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Published by Chelsea House., New York., 1925
Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Hard cover. 248 p. Dark cloth over boards. Faded titles. Mystery fiction set in the quiet village of Seaside, with the story opening with the loss of a purse left on an armchair. Down the new concrete road from Hampton, and riding a "Lizzie", the village is working through a post-war economy. Good. No dust jacket. Age-toning to text pages. Spine, back cover discoloration. Reading copy.
Published by Wildside Press, Holicong, PA, 2004
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+ to Near Fine. Vol. 1, No. 2. Edited by John Gregory Betancourt. Features: "The Blotter"; "The Silver Age of Pulp Reprints?" by Mike Chomko; "The Morgue" (letters). Fiction: "The Black Adder" by "Dorothy Quick; "Fear" by Achmed Abdullah; "Lucifer" by John D. Swain; "Mr. Clackworthy's Pot of Gold" by Christopher B. Booth; "Yellow Elephants" by Harold Lamb; "Shall Stay These Couriers. . ." by Nelson S. Bond; "The Tapir" by Arthur O. Friel. Verse: "Sea Song" by Nelson Bond. Illustrated by George barr and Thomas Floyd. A corner crease.
Published by Wildside Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1557425272ISBN 13: 9781557425270
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by Wildside Press, 2007
ISBN 10: 1434492540ISBN 13: 9781434492548
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by Chelsea House, New York, 1925
Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Newspaper reporter Jimmy "Wiggly" Price investigates bigamy, blackmail and murder. Lightly bumped and rubbed with wear to the edges of the boards. Front hinge loose, rear cracked. Good reading copy.
Published by Chelsea House Publishers, New York, 1926
Seller: Bygone Pages, Aurora, MN, U.S.A.
Book
Cloth. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. This is an old antiquarian fiction book called $10.000 Reward (a detective story) written by Christopher B. Booth. the book is in poor condition with bumped corners and edge wear/fraying, spine cover has tears and small chip missing from top front cover, previous owners name on inside front and back covers, spine is intact but delicate and 256 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Published by Frank A. Munsey Co., NY, 1923
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. CLII, No. 3. [Edited by Matthew White.] Cover is by Stockton Mulford for "Cherro, Inc." (pt. 1 of 4) by Jack Bechdolt. Includes "A Gentleman in Pajamas" (pt. 2 of 6) by Charles Neville Buck; "A Million to One Chance" (pt. 3 of 5) by Elizabeth York Miller; "Garland the Great" (pt. 6 of 7) by Wyndham Martyn; "Woman with a Poppy" (pt. 5 of 5) by Herman Howard Matteson; "The Man from Lazy River" by Christopher B. Booth; "The Bounder" by John D. Swain; "The Johnny Jump-Up" by Karl W. Detzer; "Josh Stebbins, Navigator" by A. D. Temple; "The Crimson Clue" by Florence M. Pettee; "Bob's Luck" by Mary Graham Bonner. Poetry: "The Lifted Mask" by Margaret Severence; "Homesick" by Sam S. Stinson; "Streets" by Harry Varley; "Why They Advertise" by Strickland Gillilan. Covers glued on at hinges; 1/2" off spine heel; small piece out at rear mid-foredge; minor wet spot at upper foredge corner.
Published by Chelsea House, 1926
Seller: Sheapast Art and Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Amateur Detectives : A Detective Story by Christopher B. Booth 1926 1st Chelsea House pulp Not a lot is known about Christopher B. Booth, who published prolifically in the pulp magazines of the early 20th century primarily penning mysteries and westerns. He published 20 books under his name and the pseudonym "John Jay Chichester," all released by Chelsea House. Chelsea was the book publishing arm of Street & Smith, a leading magazine publisher, and all of their releases had originally appeared in Street & Smith publications, most notable Detective Story Magazine, which had become one of the leading mystery venues of the time.
Published by Chelsea House, New York, 1926
Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A man is suspected of murdering his unpleasant brother-in-law. Bumped and rubbed with light wear to the spine head. Spine cocked, front hinge loose, rear cracked.
Published by Chelsea House, New York, 1926
Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library with a pocket in the back, no other indications. Blue boards with gilt lightly bumped and rubbed, spine slightly darkened, with wrinkling to the blue cloth from very faint damp stains. Small scuff to the upper front corner, appears to be from a price sticker. Binding square and solid. Ex-Library.
Published by Wildside Press, 2013
ISBN 10: 1434433846ISBN 13: 9781434433848
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by Wildside Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1557425272ISBN 13: 9781557425270
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Condition: Used - Very Good. VG paperback. 1st ed. With an introduction by Steve Lewis. A very nice bright copy, almost as-new. Stories first published in the early 1920s.
Published by Wildside Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 1557425361ISBN 13: 9781557425362
Seller: PBShop.store US, Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.
Book
HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Published by Jarrolds, GB
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1920s.
