Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1951. Ardizzone. Copyright states "First Edition" Cloth. Small 8vo, gray cloth with maroon lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) executed by Edward Ardizzone, 206 pages + [2] blank + [2] Ads. Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark (1900 – 1958)--aka "Cyril Hare"- was an..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition, First Printing: variamt with copyright "1929, 1930," capital "A" & publisher's seal on copyright page. Cloth. Small 8vo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2"), black cloth with yellow lettering on spine and front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped; price $2.00) depicting..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1929. First Illustrated Photoplay MGM Edition. Cloth. Small 8vo (7 1/2" x 5 1/2"), black cloth with yellow lettering on spine and cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a skeletal hand holding a red bishop chess piece; PHOTOPLAY EDITION illustrated with photographs..... More
New York San Diego London: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, peuse quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over lighter peuse boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the back of a shadowy man, 362 pages. Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez..... More
New York, N.Y. William Morrow and Company, Inc. / HarperCollinsPublishers, 1994. Advance Review Copy of First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over orange boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with baseballs aflame by John Sposato, orange endpapers, 246..... More
New York: Random House, 1966. "First Printing" Cloth and boards. 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, Introcuction [vii-xxi] by Lillian Hellman, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with eye - chessboard - & coffin, with a B&W photo of Hammett on back panel, publisher's top stain, xxi, [xxii]..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, maroon quarter backstrip with silver lettering and textured gray cloth; archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with a russet man's face looking at a dangling spider designed by Rus Anderson; viii, [x-x] + 331 pages. John Dickson..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over dark red boards, archival mylar-protected black-&-red pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with a large woman in glossy silhouette on left..... More
New York London Tokyo: The Mysterious Press, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4"), black quarter cloth boards with silver lettering on spine over light gray boards, archival mylar-protected dark photographic dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page as "Bruce Alexander (Cook)," tall 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 3/8"), black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over gray boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped;..... More
New York: A Dutton Book, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, blue quarter cloth over light blue boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) with inset of Maltese falcon in trenchcoat & woman in magnifying glass by Doug..... More
New York London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED boldly by the Author at the top of the title page, tall 8vo, yellow quarter cloth with bold silver & blue lettering on spine over gold boards impressed with a blindstamped stylized geometrical..... More
New York: A Marion Wood Book / G. P. Putnam's Books, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on a tipped-in front endpaper, tall & thick 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over Navy blue boards with "PK" on front cover, archival..... More