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New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Textured orange cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped onto top board and spine, 8vo (7-3/8 inches tall), pp. 266, [ads], 4 B&W movie stills. Volume with spine ends softened, top edge dusty and lightest of taps to both top corners. DJ with light soil, edge wear and shallow chips to fold edges, 2" closed tear to foot of front panel near spine fold. The first and only edition of this uncommon photoplay.

Toronto: William Briggs, 1909. Second Canadian Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth over boards, paste-down illustration to upper board with titles in gilt to upper board and spine, top edge gilt with fore and bottom edges untrimmed, 8vo (8 inches tall), (i-iv) , v, {vi mismarked v}, vii-ix, [x], xi, [12-14], 15-146. Ten plates with captioned tissue guards all present. Spine ends softened, corners lightly bumped, rubs and fading to covers, tiny 2 cm crack to bottom of top joint, some marginal browning to paste-down endpapers. Paste-down photo showing said Cheechako (Soloman Albert, who lost all toes from both feet after an heroic rescue) in repose and wearing bears feet whilst holding his gun with a dog alongside. A famous book of poetry written by this master bard of the north having "Contents identical to that of the first Canadian edition" (Mitham, p. 64) and published in the same month/year (Sept.1909) as the first edition. This second edition (first illustrated edition)… Read More

New York: Viking Press Company, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good plus. Blue paper over boards, quarter white cloth spine, 8vo, pp. 513, Index and map. Volume with spine ends softened, one tiny stain at top of front board near head of spine and slightest fade to board edges. Unclipped pictorial DJ with four closed tears, small chips to edges, staining present around one top edge chip. Clean and unmarked inside. The miracle of the Woodstock music festival.

New York: The Century Company, 1913. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Near Fine/At Least Very Good. Publisher's green cloth with title and decorations stamped in black and dark green onto upper board and spine, 16mo (6-5/8 inches tall), pp. (iv), 169, (1) ads, tissue-guarded frontis, copyright page with "Published, May, 1913" and "1913" printed at foot of title page. Volume with light touch of wear to spine ends and tips, faint pencil erasure ffep. Unclipped price intact [$1.00 net] DJ with small closed tears, shallow chips to spine ends and flap folds, a single tape repair verso and one half inch V shaped chip at top of rear panel, light creases to rear flap and lower half of spine panel. The colors of the DJ front panel remain particularly strong. This first edition copy of The Abysmal Brute is in the "Variant binding...stamped in black and green", Ahearn, 054b. A prizefighting story likely inspired by the great Johnson-Jeffries boxing match (his June 27th, 1910 New York Herald… Read More

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1935. Near Fine. A collection of 4 vintage B&W stills from the 1935 US film, Call of the Wild. 3 stills are 8 x 10 inches and 1 still is 6 x 6.75 inches, with two of the 8 x 10s being linen backed. 3 photos have a seller stamp on verso, glue dots on the verso of the one smaller still, the one unbacked 8 x 10 has an 1-3/4 inch closed tear with tiny loss to image on right side. One of Jack London's finest and most loved stories, here filmed in California, Washington and Nevada.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good plus. Black cloth over boards with title stamped in orange onto top board and spine, 8vo (7-5/16 x 4-15/16 inches [18.5 cm x 12.5 cm]), pp. [i-iv], v, [vi-viii], 1-279, all edges trimmed. Stated "First Edition" and code "I - F" [Sept. 1931], to copyright page and "1931" on title page, "A HARPER SEALED MYSTERY" device stamped in orange onto bottom of spine and top board, remnants of original blue onion skin "seal" to rear paste down/rfep and pg 233. Modest wear and rubbing to boards, one small bump damaging the cloth at center fore-edge of rear board, spine with both ends softened and fading to spine lettering, front hinge tender. Text toned with moderate soil throughout and light damp stain touching the fore-edges of first and last few leaves, p.153 with a large closed tear noted and rfep partially attached to rear paste-down by blue onion skin "seal" remnant near spine. Carr's third of forty-six detective novels,… Read More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Very Good. Joseph Schindelman. Paper over boards with quarter blue cloth spine, title stamped in pink onto spine and story character motif stamped in blue onto top board, 8vo (9-1/4 inches tall), pp. 161, [162-164], illustrated, colored endpapers, "First edition" stated on copyright page. Volume with spine ends softened, general light wear to covers, text lightly toned. DJ with light soil and stains, edge wear and shallow chips to spine ends. "Charlie is back! Starting where CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY left off - in the Great Glass Elevator" from the front flap.

