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TOLD IN THE MARKET PLACE.
London: Thornton Butterworth, Ltd., [1935]. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 13-509 [510] [511-512: ads], original purple cloth, front and spine stamped in blind and yellow, rear stamped in blind. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed and signed by Britten on the second free end paper, dated March 1935. Collects eighteen stories and an introduction by the author, some crime. [Reference: Hubin, p. 37].
MR. POLTON EXPLAINS.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. A Dr. Thorndyke mystery.
THE MYSTERY OF ANGELINA FROOD.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-312 [313-314: blank], original violet cloth front stamped in yellow and blind, spine stamped in yellow. First U.S. edition. A Dr. Thorndyke mystery novel. This novel is somewhat ahead of it's time as it concerns spousal (wife) abuse.
THE UTTERMOST FARTHING.
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, Publishers, [1914]. Octavo. pp. [1-4] 5 [6] 7 [8] 9-296, frontispiece and 3 inserted illustrations by H. Weston Taylor, original dark red cloth stamped in gold and black to front and spine. First edition. A tale of murder and revenge. Not published in the U.K. until 1920 as "A Savant's Vendetta". [Reference: Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 383-384].
PEOPLE OF THE COMET.
LA: Griffin, 1948. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. First published in Weird Tales in 1923.
THE EARTHQUAKE MACHINE.
New York: Belmont Tower, 1976. Small octavo, cover art by Ken Barr, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Sherlockiana. A Sherlock Holmes adventure. Holmes versus a group of terrorists in 1906 threatening the British Empire.
HELLBIRDS.
New York: Belmont Tower, 1976. Small octavo, cover art by Ken Barr, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Sherlockiana. A Sherlock Holmes adventure. Holmes versus a master German spy in 1914.
THE APOCALYPSE PAPERS: A FICTION BY THE FIRESIGN THEATRE.
[Topeka, KS: Apocalypse Press, 1976]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers, sewn. First edition. Limited to 1012 copies of which this is one of 500 numbered copies with a facsimile signatures. Humorous SF theme. The Firesign Theater did live performances and recorded a number of comedy albums. Two were nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
ISLANDIA.
New York, Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., [1942]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-viii [ix-x] [1-2] 3-1013 [1014], original buckram cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black and gold, top edge stained green, fore-edge rough trimmed, endpaper maps. First edition. Utopian novel concerning an island in the South Pacific attempting to come to terms with Western Civilization or reject it entirely. "...it is in the comparison of simple, agrarian way of life with our stormy, complex civilization that this novel finds its great power and distinction. It is for each reader to decide whether the Islandian way of life if better than ours." "...it is a unique, brilliantly executed book which one reads with avid excitement despite its great length." - The New York Times Book Review, 12 April, 1942. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1286. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-382. Negley, Utopian Literature 1215. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 224. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 1084-88. Bleiler (1978), p. 212. Reginald 15640. Hanna, A Mirror for the Nation 3897].