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Northampton, MA: Apiary Press, 1964. Bewick, Thomas. Small quarto. (16)pp. One of twenty-five copies. Signed by the author and the printer. This scarce item was printed for the author by his friend Ronald Gordon, now the proprietor of the Oliphant Press in New York. With eight vignettes taken from wood engravings by Thomas Bewick. The Apiary Press was the name given to the imprint of Leonard Baskin's students when he taught at Smith College. Bound in card-stiffened wrappers, covered in a marbled paper dust wrapper. Some edgewear to dust wrapper, else fine.

3 volumes. First edition, with the 16 pages of ads dated "5 G.9.91." WITH MANUSCRIPT LETTER TIPPED IN SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR IN 1891. With half-titles as called for and extra illustrated with a tipped on half-tone photograph of the author on the blank opposite the tipped in manuscript letter. 8vo, publisher's original brown cloth lettered in gilt on spines. Now housed in a very handsome custom slipcase with a triple-rounded brown morocco back with raised bands, gilt lettered and tooled. 232, ads; 239; 232 pp. A handsome set, with a manuscript letter in fine condition. The text blocks are very clean and fresh and are completely free of foxing or browning, everything tight and firm, one upper hinge very lightly shaken, the scarce original cloth with a little general mellowing and bumping at the tips. A SCARCE TITLE FROM THE AUTHOR OF PETER PAN, especially so in original cloth. THIS COPY WITH A CONTEMPORARY SIGNED AND DATED LETTER IN THE AUTHOR'S HAND. THE LITTLE MINISTER is set in Thrums, a Scottish weaving village based on BarrieÂ?s birthplace, and concerns Gavin Dishart, a young impoverished minister with his first congregation. The weavers he serves soon riot in protest against reductions in their wages and harsh working conditions. It was BarrieÂ?s first work to achieve a high level of success and largely established his reputation. It is a sentimental novel that Barrie would also later produce on stage, again successfully. The work was written over 15 years prior to the introduction of his most famous character, Peter Pan.

An attractive, largely Very Good (or better) first edition set of the fourteen James Bond adventures as originally issued in paperback by Pan. All are first printings except for one, On Her MajestyÂ?s Secret Service, which is by some margin the most elusive in the series. Casino Royale - Good: a hint of fragility at the hinges; wear to the heel of the spine and some external rubbing and marking; browned to the edges with sporadic spotting and marking internally; previous ownerÂ?s signature to the top of the title page; small loss to the tip of the bottom corner of the last page; slightly dulled to the spine. Moonraker Â? Good: bright wrappers with modest marking and creasing; rubbed to the spine tips; browned to the edge of the page block with some variable browning/spotting internally; ink price to front cover. Live and Let Die - Very Good+: very bright wrappers and page block; soft vertical crease to the front cover, rubbed to the spine tips; previous ownerÂ?s tiny signature to the top of the first page. Diamonds are Forever Â? Very Good: moderate lean to the spine and a little lifting to the bottom of the backstrip; tanned to the edges; 1.5 closed tear to the fore-edge of the first page, else bright. From Russia With Love Â? Very Good: bright wrappers; some variable browning to the rear cover and page edge; two names to the inside cover, else bright. Dr No - Very Good minus: a little rippling to the bottom of the backstrip; minor marking to the covers; browned to the edges. Goldfinger Â? Very Good+: very bright wrappers; browned to the edge of the page block; neat signature to the top of the first page. For Your Eyes Only Â? Very Good+: bright wrappers; browning and a little dustiness to the edge of the page block, else clean. Thunderball Â? Very Good+: bright wrappers with Â?bullet holesÂ?; rubbed to the heel of the spine; moderate lean; some tanning, else clean. OHMSS Â? 6th Printing Â? Very Good+: nick to the heel of the spine; tanning to the edges, else bright and clean. You Only Live Twice - Very Good minus: bright wrappers; browning and spotting to the edges and extremities; Â?Not for Sale in U.K.Â? to rear. Golden Gun - Very Good: bright wrappers; tanning to edges; clean but for tiny marks beside the list of titles to the first page. Octopussy Â? Very Good: bright wrappers; tanning and spotting to the edges and inside covers. The Spy Who Loved Me Â? Very Good: bright wrappers; tanning and spotting to the edges and extremities. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard. Shipped free within the United Kingdom; a heavy set that will incur additional shipping (to cost) outside the UK. IAN FLEMING/JAMES BOND SPECIALISTS.

