Methods Uncle Abner by Melville Davisson Post (16 results)

Post, Melville Davisson, The Methods of Uncle Abner, Aspen Press, CO., 1974, first edition, A classic collection featuring the brilliant backwoods detective Uncle Abner, created by Melville Davisson Post, one of America's earliest and most respected mystery writers. Set in pre-Civil War Virginia, these stories showcase Abner's moral clarity and shrewd intellect as he solves baffling crimes and confronts human greed, deceit, and sin. Often compared to Poe's Dupin and Holmes for his deductive brilliance, Uncle Abner remains a cornerstone figure in detective fiction history. Fine in a fine unclipped dust jacket, clean and bright with only the faintest touch of age toning. A handsome collectible edition of a seminal mystery classic.

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. No prior owner markings or bookplates. No jacket tears or chips and not price-clipped. Limited to 1500 un-numbered copies.

hardcover. Condition: Good. exlibrary hardcover book, with jacket ,some light reader wear . Library stamps and stickers are present .

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG to VG-. Limited First Edition. DJ: some rubbing & edgewear; small creases/chips/closed tears at edges/corners; some fading. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; small corner bump; some yellowing; overall clean & tight. 95 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Edited and with an introduction by Tom and Enid Schantz Boulder: The Aspen Press. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 1500 copies. "For the first time in book form --- here are a novelet and three short stories in the series critics have hailed as the finest American detective short stories since Poe". 95 pages. Fine copy in Fine jacket. clphE.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition Thus, Limited. First edition thus, hardcover, limited to 1500 copies, has a tiny lean to the binding, a touch of very slight waving to edges of text block, and very faint bumps to spine ends, otherwise a solid, tight, sharp VG+ copy in a like dust jacket, which has very slight bumps to spine ends and corners, very faint sunning to spine, and some rubbing with a few small spots to back cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition stated. A limited edition of 1500 copies A fine copy in a fine DJ , now protected in archival mylar. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. All books are wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #160.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: NF.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 95pp. Frontis. Edited with an introduction by Tom & Enid Schantz. Edition limited to 1500 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First edition, Limited edition, 1500 copies collecting the final 4 Uncle Abner stories. Mild bump at spine head NEAR FINE in NEAR FINE dust jacket.

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Collects for the first time in book form the final four Uncle Abner stories. "It's primarily on the basis of these tales that Post is universally regarded as the finest American writer of detective/crime short stories between Edgar Allen Poe and Dashiell Hammett." - See Pronzini and Muller: 1001 Midnights, pp. 640-641. [Reference: Hubin, p. 652]. Upper corners bumped, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with bumped upper corners. (22442).

First edition. Octavo, cloth. Collects for the first time in book form the final four Uncle Abner stories. "It's primarily on the basis of these tales that Post is universally regarded as the finest American writer of detective/crime short stories between Edgar Allen Poe and Dashiell Hammett." - See Pronzini and Muller: 1001 Midnights, pp. 640-641. [Reference: Hubin, p. 652]. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket which is bumped at head of spine adn paint spot residue on spine panel. (6723).

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Edition limited to 1500 copies. This is the second Uncle Abner collection, a novelet and three stories making their long-awaited appearance in book form. The memorable detective, Uncle Abner, is a righteous squire in pre-Civil War West Virginia. Ranked by Ellery Queen as one of the four finest collecitons of detective short stories ever published. The first hardbound publication of The Aspen Press. Limited Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Very light bumping to the corners and spine ends, price clipped dust jacket with slightly sunned spine, else fine copy. Edition limited 1,500 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine hardcover with near fine unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior.

Octavo, cloth. First edition. 1500 copies printed. First publication in book form of the final four Uncle Abner stories. "It's primarily on the basis of these tales that Post is universally regarded as the finest American writer of detective/crime short stories between Edgar Allen Poe and Dashiell Hammett." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 640-641. Hubin (1994), p. 652. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#173213).