Death Takes a Partner
by John Rhode [pseud. Cecil Street]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1959. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1959. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.95); [6],250pp. A few tiny chips to jacket margins, with a shallow dampstaining at head and tail, more visible to verso and not affecting cloth or textblock, and... Read More
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![[Original Patent Application No. 370,011 Accomplished in Manuscript] "To all to whom these presents shall come...a petition praying for the grant of Letters Patent for an alleged new and useful improvement in [Heating and Ventilating Prisons or other Buildings...]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/020/044/1511044020.0.m.jpg)
[Original Patent Application No. 370,011 Accomplished in Manuscript] "To all to whom these presents shall come...a petition praying for the grant of Letters Patent for an alleged new and useful improvement in [Heating and Ventilating Prisons or other Buildings...]
by [Chicago - Penal Reform] Charles E. Felton and Herbert A. Streeter
Washington: H. Peters, 1887. Very Good. Washington: H. Peters, 1887. Folio (30.5cm.); ribbon-bound engraved self-wrappers, wax-sealed and accomplished in manuscript; [8]ll. of photo-engraved plans printed on versos only, followed by [3]pp. text printed in double columns on rectos only. Previous mail folds, extremities a bit chipped and toned, ribbons slightly frayed, else Very Good, internally clean and sound.... Read More
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Robbery with Violence
by John Rhode [pseud. Cecil Street]
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1957. Very Good -. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1957. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red boards, black spine titling; 255pp. Boards rubbed and rather bumped along margins with brief exposure at corners and spine ends, occasional soiling to binding and textblock, textblock additionally rather toned due to inferior paper quality, spine a bit creased and cocked; a... Read More
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Invisible Weapons
by John Rhode [pseud. Cecil Street]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's brown cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in black; [8],294pp. Light shelf wear to cloth margins, spine slightly cocked, faint ring stains to upper cover, latter half of textblock toned (evidently the printer used two batches of... Read More
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Open Verdict
by John Rhode [pseud. Cecil Street]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1957. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1957. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.95); [8],240pp. Moderate wear to jacket and board margins including a few small closed tears with subsequent creasing to the former, endpapers heavily foxed, else Very Good and... Read More
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The Ellerby Case
by John Rhode [pseud. Cecil Street]
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927. Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in orange, orange topstain; [6],298pp. Light shelf wear to cloth margins, very slight spine lean, front hinge a bit loose but nowhere close to splitting, else a Very Good, quite... Read More
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Death Invades the Meeting
by John Rhode [pseud. Cecil Street]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); [6],258pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins and flap folds, shallow chipping at spine ends, red lettering of spine panel a bit faded, light dust-soil to rear panel,... Read More
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The Dovebury Murders
by John Rhode [pseud. Cecil John Charles Street]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company/Red Badge Detective, 1954. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company/Red Badge Detective, 1954. First Edition. Pictorial dust jacket with $2.75 price. Publisher's bright green binding; 238pp. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with some edge wear. Small chip on foot of spine, text unaffected. Small closed tear on upper edge... Read More
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Tragedy at the Unicorn
by John Rhode [pseud. Cecil Street]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1928. Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1928. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's pictorial green cloth; [10],308pp. Corners and spine ends bumped and lightly scuffed, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good and sound copy, albeit lacking the rare dust jacket. Locked room (well, hotel) detective novel featuring... Read More
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In the Face of the Verdict: A Dr. Priestley Story
by John Rhode [pseud. Cecil Street]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue-green pictorial cloth stamped in dark blue; [6],276pp. Moderate wear to cloth margins with brief exposure at corners, spine quite sunned, light soil to textblock margins not bleeding into text; a Very Good and sound copy overall.... Read More
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![Poison For 1 [Cover title: Poison For One]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/266/354/1605354266.0.m.jpg)
Poison For 1 [Cover title: Poison For One]
by John Rhode [pseud. Cecil Street]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1934]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's yellow cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in black, yellow topstain; [6],250pp. A hint of shelf wear, spine slightly cocked, small bump to top edge of rear cover, else a Very Good, bright and sound copy, albeit... Read More
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Philosophische Untersuchungen zum Raum
by Elisabeth Stroker
Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1965. Very Good. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, [1965]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, grey topstain; [10],366pp. Corners tapped, spine cloth a shade dulled, light soil to top textblock edge, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. Issued as Band XXV of Philosophische Abhandlungen. ... Read More
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![Disorderly Conduct [Candid Love Novels No. 25]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/729/938/1567938729.0.m.jpg)
Disorderly Conduct [Candid Love Novels No. 25]
by Charles S. Strong
New York: Crestwood Publishing, 1949. Very Good. New York: Crestwood Publishing, [1949]. Digest (~7.25" x ~5.25"); 120pp. Illustrated paper wraps; blue edgestain to textblock. Covers lightly shelfworn, with a 1.5" split due to adjacent biopredation along tail of spine and faint pencil numbers to rear. Pages a bit toned throughout, heavier along margins and heaviest with some general... Read More
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A Sermon, Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. Ichabod Lord Skinner, Colleague Pastor with the Rev. Nathan Strong, in the Second Church in Coventry, October 22, 1794
by Nathan Strong
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1794. Very Good. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1794. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 21,[3]pp. ([A]-C4, collated complete). Foxing to external leaves, else a Very Good, internally fresh and sound copy. EVANS 27752; SABIN 92965; TRUMBULL 1464.
