The Sensible Magpie

Paperback. Condition: FINE. FIRST EDITION. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate present.

Paperback. Condition: FINE. FIRST EDITION. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate present.

Paperback. Condition: FINE. FIRST EDITION. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate present.

Paperback. Condition: NEAR FINE. Very slight thumbing to bottom right corner. Introduction by crime writer H.R.F. Keating. 96pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Very mild shelf wear to top and bottom of spine. 125pp. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate present.

Hardcover. Condition: FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. FIRST EDITION. Featuring Shadwell Rafferty. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate to front free endpaper.

Paperback. Condition: FINE. Reprint edition, 2000. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate present.

Paperback. Condition: NEAR FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. FIRST THUS. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate present. First two puzzles completed in light pencil.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Thus. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate affixed within.

Paperback. Condition: GOOD PLUS. Previous owners bookplate to inside front cover. Small shelf bump to top of spine. 174pp.

Paperback. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate present. Sidney Paget (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Fourth Printing. Tiny area of shelf-rubbing to top of spine. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate present.

Hardcover. Condition: FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate to front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. Stated First Edition. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate to front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. STATED FIRST U.S. EDITION. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate to pastedown endpaper. ".This is the first study within a single volume of the entire Sherlock Holmes Phenomenon and it is a valuable guide for devotees and beginners alike.". Illustrated with many of the original classic illustrations.Appendices list the 60 stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, biographies of Doyle, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Also, a chronological, selective listing of important plays, films and television and radio broadcasts featuring the world's most famous detective.". …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good Plus. Magico Magazine.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good Minus. STATED FIRST PRINTING. U.S. Printing of this title was ONLY in paperback format. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate present.

Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Minor foxing top edge. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate to front free endpaper. VERY GOOD PLUS IN VG PLUS DUST JACKET.

Hardcover. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate to front free endpaper. NEAR FINE IN NEAR FINE DUST JACKET.

Hardcover. Condition: NEAR FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. FIRST EDITION. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate to front free endpaper. John Lawrence (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. FIRST EDITION. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate to front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Very Good Plus. FIRST EDITION. SHARP CORNERS. Dustjacket very good plus. Mild shelfwear to extremities. Metallic red lettering debossed to spine of light grey cloth-covered boards. Black and white photographs. Clean, tight, bright. 254 pp with references and index. This study examines the factors that gave rise to a newspaper strike at Capital Cities' Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION. Moderate scuffing to board surfaces and edges. White lettering to green, cloth-covered boards. Two black and white photographs. Clean, tight, bright. 199 pp. Foreword by Barry Bingham. "The story of Kentucky's newspapers is the story of our political, economic, and social life. It is the story of issues and answers, the story of life and death," (introduction). …

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Rear cover lightly scratched. Black lettering to front of taupe cover with cut-out white shuttered window illustration. With 161 descriptions of paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, decorative arts. Black and white illustrated selections follows. Clean, bright, solid. 126 pp. "In this historical sketch which follows I would like to indicate in what specific areas of art this taste for collecting has manifested itself, and to show how this has related to national and even international trends," (page 1). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No dustjacket. Light scuffing to surfaces. Slightly worn edges. Light bumps to 4 corners. Acid transfer on pp 96 / 97. Black lettering to spine and front of tan, cloth-covered boards. Six black and white photographs. Clean, tight, bright. 196 pp with biographical data and index. Adapted from "A Man from Maine" by Edward Bok. The story of how Cyrus H. K. Curtis became one of the most successful publishers in the country.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine Dustjacket. FIRST U.S. EDITION. Holmes partners with his creator's mentor, Dr. Joseph Bell, "exploring the strange underworld of violence and sexual hypocrisy, running below the surface of the Victorian era." (front flap). Dr. Bell, innovative and pioneering forensic detective, was widely believed to be Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's inspiration for the Sherlock Holmes character. The author wrote the extremely well-reviewed screenplay depicting the same collaboration between Holmes and Bell, called "Murder Rooms". Tight and bright 8vo. Previous owner's very small, neat and classic-looking bookplate to front pastedown. 245 pp. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate to front free endpaper.…

Hardcover. FIRST THUS. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate to front free endpaper NEAR FINE IN VERY GOOD PLUS DUSTJACKET. Grastorf, Dennis J (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. FIRST EDITION. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate to front free endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET. Stated First Edition. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate to front free endpaper.

Paperback. Condition: NEAR FINE. First Thus. A few nearly -invisible scores to back cover. No read crease. Appears unread. Previous owner's classic-looking bookplate present.