![PORTOBELLO [SIGNED]. Ruth Rendell](/pictures/thumb/1356038.jpg?v=1656882193)
London: Hutchinson, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 278 pages; VG-/VG; spine gray and white, with red and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; mild wear to crown and tail of jacket spine; price uncut '£18.99'; spine cocked; signed flat by Rendell at title page; pages clean; shelved below Front Counter. More
![TRAVESTY [SIGNED]. John Hawkes](/pictures/thumb/1355795.jpg?v=1656347978)
New York: New Directions, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 128 pages; VG-/VG-; off-white spine with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; minor shelfwear and rubbing to the jacket; small creasing at the head and tail of the spine, as well as a long crease on the right side of the spine; minor soiling to the back of the jacket; price unclipped '$5.95'; small closed tear near the bottom corner of the back flap; slight bumping to the boards at the bottom corners; minor soiling to the fore edge of the text block; scattered pencil marginalia throughout; pencil markings on the back paste down; signed flat by Hawkes on the ffep; shelved under the front counter. More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, 1950. First UK Edition. 10mo; G+/fair; red/off-white spine with white and black text; first UK edition; dust jacket exterior shows modest soiling wear; few chips to edges; cloth exterior has very little wear; mildly sunned spine; sturdy boards; lightly rubbed edges; text block exterior edges have mild toning; ex-library stamp to pastedowns; previous bookshop's small sticker to rear pastedown; ex-library stamp to title page; interior pages very good; pp 262. More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, 1951. First UK Edition. 10mo; G+/G-; cream/gilt spine with black and gilt text; first UK edition; dust jacket exterior shows moderate wear; more wear noticeable to rear; small peeling scratches to front; spine has darkened due to handling; some chips to edges; cloth has minimal exterior wear; very mild toning to spine; some rubbing wear to edges; text block exterior edges lightly toned; previous owner's information to ffep; interior pages very good; pp 291. More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1963. First US Edition. Octavo; VG-/G+; black spine with beige text; BCE; first US edition; dust jacket exterior has sunned slightly; light soiling to rear; yellow cloth exterior clean; mild lean to spine; text block exterior fore and tail edges have age toned slightly; deckled fore edge; head edge colored yellow; interior unmarked; pp246. More
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1972. Octavo; VG-/paperback; blue and red spines with ivory white text; 2 volumes: volume 1, ISBN 0486228444; volume 2, ISBN 0486228452; covers show mild wear; slight line to front to volume 1; rear panels have light toning; few dings to edges; intact bindings; textblock exterior edges have slight tone; minor wear to front hinge to both volumes; interior pages clean; illustrated; pp 868. More
London: White Lion Publishers Limited, 1974. Reprinted. 10mo; VG-/G; black/white spine with white text; reprint; dust jacket exterior shows some wear; heavy rubbing to edges and joints; damp staining inside dj; price clipped front flap; cloth exterior has only light wear; tight binding; good binding; text block has slightly age toned; sticker residue to front pastedown; pp 172. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG-; black spine with ivory white; first edition; dust jacket exterior shows only mild wear; slightly rubbed edges; cloth exterior has light handling wear; strong boards; text block exterior edges have light toning; interior clean; pp 338. More
Bloomington, IN: James A. Rock & Company, 1977. Limited Edition, #246/250. Octavo, 163 pages; VG/VG; dust jacket spine black with white lettering, black and white pictorial front cover with white lettering; mild shelfwear; price uncut "$13.50" to top right-hand corner of front flap; DJ protected by mylar; black cloth boards, faded green lettering to spine; yellow and black pictorial endpapers; hand-numbered 246 at limitations page; shelved Case 6. More
London, Sydney, Auckland: Hodder and Stoughton, 1980. First UK Edition. Octavo; VG-/G+; pp 327; black spine with off-white text; first UK edition; dust jacket exterior shows mild tone due to age; some rubbing wear to edges; cloth exterior has minimal wear; slight lean to spine; textblock exterior edges have only mild tone; interior clean. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 190 pages; VG/VG-; spine red, with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; wear to corners of flap folds; small closed tear to upper and lower edges each of jacket front; some wear to crown and tail of jacket spine; mild fading to jacket spine; two closed tears to upper edge of jacket back; price cut; upper edge dyed red; contains black and white photos; pages clean; shelved below Front Counter. More
New York: Greenberg, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 297 pages; VG-/None; contemporary full red cloth binding; spine with black lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; three stains to front board; mild fading to spine; mild wear to crown and tail of spine; pages clean; shelved Case 6. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 234 pages; VG-/None; contemporary full green cloth binding; spine yellow, with black lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; some wear to crown and tail of spine; pages clean; shelved Case 6. More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1984. 10mo; VG-/G; yellow spine with black text; dust jacket exterior shows slight shelf wear; few spots to exterior; cloth exterior shows minimal wear; tight binding; strong boards; text block exterior edges show slight foxing; former owner's name to ffep; few light spots to endpapers; interior clean; pp 268. More
