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  • A DEBT OF HONOR: The Story of Gerald Lane's Success in the Far West. by Alger, Horatio Jr.
    Alger, Horatio Jr.
    A DEBT OF HONOR: The Story of Gerald Lane's Success in the Far West.

    Edition: Early printing of the original edition.

    New York: A. L. Burt, (1900). Hardcover - A rather uncommon Alger title. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four internal black and white plates by J. Watson Davis. 292 pp. plus 6 pp publisher's ads.

    Condition: Very good in illustratedl blue cloth printed in red, orange and black, gilt spine lettering (gift inscription, front hinge cracking, some foxing in the margins of a few pages, but overall a sturdy and attractive copy)

    Book ID: 86172
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  • BED TIME STORY HOUR. by anonymous
    anonymous
    BED TIME STORY HOUR.

    Edition: Hardcover.

    New York & Newark, NJ: Charles E. Graham & Co., n.d. (ca 1915.). Hardcover first edition - A title in the Story Hour Series. Illustrated with a striking full color lithographic frontispiece of 'The Dream Man' and small black and white drawings throughout. Includes 'The Dream Man,' 'The Cat Cinderella,' 'How the Little Boy Learned to Climb' and 'The Piggy Story.' Unpaginated, approx 7 1/2 inches wide by 10 inches tall. Illustrated endpapers.

    Condition: Good overall in an illustrated front board with a blue cloth spine. Some rubbing to the covers, edgewear, and previous owner's name. Uncommon.

    Book ID: 47540
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  • CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN. by Armstrong, Charlotte.
    Armstrong, Charlotte.
    CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Coward-McCann, (1952) dj. Hardcover - A story of a race against time, in which the life of a young woman hangs in the balance. 219 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (minor edgewear to dj).

    Book ID: 76206
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  • THE CHARLOTTE ARMSTRONG TREASURY. by Armstrong, Charlotte.
    Armstrong, Charlotte.
    THE CHARLOTTE ARMSTRONG TREASURY.

    Edition: Book club edition - first thus.

    New York: Coward-McCann, (1972) dj. Hardcover - An omnibus edition, containing three novels of suspense - Mischief, The Dream Walker: The Witch's House - originally published between 1955 and 1963. Preface by Alice Cromie. 473 pp. Code of N17 indicating that this was printed in April 1972. ISBN: 0-69810420X.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (chip to top of dj spine).

    Book ID: 78922
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  • THE BLOCKADERS and Other Stories. by Barnes, James.
    Barnes, James.
    THE BLOCKADERS and Other Stories.

    Edition: Later printing (code D-Y indicating 1924)

    New York: Harper & Brothers, (c 1905). Hardcover - The title story is an account of the blockade of the Confederacy's ports during the Civil War. Other stories are set among the Anasazi ruins, in the Congo in Africa and elsewhere. Glossy frontispiece. (there are no internal plates) 244 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in illustrated tan cloth.

    Book ID: 68344
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  • THE BARRIER. by Beach, Rex (1877-1949)
    Beach, Rex (1877-1949)
    THE BARRIER.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. Hardcover first edition - Author's third novel, set in Alaska during the time of the Klondike gold rush. Illustrated with a tinted frontispiece with a tissue guard and 5 inserted tinted plates by Denman Fink. Basis for three silent films - the first starring Mabel Scott and Russell Simpson, directed by Edgar Lewis in 1913 and the last in 1926 with Lionel Barrymore. 310 pp.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated brown cloth (missing final illustration, name on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 76553
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  • Berkeley, Anthony (1893-1971)
    MURDER IN THE BASEMENT.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1932. Hardcover first edition - A couple return from their honeymoon to their new home in Lewisham only to discover human remains buried in the basement. Only a few things are known at the beginning of the investigation: the victim was a woman, she was shot through the head and her body was naked except for gloves. Much of this novel deals with the painstaking investigation by Chief Inspector Moresby of Scotland Yard as he narrows down the time frame and the possible victim. Martin Edwards called this the "the first detective novel to contain a whowasdunin mystery. That is, the detective and the reader are challenged to determine from the information…

