Search Results: Paperbacks & Booklets from Yesterday's Book Shop (Member IOBA)

Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1945. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover with dust jacket. DJ has code 049 in the upper corner of the front flap. Jacket is worn and tattered with several large chips missing, spine is faded and also has tears. Red cloth boards underneath show minor wear and very minor fading to the edges. Internal binding is good, no hinge issues. No signatures or bookplates, no library markings. Pages are quite toned due to age and type of paper used and some minor foxing is present at the pastedowns. The front end page shows very faint indentations near the top right corner - this is barely noticeable and perhaps was where a previous store had their price penciled. Copyright page states third printing of July 1945.

New York: R. F. Fenno & Company, 1897. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Softcover, original publication published in softcover as part of the Fenno's Select Series No. 31 - November 1897, and then later in hardcover. The pale green exterior wraps show fading along the edges and spine along with some creasing and bumps, mainly to corners. The interior binding is tight but the front end page has a tear on the right side, the remaining pages look good. There are no signatures or bookplates, no library markings, no handwriting found. This title is rather hard to find in softcover format as 19th-century paperbacks usually did not last very long.

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1924. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Black cloth boards with red and white design on front, red on spine. Top edge dyed red. Previous owner signature is penciled on the front end page. Pages are mildly toned due to age and binding as a little wiggle to it. First edition thus.

New York: Pocket Books, 1939. 3rd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. See photos for condition details. Softcover, early paperback with glossy wraps. Exterior shows edge and corner bumps with chipping to the spine, rear wrap has a vertical crease. Internal binding is good in text pages are tight. Front end page has an address label in the upper right corner, no other markings found. Pages are clean and only very lightly toned. Copyright page states third printing of August, 1939.

Chicago: Max Stein. Soft cover. Good-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Softcover, dime-novel is undated but was published in the early 20th century (ca. 1920) . Printed on newspaper quality paper so pages are darkened. This Monographic Series was part of the Max Stein's Stories of Adventure series of Pioneer, Cowboy, Indian, and Mexican Border Novels (as stated on the back cover). Spine chipping at top and bottom. The Treasure of Pearls was no. 24 in the series and this book starts with page 67, chapter XVI. As this was part of a series there is no title page. No handwriting noted in book. Book packed in Mylar bag.

Cleveland, OH: Arthur Westbrook Company, 1900. Soft cover. VG-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Softcover pulp publication, no date (1900). Fragile pulp fiction adventure series. Pages are darkened and there are some chips on the spine. This is number 88 of the American detective series from Arthur Westbrook Company. See photos for condition details.

Chicago: Max Stein. Soft cover. VG-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Softcover, dime-novel is undated but was published in the early 20th century (ca. 1920) . Printed on newspaper quality paper so pages are darkened. This Monographic Series was part of the Max Stein's Stories of Adventure series of Pioneer, Cowboy, Indian, and Mexican Border Novels (as stated on the back cover). Spine chipping at bottom. Minor stain bother on corner edge Book packed in Mylar bag.