London, Sydney, Auckland: Houghton and Stoddard, 1982. Sixth Printing. Octavo; pp 532; VG-/VG-; black spine white text; UK edition, sixth printing; dust jacket exterior shows mild wear; minor edge wear; light age toning to rear and flaps; small sticker to front flap; cloth exterior clean; good binding; textblock exterior edges have one or two incidental smudges; illustrated endpapers; interior clean. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 182 pages; VG-/VG-; black spine with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; price is clipped; shelfwear and rubbing to the dust jacket, including particularly noticeable creases on the spine (near the head) and on the back of the jacket; small closed tear at the head of the back cover near the spine and another at the bottom of the front cover near the right corner; spine of the book is slightly cocked; top edge of the text block is dyed black; small pencil marks to the bottom edge of the text block; shelved under front counter. More
Garden City NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1934. Octavo; G/G-; black/red pictorial spine with red, white and black text; the Saint, Simon Templar book; published for the Crime Club, Inc.; dust jacket has several chips to edges; open chip to spine; heavy age toning inside dj to spine; mylar wrapped dj; cloth exterior has few whitish smudges; good, intact binding; text block exterior fore and tail edges have moderate tone and wear; red colored exterior head edge; whitish streak to head edge; deckled fore edge; offsetting to endpapers; interior pages good; pp 326. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 183 pages; VG/VG-; spine yellow, with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; some shelf wear and mild soiling; mild wear to corners of flap folds; closed tear at lower right corner of jacket front; some wear to crown and tail of jacket spine; some fading to jacket spine; price uncut '$2.95'; upper edge dyed blue; pages clean; shelved Case 6. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 308 pages; VG/VG-; spine multicolored pictorial, with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and scuffing; mild wear to corners of flap folds; small closed tear at upper and lower edge each of jacket front; mild wear to crown and tail of jacket spine; small chip missing at crown of jacket spine; price uncut '$2.50'; upper edge dyed pink; previous owner's bookplate at front free endpaper; pages clean; shelved Case 6. More
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1953. First US Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 298 pages; VG/VG-; spine red and black, with white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; corners slightly bumped; mild wear to crown and tail of jacket spine; price uncut '$3.95'; pages clean; shelved below Front Counter. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1941. First US Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 305 pages; VG-/VG-; spine black and white, with yellow label with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; multiple small closed tears at upper and lower edges of jacket front; some chipping and wear at crown and tail of jacket spine; price uncut '$2.00'; adhesive stains at upper edge of jacket interior; spine slightly cocked; adhesive staining to front and back pastedowns, and front and back free endpapers; pages clean; shelved Case 6. More
New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, 1946. First US Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 195 pages; G/VG-; spine black, with red and blue lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; small chips missing at corners of flap folds; small closed tear at upper and lower edge each of jacket front; some wear to crown and tail of jacket spine; price uncut '$2.50'; previous owner's name at front free endpaper; newspaper review clippings pasted at back free endpaper and back pastedown; pages 193-195 uncut; shelved below Front Counter. More
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1950. First US Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 246 pages; VG-/VG-; spine black, with gray and white lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; small chips missing at corners of flap folds; single closed tear to upper and lower edge each of jacket front; crown and tail of jacket spine missing; crease at center of jacket spine; multiple small closed tears at upper edge of jacket back; price uncut '$2.75'; spine slightly cocked; pages clean; shelved Case 6. More
Garden City NY: The Sun Dial Press, 1948. Reprint. Small Octavo; G+/G-; green spine with beige text; early reprint; dust jacket exterior shows noticeable wear, mostly due to age; rear has age toned edges; slight reddish staining to rear tail edge; some chips to edges; cloth exterior has remarkable little wear; minor edge wear, more so to corners; straight boards; text block has age toned; binding intact; pp 275 NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in wraparound bookcase next to 15's. More
