London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. First Edition. A well-preserved copy of Carroll's wildly popular nonsense poem, drawing language and characters from his earlier poem "Jabberwocky." Williams 31. First Impression, with "Baker" instead of "Butcher" on p.83, line 6. Octavo (18.75cm); publisher's original buff cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1930. First Edition. Carroll's only crime novel, centered around protagonist Joe Dulac, "Chicago beer baron and king of bootleggers, from the days of terrified apprenticeship, through a career of violence and murder, to wealth and power and the inevitable finale...But this is not merely..... More
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc. / Gold Medal Books, 1957. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original novel. Octavo (18cm); pictorial card wrappers; yellow edge-staining; [4],5-159,[1]pp ads. Trivial wear to extremities, else very Near Fine. Fourth novel by this native New Mexico author, set in the Southwest. Hubin, p.72. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First Black Widow Thriller Edition. Chandler's first and best-known novel, and the debut of Philip Marlowe - perhaps the most imitated character within the mystery genre. "On one level, this is a complex murder mystery with its fair share of clues and corpses. On..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition. Chandler's third novel, set largely in Pasadena, with a complex plot involving counterfeiting, blackmail, and the theft of a rare and valuable American coin. Basis for John Brahm's 1947 film noir The Brasher Doubloon, starring Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Roy Roberts, Fritz..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964. First Edition. First Impression, preceding the American edition by over five months. Octavo (21.5cm); red textured paper over boards, with titles stamped in gilt on the spine; dustjacket; xii,332pp. Hint of a lean, else Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced 21s.net), with some..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1950. First Edition. A significant collection, containing 12 of Chandler's short stories which first appeared in the pages of Black Mask, Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, The Saturday Evening Post, and The Saturday Review of Literature. Includes Chandler's oft-quoted and much-anthologized essay "The Simple Art of..... More
Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1946. First Edition. The first collection of these five stories in hardcover format. "Spanish Blood," "The King in Yellow," "Pearls Are A Nuisance," "Nevada Gas," and "Trouble Is My Business" first appeared in the pages of Black Mask and Dime Detective magazine..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. / The Crime Club, 1931. First American Edition. Second volume in Charteris's series featuring his long-lived and internationally famous anti-hero Simon Templar, a.k.a. The Saint. While Templar made his debut in the 1928 novel Meet the Tiger, Charteris was dissatisfied with the book..... More
Livingston, MT: Clark City Press, 1990. First Edition Thus. Handsome reissue of Chatham's first book, a collection of 14 stories of fishing the Pacific Northwest, with an introduction by his friend and fellow fishing enthusiast Thomas McGuane. This edition retains McGuane's prologue, and features both a previously-unpublished seven-page introduction by..... More
San Francisco: The San Francisco Examiner Division of The Hearst Corporation, 1977. First Edition. Chatham's second book, a guide to fly fishing striped bass in California. A superb association copy, inscribed to long-time friend and fellow Montanan William Hjortsberg (1941-2017), a central figure in the coterie of Montana authors that..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978. First Edition. Chatham's third book, a collection of 21 fishing stories, with contributions by Thomas McGuane, Jim Harrison, Jack Curtis, Harmon Henkin, Charles F. Waterman, and William Hjortsberg, whose contributions include "The Fly Shop," "The Creature from the Lower Yellowstone," and "99 and 44/100ths Percent..... More
Livingston, MT: Clark City Press, 1988. Second Edition. Attractive reissue of Chatham's third book, a collection of 21 fishing stories first published in 1978, with contributions by Thomas McGuane, Jim Harrison, Jack Curtis, Harmon Henkin, Charles F. Waterman, and William Hjortsberg, whose contributions include "The Fly Shop," "The Creature from..... More
Livingston, MT: Clark City Press, 1996. Second Edition. Attractive reissue of Chatham's third book, a collection of 21 fishing stories first published in 1978, with contributions by Thomas McGuane, Jim Harrison, Jack Curtis, Harmon Henkin, Charles F. Waterman, and William Hjortsberg, whose contributions include "The Fly Shop," "The Creature from..... More
Seattle: Winn Books, 1984. First Edition. Uncommon monograph on Chatham (1939-2019), who has written an autobiographical sketch titled "Myself, A Brief History," and included 24 full-color plates reproducing his paintings. Includes humorous and insightful contributions on Chatham and his work by friends and admirers. Provenance: From the collection of Montana..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 200 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and blue cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [10],11-232,[4]pp. Tiny spot on front cover, else Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 200 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and green cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [16],17-240,[4]pp. Faint foxing to text edges, else Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 200 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and pale blue cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [12],13-205,[7]pp. Faint foxing to backstrip, text edges, and upper and lower board edges; Very..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2000. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no 23. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and beige cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's orginal acetate dustjacket; [12],13-205,[7]pp. Fine in a...... More
New York: Random House, 1942. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); dark blue-green cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in black and gilt on spine, and embossed onto front cover; blue topstain; dustjacket; [x],404,[2]pp. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Subtle fading to topstain, else Fine in..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); yellow cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; tan endpapers; dustjacket; [10],11-208pp; illus. Spine ends gently nudged, with a handful of faint, tiny stains to covers; contents fresh and unmarked; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. First Edition. A novel of obsessive love and murder, "presented as a case history of a psychiatric patient under observation at the Willetstown State Hospital during the three months before his trial" (The Dark Page, Vol.2, pp.34-35). A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title, and basis..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999. First Trade Edition. First Printing, cloth issue, one of 300 copies. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and brown cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 404,[4]pp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. First novel by the African American poet from..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 125 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.23. Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and pale green cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [14],15-270,[6]pp. Faint foxing to..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First American Edition. The first of 26 novels in the writing duo's successful series featuring British Intelligence agent Tommy Hambledon - a gritty, realistic tale of espionage set during the end of World War I. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title. Barzun & Taylor 869; Hubin..... More