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Oxford University Press, 1954. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1954. First Edition Thus. 205 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping.… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. First Edition. First printing Very good+ in the publisher's original light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with a paper label of brown text surrounded by a border on the front board and with a small ad torn from the classified section of a news paper added… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1889. Hardcover. Good. First edition. 12mo. [4] 283pp., and 24pp. catalogue at the back. Publisher's dark red cloth lettered in black on front cover, gilt spine, dark gray endpapers. With an attractive, Modern Style bookplate of Arthur B. Spingarn (designed by Ruth Reeves) on the front pastedown. Spine is modestly darkened, small stain… Read more about this item

N.Y.: Scribners, 1889. bound in original publisher's brownish cover with gilt lettering on the spine and a light yellow label on the cover with lettering in black. The ad, torn from a newspaper placed on the cover is missing. Worn along edges, rubbed, corners bumped. A hole and tear at front enpaper, with ink markings. a black comedy… Read more about this item

Pan, 1966. Paperback. Good. 1966. 187 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1889. A collaborative comic mystery between the Scottish novelist and his American step-son.. It was adapted in the 1960s into a black-comedy film starring many great British actors.This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Bright red cloth binding, titled in black on the front cover and in gilt on the spine. Clean… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. This collaboration became the basis for an extremely funny film. This is a Very Good copy of the First American Edition. Blue-green cloth binding with paper labels on the front cover; gilt lettering on the spine. Clean text; 244 pages, with four pages of publisher's adverts in the rear. Rubbed at the margins; spine… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. Pale brown cloth gilt with affixed printed paper labels as issued. Owner's name, front fly lacking, nicks and overall wear at the spine ends, a good only copy. The first of three collaborations by Stevenson and Osbourne, a black comedy about two brothers who vie to be… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Pale brown cloth gilt with affixed printed paper labels as issued. Overall soiling on the boards, small wrinkle at the crown, very good copy. The first of three collaborations by Stevenson and Osbourne, a black comedy about two brothers who vie to be the sole heir… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. Book. Good. Cloth. First U.S. Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Light brown cloth, pinkish-tan pastedown title label lettered in brown on upper front panel, lettered in brown on upper spine panel. vii,244 pp. + [4] pp. publisher's catalog at rear. 1st U.S., with matching 1889 dates. Moderately soiled cloth, a few… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Binding cocked with moderate wear and a bit of loss at the corners and spine ends, spine gilt dulled and cloth darkened near the spine base, cover lacking the lower printed paper label, just about very good.

New York: Dover Publications, 1985. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed brown pictorial wrappers. 118pp, (15pp ads). Near fine. First of this facsimile of the 1889 first American edition.

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1889. First edition. 8vo, publisher’s original olive green cloth, the upper cover with yellow paper label lettered in black, the spine gilt lettered. 244 pp, [4 ads]. A very fresh and attractive copy, the cloth with very minor mellowing. FIRST EDITION AND A… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. 4 pages of advertisements at end. Publisher's gilt stamped brown cloth with paper title label to front cover at top, and a smaller uneven printed label (that you should not peel off!) at bottom. Light wear only to this mystery-comedy.

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889., 1889. First American edition. 8vo. 4 pages of advertisements at end. Original gilt stamped brown cloth with paper label on the upper cover. Very good. Small bookplate of Louis Wright Simpson on the front pastedown. McKay 500. Hagen p. 357. Beinecke 500.. 1st Edition. Hardcover.

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889. 8vo. [4], 283, [1] pp., plus 16 pp. publisher’s catalogue dated August, 1889. Red publisher’s cloth, black lettering on front cover & spine (minor thumbing & soiling to fore-edges, edgewear, slight bumping to couple corners), still VG copy. First edition, early printing, of this absurd and engrossing mystery set against the backdrop of… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. 1st American. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Text clean and pages intact. Some age toning and edge wear, including mild tearing to a few lower outside corners. Cover rubbed and worn. Corners bumped. Title intact on spine and front cover. No attached advert. inlaid to cover. Some… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green. Later printing in year of first publication (lacks the separation line under "Contents" and the ads). Wear at head and foot of spine, slight spotting, previous owner's name in ink dated 24/9/89, Good Plus. . Good. Hardcover. 1889.

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1889. ........ Hardcover. 12mo., 244 pp., cover rubbed, bumped, frayed, writing on ffe, page toning .

Blackie & Son, 1961. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1961. No Edition Stated. 208 pages. Green & white dust jacket with black lettering over red cloth. B&W illustrations throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners. Clipped dust jacket. Mild wear and tear to edges and corners. Moderate… Read more about this item