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Catalogue 88

1. ABBOT, ANTHONY About the Murder of the Night Club Lady. NY: Covici, 1931. First Edition. Soiling and fraying to cover, owner's signature, rear hinge cracked, else good (no Dust Jacket). The third Thatcher Colt mystery. $15.00

2. About the Murder of the Circus Queen. NY: Covici, 1932. First Edition. Some faint cover spots & soiling, about VG (no Dust Jacket). The fourth Thatcher Colt mystery. $20.00

3. The Shudders. NY: Farrar, 1943. First Edition. Top spine wear, inner hinge started, top edge soiling, else near VG in Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear and chipping. The final Thatcher Colt mystery. $75.00

4. ABRAMO, J. L. Catching Water in a Net. NY: St. Martin's, 2001. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery and winner of the 2000 St. Martin's Best First Private Eye Novel award. Features San Francisco P.I. Peter Diamond. $35.00

5. ABSHIRE, RICHARD Dallas Drop. NY: Morrow, 1989. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Introduces private eye Jack Kyle. $15.00

6. Turnaround Jack. NY: Morrow, 1990. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The second Jack Kyle mystery. $15.00

7. ACHESON, EDWARD The Grammarian's Funeral. NY: Macrae, 1935. First Edition. Light stains to rear cover, owner's inscription in pencil, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Author's uncommon third mystery. Academic setting. $20.00

8. ADAMS, CLEVE The Private Eye. NY: Reynal, 1942. First Edition. Owner's signature, else VG+ in good+, bright Dust Jacket with flap corners clipped affecting some words, extremities backed with brown tape on blind side and internal rear panel hole. Dust jacket design by Hawkins. Hardboiled John J. Shannon. The sixth mystery by BLACK MASK author Adams. $60.00

9. The Crooking Finger. NY: Reynal, 1944. First Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear and rubbing. Private eye Rex McBride in Nevada, the nineth hardboiled thriller by BLACK MASK author Adams. Very uncommon in dust jacket. $85.00

10. ADAMS, EUSTACE L. Death Charter. NY: Coward, 1943. First Edition. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Ship board setting. $15.00

11. ADAMS, HAROLD The Barbed Wire Noose. NY: Mysterious, 1987. First Edition. Remainder mark on lower edge, fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Carl Wilcox. $17.50

12. ADAMS, HERBERT The Woman in Black. Phila: Lippincott, 1932. First American Edition. Spine lightly faded, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). A Jimmie Haswell mystery. $20.00

13. ADCOCK, THOMAS Sea of Green. NY: Mysterious, 1989. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery. $20.00

14. (ADVENTURE FICTION) \ CHAPMAN, A EDWARDS The Ready Blade: A Medieval Tapestry. NY: Appleton, 1934. First Edition. Some light spine fading, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket with lower spine color-fading. A Tired Business Man's Library selection. $55.00

15. (ADVENTURE FICTION) \ MCFEE, WILLIAM North of Suez. NY: D'day Doran, 1930. 1st trade edition. Near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket. Non-mystery adventure has naval officer following trail of hashish. $45.00

16. (ADVENTURE FICTION) \ PERTWEE, ROLAND Royal Heritage. Boston: Houghton, 1931. First American Edition. VG+- near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. Historical adventure novel listed in Hubin as of marginal criminous interest. $75.00

17. AIRD, CATHERINE Some Die Eloquent. London: Collins Crime Club, 1979. First Edition. Minor bump to one corner, else near fine in Dust Jacket. An Inspector Sloan mystery. $25.00

18. ALBERT, NEIL The January Corpse. NY: Walker, 1991. First Edition. Very minor bump to lower corner, else fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The author's first mystery introduces Dave Garrett. $75.00

19. ALBERT, SUSAN WITTIG Hangman's Root. NY: Scribner's, 1994. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The third China Bayles mystery. $15.00

20. ALDEN, WINTHROP The Lost Million. NY: Dodd, 1913. First Edition. Good. Color pictorial cover. Author's only mystery. $10.00