Jonathan Cape, London, 1962. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. 218 pages (complete). Seventh edition. Ex-library (George Region Cape Provincial Library services) copy with consequent stamps, annotations, wear, usage, marks. The photocopied dustjacket has a clear cellophane protective cover. The dj corners are snipped; the price is not snipped. The dj has wear, creasing and light wear.For this fourth hardback printing of Casino Royale, Jonathan Cape reset the type for the book. They also decided to completely redesign the dust jacket and used Pat[ricia] Marriott who was Cape

UK: Jonathan Cape, 1975. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Moonraker by Ian Fleming Reprint Jonathan Cape 1975. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown (Conrad Dehn). Completely unblemished throughout with no foxing. Covers are fine with silver lettering still very much bold. In original price clipped dust jacket (repriced with Cape sticker). A bright, near fine copy.

8 x 5 1/2", 32pp. Blue wrappers, printed title label on front cover, some fading of spine, cover edges, cellophane tape marks on lower inner covers, inscribed blank front flyleaf shows some separation from inner front cover. Bookplate of Cleveland, Ohio based publisher (World Publishing) & book collector & author Ben D. Zevin. An address delivered at the Newberry Library, Chicago; November 5th, 1948 before the Society of Typographic Arts on the occasion of the opening of an exhibition of the author's works. Plus a copy of a 9 x 12" (4)pp. printed & illustrated insert "2 Letters In Praise of Progress In the Typographic and the Social Arts" (this has been folded twice to be inserted into the book). With an ALS laid in. Written in a fine italic hand by calligraphic master & English born book illustrator & designer Cleland. On a sheet of 8 1/2 X 11" stationary with T. M. Cleland's address printed at the top (T. M. Cleland R.F.D. 2 Danbury, Conn.). ALS has a 2 1/2" round rubber stamp "Received Jan 28 1952 9:00" partially obscuring the printed address but not any of the calligraphy; folded twice for insertion into the book, small cellophane tape stain in lower right corner, small staple holes near upper left corner. (Text): "January 25, 1952 Dear Mr. Zevin: It was indeed good of you to write me the fine letter I have received from you today, and I am in consequence more than ever glad that I obeyed my impulse to write to Mr. [William] Targ as I did about the excellence of your edition of my friend Paul Bennett's book. Your letter is not only gratifying. but illuminating in that I now understand better than I did why it is possible for a large and consequential publishing house to undertake a monumental project like the Bruce Rogers [World] Bible and also turn out a trade book which is exemplary in its category. The reason lies, of course, in the personal interest and taste of the head of the concern [Zevin]. Your works are sufficient evidence that you are in accord with my views of what is quaintly called 'modernism' in the graphic arts; but I ^ am elated to know that you approve my expression of them as well. Since you like 'Harsh Words' I am sending herewith a more recent printed manifestation of my malevolence on this subject which-if you have not seen it-I hope may also entertain you and be an added support to your own convictions. I sent a copy to Mr. Targ who tells me ^ he had not seen it before; so I have hope you have not. I enclose another item of no importance but which may amuse you. It is printed in what was intended for a travesty on the 'new' typography, but the most amusing thing about it is that many of the 'avant garde' boys took it seriously and thought it good design! Its always unsafe to burlesque a burlesque. Sincerly TMCleland Mr. B.D. Zevin The World Publishing Company Cleveland, Ohio" ALS overall in fine condition. The copy of "Progress" is a presentation copy with an italic inscription & signature at top of front flyleaf: "With kind regard and congratulation to B. D. Zevin TM Cleland January 1952". The humorous insert refered to is the text of 2 letters sent to Donald S. Klopfer, then president of The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) dated March 15, 1950 & May 1, 1950. It reproduces the 1950 Certificate of Excellence Printing for Commerce Exhibition awarded to Cleland by AIGA & also a repro. of "[.] a genuine hand-wrought leather medal in recognition of the great strides it [AIGA] had made in demolishing the outworn standards of excellence which have impeded the triumphal march of the typographic arts towards new horizons [.]" designed by Cleland. This humorous brochure it quite scarce: "[.] Every detail of this superb example of the printing art [an AIGA exhibition catalogue] shows that it has been carefully planned upon the biblical precept that it is better to give than to receive-i.e., better to give pains than to take pains."

