Travels with a Donkey
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879. First American Edition. 12mo, 235 pages, 20 pages of ads; publisher's pictorial brown cloth, decorated in black and gilt. Light wear at spine ends; brown end papers, front inner hinge cracked. Very good.
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An Inland Voyage
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
London: C. Kegan Paul & Co, 1878. First Edition. Very Good. 12mo, 237 pages; publisher's pictorial light blue cloth, decorated in black and gilt. Brown end papers; minor light bubbling on front and rear panels. Slight darkening to spine, inner hinges with hair-line crack. Housed in a custom slipcase with chemise.
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Across the Plains with Other Memories and Essays
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. First American Edition. octavo, 317 pages, 12 pages of ads; publisher's red cloth, spine printed in gilt; gray coated end papers. First American edition, published the same day as the first English edition. A lovely near fine copy, internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind.
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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887. 12mo, 138 pages; "Authorized Edition" on title page; publisher's yellow printed wrappers. Front wrapper stained, owner name on half-title. One inch loss at head of spine; internally clean and bright. Small chip at lower margin of final leaf and rear wrap. About very good.
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Underwoods
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. First Edition. Near Fine. 12mo, 137[1] pages, 32 pages of ads dated July 1887, first printing. Publisher's dark green cloth, spine printed in gilt; black end papers. Internally clean and bright; owner inscription on front fly-leaf. Quite a handsome copy.
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The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
London: Chatto & Windus, 1887. First Edition. Very Good. 12mo, 296 pages, 32 pages of ads dated Sept. 1886, first issue. Publisher's pictorial blue cloth, floral end papers. Neat owner name on upper margin of title page; front inner hinge partly visible.
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The Suicide Club (and The Rajah's Diamond)
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
New York: George Munro's Sons. Very Good. 12mo, 144 pages, 18 pages of ads, some dated June 1900; n.d. but March 13, 1896 at top of front wrapper. First American edition to consist only of these two groups of tales. Original tan printed wrappers, printed in black. Text is uniformly age-toned, but very good+.
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The Black Arrow. A Tale of the Two Roses
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. N. C. Wyeth. Quarto, 328 pages, 14 color illustrations, pictorial paper label on front panel, pictorial end papers. First Wyeth edition, with "published Oct. 1916" on copyright page. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind.
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Island nights' Entertainments, Consisting of The Beach of Falesa, The Bottle Imp, The Isle of Voices
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
London: Cassell & Co, 1893. First Edition. Very Good+. Octavo, 277 pages, 16 pages of ads dated 7G-3.93. First English edition, first issue, with 5 hand-corrected to 6 on page ii. Publisher's pictorial blue-green cloth decorated in gilt; floral end papers. With illustrations by Gordon Browne and W. Hatherell. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any... Read More
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The Life of William Shakespeare Expurgated
by Stoddard, William Leavitt
Boston: W. A. Butterfield, 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Octavo. Bound in red coth with gilt; a lovely, fine copy, with no markings of any kind. 80 pp.
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Southern Africa. The UN-OAU Conference Oslo 9-14 April 1973
by Stokke, Olav (ed.) & Widstrand, Carl (ed.)
Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, 1973. First Edition. Fine. octavo, 2 volumes, 275, 346 pages; original white wrappers, printed in black. Volume 1, Programme of Action and Conference Proceedings. Volume 2, Papers and Documents. Professor Richard Dale's copy, his name stamped on front wrapper of volume 1. Professor Dale was an author, an expert on international politics,... Read More
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TRIO FOR BLUNT INSTRUMENTS. A Nero Wolfe Threesome
by Stout, Rex
New York: Viking Press, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good+. Octavo. A fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket with mild chips and short closed tears. 247 pp.
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THREE (3) AT WOLFE'S DOOR. A Nero Wolfe Threesome
by Stout, Rex
New York: Viking Press, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good+. Octavo. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with mild edge wear; price of $2.95 on front flap. A nice copy. 186 pp.