Bowling Green: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1987. Octavo; G; Paperback; Spine, tan and blue with black print; Cover has light edgewear, crease to front bottom fore corner, toning to spine; Text block clean and tight; 253 pages. More
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930. First edition. Octavo; 1st edition; G- ; Hardcover; Spine, black with red print; Boards in black cloth with red print, wear to spine caps and corners, light soiling to hinges, stain to front fore edge; Text block has red tinted top edge, name in ink on front flyleaf, stain to fore edge of front flyleaf, else clean and tight; 339 pages. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in wraparound bookcase next to 15's. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 502 pages; VG-/VG; spine black, with white and multi-color lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and scuffing; price uncut '$8.95'; spine cocked; upper edge dyed yellow; some soiling to upper edge; previous owner's name at front free endpaper; pages clean; shelved below Front Counter. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 183 pages; VG-/VG-; red spine with (faded) white, yellow, and black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; price unclipped '$4.50'; some shelfwear and rubbing; closed tear at the upper left corner of the dust jacket; some tearing at the head and tail of the spine; pages are clean; shelved under front counter. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1953. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 186 pages; VG/VG-; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; black spine with white lettering; price unclipped '$2.50'; minor shelfwear and rubbing to the dust jacket, including a large tear to the back of the jacket; creasing and minor tearing to the head and tail of the spine; minor tearing to the fore corners of the jacket flaps; pages are slightly age toned; minor foxing to the fore edge of the text block; shelved under front counter. More
New York: Random House, 1944. First Printing. Small Octavo; G+/Fair; black/gray pictorial spine with orange and beige text; first printing; dust jacket exterior shows moderate wear; some chips to edges; wear to joints; tape mends inside jacket; mildly age toned rear; mylar wrapped jacket; cloth exterior has foxing and spotting toward edges; good, intact binding; straight boards; text block exterior edges have age toned slightly; deckled fore edge; slight offsetting to endpapers; interior pages good; pp 215. More
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1964. 12mo; G+/G; magenta purple pictorial spine white text; mylar wrap to jacket; scarce; dust jacket exterior shows modest wear; slight soiling to rear; some chips to edges; quarter bound cloth has mild wear; tape residue to head and tail edges to panels; otherwise binding very good; straight boards; text block exterior edges have age toned somewhat; tape remnants to pastedowns; light ink to front pastedown; ffep has brownish tape residue; slight offsetting to half title page; also slight damp staining to ffep; interior has slight foxing to few pages; pp 255. More
n.p. Cleopatra International Publications, 2004. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG; pink and white spine with black text; first edition; dust jacket exterior shows minimal wear; minor edge wear; cloth clean; tight binding; strong boards; text block clean; pp 297; inscribed by author. More
![A DELICATE TRUTH [SIGNED]. John Le Carre](/pictures/thumb/1354259.jpg?v=1652289725)
New York: The Viking Press, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 309 pages; VG/VG; spine black with gray and red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; bookseller's gold sticker at jacket front; mild wear to back flap fold; price uncut '$28.95'; signed flat by le Carre at second free endpaper; pages clean; shelved below Front Counter. More
New York: Warner Books, Inc., 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; VG/VG; red/blue spine with white text; author's first book; first edition, first printing; dust jacket shows minimal wear; previous bookshop's sticker to rear; cloth clean; tight binding; text block exterior edges have light wear; pp 469. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. First Edition. Octavo; VG-/G; off-white spine with black and pink text; first edition; exterior to jacket has some foxing; small tape mend to spine tail edge; otherwise minor edge wear; cloth exterior has slight spotting; slight bumping to tail for corners; mild lean to spine; exterior edges to text block has light foxing; interior clean; pages intact; pp 217. More
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1941. Octavo; 2nd printing; G/Fair-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, grey with black print; DJ has edgewear with tearing across top edge, one-inch closed tear to front bottom hinge, toning to spine, peripheral toning, shelfwear; Boards in green cloth with black print, tattering to spine caps and corners, toning to hinges, mild shelfwear; Text block has tanning to endpapers, light age toning to paper, else clean and tight; viii, 234 pages. More
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1939. First US Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 294 pages; VG-/None; full red buckram binding; spine with black lettering and design; mild shelf wear and soiling; corners slightly bumped; mild wear to crown and tail of spine; spine slightly cocked; upper edge dyed red; deckled edges; pages clean; shelved below Front Counter. More