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    New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1932. Hardcover first edition - A couple return from their honeymoon to their new home in Lewisham only to discover human remains buried in the basement. Only a few things are known at the beginning of the investigation: the victim was a woman, she was shot through the head and her body was naked except for gloves. Much of this novel deals with the painstaking investigation by Chief Inspector Moresby of Scotland Yard as he narrows down the time frame and the possible victim. Martin Edwards called this the "the first detective novel to contain a whowasdunin mystery. That is, the detective and the reader are challenged to determine from the information presented which member of a group of people is the murder victim" - but more than that, this novel is an example of Berkeley's determination to do "something fresh with the crime story." Moresby suggests that Sheringham, who had written a few chapters of a novel based on the people he met at the school where the victim came from, use those chapters (included in this novel) to deduce the victim's identity. 308 pp.

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    Condition: Good only in black cloth with red title panels - rubbing and wear to the covers, soiling to rear endpaper, light tidemarks to outer margins of last several pages - but overall a tight and sturdy copy of a rather hard to find first edition.

    Book ID: 86678
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  • THE CHINESE PARROT by Biggers, Earl Derr
    Biggers, Earl Derr
    THE CHINESE PARROT

    Edition: Paperback.

    New York: Pyramind Books, (1969). A vintage paperback edition of this Charlie Chan mystery, originally published in 1926. T-1970, cover price 75c. 222 pp plus 2 pp ads.

    Condition: Good overall - usual tanning to pages,

    Book ID: 78929
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  • FROM THIS DEATH FORWARD. by Bloomfield, Robert (pseudonym of Leslie Edgley, 1912-2002)
    Bloomfield, Robert (pseudonym of Leslie Edgley, 1912-2002)
    FROM THIS DEATH FORWARD.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, NY: A Crime Club Selection / Doubleday, 1952. dj. Hardcover first edition - Vintage crime novel set in Southern California. "A Cinderella slopement turns into ashes when widowed Connie, to protect her son's future, marries wealthy, dipsomaniac Merrill -- and discovers the dead body of the caretaker of the Malibu beach house after her lonely wedding night. Merrill is suspect, threatened by his brother; Connie hires a private detective to learn the truth of her first husband's death; the roadside dinner where she had worked yields another victim before Merrill's death, from a heart attack, starts the puzzle unravelling. An innocent heroine who learns courage turns a rather distasteful story into a forceful one." (Kirkus Reviews) 190 pp.

    Condition: Good in good dust jacket (rather severe toning to pages, slight spine slant, edgewear to dj, especially at ends of spine)

    Book ID: 83609
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  • THE FLYING U STRIKES. by Bower, B. M. [Bertha Muzzy Sinclair, 1871-1940]
    Bower, B. M. [Bertha Muzzy Sinclair, 1871-1940]
    THE FLYING U STRIKES.

    Edition: Reprint.

    New York: Triangle Books, (1942, c.1933. dj. Hardcover - Western novel set in the ranch country of Montana. 304 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in pale orange boards (usual rather severe toning to the pages) in a poor dust jacket, missing the bottom half of the rear cover)

    Book ID: 76895
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  • THE INNOCENT ADVENTURESS. by Bradley, Mary Hastings (1882-1976).
    Bradley, Mary Hastings (1882-1976).
    THE INNOCENT ADVENTURESS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1921. Hardcover first edition - An uncommon first edition of this early and unabashedly romantic novel by this prolific writer and traveler. Without enough money to cover two dowries, a family sends their beautiful and very sheltered young daughter to stay with relatives in New York, in the hopes that she will find a rich man to marry. As an interesting sidenote, Bradley was the mother of Alice Sheldon - best known as the science fiction writer James Tiptree, Jr. 245 pp.

    Condition: Good condition in pale blue cloth with dark blue lettering and decorations.

    Book ID: 74844
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  • OLD TIME AND YOUNG TOM. by Burdette, Robert J. (1844-1914)
    Burdette, Robert J. (1844-1914)
    OLD TIME AND YOUNG TOM.

