Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1980. First Edition. Cloth. Stated first edition. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. 268 pp. A mystery following the investigation into a murder by international art crime investigator Amos Hatcher. VERY GOOD jacket on a GOOD+ book. Minor toning, wrinkling, soiling and edgewear to the jacket. Some..... More
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
New York: Harper and Row, 1968. First American Edition. Cloth. Stated first US edition. Hardcover in unclipped jacket. 209 pp. First novel involving the umbrella wielding Miss Seeton. GOOD condition. Faint dampstaining, rippling and pink staining to the lower left front jacket and lower spine/rear cover. Some toning and minor..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
New York: Mysterious Press/Warner Books, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition, stated first printing. Paper covered boards in unclipped jacket. SIGNED on the title page, with a brief dedication, by the author. 325 pp. A Joe Gunther mystery. GOOD+ condition. Minor scuffing, wrinkling and fading to the jacket, with..... More
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
New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition. Cloth. Stated first edition. Beige cloth. No jacket. 326 pp. A mystery novel by American journalist and novelist Elliot Paul, an author tangentially associated with Gertrude Stein and other Americans in Paris in the 1920s. GOOD condition. Small semicircular ring stain to the..... More
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
Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. Stated first edition. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. 189 pp. A murder mystery set in Arizona, and drawing on its local culture. GOOD condition. Some fading and toning to the jacket. Minor soiling, with dark scuffs to the rear panel. Jacket..... More
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
New York: Crestwood Publishing Co, 1945. Wraps. Paperback with a brightly illustrated front cover. 120 pp. A murder mystery detective novel, by Louis Trimble, an author of other mysteries and science fiction work, as well as technical work in the field of applied linguistics. GOOD+ condition. Minor creasing and soiling..... More
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition, first state. EX-LIBRARY IN FAIR CONDITION. Appears to be rebound in red cloth. Usual ex-library pastedowns (pockets, etc.) present in the book. Overall heavy to moderate wear.Covers scuffed, soiled and bumped. Forward lean to book. Remains of tape residue on..... More