GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE,

X. Y. Z.

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, the Knickerbocker Press, 1885. Early edition. 8vo. . Original printed wrappers, advertisements for the "Knickerbocker Series of Choice American Novels" on back cover, advertisements on inside wrappers. Some spotting and browning and light wear but generally a very good copy with the notation "Nethercliffe Ochre Point, Newport" on upper cover. Merle Johnson p. 206 for the 1883 edition.

-- James Cummins Bookseller

Book number: 26354

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE

Agatha Webb

New York, G. P Putnams. 1899, 1st Edition. Hard Cover. A good to very good hardcover. Discoloration on boards & spine. Ffep missing. Hinge starting. Pages clean and bright. First edition; copyright 1899. Good to Very Good.

-- Nerman's Books & Collectibles

Book number: 2FIC10304

Catalogue: Fiction Hardcovers

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE

The Amethyst Box

Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. The Bobbs Merrill Company. 1905, First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover . Very Good, Pages clean and bright, binding tight. Cover shows signs of wear, No surprises. Very Good.

-- Snow Crane Media

Book number: Tx444

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE,

Autograph inscription written under periodical portrait of Green, signed "Anna Katharine Green".

Buffalo, march 6, 1930. ca. 3 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (the whole). . Inscribed to Seymour Halpern. Periodical portrait of the author laid down on board. Some light discoloration, else very good.
¶ Sending best wishes to Halpern. Green's well-written detective novels were said to have established the standard formulas for that genre. Her "The Leavenworth Case" being her first and best known work in the field.
¶ Seymour Halpern was a Representative from New York. From 1931 to 1933 he was a reporter and feature writer for the Long Island Daily Press and the Chicago Herald Examiner

-- James Cummins Bookseller

Book number: 36861

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE

The Chief Legatee

New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1906, 1906. Hardcover. New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1906, 1906. Hardcover. Good. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. foxing on first and last pages; colour frontis; black cover has a few spots on the back; gilt is worn off on the spine; binding is tight; some insect holes along the edge of the gutter at the back. some browning on the margin of pages. Good .

-- Brier Island Books

Book number: 010538

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE,

The Circular Study.

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1900. First edition. 8vo. 289, [1] + 6 pp ads. Green cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Near fine. Wright III 4647.

-- James Cummins Bookseller

Book number: 230226

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE,

The Circular Study.

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1900. First edition. 8vo. 289 (+6 ads) pp. Green cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Near fine. Wright 4647.

-- James Cummins Bookseller

Book number: 211403

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE

The Circular Study

New York, McClure, Phillips, 1900.First edition, Octavo, gilt-lettered green cloth decoratively stamped in black, Faint foxing to endpapers, spine barely slanted, else fine. Uncommon in this condition.
¶ Laid in is the publisher's four page book list for autumn, 1900. The daughter of a well-known criminal lawyer, 'Anna Katherine Green was a unique figure in the field of detective fiction. She was the first woman to write detective stories in any land or language, and her work continued through all the major periods of the genre' Queen, The Detective Short Story A Bibliography. Her first work in this genre, The Leavenworth Case, preceded Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Her own detective, Ebenezer Gryce, reappears in this work. She also wrote books involving Gryce's able assistant, Amelia Butterworth and the wonderfully named lady detective Violet Strange. [Glover and Greene, Victorian Detective Fiction 208. DAB. NAW. See Browne p. 67. Wright III 4647].

-- Randall House Rare Books

Book number: 2524

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE

The Circular Study

Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No dust jacket, binding shaken, some edge wear, rubbing & tone to blue boards, spine sunned/toned, text unmarked. 1914 Hard Cover. 289 pp. "Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories." - Wikipedia.

-- Yesterday's Muse Books

Book number: 1522986

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction::Contemporary Fiction::Contemporary

GREEN, (ANNA KATHARINE).

The Circular Study.

