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Los Angeles: Primavera Press, 1936. First Edition 1st Printing. Decorated Boards. Near Fine/Fair. 8 1/8" Tall. 132 Pp. Black Cloth Spine, Gilt, Decorated Paper Covered Boards. With 29 Word Inscription From Idwal Jones To "A Delver Into The Arcana Of California" (Frank Armstrong), Dated At Los Angeles 1938. With Bookstore Label Of Zeitlin Books, 614 W. 6Th St., Los Angeles, On Rear Pastedown, And Also Inscribed By Zeitlin To A Later Owner In 1971. Book Near Fine, Gilt Bright, Light Rubbing At Corners, No Stains Or Other Damage. Dj Worn, Tears, 1/2" Chips At Top And Bottom Of Spine Removing 1/2 Of Title And All But A Trace Of Publisher's Name, Several Small Chips Around The Tears, Not Price Clipped ($2.50).

Inner DJ Flap $7.95 With "10/72" At Bottom Of Rear Flap, Red Endpapers former Owner Name, Jacket Design by Paul Bacon , HBDJ, 1972, STATED 1st edition, 1st printing, VG+/VG+, Red boards with red cloth Spine & Oval with her Signature in gold gilt on Front, 312 PGS, Wine Red Cloth,Gold Gilt in Oval , Over Red Boards on Front, Red Endpapers, Red Top Stain. 312 POGS,

HBDJ, 1949 ON COPYRIGHT PG, 1ST EDITION , EARLY ISSUE, VG/VG, Inner DJ Flap Lists THRU BLACK CAT'S CLUE, SIGNED BY AUTHOR MARGARET SUTTON ON TITLE PAGE AND DATED 1998 BY HER. RED CLOTH WITH ILLUSTRATION HAS TINY EDGE CHIP DUST JACKET IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH EDGE WEAR TINY CHIPS. BOOK IS FIRST EDITION 1949-1 PER CLARKE'S GUIDE TO JUDY BOLTON .BACK OF DUSTJACKET LISTS THRILLING MYSTERIES STORIES BY CAROLYN KEENE, SECRET OF OLD CLOCK THE MYSTERY AT SKI JUMP , WHEN OLD MR. PORTER IS REPORTED KILLED, In a Wreck , His Relatives Start Seaching his House 4 His Will. Unearthly Events Follow, but Judy & Her New Friend, Holly Porter Investigating a Clue Provided by Judy's Cat, Fin ally track Down the mysterious Transparent Figure

HBDJ, 1917 ON COPYRIGHT PG, 1ST Edition THUS , EARLY ISSUE, SIGNED by Morley on HALF TITLE PG ! NO INSCRIPTION ,Very Good+ copy. VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT ,NO MARKS OR TEARS , BACK OF DJ ADVERTISES THIS TITLE, SMALL BLUE ILLUST CLOTH CVR WITH PURPLE ILUSTRATION OF HORSE PULLING BKSHOP ON WHEELS AT TOP , BLUE CLOTH SPINE, COVER SHOWS MINOR SHELF WEAR Binding is tight and sturdy. Minor fading to spine CVR Gilt, minimal shelf wear. RED Embossed Cloth with Rub to Gold Gilt TiTles on SPine CVR, 190 PGS, LITE INTERIOR FOX, Morley's first novel,The protagonist, traveling bookseller Roger Mifflin,With his traveling book wagon, Roger Mifflin moves through the New England countryside of 1915, making bookselling seem one of the world's highest callings. This is a great classic on books and book collecting Probably the most famous bookselling novel to be written, classic tale of a traveling bookstore, horse-drawn, and the protagonist's dealings with his sister.

HBDJ, Dust Jacket shows tears and wear. Some staining on pages. Nicely illustrated. Inscribed: For Nancy Doran with my best wishes sincerely Mildred Jordan April 17, 1944. 1944 ON TITLE & COPYRIGHT PG, , STATED 1ST EDITION, VG+/VG, TINY CHIPS TEARS DJ EXTREMITIES,The book has mild cover and corner wear as well as mild wear at the spine edges. DECORATED CLOTH CVR FLORAL WITH 2 BIRDSThe book has mild cover and corner wear as well as mild wear at the spine edges. There is a tiny ding on the spine. The dust jacket is in fair condition. There is visible wear of front and back covers. There are small splits at the dust cover corners. There are small tears at the dust cover spine edges with several small tears along the top dust cover edge. There is a ding on the dust cover spine and a light crease as well at the bottom edge. There is discoloration at the dust cover book fold edges, Boards are done in a Fraktur-like folk art style , longtime staple in Pennsylvania Dutch households . A series of short stories about a young girl who enjoys making shoo-fly with her mother, going to the market, and talking to her pop. Present-day Story ofa cheerful hardworking Pennsylvania Dutch farmer & His Family & friends as they work & Play Thruout the various Seasons. Homely chores & Simple Pleasures assume new dignity & meaning as the story Unfolds.