8vo. Not paginated, but about 30 pp. of text. Bbound in quarter vellum, brown-paper boards. Title printed in black on spine. Deckled fore-edge. Both the front and the back free end-papers show brown spotting which may be off-setting from sheets of paper since removed. Dusting to the vellum. A near fine copy.

Austin: Wind River Press, (1979), 1979. First edition, number 37 of 50 numbered copies, signed by David Holman. Fine copy.. Folio, brown quarter calf, decorated cloth boards, blind-stamped lettering. Vignette title, illustrations in the text, and seven leaves with original cotton hand-woven cloth samples. A handsome work on the evolution of frontier clothing in 19th century Texas in its deluxe issue with the cloth samples. Prospectus laid in. From the library of David & Valerie Belch.

Austin: Wind River Press, (1979), 1979. First edition, one of 450 numbered copies; this one is designated "review copy.". Fine copy in the original plain brown paper jacket.. Folio, tan linen, brown lettering. Vignette title and illustrations in the text. A handsome work on the evolution of frontier clothing in 19th century Texas. From the library of David & Valerie Belch.

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1953 Facsimile of the first edition of the work published by the first edition library shelton Connecticut by arrangement with charle's scribner sons, book is LIKE NEW nice and clean no writing in or o book, dustjacket LIKE NEW clean has a tiny rub at top of spine area, slipcover LIKE NEW

Chicago: Adams Press, 1994. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A near-pristine copy of the 1994 1st (and almost certainly only) edition of this uncommon collection of "Tales of Black Robin". Tight and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Octavo, centered on the character "John Robin, Chauffeur and African-American Robin Hood"

Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1967 First Edition, First printing SIGNED by Roger Zelazny on a laid in signature. A stunning dustjacket with no chips, tears or pieces missing. This original dustjacket is rich in color with no fading. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with light wear to the edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a beautiful copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION SIGNED by the author. We buy SIGNED Zelazny First Editions.. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New.

