G is for Gumshoe (Signed First Edition)
by Grafton, Sue
New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 259p. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($16.95), isl fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Signed by Grafton on the title page. A beautiful collectable copy at a great price.
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G is for Gumshoe (Signed First Edition)
by Grafton, Sue
New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 259p. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($16.95), isl fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Dated, signed and inscribed by Grafton on the title page, "To ___, Respectfully submitted, Sue Grafton, 1990"' A beautiful collectable copy at a great price.
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D Is for Deadbeat
by Grafton, Sue
New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo, 225pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Bound in black cloth with titles in silver on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save some gentle bumping to the heel. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($15.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy.
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E is for Evidence
by Grafton, Sue
New York: Henry Holt, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Fine. 8vo, 225pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Bound in quarter black cloth over gray paper-covered boars. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A couple of tiny spots of toning to the cloth at the heel. Sticker ghost on front end-paper. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($15.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A quite pretty collectable... Read More
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H is for Homicide (Signed First Edition)
by Grafton, Sue
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 256p. Sharp First Edition, First Printing, square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($17.95), has toning to spine and part of front panel . But is still fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page, "For ____. Drive with care, Sue Grafton". A very pretty collectable... Read More
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Behind the First Wall "A Great Spy Thriller
by Graham, Peter
London: Quality Press, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 158pp. Beautiful First Edition Bound in light brown cloth with titles in black on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a touch at the heel but quite minor. Toning to pages as is common with British post-war paper. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (7/6 - net), has some rubbing on rear panel but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or... Read More
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New York Nights
by Graham, Stephen
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo., 288pp. Solid First Edition of this classic guide to Manhattan. Bound in original 1/4 blue cloth over patterned paper-covered boards. Titles in gilt on spine. With 14 full-page black & white illustrations including frontis by Kurt Wiese. Square and tight with wear to edges and tips. Some foxing to prelims only otherwise clean interior. Lacking scarce dust-jacket. A decent collectable copy at a great price.... Read More
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Hemingway's Notebook
by Granger, Bill
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., 248pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($15.95), is fresh and bright with no tears, creases or chipping. Protected with an archival-quality mylar cover. A gorgeous collectable copy.
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When Dark Descends
by Grant, Charles L. and Thomas F. Monteleone
Baltimore: Borderlands Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., 62pp. Beautiful Unread Signed and Limited First Printing. #270 of only 500 copies published. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($35.00), is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. Signed by both authors on the limitation page as well as by Gary A. Braunbeck who wrote the forward. A gorgeous copy of an uncommon title at... Read More
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The Pet
by Grant, Charles L.
New York: St Martins Press, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 343pp. Beautiful First Printing. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($15.95), has a touch of surface rubbing but is fresh and bright with no creasing, chipping or tears. Uncommonly signed to a fan on the title page. A gorgeous collectable copy.
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Talbot Mundy: Messenger of Destiny
by Grant, Donald M. (Compiler)
West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine/Fine. 4to., 253pp. Beautiful First Edition of this "Bio-Bibliography" of one of the great storytellers of the early 20th century. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($20.00), has a 1/2" closed tear on the front top edge and a touch of rubbing to the top tips. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, toning, or creases. A sharp collectible... Read More
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The Other Child and Other Tales
by Grant, Kenneth
London: Starfire Publishing, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 216pp. Beautiful First Edition, First Printing of the trade edition. There was also a deluxe edition published concurrently. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket (£25.00), is fresh and bright with no toning, tears, creases or chipping. A gorgeous collectable copy of an uncommon title.
