Illustrated by Lucius Hitchcock. London: Chatto & Windus, 1902. 4 pp undated ads plus 32 pp ads dated March 1902. Original dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. First English Edition (published about two months after the American) of this mystery parodying those of Sherlock Holmes -- who was appearing that.....
With a Portrait. London: Chatto & Windus, 1897. 32 pp ads dated November 1896. Original dark blue cloth decorated in gilt. First English Edition (actually published in late 1896) of this tale of Tom Sawyer as a detective. Having seen the soaring popularity of Sherlock Holmes across the Atlantic, Twain.....
New York: George H. Doran Company, (1915). Original red cloth. First American Edition of Buchan's best-known book, the classic mystery that has withstood the test of time both as a book and as a film. This was the first of Buchan's five mysteries to feature the detective Richard Hannay (the.....
[a brilliant copy] Translated by Mrs. Cashel Hoey. Illustrated. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1899. Original steel blue cloth pictorially decorated in black, grey and silver. First American Edition. Jules Verne wrote this as an original sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (1838). Captain Len Guy.....
Authorized Edition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. 2 pp undated ads. Original yellow wrappers printed in black. First American Edition of this mystery by the noted Scottish novelist, poet and literary critic -- perhaps now best known for the twelve "Fairy Books" for children (1889-1910) that he adapted and.....
London: Methuen & Co., (1906). 40 pp ads dated July 1906 (plus two loosely-inserted Methuen ad slips). Original bright red cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition by this prolific (and at the time very popular) author of many novels, often with elements of the supernatural and mystery -- such as.....
