear, mild soiling; some water-staining to top edge of both boards and jacket, with some red bleeding to interior of jacket; boards slightly bowed; inscribed on half-title page by Tom Clancy; shelved case 6. More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1967. First British Edition. Octavo, 256 pages; VG/G+; spine black with gray stripe, yellow and red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '21s net'; front flap has a crease, closed tear to front upper corner, closed tear to front middle lower edge, mild chipping to all edges, head and tail of spine; small piece of paper adhered to the ffep, possibly from removal of a bookplate; INSCRIBED by Ross Thomas twice, once on the title page and once on the front pastedown; previously published in the US as The Cold War Swap in 1966; LP consignment; shelved case 7. More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. First Edition. Octavo, 319 pages; VG/VG; spine is orange with black lettering; dust jacket is in a mylar covering, has price uncut '$2.50', has wear along the top and bottom edges, with chipping at the top and bottom of the spine and on the fore edge corners, has discoloration and wear on the spine; binding has minimal shelf wear, has minimal detachment on the front and back hinges; pages have minor age toning; EH Consignment; shelved case 6. More

Indianapolis and New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1942. First Edition. 8vo., 282pp.; VG/VG-; spine red and green with white and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price ripped; sun-fading to spine, minor wear to edges, hinges, head and tail of spine; top edge of text block stained green, faded; pages have some age-toning; stated first edition on copyright page; INSCRIBED by Brant on ffep using her pseudonym Lange Lewis; The first of her Lieutenant Richard “The Moose” Tuck series, as well as her debut novel, this was followed by Juliet Dies Twice (1943), Meat for Murder (1943), The Birthday Murder (1945), and The Passionate Victim (1952). An oft forgotten Los Angeles based mystery writer, she was married to Mal Bissell, a writer of weird tales. She also wrote as Jane Beynon (Cypress Man, 1944), and under her own name produced a historical novel about Mexico, La Chingada; scarce in any condition, let alone with a dust jacket; shelved case 6. More