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New York and Philadelphia: Harper and Row - Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1961. Book. Illus. by Elmo Jones;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 190 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; previous owner's name on the front endpaper; no other interior markings. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Elmo Jones, and with colour plates. The Chapters are: Part One: The Origins and Historic Development of the Stars and Stripes: Before the Stars and Stripes; A New Constellation; The Father of the Stars and Stripes; The Stars Afloat; First Honors on Land; The Second Stars and Stripes; The Star Spangled Banner; The Third Stars and Stripes; Early United States Army Flags; The Stars Join the Army; Some Stories and Legends; More Fictions and Myths; The Flag Today. Part Two: Additional Symbols of United States Soverignty: The Seal of the United States; The Coat of Arms Seal and Flag of the President of the United… Read More

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1983. Book. Illus. by Jon McKee;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 412 pp. Blue boards decorated in silver on the spine; blue endpapers; headband. Dj art by Jon McKee. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. A baseball game is organized to decide whether or not a marooned circus sideshow troupe should be expelled from a small Michigan town controlled by a fundamentalist religious sect....

New York: Davis Publications, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 285 pp. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: The Clue of the Screaming Woman by Erle Stanley Gardner; A Stroke of Genius by Victor Canning; Out of the Dream Stumbling by Florence V. Mayberry; A As in Alibi by Lawrence Treat; The Last One to Know by Robert Edward Eckels; Jericho and the Studio Murders by Hugh Pentecost; The Man Who Never Did Anything Right by Robert Bloch; The Killer with No Fingerprints by Lawrence G. Blochman; Blood Money by Phyllis Ann Karr; Have You a Fortune in Your Attic? by Lloyd Biggle Jr; The Lonely Habit by Brian W. Aldiss; Just Like Inspector Maigret by Vincent McConnor; Operation Bonaparte by James M. Ullman; The Raffles Bombshell by Barry Perowne; Uncle from Australia by Ellery Queen; and three by Edward D. Hoch: Captain Leopold Gets Angry; The Theft of Nick Velvet; and The Spy… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, 1964. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 166 pp. Pocket Book 4705. Light edge and corner wear with a faintly creased spine and a small dent in the front cover; no interior markings..

New York: Dell Books, 1966. Book. Illus. by Crowley;. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Dell Book 7645. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the lower right of the front cover and at the spine; no interior markings..

New York: The Dial Press - Davis Publications, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 284 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Wear on the corners of the dustjacket with a small chip and short crease on the upper right of the rear panel; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Fourth of July Picnic by Rex Stout; The Fall of a Coin by Ruth Rendell; B As in Bribe by Lawrence Treat; The Breaking Point Miriam Sharman; The Scrabble Clue by Francis M. Nevins Jr; The Big Bunco by William Bankier; Miss Phipps on the Telephone by Phyllis Bentley; Walking Hubert Down by John Pierce; Gideon and the Innocent Shoplifter by J. J. Marric; The Lost Heir by Lillian de la Torre; Undue Influence by E. X. Ferrars; Miss Ferguson Versus JM by Gerald Tomlinson; The Most Tattooed Man in the World by Janet Green; The Intricate Pattern by Donald Olson; The Scene of the Crime by Ellen Arthur; A Matter of Disturbing Incidents by Michael Innes; Kirinyaga by Joe Gores; Mr Strang… Read More

Scarborough, Ontario: Signet Books - The New American Library of Canada, 1976. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 238 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing at the spine; previous owner's name inside. This story collection contains: The Inner Circle; The President's Half-Disme; The Ides of Michael Magoon; The Emperor's Dice; The Gettysburg Bugle; The Medical Finger; The Fallen Angel; The Needle's Eye; The Three R's; The Dead Cat; The Tell-Tale Bottle and The Dauphin's Doll..

New York: Pocket Books, 1963. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; store stamped..