Toronto: Langton & Hall, 1901. First Canadian edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Green decorated cloth stamped in black, gilt lettered, fore and bottom page edges untrimmed. [6], 289 , [1, blank], [6, ads], [2, blank] pp. Minor rubbing to spine tips and outer corners; hairline crack to front inner hinge but firm; short tear to upper margin of last leaf; large corner torn from first leaf of ads with loss of a few words; else near fine, bright copy, no owner names, of an uncommon edition. First published in the US in 1900, and in the UK in 1902. Author was one of the first American women crime novelists of importance.

-- Steven Temple Books (ABAC/ILAB)

Book number: 21522

Catalogue: Crime and Suspense Fiction

GREEN,ANNA KATHARINE.

Le crime de Gramercy Park.

Taduction de J. H. Rosny. Illustrations de L. Malteste. Paris, 1908, P. Lafitte & C. Collection illustrée Pierre La (fiorit. in cop.). cm.17x25, pp.120, alcune ill.bn.nt. leg.ed.fig.col.

-- Libreria Chiari

Book number: 123797

Catalogue: Letteratura Opere per Ragazzi

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE

The Defence of the Bride and Other Poems

New York, G.P Putnam's Sons. 1882, First Edition. Original Cloth. First edition. Blue cloth with a gilt illustrations of a lance and sword. 124 pp. A collection of poems by Anna Katharine Green, better known for her mysteries and contributions to the evolution of that genre. GOOD condition. Minor to moderate soiling to the covers, with several minor stains present. Minor to moderate scuffing, especially along the extremities. Front cover slightly bowed. Rear interior hinge weak with the front starting at the upper edge. Interior solid with minor scatttered soiling and moderate browning to the pages. Good/No Jacket.

-- Mare Booksellers

Book number: 004487

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Anna Katharine Green

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE

A Difficult Problem the Staircase at the Heart's Delight and Other Stories

F.M. Lupton Co. 1900, First Edition. Hardcover, 12mo - over 63/4" - 73/4" tall. ', Mrs. Charles Rohlfe writing as Green, Anna Katharine. Pictorial cover with gilt lettering. Slight cover corner bumps. 344 pp. Used - Good.

-- The Book Bin, Inc. - Corvallis

Book number: BBC-0K49321

Catalogue: Fiction/Western Fiction

Keywords: Fiction

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE

THE GOLDEN SLIPPER AND OTHER PROBLEMS FOR VIOLET STRANGE

N,Y. A.L.Burt. 1915. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book, Slight wear on edges of spine. Very Good/No Jacket.

-- Pinacle Books

Book number: 073770

Catalogue: Fiction::general

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE

HAND AND RING

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company 1936, Reprint, Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket.
¶ 434 pages; First published in 1883, this is the fourth mystery by one of the first female American mystery writers. Green's most famous book, The Leavenworth Case (1878), was also her first and most famous mystery novel, selling 750,000 copies in 15 years, and making her internationally famous. She was a highly regarded mystery writer, known for her knowledgeable and accurate portrayal of criminal law and procedure. Green cloth over boards, red lettering on front board and spine, red top stain; vi, 434 pp. Spine ends curled and frayed, very light wear to board edges and corners; a few very light spots of insect damage to board cloth; endpapers toned; small strip of abrasion to front paste-down, from removal of prior owner's address label; binding tight, hinges sound, pages clean and bright.

-- Basset Books LLC

Book number: 49799

Catalogue: Mystery & Thriller

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE.

Hand and Ring.

NY. Putnam's. 1883. First Edition. With 5 black and white illustrations. By the author of The Leavenworth Case. VG- in gold cloth stamped in black on the front boards with the drawing of a clock set to 11:55. Stamped brightly in gold on the spine with gold borders at the top and bottom. A scarce and unusual book.

-- Brainerd F. Phillipson, Rare Books

Book number: 2503

Catalogue: Detective Fiction

Keywords: Detective Fiction

GREEN, (ANNA KATHARINE)

The House of the Whispering Pines.

