New York: St. Martin S Minotaur [St. Martin's Minotaur], 1999-2007. First Edition. Hardcover. All eight volumes octavo size, averaging 280 pp., the first volume ("Lusitania") signed by "Conrad Allen" on the title page. An author of mystery stories since the mid-1980s, Keith Miles (b. 1940) has written several series using..... More
New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1959. First Edition. Soft cover. 256 pp., with letter signed by John D. MacDonald. A three-paragraph letter from John D. MacDonald (1916-1986) to Miriam Allen DeFord (1888-1975), signed by MacDonald, accompanied by the first edition of the book discussed in the letter. The letter..... More
(London): Macmillan London Limited, (1977). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 192 pp. The first book in the "Brother Cadfael" series, the title character being a Benedictine monk living in Wales in the early 12th century, who "combines the curious mind of a scientist/pharmacist with a knight-errant". The series..... More