21. ALDERSON, ALEXANDER The Subtle Minotaur. London: Gifford, 1954. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The author's only mystery. No U.S. edition. $50.00

22. ALEXANDER, T. H. Loot. Dallas: Southwest Press, 1932. First Edition. Owner's signatures, else near fine in a VG Dust Jacket. Novel based on an insider's view of corrupt Southern politics of the period. Not in Hubin. $35.00

23. ALLEGRETTO, MICHAEL Death on the Rocks. NY: Scribners, 1987. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's first, introduces Jacob Lomax. $35.00

24. Blood Stone. NY: Scribners, 1988. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The second Jacob Lomax mystery. $25.00

25. ALLEN, GERTRUDE M. Nightshade. NY: Macaulay, 1933. First American Edition. Spine slant, owner's inscription, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with moderate spine chips. Author's second mystery. Called a "civilized thriller" on dust jacket flap. $50.00

26. ALLINGHAM, MARGERY Flowers for the Judge. NY: D'day Doran, 1936. Later printing. A fine copy (no Dust Jacket). Albert Campion. $20.00

27. Dancers in Mourning. NY: Doubleday, 1937. First American Edition. Most of Dust Jacket front panel pasted to front cover, some bookplate residue on rear free endpaper, inner hinge weak; else a good+ copy (no Dust Jacket). An Albert Campion mystery, highly praised by Barzun & Taylor in A CATALOGUE OF CRIME. $15.00

28. No Love Lost. NY: Doubleday, 1954. First American Edition. Light foxing to endpapers, owner's bookplate, else a fine copy in a fine Dust Jacket. Two mystery novelettes. $35.00

29. ALLISON, WILLIAM A Secret of the Sea. NY: Doubleday, 1920. First Edition. Owner's signature in pencil, soiled top edges, else VG+- near fine in a good Dust Jacket with a front panel chip. Sea adventure novel, reminiscent of the Marie Celeste mystery. Uncommon in dust jacket. $50.00

30. AMBLER, ERIC A Coffin for Dimitrios. NY: Knopf, 1939. First American Edition. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title and the basis for the classic Warner Bros. film "The Mask of Dimitrios" which starred Sidney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Zachary Scott. $75.00

31. Passage of Arms. London: Heinemann, 1959. First Edition. Owner's initials, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). $15.00

32. Passage of Arms. NY: Knopf, 1960. First American Edition. Corner bump, else near fine in the two different Dust Jackets. $20.00

33. The Ability to Kill. NY: Mysterious Press, 1987. First Edition. Fine in fine slipcase, without Dust Jacket, as issued. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and limited to 250 copies (#199). A series of true crime essays including four under the heading The Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures. Lizzie is only peripherally mentioned. $50.00

34. AMES, DELANO She Shall Have Murder. NY: Rinehart, 1949. First American Edition. Near fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The first Jane & Dagobert Brown mystery. $50.00

35. AMIS, KINGSLEY The Riverside Villas Murder. London: Cape, 1973. First Edition. Fine in near-fine Dust Jacket. $20.00

36. ANDERSON, JOHN R. L. Death in the Greenhouse. London: Gollancz, 1978. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Col. Blair in Africa in pursuit of a triple murderer. $30.00

37. ANDERSON, POUL Murder Bound. NY: Macmillan, 1962. First Edition. Usual yellowing pages, else near fine in near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. The third Trygve Yamamura mystery. $75.00

38. ANDRUS, JEFF Tracer, Inc. NY: Scribner, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $15.00

39. ANONYMOUS Life and Adventures of Sam Bass: Notorious Union Pacific and Texas Train Robber. Austin, TX: John A. Norris, (1878). Early reprint. Lightly browned pages, else a sharp, VG+ copy in digest-size, blue wraps. This is apparently the second edition of an extremely rare paperback first published in 1878. Appears to have been published early 20th century. It was later reprinted in tan wraps. The author was said to be a newspaperman named Morrison. True crime. $65.00

40. ANTHONY, PIERS For Love of Evil. NY: Morrow, 1986. First Edition. Corner bumps, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Book Six of INCARNATIONS OF IMMORTALITY. $25.00