    Edition: First edition.

    Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1912). Hardcover first edition - A collection of essays and speeches by this American newspaperman, humorist and later a clergyman who became well-known through his paragraphs in Iowa's 'The Burlington Hawkeye' which he joined in 1872. Includes his most famous lecture, "The Rise and Fall of the Mustache" - in the foreword, he claims to have given this speech more than 5000 times. Laid in is a newspaper article from shortly after his death and tipped onto the rear endpaper is a picture of his final home in California. Top edge gilt. 325 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in burnt sienna cloth with gilt lettering, embossed design on front cover - missing front endpaper, some shelfwear to the edges of the boards and offsetting to the rear endpapers from the newspaper laid in, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85792
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  • HOLD FAST BY YOUR SUNDAYS. by By the author of "Deepdale Vicarage" with introductory note by Charles Bullock.
    By the author of "Deepdale Vicarage" with introductory note by Charles Bullock.
    HOLD FAST BY YOUR SUNDAYS.

    Edition: New edition.

    London: Home Words Office. (ca 1889). Hardcover - Frontisplate with tissue guard and illustrations at the heading of each chapter. 123 pp plus 13 pp publisher's advertisements.

    Condition: Very good in dark blue pictorial cloth with gilt title to cover and spine on bevelled boards (previous owner's name, offsetting to front endpaper)

    Book ID: 69289
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  • PAST ALL DISHONOR & THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE. by Cain, James M.
    Cain, James M.
    PAST ALL DISHONOR & THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Fiction Book Club (Knopf), (c 1946 & 1934). Hardcover - Two classic novels by Cain in one volume, with separate pagination and with separate title pages indicating Alfred A, Knopf, 1946 on each. 231, 140 pp.

    Condition: Very good in reddish brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 70575
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  • THE TEACHER OF CASTING, MODELING, SCULPTURING, WOOD CARVING, POTTERY. by Campana, D. M.
    Campana, D. M.
    THE TEACHER OF CASTING, MODELING, SCULPTURING, WOOD CARVING, POTTERY.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Chicago: D. M. Campana Art Co., 1943. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. Includes advertisements for Campana art classes and other books. Index. 128 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in stiff illustrated orange wrappers.

    Book ID: 80675
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  • ONE MAN MUST DIE. by Cunningham, A. B.
    Cunningham, A. B.
    ONE MAN MUST DIE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, 1946. Hardcover first edition - Novel featuring Sheriff Jess Roden. When a soldier is reported dead during World War II, his wife remarries but when he returns to his Kentucky home, expecting to pick up his business and his ilfe as he left them, then one husband must go. 223 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in beige cloth with blue panels on the spine.

    Book ID: 80216
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  • ARROW POINTING NOWHERE, THE HORNET'S NEST, THE DEATHS OF LORA KAREN. by Daly, Elizabeth; Bruno Fischer and Roman McDougald,
    Daly, Elizabeth; Bruno Fischer and Roman McDougald,
    ARROW POINTING NOWHERE, THE HORNET'S NEST, THE DEATHS OF LORA KAREN.

    Edition: Original book club edition.

    New York: Detective Book Club, (1944) dj. Hardcover first edition - An omnibus edition containing three complete mystery novels - "Arrow Pointing Nowhere" by Elizabeth Daly featuring her series detective, Henry Gamadge, an author and a bibliophile, whose expertise with rare books often becomes intertwined with crime problems. A Golden Age detective story transplanted to New York by the author whom Agatha Christie named as her favorite mystery writer. "The Hornet's Nest" by Bruno Fischer, only the second novel published under his own name and featuring Rick Train, who has only seven days left before reporting for military duty and finally "The Deaths of Lora Karen" by Roman McDougald, his first novel, featuring detective Philip Cabot, who is also…