New York: Dial Press - Davis Publications, 1984. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 287 pp. Trade paperback format. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Actually edited by Eleanor Sullivan and Karen A. Prince, this anthology contains: A Day of Encounters by Anthony Gilbert; A Time to Remember by James Reach; One Clear Sweet Clue by William Bankier; The Theft of Nothing at All by Edward D. Hoch; The Day of the Bullet by Stanley Ellin; The Perfect Model by Margery Sharp; The Man Who Liked Noise by Ernest Savage; Time Out of Mind by Peter Godfrey; The Other Shoe by Charlotte Armstrong; Report on a Broken Bridge by Dennis O'Neill; Spring Fever by Dorothy Salisbury Davis; A Hell of a Story by H. R. F. Keating; Traveling Light by W. R. Burnett; The Sisterhood by Gwendoline Butler; Girl in Danger by Thomas Walsh; No Tomorrows by Florence V. Mayberry; The Unstoppable Man by Michael Gilbert; Father Crumlish Remembers His Poe by Alice… Read More

New York: Dial Press - Davis Publications, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 287 pp. Red boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear on the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. Actually edited by Eleanor Sullivan and Karen A. Prince, this anthology contains: A Day of Encounters by Anthony Gilbert; A Time to Remember by James Reach; One Clear Sweet Clue by William Bankier; The Theft of Nothing at All by Edward D. Hoch; The Day of the Bullet by Stanley Ellin; The Perfect Model by Margery Sharp; The Man Who Liked Noise by Ernest Savage; Time Out of Mind by Peter Godfrey; The Other Shoe by Charlotte Armstrong; Report on a Broken Bridge by Dennis O'Neill; Spring Fever by Dorothy Salisbury Davis; A Hell of a Story by H. R. F. Keating; Traveling Light by W. R. Burnett; The Sisterhood by Gwendoline Butler; Girl in Danger by Thomas Walsh; No Tomorrows by Florence V. Mayberry; The Unstoppable Man by Michael Gilbert; Father Crumlish Remembers His Poe by… Read More

New York: The Dial Press - Davis Publications, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 284 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Fourth of July Picnic by Rex Stout; The Fall of a Coin by Ruth Rendell; B as in Bribe by Lawrence Treat; The Breaking Point by Miriam Sharman; The Scrabble Clue by Francis M. Nevins Jr.; The Big Bunco by William Bankier; Miss Phipps on the Telephone by Phyllis Bentley; Walking Hubert Down by John Pierce; Gideon and the Innocent Shoplifter by J. J. Marric (John Creasey); The Lost Heir by Lillian de la Torre; Undue Influence by E. X. Ferrars; Miss Ferguson Versus JM by Gerald Tomlinson; The Most Tattooed Man in the World by Janet Green; The Intricate Pattern by Donald Olson; The Scene of the Crime by Ellen Arthur; A Matter of Disturbing Incidents by Michael Innes; Kirinyaga by Joe Gores; Mr Strang and the Cat… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, 1967. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Second Printing. 182 pp. Pocket Book50209. Light rubbing on the corners with an uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside..

Toronto: Signet Books - New American Library, 1968. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Printing - First Thus. 304 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a crease on the front cover and some creasing on the spine; slightly wrinkled along the edges of the last few pages. This anthology contains: It Only Takes a Minute to Die by Cornell Woolrich; The Greyling Crescent Tragedy by John Creasey; Life in Our Time by Robert Bloch; Inspector Maigret Deduces by Georges Simenon; The Splintered Monday by Charlotte Armstrong; Death of the Sun by Michael Innes; If You See This Woman by Dolores Hitchens; Death of an Old-Fashioned Girl by Stanley Ellin; Sleep Is the Enemy by Anthony Gilbert; In Compartment 813 by Arthur Porges; The Inner Voices by Jean Potts; The Adventure of the Widow's Weeds by Robert L. Fish; Dr Coffee and the Philanderer's Brain by Lawrence G. Blochman; The Seasons Come, the Seasons Go by Fletcher Flora; Jericho and the Nuisance Clue by Hugh Pentecost; The Simpcox Miracle by William… Read More

Scarborough, Ontario: Signet Books - The New American Library of Canada, 1975. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Printing - First Thus. 153 pp. Edge and corner wear with a crease on the front hinge and an uncreased spine; some pencil marks on the inside of the back cover..