Published by Frank A. Munsey Co., NY, 1923
Magazine / Periodical
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good+. Vol. CLII, No. 3. [Edited by Matthew White.] Cover is by Stockton Mulford for "Cherro, Inc." (pt. 1 of 4) by Jack Bechdolt. Includes "A Gentleman in Pajamas" (pt. 2 of 6) by Charles Neville Buck; "A Million to One Chance" (pt. 3 of 5) by Elizabeth York Miller; "Garland the Great" (pt. 6 of 7) by Wyndham Martyn; "Woman with a Poppy" (pt. 5 of 5) by Herman Howard Matteson; "The Man from Lazy River" by Christopher B. Booth; "The Bounder" by John D. Swain; "The Johnny Jump-Up" by Karl W. Detzer; "Josh Stebbins, Navigator" by A. D. Temple; "The Crimson Clue" by Florence M. Pettee; "Bob's Luck" by Mary Graham Bonner. Poetry: "The Lifted Mask" by Margaret Severence; "Homesick" by Sam S. Stinson; "Streets" by Harry Varley; "Why They Advertise" by Strickland Gillilan. Standard wear; name in pencil on cover; 1/4" spine chip.
Published by Chelsea House, New York, 1925
Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The first Jim Bliss mystery. Dark green boards with gilt bumped and rubbed with wear at the corners and spine ends, spine darkened with the gilt rubbed off. Binding square and solid.
Published by Chelsea House, New York, 1925
Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Booth's second mystery novel. First published in Detective Story Magazine, Volume 66, No. 2 on May 3, 1924, Kidnaping Syndicate received much attention during the Leopold and Loeb case when their ransom note nearly matched the note in the book, leading to speculation the pair had plagiarized it. Lightly bumped and rubbed, lettering nearly illegible on the spine. Foxing to the edges of the text block.
Published by Chelsea House, NY/London, 1925
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good, book has minor rub of spine and edges of cover, light fraying of corners of cover, slight fading of covers and spine, yellowing of pages, minor lean to book. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
Published by Chelsea House, New York, 1926
Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of this novel that does not seem to be part of the Mr. Clackworthy series. Light edge wear. Light tanning to the pages. Earlier owners name rubber stamped to the top edge of the half title page. In very good condition.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1923 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 260 Language: English Pages: 260.
Published by Chelsea House, New York, 1927
Seller: Books from the Past, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. The cover has red cloth. 25 chapters. The spine strip has faded cloth, darkened letters, and frayed top and bottom edges. The front board has darkened rule lines, as are some of the letters. About a third of the back board is faded in a meandering fashion. Most of the boards' corners are threadbare. The front FEP has 1 1/2 in. marker line, perhaps over an owner's name. The top end of the text block has a 2 in. x 1/2 in., intermittent, light gray line. About half of the pages have water stain (some is faint) on one to three margins. About ten pages have a crease line on a corner or a chip. Ten pages have one or two dark stains on the bottom end of the page. Scans e-mailed upon request.
Published by CHELSA HOUSE, N.Y., 1924
Seller: Come See Books Livres, Canton de Hatley, QC, Canada
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Presumed FIRST EDITION. Burgandy cloth boards with gold borders & lettering. Tight binding. clean, no markings. Tiny, less than 1/2 inch tear at top of ffep. 254 pp+ ad from publisher. Scans on request. Thanks.
Published by Chelsea House, New York, 1923
Seller: People Patterns, Cornwall, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. No Jacket. First Edition. 254 pages. Marroon boards with gold lettering. Light shelfwear. 1923 copyright by Street and smith. First book by this author. Light foxing at edges of some pages. Small bent but not cracked portion of back cover.
Published by Chelsea House, 1927
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Not dated, edition not stated; either the 1st edition of 1927 or an early reprint. Near VG; very small damp stain at lower rear hinge and nearby corner of rear board. Otherwise internally a bright, tidy copy in tight binding. Red cloth lightly worn with wrinkle on front board; corners and spine head/foot slightly bumped; gilt lettering on front board and (dull on) spine. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).
Published by Chelsea House, New York, 1925
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Green binding, gold titles. 256 pages. Cover worn and marked with insect nibbles down hinge, and other stains. Internally good. Binding firm. A good reading copy.
Published by Chelsea House, New York, 1925
Seller: Heartwood Books and Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. A Seaside Mystery by Christopher B. Booth (First Edition) Slight bumping to corners and along edges. Fraying to bottom spine hinge. Gilt lettering to spine faded. Green cloth with gold gilt lettering on front cover and spine. BOOK.
Published by Chelsea House, NY, 1929
Seller: THE OLD LIBRARY SHOP, Bethlehem, PA, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: good+. Set in New Jersey; 244pp + publisher's ads; red cover with gilt lettering on front, darkened gilt on spine; letter B written on front cover & spine; some wear to corners of cover; small indentation bottom back cover; darkening to endpages near spine. Hardcover.
Published by Chelsea House, New York, 1929
Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. An early adventure of Maxwell Sanderson, the high living and chronically broke "Noiseless Cracksman." Red boards with gold pring lightly bumped and rubbed, spine cocked and slightly sunned, with a pressure crease/indent to the upper front board. Hinges just slightly loose.
Published by Chelsea House, New York, 1928
Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada
Book
Cloth. Condition: Good. 252 pages. Green cloth with gilt (faded) to front and spine. Cloth stained, rubbed, and nibbled (upper board fore-edge lowest inch). Fore-edge of textblock spotted. Binding sound. A good reading copy, lacking jacket.
Published by Hutchinson, London, 1930
Seller: MLC Books, Northfield, MN, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The second Maxwell Sanderson mystery. Undated, 6th thousand, first British edition published in 1930. Bumped and rubbed with a short tear to the spine heel. Lower edge of the binding cracking at page 163, with several pages loosening. Previous owner's name and address on the front end paper, dated 28/12/42.