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    New York: Detective Book Club, (1944) dj. Hardcover first edition - An omnibus edition containing three complete mystery novels - "Arrow Pointing Nowhere" by Elizabeth Daly featuring her series detective, Henry Gamadge, an author and a bibliophile, whose expertise with rare books often becomes intertwined with crime problems. A Golden Age detective story transplanted to New York by the author whom Agatha Christie named as her favorite mystery writer. "The Hornet's Nest" by Bruno Fischer, only the second novel published under his own name and featuring Rick Train, who has only seven days left before reporting for military duty and finally "The Deaths of Lora Karen" by Roman McDougald, his first novel, featuring detective Philip Cabot, who is also counting the hours until entering the military. One of the pleasures of these omnibus volumes, which combine three very different works in one book, is the opportunity they create of discovering authors or novels which might be unknown to you. Published in compliance with the conservation orders of the War Compliance Board, it is surprising that the pages appear to be acid free, and are still white and supple, unlike many wartime books. Each novel paginated individually - 249, 216, 193 pp.

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    Condition: Very good+ in tan cloth in a very good dust jacket (bookplate on front pastedown, some discoloration from the binding process on endpapers, a faint "old book" musty odor in a dustjacket with a few chips, some toning to the spine). These vintage book club editions are becoming hard-to-find in dustjacket.

    Book ID: 85309
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  • WELCOME DEATH. by Daniel, Glyn (1914-1986)
    Daniel, Glyn (1914-1986)
    WELCOME DEATH.

    Edition: 4th impression (just 3 months after the first)

    London: Gollancz, 1954. dj. Hardcover - One of the most hated men in the small Welsh town of Llanddewi is murdered on the evening when the town is hosting a 'Welcome Home' event for the young men who had served in World War II - and it is up to Sir Richard Cherrington - an amateur sleuth and an eminent but slightly eccentric archaeologist who is the Vice-President of Fisher College (a character based on the author) - to unravel the clues. 231 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some toning to both the pages and the dj, a few spots of foxing on the edges of the textblock)

    Book ID: 83637
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  • HE WOULDN'T KILL PATIENCE; YOU ONLY HANG ONCE; FIRE WILL FREEZE. by Dickson, Carter; H. W. Roden and Margaret Millar.
    Dickson, Carter; H. W. Roden and Margaret Millar.
    HE WOULDN'T KILL PATIENCE; YOU ONLY HANG ONCE; FIRE WILL FREEZE.

    Edition: Original book club edition.

    New York: Detective Book Club, (1944) dj. Hardcover first edition - An omnibus edition containing three complete mystery novels - "He Wouldn't Kill Patience" by Carter Dickson (pseudonym of John Dickson Carr, 1906-1977), a Sir Henry Merrivale locked room mystery featuring an ingenious apparent suicide in a sealed room on the zoo grounds, two young professional magicians with a grudge against each other that dates back four generations and a tree-snake from Borneo named Patience; "You Only Hang Once" by H. W. Roden featuring publicist John Alden Knight and his PI friend Sid Ames; and finally "Fire Will Freeze" by Margaret Millar which begins with an ordinary bus ride to a Quebec resort, during a bad snow
    storm,…

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    New York: Detective Book Club, (1944) dj. Hardcover first edition - An omnibus edition containing three complete mystery novels - "He Wouldn't Kill Patience" by Carter Dickson (pseudonym of John Dickson Carr, 1906-1977), a Sir Henry Merrivale locked room mystery featuring an ingenious apparent suicide in a sealed room on the zoo grounds, two young professional magicians with a grudge against each other that dates back four generations and a tree-snake from Borneo named Patience; "You Only Hang Once" by H. W. Roden featuring publicist John Alden Knight and his PI friend Sid Ames; and finally "Fire Will Freeze" by Margaret Millar which begins with an ordinary bus ride to a Quebec resort, during a bad snow
    storm, but when the bus driver,gets out to "fix something" and then vanishes, the riders manage to walk to the nearest house - one occupied by a mentally disturbed woman and her guardian. One of the pleasures of these omnibus volumes, which combine three very different works in one book, is the opportunity they create of discovering authors or novels which might be unknown to you. The pages appear to be acid free, and are still white and supple, unlike many books from this era. Each novel paginated individually - 217, 218, 182 pp. Back cover of dust jacket has an ad for the Detective Book Club.

