New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Full Description: CHANDLER, Raymond. The Big Sleep. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First edition of author's first book. Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 1/16 inches; 188 x 128 mm). [viii], [1]-277, [1, colophon], [2, blank] pp. With a tipped in presentation by Chandler.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. Full Description: CHANDLER, Raymond. The Lady in the Lake. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First edition, First and second printing before publication. In first issue unclipped dust jacket with $2.00 price. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 190 x 130 mm. [vi].....
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. Full Description: DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. [And:] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. New York: Harper & Brothers, [1892] and 1894. First American editions, later issue of Adventures (with no date on title-page, one one of two errors on page 65.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Full Description: HAMMETT, Dashiell. The Maltese Falcon. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First edition. Octavo (7 7/16 x 5 1/8 inches; 188 x 131 mm). [4, blank], [8], 267, [1], [4, blank] pp. In second issue dust jacket with the $2.50 price and.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1962. London: Faber and Faber, [1962]. First edition of the author's first novel. Octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 185 x 125 mm). [1]-254, [2, blank] pp. Publisher's full green cloth. Spine lettered in gilt. Cloth with some browning to edges, and foxing to boards.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First edition. Octavo. 248 pp. Original orange and white patterned paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. Minor rubbing to spine and rear panel of jacket, else fine. A condensed version of this novel appeared in Cosmopolitan under the title of The Dying Animal. HBS.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. First edition. Octavo. [2, blank], [viii], 238, [1, blank], [1, Note on the Type], [1, Note About the Author], [5, blank] pp. Original burgundy cloth backstrip over blue paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. Minor rubbing to spine, front flap creased. Still.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First edition. Octavo. [iv], 251, [1, note on the type, note on the author] pp. Printed paper over boards, dust jacket. Jacket with some light rubbing to top and bottom of spine and edges. Still, a fine copy of this well-known Lew Archer title.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. First edition. Octavo. Orange cloth backstrip over black paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket. An old light ink price on the bottom corner of the front flap. Still, near fine. HBS 67419. $300.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First edition. Octavo. 212, [2], pp. Original yellow and red patterned paper over boards, dust jacket. Some rubbing and scuffing to jacket, a few tape repairs to verso. Very good. HBS 67413. $850.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First Edition of "The Three Roads" by Ross Macdonald MILLAR, Kenneth. [MACDONALD, Ross, pseudonym]. The Three Roads. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First edition. Octavo. 223, [3] pp. Full brown cloth, lettered in blue on front cover and spine, dust jacket. The tiniest.....
New York: J.S. Ogilvie, 1888. Or, The Brother's Revenge. By James Mooney of the Firm of Mooney & Boland, the Detectives. New York: J.S. Ogilvie, 1888. Full Description: MOONEY, James. The Trail of the Barrow;. Or, The Brother's Revenge. By James Mooney of the Firm of Mooney & Boland, the.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [n.d. c.a. 1932]. First photoplay edition. In publisher's dust jacket. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 202 x 136 mm). [4], 315, [1, publisher's ads] pp. "Illustrated with scenes from the Universal Photoplay, presented by Carl Laemmle." With photographic.....
Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1886. First edition. Octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 184 x 124 mm). [1]-288 pp. With frontispiece and 15 additional engravings. We could find no copies at auction in the past 50 years. Publisher's heavily illustrated cloth. Stamped in black and.....