41. Out of Phaze. NY: Ace/Putnam, 1987. First Edition. Fine in near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Owner's bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Book Four of the Apprentice Adept Series. $17.50

42. Robot Adept. NY: Ace/Putnam, 1988. First Edition. Fine in about fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE ORDER laid in. Apprentice Adept Series. $20.00

43. Firefly. NY: Morrow, 1990. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Horror. $20.00

44. The Color of her Panties. NY: Morrow, 1992. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The 15th Xanth fantasy. $50.00

45. The Color of her Panties. NY: Morrow, 1992. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. The 15th Xanth fantasy. $50.00

46. Chaos Mode. NY: Ace/Putnam, 1993. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Book three of the Mode Series. $20.00

47. Demons Don't Dream. NY: Tor, 1993. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Owner's bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Fantasy. $15.00

48. Isle of Woman. NY: Tor, 1993. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. $20.00

49. Harpy Thyme. NY: Tor, 1994. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Xanth fantasy. $20.00

50. ANTHONY, WILDER Men of Mystery. NY: Macaulay, 1926. 1st Amer (preceded by the English). Owner's neat inscription, else near fine in VG, colorful Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery is set in the old west. In Hubin. $100.00

51. APPLEBY, JOHN The Singing Cave. London: Laurie, 1952. First Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with price cut off flap. Published in the U.S. as BARBARY HOARD. $20.00

52. APPLIN, ARTHUR Sweeter Than Honey. NY: Green Circle, 1936. First American Edition. Near fine in VG, colorful Dust Jacket with moderate spine extremity chips. Mystery with a beekeeping setting. Uncommon in dust jacket. $75.00

53. ARLEN, MICHAEL The Flying Dutchman. NY: Doubleday, 1939. 1st Amer (stated). VG+ in near VG Dust Jacket with front panel chip. Hubin lists the Book League as the American first edition although this is a stated first.The second mystery novel by the creator of The Falcon. $60.00

54. ARMSTRONG, CHARLOTTE The Balloon Man. NY: Coward, 1968. First Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with top spine tears. $15.00

55. ARMSTRONG, MARGARET The Man With No Face. NY: Random, 1940. First Edition. Owner's inscription in pencil, else VG in near VG Dust Jacket with small top spine chips and faded spine. Author's second mystery. $45.00

56. ARRE, HELEN Murder by the Book. NY: Acadia House, 1960. First Edition. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Bibliomystery concerning a professor killed by a bust of William Wordsworth. $30.00

57. ASHE, SAXON I Am Saxon Ashe. NY: Alliance, 1940. First Edition. One corner rubbed, else VG in good+ Dust Jacket with moderate chips to spine and rear panel. Pseudonomynous author's first mystery. Followed by a sequel. $90.00

58. ASIMOV, ISAAC Murder at the ABA. NY: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket with some fading to rear panel. Bibliomystery includes Asimov as one of the characters. $50.00

59. BABSON, MARIAN Bejewelled Death. NY: Walker, 1982. First American Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. $8.00

60. BAILEY, H. C. My Lady of Orange. NY: Longman's, 1901. First American Edition. Light rear cover stain, very light spine fading, else VG+- near fine with decorated cover. The author's first novel; historical, non-mystery. $60.00

61. Mr. Fortune, Please. London: Methuen, 1928. Third Edition. Rubbed lower spine, else VG in VG Dust Jacket. Even this edition is uncommon in DJ. Short stories. $90.00

62. Mr. Fortune Objects. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1935. First American Edition. Spine slant, else VG+ in near VG, spine-chipped & faded Dust Jacket. Short stories. $100.00

63. This Is Mr. Fortune. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1938. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, else VG+ in good+- near VG Dust Jacket with long spine fold tear tape-repaired on blind side. Short stories. $75.00

64. A Clue for Mr. Fortune. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1939. First American Edition. Just about fine in near VG front flap-clipped Dust Jacket affecting several words as well as the price. The jacket has tape repairs to blind side. Short stories. $75.00