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    Condition: Very good+ in beige cloth in a very good dust jacket (bookplate on front pastedown, some discoloration from the binding process on endpapers, with a faint "old book" musty odor, in a dustjacket with a few chips, some toning to the spine). A very hard to find vintage book club edition, especially in dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85748
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  • Dodge, Mary Mapes.
    DONALD AND DOROTHY.

    Edition: Early reprint (originally published in 1883.).

    New York: The Century Co., 1901. Hardcover - A story surrounding the mystery of the true identity of a brother and sister, twins, orphaned as infants in Europe, and brought up by their uncle, by the writer best as the author of 'Hans Brinker' who was for many years the editor of the St. Nicholas Frontispiece, full page and smaller en texte Illustrations by Frank Merrill, A. Temple and others. 335 pp.

    Condition: Very good+ in an attractive very dark green binding with gilt lettering and gilt and silver decorations, top edge gilt. (lower corner of frontispiece clipped, not affecting the illustration.)

    Book ID: 36594
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  • SIR NIGEL. by Doyle, A. Conan.
    Doyle, A. Conan.
    SIR NIGEL.

    Edition: First American edition.

    New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1906. Hardcover first edition - An historical novel set at the beginning of the Hundred Years' War, from 1350 to 1356. Sir Nigel is a knight in the service of King Edward III. Illustrated by The Kinneys with a frontispiece with tissue guard and five internal plates on glossy stock. Introduction by Arthur Conan Doyle, vii, 346 p

    Condition: Good overall in decorated pale blue-green cloth - some toning to the spine, fraying at the top end, scattered foxing in the margins, previous owner's name dated 1906 - but a sturdy tight copy.

    Book ID: 84639
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  • THE MASTER OF WARLOCK. A Virginia War Story. by Eggleston, George Cary (1839 1911)
    Eggleston, George Cary (1839 1911)
    THE MASTER OF WARLOCK. A Virginia War Story.

    Edition: First edition.

    Boston: Lothrup Publishing Company, 1903. Hardcover first edition - Romantic novel set in the years before, during and after the Civil War. Although he was born in Indiana, Eggleston served as a Confederate soldier. Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard and five internal glossy plates by C. D. Williams 433 pp plus 2pp ads.

    Condition: Good overall in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and decorations and a small illustration inset on the front cover - previous owner's name dated 1903, spine slant and rubbing and wear to the covers, a few scattered spots of foxing.

    Book ID: 84664
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  • QUOTH THE RAVEN / GREAT BLACK KANBA. by Fischer, Bruno / Constance and Gwenyth Little.
    Fischer, Bruno / Constance and Gwenyth Little.
    QUOTH THE RAVEN / GREAT BLACK KANBA.

    Edition: First thus.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1945. dj. Hardcover first edition - A title in the Doubleday Crime Library. Two vintage mysteries, originally published in 1944 here in a one volume combined edition. Each novel has its own title page, synopsis and is paginated separately. The Fischer novel is set in New York City, while that of the Little sisters involves a trip by a young woman with amnesia on the Trans-Australian Express. 207, 188 pp.

    Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket. (gift inscription dated Christmas 1945, some chipping and edgewear to the dj)

    Book ID: 78187
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  • TREASURE OF SOUTH LAKE FARM or A New England Boy's Struggle for Fortune by Foster, W. Bert (1869-1929)
    Foster, W. Bert (1869-1929)
    TREASURE OF SOUTH LAKE FARM or A New England Boy's Struggle for Fortune

    Edition: First edition.

    Chicago: Thompson & Thomas, (1902). Hardcover first edition - Uncommon novel published under his own name by this prolific writer - whose works ranged from dime novels to westerns to juvenile series. (including many written under Stratemeyer syndicate house names) When Sandy's father dies when he is only 17, he is determined to keep the farm - 400 beautiful but steep and rocky acres surrounding a small lake - and make it profitable enough to handle the mortgage. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and two internal plates. 244 pp.

