Bennett, Whitman.

A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTING (1663-1940).

New York: Bennett Book Studios, (1941). 8vo. cloth. 254 pages. Limited to 1250 copies. With all Items arranged in Sequence as a Chronological Panorama of American Authorship. Each item is accompanied by a lengthy description giving information about why the particular item is important. Covers fiction and non-fiction. Light wear to outer hinges. Lightly frayed at head of spine. Corners lightly frayed. READ MORE about A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTING (1663-1940

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 566

(Biblio Novel). Brooks, Geraldine.

PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, A NOVEL.

(New York: Viking, Penguin Group, 2008). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. ix, 372 pages. First edition. A novel. A rare book expert named Hanna Heath is invited to analyze and help with the conservation of a newly-discovered Hebrew manuscript in Sarajevo. Through her research, she comes to learn more of the history of the book, and her "...investigations unexpectedly plunge her into the intrigues of fine art forgers and ultranationalist fanatics. Her experiences will test..... READ MORE about PEOPLE OF THE BOOK, A NOVEL

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(Biblio Novel). Chapman, Allen.

TWO BOY PUBLISHERS.

New York: M. A. Donohue & Company, n.d. 8vo. cloth. 249 pages. A boy's story which tells of two young brothers who become established both as job printers and as publishers of a weekly newspaper. Very good. Previous ownership markings on front free endpaper. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. READ MORE about TWO BOY PUBLISHERS

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 34972

(Biblio Novel). Moynahan, Julian.

PAIRING OFF.

New York: William Morrow & Co., 1969. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 252 pages. First edition. Myles McCormick spends his days "cataloguing books in odd alphabets" in the Boston Free Library. He is quite a smash with the ladies. Fine in fine dust jacket. Bookplate of Al Rodway on front free endpaper. READ MORE about PAIRING OFF

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(Biblio Novel). Powel Jr., Harford.

VIRGIN QUEENE.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1928. 1928, 8vo., cloth. (vi), 255 pages. First edition. The Virgin Queene, a newly discovered play by Shakespeare, in MS no less, is the focus of this story. Was it written by Shakespeare or by an ad man? Lacking the dust jacket. Near fine. READ MORE about VIRGIN QUEENE

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(Christmas Books). Klinefelter, Walter.

CHRISTMAS BOOKS. With A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECK-LIST OF CHRISTMAS BOOKS With MORE CHRISTMAS BOOKS. Introduction by Wilbur Macey Stone. Index by Will Ransom.

3 volumes.
Portland: Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1936, 1937, 1938. small 8vo. first two are cloth-backed boards, third is cloth, first is enclosed in publisher's box. xxiv,(iv); xxiv,114,(4); ix,77,(3) pages. 3 volumes. Complete set; second volume limited to 1500 copies; third volume limited to 500 copies. Light cover rubbing. READ MORE about CHRISTMAS BOOKS. With A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECK-LIST OF CHRISTMAS BOOKS With MORE CHRISTMAS BOOKS....

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 20482

(Detective Fiction). Asimov, Isaac.

MURDER AT THE ABA.

New York: Doubleday, 1976. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. (viii), 230 pages. Book Club Edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. READ MORE about MURDER AT THE ABA

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(Detective Fiction). Baker, Richard M.

DEATH STOPS THE MANUSCRIPT FRANKLIN RUSSELL`S FIRST CASE. With an Introduction by S.S. Van Dine.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 333 pages. First edition. Dr. Carson has been murdered in his library and the only clue is a manuscript that he has been working on. A schoolmaster - amateur detective works on the case. Dust jacket depicts a dead man at his desk with a manuscript in front of him. Lacking dust jacket. Evidence of bookplate removal. Very good copy with some wear along the..... READ MORE about DEATH STOPS THE MANUSCRIPT FRANKLIN RUSSELL`S FIRST CASE. With an Introduction by S.S. Van Dine

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(Detective Fiction). Barnard, Robert.

DEATH OF A LITERARY WIDOW.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1979). 8vo. paper over boards, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition. Walter Machin was a successful author. When he died, he left his literary remains to his two ex-wives. His career was taking an upswing and real money was to be made when one of his widows died under suspect circumstances. An American scholar then begins to have grudging access to Walter's manuscripts and his discoveries prove interesting. Jacket spine..... READ MORE about DEATH OF A LITERARY WIDOW

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(Detective Fiction). Barzun, Jacques.

THE DELIGHTS OF DETECTION.

New York, NY: Criterion Books, 1961. 8vo. quarter cloth, dust jacket. 381 pages. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about THE DELIGHTS OF DETECTION

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(Detective Fiction). Blackstock, Charity.

FOGGY, FOGGY DEW - DEWEY DEATH.

New York: London House & Maxwell, (1959). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 224; 285 pages. First U.S. edition. Two novels in one volume. DEWEY DEATH is a library mystery in which each chapter heading is given a relevant Dewey Decimal Number. The plot centers around an amply described staff and inter-library loan of books. Near fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about FOGGY, FOGGY DEW - DEWEY DEATH

Price: $145.00  other currencies  Order nr. 13682

(Detective Fiction). Borgenicht, Miriam.

BOOKED FOR DEATH.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. small 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (vi), 214 pages. First edition. What's George Theroux doing behind the Cedar Springs Inn with a bullet hole in him? Nothing anymore, actually, but his ex-fiancé Celia Sommerville, who had told him just the day before that she wouldn't marry him, fearing it might have been suicide but suspecting that it isn't, begins to investigate in Cedar Springs. Turns out, someone George knew..... READ MORE about BOOKED FOR DEATH

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(Detective Fiction). Crispin, Edmund.

FREQUENT HEARSES.

New York, NY: Walker and Company, 1982. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 224 pages. First edition thus. Near fine in dj lightly rubbed at extremeties. Fen and a motion picture studio. READ MORE about FREQUENT HEARSES

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135270