,W. S. (William Schwenck) (1836-1911) , Arrangements by Dr. Albert Sirmay, SOLID BLUE Endpapers , B/W IllustratedHARDBACK NODustjacket IN SLIPCASE with Rub & wear & COLOR ILLUSTRATED LABEL, 1941 on Title Copyright pg, 1st edition, Very Good binding and hinges; OVERSIZED Blue Boards with Red Cloth at Spine Cvr, NO JACKET,clean unmarked text; no underlining, hi-lighting, or other markings; not withdrawn library copy. Light amount of wear & aging to book and moderate wear, aging, and scuffs to slipcase. Nice sturdy copy. Grey Boards with Red cloth Spine & Gold gilt titles

HBDJ, 1944 ON TITLE & COPYRIGHT PG, , STATED 1ST EDITION, VG+/VG, TINY CHIPS TEARS DJ EXTREMITIES,The book has mild cover and corner wear as well as mild wear at the spine edges. DECORATED CLOTH CVR FLORAL WITH 2 BIRDSThe book has mild cover and corner wear as well as mild wear at the spine edges. There is a tiny ding on the spine. The dust jacket is in fair condition. There is visible wear of front and back covers. There are small splits at the dust cover corners. There are small tears at the dust cover spine edges with several small tears along the top dust cover edge. There is a ding on the dust cover spine and a light crease as well at the bottom edge. There is discoloration at the dust cover book fold edges, Boards are done in a Fraktur-like folk art style , crumb-crowned pastry that has been a longtime staple in Pennsylvania Dutch households . A series of short stories about a young girl who enjoys making shoo-fly with her mother, going to the market, and talking to her pop. Present-day Story ofa cheerful hardworking Pennsylvania Dutch farmer & His Family & friends as they work & Play Thruout the various Seasons. Homely chores & Simple Pleasures assume new dignity & meaning as the story Unfolds.

Mycroft and Moran, Sauk City, Wisconsin, sister publishing house to Arkham House, 1965 B/W Illustrated Endpapers Of London Map of Solar Pons Small scuff Mark, B/W Photo of Derleth Back DJ Taken by Edgar Obma, HBDJ, 1965, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Dates Match on Title & Copyright Pg, BOOK CVR G00D- / VG- Dustjacket Condition AS-IS, Front Cover LARGE obtrusive DAMP Stain & Light Wear, BACK CVR DAMP STAIN ALONG EDGE, 1st LIMITED Edition of 3,000 Copies, , 1st Printing , Dates Match on Title & Copyright Pg, Interior Nice Tight Clean Light Wear , FOX, 282 Pgs, Fox Stains to Endpapers, Plain Black Binding Cloth Cover is Hollison Black Novelex, DJ LIGHT RUB, WEAR, Tiny Chips & Tear Extremities & Spine Ends, Crease Fold Front Right side of DJ has Thin Horizontal splice Out of in. Back DJ Lightly Foxed & Light Scuff , has Photo of Sypnosis of Author, , Spine Cvr is Titled & Designed Decorated in Black & Gold Gilt has some Rub. Wear, , 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 IN.Duodecimo [19 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped spine , in Spooky B/W & Orange DustJacket of Sherlock Holmes Standing Beside Orange Lamp & Dr. Watson Seated Holding his Eye Glasses, , Seated in Room Looking Out Window at Castle Like House with Full Moon Above & a Man can be Seen in its Lighted Window at Night, DJ art by Frank Utpatel, The steadily expanding devotees of the Sherlock Holmes of Praed Street will hail with delight this crowning volume in a series of collections which have now pastiched the entire quintet of the Master's adventures, When August Derleth wrote Arthur Conan Doyle in 1928 to ask if there were to be any more Sherlock Holmes stories, he was given a curt "no". Thus was born Solar Pons, the twentieth century flag carrier for Mr. Holmes and the brainchild of Derleth. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good.

Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1935. HardBack NODustJacket, Stated 1st Edition, 1935, 1st Printing, NF-/GOOD +, NOJACKET, Dates Match on Title & Copyright Page, Green Cloth wiTh decorative Yellow Label lettered in Black on Front, Cover with SUNNED Spine on Cover & Extremites Sunned, Interior Nice tight Clean Light FoX & Wear, Cover light Rub, Wear Scuff & Label on Spine with Black Lettering Shows Sunning, 231 PGS + Notes Publ. 7.25" x 5.25", The cover has some discoloration from sunning. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover.

HBDJ, OCTOBER 1954 , 1st English BRITISH Edition, 2ND Impression, 511 PGS , THICK GREEN TWEEDHardback. Dust jacket. Very good indeed in slightly edge-nicked, unclipped, very good dust jacket.TINY SPECK SOIL Outer pgs edge BTM, RETURNABLE ANY REASON WITHIN 20 DAYS FROM RECEIPT. Inspired by the 1947 New York Times articles detailing items taken from the Collyer's Brownstone after their deaths. An unusual mystery NOVEL centered around two elderly brothers in NY, SEYMOUR HOLT , Brilliant Ruthless Elder Brother, Younger 1 Randall Holt, Softer & More Attractive,, who appear to be living in poverty when they had scads of money in the bank, and the bank official examining the strange requests made in their wills. Classic novel. being an increasingly well respected and energetically applauded offering it is proudly presented with great FAREWELLO, Class