    Condition: Very good in red cloth with white lettering on front cover, black on spine and small illustrations on front and spine (hinges cracking, but binding is still sturdy)

    Book ID: 84551
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  • THE UNCONSCIOUS WITNESS; DEATH ON THE AISLE; LADY KILLER. by Freeman, R. Austin; Frances and Richard Lockridge; Elisabeth Sanxay Holding.
    Freeman, R. Austin; Frances and Richard Lockridge; Elisabeth Sanxay Holding.
    THE UNCONSCIOUS WITNESS; DEATH ON THE AISLE; LADY KILLER.

    Edition: Original book club edition.

    New York: Detective Book Club, (1942) dj. Hardcover first edition - An omnibus edition containing three complete mystery novels - "The Unconscious Witness" by R. Austin Freeman, a Thorndyke mystery published in the UK as "Mr. Polton Explains"; "Death on the Aisle" by Frances and Richard Lockridge, in which a wealthy backer of a Broadway play is found stabbed to death backstage and the Norths team up to help their friend Lieutenant Bill Wiegand solve the mystery; and finally "Lady Killer" by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, a study of an unwise marriage and of murder on a cruise ship. One of the pleasures of these omnibus volumes, which combine three very different works in one book, is the opportunity they…

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    New York: Detective Book Club, (1942) dj. Hardcover first edition - An omnibus edition containing three complete mystery novels - "The Unconscious Witness" by R. Austin Freeman, a Thorndyke mystery published in the UK as "Mr. Polton Explains"; "Death on the Aisle" by Frances and Richard Lockridge, in which a wealthy backer of a Broadway play is found stabbed to death backstage and the Norths team up to help their friend Lieutenant Bill Wiegand solve the mystery; and finally "Lady Killer" by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, a study of an unwise marriage and of murder on a cruise ship. One of the pleasures of these omnibus volumes, which combine three very different works in one book, is the opportunity they create of discovering authors or novels which might be unknown to you. The pages appear to be acid free, and are still white and supple, unlike many books from this era. Each novel paginated individually - 303, 288, 275 pp. Back cover of dust jacket has an ad for the Detective Book Club.

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    Condition: Very good+ in beige cloth in a very good dust jacket (bookplate on front pastedown, some discoloration from the binding process on endpapers, with a faint "old book" musty odor, in a dustjacket with a few chips, some toning to the spine). A very hard to find vintage book club edition, especially in dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85312
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  • THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS DO THEIR BIT or Over the Top with the Winnebagos, #8 in the series. by Frey, Hildegard G.
    Frey, Hildegard G.
    THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS DO THEIR BIT or Over the Top with the Winnebagos, #8 in the series.

    Edition: First or very early edition.

    New York: A. L. Burt, (1919). Hardcover first edition - The 8th book in one of the longer running Campfire Girls series. Glossy frontispiece. Lists to self at the beginning of the book. 242 pp plus 10 pp of publishers' advertisements.

    Condition: Good overall condition in beige illustrated covers -missing free front endpaper, previous owner's name on front pastedown - covers clean and bright.

    Book ID: 73112
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  • THE CASE OF THE BURIED CLOCK; HEADLONG FOR MURDER; TO CATCH A THIEF. by Gardner, Erle Stanley; Merlda Mace (pseudonym of Madeleine McCoy) and Daphne Sanders (pseudonym of Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig aka Craig Rice)
    Gardner, Erle Stanley; Merlda Mace (pseudonym of Madeleine McCoy) and Daphne Sanders (pseudonym of Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig aka Craig Rice)
    THE CASE OF THE BURIED CLOCK; HEADLONG FOR MURDER; TO CATCH A THIEF.

    Edition: Original book club edition.

