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1940réf. 9914"MURDER DRAWS A LINE - A Christopher Storm Mystery" by Willetta Ann Barber and R.F. Schabelitz with its original dust jacket. 1940 1st edition stated; published for "The Crime Club" by Doubleday Doran and Company; New York. The book features illustrations floor plans and diagrams of the crime scenes drawn by Schabelitz. The book is a classic mystery novel that serves at the debut book in the Christopher "Kit" Storm series. The story follows Christopher "Kit" Storm a moderately successful commercial artist working in a Manhattan studio. On the side Kit assists the police by sketching crime scenes faces and physical evidence instead of relying solely on standard police photography. However his professional relationship with the authorities takes a sharp turn when his across-the-hall neighbor is found brutally stabbed to death inside Kit's own studio. Because of the location of the body the police quickly pivot from viewing Kit as a helpful consultant to treating him as the prime murder suspect. To clear his own name Kit must use his sharp eye and artistic skills to untangle the mystery and catch the real killer. Condition: Clean covers and spine. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the text pages are mostly clean with only an occasional mild foxing spot and smudge found here and. Overall the book is in Very Good condition. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the price intact on the front flap; light soiling to the covers and spine; small bits missing at the top/bottom edges of the spine and at the flap corners; 3/4" tear at the front flap crease.overall the jacket is in Good condition. The dust jacket comes with a clear protective sleeve - not shown. Published for "The Crime Club" by Doubleday, Doran and Company hardcover
1942réf. 9995"MURDER ENTERS THE PICTURE - A Christopher Storm Mystery" by Willetta Ann Barber and R.F. Schabelitz with its original dust jacket. 1942 1st edition; Published for "The Crime Club" by Doubleday Doran & Company; Garden City New York. This is the fourth book in the popular "Christopher Storm" series. Christopher "Kit" Storm is a commercial artist and portraitist who also works as an artistic consultant and sketch artist for the police. Kit and his new bride Sheridan Sherry are forced to cut short their honeymoon when an urgent plea from Sherry's aunt pulls them into a complex murder investigation. Like other books in the series the mystery heavily features Kit's artistic background utilizing his precise sketches of crime scenes suspects and visual clues to help solve the homicide. Condition: Clean covers and spine. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the text pages are clean with only tanning to pages 114 & 115 from a slip of paper that was left between the pages. The front end paper has a date 1942 written in pen at the top and a 2" x 4" section has been removed at the top-right quadrant. Overall the book is in Very Good condition. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the price intact on the front flap; small bits missing at the top/bottom edges of the spine and at the flap crease corners; some very light soiling to the back cover; a couple tiny tears at the bottom edge of the covers.overall the jacket is in Very Good- condition. The dust jacket comes with a clear protective sleeve - not shown. Published for "The Crime Club" by Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover
1941réf. 9867This is a scarce signed/inscribed copy of "PENCIL POINTS TO MURDER - A Christopher Storm Mystery" by Willetta Ann Barber and R.F. Schabelitz with its original dust jacket. 1941 1st edition stated; Published for "The Crime Club" by Doubleday Doran & Co.; Garden City New York. This copy is signed and inscribed by Willetta Ann Barber in pen on the front end paper as follows: "July 1941 To Annie - In the hope that this may while away a dull hour. Miss Billie -Willetta-Ann Barber." Illustrated. Red topstain. The book is a traditional whodunit mystery novel featuring recurring protagonist Manhattan commercial and police sketch artist Christopher "Kit" Storm. Storm works as a commercial artist who also assists the police by sketching crime scenes and physical clues by hand instead of relying strictly on photographs. The novel belongs to a unique highly illustrated mystery series where actual sketches drawn by Kit Storm created by co-author and illustrator R. F. Schabelitz are embedded directly into the text as tangible visual clues for the reader to solve the crime. The story is typically narrated by Sheridlock "Sherry" Locke Kit's partner/fiancée and follows their involvement in unravelling a puzzling homicide using artistic observation line details and visual evidence captured "on the spot." Condition: Mottling to the cloth on the covers and spine. The front cover has staining at the bottom edge. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. The pages are lightly toned and mostly clean with only an occasional mild foxing spot here and there. There is an inscription hand-written by Willett Ann Barber in in on the front end paper dated 1941. Heavy tanning to the pastedowns. Overall the book is in Good condition. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the price intact on the front flap; soiling to the covers and spine; light foxing on the flaps and back cover; bits missing a the top/bottom edges of the spine and flap corners; there are tears along the top and bottom edges and along the flap creases that have been repaired with tape on the back-side.overall the jacket is in Fair condition. Published for "The Crime Club" by Doubleday, Doran & Co. hardcover