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TOO MANY CLIENTS
by Stout, Rex
London: The Crime Club, 1961. First British Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+. A near fine copy in a very good+ dust Jacket with minimal chips, short closed tear. 192 pp.
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The President Vanishes
by Stout, Rex (Anonymous)
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1934. Very Good/Very Good-. Octavo, 296 pages; publisher's red cloth, light off-setting to end papers. Dust jacket with price of $2.00, legible, but partly clipped; tape removed from spine ends. First printing, with Farrar Rinehart logo on copyright page, light off-setting to end papers, light stain in upper margin for first 20... Read More
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The Silent Speaker. A Nero Wolfe Novel
by Stout, Rex
New York: The Viking Press, 1946. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 308 pages; publisher's green cloth. Dust jacket with $2.50 price on front flap; slight fading near foot of spine. Owner name and date on FFEP, liight tape ghost off-setting onto end papers; small check mark by some titles on "Books By Rex Stout" page.
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Signed Card, with Drawing of a Single Engine Aircraft
by Stout, William Bushnell
Very Good. Verso of a business card signed in blue ink "Wm B Stout" - William Bushnell Stout (b. March 16, 1880 d. March 20, 1956) was a pioneer in aviation and in early automoble design. FOUNDER OF "STOUT AIR SERVICES," THE FIRST REGULARLY SCHEDULED AIRLINE IN AMERICA. Stout designed the aircraft which became the Ford Trimotor. In... Read More
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Homicide Trinity. A Nero Wolfe Threesome
by Stout, Rex
New York: The Viking Press, 1962. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. Octavo, 182 pages; dust jacket with $2.95 on front flap, and showing only a trace of wear. Book is so near fine, internally clean and bright with no markings of any kind. A lovely copy.
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Too Many Cooks. A Nero Wolfe Mystery
by Stout, Rex
New York (1938): Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. First Edition. Near Fine/Good+. Publisher's red cloth, printed in black, top edges stained black, 303 pages, with recipes printed on blue paper; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $2.00 on front flap. A lovely copy of book, internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind; just a hint of... Read More
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How Like a God
by Stout, Rex
New York (1947): The Vanguard Press. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good-. Octavo, 313 pages; owner name and date on FEP; dust jacket is price-clipped and has a 1 inch loss at lower rear panel. This is the 1947 re-issue.
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Might as Well be Dead. A Nero Wolfe Novel
by Stout, Rex
New York: The Viking Press, 1956. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Octavo, 186 pages; top edges stained gray, small check marks on author's list of books; owner name and date on FEP. Price of $2.75 on front flap of dust jacket. A handsome copy.
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Double for Death. A Tecumseh Fox Mystery
by Stout, Rex
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1939. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, 284 pages; publsiher's green cloth, printed in dark green, Farrar Rinehart logo on copyright. Price of $2.00 on front flap of dust jacket with edges reinforced on verso. Owner name and date on FFEP; small check marks by some titles on "Books By Rex Stout"... Read More
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A RIGHT TO DIE. A Nero Wolfe Novel
by Stout, Rex
New York: Viking Press, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good+. Octavo. A fine copy in a Very Good+ dust jacket with minimal edge wear and short closed tears. 182 pp.
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Not Quite Dead Enough. A Nero Wolfe Double Mystery
by Stout, Rex
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1944. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. Octavo, 220 pages, publisher's red cloth, Farrar Rinehart logo on copyright page; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $2.00 on front flap. Light tape ghost off-setting to end papers, bookplate; small check marks by some titles on "Books by Rex Stout." A handsome copy.
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Not Quite Dead Enough and Booby Trap
by Stout, Rex
New York (1944): Detective Book Club By Walter J. Black. First Edition Thus. Very Good/Very Good-. octavo, 220 pages, beige boards, pictorial dust jacket. Beige boards lightly soiled, dust jacket soiled with small loss at extremities. Internally clean and bright, neat owner name on front pastedown.
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