Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1957. First Edition, First State. thin 8vo., 86 pp., VG/VG; DJ black with white illustration, white lettering to spine; mild wear to covers, particularly to back cover; very mild rubbing to edges of DJ; mild foxing to margins of back flap; price uncut "$3.00" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; black cloth boards, gold lettering to spine faded), text legible; text to spine reads from head to tail of spine as done in Europe, indicating a First State; bumping/rubbing to head and tail of spine; rubbing/mild foxing to edges and corners of boards, mild rubbing to boards; mild age-toning/foxing to text-block; aged paste staining to endpapers; INSCRIBED by Lord to ffep; interior clean; Howard's second book published by Arkham House as a limiting printing of 536, with 436 First State copies and 100 Second State copies; LP consignment; shelved Case 8, Dupont. More

New York: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1907. Limited Edition. Quarto; VG-; Quarter bound in cloth and paper; Gilt titling to spine; Gilt titling and designs to front board along with inset illustration on front; Some rubbing and fading along the edge of the boards, mostly at the upper; rounding of board corners, some fraying beginning; Binding starting at the upper edge of the title page, but still sturdy; Top edge gilt, all other edges deckle cut; Some toning to the pages; Book is numbered 119 of a limited edition of 550 edition number and "Doubleday Page & Co." Both written in red pen on limitation page; LP Consign. Shelved: Case 14. More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950. First Edition. 8vo., 533pp.; VG-/G-; spine blue/green pictorial with black and yellow lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$3.50'; dust jacket has chipping along hinges, corners, head and tail of spine; dust jacket has separated completely along the rear spine fold, then inexpertly repaired with tape along the inside of the jacket, with some staining from tape present; boards shaken; top edge of text block stained; sun fading to spine of dust jacket and upper edge of boards; LP consignment; shelved case 6. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition. 8vo., 244pp.; VG/VG-; spine black and blue pictorial with white and blue lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut; dust jacket has some chipping to corners, head and tail of spine, lesser chipping to edges; small piece of tape on inside of dust jacket along middle of spine; pages slightly age-toned; teal cloth boards with blue lettering; Scribner's seal on copyright page; LP consignment; shelved case 8. More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1897 [1931]. First Photoplay Edition. 8vo., 354pp., [2] ads; VG/Poor; spine beige with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; chipping along most edges, tape has been applied along the entire upper and lower edge of the dust jacket, as well as part of the front hinge of spine; previous owners name and stamp on ffep; with image of Lugosi on rear cover; With four stills from the 1931 Universal motion picture DRACULA. Original red cloth; LP consignment; shelved Case 8, Dupont. More

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 222 pages; VG/VG-; spine blue with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$3.95'; sun-fading to spine, chipping to head and tail of spine; spine slightly cocked; small droplet stains to top edge of text block; First state dust jacket with no reviews; INSCRIBED on title page by Ross Thomas; LP consignment; shelved case 7. More

New York: Ballantine Books, 1956. First Edition. 8vo., 166pp., [2] ads; VG/G+; spine white with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price cut; price written in ink on front flap; A quarter size piece of damage to the middle of the front cover of the dust jacket, where the top later has been peeled off, presumably from a sticker, and you can see the white paper underneath. The damage does not cause a complete hole.; mild wear to corners, head and tail of spine; gray boards with black lettering; pages yellowed, as expected; interior clean, no markings or signs of earlier ownership; LP consignment; shelved case 8, Dupont. More

London: Heinemann, 1921. Limited Edition, #460/550. Quarto; VG; Bound in full leather by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt lettering and designs; Raised bands on spine with titles in gilt; Satyr design on front board in leather and gilt; All edges gilt; End papers have been repaired at the gutters; Binding tight; Text block toned but free of marking; All illustrations guarded by tissue with text. Previous owners small bookplate on interior of rear end paper, gift inscription by previous owner in pen; Book is SIGNED by Rackham on the limitations page and numbered 460 of a limited edition of 550. LP Consignment; Shelved case 14. More