New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1945. Later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good only. Red cloth over boards, title stamped in black onto upper board and spine, top edge stained red, 8vo (8 inches tall), pp. ix, 524. Volume with spine ends a little softened, slight browning at hinges from binder's high acid glue. DJ with fade to spine, edge wear, closed tears of 3 and 1 inch to front panel, scattered soil. The only appearance in print of Hecht's short story "Specter of the Rose

New York: United States Book Company successors to John W. Lovell Company, 1890. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Maroon cloth over beveled edge boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, top edge gilt, 12mo (7-3/8 inches tall), pp. vi, 270. Volume with minor wear to spine ends and corners and a couple of small cracks to hinges, spine gilt dulled. First printing of the first edition with "LOVELL" stamped in gilt at foot of spine. ". ..There are thousands that do write; there are dozens that can write; but there is only one Rudyard Kipling." Rudyard Kipling - An Attempt at Appreciation, Monkshood, G. F. (pseud. W. J. Clarke), 1899. Printed on laid paper, this volume collects some of Kipling's best and most loved verses. Ref. Richards, A48.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956. First Edition, Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good plus. N.C. Wyeth. Orange cloth over boards, title stamped in silver onto spine, pictorial paste-down onto upper board, small 4to, illustrated endpapers, pp. xii, 409, ads. With Scribners date code of "N-11-56[H]" indicating a Nov. 1956 printing (shows "1925, 1928" as copyright dates). Illustrations in colour and B&W by N.C. Wyeth. Volume at least very good, having faint foxing to ffep, two leaves with tiny tears at bottom edge and text block edge age toned with light scattered foxing. Price intact DJ with small chips and creases at edges, faded spine and a triangular chip missing from just above the Scribners device. "Drums has been called one of the great novels of The American Revolution. It is also the very human story of Johnny Fraser, a boy of North Carolina, who joined the fight for freedom." from the front flap.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1936. First Edition, Second State. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. Blue cloth over boards, title blind stamped onto upper cover together with gilt drum inside of rectangular gilt rule, title stamped in gilt onto spine, map endpapers, top edge stained blue, 8vo, pp. viii, 592. With "Announced May, 1936/ Published July, 1936" stated on the copyright page. Spine is sunned with fading to cloth. Clean and unmarked inside.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good minus. Quarter cloth over paper covered boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo 9" tall, pp. 509, ads, headbands, map endpapers. Volume with spine ends softened. DJ with edge wear, a small stain to front panel under the "O" of ERAGON, and crinkling to rear panel. First state Knopf dust jacket with $18.95 price and only the Anne McCaffrey blurb to rear panel. Previously self-published in 2002 by Paolini International LLC, Eragon was made into a successful film of the same name in 2006.

Toronto: Coach House Press, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Good/Good. Photo illustrated wraps, B&W photos to text, 8vo (8-13/16 inches tall), pp. 107, heavy orange paper DJ with title printed in black onto top panel and spine. Published in an edition of 1,000 copies, this director's copy is well used and has "DIRECTOR" printed in pencil onto top panel. Volume with annotations, actor directions and stage set-up drawings in pencil throughout, edges worn, gutter cracked at p.69/70. DJ with 4-inch piece missing from foot of spine, edge wear and light soil. "The play was not written down, it developed out of interviews, visits, and improvisations. Most of the words used were given to us by community along with their stories. We wanted to capture the fibre of what they were and this seemed the best way to do it." Paul Thompson. Later made into a successful film by Michael Ondaatje titled The Clinton Special: A Film About The Farm Show.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1969. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good only. Blue cloth gilt, 8vo (9-3/16 inches tall), pp. 467, headbands, colored endpapers, stated first edition. Volume with slight tilt, fading to cloth edges. DJ price-clipped with edge wear, multiple chips, small tears and creases.

