First Thus. A revised edition of the author's first book. First edition thus (states "First published 1933" on the copyright page). Red cloth covers darkened; lacking the dust jacket. This copy is, however, nicely inscribed, "To Nora Sherwood whose face should launch a thousand ships. I think I'll be taking.....

One of 20 copies quarter-bound in leather and issued in a folding clamshell box of the reissue of this cult novel, signed by Hjortsberg. This is the smallest limitation indicated on the colophon. The insides of the box are lined with the printed covers of the paperback version. With an.....

First Edition. "The Ghost Plane, written in 1939 by James Corbett, was one of several aeronautical thrillers that flirted with the supernatural. In this one, an invisible, soundless plane is assassinating people on the ground with impunity. War is in the air, but so is love, and Corbett makes the.....

First Edition. The first Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch novel. Winner of the Edgar Award for best mystery. 375 pages. First edition (first printing; numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of wear and bumping at the spine ends. Signed by the.....

First Edition. A novel about a shady real estate development about to go very badly; by the author of the Travid McGee mysteries. First edition (stated, with a numberline ending in 1). A fine copy in a near fine, price-clipped (part of the dollar sign still present) dust jacket. An.....

First Edition. A novel about a TV preacher by the author of the Travis McGee mysteries. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by MacDonald on the front free endpaper.

First Edition. The third, and perhaps scarcest, Detective Chief Inspector Masters novels. First edition (first printing, stating "First published 1970", with no indications of later printings, on the copyright page). A tight copy, a bit bumped at the spine ends, in a very good dust jacket with minor edgewear and.....

The collection of stories where Sherlock Holmes seems to die at the hands of archnemesis Moriarty. This is an early 1920s reprint (with a copyright date of 1922) and all the ads for books published in the 1910s and early 1920s. A very good Burt reprint hardcover in an attractive.....

First Edition. The fifth Travis McGee novel, originally published as a massmarket paperback in 1966 and then in hardcover in England in 1967. This is the first American hardcover edition. First US hardcover edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a dust jacket with light wear at the spine.....

First Edition. The sixth Travis McGee mystery, originally published as a paperback original in 1965 and in hardcover in the UK in 1967. This is the first US hardcover edition and one of the earliest McGee titles to be published in that format in America. First edition (first printing with.....

First Edition. The third book to feature Billy Bob Holland. One of 150 numbered, signed, and specially bound copies in burgundy cloth. Issued in a matching cloth slipcase, with a tipped-on illustration by Russell Chatham. First edition (bound from first printing Simon & Schuster sheets). Small whitish spot on the.....

First Edition. This is the first American hardcover of the 9th Travis McGee novel, which was first published as a paperback in 1968. This is one of the scarcest Travis McGee hardcovers. First edition (first printing). This is possibly an ex-library copy, as there is glue residue on the rear.....

First Edition. A novel featuring Downing's recurring character, the US Customs Service inspector Hugh Rennert. This one is set in Mexico and Rennert sets out to solve the cunning murder of a bullfighter seemingly gored during a bullfight. This was Downing's sixth mystery published in four years. Downing was a......