Anna Katharine Green. The Sword of Damocles. New York: 1881. First editions, two copies in variant bindings, one sig... (Total: 2 Items)

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Anna Katharine Green. The Sword of Damocles. A Story of New York Life. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1881. First edition. Signed by the author and dated "August 14th 1927." Octavo. vi, 540, [2] pages. Publisher's full brick cloth; front stamped in black; spine lettered in gilt. All edges trimmed. Endpapers printed with publisher's ads. Spine slightly skewed. Mild shelf wear to extremities of binding and at joints; spine ends gently pushed; minor rubbing with one or two spots of soiling at rear board visible only in raking light. Top edge of text block dust-soiled; normal age toning with one or two spots of foxing to remaining edges. Bookseller's ticket affixed to rear free endpaper. Near fine. Green's third novel and third to feature her detective Ebenezer Gryce.

[Together with:] The Sword of Damocles. A Story of New York Life. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1881. First edition. Octavo. vi, [2], 540 pages. Publisher's full yellow cloth; front stamped in black; spine lettered in gilt. All edges trimmed. Endpapers printed with publisher's ads. Mild shelf wear at extremities of binding and joints; rubbing and mild soiling to boards with one small green stain at backstrip; spine ends pushed. Dust-soiling to top edge of binding and text block; regular age toning to remaining edge and interior. Occasional faint, marginal staining scattered sparsely throughout text block; one or two instances of previous dog-earing. About near fine. From the Otto Penzler Collection of Mystery Fiction.