Paris, 1887. Original photograph, carte de visite, albumen print, 9,5 x 6,5 cm. Ken, A., photographe, Boulevard Monmartre 10, Paris - - - - - - - Mozaffar ad-Din Shah QajarNasser al-Din Shah Qajar (16 July 1831 - 1 May 1896) was the King of Iran from 17 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek Jahan Khanom, Mahd-e Olia and the third longest reigning monarch king in Iranian history after Shapur II of the Sassanid Dynasty and Tahmasp I of the Safavid Dynasty. He had sovereign power for close to 50 years and was also the first Persian monarch to ever write and publish his diaries. - Naser al-Din was in Tabriz when he heard of his father's death in 1848, and he ascended to the Peacock Throne with the help of Amir Kabir. - Naser al-Din had early reformist tendencies, but was dictatorial in his style of government. With his sanction, some Babis were killed after an attempt on his life. This treatment continued under his Prime Minister Amir Kabir, who even ordered the execution of The Báb - regarded as a Manifestation of God to Bábí's and Bahá'ís, and to historians as the founder of the Bábí religion. - Unable to regain territory lost to Russia in the early 19th century, Na?er al-Din sought compensation by seizing Herat, Afghanistan, in 1856. Great Britain regarded the move as a threat to British India and declared war on Iran, forcing the return of Herat as well as Iranian recognition of the kingdom of Afghanistan. - Naser al-Din was the first modern Iranian monarch to visit Europe in 1873 and then again in 1878 (when he saw a Royal Navy Fleet Review), and finally in 1889 and was reportedly amazed with the technology he saw there. During his visit to the United Kingdom in 1873, Naser al-Din Shah was appointed by Queen Victoria a Knight of the Order of the Garter, the highest English order of chivalry. He was the first Iranian monarch to be so honoured. His travel diary of his 1873 trip has been published in several languages as Persian, German, French and Dutch. - During his visit, Naser al-Din met with British Jewish leaders, including Sir Moses Montefiore. At that time, the Persian king suggested that the Jews buy land and establish a state for the Jewish people. - In 1890 Naser al-Din met British Gerald Talbot and signed a contract with him giving him the ownership of the Iranian tobacco industry, but he later was forced to cancel the contract after Ayatollah Mirza Hassan Shirazi issued a Fatwa that made farming, trading and consuming tobacco haram (forbidden). It even affected the Shah's personal life as his wives did not allow him to smoke. - This was not the end of Naser al-Din's attempts to give advantages to Europe; he later gave the ownership of Iranian customs incomes to Paul Julius Reuter. - Naser al-Din was effective in introducing several different western influences to Iran. He curbed the secular power of the clergy, introduced telegraph and postal services, built roads, opened the first school offering education along Western lines, and launched Iran's first newspaper. He was the first Iranian to be photographed and was a patron of photography who had himself photographed hundreds of times. His final prime minister was Ali Asghar Khan, who after the shah's assassination aided in securing the transfer of the throne to Mozaffar al-Din. - The Shah, on his European tour, in the Royal Albert Hall, London. Seated between the Princess of Wales and her sister, the Tsesarevna of Russia. - In the later years of his rule, however, Naser al-Din steadfastly refused to deal with the growing pressures for reforms. He also granted a series of concessionary rights to foreigners in return for large payments that went into his own pockets. In 1872 popular pressure forced him to withdraw one concession involving permission to construct such complexes as railways and irrigation works throughout Iran. In 1890 he made an even greater error in granting a 50-year concession on the purchase, sale, and processing of all tobacco in the country, which led to a national boycott of tobacco and the withdrawal of the concession. This last incident is considered by many authorities to be the origin of modern Iranian nationalism. - Naser al-Din was assassinated by Mirza Reza Kermani, a follower of Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, when he was visiting and praying in the shrine of Shah-Abdol-Azim. It is said that the revolver used to assassinate him was old and rusty, and had he worn a thicker overcoat, or been shot from a longer range, he would have survived the attempt on his life.[5] Shortly before his death he is reported to have said "I will rule you differently if I survive!" Naser al-Din Shah's assassin was prosecuted by the Defence Minister Nazm ol Doleh. - Naser al-Din was buried in the Shah-Abdol-Azim Cemetery, in Rayy near Tehran, where he was assassinated. His one-piece marble tombstone, bearing his full effigy, is now kept in the Golestan Palace Museum in Tehran and is renowned as a masterpiece of Qajar-era sculpture. - Naser al-Din Shah was very interested in painting and photography. He was a talented painter, and even though he had not been trained, was an expert in pen and ink drawing. Several of his pen and ink drawings survive. He was one of the first photographers in Persia and was a patron of that art. He established a photography studio in Golestan Palace. - Naser al-Din was also a poet. 200 couplets of his were recorded in the preface of Majma'ul Fusaha, a work by Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat about poets of the Qajar period. He was interested in history and geography and had many books on these topics in his library. He also knew French and English, but was not fluent in either tongue. - Hekayat Pir Va Javan ("The Tale of the Old and the Young") was attributed to him by many; it was one of the first Persian stories written in modern European style. (Wikipedia). KEYWORDS:paris/france/persia/photo

Hardcover. Two Volumes. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Lean to spine, head and tail creased. Cloth faded. Extremities and corners bumped and rubbed. Hinges cracked. Previous owner's bookplate and name on endpapers. Endpapers unattached in Volume I. Foxing throughout.

