New York: Phoenix Press, 1945. Cloth. Light olive cloth. No jacket. 256 pp. SIGNED by the author with date and a short inscription indicating this was the author's copy. A hard-boiled detective/mystery story set in Boston, Massachusetts and following the exploits of private detective Duke McCale. GOOD condition. Heavy browning... More about Murder in Plain Sight
New York: Falcon Books, 1951. Original Wraps. Original wraps. No. 15. 128 pages. With a few black and white photos within. Suggestive cover art. A pulp novel of romance, murder and mystery. In GOOD+ condition. General minor scuffing and minor creasing to the covers, more so along the extremities. Minor... More about Wanton By Night
Little, Brown and Co., 2002. First Edition. Original Wraps. First printing. UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOFS. In wraps. NEAR FINE condition. Light edgewear. Light rounding to the corners. Small black scuff on the top and bottom center back cover. Barnes and Noble stamp on top page edges. Small faint brown stain on... More about City of Bones
Boston: James H. Brigham, Publisher, 1880. Wraps. 1880 or perhaps later. Presumed late 19th century reprint of the Lee and Shepard American publication. Wraps (LACKING both front and rear). vi, 259, 8 pp. The 8 pages at the rear are specimen pages from a forthcoming work. A mystery/detective style novel... More about No. 13 Rue Marlot
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition with publisher’s logo on copyright page and no other printings given. Hardcover lacking a dust jacket. This is Ford’s second book. In GOOD+ condition with three faded spots of dampstaining to the front cover and a section..... More about By the Watchman’s Clock
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1986. First Edition. Original Wraps. First edition, Proof copy. In original wraps. 243 pages. The third in this acclaimed mystery series featuring Kinsey Millhone. Advanced proof copy. In GOOD condition. Moderate darkening to the covers, with heavier darkening along the spine. Minor soiling and... More about C is for Corpse
New York: The Parlor Car Publishing Co, 1895. Original Wraps. First edition. Wraps. 106 pp, plus 17 pages of ads. With an illustrated title page. LACKING THE ORIGINAL WRAPS. A pulp novel featuring Cad Metti, a woman detective and her exploits with Dudie Dunne in foiling a counterfeit operation. FAIR... More about Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist; or Dudie Dunne Again in the Field. Old Sleuth's Own....
New York: George Munro's Sons, Publisher, 1894. Wraps. Illustrated blue wraps. 139 pp., plus 22 pages of ads in the rear. While the title page give a date of 1893, this work, part of the Calumet Series, is dated October 6, 1894 on the front wrap. A dime novel by... More about The Man-trapper. A story of extraordinary detective Devices
Harpercollins, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. Stated first edition first printing. In unclipped dust jacket. FINE condition. No visible wear to jacket or book. Nice copy. More about Sacred Clowns
Harper and Row, 1989. First Edition. Hard Cover. Stated first edition with a 1 in the number line indicating a first printing. In unclipped jacket. VERY GOOD+ jacket on a NEAR FINE book. Light scuffing to the jacket. Very light edgewear. Book is clean and tight with no visible wear... More about Talking God
Crown Publishers, 1964. First Edition. Hard Cover. No additional printings indicated. First edition. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. GOOD+ jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Light soiling and sunning to the jacket, most noticeable to the back jacket. Some light scuffing to the jacket. Moderate to heavy edgewear to the jacket... More about Friday the Rabbi Slept Late
New York: Hard Case Crime. Dorchester Publishing Co, 2005. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. First edition. Mass market paperback. A mystery set on an island off the coast of Maine. First appearance of this work, preceding the British edition. Cover art by Glen Orbik. In NEAR FINE condition with a.... More about The Colorado Kid
