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The House of Cain. Arthur William Upfield. Dennis McMillan, 1983.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dennis McMillan, San Francisco, CA, 1983. Bright red cloth hardcover with gold gilt lettering on cover and spine, with DJ, 286 pp. Limited to 1000 copies. Introduction by Philip Jose Farmer. Dennis McMilan published a number of limited edition books in the crime & mystery field. This was his first published book, a thriller about murderer who opened a haven for murderers in the Australian Bush. DJ is fine. Book has foxing on top text block end. A bit of rubbing wear at very top corner between side & top text block ends. Else, book is fine, tight, unmarked, unread.
Seller: JAC Books, Cortland, NY, U.S.A.
Arthur W. Upfield. The House Of Cain. Dennis McMillan, 1983.
Price: US$69.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
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Seller: Kayo Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Upfield, Arthur W.. The House of Cain. Dennis McMillan, 1983.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first of Dennis McMillan's books. Fine in fine dust jacket, with original shrinkwrap present but opened. This copy has the original bill of sale laid-in, on which there is a long typed note from McMillan to the buyer, discussing future publishing plans and signed by him.
Seller: Book 'Em, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Arthur William Upfield. HOUSE OF CAIN. Dennis McMillan, San Francisco, CA, 1983.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First of the McMillan reprints. Introduction by Philip Jose Farmer. A Napolean Bonaparte mystery.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Upfield, Arthur W.. The House of Cain. Dennis McMillan Publications, 1983.
Price: US$94.50 + shipping
Description: San Francisco. 1983. Dennis McMillan Publications. 1st of This Reprinted Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0960998608. Introduction by Philip Jose Farmer. Limited to 1,000 copies. 286 pages. hardcover. Jacket art by George Barr. keywords: Mystery Australia . FROM THE PUBLISHER - A mystery by Upfield that predates the appearance of his famous, half-breed detective Napoleon Bonaparte. A first-rate thriller about an American millionaire who owns the House of Cain. The owner himself is a threefold murderer and offers his lodgings as a haven for murderers wanted by the law. It is with this man that Austiline Thorpe, the beautiful fiancee of Martin Sherwood, becomes involved. inventory #7092
Seller: zenosbooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Upfield, Arthur H.. THE HOUSE OF CAIN. Dennis McMillan, San Francisco, 1983.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition thus, a reissue of the Upfield's first book with a new introduction by Philip Jose Farmer. Limited to 1,000 copies. This was also the first Dennis McMillan book. Dust jacket art by George Barr. Small octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
UPFIELD, Arthur W.. The House of Cain. Dennis McMillan, San Francisco, 1983.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition thus. Introduction by Philip José Farmer. Jacket by George Barr. 12mo. 286pp. Page edges faintly foxed, about fine in fine dust jacket with faint internal foxing. First published in 1928. This is also the first book published under Dennis McMillan's imprint.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Upfield, Arthur W.. The House of Cain. Dennis McMillan, San Francisco, 1983.
Price: US$113.11 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 12mo, 286pp. Very near fine copy in like dust jacket.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
UPFIELD, Arthur William. The House of Cain. Dennis McMillan, San Francisco, 1983.
Price: US$120.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: San Francisco, Dennis McMillan, 1983 (second US edition)/ 1929 (first US edition)/ 1928. Octavo, [iv], 286 pages with a frontispiece. Red cloth lettered in gilt; top edge a little foxed; an excellent copy with the fine dustwrapper. One of 1000 copies of the second American edition of Upfield's first book. Philip José Farmer provides a three-page introduction. Arthur William Upfield (1890-1964), writer and bushman, is best known for his series of 29 crime novels featuring the part-Aboriginal detective Napoleon Bonaparte (who does not appear in this mystery story). Loder, page 230 ('Set in an Australian inland retreat for murderers'); Burnet 1.3.
Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Upfield, Arthur William. House of Cain. Dennis McMillan Publications, 1983.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover in jacket. No statement of printing on copyright page. Tiny ink mark to page edges.
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
UPFIELD, ARTHUR W.. THE HOUSE OF CAIN. DENNIS MCMILLAN PUB 1983, SAN FRANCISCO CA, 1983.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN UK BY HUTCHINSON (LONDON) IN 1928 AND IN THE US BY DORRANCE (PHILADELPHIA) IN 1929 BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS FINE AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK OF ONE OF UPFIELD'S NON "BONY" MYSTERIES. INTRODUCTION BY PHILIP JOSE FARMER. This was neophyte publisher Dennis McMillan Publications first selection and issued in 1000 copies. (June 1999 Firsts, Patrick Millikin)
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
Arthur W. Upfield. Introduction by Philip Jose Farmer. House of Cain. Dennis McMillan, 1983.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ISBN 0960998608. Hardback. 1983 reprint edition. Very Good condition book, with slight dustsoiling and browning to edges of interior pages, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges, some fading to jacket edges and spine (yellow and orange illustrations faded to white and purple on along spine.) Tight, sound, unmarked copy. $20.00 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket.
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Upfield, Arthur W. (Intro. Philip Jose farmer). The House of Cain. Dennis McMillan, 1983.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First thus edition of Upfields first book, originally published in 1929. Introduced by Philip Jose Farmer. Fine, tight and unread book in Fine pictorial jacket. This is the first hardback published by McMillan in a printing of 1000 copies. A mystery by Upfield that predates the appearance of his famous, half-breed detective Napoleon Bonaparte. This copy has been signed by publisher Dennis McMillan on the title page.
Seller: Squid Ink Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Upfield, Arthur W.. THE HOUSE OF CAIN. Introduction by Philip Jose Farmer.. Dennis McMillan,, 1983.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: ISBN 0-9609986-0-8. Reprinting by Dennis McMillam in dust jacket with painting by George Barr and an introduction for this printing by Philip Jose Farmer. Upfield's first book. Suitable for a gift. Fine hardcover with fine dust jacket in new Brodart jacket. Splendid copy - unmarked, bright and clean - binding tight and square. Enjoy reading with a real book in your hands. Shipping from North Carolina. Dedicated to delighting our customers. Delivery confirmation provided on all domestic orders. Happy to ship to international locations. Consider expedited shipping - just a little more moves your purchase a lot faster. Digital photos available on request for any book.
Seller: Cameron Park Books, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Upfield, Arthur W.. THE HOUSE OF CAIN. Dennis McMillan, San Francisco, 1983.
Price: US$403.08 + shipping
Description: Pp. [iv]+286, frontispiece (reproducing the dust wrapper from the 1929 Dorrance edition), pictorial endpapers, designed by William L. McMillan, printed in orange & red; red cloth, spine and upper board lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, illustrated by George Barr; Dennis McMillan, San Francisco, 1983. Second U.S. [pirated] edition, being a reprint of the 1929 Dorrance edition. *Upfield's first book, originally published in London by Hutchinson in 1928, and in America by Dorrance in 1929. This edition, the first title to be published under Dennis McMillan's imprint, was issued without the consent of Bonaparte Holdings, who hold the copyright to Upfield's work. In his introduction, Philip Jose Farmer describes the book as 'Upfield's pre-osteomatic novel' [ie, 'pre-Bony'], because it does not feature Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia