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The Story of Ivy -
Marie Belloc Lowndes
1928 - Doubleday, Garden City - First American Edition
A fine copy in the rare dust jacket.
‘The newsboys solemnly stood about the streets of London, bearing their huge placards announcing the sensation of the day – the Lexton murder. Thousands bought papers. Society was mixed up in this interesting case . . . young Lexton, the victim, was a club-man, his wife was pretty, and the doctor accused of the poisoning came from a prominent family.’
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1928 - Doubleday, Garden City - First American Edition
A fine copy in the rare dust jacket.‘The newsboys solemnly stood about the streets of London, bearing their huge placards announcing the sensation of the day – the Lexton murder. Thousands bought papers. Society was mixed up in this interesting case . . . young Lexton, the victim, was a club-man, his wife was pretty, and the doctor accused of the poisoning came from a prominent family.’
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One of Those Ways -
Mrs. Belloc Lowndes
1929 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York - First American Edition
A fine and rare example of this title in the elusive and fine dust jacket, with the exception of a split along the rear flap fold.
A Hercules Popeau Mystery.
‘The story takes hold of you and whirls you along, from London to the Riviera, from casino to casino, from danger to all but destruction.’ – The Graphic.
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1929 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York - First American Edition
A fine and rare example of this title in the elusive and fine dust jacket, with the exception of a split along the rear flap fold.A Hercules Popeau Mystery.
‘The story takes hold of you and whirls you along, from London to the Riviera, from casino to casino, from danger to all but destruction.’ – The Graphic.
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Blondie Iscariot - James Cagney’s Copy -
Edgar Lustgarten
1948 - Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York - First Edition
Legendary crime actor James Cagney’s copy, donated to ‘The Motion Picture Country House’ of Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles. This was a retirement home and hospital set up in the 1940’s for those working in the film industry, it is still in operation today.
A fine copy with final few pages unopened and uncut, in a fine example of the graceful Gitanes’esque illustrated dust jacket.
‘A grim, sardonic story of London’s underworld, of gang rivalry for control of such profitable enterprises as dope-peddling, the dogs, and “protection“’.
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1948 - Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York - First Edition
Legendary crime actor James Cagney’s copy, donated to ‘The Motion Picture Country House’ of Mulholland Drive, Los Angeles. This was a retirement home and hospital set up in the 1940’s for those working in the film industry, it is still in operation today.A fine copy with final few pages unopened and uncut, in a fine example of the graceful Gitanes’esque illustrated dust jacket.
‘A grim, sardonic story of London’s underworld, of gang rivalry for control of such profitable enterprises as dope-peddling, the dogs, and “protection“’.
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The Clue of the Dead Goldfish -
Victor MacClure (pseud. Peter Craig)
1934 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and London - First American Edition
Featuring the debonair Inspector Archie Buford of Scotland Yard.
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1934 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and London - First American Edition
Featuring the debonair Inspector Archie Buford of Scotland Yard.
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A River Runs Through It and Other Stories -
Norman Maclean
1976 - The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London - First Edition
‘In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing’
A freshly landed first edition of Maclean’s beautiful first book and the first work of fiction to be published by the University of Chicago Press, where he had been a professor for many years. Maclean had told versions of these stories, over the years, to a number of people who encouraged him, finally, to write them down at the age of eighty.
‘We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen, and we were left to assume, as my brother and I did, that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen.’
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1976 - The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London - First Edition
‘In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing’A freshly landed first edition of Maclean’s beautiful first book and the first work of fiction to be published by the University of Chicago Press, where he had been a professor for many years. Maclean had told versions of these stories, over the years, to a number of people who encouraged him, finally, to write them down at the age of eighty.
‘We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about Christ's disciples being fishermen, and we were left to assume, as my brother and I did, that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen.’
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The Life of the Bee -
Maurice Maeterlinck, Edward J. Detmold (illustrator), Alfred Sutro (translator)
1912 - George Allen & Co. Ltd., London - Early Illustrated Edition
A large and beautifully illustrated volume. With thirteen mounted coloured plates by Edward Julius Detmold, whose love of natural history and talent (exhibiting works at the Royal Academy when he was 13 years old), have combined perfectly with Maeterlinck’s exuberantly poetic work, in which he expresses his philosophy of the human condition.
The renowned Belgian poet and dramatist offers brilliant proof in this, his most popular work, that ‘no living creature, not even man, has achieved in the centre of his sphere, what the bee has achieved.’ From their amazingly intricate feats of architecture to their intrinsic sense of self-sacrifice, Maeterlinck takes a ‘bee's-eye view’ of the most orderly society on Earth.
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1912 - George Allen & Co. Ltd., London - Early Illustrated Edition
A large and beautifully illustrated volume. With thirteen mounted coloured plates by Edward Julius Detmold, whose love of natural history and talent (exhibiting works at the Royal Academy when he was 13 years old), have combined perfectly with Maeterlinck’s exuberantly poetic work, in which he expresses his philosophy of the human condition.The renowned Belgian poet and dramatist offers brilliant proof in this, his most popular work, that ‘no living creature, not even man, has achieved in the centre of his sphere, what the bee has achieved.’ From their amazingly intricate feats of architecture to their intrinsic sense of self-sacrifice, Maeterlinck takes a ‘bee's-eye view’ of the most orderly society on Earth.
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Murder Out of Tune -
Marcus Magill (pseud. Joanna Giles and Brian Hill)
1931 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia - First Edition
A fine first edition, in near fine dust jacket, featuring Lady Wassell-Jowett and her small band of amateur detectives...
‘As the lights come up on the opening night performance of the Billy Wonder Quartet with Amicus and Ted in front-row seats, the pianist and leader turns up dead. The sax player Des Cheshire, who is unhappy with his contract, is arrested and put on trial.’
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1931 - J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia - First Edition
A fine first edition, in near fine dust jacket, featuring Lady Wassell-Jowett and her small band of amateur detectives...‘As the lights come up on the opening night performance of the Billy Wonder Quartet with Amicus and Ted in front-row seats, the pianist and leader turns up dead. The sax player Des Cheshire, who is unhappy with his contract, is arrested and put on trial.’
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The Naked and the Dead -
Norman Mailer
1948 - Rinehart and Company, New York Toronto - First Edition
First edition of Mailer’s gritty masterpiece, penned at the age of 25 and based on his own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two. Scarce in such nice condition due to the notoriously delicate black dust jacket.
‘Virtually a Kinsey Report on the sexual behavior of the GI. Its style is an almost pure Army billingsgate that will offend many readers, although in no sense is it exaggerated: Mr. Mailer's soldiers are real persons, speaking the vernacular of human bitterness and agony. It gives off a skyglow that is quite faithful to the spectrum of battle, and exposes the blood, if not always the guts, of war.’ - New York Times 1948
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1948 - Rinehart and Company, New York Toronto - First Edition
First edition of Mailer’s gritty masterpiece, penned at the age of 25 and based on his own experience of military service in the Philippines during World War Two. Scarce in such nice condition due to the notoriously delicate black dust jacket. ‘Virtually a Kinsey Report on the sexual behavior of the GI. Its style is an almost pure Army billingsgate that will offend many readers, although in no sense is it exaggerated: Mr. Mailer's soldiers are real persons, speaking the vernacular of human bitterness and agony. It gives off a skyglow that is quite faithful to the spectrum of battle, and exposes the blood, if not always the guts, of war.’ - New York Times 1948
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Price HK$ 8,500