London, UK: Cox & Baylis, 1882. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Size=6"x9". 3 Folding Tables,1 Fold Map. (full book description) Cox & Baylis, London, UK, 1882. 3rd Ed(Revised) Fair/Good, Leather Bound, DJ Not Issued. Size=6"x9", 913pgs(Index). 3 Folding Tables,1 Fold Map. Black leather spine with 5 raised ribs, gold lettered, red leather label & fore-edge corners, marbled boards, page ends & endpaper. Volume 1 front cover detached but present, owner bookplate inside front cover, small owner name embossment on page after front endpaper, small ink date stamp inside rear endpaper of both volumes, o.w. clean & tight. Leather slightly worn at edges. Texts are bright & in Almost New condition. [Leather Binding; Religious Works; Middle East] SELLING WORLDWIDE SINCE 1987. WE ALWAYS PACK WITH GREAT CARE!

London, United Kingdom: TOR, 2012. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK edition, First Printing. This true first edition, first printing (first impression) with the number "1" in the sequence of numbers on the copyright page, the author's very uncommon first book. Small knock to top of spine otherwise fine. A heavy book that may qualify for extra postage costs. .

Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co. VG : in very good condition. Rebound with original front cover and spine bound in at end. Lacks adverts. Light browning on eps. Teg. 1888. First Edition. Half vellum red cloth cover. 190mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 283pp. Page 192 misplaced. Bound by J. Larkins. .

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1968. LIMITED EDITION. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Quarto. SIGNED BY JOHN GROTH ON LIMITATION PAGE. TWO VOLUMES. Two near fine volumes with owner bookplate front paste downs. In original slipcase. 593 pp.

MACMILLAN CO., New York grosset Dunlap, 1940. HBDJ, January, February 1940, 1st Edition , 2nd Printing, VG+/GOOD,AS-IS, Red linen binding with title in blue on front board, Front Cvr & spine . , DJ Protected Clear Mylar, Small stain btm back corner of DJ, & small chips Extremities, 391 PGS, Interior nice tight clean light Wear Fox Thruout. 7 1/4 X 9 3/4 IN., 2-column format; CLEAN INTERIORS, AGING TO PAGE EDGES, DARKENING TO CLOTH-COVERED BOARDS AND DARKENING TO SPINE, AGING AND RUBBING TO PANELS, DARKENING TO SPINE AND CHIPPING ALONG EDGES AND DJ SPINE ENDS. SLIGHT SEPARATION AT FOLD-OVER PANELS. DJ, Light stains edge back of DJ & SCUFF MARK. ,Complete and Unabridged, starring in Movie Clark Gable as Rhett Butler & Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'hara, with Color pics from Movie, Made into the 1939 Academy Award winning film. Illustrated with color stills from the film. Complete cast of players in order of their appearance and staff. NUMEROUS PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE MOVIE. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good.

30x20,5 cm. 122 leaves. Publisher's green cloth, in slip-case. A fine copy. Printed in 800 numbered copies, this is no. 566, signed by Zapf. Text in German and English.

ca. 6000 S. Relié en cuir. Ornements et tranches de livres en or. Avec un frontispice de Le Sage. Petites traces d'age. Globalement en bon état. Vol. 1: Le diable boiteux, augmenté d'une journée des Parques et des Béquilles du diable boiteux. Vol. 2-3: Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane. Vol. 4: Le aventures de M. Robert Chevalier, dit De Beauchêne, capitaine de Flibustiers dans la Nouvelle-France. Vol. 5-6: Histoire de Guzman d'Alfarache, nouvellement traduite & purgée des moralités superflues. Vol. 7: Le Bachelier de Salamanque, ou Les Memoires et aventures de Don Cherubin de la Ronda. Vol. 8-9: Nouvelle traduction de Roland l'Amoreux, de Matheo Maria Boyardo, Comte di Scandiano. Vol. 10: Histoire d'Estevanille Gonzalez, surnommé le garcon de bonne humeur, tirée de l'Espagnol. Vol. 11: Théatre francais. Vol. 12-15: Le theatre de la foire, ou L'Opera Comique. // Ledergebundene Originalausgabe von 1783 in 15 Bänden, mit Goldverzierungen auf dem Buchdeckel und -rücken. Mit Frontispiz von Le Sage. Dreiseitiger Goldschnitt. Enthält 32 Kupferstiche. Ledereinbände etwas berieben, teilweise kleine Einrisse im Vorsatz oder an den Seiten, insgesamt aber sonst sehr gute und schöne Exemplare. , Preis inkl. MwSt. Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 7916