London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1980. Book. Illus. by J. M. W. Turner;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 188 pp. Burgundy boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates; the dustjacket features Music Party, Petworth by J. M. W. Turner, courtesy of the Tate Gallery, London. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; small ink marks on the rear pastedown; no other interior markings. This story collection contains: Tahel Varnhagen - Tragic Muse of the Romantics by Hilde Spiel; Lady Blessington - A Literary Club for Editors by Prudence Hannay; Lady Holland - An Elite English Circle by Prudence Hannay; Fanny von Arnstein - Open House in Vienna by Hilde Spiel; Madame Recamier - A Romantic French Salon by Cynthia Gladwyn; Madame de Girardin - The Tenth Muse by Joanna Richardson; Madame de Lieven - A Russian in Paris by Peter Quennell; Speranza - A Leaning Tower of Courage by Victoria Glendinning; Lady Desborough - The Souls of London by Max… Read More

New York: Lion Books, 1953. Book. Illus. by Cardiff;. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 160 pp. Lion Book 144. Edge and corner wear with creasing at the spine; small ink mark on the front cover; no interior markings. Cover art by Cardiff. Maybe you'll get out of this one. Maybe you'll get lucky. But even if you are, there's still another mission tomorrow... A novel of a G. I. tail-gunner....

Washington, DC: National Geographic Directions, 2004. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 162 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth and red boards; lettered in silver on the spine; gray decorated endpapers; illustrated with a map of London. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. From Dickensian London to the London of Conan Doyle and Margery Allingham, from William Thackeray to Evelyn Waugh to the bohemian enclave of Virginia Woolf. Scotland Yard and Baker Street, Imagined London is a wonderful word-portrait of a magnificent and magical place where behind every door, there are stories, behind every one, ghosts. This is the fictional London, the one that lives in the pages of writers from Shakespeare to P. D. James and Martin Amis, the historical metropolis where so many immortal authors have made their homes..

Buffalo, New York: Quinn Publishing, 1953. Book. Illus. by Kenn Fagg; Ed Valigursky; Ed Emsh; Ernie Barth; Kelly Freas; Paul Orban;. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. 120 pp. Digest format. General wear with creasing on the spine. Cover art by Kenn Fagg; interiors by: Ed Valigursky; Ed Emsh; Ernie Barth; Kelly Freas; and Paul Orban. This issue contains: Novelettes: Jupiter Five by Arthur C. Clarke; The Huddlers by William Campbell Gault; Derelict by Alan E. Nourse; Short Stories: She Knew He Was Coming by Kris Neville; Pipe of Peace by James McKimmey Jr; The Kenzie Report by Mark Clifton; Field Trip by Gene Hunter; Circle of Flight by Richard E. Stockham; Say Hello for Me by Frank W. Coggins; and The Contest by Gavin Hyde; along with the usual features..

Buffalo, New York: Quinn Publishing, 1955. Book. Illus. by Kelly Freas; Paul Orban; Ernie Barth; Ed Emsh;. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. 120 pp. Digest format. Light edgewear with a crease on the front cover and some creasing at the spine. Cover art by Kelly Freas; interiors by: Kelly Freas; Paul Orban; Ernie Barth; and Ed Emsh. This issue contains: Novelettes: The Strangers by Algis Budrys; Men of the Ocean by R. E. Banks; Short Stories: Bright Islands by Frank Riley; Your Time Is Up by Walt Sheldon; Until Life Do Us Part by Winston Marks; The Twilight Years by Kirk Drussai and Garen Drussai; Freeway by Bryce Walton; Forced Move by Henry Lee; and The Pioneers by Basil Wells; along with the usual columns and features, including a letter from Charles L. Fontenay in Hue and Cry..