    New York: Detective Book Club, (1943) dj. Hardcover first edition - An omnibus edition containing three complete mystery novels - "The Case of the Buried Clock" by Erle Stanley Gardner, a classic Perry Mason novel; "Headlong for Murder" by Madeleine McCoy (under the Merlda Mace pseudonym) is the first novel featuring Christine Anderson, a young blonde Scandinavian from Minnesota, struggling to get by in New York City who isn't going to let anything get in the way of a promised vacation on the Connecticut coast; and "To Catch a Thief" by Craig Rice (under the Daphne Sanders pseudonym), the story of a man who turns to robbery to right the wrongs done by several wealthy stock market manipulators during…

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    New York: Detective Book Club, (1943) dj. Hardcover first edition - An omnibus edition containing three complete mystery novels - "The Case of the Buried Clock" by Erle Stanley Gardner, a classic Perry Mason novel; "Headlong for Murder" by Madeleine McCoy (under the Merlda Mace pseudonym) is the first novel featuring Christine Anderson, a young blonde Scandinavian from Minnesota, struggling to get by in New York City who isn't going to let anything get in the way of a promised vacation on the Connecticut coast; and "To Catch a Thief" by Craig Rice (under the Daphne Sanders pseudonym), the story of a man who turns to robbery to right the wrongs done by several wealthy stock market manipulators during the Depression. This is considered one of her best novels and is also among the most difficult to find. One of the pleasures of these omnibus volumes, which combine three very different works in one book, is the opportunity they create of discovering authors or novels which might be unknown to you. Published in compliance with the conservation orders of the War Compliance Board, it is surprising that the pages appear to be acid free, and are still white and supple, unlike many wartime books. 622 pp.

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    Condition: Very good+ in tan cloth in a very good dust jacket (bookplate on front pastedown, some discoloration from the binding process on endpapers, a faint "old book" musty odor in a dustjacket with a few chips, some toning to the spine). These vintage book club editions are becoming hard-to-find in dustjacket.

    Book ID: 85308
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  • GUINEVERE'S LOVER. by Glyn, Elinor (1864-1943)
    Glyn, Elinor (1864-1943)
    GUINEVERE'S LOVER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1913. Hardcover first edition - This story of a woman, married to a much older man as a young girl, who finds love with her neighbor later in life is, in many ways typical of her somewhat scandalous romantic novels of the time - but this one is distinguished by a rather open racism. The wife of her lover (and the lover to her son) is depicted as a beautiful savage of uncertain descent, despite being the daughter of a Lord - and Guinevere's more worldly sister describes her at one point as a "nigger out for a holiday." Frontispiece portrait. Rather uncommon in the first edition, 357 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads.

    Condition: Very good in red boards with cream lettering on spine and front cover (some spine slant, sunning and fading to spine) , no dust jacket.

    Book ID: 79297
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  • THE HOBBLEDEHOY:The Story of One Betwixt Boy and Man. by Green, Belle C. (1842-1926)
    Green, Belle C. (1842-1926)
    THE HOBBLEDEHOY:The Story of One Betwixt Boy and Man.

    Edition: First edition.

    Boston: Lothrup Publishing Company, 1895. Hardcover first edition - A novel by this New England author best known for her humorous sketches. It begins with a mother returning to Boston from a nine-month long trip in California to find that her 15 year old son has grown both physically and mentally and is now balanced between boyhood and being a man. This was presumably based on her own experiences, since she made an extended tour to the west coast in 1887-88. Illustrated with full page glossy plates and en-texte drawings by C. Chase Emerson. Tissue guard at frontispiece. While Green was a very popular author in her lifetime she is almost unknown now, with none of her books available. 262 pp.

    Condition: Very good in with gilt title, black lettering and decorations (some soiling to the covers, but a tight and straight copy)

    Book ID: 86469
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  • THE TWO TRAVELERS. by Grimm, Brothers; Adapted and illustrated by Harriet.
    Grimm, Brothers; Adapted and illustrated by Harriet.
    THE TWO TRAVELERS.

    Edition: Vintage edition.

    New York: Maxton Publishers, 1948. Hardcover - Classic Grimm Brothers' tale in a rather uncommon edition - adapted and illustrated in both full color and with black and white drawings by Harriet. Maxton Books for Little People #10 (back cover lists 18 titles in this series) Unpaginated (32 pp)

    Condition: Good overall in illustrated boards with a dark green spine (rubbing and wear to the covers, spine covering beginning to split)

    Book ID: 81911
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