Circular Staircase, First Edition (34 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. 1st printing, Dec. 1985. Edge and corner nicks and wear; sticker pulls from lower spine; initials on first page in pen; mild tanning and rubbing. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Small front corner chip, general wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair-Good. No Jacket. Push-Pin Studios (cover design) (illustrator). First Thus. A 1st print (stated) of a 1st thus of a mystery from the early 1900s. Dell Book D197. # 7 of the Dell Great Mystery Library. Wear at the covers with rubbing and light creases. Light browning to the pages. A fair to good copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: Slight general wear. 1st printing. Paperback, mass market, Some lamination peeling on spine. V.Good-.

Paperback. first edition. 98 very good, creases paperback,

Paperback. first edition. 585 very good , creases Cover by Robert Stanley. paperback,

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition Thus. Text is clean. Pages tanning. Cover shows wear, creases to front cover, spine slanted, scrape to base of spine. States Pocket Book Edition, First Printing March 1941. ; Pocket Books; Vol. 98; 243 pages.

softcover. Condition: Very good+. first. Very good+, possibly unread with slight fraying at bottom spine. slight edge rub. Very Collectible copy.

Paperback. first edition. 585 very good - fine, reading crease Cover by Robert Stanley. paperback,

Paperback. first edition. 98 very good - fine, reading crease paperback,

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. There is a page crease and minor wear and tear to book cover. Otherwise, the book is clean.These novels, which combine mystery and adventure, demonstrate Rinehart's tremendously vivid powers as a storyteller.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1908 First Edition published by Grosset & Dunlap Publishers (New York). Original gothic novel with special artistic paste down on front cover by artist Lester Ralph. However, there is some red ink on the image of the woman that makes it look like blood splattering (this is not on the original). Also has some slight water damage on the page edges. Still highly collectible. Green buckram cloth cover on this hardback; cover has some additional shelf wear. Inside all is intact. (PM) Rinehart.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Presumed first edition. Heavy wear, tear, & soiling. Stale odor from prolonged storage. No jacket. Photos available upon request. (Shelf: I5) Books are carefully sealed in waterproof poly and boxed to prevent damage during transit.

Condition: Good. 1956. First Edition. 442 pages. Pictorial jacket over dark cloth. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Vg green penguin book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good For Age. No Jacket. Ralph, Lester (illustrator). First American Edition. Good condition for it's age. Clean text, breaks in the spine. Ownership marks on the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. From the library of mystery author and critic, Dorothy B. Hughes-- with her signature to the front endpaper. First edition: Review copy with the publisher's slip laid in. Lower front cover carelessly bumped with creased impressions of varying degree throughout to the lower corner of the text block and rear cover, and a thin line of paper adhering to the spine edge (see photo), otherwise about very good; in a good only age-toned dust jacket missing pieces at the upper spine, and two tears and a small piece missing from the lower spine. Front flap price of $3.00 intact. The author re-edited these three classics for this edition. Octavo. 442 pages. NOTE: We will place the dust jacket in a new clear Brodart sleeve to protect from further damage and enhance it's appearance. Easily removed if not desired. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in boards. Light spotting at top edge of text block.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. The first trade edition of the author's first book. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Front hinge shows cracking, but the binding remains structurally sound. Pages unmarked. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Paperback. First Edition. Pocket Books 98. A touch of lamination peel along the edges, light corner crease to back cover. A very good+ copy. ; Small octavo.

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Nice copy of the author's first and best-known work, the basis for the Broadway play "The Bat", and a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone mystery. With "September" on the copyright page, indicating the true first printing. In olive green pictorial boards, illustrated with a tissue-guarded color frontispiece, and black and white glossy plates. There is a gift inscription, otherwise basically crisp and clean. Comes with a facsimile reprint jacket.