542 S. Marmorierter Pbd. der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel auf rotem Rückenschild. Mit zwei ganzseitigen Kupfern sowie sehr schönen Textvignetten (avec 2 gravures pleine page; with two full-page engravings). Alain-René Lesage (1668 -1747) zählt zu den erfolgreichsten Autoren des sich um 1700 herausbildenden Literaturmarktes. Als sein bekanntestes Werk gilt seine zwischen 1715 und 1735 in vier Bänden erschienene Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane (Geschichte des Gil Blas von Santillana). Eine Seite mit kleiner Eckbeschädigung mit minimalem Textverlust; wenige Seiten leicht randfleckig. Sonst sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar. Als Originalausgabe sehr selten! A site with little damage, a few pages slightly stained. Otherwise very good, clean copy. As the original edition very rare! Une page avec peu de dommages ; quelques pages colorées facilement. Sinon exemplaire tr?s bien, propre. Tr?s rare! Weitere Fotos auf der Homepage des Antiquariats (bitte Art.-Nr. auf der Angebotsseite in das Suchfeld eingeben).

First edition. Folio. Complete set of proof sheets of the 44 wood-engravings. 100 portfolios were issued, numbered i to c, each containing a set of proofs of the 44 wood engravings. This portfolio is number liv. The rare and stunning set of forty-four wood-engravings designed by Edward Burne-Jones and engraved by William Morris. Decorative title page in 8-page gathered signature (unbound), designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, under the direction of Douglas Cleverdon. Fine. Housed in blue card folders and blue linen clamshell box, tan morocco label on sine with gilt lettering.

Edition limited to 20 sets. Essentially a history of printing at Pentagram containing about 160 examples of their own printing over 20 years, including chapbooks, greeting cards, invitations, announcements, letterheads, bookmarks, and broadsides. Contained in 3 cloth-covered clamshell boxes of different color and size, all in cloth-covered box 9" x 11" x 14". The OCLC record (showing 2 holdings, at Brown and Yale) notes "approximately" 185 examples are present, but in our experience 160 seems to be the approximate number, not including envelopes.

[4] xxiii, 208 [1] pp. Illustrated. Publisher's vellum-backed decorated paper-covered boards, in printed wrapper and publisher's slipcase. Wear to slipcase. One of 390 copies. Printed by Bruce Rogers at the William Edwin Rudge press, Mount Vernon, New York, October 1927. One of only ten books printed in the original foundary Centaur type by Rogers. ASAF 90; Haas 143.

491 Seiten, zweite Auflage 1979, Schutzumschlag mit leichten Lagerspuren und am oberen Kaptial mit leichten Knicken, sonst in sehr gutem Zustand, mit zahlreichen teils ganzseiten schwarz/weiÃ? Abbildungen, Werksverzeichnis, KU-4372 9783549066201 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 3150

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1857. being the Substance (with Additions) of Two Lectures delivered at Manchester, July 10th and 13th, 1857. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1857. Original light olive cloth printed with a facsimile of the title page. First Edition. This title was issued as a volume in Smith Elder's "New Cheap Series," and unfortunately is in a very flimsy binding. The title page is reproduced upon the front cover, and the rear cover (like the endpapers) is occupied by ads. This is a near-fine copy, with a little bubbling of the cloth (as usual with flexible boards) but with remarkably little wear -- quite uncommon condition for this book. Wise (Ruskin) 71.

New York: Signet Books, 1951. No. 915. First printing of this edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Signet Books founder Kurt Enoch: "Hi Kurt / I'm just hoping this sells as many as you printed! / Sincerely / Mickey Spillane." From the Kurt Enoch collection, with a letter of provenance included. Kurt Enoch was the founder of Signet Books and a publisher whose desire was to bring great literature and genre fiction out of the libraries and into the hands of readers. A tremendous association. A Mike Hammer mystery. Near Fine in wrappers, with very light rubbing two a couple of corners and a small, faint crease to the bottom right corner of the front panel. An attractive copy.