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New York:: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1907.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in mustard cloth with a pasted on map of the Bay of Honduras on the front cover. (lettering on spine rubbed almost completely off, minor rubbing to front cover, binding tight, contents clean.). First US printing. An adventure story for boys which begins in 1813 England. 401 pp. plus 4 pp of advertisements for other books by "Q."

Los Angeles:: University of California Los Angeles / UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, , (1995.). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers (a new copy).. First printing, a large trade paperback. "Schooled in the fifteen-hundred-year-old painting tradition of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and ever sensitive to its narrative and iconographic requirements, Ethiopian artist Qes Adamu Tesfaw has managed to transcend the formulas that tradition requires him to embrace.. , the artist has also found the freedom to venture outside the realm of religious subject matter to produce work that chronicles historical events both inside and outside Ethiopia, as well as scenes that depict the everyday life of his native country. Adamu's remarkable oeuvre includes saints on horseback, soldiers gathered in historic battles, Solomon and Sheba's courtship, and Ethiopians attending church or praying at mosques." Includes a brief account of his life by the artist, an essay on his work by… Read More

Guilin, China: : Guangxi Normal University Press, (2008). First edition -. Near fine in illustrated white wrappers. Uncommon.. First printing. Essays on a variety of topics, including art and changes in China, by this noted Chinese painter and writer. The title piece is a speech which he gave at the Hong Kong Book Fair in July 2008. The first ten essays (71 pages) are in English, the final two (55 pages) are in German. Photographs. 126 pp.

Cupertino:: Foothill Community College District / California History Center, , nd (1972). First edition -. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. Uncommon. . First printing, a trade paperback original. A collection of historical studies covering the early days of Santa Clara County in northern California - included are papers on the towns of Los Altos, Mountain View, Alviso, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and Cupertino and also on the Almaden Mine, the coming of the railroad and more. Illustrated with photographs and maps. Bibliographies at the end of each article. 93 pp.

New York:: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, , (1997). Good condition overall - some wear to covers, straight spine, tight and clean. . 1st trade paperback printing. A book which interweaves personal observation, scientific theory and history as it examines evolution and extinction on islands. Maps by Kris Ellingsen. Notes, bibliography, index, 702 pp.

New York:: Collier Books,, (1968, c 1964). Good overall in black covers (crease to front cover).. Paperback. A classic history. "Today's civil rights struggle and the three century background" as seen by a noted Black historian. Selected bibliography, index. 288 pp.

Toronto:: Doubleday,, 1983.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket. . First edition. In this story of a marooned circus sideshow troupe, a former baseball hero, and a Michigan village dominated by a fundamentalist religious sect, the author confronts some of the highest as well as the least desirable aspects of human motivation. Second novel by this Canadian author who has been compared to Tom Robbins and John Irving.

New York:: Random House,, (2009.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (bookseller's orange lines on bottom of textblock and front endpaper.). First printing. An exceptionally good debut set in Ghana (where the author was raised), and introducing Detective Inspector Darko Dawson. This novel makes very real the conflicts between traditional beliefs, including witchcraft and "modern" ways. Dawson is a likable and very real protagonist, struggling not just with his job, but living with the knowledge that his young son has a defective heart. SIGNED on the title page. Author's notes, glossary. x, 317 pp.

New York:: Random House,, (2010). SIGNED -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Trade paperback. An exceptionally good debut set in Ghana (where the author was raised), and introducing Detective Inspector Darko Dawson. This novel makes very real the conflicts between traditional beliefs, including witchcraft and "modern" ways. Dawson is a likeable and very real protagonist, struggling not just with his job, but living with the knowledge that his young son has a defective heart. SIGNED on the title page. Author's notes, glossary. x, 319 pp.

New York:: Random House,, (2009.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some light toning). First printing. An exceptionally good debut set in Ghana (where the author was raised), and introducing Detective Inspector Darko Dawson. This novel makes very real the conflicts between traditional beliefs, including witchcraft and "modern" ways. Dawson is a likeable and very real protagonist, struggling not just with his job, but living with the knowledge that his young son has a defective heart. SIGNED on the title page. Author's notes, glossary. x, 317 pp.

