Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1904. Hardcover. 5 volumes: 473, 494, 532, 471, 494 p.; 20 cm. Bound in half green calf with marbled paper in blue, red, and gilt over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled "Sea Tales" in second compartment, volume title in fourth, and floral..... More

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1925. Paperback. John R. Coryell was a pseudonym used by Nicholas Carter. 125 p.; 19 cm. Brown stiffened paper cover with black spine and cover titles. Color illustrated dust jacket with a list of books in the Nick Carter series on the back. The dime..... More

New York: Hyperion, 2004. Paperback. [8], 341 p.; 21 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Advance Reading Copy. The author is the son of actress Sally Field. Back cover has the national marketing campaign and anticipated publication date of March 2004. "A fast-paced, cleverly conceived, utterly surprising suspense novel about father..... More

New York: Ballantine Books, 1954. Paperback. [6], 196, [6] p.; 18 cm. Paperback with illustrated cover. Final 3 unpaginated pages contain publisher's advertisements. BB originals, #71. The author, Bernard Glemser, published science fiction under the name Robert Crane, and nonfiction and children's books under Bernard Glemser. Hero's Walk, his first..... More

New York: De Witt, 1881. Paperback. 41, [3] p.: plans; 20 cm. Off-white wrapper. Publisher's advertisements on wrappers and on 3 unpaginated pages following text. Title page gives Robert M. De Witt as the publisher. No date of publication. Robert M. De Witt died in 1877. This number in the..... More

New York & London: Macmillan Co., 1904. Hardcover. Copyright 1902; reprinted Feb. 1904. [6], 421, [5] p.; 19 cm. Light brown cloth with dark brown spine and cover titles; cover illustration. Publisher's advertisements for other works by the author on 4 pages following text. One of many novels set in..... More

New York: Pyramid Books, 1965. Paperback. 158 p.; 18 cm. Paperback. Cover illustration by Jack Thurston. Original title: The Toff on the Farm. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; back cover slightly soiled; pages are clean. More

London: W. Kidd, 1835. Hardcover. [4], 316, [4] p., frontispiece and 11 leaves of plates: title vignette and many in-text illustrations; 17 cm. Publisher's maroon rib-grained cloth with gilt-stamped decoration and title on spine: Cruikshank's Comic Library. Both boards decorated with bind-stamped vase with flowers. All page edges gilt. Yellow..... More

Paris: Bibliothèque-Charpentier, 1903. Hardcover. "Quatre-Vingt-Quinzième Mille." [4], 388 p.; 19 cm. Half black morocco with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled author and title in second and third compartments. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Red ribbon bookmark. Marbled endpapers in a bouquet pattern. Pubisher's advertisements on..... More

Ithaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press, 1968. Paperback. xviii, 346 p.; 19 cm. Paperback. Includes bibliography and index. In Very Good+ Condition: cover is rubbed; front cover has one scratch, and small discoloration in upper corner; pages are clean and tight. More

New York: Ace Books, 1963. 431, 113 p.; 16 cm. Paperback printed in dos-a-dos style, containing two science fiction novels, each with its own front cover illustration and pagination, the pages starting at opposite ends of the book. Ace F-249. An Ace double novel containing The Search for Zei, complete..... More

New York: American Mercury, 1950. Paperback. 143, [1] p.; 19 cm. Paperback with cover art by George Salter. Contents: One Morning They'll Hang Him [Albert Campion] by Margery Allingham -- "I Murdered a Man" by Miriam Allen de Ford -- The Perfect Secretary by Allan Vaughan Elston -- The Viotti..... More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Hardcover. [4], 330, [2] p.; 20 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles, and red decoration on spine and front cover. Top page edges red. Dust jacket in mylar cover. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. A novel about an..... More