Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955. Cloth. Octavo. [6], 218 pp. First edition. In publisher's cloth-backed boards with dust jacket. Binding is very sharp and bright; contents clean; dust jacket is fairly sharp as well, with some minor wear to the bottom of the the spine and a closed tear to.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954. Cloth. Octavo. [6], 182, [2] pp. First edition. In publisher's cloth-backed boards with dust jacket. Binding is quite sharp with only trivial softening to the spine ends and a small closed tear to the cloth at the spine; contents clean; dust jacket with minor edgewear.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953. Cloth. Octavo. [8], 180, [2] pp. First edition. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. Binding is quite sharp with only trivial softening to the spine ends; early owner name on the front pastedown; contents are evenly and heavily toned throughout, otherwise in nearly fine condition;.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953. Cloth. Octavo. [8], 194, [3] pp. First edition. In publisher's cloth-backed boards with dust jacket. Binding is quite sharp with only trivial softening to the spine ends; contents clean; dust jacket is quite nice with only minor rubbing to the spine ends; price intact on.....
New York: Random House, 1954. Cloth. Octavo. [12], 242, [1] pp. First edition, first printing. In publisher's cloth-backed boards with dust jacket. Binding is quite nice with only minor toning to the edges of the boards; front free endpaper and first leaf with gentle, minor creasing to several preliminary leaves;.....
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1975. Cloth. Octavo. xiv, 339 pp. First edition. In publisher's cloth-backed boards with dust jacket. Top corners of both boards are a trifle softened, otherwise without appreciable wear; a very clean copy in a fairly sharp dust jacket; long scratch to the front panel; spine.....
New York: Random House, 1950. Boards. Octavo. [8], 344 pp. First edition. In publisher's textured paper over boards with dust jacket. Binding is a bit toned at the perimeter of the boards, spine, and edge of the textblock; the margins of the pages are very lightly toned with very occasional.....
New York: Julian Messner, 1951. Cloth. Octavo. [6], 173 pp., illus. First edition, first printing. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. A bit of minor toning to the spine and the perimeter of the boards; contents clean; dust jacket with expected edgewear along with some soiling to the rear panel;.....
New York: Thomas Dunne Book | St. Martin's Press, 1987. Hard Cover. Octavo. [8], 471, [1] pp. First U.S. edition, first printing. In publisher's boards with dust jacket. Binding has light shelfwear but has a slight forward lean; contents are clean; a solid copy in a very sharp dust jacket.....
New York: Mysterious Bookshop, 2014. Quarter Leather. Octavo. [12], 290, [3] pp. Limited edition, number 92 of 100 copies. Signed by Black on the limitation page. As issued, in marbled paper over boards, backed in bonded leather. An incredibly bright, clean copy inside and out. In Fine condition, or very.....
New York: Mysterious Bookshop, 2014. Quarter Leather. Octavo. [12], 290, [3] pp. Limited edition, lettered Z of 26 lettered copies, signed by Black on the limitation page. As issued, in marbled paper over boards, backed in bonded leather. An incredibly bright, clean copy inside and out. In Fine condition, or.....
London: Mantle, 2011. Boards. Octavo. [4], 312, [1] pp. First edition, first printing. Signed by Black on the title page. As issued, in paper over boards with dust jacket. Minor softening to the spine ends and corners else Fine or nearly; dust jacket is very crisp with price intact on.....
London: Mantle, 2010. Boards. Octavo. [4], 312, [1] pp. First edition, first printing. Signed by Black on the title page. As issued, in paper over boards with dust jacket. Minor softening to the spine ends and corners else Fine or nearly; dust jacket is very crisp with price intact on.....
London: Mantle, 2013. Boards. Octavo. [4], 311, [3] pp. First edition, first printing. Signed by Black on the title page. As issued, in paper over boards with dust jacket. Binding is very sharp; dust jacket is very crisp with price intact on the front flap. Banville employs the pseudonym Benjamin.....
London: Mantle, 2012. Boards. Octavo. [6], 312, [3] pp. Limited edition, press-numbered 79 of 300 copies. Signed by Black on the limitation page. As issued, in paper over boards with dust jacket. Binding is very sharp; light and even toning to the textblock, else fine; dust jacket is very crisp.....
London: Mantle, 2012. Boards. Octavo. [4], 312, [3] pp. First edition, first printing. Signed by Black on the title page. As issued, in paper over boards with dust jacket. Binding is very sharp; light and even toning to the textblock, else fine; dust jacket is very crisp and is in.....
New York: Mystery League, Inc., 1931. Hard Cover. Octavo. 286, [2] pp. First edition, first printing. As issued, in publisher's black cloth, lacking the dust jacket. Light soiling and rubbing to the binding including some fraying to the top corner of the front board; faint silverfishing to the covers and.....
Dublin: Liberties Press, 2011. Boards. Octavo. 368 pp. First edition, first printing. Signed by 20 contributors. As issued, in paper over boards with dust jacket. A very nice copy with little shelf-rubbing; contents clean; dust jacket is fairly crisp. The title page is full of contributor signatures.
West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press Fiction, 1993. Soft Cover. Octavo. 28 pp. First edition; signed and inscribed by Chappell on the title page. As issued, stapled into pictorial wrappers. Bit of sunning to the front and rear covers at the spine otherwise a clean crisp copy here signed and inscribed.....
London: Grayson & Grayson, 1954. Hard Cover. 12mo. 239 pp. First edition. In publisher's paper-over-boards binding with dust jacket. A very nice copy with limited shelfwear; offsetting at the endpapers and some foxing to the textblock edges, else clean; long closed tear to the front panel of the dust jacket.....
Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1965. Hard Cover. Octavo. [8], 263 pp. New edition. Publisher's cloth. A fairly solid copy, lacking the dust jacket. Light rubbing to the extremities; previous owner name on the front free endpaper, otherwise clean.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. Hard Cover. Octavo. [8], 248 pp. First edition, first printing. In publisher's cloth, but lacking the dust jacket. A very nice copy with only light shelfwear including a couple of bumped areas with minor snags in the cloth; spine a trifle sunned; hinge is.....
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co. | Crime Club, 1944. Hard Cover. 12mo. [6], 186 pp. First edition. In publisher's binding with dust jacket. A fairly fresh copy with limited wear to the binding, just some softening to the spine ends; previous owner bookplate on the front pastedown otherwise.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. Hard Cover. Octavo. xiv, 321 pp. First edition, first printing. Signed by Dunning on the title page. As issued, in cloth-backed boards with dust jacket. Binding is very slightly cocked; little shelf-rubbing to speak of; discoloration to the endpapers, where the jacket was adhered.....
Garden City: Crime Club | Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1929. Hard Cover. 12mo. First edition. Publisher's black cloth with title stamped in red on the front cover and the spine; light fraying to the spine ends and corners; spine a trifle sunned; top corner of the front free endpaper is.....