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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1966. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Good+. Spina, Paul. Another collection of 11 exciting tales, this time all related to spies & espionage, noted mystery/suspense/horror writers especially adapted for this volume for YA readers. In 206 pages, with illustrations throughout text by Paul Spina. This is the true First Edition,… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 1963. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Banbery, Fred. A different sort of collection from the horror master, this one featuring 5 stories that you must piece together the clues to solve yourself! For YA readers. In 206 pages, with illustrations throughout text by F. Banbery. A First Edition,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1958. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Breathtakingly well-preserved copy of book #20 in the classic YA series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana, AND it's a FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 1958 (listing to self in front & on rear DJ flap. With the blue tweed cover… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. Doane, Pelagie. Book #19 in the Judy Bolton YA mystery series. First published in 1948, this is a slightly later printing from the early 1950s (though no list of other titles in book). In the wrap-style DJ with the rust tweed cloth-covered… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Volume #8 in the classic series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana. Orig. published in 1939, this is a later printing of that First Edition, listing to DG#16 & ND #32 in front matter & to DG#16 on front… Read more about this item

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman/Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1965. Hardcover. VG-. Frame, Paul. Book #12 in the popular girl's series in the "Deluxe Editions" from the mid-1960s, which were slightly larger, with cameo endpapers & brightly decorated matte paper-covered boards. Illustrated by Paul Frame, in 252 pages. Orig. published in this new format in 1965, listing to Book #15 in… Read more about this item

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman/Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1965. Hardcover. Good+. Frame, Paul. Book #11 in the popular girl's series in the "Deluxe Editions" from the mid-1960s, which were slightly larger, with cameo endpapers & brightly decorated matte paper-covered boards. Illustrated by Paul Frame, iin 252 pages. Orig. published in this new format in 1965, listing to Book #15 in… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Gulliver/Harcourt, Brace, & Jovanovich, 1991. First American Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Paul, Korky. Deliciously macabre book contains abridged versions of 5 classic ghostly stories by Bram Stoker, M. R. James, E. A. Poe, & more, brought to life (or death!) with figures that spring to action when pages are turned… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. King's stunning third book (far superior to the movie, which he hated), with a nearly pristine original issue DJ illustrated by Dave Christensen. Same design as on the First Edition, but this is a Book Club Edition, slightly larger… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1934. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Book #3 in the classic series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana. Orig. published in 1934, this is a much later printing from the late 1950s-early 1960s (listing to DG $20 on front flap & in front matter), with… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1958. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Another volume in the classic series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana. Book #15 in the original series, first published in 1953, this is a slightly later printing of that First Edition, listing to DG#22 & ND#37 in front… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. VG-/Good. Volume #11 in the classic series featuring the sleuthing sister pair Louise & Jean Dana. Orig. published in 1942, this is a slightly later printing c. late 1950s, listing to ND#37 & DG#20 in front matter; DJ lists to DG #20 on front… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Wanderer Books/Simon & Schuster, 1983. First Edition First Printing . Soft cover. Very Good+. Nancy Drew & her chums confront witches, ghosts, vampires, haunted houses, & more in these two collections from the 1980s. Both are FIRST EDITION, First Printing, trade paperbacks. Book #1 (from Minstrel/Pocket Books, 1983) has 6 stories in 151 pages,… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. Book Club Edition (BCE) . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Basis for the movie "Manhunter" starring William Peterson (long before CSI), this is the book that introduced the world to serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter. A Book Club Edition (BCE) from 1981, this hardcover is in VG condition: generally quite… Read more about this item

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1987. First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Stephen King's classic horror tale of fandom gone horribly wrong, basis for the 1990 movie starring Kathy Bates & James Caan. In 310 pages. From a single mystery lover's collection, this FIRST EDITION, First Printing, hardcover is Fine in an equally Fine,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Doane, Pelagie. Book #16 in the YA mystery series featuring Judy Bolton. Orig. published in 1943, this is a slightly later printing (c. 1950s) in the format with the bright red cloth-covered boards with black lettering & house… Read more about this item

London, England: Herbert Jenkins, 1951. First British Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Second mystery featuring the collaborative team of Scotland Yard Detective-Inspector Curwen & his young playboy friend, Hugh Stanton. A FIRST (British) EDITION, Second Printing, from 1951,this hardcover 12mo (5" x 7.5") is in Near Fine condition: has a small EX-LIB bar code to ffep… Read more about this item

New York, New York: Whitman, 1948. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Koering, Ursula. Book #1 in the short-lived (3-book) series of adventure stories for boys & girls issued by Whitman in the mid-20th-century. A First Edition from 1948 (Whitman #2340, in 248 pages with a frontispiece, internal illustrations, decorative endpapers, & DJ cover art by… Read more about this item

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman/Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1959. First Thus . Hardcover. Fair. Dey, Walter. Book #1 in the YA series featuring intrepid young sleuth, Barclay "Brains" Benton & his friend Jimmy "Operative Three" Carson, who form an International Detective Agency. Characters originally created by Charles Spain Verral, who used the pseudonym George Wyatt in every book after this… Read more about this item

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman/Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1961. First Thus . Hardcover. Good+. Schmidt, Al. Book #6 in the YA series featuring intrepid young sleuth, Barclay "Brains" Benton & his friend Jimmy "Operative Three" Carson, who form an International Detective Agency. Characters originally created by Charles Spain Verral, who used the pseudonym George Wyatt in every book after the… Read more about this item