NY: A.L. Burt, no date. Hardcover. Octavo. Ca. 191- reprint from Putnam plates. Tan cloth stamped in red and dark green. (vi), 425 pp + frontispiece. Red spine lettering dulled; yellowing and small soil spots to page edges; ink owner name; VG tight copy otherwise.

-- Steven Temple Books (ABAC/ILAB)

Book number: 22387

Catalogue: Crime and Suspense Fiction

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE

The House of the Whispering Pines

G.P. Putman's Sons, 1910. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910 (Hardback, no dj, cover edgeworn and fading, bookplate, owner name, o/w good condition)

-- The Book Nook

Book number: 97837

Catalogue: Fiction G

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE.

The House of the Whispering Pines.

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910, 1st edition. Hardcover. Good condition, spine slightly cocked and creased. 425p.

-- Brookline Village Books

Book number: 17659

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction First Editions Detective Fiction Mysteries Mysteries

ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

The House in the Mist

New York, The New York Book Company/Bobbs- Merrill. 1905, First Thus. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Greenish decorative boards with the titles in green in a black patch to the front and spine.Top edges are tinted brown.The boards show light soiling and the spine is somewhat sunned. The pages are still quite clear and bright and are showing just a hint of colouration. Good/No.

-- Mulberry Books

Book number: 001514

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE

House in the Mist

Indianapolis, Indiana, Bobbs Merrill, 1905, First American Edition. Hard Bound , 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Near Fine. Unmarked. 1st edition (April 1905). Slight toning endpapers, else Fine. Near Fine.

-- Longfellow's Books

Book number: 008872

Keywords: Mystery

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE.

Initials Only. With Frontispiece in Colors by Arthur I. Keller.

New York: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers. [1911] [i.e. slightly later]. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint edition, first issued by Dodd, Mead in 1911; this edition dates from circa 1919. Octavo, original red cloth embossed in blind and titled in dark blue. 356 pp + [10] pp publishers ads & [10] blank pages at rear. Name stamp on front paste-down; minor browning to endpapers and dusting to top page edges; a very good, nearly fine copy in the attractive colour pictorial dust jacket with artwork also by Keller but depicting a different scene from the book than the frontispiece. The jacket has small chips to the spine tips and one small closed tear to the top edge of the front panel, repaired internally with tape; some minor dust-soiling to the white paper stock. Uncommon in dust wrapper.
¶ Mystery novel, listed in Hubin. Very Good in Dust Jacket .

-- Thompson Rare Books - ABAC/ILAB

Book number: 5549

Catalogue: Vintage Mystery Fiction List

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE,

A leaf of paper signed seven times "For Seymour Halpern Anna Katharine Green".

N. P, n.d [1930's]. 8vo. . Single sheet. Very good condition.
¶ Green's well-written detective novels were said to have established the standard formulas for that genre. Her "The Leavenworth Case" being her first and best known work in the field. From the collection of Seymour Halpern. Seymour Halpern was a Representative from New York. From 1931 to 1933 he was a reporter and feature writer for the Long Island Daily Press and the Chicago Herald Examiner

-- James Cummins Bookseller

Book number: 35308

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE

The Leavenworth Case a Lawyer's Story.

Putnam's Sons, 1900. Hardcover. One hundreth thousand printing. Lt brwn cloth boards/ worn red/green lettering. Rear board has black mold spots on 1/2 of it. Spine darkened. Stamped ownrship. Text itself is quite clean/tight. Pullout page of clues. ; 5x7; 409+ads pages. G+/NONE.

-- Seneca Valley Books

Book number: 6420

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction Adolescents

GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE,

The Leavenworth Case: a lawyer's story.

NY, Putnam, (1906). G. Hole at bottom edge of first 42 pages not affecting text.

-- Crabtree's Collection Old Books

Book number: BOOKS022800I

Catalogue: Fiction