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  • SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES. by Quentin, Patrick (pseudonym of Hugh C. Wheeler, 1912-1987)
    Quentin, Patrick (pseudonym of Hugh C. Wheeler, 1912-1987)
    SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1957) dj. Hardcover first edition - A fast-paced Hollywood mystery. When Norma, a one-time movie star, falls- or is pushed - down a flight of stairs in her Hollywood home, nobody mourned her because she had long since drunk herself out of favor with her audience. Waiting to take her place is Anny - not only Norma's husband but also a fabulous role in a new film. The story is told through the eyes of Nickie, Anny's 19 year old son, but naive and observant. An Inner Sanctum Mystery. 248 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket - usual toning to pages, slight spine slant, sunning to spine of dj, Original price of 2.95 still present.

    Book ID: 88024
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  • MY WIFE AND I: or, Harry Henderson's History. by Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)
    Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896)
    MY WIFE AND I: or, Harry Henderson's History.

    Edition: Early printing.

    New York: J. B. Ford and Company, 1873. Hardcover - The story of Harry Henderson, the narrator, who comes to New York to work in publishing, and Eva Van Arsdale, the daughter of a wealthy Wall Street financier. In addition to the love story - and commentary on life in New York city after the Civil War - this is an expression of nostalgia for the loss of family centered rural communities as Stowe had known in New England. Despite the fact that the preface claims that the characters in this novel do not represent any real person. this contains a thinly veiled attack and mockery of suffragist and free love advocate Victoria Woodhull in the character of Audacia…

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    New York: J. B. Ford and Company, 1873. Hardcover - The story of Harry Henderson, the narrator, who comes to New York to work in publishing, and Eva Van Arsdale, the daughter of a wealthy Wall Street financier. In addition to the love story - and commentary on life in New York city after the Civil War - this is an expression of nostalgia for the loss of family centered rural communities as Stowe had known in New England. Despite the fact that the preface claims that the characters in this novel do not represent any real person. this contains a thinly veiled attack and mockery of suffragist and free love advocate Victoria Woodhull in the character of Audacia Dangereyes. Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard and seven internal engraved plates, . vii, 474 pp plus seven page publisher's catalogue at the rear.

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    Condition: Good overall in decorated dark green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, and in black on the front cover, dark brown endpapers. (previous owners' name, some fraying to the ends of the spine and the corners of the boards. usual toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 85563
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  • Van Dine, S. S.
    THE BISHOP MURDER CASE: A Philo Vance Story.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner's, 1929. Hardcover - with seal on copyright page.

    Condition: A poor copy of this classic mystery - spine slant, wear to black cloth covers, binding cracked before half title page, prev owner's name dated 1929.

    Book ID: 20727
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  • THE FEATHERED SERPENT. by Wallace, Edgar.
    Wallace, Edgar.
    THE FEATHERED SERPENT.

    Edition: Early reprint.

    New York: McKinlay, Stone and Mackenzie, (c. 1928.). Hardcover - Vintage 1920s mystery by this classic writer. A title in the Scotland Yard Mystery Library series. Glossy frontispiece. 315 pp.

    Condition: Very good in red cloth with gold lettering on spine (lettering somewhat dulled), no dustjacket.

    Book ID: 78469
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  • THE FEATHERED SERPENT. by Wallace, Edgar.
    Wallace, Edgar.
    THE FEATHERED SERPENT.

    Edition: Early reprint.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1928.). Hardcover - Vintage 1920s mystery by this classic writer.

    Condition: Very good in black cloth with red-orange lettering, no dustjacket.

    Book ID: 27237
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  • HELEN IN THE EDITOR'S CHAIR. by Wheeler, Ruthe S.
    Wheeler, Ruthe S.
    HELEN IN THE EDITOR'S CHAIR.

    Edition: First or early edition.

    Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing, (1932). Hardcover - A title in the Every Girl's Series. When their father is forced to go to a drier climate for his health, Helen and her brother take over running his newspaper - and encounter many challenges and adventures. A young adult novel featuring a "strong self-reliant girl" 245 pp plus 2 pp of publisher's ads.

    Condition: Good only in light green cloth - rather severe toning to the pages, gift inscription on front endpaper, some wear to the covers, but still a straight and sturdy copy, no dust jacket. .

    Book ID: 86802
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  • MEDIAEVAL TOWNS: THE STORY OF ASSISI.
    MEDIAEVAL TOWNS: THE STORY OF ASSISI.

    Edition: 7th printing.

    New York & London: Dutton / J. M. Dent & Sons, 1925 (c 1909). Hardcover - An appealing small volume in the Medieval Towns series, illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of a statue of St. Francis and many line illustrations by Nelly Erichsen and Helen James; fold-out town map bound in just before the index. 372 pp.

    Condition: Very good in grey-blue cloth boards lettered and decorated in gilt (previous owners' names, some toning to the pages and offsetting to the endpapers, minor wear to covers)

    Book ID: 83674
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