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1935rif. 53974New York: Macaulay 1935. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Slight foxing to the endpapers just about fine in attractive near fine price-clipped dustwrapper with very shallow loss at the crown and a couple of tiny tears. The first mystery by Faust and the first of two written under this name. Faust was probably best known for the books written under his other pen name Max Brand. Very scarce in this condition. Macaulay hardcover books
1924rif. 33093New York: Chelsea House 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Pages slightly yellowed near fine in very good pictorial dustwrapper with some small nicks and tears and some dampstaining to the white spine that is pervasive but very faint. An attractive copy of this western story about a strong but slow-witted man who is forced to use his wits to survive. Faust is best known for his books written under the pseudonym Max Brand. Chelsea House hardcover books
1941rif. 14179New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1941. Very Good /Very Good. New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1941. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth yellow topstain in yellow pictorial dust jacket retaining original price $2.00; 8237pp. Moderate wear to jacket extremities including a few shallow chips and closed tears occasionally touching text without loss of meaning spine panel toned shallow damp stain the length of front panel fore-edge and front flap not bleeding into cloth corners bumped textblock a shade toned else a Very Good or better copy in Very Good dust jacket. Novel based on the 1938 film of the same title itself based on the characters and scenarios created by Brand. Dr. Kildare proved and enormously popular creation and went on to feature in nine novels before the author's death in 1944. Dodd, Mead & Company unknown books
2003rif. 1378539The Hague: Kluwer Law 2003. Hardcover. Octavo 1032 pages. In Very good condition condition. Grey spine with grey lettering. Full binding in grey paper. Boards show mild shelf wear. Text block clean. Note: Shelved in Locked Annex Area ND-HV Section. 1378539. FP New Rockville Stock. Kluwer Law hardcover books
1938rif. 322335New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1938. Hardcover. Fair/Good. First edition. Stamps of previous owner and of a private lending library stains on spine a fair only copy in good only dustwrapper that has been backed with brown paper. Nevertheless presentable. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1943rif. 23987New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1943. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm.; publisher's cloth in yellow-green pictorial dust jacket; 6216pp. General wear to jacket extremities including closed tears and chipping some light dust-soil spine a bit cocked else Near Very Good and sound. The last of the Dr. Kildare books comprised of two novellas. Dodd, Mead & Company unknown books
1938rif. 02135THE NAKED BLADE The Greystone Press 1938 first edition near fine in vg full color pictorial dust-wrapper with some rubbing and dust-soil to the rear dust-wrapper panel. A tale of the Pirates of Caribbean. The Greystone Press unknown books
1931rif. 73222New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1931. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A very faint dampstain on the front board else fine in a nice near fine dustwrapper with some dampstaining visible only on the inside of the jacket and very slight evidence of a small sticker or label removed from the spine. An attractive copy. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1899rif. 58076San Fransisco: The Hicks-Judd Company 1899. 8vo pp. iv vii 1 314; bound with as issued: Official History of the Operations of the First South Dakota Infantry U.S.V. in the Campaign in the Philippine Islands written by Captain Frank W. Medbery who was given access to such official records as military regulations would permit and otherwise greatly assisted by Colonel Alfred S. Frost and the late lamented Adjutant Jonas H. Lien pp. 4 100; both titles extensively illustrated throughout mostly from photographs; original pictorial black morocco stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine a.e.g.; scuff marks at the extremities otherwise very good and sound. The Hicks-Judd Company unknown books
2023rif. 13972Berlin: Tantillusus Libri 2023. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Text in German. Presented as a box of two decks of playing cards Vol. 1 shows a red Ace of Hearts at the front and a red 5 of hearts at the rear board. Vol. 2 in black has the Ace of Spades at the front and a 3 of spades at the rear. A very clever design beautifully executed by Herrmann. Laid in colophon in the form of an envelop. Tight bright and unmarred. White leather bindings one with red ink decorative elements and one in black playing card back endpages; housed in a printed matching slipcase. 64mo. 225; 210pp. Illus. color plates. Numbered limited edition this being 12. Tantillusus Libri hardcover books
1942rif. 24011New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1942. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm.; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; vi2206pp. General wear to jacket extremities including tiny chips crease to upper panel red spine portion quite faded tape repair to jacket extremities verso not showing through to exterior else Near Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Publisher's office copy with their rubberstamp to rear jacket panel. The sixth Dr. Kildare novel adapted into the 1940 film directed by Harold S. Bucquet and starring Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore and Laraine Day. Dodd, Mead & Company unknown books
