Fletcher J Oseph S Mith (17 results)

Later edition. Octavo, cloth. Novel first published in London in 1909 by John Long. This Burt edition is a reprint of the 1927 Edward J. Clode edition. "The 1927 text [of the Clode edition] has obviously been modernized, but it is not clear to what extent . Most of the novel is a confusing bore, but Miss Beechcroft's narrative, which extends over several chapters, comes to life in a surprising manner and is thrilling reading." - Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 784. "Thriller of the near future dealing with large-scale terrorism and destruction in Britain." - Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 85. [Reference: Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 27. Bleiler (1978), p. 74. Reginald 05485]. A fine copy in nearly fine, bright unfaded pictorial dust jacket. (12796).…

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Offsetting to end paper, a very good copy with some rubbing and mild soiling. No dust jacket. (11184).

Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-293 [294] [295: blank] [296-298: ads] [299-300: blank], publisher's orange cloth stamped in blue, top edge stained blue. First U.S. edition. The third Ronald Camberwell mystery novel. Hubin (1994), p. 290. A bright, clean, nearly fine copy in good pictorial dust jacket (no printed price) with considerable spotting, mostly to front panel. (#177950).…

Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi 9-354 [note: text complete despite gap in pagination], original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange. First U.S. edition. First printing with GHD monogram on copyright page. Collection of fifteen short stories devoted mostly to crime and detection. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 40. Hubin (1994), p. 291. Private bookplate of Herbert O. Stetson affixed to the front paste-down. A fine copy. (#159724). …

Octavo, pp. [1-14] [1-2] 3-268 [269: blank] [270: "a note on the type in which this book is set"] [271-272: ads] [273-274: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown, top edge stained brown, other edges trimmed. First U.S. edition. The last of the Ronald Camberwell mysteries, completed after Fletcher's death by mystery critic Edward Powys Mathers and posthumously published in the UK as TODMANHAWE GRANGE (1937). Hubin (1994), p. 291. Rental library stamp on front free endpaper (no other library marks), a very good to near fine copy in good to about very pictorial dust jacket with shelf wear at edges, 13x38 mm chip from upper edge of front panel affecting the top half of "THE" in title, and light dust soiling to rear panel. A somewhat uncommon book. (#128790). …

First U.S. edition. Octavo, pp. [1-14] [1-2] 3-268 [269: blank] [270: "a note on the type in which this book is set"] [271-272: ads] [273-274: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in brown, top edge stained brown, other edges trimmed. The last of the Ronald Camberwell mysteries, completed after Fletcher's death by mystery critic Edward Powys Mathers and posthumously published in the UK as TODMANHAWE GRANGE (1937). [Reference: Hubin (1994), p. 291]. Rental library stamp on front free endpaper (no other library marks), a very good to near fine copy in good to about very pictorial dust jacket with shelf wear at edges, 13x38 mm chip from upper edge of front panel affecting the top half of "THE" in title, and light dust soiling to rear panel. A somewhat uncommon book. (12795). …

First U.S. edition. Octavo, Hardcover. A good to very good copy, fading and spotting to spine panel, cloth split at base of spine panel/rear hinge in a very good dust jacket, light age darkening to spine panel, shelf wear to corners, large chip from head of spine (1 1/2" wide by 3/8" deep), small chip from upper rear panel. (7769).…

Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vii [viii] 9-261 [262: printer's imprint] [263-264: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, pictorial paper onlay affixed to front panel, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. Fourteen short stories, ". sometimes humorous and sometimes tragic." Includes several criminous tales. Hubin (1994), p. 290. Slight spine lean, just a touch of rubbing to cloth at edges, a bright, very good to near fine copy. (#112644).…

Octavo, pp. [i-ii: blank] [iii-v] vi-vii [viii] [9] 10-185 [186: blank] [187-192: ads], inserted frontispiece and extra title leaf with illustrations by Rhind, original pictorial red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, publisher's monogram stamped in blind in rear panel, floral pattered endpapers. First edition. Boys' lost race adventure novel set in the American Southwest. "A geographically ignorant, weak imitation of H. Rider Haggard, stilted language and all, to which have been added dime-novel elements."- Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 783. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 85. Bleiler (1978), p. 74. Reginald 05486. Small remnant of a bookplate or prize label on the front paste-down, a bright, tight, very good copy. A nice copy of an attractive book. (#170895).…

Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-xi [xii-xiv] [1-2] 3-249 [250] [251: ads] [252: blank] + 16-page catalogue dated 1894 inserted at rear, eighteen inserted plates with illustrations by J. Ayton Symington, original green cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, all edges untrimmed. First edition. A selection from the 300 "sketches of rural life and manners" which Fletcher had written, under the pseudonym of "A Son of the Soil," for the LEEDS MERCURY. Spine evenly browned, some uneven fading to front panel, some offsetting to endpapers, some scattered foxing in the text, still a very good copy of a scarce book. (#112647).…

First U.S. edition. Octavo, cloth. The fourth mystery novel to feature Ronald Camberwell. A very good copy with some spotting to top cut edge, mild wear to bottom edge, in a very good dust jacket, mild shelf wear, mild wear to extremities with mild loss. (10731).

First U. S. edition. Octavo, cloth. Mystery novel. A very good copy, staining to rear free end paper and rear paste-down in a near fine dust jacket, with some dust soiling, light stain to lower spine panel, price clipped. (10732).

Octavo, pp. [1-2: blank] [i-iv] v-vi 1 [2] 3-339 [340: blank] [341-342: ads] [343-344: blank], publisher's blue gray cloth stamped in gold. First U.S. edition, first printing. Hubin (1994), p. 290. Slight spine lean, light spotting to top edge of pages and rear endpapers, but a bright, nearly fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket illustrated by Charles K. Stevens (no printed price) with wear along top and bottom edges, fraying with shallow loss at spine ends and corner tips, and 40 mm closed tear at upper edge of front panel. (#177952).…

Octavo, pp. [1-2: blank] [i-v] vi [1-2] 3-301 [302-304: blank], publisher's orange cloth stamped in black, top edge stained orange, fore-edge untrimmed, decorated endpapers. First U.S. edition. An early mystery story by Fletcher, first published as THE DIAMONDS by Digby Long in 1904. Hubin (1994), p. 289. Owner's name rubber-stamped several times on the front endpapers, else a fine copy in very good pictorial dust jacket priced $2.00 on the front flap with shallow chipping at head of spine panel. (#177951). …

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Mystery novel. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket, small chip to upper front panel, mild wear to spine ends with some minor loss to head of spine panel, rubbing to folds. (10729).

Octavo, cloth. Mystery novel. A very good plus copy, slight lean, some discoloration to spine, in a near fine dust jacket. A very attractive copy. (10730) First edition (precedes the U.K. edition).

Fletcher gives Sayers permission to include his short story "Blind Gap Moor" in her anthology, GREAT SHORT STORIES OF DETECTION, MYSTERY AND HORROR, SECOND SERIES (Gollancz 1931) "provided that Messrs. Hodder & Stoughton don't object." Faint mailing crease, else fine. (#96342).