Titles starting with H from Robert Dagg Rare Books

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1941. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. The story appeared in Serial form in McCall's magazine under the title of Gone Tomorrow. Story of a modern man looking at his life from his twenty-fifth school reunion. Fine book in a bright, near fine dust jacket with some minor rubbing (particularly along spine panel) but with the spine still retaining its original deep purple color (normally found badly faded). By the author the The Late George Apley. ... more information

London: The Scholartis Press, 1929. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Copy #2 of 50 copies numbered and signed by the author on the copyright page. Page edges show significant foxing. Endpaper with some offsetting from reaction to pastedowns. Else a tight, unread copy in a jacket that would be fine but for some slight tanning to the spine panel. Author's second novel, following up her notorious debut, Sleeveless Errand. Banned in the UK for the use of overly frank language,and the depiction of overly Boh... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers, [1944]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in fine bright dust jacket (one tiny nick and faint crease at spine panel). ... more information

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1918. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Second issue. Offsetting from newspaper clipping to preliminary leaf. Very good in dust jacket slightly browned at spine panel with minor restoration at head of spine. ... more information

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1934]. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine book in a very good dust jacket with some very shallow chipping at spine ends and some slight fading to the spine panel. ... more information

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, [1943]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine book in a near fine dust jacket with some slight fading to the spine panel and top edge of front panel, very slightly nicked at extremities. A nice copy of the author's second and probably scarcest book. ... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers, [1941]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a number of short closed tears. Bright copy. A Tommy Rankin mystery. ... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a shallow chip at top of rear panel and some very minor edgewear at spine ends. Original Harper seal in present, though broken. Defective wraparound band laid in. ... more information

[New York]: Farrar, Straus and Young, [1951]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Small red dot on bottom edges of pages. A near fine copy in dust jacket with some minor spotting to flap folds, with a few tears neatly repaired along top edge. Spine of dust jacket is unusually bright. ... more information

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1937. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Minor rubbing to cloth at top of spine. Else a fine tight copy in a lovely fine dust jacket. Collection of essays, poetry, etc edited by Solis-Cohen. 370 pp. Includes a bibliography. ... more information

New York: McDowell, Obolensky, [1959]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in bright unfaded dust jacket with a few minor professional repairs at edges (primarily of a one-inch closed tear at bottom of rear panel). Collection of 10 short stories. ... more information

[New York]: New Directions, [1954]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in publisher's slipcase (minute wear to box). ... more information

New York: Random House, [1947]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine in a bright crisp dust jacket. ... more information

London: Chapman & Hall, 1950. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. A lovely fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ... more information

New York: Random House, [1941]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. 32 illustrations from photographs. Minor spotting to page edges. Cloth minutely soiled, otherwise a near fine book in a fine bright dust jacket with a striking pictorial design. ... more information

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Cloth somewhat soiled/ dull at spine with minor shelfwear at edges. Else a very good book in a nearly fine dust jacket with a tear at the bottom of the front flap fold. Complete with wraparound band stating that this is a Harper Sealed Mystery. A very scarce book in the first printing. ... more information

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1943. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine in a bright unfaded dust jacket (almost always found badly faded) with a few tiny chips and tears along top edge. ... more information

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, [1931]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. A number of ink spots on the Crime Club logo on the front pastedown. Top staining faded. Else a clean, nearly fine book in a fine bright dust jacket. Uncommon. Crime Club. Murder in Quebec. ... more information

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, [1946]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Near fine in a bright, unfaded dust jacket (creased at front panel). ... more information

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, [1936]. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Presentation copy with a long contemporary inscription on front flyleaf: "To W. C. Tucker: To one of my group-- a writier of English--a teacher. with my best regards, best luck. Please don't scan the lines too closely-- But, with best regards to you a regular fellow, a teacher --and friend. Jesse Stuart. Nov. 18th 1936, Huntington W. Va." Some darkening to cloth at hinges (from the binding glue) otherwise a fresh fine copy... more information