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Dog Years
by Grass, Gunter
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beautiful First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout. Very little wear but a small couple of ripples to the cloth at the crown. Very attractive unclipped wrapper ($6.95 Price intact), has some surface soiling and fairly mild edge-wear. A tiny nick on the rear panel. Still, a fresh and bright example. A sharp collectable copy of final volume in the... Read More
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Peeling the Onion (Sigend First Edition)
by Grass, Gunter
New York: Harcourt, Inc, 2007. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. 8vo., 425pp, Beautiful Stated First American Edition, First Printing with full letter sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($26.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Signed by the author on the title page at Barnes & Noble at Union Square in NYC, with a newspaper clipping for the event laid in. A gorgeous... Read More
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Local Anaesthetic
by Grass, Gunter
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 284pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with very minor wear and toning to edges. Equally attractive unclipped, ($6.95), has some mild toning and a couple of tiny closed edge-tears. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or creases. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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The Rat (Advance Reading Copy)
by Grass, Gunter
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, 1987. Advanced Reading Copy ARC. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo., Wraps 371 pp.. Solid Advance Reading Copy. Square, tight and clean throughout. Crown bumped and creased. Corners a bit flared. Still fresh and bright with no chipping, tears or toning. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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The Condor Passes (Advance Uncorrected Proof)
by Grau, Shirley Ann
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Uncorrected Proof. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo., Wraps 421 pp.. Solid Unread Uncorrected Galley Proof. Square, tight and clean throughout with minor wear to spine ends. edges toning. Still bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics
by Gravett, Paul; Editor
Philadelphia, PA: Running Press / Robinson, 2008. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Trade Paperback Graphic Novel. Thick 4to., 479pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy and quite scarce in this condition.
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CataCrok! Mostly Stories, Mostly Funny
by Graves, Robert
London: Cassell & Company, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 203pp. Sharp First Edition of this anthology of 35 humorous stories Bound in light blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with little wear. Spine ends and edges a bit toned. Some foxing to the outer edges of the text block. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (15/- net), has some wear to edges and tips. A short closed tear on the... Read More
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Poems
by Graves, Robert
Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Limited Edition. Cloth. Fine/Slipcase. Gorgeous Limited Edition, #6 in the Forty-Fifth Series produced for the Limited Editions Club, this being #333 of 2000 copies printed for the LEC by the stinehour Press in Lunenberg, Vermont. Tall 8vo.,200pp. Bound in original 1/2 brown buckram over letterpress paper covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine. t.e.g. Eight water color illustrations by Paul Hogarth. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no... Read More
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The Banquet of Wit Being a Varied Selection of Anecdotes, Bon Mots, et Cetera
by Gray, james and J.J. B. Maidment
London: Pickering and Co, 1882. 1st Edition. Publisher's Cloth. Very Good/Near Fine. 12mo., 244pp.. Sharp First Edition bound in publisher's blue cloth with paper label with title on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with some off-setting to end-papers only and just a hint of interior page edge toning. Some fairly mild wear to spine ends and tips. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.
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The Woman in the Alcove
by Green, Anna Katherine
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo., 372pp. Beautiful, bright First Edition, First State with "April" below date on copyright page. Publisher's cream-colored cloth with titles in blue, outlined in red on the front board and spine. Author name in maroon. Decorative motif in red, yellow and maroon on front board. Tissue-guarded frontis illustration by Arthur I Keller. Square, tight and clean throughout with no toning, fading or foxing. Mild bumping to spine ends. Very... Read More
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The Grim 13
by Greene, Frederick Stuart; Editior
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo., 348pp, Sharp First Edition. First Printing, of this scarce early anthology of creepy stories by the likes of Conrad Richter, Miss Belloc Lowndes and other less well-known authors. Bound in black cloth with lettering stamped in orange on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of off-setting to front end-paper and the bookplate of noted Portland, ME collector,... Read More
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Doctor Love (Advance Reading Copy)
by Greene, Gael
New York: St Martins Pr, 1982. Advanced Reading Copy ARC. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo., Wraps 277 pp.. Beautiful Unread Advance Reading Copy. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Perhaps a hint of a dog-ear but barely. Fresh and bright with no chipping, tears or toning. Publisher's promotional letter laid in. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party
by Graham Greene
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., 156pp. Beautiful Unread First American Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($9.95), has some toning to the top and bottom front edges but is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.
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