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1929. First Canadian Edition. 8vo., 318pp.; VG/VG-; spine tan with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; bound in red cloth with black lettering; dust jacket is sun-faded on spine, the orange has turned into tan, still bright on covers; some chipping to head and tail of spine, edges, corners; interior clean; spine slightly cocked; small smudging to top edge of text block; originally published in the US as 'Fish Preferred'; incredibly scarce; LP consignment; shelved case 2, Dupont. More

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909. First Edition. Small quarto; G+/no-DJ; brown leather-bound spine with gilt text and black illustrations; cover has rubbing, chipping around edges, back board has small rip at hinge, binding has been reinforced inside, comes in protective plastic cover; textblock has edgewear, minor white spotting on fore edge, binding reinforced in front and back, tape residue at hinge of half title page, stamp on title page, smudging on endpapers and pastedowns, a few stains throughout, text and 40 color plates are all clean; pp 325; FLP Collection. More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1969. First Edition. 8vo., 187 pp., VG/VG; DJ, spine black with white lettering, front cover white with black lettering; very mild wear/age-toning to covers, mild rubbing/chipping to edges and corners of boards, including head and tail of spine; price uncut "$4.50" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; orange cloth boards, blue lettering to spine; bumping to head and tail of spine; rubbing to edges and corners; mild age-toning to text-block, beveled fore-edge; aged paste-staining to endpapers, mild buckling to front paste-down; interior clean; LP consignment; shelved Case 8, Dupont. More

Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1933. Limited Edition #139/325. 8vo., 73 pages; VG; bound in morocco-backed decorated cloth, protected with glassine; very mild shelfwear; top edge of text block gilt; One of 325 numbered copies, of which this is number 139, printed by Gibbings in Golden Cockerel type on Batchelor's hand-made paper with seven wood-engravings by Gibbings; loose within is a letter from the Golden Cockerel Press, answering an inquiry about the publication of this book, dated 1958; front endpaper has an inscription, dated 1958, stating that this volume was part of Lord Dunsany's personal library; LP consignment; shelved case 0, Dupont. 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

Providence, RI: The Buffalo Book Co., 1946. First Edition, 1/500 Copies. 8vo., 303 pp., VG-/VG-; DJ, white spine with green lettering, yellow/green/yellow pictorial front cover; wear/age-toning to covers of DJ; chipping to edges and corners of DJ, with material loss to head and tail of spine and corners; age-toned tape to interior of DJ at bottom corner of back cover/back flap and to top of back cover towards hinge; price uncut "$3.00" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; green cloth boards; yellow lettering to spine (faded), text legible; bumping to head and tail of spine, mild cocking to spine; mild wear to boards, bumping to corners of boards, mild cocking to boards; age-toning to text-block; creasing to bottom corners of text-block from bumping/cocking to boards; interior clean; frontispiece; scarce in dust jacket; LP consignment; shelved Case 8. More

1952/1980. Three items signed by William Nolan. A napkin folded to 8 1/2 x 4 inches, with a drawing by Nolan of a Bear, signed and dated 5/31/80.; A copy of the Ray Bradbury Review, 1952, inscribed by Nolan on the inside of front cover. There is one closed tear on the front cover along tail of spine extending 3 inches into the cover. In stapled paperback wrappers.; The Manuscript copy of Nolan's Short Story 'The Trees of Yesterday', with TLS cover letter dated 'Oct. 20, '80'. The manuscript has substantial writing, highlighting, and underlining.; LP consignment; shelved case 8. More

New York: Ballantine Books, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover Octavo; VG/Poor; Green and white spine with green and white text; Boards show significant sunning on corners and head and tail edges; Dust jacket has been trimmed along the lower edge, and is lacking the lowest 1/4 inch of the dust jacket. The upper 1/4 inch of the paper backing to the mylar has been colored black in an attempt to disguise the damage.; DJ is clean with light shelf wear, discoloration caused by either sunning or age tone, 2 inch closed tear across left inside sleeve, back cover has small closed tear on top right near spine and a small scrape near bottom middle; Comes in protective mylar covering; Text block clean, significantly age toned, minimal shelf wear, text legible, pages durable; pp 186. LP consignment. Shelve Case 8 -- Dupont. More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1938. First US Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 323 pages; VG/VG-; spine tan and blue with blue and tan lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.50'; mild chipping and wear to dust jacket, including small chips missing to head of spine; top edge of text block red; interior clean; Two of Forester's Hornblower books, A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours, were jointly awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1938; LP consignment; shelved case 6, Dupont. More

