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Best.-Nr. 1665100265.GaudioCD. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
Best.-Nr. 0282764658.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1996Best.-Nr. 99093Owings Mills: Watermark Press 1996. (4), IV, (1), 663 Seiten. 4° (25-35 cm). Illustrierter Orig.-Halblederband mit goldgeprägtem Titel auf Deckel und Rücken. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
Best.-Nr. 6131604834Hardback. New. pp. 284 hardcover
2012Best.-Nr. Q-1449762808WestBowPress 2012-09-10. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! WestBowPress paperback
1873Best.-Nr. H35520New York: Horace Waters & Son 1873. First Printing. Wraps. Very good. 6 x 4.5 inches wraps very good light weaer to edges minor soil and spottiness text very clean with bookplate of Josiah Lilly's Foster Hall collection. 96 pp. Horace Waters was a hymnologist and publisher who collaborated frequently with Stephen Foster and Susan Parkhurst. Lilly the head of the pharmaceutical company and namesake of the Lilly Library was a dedicated collector of music autographs and memorabilia related to the life and works of Stephen Foster a native of Pittsburgh. He built a special "music hall" in the outskirts of Indianapolis to house his collection but in 1937 donated the collection to the University of Pittsburgh which dedicated a Foster hall the Stephen Collins Foster Memorial of its own in the newly constructed Cathedral of Learning. Some years ago we acquired some duplicates from that collection and this was among them. Nice association copy! Horace Waters & Son unknown
2013Best.-Nr. 54182Hallmark Music & Entertainment, 2013. 716482 CD CD
2023Best.-Nr. x-1682699080US Naval Institute Press 2023. Hardcover. New. 424 pages. 11.00x8.50x11.00 inches. US Naval Institute Press hardcover
1852Best.-Nr. 82443New York: Cornish Lamport & Co 1852. First American Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's original dark blue embossed cloth titled in gilt to spine with elaborate blindstamping to boards. 238pp. Wear rubbing and scuffing to extremities with book board showing through the cloth at corners and edges fraying and loss to spine ends not interfering with the title in addition there is a cosmetic split to the cloth of the front spine hinge. A good serviceable copy with some conspicuous wear. Internally clean rear inner hinge split two previous ownerships in pencil to the prelims with an additional pencil name to page 22. Some thumbing to prelims and with a pale damp stain to the lower front corner of the first 20pp or so. Perhaps not the most beautiful example of this scarce and sought after title to surface but a legitimate rarity nonetheless. This first US edition although of dubious legality predates the official first edition of this work by 4 years having been collected from US magazine publications syndicating from the Edinburgh Review and bolted together into book form. One of the very earliest fictional police procedurals and an early contributor to the enduring mystique of Scotland Yard. Cornish, Lamport & Co unknown books
1860Best.-Nr. 5234Boston: Thayer and Eldridge 1860. Measuring approximately 7.75" x 5.25" with 376 numbered pages. This book is in fair condition. Heavy bumping and chipping to both ends of spine. Heavy scuffing to both boards and all edges of textblock. Book slightly cocked causing overbite to textblock. Front and rear hinges are cracked. Boards are loose from binding. Interior pages are moderately foxed. "THE tales included in this volume possess a remarkable degree of literary merit which renders no apology necessary for their appearance before the public at this time." Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory # N10-89. Thayer and Eldridge unknown
Best.-Nr. 0243417977.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Best.-Nr. 0332913759.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1334149577.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1852Best.-Nr. 82443New York: Cornish Lamport & Co 1852. First American Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's original dark blue embossed cloth titled in gilt to spine with elaborate blindstamping to boards. 238pp. Wear rubbing and scuffing to extremities with book board showing through the cloth at corners and edges fraying and loss to spine ends not interfering with the title in addition there is a cosmetic split to the cloth of the front spine hinge. A good serviceable copy with some conspicuous wear. Internally clean rear inner hinge split two previous ownerships in pencil to the prelims with an additional pencil name to page 22. Some thumbing to prelims and with a pale damp stain to the lower front corner of the first 20pp or so. Perhaps not the most beautiful example of this scarce and sought after title to surface but a legitimate rarity nonetheless. This first US edition although of dubious legality predates the official first edition of this work by 4 years having been collected from US magazine publications syndicating from the Edinburgh Review and bolted together into book form. One of the very earliest fictional police procedurals and an early contributor to the enduring mystique of Scotland Yard. Cornish, Lamport & Co unknown
