Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. HBDJ, 1922, 1st Edition THUS , VG/VG-, AS-IS, Small TINY chips Tears to light FADE on DJ edges & Extremities YET Titles & Illustration INTACT, DJ light Rub, wear Tiny Chips Tears Edges, Spine ends DJ tiny chips Tears but Titles Intact, Back DJ light wear Soil & tiny chips tears edges, Interior nice tight clean light FOX, Wear, 301 pgs, + ADS in Back end with Cleek of Scotland Yard, THICK Dark Blue Cloth cover Titled in Gold Gilt with Lite Rub on Front & Spine which has light wear ends & Rub to Gilt, DJ IN Clear Protective Mylar, tiny Scuff mark edge DJ spine Middle, .Jimmie Dale, the gentleman adventurer, who prefers slinking thru the East Side garbed in Rags, rather than warm His feet before the open Fire Place fo His Club, is back on the Scent with the King of Crime & Quarry. Over the head of the woman he Loves hangs a menace from the Gang, she & Jmmie have often thwarted, & thru the previous volume saw the leader disposed of, & they free to Marry & live their own Lives. Another startling adventure & Mystery Story, there is Still one of the Gang Left the Phantom & Marie knows it, she disappears so as to work out her own salvation, without involving Jimmie, But he will not agree to this & he resumes his Underworld Work. Full of startling events, plots & counter plots, Read the book for the great Climax. This addition to the Jimmie Dale series is a great mystery that keeps you guessing til the second to last page. The second of five books featuring Jimmie Dale, this one a collection of stories from the pulps where they were first published.
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Thus. Inner front flap DJ has small chip on front bottom near it, but not very big. HBDJ, 1925, 1st Edition THUS , VG/GOOD, AS-IS, Small TINY chips Tears to light FADE on DJ edges & Extremities , small Triangular chip at Top Edge removes Part of O in word Broken, DJ light Rub, wear Tiny Chips Tears Edges, Spine ends DJ tiny chips Tears Scuff but Titles Intact light FOX, Back DJ light wear Soil & tiny chips tears edges lists thru Frontiers of the Deep, Interior nice tight clean light FOX Thruout, Wear, 294 pgs, + ADS in Back end with Riddle of Spinning Wheel, THICK Green Tweed Cloth cover Titled embossed in Gold Gilt Titleing, DJ IN Clear Protective Mylar, Cover Spine Titled in Black light wear .Scenes of this Thrilling Story vary from Havre & Paris, to the Romantic islands of Polynesia, where the last Threads of the Plots are finally Untangled. John Crane, a middle-aged Man of Wealth & Adventure, is asleep on His Ocean-Going Yacht in the Port of Havre, when he is unduly awakened in the wee small hours of the morning upon the insistance of an Englishman, just arrived from Paris by Motor. The Englishman reveals Himself as a friend of Martin Todd, an old Pal of Cranes, who has agreed to help a group of Russian Noblemen in an endeavor to smuggle some valuable jewels out of Russia. Crane, of course is eager to accept & Guard Them Although he is warned that Soviet Agents will Cause Trouble. & Thus the Plot is Launched. Next the scene shifts to the Paris Underworld where Anne Walton, The Daughter of a Rich Planter, is Discovered on an Errand of Mercy. A Gripping Hair-Raising Story. A mystery which starts in the underworld of Paris.
Published by William Briggs, Toronto, 1896
First Edition
Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. HB NO DJ, 1896, 1st edition, Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, VG-/GOOD+, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Small Green Cloth Cover decorated in Gold Gilt bright, Spine Cover gilt Faded, Interior nice tight clean light fox, Wear, 131 pgs,
Published by Barse & Hopkins. NY, 1920
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1920, 1st Edition, Early Issue, Pretext Lists thru Sunny boy in Big city, Dark Green Cloth Cvr Titled in Black, Book in VG condition with Duplication of DJ illustration Minus with Wooded Area. DJ GOOD+ Condition, Short lived DJ art, not the more commonly scene white background with boy and dog. DJ has chips and wear to edges, DJ light Soil, Wear & Tiny & Small Chips Edges Extremities YET Titles & Illustration on Front INTACT,Spine DJ ends small chips bottom one takes out part of PUBL HOPKINS, 12 mo. Interior nice tight Clean light Wear FOX, 214 Pgs + ADS end with Toto Bustling Beaver,
Published by J. B. Lippincott Company, 1956
ISBN 10: 0397303378 ISBN 13: 9780397303373
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HBDJ, 12th Printing, 1956. VG-/VG, AS-IS, Beige textured Cloth Hardcover Titled in Black. Book Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very Good in Very Good dj, Ex-library. Usual Wear Stamps, Slight sun fad DJ Spine, 191 pgs ,& wind up in the Middle of a Plot that includes a Menacing Art Dealer, some Valuable Lost Paintings & the Hollands Lovely Old farmhouse which once belonged to Primitive artist, John Orne Johnson Frost , who was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts & died in 1929. He was 70 yrs. old when he started Painting, His paintings had Lately Become Fashionable & Valuable. In this book artists name becomes Jacob Whitcomb instead of Frost. 3 Kids looked forward to summer in New Hampshire without realizing what exciting Secrets casme with their New Home. Summer would hold more than Swimming & horseback Riding, blueberry Pancakes & Picnics at the Lake, but they didn't begin to guess how much more Until Nancy bid for an old trunk at country Auction.