New York:: Soho Crime,, (2018). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. The fifth atmospheric thriller set in Accra, Ghana and featuring Chief Inspector Darko Dawson, who investigates the brutal murder of a high-society bride, accused of being a witch before her death. "In order to expose the truth, Darko must confront the pivotal role religion plays in Ghana - and wrestle with his old demons the investigation stirs up." SIGNED on the title page. Glossary. 257 pp.

New York:: Crown,, (1992). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot). First printing. A political thriller set in what was the near future at the time this was written - Castro is dead and the race is on to install a new leader, written by a political insider - . Quayle was the wife of the then vice-president, Dan Quayle, and Northcott is her sister. 307 pp.

New York:: Davis Publications/ Dial Press, , (1984). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (spine slant, gold seal of prev owner). First printing. Anthology collecting 22 mystery and detective stories originally published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Includes stories by H. F. R. Keating, Anthony Gilbert, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, and many others. Editor's note. Illustrated with tail pieces at the end of each selection. 287 pp.

Boston:: Little Brown,, (1963). Hardcover -. Very good in grey boards with red lettering on the spine (light toning to pages), in a very good dust jacket. . Early book club edition. Mystery novel featuring NY Police commissioner Richard Queen and his son Ellery Queen - unlike the other books in this series, it was writtn by the noted scrience fiction author Theodore Sturgeon. 213 pp.

Boston:: Little Brown,, (1951). Hardcover -. Very good in red boards (light toning to pages), no dust jacket. . Early book club edition. This is Ellery Queen's "25th and most unusual mystery novel." It opens with Queen standing by the window, sipping rum from a frosted glass, a still squirming corpse at his feet. The deceased? the Hollywood movie business. The cause of death: television? 219 pp.

Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan:: Charles E. Tuttle Co.,, (1978). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket. (slight spine slant). First printing. A collection of stories published since 1970 in Japan, selected from over 2,500 stories and with an introduction by Queen. 288 pp.

New York:: Random House,, nd (ca 1965.). Near fine in yellow boards, lacking the dj.. Book club edition. Omnibus volume with five shorter works originally published between 1956 and 1965. 173 pp.

New York:: Dial Press,, (1980.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (small date stamped on front endpaper).. First printing. An anthology containing 22 short stories from the Ellery Queen magazine - "stories with just ambiguity to tease your wits. Included are The Cloud Beneath the Eaves by Barbara Owens, The Sacrificial Goat by Thomas Walsh, Dover Goes to School by Joyce Porter, Dream House by Kathryn Gottlieb, Charlie's Shell Game by Brian Garfield, The Forgotten Murder by E. X. Ferrars, The Krowten Corners Crime Wave by Stephen Wasylyk, One Thing Leads to Another by Harold Q. Masur, I Can't Help Saying Goodbye by Ann Mackenzie, The Spy and the Cats of Rome by Edward D. Hoch, Cout me OUt by Ernest Savage, Milady Bigamy by Lillian de la Torre, The Writing on the Wall by Patricia McGerr, Born Victim by Ruth Rendell, Installment Past Due by Robert Twohy, No Wider than a Nickel by Jack Ritchie, When in Rome by Patricia Highsmith, The Other Runner by John Lutz,… Read More

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (1957. Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages and some toning to the dj, bookplate on front pastedown, but a tight and straight copy) . First printing. The winners of the 12th annual short story contest sponsored by Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Contributors include Rufus King, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Charlotte Armstrong, Avrom Davidson, Hugh Pentecost, Robert Bloch and more. 338 pp.

New York:: Random House,, (1965). Hardcover -. Near fine in very good dust jacket (toning to the spine of the dj). Early book club edition. When Dane McKell discovers his father having an affair, he attempts to break it up, only to fall in love with the woman himself - and when she is found murdered, he is the prime suspect. 183 pp.