Decorative Green Cloth. Condition: Good-. Lester Ralph (illustrator). First Edition / First Printing. Edge and corner worn, scuffed and scratched, corners are bumped and rubbed, shelf worn, first 15 pages have a few stains on them as well as the rear of the cover, overall a nice used and collectible first edition! Green decorative cloth with a circular staircase and red lettering on the front board and spine. Author's first mystery novel! 362 suspense-filled and mystery riddled pages! "Rachel Innes rented a banker's house for the summer. A 22-room mansion, it came complete with furniture, servants, a circular staircase ---- and the murdered body of the banker's son." Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Lester Ralph (illustrator). 1st Edition. Copyright 1908 September, stated; bound in olive green and black illustrated boards with red lettering on the front board and spine; tissue-covered color frontispiece illustration. This debut mystery from Rinehart (1876-1958) was a best seller and launched her long writing career. A former owner name and date (Christmas 1908) on the front endpaper, else unmarked; spine slant; corners and spine ends are bumped with heavy wear; the hinge is cracked at page 192 and the illustration is coming loose. The dust jacket is a new facsimile dust jacket, identical to the 1908 first edition dust jacket except for "Facsimile Dust Jackets L.L.C." on the front flap; Brodart protected.

First Edition, First Printing. A Haycraft-Queen selection, one of the most famous crime novels of its era. It would be priced higher were it not for too much information about previous owners on the inside cover and front end paper. One previous owner's name is crossed out twice and replaced with another name. A third owner's name is the recipient of the book as a gift. Otherwise, the book is unmarked. The binding is solid, the color boards are clean and bright.

First Edition. THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE, Bobbs Merrill, 1908, first edition, a vg copy in the publishers original pictorial binding. Illustrated by Lester Ralph. The authors first book and a Haycroft-Queen Cornerstone.

First Edition. THE CIRCULAR STAIRCASE, Bobbs Merrill, 1908, first edition, a vg copy in the publishers original pictorial binding. Illustrated by Lester Ralph. The authors first book and a Haycroft-Queen Cornerstone.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. LESTER RALPH (illustrator). 1st Edition. RINEHART'S FIRST MYSTERY BOOK. SOLID & CLEAN, NO MARKINGS. MINOR WEAR TO SPINE EXTEMITIES AND CORNERS. SOUGHT AFTER BOOK PRICED TO SELL. FURTHER SCANS ON REQUEST, THANKS.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. HBDJ, Stated 1st Published 1959. First Edition. 1st Printing, Small Blue cloth Hard Back with FADE extremities, light rub, wear. Book Condition: GOOD-. Dust Jacket Condition: FAIR with some Brown Stains, AS-IS. 12mo . Usual X-LIBRARYstamps, marks and wear; DJ protected with Mylar Cover, 4 3/4 X 7 1/2 in. Titled in White on Spine Cvr. Back DJ stains wear small Creases , 192 pgs, NO ADS in Back .When the Body of a Night-Club Hostess was discovered in a cheaply Furnished Basement sitting-room it did not look like the kind of case Detective Chief Superintendent Duck Mallard relished Handling. she had been strangled by cord of her Dressing Gown. Crime Novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Lester Ralph(Cover Artist) Lester Ralph(Interior Artist) (illustrator). First Edition. The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart First Edition Firm copy. Bumping to bottom corners and spine ends. Rubbing to top corners and spine ends. Light tanning to text block. No jacket present. First Edition of Mary Roberts Rinehart's first book, a classic Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone and the 1908 selection for HRF Keating's, 100 Best Crime and Mystery Books. One of the most famous crime novels of its era, this work has been adapted for the stage as the play, "The Bat", and also numerous times for film, tv, and radio. It might be considered the original "vacation in Hell." From the collection of noted publisher, historian, and collector Otto Penzler, founder of The Mysterious Press and The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. BOOK.

Hard Cover. First Edition. First UK Edition. Publisher's purple boards with black lettering to the front board and gilt lettering to the spine. Six illustrations by Lester Ralph. 362 pages + 15 page catalogue at the rear dated March 1909. Spine faded by a couple of shades with a small split at the tip of the spine at the very top and a couple of small areas of discolouration to the back board. Still quite presentable so about VG. No D/W. N.B: a cornerstone of crime fiction reprinted many times. Has the Lester Ralph illustrations (taken from the 1908 US first edition) which proves that this copy is the true first edition. N.N.B: basis of the stage play The Bat which led to several horror film adaptations under various titles. Rare in the UK first edition. Photographs/scans available up[on request.