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A BOOK OF MYSTERIES: Three Baffling Tales - The River Acres Riddle, Cat's Cradle and The Hexagonal Chest.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1929. Hardcover first edition - Uncommon first edition of this title (it was later reissued several times under the title of the long first story, "River Acres Riddle." ). Illustrated by Kurt Wiese with a black and white frontispiece with touches of green, small vignettes at the beginning of each story. 224 pp
Condition: Good only in green cloth with black lettering (sunning to the spine, spine slant., previous owner's name dated 1931 on front endpaper and other later penciled notations/doodling )
Book ID: 34753More details Price: $75.00 -
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSE.
Edition: Early printing.
Condition: Very good condition overall in tan covers with a black and red illustration on the front cover. Minor wear to covers, but spine is straight, binding is tight and contents are very clean. An attractive copy of this rather uncommon book.
Book ID: 44591More details Price: $150.00 -
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSE.
Edition: Early printing.
Condition: Fair condition only in the tan covers with a black and red illustration on the front cover. Some soiling to the covers and toning to the spine, front hinge cracked, previous owner's name. Missing the frontispiece and two of the plates (5 plates are still present.) Still a bit better than just a good reading copy of a rather hard to find book.
Book ID: 44592More details Price: $50.00 -
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSE.
Edition: Early printing.
Condition: Very good minus in tan boards with red and black illustrations and lettering - a tight clean copy (frontispiece is detached but still present, some spine slant, hinge beginning to crack before title page, but binding overall is still quite sturdy)
Book ID: 81886More details Price: $75.00 -
THE RIVER ACRES RIDDLE: A Book of Mysteries.
Edition: Vintage reprint.
Garden City, NY: Sun Dial Press, (ca 1940, c 1929). dj. Hardcover - A new edition of the book originally published simply as "A Book of Mysteries." Includes the long title story, 'Cat's Cradle' and 'The Hexagonal Chest.' Retains some of the original illustrations by Kurt Wiese with small vignettes at the beginning of each story, but he is no longer identified as the illustrator on the title page. A title in the Young Moderns series. 224 pp Dust jacket art by Frank Dobias.
Condition: Very good in red cloth in a very good bright and attractive dust jacket - some toning and offsetting to the endpapers, minor edgewear to dj, but overall a tight, straight and sturdy copy.
Book ID: 86747More details Price: $50.00 -
THE RIVER ACRES RIDDLE: A Book of Mysteries.
Edition: Later printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1936. dj. Hardcover - An attractive new edition, in a slightly larger format, of the book originally published simply as "A Book of Mysteries." Includes the long title story, 'Cat's Cradle' and 'The Hexagonal Chest.' Retains the original illustrations by Kurt Wiese with a black and white frontispiece on plain paper and small vignettes at the beginning of each story, but he is no longer identified as the illustrator on the title page. .Attractive new dustjacket art by Frank Dobias. A title in the Young Moderns series with the logo on the spine of the dust jacket and advertising for the series on the back cover . 224 pp
Condition: Near fine in tan cloth in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped, but overall a very tight and clean copy in a bright dust jacket.)
Book ID: 88491More details Price: $75.00 -
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSE.
Edition: Early printing.
Condition: Very good condition overall in tan covers with a black and red illustration on the front cover. Minor wear to covers, but spine is straight, binding is tight and contents are very clean. An attractive copy of this rather uncommon book.
Book ID: 88675More details Price: $135.00
