NY: George H. Doran Company, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Full color pictorial boards and orange cloth over board. Kai Lung was a fictional Chinese character created by Ernest Bramah. Kai Lung's Golden Hours was the second book published in the series. More
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Cheever's two Wapshot titles, both first editions, absent any names, bookplates or inscriptions, both dustjackets unclipped. Chronicle, 1957, dustjacket is moderately worn/chipped about the edges, and the spine a wee sun-faded with some shallow chipping at ends. Scandal, 1964, dustjacket has some..... More
Hardcover. A small James Norman Hall/"Mutiny on the Bounty: collection consisting of 8 items: a copy of "Mutiny on the Bounty" signed by both Hall and Nordhoff in January 1933, three typed poems by Hall, two photographs of Hall taken in Tahiti in the 1930's, and two copies of Hall's..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, black cloth with gold title labels printed in black front and spine. Book is quite nice, indeed. No ownership names. Dustjacket is moderately toned where white is called for. Their is a shallow lloss to the dustjacket on the fold..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Cornell Woolrich writing as Michael Irish. Solid copy. top edge a wee soiled, and sides a wee spotted, overall an appealing copy in unclipped dustjacket a little worm at spine tips and corner. No names, inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus... More
NY: Macmillan, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, fourth printing - copyright page states " .. Published June 1936. Reprinted June 1936. July 1936. Twice. " Lacking dustjacket. Some modest darkening to gray cloth. front hinge tender, still solidly bound, squared, uncocked copy, internals quite nice, no owner names, i...... More
NY: Macmillan, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second printing - copyright page states " .. Published June 1936. Reprinted June 1936." A near fine copy - no names, inscriptions or bookplates in second issue, unclipped dustjacket that is modestly worn with a short closed tear bottom edge front panel..... More
NY: Harcourt Brace, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Prolific O'Hara's second published book, this a collection of stories after his first book, the novel Appointment in Samarra. Uncommonly found in dustjacket whatever the condition. Book itself is quite nice - square solid binding, clean, polished black cloth, though the spine titles..... More
NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. The second and third titles of Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski mysteries. Both firsts, both djs unclipped. . Neither with any previous owner signatures or inscriptions. Deadlock (Doubleday, 1984) is fine all over. Orders (Morrow, 1985) is fine in near fine dustjacket with..... More