New York: Macmillan, 1961. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Richard Chopping. Black cloth over boards with light blue quarter cloth spine, title stamped in silver onto upper board and spine, 8vo (8-1/4 inches tall), pp. xvi, 176, [vi], 253, [ii], 256, "First Printing" stated on copyright page. Volume about very good, slightly shelf rubbed, unmarked inside. Price-clipped DJ with some fading to spine and tape repairs to top edge. Gilt Edged Bonds was the first James Bond omnibus to be published and was only published in the U.S. This Book Club edition used the same first printing sheets as the Macmillan first edition, hence the "First Printing" statement printed on the title page. Gilbert E1.

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1927. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo, pp. 307, (8 ads); top edge dusty; DJ with edge wear and a few small chips. A nice copy in the uncommon jacket. Filmed in 1926 as Prince of Tempters - a pre-talkie!

London: Cassell & Company Ltd, 1956. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Biro (Dust Jacket Art). Blue cloth hardcover with title stamped in gilt onto spine. "First Published 1956" (stated), 8vo, 7-7/8" tall, pp. 552. Volume with a few minor bumps - one to top edge of front board and one to top of rear board, p. o. last name in ink on ffep, soft age-toning to unmarked text, p. 31 with fold marks. DJ with small scattered stains, minor chipping to edges and darkening to spine. DJ with beautiful idyllic wrap-around tropical art work done by Biro. Not price-clipped and in archival mylar.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1962. Advance Uncorrected Proofs. Paperback. At Least Very Good. Comb bound blue card covers with title stamped in black onto upper cover, proof copy (11 inches tall), pp. (iv), 272, "FIRST EDITION" stated on copyright page. Volume with fading, a few splashes, minor creases and light soil, one tiny chip from upper cover at foot of spine within the comb binding and some mild toning to page edges. Basis for the successful 1965 film directed by Bryan Forbes starring George Segal, Tom Courtenay and James Fox. The "UNREVISED, UNCORRECTED, PROOFS" and as such the earliest state of Clavell's first novel printed from his original manuscript. King Rat, based on the author's real life experiences of spending 3 years in the Changi Camp in Singapore (where only 10,000 of the 150,000 prisoners survived) tells how an American corporal "King" positions himself as the unofficial ruler over POWs in a rat-infested Japanese prison camp during World War II. "The natives consider them… Read More

Toronto, ON: Toronto Star Ltd, 1965. Paperback. Very Good Plus. The Toronto Star published their Saturday periodical the Star Weekly magazine from 1910 until 1973. This issue features the iconic "Sexier than Girls" James Bond 007's Aston Martin DB5 automobile, the Moyie paddlewheeler in Kaslo and The Rediscovery of the Kootenays. Printed paper wraps, folio (13.25 inches tall), pp. 39, [40], illustrated throughout in color and B&W. Volume toned, bottom edge of front cover with small tears and a chip, horizontal fold line at center, else unmarked throughout. Other articles include a report on a Canadian freedom fighter in the deep south titled The Mississippi Ordeal of Paul Saltzman and High Adventure Up Ptolemy Creek [Rockies], along with many others.

Stockholm/London: Continental Book Company, 1948. Fifth Edition. Paperback. Near Very Good/Good. Wraps with title and decorations printed in black and red onto upper cover and spine, 8vo (7-1/8 inches tall), pp. 250, [251], DJ front and rear flaps with list of available Zephyr titles printed on both recto and verso. Volume with light wear to spine ends, a few spots of soil to text, pencil erasure at top of title page, slight roll to spine. DJ with light soil and rubs, chipping and closed tears to flap corners and spine ends. An unusual dust jacketed paperback and the fourth Philip Marlowe mystery. Ref. Bruccoli A4.5.