New York: The Fantod Press, 1972. Limited First Edition. staplebound 12mos., unpaginated, VG; ALL VOLUMES: light scratching to top- and bottom-edges of text-blocks; interiors clean and bright; limited first editions of 526 copies stated to copyright pages; VOL. 1 [THE DISRESPECTFUL SUMMONS, pub. 1971; tan covers with black lettering and illustration]; VOL. 2 [THE ABANDONED SOCK, pub. 1972; light gray covers with black lettering and illustration]; VOL. 3 [THE LOST LIONS, pub. 1973; yellow covers with black lettering and illustration]; LP consignment; housed in a white envelope, with The Fantod Press colophon to top left-hand corner to front of envelope; shelved Case 0, Dupont. More

Garden City, New York: Pub. for the Crime club, Inc., by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930. First American Edition. 8vo., 314pp.; VG/VG; spine tan and black with red and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.00'; mild chipping and wear to corners, head and tail of spine; age-toning to pages; black boards with red lettering; LP consignment; shelved case 6, Dupont. 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

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. First US Edition. 8vo., 222 pp., blue/black/white pictorial DJ with white lettering; chipping with material loss to head and tail of spine, dark blue ink staining to interior of DJ at head and tail of spine that bleeds through to exterior, piece of tape to inside of head of spine; rubbing with very slight material loss to corners of DJ; age-toning and mild foxing to covers of DJ; price uncut "$2.50" to top right-hand corner of front flap, all four corners of flaps slightly clipped; DJ protected by mylar; gray cloth boards with light green lettering to spine; bumping and fading to head and tail of spine, cocking to spine; scratching and mild staining to boards, particularly to back board; mild shelfwear to edges and corners of boards; boards shaken, binding sturdy; age-toning to text-block, small brown stain towards middle of fore-edge that bleeds into margin of half-title page, title page, and table of contents; age-toning and mild foxing to endpapers; "FIRST EDITION" stated to copyright page; LP consignment; shelved Case 8. More

Tarzana, CA: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1936. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 315 pp., VG-/VG-; DJ, pictorial brown spine and covers, with red lettering to spine, white/red/blue lettering to front cover; rubbing to edges of DJ, slight material loss to corners; chipping to tail of spine; age-toning and sunning to DJ, particularly flaps; creasing to flaps; price uncut $2.00 to top right-hand corner of front flap; blue cloth boards, red lettering to spine and front board; bumping to head and tail of spine, slight cocking to spine; red top to text-block (faded), beveled fore-edge, age-toning to text-block; age-toning to boards, particularly to edges; mild age-toning to interior, text legible; "First Edition" stated to copyright page; LP consignment; shelved case 13/window. 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

The Fantod Press, 1970. Limited First Edition. staplebound 12mos., unpaginated; VOL. 1 [THE CHINESE OBELISKS: FOURTH ALPHABET, VG; black covers with tan lettering and illustration; shelfwear to spine (e.g., mild rubbing to head of spine, slight material loss to tail of spine, light scratch to top of fore-edge); interior clean and bright]; VOL. 2 [THE OSBICK BIRD, VG+; yellow covers with black cursive lettering and illustration to front cover; very mild shelfwear to tail of spine; light scratch to top of fore-edge; interior clean and bright]; VOL. 3 [DONALD HAS A DIFFICULTY, VG; co-authored by Neumeyer; shelfwear to spine (e.g., mild rubbing to head and tail of spine); interior clean and bright]; a limiting printing of 500 copies; housed in a hot pink envelope with The Fantod Press colophon to top left-hand corner to front of envelope, moderate wear/tearing to envelope; LP consignment; shelved Case 0, Dupont. More

New York: Rinehart & Company Inc., 1960. First Edition. Hardcover Octavo; VG/VG; Black spine with gold text; DJ shows minor shelf wear, some rubbing on edges and covers, light chipping on corners, DJ completely intact under protective mylar covering; Text block is significantly darkened from age tone, but is completely legible, ages durable; pp 245. LP Consignment. Shelve Case 6 -- Dupont. More