1949réf. C62646New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1949. Hardcover Hardcover. Good. 8vo. pp 241. Crime fiction; part of the Christopher Storm series. Stylishly illustrated throughout in b/w by R.F. Schabelitz. Willetta Ann Barber and RF Schabelitz wrote a series of novels featuring an artist Christopher Storm whose drawings are included in the book as clues. Christopher ""Kit"" Storm is a famous illustrator; his narrator-wife Sheridan Storm is known as ""Sherry"" to her friends. Kit is friends with Captain Anthony Shand of the New York City Homicide Squad who could never solve a case without amateur-detective Kit. Sherry has a background of NYC's wealthy elite giving her entree into the High Society setting of the mystery novels. Very good. Endpaper slightly rubbed where label removed. Scattered small marks. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1945réf. 9999"THE NOOSE IS DRAWN by Willetta Ann Barber and R.F. Schabelitz with its original dust jacket. 1945 1st American edition early printing lacking "A" 1st printing designation on the copyright page; Charles Scribner's Sons; New York. The book features actual sketches drawn by police/sketch artist Christopher "Kit" Storm provided by real-life artist and co-author R.F. Schabelitz directly into the story. Like the other books in the series Murder Draws a Line Pencil Points to Murder the story blends traditional whodunit puzzle elements with the art world where Kit uses his sketching pad as a detective tool to untangle a complex murder case. The story follows Christopher "Kit" Storm a Manhattan commercial artist on leave from the F.B.I. and his chatty new bride who acts as the breathless narrator of the tale. The mystery begins when the couple discovers the corpse of a man named Lawrence Lang right on the terrace of their New York apartment. The investigation quickly plunges them into a web of deceit involving a group of people raising money for the Red Cross. Initially there are seven main suspects for the murder all of whom have their portraits sketched by Kit early in the book—including Lang himself under the suspicion that he might have taken his own life. As Kit and the police work the case the stakes rise when two more of the seven suspects are murdered systematically narrowing the field. Throughout the novel readers can examine Kit's detailed sketches of the crime scenes and evidence to try to spot the clues and solve the murders alongside him. Condition: Clean covers and spine. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. The text pages are clean and appear unread with no notable issues found. A small bit of paper is adhered to the front pastedown as if a label had once been applied and then removed leaving behind a small bit of paper. Overall the book is in Near Fine condition. The dust jacket is un-clipped with the price intact on the front flap; small bits missing at the top/bottom edges of the spine and at the flap crease corners; light soiling to the covers and spine.overall the jacket is in Good condition. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover
1941réf. 260804007Doubleday Doran for Crime Club 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition stated black boards with red print b & W pencil drawings of main characters as a frontis Doubleday, Doran for Crime Club hardcover
1997réf. G1574712500I3N00Creative Teaching Press Incorporated 1997. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Creative Teaching Press, Incorporated paperback
réf. 0673776689.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1998réf. Q-1574711237Creative Teaching Press 1998-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Creative Teaching Press paperback
1921Black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Witherell Kidnapping case - Mrs. Gladys Witherell was kidnapped for several days - article with photos of victim and perpetrators; Bad Man Louis - a tale from what is now Glacier National Park in Montana; The Justice of the North - The North-West Mounted Police set out in search of two Eskimos - Sinnisiak and Uluksak - who killed Catholic priests in Canada's north; The Cowboys of the Camargue - a description of the life and cowboys of Frances's Camargue; Through Central America on Horseback - Part I - Eugene Cunningham describes his trip by horseback south from San Jose, Costa Rica - with photos; The Wreck of the "Angola" - the horrible tale of 42 days afloat between China and the Philippines; The River of Mystery - the largely unknown Orange River of South Africa; The Adventures of a Rolling Stone - VI - the author finds himself hired as a Montana ranch hand; Photo and brief writeup of Turkey farm of Mr. M.A. Stutsman in Barstow, California; Two Boys in the Foreign Legion - young men choose to escape from the French Foreign Legion in the African desert, pursued by Arabs; Photo and brief write-up of "The Joshua Tree", the world's largest Yucca tree in southern California; The Buried Cities of Asia Minor - II - investigating the cities of Carchemish and Jerablus, on the Euphrates; The Cowboy Outlaw - Kid Curry terrorized the western states; Odds and Ends - Hungarian barber and Egyptian fisherman at work; nice vintage ads. Average wear. Bits of external tape secure spine. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
1909réf. 4018New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Best known for "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" this is a fun and romantic tale set among the Shakers. A very handsome copy with wonderful Wyeth illustrations. Light shelf wear head and heel slightly rumpled spine shows hint of rubbing else tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth pictorial boards green and orange ink lettering and decorative elements color paper onlay decorative endpages top edge gilt frontispiece. 8vo. 225pp. plus 4pp. ads. Illus. color and b/w plates. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover books
1907réf. 144824Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1907. Hardcover. G Slight soiling and edgewear to covers; small instance handwriting from previous owner on first page; some instances of foxing or soiling on book block edge and some page surfaces. Gray cloth gilt letters on spine & front cover much decorated cover with illus. laid on gilt top edges 143 pp. 6 tinted plates line drawing framework on each text page. A romance novel by American children's author Kate Douglas Wiggin most known for "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." This story is enhanced with illustrations by American artist Alice Barber Stephens 1858=-1932. Nice to hold. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover books