1944rif. 322337New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1944. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Bookplate and author bio on front endpapers else near fine in slightly spine-faded very good dustwrapper with very small chips and tears. Scarce wartime title. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1937rif. 322343New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1937. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. First edition. Remnant of a private library label on front fly some soiling and small stains on the boards a sound good copy in an internally reinforced near very good dustwrapper. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1976rif. 3144Tipografia Comercial 1976. FERNANDEZ Julio Fausto. HOMENAJE A MARITAIN. San Salvador El Salvador: Tipografia Comercial 1976. 8vo. pictorial white wraps; 170 pages. First Edition. A tribute to Jacques Maritain- a French Catholic philosopher 1882-1973 who helped revive St. Thomas Aquinas for modern times and a prominent drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He was also a long-time friend and mentor to Pope Paul VI. Signed presentation from Fernandez on the front endpaper to El Salvadoran writer Alvaro Aldredo Betancourt Blanco: "Para el maestro insigne culto escritor academics ilustre y noble amigo profesor Aldredo Betancourt. Julio F. Fernandez S.S. 20-IX-76." Betancourt has also penned his name in ink at the top of the Prologo page. Very Good little soil covers contents clean & tight. $250.00. [Tipografia Comercial] unknown books
1928rif. 37030New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1928. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Faint name stamp on the front fly else fine in fine dustwrapper. A fresh copy with the yellow and oranges of the jacket vibrant and bright. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1938rif. 322342New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1938. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Short creased tear on the front fly endpapers foxed very good in modestly edgeworn very good or better dustwrapper with small nicks and tears at the extremities. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1941rif. 322316New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1941. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Small label and owner's name on the front fly and small faint tape shadows on the endpapers very good in very good or better dustwrapper with some old tape removal marks on the inside of the jacket. Young gunslinger moves on from trouble - finds some more of it. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1932rif. 73223New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1932. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Just a touch of wear a very near fine copy in an attractive very good plus dustwrapper with a modest chip on the front panel a tear on the rear panel and some other tiny nicks and tears. A better than usual copy. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1981rif. 65243New York: Faust & Smith / Purgatory Pie Press 1981. Edition limited to 100 copies numbered and signed by the principals this no. 26; 16mo pp. 128; printed throughout in red green black and orange and designed to resemble a annual calendar with typographic elements; business card of designer Esther K. Smith laid in; typography and letterpress by Dikka Faust. Original blue cloth with a half dozen pastedowns resembling collage. Fine copy. Washington only in OCLC. Faust & Smith / Purgatory Pie Press unknown books
1942rif. 73224New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1942. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Some light tanning to the endpapers and very slight sunning on the spine near fine in very good dustwrapper with the pink portion of the spine faded and some skinning to the inside of the jacket from an old jacket-protector. Dr. Kildare tries to cure a young idealist even though it might result in an end to his romance. Basis for the 1940 Harold S. Bacquet film starring Lew Ayres as Dr. Kildare and also featuring Robert Young Lionel Barrymore and Laraine Day. Scarce. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1937rif. 322339New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1937. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Some spotting on the boards thus very good in very good or better dustwrapper with a small chip on the front panel. Scarce in jacket. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1936rif. 169734Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith 1936. First Edition. First Edition. Author Frederick Faust was better known by his alternate pseudonym Max Brand. Slightly cocked faint foxing and toning to the backstrip evidence of erasure to front and rear endpapers overall Very Good or better in a Very Good dust jacket. Jacket lightly toned to the flap folds and spine with moderate wear and accompanying creasing to the extremities and five old paper tape reinforcements to the verso see image. Macrae-Smith unknown books
1938rif. 322317New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1938. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Ink notation about what magazine the story originally appeared in on front fly slight sunning and wear at the crown else near fine in near fine dustwrapper with tiny nicks and tears at the spine ends. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1941rif. 322315New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1941. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Top edge a little soiled about fine in a slightly spine-faded very good or better dustwrapper with some old tape removal marks on the inside of the jacket. Dr. Kildare fights to save two lovers who have attempted to complete a suicide pact. Basis for the 1940 Harold S. Bacquet film Dr. Kildare Goes Home starring Lew Ayres as Dr. Kildare and also featuring Lionel Barrymore Lionel Atwill and Laraine Day. Scarce. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1940rif. 62263New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1940. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slightly sunned at the crown else fine in an attractive very good dustwrapper with a little spine fading and a shallow chip at the crown. Scarce in jacket. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