New York: Knopf, 2008. First American Edition. Hard Cover. First American Edition. Yellowish paper covered boards in black cloth binding. Stated first United States edition. Hard cover in unclipped jacket. 465pp. The first novel in this popular series. VERY GOOD jacket and book. Minor bumping and wrinkling along the upper... More about The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Publisher, 1945. Wraps. Mass market paperback, oblong format. 287 pp. Armed Services edition, #789, of this mystery novel. GOOD condition. Moderate fading, with moderate to heavy wrinkling and creasing to the covers. Minor soiling and staining. Text block browned. More about Payoff for the Banker. A Mr. and Mrs. North Mystery. Armed Services Edition #789
Harper and Row, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition, first printing in unclipped dust jacket. In VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor wrinkling/creasing to the jacket, most noticeably a faint vertical crease running the length of the jacket . Jacket spine lightly faded. Minor rubbing to corner. Previous owner’s gift inscription..... More about Cinnamon Skin
Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Stated first edition in an unclipped dust jacket. NEAR FINE condition. Very minor soiling to the back cover (sticker residue). Very light fading. Very minor fading to extremties of book. Else fine. Great looking copy of this work in NEAR FINE condition. More about The Lonely Silver Rain
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1970. First Edition. Wraps. #m2325. First printing, in wraps. This is the first appearance of this work, preceding the first hardcover edition (Lippincott, 1972) by two years. Meets the true first printing requirements as called for in the FIRSTS magazine (Nov. 2002) annotated checklist of... More about The Long Lavender Look
Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.A. Fawcett Gold Medal, 1964. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. First printing, with k1406 present on the copyright page (second printings lack this number which was replaced by two dots. See Firsts Magazine November 2002). In original wraps/mass market paperback. True first edition of this work, preceding the..... More about Nightmare in Pink
New York: Fictioneers, Inc., Publisher, 1948. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. Approximately 10 by 7 ½ inches. 130 pp. A single issue of this mystery/crime pulp magazine, featuring the short novel by John D. MacDonald 'Come Die With Me,' as well as work by Ray Cummings, Shad Collins and others. GOOD... More about New Detective Magazine. January, 1948
Knopf, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Stated first edition. In unclipped dust jacket. EX-LIBRARY. FAIR dust jacket on a G/VG book. There are no library markings on the dust jacket or on the book itself. There is a large library pastedown on the inside front cover as well as a.... More about Blood Money
New York: Street and Smith, 1900. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Digest sized. 318 pp. Victorian era novel, originally printed in 1891. FAIR condition. Moderate to heavy soiling, staining and darkening to the wraps. Minor chipping, creasing and tearing along the extremities, with some loss to the head and tail of the... More about The Dugdale Millions. Magnet Detective Library No. 131
New York: Crestwood Publishing Co. Inc, 1945. Original Wraps. Large format paperback with a nice illustration of a skeleton in a long cape riding a horse. In GOOD condition. Moderate scuffing and some soiling to the covers. Heavy scuffing to the rear cover. Extremities scuffed with some creasing. Spine creased... More about The Purple Pony Murders. A $2.00 Mystery Novel. No. 14
New York: Lawrence E. Spivak/The American Mercury, Publishers. Original Wraps. Original wraps. 126 pages plus a pages of ads. Classic mystery from Ellery Queen. GOOD+ condition. General uneven fading, minor soiling and a diagonal crease present at the lower front corner. Moderate scuffing along the extremities and spine, with minor... More about The Devil to Pay. Bestseller Library No. 8
Magna Publications, 1937. First Edition. Original Wraps. A mystery novel by Starrett. FAIR condition. Covers have become detached from the text but intact to themselves, albeit torn halfway up the spine. Light soiling to the covers. Minor scuffing and creasing, mostly to the extremities. Corners bumped and rubbed. A few... More about The Laughing Buddha
Lowell, MA: C.I. Hood Company, 1914. Original Wraps. Illustrated wraps depicting four cowboys with guns aiming at a woman on a horse. 144 pages. A pulp novel reprint blending the genres of crime and westerns. GOOD condition. Moderate browning and faint spotting to the front cover, with general soiling and... More about Gipsy Blair The Western Detective