London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1956. First Hardcover Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 231pp.; VG/VG; spine blue with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '12s. 6d. net,'; blue cloth boards with gilt lettering; very slight wear to dust jacket, primarily in extremely slight wear to corners, head of spine; slight speckling to text block; SIGNED by Bester on ffep, with date of 'July, '75'; slight age-toning to pages; Bester's best-known novel, which was later published in the US under "The Stars My Destination"; LP consignment; shelved case 3, Dupont. More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914 (nd). First Edition. Quarto; VG; Blue boards and spine with gilt lettering and designs; Minor wear to the edges, some bumping at the corners; Pictorial end papers; Some age toning to the pages, but interior is bright and clean; All tipped in color plates (25) are present with descriptive tissue guards; mild and hard-to-see signs of repair to gutters of endpapers; LP Consign; Shelved Case 14, 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

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., 1970. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 188 pp., VG/VG; DJ blue with white lettering; very mild age-toning/foxing to covers; rubbing to edges of DJ; very mild bumping/chipping to head and tail of spine of DJ; price uncut "4.50" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; blue cloth boards, silver lettering to spine; bumping to head and tail of spine, very mild staining to head of spine; rubbing to bottom edge and top corners of boards; age-toning to text-block, small black stain to bottom edge of text-block; aged paste staining to endpapers at gutter, as expected; "First Edition" stated to copyright page; interior clean; LP consignment; shelved Case 3, Dupont. More

London: Heinemann, 1911. Limited Edition. Quarto; VG-; Vellum binding; Silk ties to front fore edge; Gilt lettering on spine, gilt design to front; Some bowing to boards as is typical for this edition; Upper edge gilt, all other edges deckle cut; Binding is tight; Text block is toned, but free of marking; All images clean; Book has been SIGNED by Rackham and is numbered 944 of an edition of 1150. This volume contains the second and third days of the Ring of the Niblung Trilogy: Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods. Shelved Case 14, Dupont. More

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1950. First Edition. thin 8vo., 70 pp., VG/VG; DJ black with white illustration, tan lettering (age-toned) to spine, text legible; rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners of DJ; price uncut "$2.10" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; black cloth boards, gold lettering to spine; mild bumping to head and tail of spine, mild cocking to spine; mild rubbing to boards, edges, and corners of boards; aged paste staining to endpapers; interior clean; Drake's first book and the only one published by Arkham House as a limited printing of 553 copies, of which 300 were given to the author, leaving only 252 copies for distribution; LP consignment; shelved Case 3, Dupont. More

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1942. First Edition. 8vo., 370 pp., VG/VG; DJ black, tan lettering to spine, green lettering and illustration to front cover; chipping to head and tail of spine of DJ, rubbing to edges, age-toning; tear to top left-hand corner of back cover at hinge, with red vertical pen mark underneath tear at hinge; price uncut "$3.00" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; black cloth boards, gold lettering to spine; bumping to head and tail of spine; bumping to corners of boards, rubbing to edges, boards slightly cocked, mild wear to boards; age-toning to text-block, foxing to top edge of text-block, slight ink staining to bottom edge of text-block; starting hinge, boards slightly shaken, binding sturdy; age-toning to endpapers, signed by previous owner to front paste-down, dated June 6, 1944; Arkham House's third published book as a printing of 1,054 copies; LP consignment; shelved Case 3, Dupont. More

Paris: J. Hetzel et Cie (Bibliotheque d'Education et de Recreation), 1902. small 4to., 395pp., 8pp. ads; VG; bound in full red canvas, gilt lettering on spine, front board, gilt text block; some mild shelfwear; beautiful mapmonde (globe) binding, colors bright; slight age-toning to pages, mild foxing throughout; text in French; LP consignment; shelved case 8. 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: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. First Edition, First Printing, Early State. Octavo, 212 pages, 8 pages ads; VG/VG; spine beige with blue lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; small closed tear to lower edge of rear cover, Some interior repair to jacket tears along lower edge and spine, mild shelfwear to corners, head and tail of spine; First Edition, with blank endpapers, red cloth cover, white spine, Rogers art on dust jacket, 7 titles on front flap; presumed early issue from 1929, due to the 7 titles on the front flap listing through 'The Secret of the Caves and the 8 titles on the ad in the rear listing through 'The Mystery of Cabin Island'; in excellent condition; LP consignment; shelved case 14. 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

Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House. First Limited Edition [of 3000]. 8vo., 228 pp., VG/VG; yellow and brown pictorial DJ, small brown lettering and illustration to spine; mild wear to DJ: rubbing with slight superficial material loss to head, tail, and hinges of spine; mild age-toning to back of spine and margins of covers (lettering clear and legible); price uncut "$3.00" to front flap; black cloth boards, gold lettering to spine; slight cocking to spine, rubbing to spine (lettering affected yet clear and legible); mild wear to boards; bumping/slight fraying to head and tail of spine; bumping to corners; mild age-toning/wear to text-block; front board somewhat shaken, back board tight, binding strong; scattered spotting towards bottom of p.14-15; Some handwritten corrections made in (Smith's?) blue pen: "nightmarish" to p 14 crossed out once, "a" inserted on first line of page 23, "o" inserted in "rooted" on page 145, and "men" corrected in poem on 162; minuscule tears to fore-edge of pp. 213-218 visible from text-block; INSCRIBED by Smith to ffep, dated "Carmel, Dec. 2, 1954"; SIGNED by Smith to half-title page; unnumbered copy of an edition of 3000 as indicated on the limitation page; LP consignment; Smith's third work published by Arkham House; shelved Case 3, Dupont. More

