London: The Nonesuch Press, 1926. 8vo. xx, 213, [3] pp., including half-title. Engraved vignette on title. Original tan buckram with calf label; an uncut and partially unopened copy. Ownership inscription on fly-leaf. MEMORABLE LOVE POEMS. One of a limited edition of numbered copies. The Mistress is a collection published in..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. 8vo. [x], 295, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. An excellent copy in the original dust jacket, uncut. Signed by the author. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. 8vo. [x], 285 pp. Green printed wrappers with publisher’s promotional material taped to recto and stapled to verso of top wrapper. An excellent copy. PROOF COPY. Uncorrected proof of Crichton’s fifth novel, which was made into a popular Paramount film. He took his inspiration..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. 8vo. [ii], xiii, [i], 348, [4] pp. FIRST EDITION. An excellent copy in the original dust jacket, uncut. First edition of Crichton’s fifth novel, which was made into a popular Paramount film. He took his inspiration from H. Rider Haggard’s adventure story, King Solomon’s..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. 8vo. [x], 193, [3] pp. FIRST EDITION. An excellent copy in the original dust jacket, uncut. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. 8vo. [xii], 209, [3] pp. FIRST EDITION. An excellent copy in the original dust jacket, uncut. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. 8vo. [xvi], 239 pp. FIRST EDITION. An excellent copy in the original dust jacket, uncut. Ownership signature of Tom and Helen Little on fly-leaf. First edition. The fascinating stories of five separate patients brought into Massachusetts General Hospital. This work was the basis for..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. 8vo. [ii], xvii, [i], 266, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION. An excellent copy in the original dust jacket, uncut. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. 8vo. [ii], xi, [i], 393, [4] pp. FIRST EDITION. An excellent copy in the original dust jacket, uncut. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. 8vo. [ii], xi, [iii], 247, [6] pp. FIRST EDITION. An excellent copy in the original dust jacket, uncut. More
New York, London, Toronto: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., [1952]. 8vo. [iv], 331 pp. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s cloth, in original red, white and yellow dust-jacket (tattered and chipped with some repairs). First edition. The autobiography of this physician turned writer, which chronicles his dual life as first a medical doctor and..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1953. 8vo. 304 pp. FIRST EDITION. Red publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering to spine, in original yellow dust-jacket (spine of dust-jacket slightly soiled with a couple tiny chips, two small tears to edges of top panel, else fine). First edition. The tale of a man who discovers..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1933. 8vo. 318 pp. FIRST EDITION. Black publisher’s cloth, yellow lettering to spine; in the original yellow dust-jacket. From the library of Zane Grey, with his embossed stamp to fly-leaf. ZANE GREY’S COPY. First edition. A physician who is blamed for the death of three patients..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1945. 8vo. [iv], 347 pp. Second edition. Maroon and black publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering and ornaments to top cover and spine, in original green and maroon dust-jacket. Dust-jacket a bit tattered, with some chipping and a few small tears. Presentation inscription to front paste-down, inscriptions..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1931. 8vo. 637 pp. FIRST EDITION. Black publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering to spine, in original dust-jacket. HIS FIRST NOVEL. First edition of Cronin’s first novel, the story of an arrogant and cruel hat-maker who struggles for social acceptance. It was made into a motion picture in..... More
New York: The American Weekly, 1958. 8vo. [viii], 23 pp. First edition in book form. With 3 plates by Ben Stahl. White publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering to top cover and spine. First edition in book form. Commissioned by The American Weekly to write a Christmas Story, Cronin chose to write..... More
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, [1961]. 8vo. [vi], 345 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original green publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering and design to spine; a fine copy. LUST AND BETRAYAL. First edition of this story about a doctor by a doctor. A best-seller at the time of its release perhaps due..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1940. 8vo. [vi], 160 pp. FIRST EDITION. Blue publisher’s cloth with paper spine label, in original gray, red and blue dust-jacket (dust-jacket slightly sunned at spine and edges, a tiny chip at head of spine, else fine). First edition of Cronin’s foray into drama. This..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1958. 8vo. 254 pp. FIRST EDITION. Red publisher’s cloth, in original yellow dust-jacket. A fine copy. First edition of this tale set in and around Edinburgh. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1950. 8vo. [iv], 263 pp. FIRST EDITION. Red and black publisher’s cloth decorated in gilt, in original illustrated dust-jacket. Ownership inscription to fly-leaf. First edition. The tale of an overbearing father and the liberation his son finds with the help of the gardener. This novel..... More
Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company, [1942]. 8vo. 85 pp. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Blue cloth; a fine copy in the original dust jacket. First edition. Da Costa (1863-1933) studied medicine at Jefferson Medical College, where he ultimately became the first Samuel D. Gross Professor of Surgery. The present..... More
Woodstock: The Elm Tree Press, 1922; 1926. 8vo. vii, [i], 55; 39 pp. Linen-backed boards. Dana’s morocco armorial bookplate to top board, inscription to fly-leaf, “Compliments, Chas L. Dana.” Bookplate of Library of the Medical Society of the County of Kings, small date stamp, “Nov. 25, 1927" to top corner..... More
Woodstock: The Elm Tree Press, [1918]. 8vo. ix, 35 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 black and white photograph tipped onto verso of page 31. Cloth-backed boards, paper label. Library date stamp “Nov 22, 1927” on title, with bookplate of The Library of the Medical Society of the County of Kings..... More
