Modern First Editions from Harropian Books, IOBA

London: Gerald G. Swan Ltd, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. At Least Very Good/Good. Jacket title. Blue cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, 12mo size (7.25 inches tall), pp. 254, *n.b. volume issued without rfep as per "Book Production War Economy Standard" notice printed on copyright page. Volume w. faint touches of soil,… Read more about this item

Ottawa, ON: The Department of the Naval Service, 1914. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Near Fine. Printed card wraps with publisher's original linen tape-reinforced hinges inside covers, narrow 8vo size (8 inches tall), pp. (1-2), 3-72, illustrated with seven full-page drawings of fish, tables, index. Volume with a touch of wear to corners, a small stain at top… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1919. Second Printing of the First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A beautiful copy, in the achingly difficult to find, and very colorful original publisher's jacket. Red cloth over boards with title stamped in blind onto upper board and blocked in gilt onto spine, 12mo size (7-3/8 inches tall), pp. half… Read more about this item

Toronto, ON: The Musson Book Company Limited, 1921. First Edition, First Printing. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. A mystery story of such high caliber is unusual, and this book adds a memorable contribution to the world's best detective literature." from the front flap. Inscribed and signed by this Prairie author on the ffep in the year of publication,… Read more about this item

Boston and NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. American Edition. Near Fine/Near Very Good. DJ artwork by "Cosimini. Vintage mystery, with the striking wraparound DJ artwork by "Cosimini" revealing the murder's latest victim as he swings from the lifeboat tackle. Beige cloth over boards, title stamped in red onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7-3/8 inches tall), pp. 294,… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc, 1928. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. DJ Artwork by "desRosiers. Black linen cloth over boards, title stamped in green onto upper board and spine, top edge stained green, 12mo (7-3/8 inches tall), pp. 305. Volume with fading to top edge stain and a slight forward slant, a… Read more about this item

New York, NY: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1922. American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Gilt stamped red cloth, 12mo (7-1/8 inches tall), pp. 274, jacket unclipped and unpriced w. all four flap edges having publishers decorative trim, copyright page w. "Copyright, 1922" and no other printings stated. DJ flaps have ads for "Happy Rascals" by Howard and "Linda Lee… Read more about this item

Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1929. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Near Very Good. Artwork - credited to "HD. Stated first edition w. "1929" printed on title page. Black cloth over boards, title and Crime Club logo stamped in red onto upper board and spine, 12mo (7-7/16… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Co, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. des Rosiers dustjacket artwork. Bright blue cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in orange onto upper cover and spine, 8vo (7-7/16 inches tall), pp. 340, top edge stained orange. Volume w. spine ends slightly softened. Price intact DJ very slightly, and evenly rippled… Read more about this item

Shipboard Publication. (all 8 datelines state "On board M.S. Kungsholm"): Swedish American Line, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Near Fine. (No. 1, Saturday March 10th, 1934 to No. 8, Tuesday, March 27th, 1934) O'Hara's first - and rarest - "A" item, with no records found of "Reminiscences" ever having been seen at auction and OCLC locating just… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988. First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. August Sander : jacket photo.. Green cloth over boards, title stamped in silver onto spine, 8vo (9 inches tall), pp. 352. Volume with a slight bump to heel of spine, pencil erasure top ffep, text toned. Price intact DJ with light wear and rubbing.… Read more about this item

Madeira Park, BC: Harbour Publishing, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Fine. An association copy and one of the last books to be published in Purdy's lifetime, signed on the pre-title page in black ink by Purdy to David Herreshoff, the Poet Laureate of Kaslo, BC "For Jessie & David & vise versa / with cordial good wishes… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Wellington, N.Z.: George J. Hicks & Co, 1927. 1st & 2nd Australasian Editions. Hardcover. At Least Very Good/Very Good. Together, two volumes. Scarce jacketed copies of both the first and the second [stated] Australasian editions of Lawrence's 'Revolt in the Desert'. O'Brien [Oak Knoll Press, 2000] states "In 1927 Doran merged with Doubleday and one… Read more about this item

Alhambra, California: Fantasy Publishing Company Inc, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. At Least Very Good/Very Good. Morris Scott Dollens (jacket design). This copy with two original dust jackets. Blue paper over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, 8vo (8-5/16 inches [21.1 cm] tall), pp. 199, all edges trimmed, headbands, "First Edition" printed on copyright page ;… Read more about this item

London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1915. First UK Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. At Least Very Good. Volume V in Constable's 'Handbooks in the Art of Teaching' series. "Montessori education had spread to the United States by 1912 and became widely known in educational and popular publications. However, conflict between Montessori and the American educational establishment, and especially the… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Good. The first American edition, using UK sheets with title page being a cancel. Cloth backed paper covered boards, title and date "1923" printed in blue onto spine, Chinese characters stamped in gilt onto bottom corner of upper board, 12mo (7-1/2 inches [19 cm] tall),… Read more about this item

Boston, New York, Chicago, San Francisco: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Book : Good / Chart : Very Near Fine. Riverside Educational Monographs. A very uncommon penmanship chart with it's original mailing envelope together with Freeman's matching book for the teaching of handwriting. Book : Brown cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in blind onto… Read more about this item

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru, 1999. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. DJ painting by Deborah Miller. Numbered and signed by Block on the Limitation page. Yellow cloth over boards, title stamped in red onto spine, 8vo (9 inches tall), pp. 206, (207 - colophon), stated first edition, supplemental pamphlet "Make a Prison" inside pocket on lower… Read more about this item

Paris: Olympia Press, 1959. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good/Near Very Good. Green printed wraps, 12mo (6-7/8 inches tall), pp. 301, "Francs : 1.500 / Not to be sold in the U.S.A. or U.K." printed at bottom corner of back cover. Volume with bumps to spine ends and one corner, a few pages noted with underlining or brackets, small… Read more about this item

Toronto, ON: Griffin House, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A stream of consciousness autobiography, written by an imprisoned Inuit man convicted of manslaughter while he struggled to understand, adapt and survive within modern western culture "The end product was a diary as touching and savage as any ever written by a Canadian." from the… Read more about this item