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1947. First Edition. Octavo; VG/G; black and grey spine with red text; jacket has protective mylar cover, rubbing, minor peeling on front flap, chipping around edges, back of DJ has been colored black in some areas to hide chipping; boards are strong, rubbing along tail edges, spine very slightly cocked; textblock has minor edgewear, age toning, otherwise clean, binding strong; pp 313; signed by author on label pasted to front endpaper; FLP Collection. Case 8. More

New York: Knopf, 1930. First Edition. Octavo; VG-/No jacket; Gray boards with black lettering and falcon design on front; Bumping to corners and general edge wear; Binding tight; Two spots of red liquid staining to upper edge of text block, affecting the very top of the pages only; Water damage to lower front corner of the text block, reaching as high as the text on some pages,legibility unaffected; Some dog-earing to pages; Text block toned as usual; 267 pages; LP Collection; Shelve in Case 6. More

London: George G. Harrap, 1936. Limited Edition. Quarto; VG; Ivory leather boards; Gilt lettering to spine and boards with gilt illustration on front; Some bowing to boards, as is typical; Light wear to the edges and corners, rubbing; Binding secure; Light toning to the edges of the text block, interior clean; All illustrations clear; Book has been SIGNED by Rackham on the limitations page and is numbered 459 of an edition of 460. LP consignment, shelved case 14. More

London: New English Library, 1979. First British Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 823pp.; VG/VG-; spine black with silver lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '£6.95'; dust jacket has some mild chipping and edgewear, the inside has a few trace spots where black ink has been applied, presumably as an attempt to disguise some of the chipping and damage; interior clean; text block clean; LP consignment; shelved case 8, Dupont. More

New York: Del Rey/Ballantine Books, 1976. First Edition. 8vo., 183 pp., VG+/VG+; DJ, spine blue with white lettering, navy blue pictorial front cover with white lettering; very mild shelfwear to DJ (e.g., rubbing to corners, creasing/wear to back flap; "BOOK CLUB EDITION" stated to bottom of front flap; The first edition was issued as a book club edition; DJ protected by mylar; gray boards with navy blue lettering to spine; virtually no shelfwear to boards; contains ephemera to front endpapers (Del Rey "Science Fiction Book Club" brochure featuring Star Wars); interior clean; novelization of the 1977 film released six months prior to the movie's release; LP consignment; shelved Case 8, Dupont. 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

Sauk City: Arkham House, 1941. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG; dark and light blue spine, dark and light blue text; jacket has protective mylar cover, rubbing, chipping around edges; boards are strong, some rubbing; textblock has some staining around edges and on front endpaper, ex libris plate on front pastedown, otherwise clean; pp 335; 1941 first edition, limited to 1115 copies (1/2 inch shorter than 1965 reissue copy, has no headband); second Arkham book; FLP Collection. Shelve: Case 8. 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

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

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo., 144 pp., [50 pp.], VG-/VG-; white and black lettering to tan spine, black-and-white photograph to front cover; fading to spine, lettering legible; shelfwear to covers, chipping with material loss to head of spine, slight superficial material loss to corners; price clipped; black cloth boards, gold lettering to spine; fading to spine (lettering slightly affected yet bright and legible); wear to boards, mild spotting with gray discoloration towards hinge of spine to front board; boards shaken/cocked, no shelf lean, binding strong, casing somewhat loose, boards firmly attached to text-block; age-toning/wear to text-block, scattered foxing to top, slight foxing to fore-edge; starting hinge to back of copy between 2 unpaginated black-and-white photographic plates; recto of bfep stuck to verso of last photographic plate to top margin of leaves at gutter; very occasional mild foxing to interior, text clear and legible; "First Printing, 1965" stated to copyright page; contains unpaginated section of photographs courtesy of Sports Magazine to back of volume; INSCRIPTION to title page reads "For Don Loos / with every best wish and memories of shooting baskets together years ago / John McPhee / December 1, 1965"; LP consignment; shelved Case 5, Dupont. More

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1951. First Edition. thin Octavo, 63 pages, VG/VG; DJ black with white illustration, tan lettering (age-toned) to spine; rubbing to head of spine of DJ; mild age-toning to covers of DJ, mild rubbing to edges and corners of covers, small tear to top right-hand corner of front cover at hinge; price uncut "$2.50" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; black cloth boards, gold lettering to spine; bumping to head and tail of spine; rubbing to corners of boards, very mild wear to boards; age-toning to text-block, staining to top-edge of text-block that bleeds into top margins of pp. 29-back paste-down, very mild foxing to fore-edge; starting hinge, boards shaken, binding intact; ex-libris bookplate to front paste-down, aged paste-staining; very mild age-toning to interior, text clear and legible; Smith's fourth book published by Arkham House as a limited printing of 563 copies; LP consignment; shelved Case 8, Dupont. 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

New York: Harper & Row, 1964. First U.S. Edition. Octavo; VG/VG; red spine, black/white text; jacket has protective mylar cover, significant rubbing, chipping at spine head and tail, price clipped on front flap; boards are strong; textblock is clean; pp 273; scarce signed first edition of Dick Francis' second mystery novel; FLP Collection. Shelved Case 6, Dupont. More