1907réf. 1401063Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo ix 143 pages with six color plates. Grey cloth spine with gilt text. Boards in same grey cloth with mild shelf wear on covers. Rubbing wear along board edges and at fore corners. Some fraying to cloth at fore corners. Head/tail of spine mildly bumped. Light dust soiling to spine. Black smudges on rear board. Spine is cocked. Text block is mildly age toned which is darkest on edges. Mild shelf wear visible on text block edges. Gift inscription from former owner in black ink on half title page. 1401063. Special Collections. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover books
1911réf. 10011MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS Houghton-Mifflin 1911 first edition vg in vg pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Most uncommon in dust-wrapper. Illustrated both in color and black & white by Alice Barber Stephens. The source book for the twice made film. Houghton -Mifflin unknown books
1907réf. 13588THE OLD PEABODY PEW: A CHRISTMAS ROMANCE OF A COUNTRY CHURCH Houghton Mifflin And Company 1907 first edition gentle bumping to the lower fore edge corner tips else a vg copy in the publishers original pictorial and decorated binding with 6 full color full page plates by & Alice Barber Stephens. Houghton, Mifflin And Company unknown books
1911réf. 024212Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press 1911. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stephens Alice Barber. Timeless story about a single mother's love for her "brood" of children & how they survive despite the challenges of poverty in 356 pages with hand-tinted frontispiece 9 internal illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens. A FIRST EDITION first printing from Sept 1911 this hardcover small octavo has soft olive-green cloth-covered boards stamped with a green & white border & design & gilt lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG: exceptionally clean & bright binding strong & straight hinges secure pages creamy white & unmarked save for old bookstore sticker & stamp to front endpapers light foxing & soil to fore edge. Modest tanning. Front tissue guard is intact with a large foxes spot replicated on underlying border of frontis. Mild rubbing to extremities & slight bumping to corners & spine tips. The price-clipped DJ is VG with small chips at upper corners rubbing to extremities & slight paper loss to head of spine & top edge of back over; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Houghton Mifflin/Riverside Press hardcover
1911réf. 10011MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS Houghton-Mifflin 1911 first edition vg in vg pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. Most uncommon in dust-wrapper. Illustrated both in color and black & white by Alice Barber Stephens. The source book for the twice made film. Houghton -Mifflin unknown
1909réf. BOOKS022515INew York: Grosset & Dunlap. Fair/Deco Cover. 1909. Hardcover. 8vo Clean text with nostalgic pictorial cover boards spine-end chips and name in pencil on front endpaper. Presumed reprint. . Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
1909réf. 4018New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Best known for "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" this is a fun and romantic tale set among the Shakers. A very handsome copy with wonderful Wyeth illustrations. Light shelf wear head and heel slightly rumpled spine shows hint of rubbing else tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth pictorial boards green and orange ink lettering and decorative elements color paper onlay decorative endpages top edge gilt frontispiece. 8vo. 225pp. plus 4pp. ads. Illus. color and b/w plates. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1907réf. 1401063Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo ix 143 pages with six color plates. Grey cloth spine with gilt text. Boards in same grey cloth with mild shelf wear on covers. Rubbing wear along board edges and at fore corners. Some fraying to cloth at fore corners. Head/tail of spine mildly bumped. Light dust soiling to spine. Black smudges on rear board. Spine is cocked. Text block is mildly age toned which is darkest on edges. Mild shelf wear visible on text block edges. Gift inscription from former owner in black ink on half title page. 1401063. Special Collections. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
1908réf. 040440Houghton Miffling Company: Boston and New York 1908. Very well preserved 8th printing with a non-personalized inscription by the author on the front free endpaper: I shouldn't wonde a mite but they prospered an' came back every summer to set in the old pew". Gray cloth with a small illustration mounted on the front cover lettering and decorative printing in gilt red and green top edge gilt color frontis plate and other color plates pages decoratively bordered in green no dustjacket likely as issued. Very good condition with some very light shelf soil good hinges firm text block very clean pages no other names or markings. Inscribed by The Author. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Boston and New York Hardcover
1907réf. 144824Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company 1907. Hardcover. G Slight soiling and edgewear to covers; small instance handwriting from previous owner on first page; some instances of foxing or soiling on book block edge and some page surfaces. Gray cloth gilt letters on spine & front cover much decorated cover with illus. laid on gilt top edges 143 pp. 6 tinted plates line drawing framework on each text page. A romance novel by American children's author Kate Douglas Wiggin most known for "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." This story is enhanced with illustrations by American artist Alice Barber Stephens 1858=-1932. Nice to hold. Houghton, Mifflin and Company hardcover
2009réf. x-0415995299Routledge 2009. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 336 pages. 9.25x7.25x0.75 inches. Routledge hardcover
2010réf. 2-0415995302Routledge 2010. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 326 pages. 17.40x9.40x8.40 inches. Routledge paperback