Best.-Nr. 69945Boston MA: Wentworth and Company 1856. Crime classic FIRST AUTHORISED AMERICAN EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.ii; 376. Bound in half red morocco tooled in gilt matching red cloth sides ruled in gilt. Contents clean no inscriptions some acceptable wear to covers small crack to upper joint. A very good copy. 'Waters' is considered among the first and most prolific authors to write 'police memoirs' or detective stories. From 1849-1852 he contributed an irregular series of stories to Chambers' Edinburgh Journal. Ten of these were published in pirated book-form editions in New York in 1852 and 1853 entitled The Recollections of a Policeman. The same ten plus two additional stories were then collated into an official volume entitled Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer published in London in 1856. In the same year twenty-one stories were authorised for publication in America the present volume being the most comprehensive of all the early versions. Boston, MA: Wentworth and Company, 1856 unknown
1852Best.-Nr. 002646New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. 1852 Bound in brown blind stamped cloth 238 pp. bright gilt spine titles.This ia a first edition pirated preceding the first British edition by four years the first authorized American edition by five. This copy with chipped spine extremities shelf wear spotting to front cover and the first twelve and last five leaves of text foxed. Quite bright and clean. A good to very good copy. Cornish, Lamport & Co. hardcover
1852Best.-Nr. 44206New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. Publishers 1852. 1852. First edition. This is the true first American edition that was first issued as a pirated edition by Cornish Lamport & Co. in 1852 with the text lifted from CHAMBER'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL and "some of our American Magazines." The first U. K. edition was published in 1856 as RECOLLECTIONS OF A DETECTIVE POLICE-OFFICER. The first authorized American edition was published in 1857 in Boston by Wentworth and Company. Thomas Waters was the pseudonym of William Russell. 8vo. Original burgandy cloth decorated in blind on front and rear covers titles stamped in gold gilt on the spine 238 pp. preface. Queen 's Quorum 2 says this book is "the most important criminological yellow-back of its time." The first collection of British Detective stories and preceded only by Edgar Allan Poe's TALES in 1845 according to Queen's Quorum. Cloth lightly worn at spine ends corners and extremities cloth is lightly rubbed former owner's name on front pastedown sheet else a very good copy of a rare book. Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers, 1852. hardcover
1853Best.-Nr. E14237New York: Cornish Lamport & Co 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. 8vo. in red cloth. 238 pp. True tales of a "Detective Policeman" of London who ".is in some repects peculiar to England--one of the developments of the last twenty five years.the record of 'hair-breath 'scapes whcih follow is another verification of the old saying 'Truth is stranger than fiction'". The binding while tight with hinges fully intact is well worn with the spine being chipped and lacking several pieces; covers soiled. The text has some occasional foxing and small stains. Remarkably scarce in first edition. Cornish, Lamport & Co hardcover
1852Best.-Nr. 9305New York: Cornish Lamport & Co. Publishers 1852. 1st Edition . Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Extremely scarce first printing. This is the true first American edition that was first issued as a pirated edition by Cornish Lamport & Co. in 1852 with the text lifted from CHAMBER'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL and "some of our American Magazines." Front board very close to detaching binding repaired with tape. Noticeable shelf-wear soiling bumping etc. Some foxing pages otherwise clean. Cornish, Lamport & Co., Publishers hardcover
1988Best.-Nr. 10193New York: Film at the Public 1988. Letter-sized corner-stapled booklet 21.5 x 28 cm. 22 unnumbered pages. Printed on pale yellow paper. Illustrated. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. An unusual cookbook produced on the occasion of a festival of films directed by the great novelist playwright and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol 1895-1974. The nine film retrospective was presented by Joseph Papp at the Public Theater. Some light age-toning to the paper stock; tiny bit of wear to the edges otherwise fine. Very scarce. OCLC locates one copy. Film at the Public unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 10193New York: Film at the Public 1988. Letter-sized corner-stapled booklet 21.5 x 28 cm. 22 unnumbered pages. Printed on pale yellow paper. Illustrated. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. An unusual cookbook produced on the occasion of a festival of films directed by the great novelist playwright and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol 1895-1974. The nine film retrospective was presented by Joseph Papp at the Public Theater. Some light age-toning to the paper stock; tiny bit of wear to the edges otherwise fine. Very scarce. OCLC locates one copy. Film at the Public unknown
2004Best.-Nr. Q-1581153163Allworth 2004-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Allworth paperback
Best.-Nr. 0266549527.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 1330088123.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2019Best.-Nr. 1-1612007813Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc 2019. Hardcover. New. 222 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc hardcover
