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 Brothers, 1938. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, stated. Blue cloth. No jacket. 312 pp. A mystery set in a small town, incorporating the rise of fascism with a mystery, with archaeology and architecture used as means of solving the crime. By Stanley Casson, a British archaeologist..... 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
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
London: Gryphon Books, 1956. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, so stated. Blue cloth in unclipped jacket. 190 pp. A mystery/thriller novel involving smuggling, gunrunning, etc. FAIR/GOOD condition. Heavy chipping, tearing and creasing to the jacket along the extremities, with some loss. Minor soiling and scuffing. Rear panel toned. Several tears..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. First American Edition. First US edition. Black cloth in unclipped dust jacket. 224 pp. mystery featuring Inspector Morse. GOOD+ condition. Minor fading and edgewear. Rear panel scuffed. Book faded and scuffed, with some soiling. Corners bumped. More
London: Macmillan, 1989. First Edition. Cloth. First edition in unclipped dust jacket. 200 pp. Signed by the author on the title page. A mystery featuring Inspector Morse. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor fading and edgewear. 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: 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
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. First US edition. Light beige cloth in price clipped jacket. 267 pp. Third novel featuring Highsmith's anti-hero Tom Ripley. GOOD+ jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Minor soiling and uneven fading to the jacket. Minor bumping and creasing along the extremities..... More
London: Cresset Press, 1957. First British Edition. Cloth. First British edition (no statement of printing, no additional printings/dates given on copyright page). Red cloth. No jacket. 265 pp. First British edition, preceded by the US edition (published in 1955). Highly acclaimed thriller, being the introduction to Highsmith's anti-hero, Tom Ripley..... 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: 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
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1952. Cloth. Greenish blue cloth in unclipped jacket. 220 pp. An award winning collection of mystery stories. FAIR/GOOD condition. Heavy chipping, creasing and tearing along the jacket edges, with some loss. General fading and toning to the jacket. Minor soiling. Rear jacket a bit stained..... 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
London: Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd. Cloth. no date, perhaps 1920s. Red cloth in unclipped jacket. Viii, 278 pp. Price of 2/6 on the spine. Jacket art by Leo Bates. Presumed an early reprint. A spy/mystery novel set during World War I. POOR/FAIR jacket on a GOOD book. Jacket moderately stained..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1985. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, stated first printing. Blue paper covered boards with brown cloth spine, in unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author, with a brief inscription, on the first endpaper. 311 pp. Another installment of this detective series featuring Parker's private eye, Spenser..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. First edition, stated first printing. Black paper covered boards with black cloth spine, in unclipped dust jacket. 182 pp. Another installment of this detective series featuring Parker's private eye, Spenser. GOOD condition. Minor soiling, scuffing and edgewear to the jacket, with..... More
New York: Delacorte Press, 1981. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, stated first printing. Gray paper covered boards with black cloth spine, in unclipped dust jacket. 184 pp. Another installment of this detective series featuring Parker's private eye, Spenser. GOOD condition. Minor soiling, scuffing and edgewear to the jacket. Book faded..... 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
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: Standard Magazines, Publisher, 1952. Wraps. Pulp magazine. 9 ½ by 7 inches. Featuring color vintage cover art of a woman and man struggling on a bed over a gun. 114 pp. With a few black and white illustrations in the interior. A single issue of this mystery/detective pulp..... More