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New York: Biblio and Tannen, 1969. Fine in very good plus jacket.. Limited edition reissue of the classic 1942 genre reference, "the first bibliography of the detective short story ever written," with a new introduction by the authors. 9'' x 6''. Original grey cloth with silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped (15.00) dust jacket. Edition of 1000 copies. 146 pages. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Moderate chipping to dust jacket, with a few small holes to front panel and flaps.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1967. Near fine in very good jacket.. First UK edition of this historical Holmesian pastiche, by his prolific and pseudonymous fellow fictional detective Ellery Queen. Previously published in the US as A STUDY IN TERROR, SHERLOCK HOLMES VERSUS JACK THE RIPPER appeared under this much improved title in the UK the following year. Dannay & Lee's Ellery Queen receives, records, and interprets an "adventure of Sherlock Holmes in the original manuscript, handwritten by Dr. Watson!" 7.25'' x 5''. Original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped yellow dust jacket. 156, [2] pages. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Contemporary price sticker to front jacket flap. Light soil to jacket, with sunning to spine and at margins of front panel, slender chip to spine head and small closed tear to rear panel. Cloth fresh.

New York: Lewis M. Thompson, 1920. First edition thus. Near fine.. Limited critical edition of this pseudonymous 1842 response to Charles Dickens, here attributed to Poe by Dickens collector Joseph Jackson but later reclassified as the work of poet Nathaniel Wheeler Coffin. In 1842, Charles Dickens voyaged to the United States, in part to make money, and in part to convince US publishers to stop pirating his books (and hence to make more money). After a relatively unsuccessful visit, Dickens published AMERICAN NOTES later that year, which said Americans did not take well. Jackson has reprinted here one anonymous response to AMERICAN NOTES in a lavish format on the (incorrect) judgment that it was written by Poe. A beautiful book, a passionate argument, an unfortunate mistake. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Contemporary three-quarter white morocco with red cloth. Spine stamped in gilt. Marbled endpapers. "Issue for disposal limited to one hundred copies." 182 pages. Illustrated with two plates: a frontispiece… Read More

(London): Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Very good plus.. Lavish signed limited edition of this fairy-tale collection, illustrated with an Art Deco take on 18th-century French styles. Nielsen's style in this book flirts with the border between Art Nouveau and Art Deco, with surprising yet captivating results. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Nielsen, this deluxe production contains 2 more color plates than the trade edition. Published when he was only 27, it was the Danish-born illustrator's first commission from an English publisher, leading to one of his most famous books the next year: EAST OF THE SUN, WEST OF THE MOON. A highlight of the Golden Age gift books, with the power to turn the heads of anyone interested in the era of Marie Antoinette. Folio. 12.5'' x 10.5''. Original full green vellum with extensive gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Illustrated by Nielsen with 26 magnificent color plates with pictorial lettered tissue guards and decorative borders. 164 pages. Housed in custom tan cloth… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Near fine.. First trade edition, second issue (bound entirely in cloth), an excellent copy, rarely found with the original box. Nielsen's style in this book flirts with the border between Art Nouveau and Art Deco, with surprising yet captivating results. Published when he was only 27, it was the Danish-born illustrator's first commission from an English publisher, leading to one of his most famous books the next year: EAST OF THE SUN, WEST OF THE MOON. A highlight of the Golden Age gift books, with the power to turn the heads of anyone interested in the era of Marie Antoinette. Quarto. 10.25'' x 8''. Original lavender pictorial cloth elaborately stamped in green and brown, gilt-stamped spine. In original pictorial box with mounted color plate. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Nielsen with 24 beautiful tipped-in color plates with pictorial tissue guards and in-text images. xii, 13-164 pages. Spine ends gently bumped, some light foxing to edges, endpapers, and… Read More

New York: New York Graphic Society, 1977. Fine in very good jacket.. First US edition of this imposing and heavily illustrated monograph, completed with the artist's approval and including the text of his "Notes for a Biography" along with criticism by Patrick Waldberg, Uwe M. Schneede, and Diana Waldman. 12'' x 11.5''. Original ivory cloth. In original unclipped ($85.00) dust jacket and original black cloth slipcase. 683 illustrations, including 356 in color. Fold-out lithograph frontispiece signed by the artist on the stone and printed by Pierre Chave of Vence. Translations from the French by Kenneth Lyons. 444 pages. Scuffing to jacket edges, small blank sticker placed over original printed jacket price. Minor soil to slipcase.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of this collection of short stories, poems, and critical essays from the first five years of ACCENT magazine, with work by Richard Wright, Dylan Thomas, Wallace Stevens, Katherine Anne Porter, Marguerite Young, John Berryman, and many others. 8'' x 5.25''. Original rust cloth. In original printed orange jacket. 687, [1] pages. Light edgewear, minor soil to jacket spine.