Published by ROBERTS BROTHERS BOSTON, 1871
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Illustrated From Engravings,SAYS WITH Illustrations on Title pg, ;SLIGHT LEAN , Inner Hinges in back Vol.1 Slightly cracked HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET ISSUED, 2 VOLUMES COMPLETE VG, NOJACKET , 1871 on Title Pg BOTH VOLS, 1ST EDITION , EARLY ISSUE, PART FIRST & PART SECOND, VG-/GOOD +, NO JACKET,AS-IS, PART 1 1871 on Title pg & 1868 ON COPYRIGHT & Has Small Spine edge Tear TOP BACK & tiny Chips ends of Spine & 10 PGS ADS AT BACK & MENTIONS LITTLE WOMEN 2 VOLS. $3, HAS DEFINITE LEAN FOXING STAINS, PART 2 1871 on Title pg & 1869 ON COPYRIGHT & HAS SMALL SPINE TEAR BTM OUTER SPINE CVR BACK & LITE WRINKLING TO FRONT CVR & SMALL UPPER BLANK MARGIN CHIP PG 129 ,PUBLISHERS brownred Cloth Lite edgewear Scuff , VG CONDITION, Stamped in gold with litely scuffed edges & wear & Gold Gilt Oval on front with Title & Author .; (inner) hinges just starting Slightly; light use to extremities of cloth; still, tight and sound. 12mo, BOTH VOLS SLIGHT LEAN , PART 1ST HAS 341 PGS + ADS THRU Arthur Helps s Writings, PART 2ND HAS 359 PGS + ADS THRU THE PEGEON PIE, BOTH VOLS. HAVE SMALL END CHIPS, SOME SCUFF SPINE EDGES, Four full page illustrations present, including Frontispiece. Eight pages of publisher's advertisements to rear of each. Original full bound brownred pebbled cloth, with gilt oval design to front panel containing gilt lettering "Little Women L. M. Alcott. Same design and lettering to spine. The binding slightly cocked, but solid. A very scarce example of a very desirable high point title in American literature.
Published by ROBERTS BROTHERS BOSTON, 1870
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. HARDBACK NODUSTJACKET ISSUED, PART 1 1870 on Title pg & 1868 ON COPYRIGHT, PART 2 1870 on Title pg & 1869 ON COPYRIGHT ,2 VOLS, 1ST EDITION , EARLY ISSUE, PART FIRST & SECOND, VG- & Other Volume is VG-/GOOD- ONLY condition with slight lean , AS-IS, 2 VOLUMES, PART 1ST HAS SCUFFING WEAR SPINE CVR Edges,Stain back of Frontispiece & TOP BACK CVR,SPINE CVR TITLE FADE WEAR ETC, SLIGHT LEAN, SOME INTEROR FOX , PART 2ND HAS SLIGHT LEAN SPINE WEAR, , , BurgundyRED Cloth with scuffed edges & wear & gold Gilt Oval on front with Title & Author , This book is in great condition for its age, & Other Volmue is FAIR- ONLY, BACK COVER & SPINE HAS SOME SUN WEAR & EDGE SCUFF, Back Cvr has small Fade at Top Edge, 341 pages +ADS AT BACK.
Published by London Printed by T. Maxey , for Rich Marriot PUBL, Printed on Laid Paper, 1653
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. HARDBACK, NODustJacket ISSUED, 1st UK edition was 1653, This POSSIBLE 1st early edition , Known as the Griggs facsimile edition, published in 1882 by William Griggs, London. Griggs was photo-lithographer to the Queen. It is a photographic reproduction of a first edition, but many pages required additional touch-up work to make it presentable. , GOOD-/GOOD, AS-IS, NO JACKET, 1653 ON TITLE PAGE, Light rub, wear Fade Plain brown Calf LEATHER BINDING, pg. 114 reading VVhen not VVien) , 246 pgs. NOJACKET, Small cover creases, 3 3/4 X 6 in. Tiny tears spine cvr Edges, Fade Gold Gilt Spine cvr & wear to spine ends, PAGE 217 Anglers Song Bassus Printed upside down, 246 pgs, 13 chapters,a printing or binding error which has led to few sections of pgs need be reglued back into book they are separated OR not being bound in ORIGINALLY ?, The title is engraved within ornaments, while the subtitle and imprint are printed using type. Maybe a Fascimile of the 1653 edition done in 1880?s OR 1928 ?, Small 8vo , he bass part of the Angler s Song is printed upside down by design. Page 44 has Alehouse on Line 19. Page 114 , line 10 reads VVhen instead of VVien.