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![Olive Kitteridge [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/638/769/1722769638.0.m.jpg)
Olive Kitteridge [Signed]
by Elizabeth Strout
New York: Random House, 2008. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Random House, 2008. First Edition, stated, with full numberline. Octavo; photo-illustrated dust jacket with $25.00 price intact; bronze and white paper-covered boards with spine stamped in gilt; 270pp. Jacket lightly rubbed along edges with crease to front flap. Boards show light shelfwear; binding sound; pages unmarked. A Near... Read More
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Critical Issues in Cross-National Public Administration: Privatization, Democratization, Decentralization
by Stuart S. Nagel [ed.]
Westport: Quorum Books, 2000. Very Good. Westport: Quorum Books, 2000. First Edition. Octavo. 260 pages. Charts and graphs throughout. Navy blue cloth with spine and front board stamped in gilt and blue. No dust jacket as issued. A couple inoffensive smudges to boards and a touch of shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages are unmarked. ... Read More
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The Walt Disney Annual
by [Walt Disney Studios]
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co, 1937. Very Good/Good. Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1937. First Edition. Quarto. 123 pp. Black and white illustrations with eight color "Silly Symphonies" plates bound in. Illustrated dust jacket; illustrated boards. Dust jacket heavily chipped and creased with extensive neat tape repair along edges. Colors remain bright. Boards edgeworn with exposure and... Read More
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Tonpsychologie
by Carl Stumpf
Hilversum: Frits A.M. Knuf, 1965. Very Good. Hilversum: Frits A.M. Knuf, 1965. Facsimile Reprint of the First (1883-1890) Edition. Two volumes; publisher's grey gilt-lettered cloth; xiv,427; xii,[4],582pp.; illus. Spines a bit toned, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpapers, else a Very Good set overall.
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Mimi, Momo and Miss Tabby Tibbs; or, Highlife in the Attic
by Katharine Sturges
Chicago: Gordon Volland Publications / Buzza Company, 1927. Very Good. Chicago: Gordon Volland Publications / Buzza Company, 1927. Third Printing. Slim square 12mo (17.5cm); publisher's pictorial cloth-backed boards; [48]pp.; color illus. throughout, pictorial endpapers. Boards lightly rubbed at extremities, smallish abrasion to front cover from previously removed price sticker affecting the "and" in the title, contemporary ownership ex... Read More
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![Sylvia's Soul Food: Recipes from Harlem's World-Famous Restaurant [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/630/882/1699882630.0.m.jpg)
Sylvia's Soul Food: Recipes from Harlem's World-Famous Restaurant [Inscribed and Signed]
by Sylvia Woods and Christopher Styler
New York: Hearst Books, 1992. Very Good-/Very Good-. New York: Hearst Books, [1992]. Reprint. Octavo; publisher's boards in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket xii,[2],144pp. Jacket a bit wrinkled and rubbed at margins, damp spot to upper jacket panel with subsequent paper residue to upper board, some scattered soiling to textblock, else a Good to Very Good example. Inscribed and... Read More
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![Sophie's Choice [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/273/360/1577360273.0.m.jpg)
Sophie's Choice [Signed]
by William Styron
New York: Modern Library, 1999. Near Fine/Fine. New York: Modern Library, [1999]. First Printing of the 20th Anniversary Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white dust jacket lettered in red and maroon retaining original price ($19.95); 606pp. A hint of wear to cloth boards, else a Fine copy. Signed by the author on title page.
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![The Long March [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/767/074/1596074767.0.m.jpg)
The Long March [Signed]
by William Styron
New York: Published by Random House / Modern Library Paperbacks, 1952. Very Good +. New York: Published by Random House / Modern Library Paperbacks, 1952. First Thus. Signed by Styron without inscription at title page. Mass market paperback. 120 pp. Illustrated wraps. Light edgewear to wraps; a few minor scuffs and smudges; thin line of glue remnant to... Read More
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![This Quiet Dust and Other Writings [Uncorrected Proof, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/979/992/1577992979.0.m.jpg)
This Quiet Dust and Other Writings [Uncorrected Proof, Signed]
by William Styron
New York: Random House, 1982. Fine. New York: Random House, [1982]. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo; publisher's red printed card wrappers; [12],304pp. Spine very lightly sunned, else a Fine copy. Signed by the author on title page.
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![This Quiet Dust and Other Writings [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/817/848/1577848817.0.m.jpg)
This Quiet Dust and Other Writings [Limited Edition, Signed]
by William Styron
New York: Random House, 1982. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Random House, 1982. First Edition, Limited Issue of 250 copies signed by William Styron, this being #63. Octavo. 305 pp. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt and copper. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase mildly sunned along edges,... Read More
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The Day After
by Hiroshi Sugimoto
New York: Pace Gallery, 2010. Very Good+. New York: Pace Gallery, 2010. First Edition. Quarto (30cm.); publisher's photo-illustrated paper-covered boards; 107pp.; photographic illus. throughout, many folding. Some soiling to boards, else a Very Good or better example, internally clean and sound. Exhibition catalog featuring the Japanese artist and architect's series of photographs produced through experimenting with direct... Read More
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