Garden City NY: Mystery Guild, ca. 1980. Mixed Editions. Octavo; G+/G; yellow spines with black text; 3 volumes: vol. 1, The Case of the Gilded Fly, Holy Disorders, and The Moving Toy Shop, pp 531; vol. 2, Swan Song, Love Lies Bleeding, pp 502; vol. 3, The Glimpses of the Moon, Frequent Hearses, and The Long Divorce, pp 564; dust jackets have few, slight smudges; minor, tiny chips to edges; cloths show slight exterior wear; bindings to volume 2 and 3 slightly loosened; straight boards; text block exterior edges have few, sparse smudges; previous owner's sticker to feps; rear endpapers to vols. 2 and 3 stamped text; small smudge to rear endpaper to vol. 3; otherwise interiors clean. More
New York: William Heinemann Inc and Octopus Books Inc, 1980. First Heinemann/Octopus U.S. Edition. Thick Octavo; VG-/VG-; red spine with ivory text; first U.S. edition by Heinemann and Octopus; dust jacket exterior shows mild exterior wear; light edge wear; some age toning inside dj; cloth exterior has very slight wear; strong boards; minor rubbing to corners; text block exterior edges have slight wear due to handling; illustrated endpapers; interior clean; pp 863. More
New York: Avenel Hooks, 1988. Octavo; VG-/G; pp 660; red spine with yellow and white text; dust jacket exterior shows slight shelf wear; few, minor chips to edges; cloth has only light wear; slight bump to spine toward head edge; minor defect to binding at head edge; slightly splayed boards; minor rubbing to edges; text block edges have age toned modestly; interior pages good. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 188 pages; VG/VG; spine red and white, with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; mild wear to corners of flap folds; mild fading to jacket spine; small closed tears at crown and tail of jacket spine; three small closed tears at upper edge of jacket back; price uncut '$3.50'; upper edge dyed pink; pages clean; shelved Case 6. More
New York, Toronto, London: Bantam Books, 2005. First Printing. Octavo; VG/VG-; purple and lime green pictorial spine with purple and white text; first printing; dust jacket exterior shows slight shelf wear; "autographed copy" sticker to front; mild edge wear; cloth exterior has minimal wear; lightly bumped head fore corners; strong boards; text block exterior edges clean; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; pp 287; signed by author. More
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1928. 10mo; G/G-; red, beige, green pictorial spine with white text; dust jacket shows moderate exterior wear; slight stains to spine; some chips to edges; mylar wrapping to dj; cloth exterior has slight wear; some rubbing wear to edges; sturdy boards; text block has darkened overall due to age; partly broken front hinge; pp 212. More
New York: The Mystery League, 1930. First edition. Octavo; 1st edition; G; Hardcover; Spine, green with black print; Boards in green cloth with black print, wear to spine caps and corners, wear to hinges, light shelfwear; Text block has stray pencil mark on p. 43, else clean and tight; 285 pages. More
London: Allison & Busby, 1984. Octavo; VG-/G+ hardcover w/ dustjacket; Dark Blue spine with Silver and White text; Dustjacket protected by mylar covering, some edgewear, some shelfwear; Boards strong, slight edgewear, slight shelfwear; Textblock clean; 144 pp. More
London: Robert Hale & Company, 1969. Octavo; G/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, blue with white and pink print; DJ has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, creased hinges, general shelfwear; Boards in black cloth, cocked spine, light wear to spine caps and corners, creased spine, else clean and strong; Text block has light spotting to top edge and endpapers, else clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf; 192 pages. More
New York: Random House, 1977. First Printing. Octavo; G+; yellow and blue spine with black and white text; first printing; no jacket; cloth exterior has slight overall wear; light sticker residue to front; few smudges to rear; minor wear to corners; text block exterior edges have mild toning; small stain to exterior fore edge; frontispiece; cracking to front hinge; slight defect to gutter to pp 98-99; otherwise interior pages good; illustrated; pp 151. More
![THE GIRL WHO LIVED TWICE [SIGNED]. David Lagercrantz, George Goulding](/pictures/thumb/1350555.jpg?v=1641499409)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. First US Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 347 pages; VG/VG; spine light blue and pink, with black lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; white and red bookseller's sticker at jacket front; price uncut '$27.95'; signed flat by Lagercrantz at title page; pages clean; shelved below Front Counter. More
![THE THIN MAN / THE MALTESE FALCON [TWO VOLUMES]. Dashell Hammett](/pictures/thumb/1350515.jpg?v=1641420368)
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2005. Octavos, 2 volumes; VG; bound in fine gray and green genuine leather with bright gilt spines, paneled spines with gilt titling, gilt decorative motif on covers; gilt text block; silk endpapers; silk ribbon; very mild shelfwear; shelved above Easton Press. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 260 pages; VG/G+; light blue spine, black/white text; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.00', mild wear and chipping to extremities; interior clean; shelved case 6. More