65. Mr. Clunk's Text. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1939. First American Edition. Light browning to endpapers, near-fine in VG Dust Jacket missing some tiny chips. Bibliomystery. $40.00

66. Mr. Fortune Finds a Pig. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1943. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with slender, one-inch chip at top fold. $100.00

67. The Life Sentence. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1946. First American Edition. Shelf wear, else near fine in VG Dust Jacket with small chips at spine extremities chips. Reggie Fortune. $35.00

68. BAKER, RICHARD M. Death Stops the Rehearsal. NY: Scribners, 1937. First Edition. Endpapers browning, VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with some spine color fading. Schoolmaster-sleuth Franklin Russell's second case set during an amateur theatrical production of "In the Shadow of the Knife." $120.00

69. Death Stops the Bells. NY: Scribners, 1938. First Edition. Soiled edges, else near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with rubbing at spine extremities. Schoolmaster/sleuth Franklin Russell. $100.00

70. BALLARD, W. T. Murder Can't Stop. Phila: McKay, 1946. First Edition. Owner's signature, else near VG in price-clipped Dust Jacket with some short tape pieces on flaps. Hardboiled Bill Lennox. $20.00

71. BALMER, EDWIN Waylaid by Wireless. Boston: Small, 1909. First Edition. Spine lettering somewhat faded, owner's inscription; a VG, solid copy (no Dust Jacket). Author's first mystery, published the year before his famous THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF LUTHER TRANT. Uncommon. $35.00

72. BARBER, WILLETTA ANN & SCHABELITZ, R. F. Murder Draws a Line. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1940. First Edition. Owner's inscription, VG-VG+ in about VG Dust Jacket missing shallow chips at spine extremities and one tiny chip at mid-spine. Authors' first mystery; introduces Kit Storm Illustrated. $125.00

73. BARKER, CLIVE The Inhuman Condition. NY: Poseidon, 1986. First Edition. Remainder mark, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Tales of Terror. $15.00

74. BARNES, LINDA A Trouble of Fools. NY: St. Martin's, 1987. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The first Carlotta Carlyle mystery. $50.00

75. BEAR, GREG Tangents: Nine Tales of the Imagination. NY: Warner, 1989. First Edition. Just about fine in fine Dust Jacket. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. $15.00

76. BEEDING, FRANCIS The Secret Weapon. NY: Harper, 1940. First American Edition. Light foxing, near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with minor wear to extremities. Col. Granby. $75.00

77. BENFORD, GREGORY Tides of Light. NY: Bantam, 1989. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Science Fiction. $17.50

78. BENTLEY, E. C. Trent Intervenes. NY: Knopf, 1938. First American Edition. Corner wear, else VG in good+ Dust Jacket with top spine rubbing and wear and tears at folds. Queen's Quorum title includes twelve short stories including the golf mystery "The Sweet Shot" which is listed in Taylor/THE GOLF MURDER. $100.00

79. BIGGERS, EARL DERR Fifty Candles. NY: Grosset, (1926). Early reprint. Owner's initials in pencil; else VG (no Dust Jacket). $15.00

80. BINGHAM, JOHN Inspector Morgan's Dilemma. NY: Dodd, 1956. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. A Red Badge Detective Mystery. $30.00

81. Marion. London: Gollancz, 1958. First Edition. Minor paper-clip stain to front endpaper, else near fine in Dust Jacket. No U.S. edition. $45.00

82. BLACKBURN, JOHN Mister Brown's Bodies. London: Cape, 1975. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Shipboard setting with Bill Easter. Not published in U.S. $35.00

83. BLOCK, LAWRENCE The Burglar in the Closet. NY: Random, 1978. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with 5/8th inch, closed, front panel tear. The second Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery. $250.00

84. A Ticket to the Boneyard. NY: Morrow, 1990. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Matthew Scudder. $20.00

85. A Walk Among the Tombstones. NY: Morrow, 1992. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR tipped to half title page. Mat Scudder. $15.00

86. Even the Wicked. NY: Morrow, 1997. First American Edition. Corner rubbed, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. Matt Scudder. $15.00

87. BOHJALIAN, CHRISTOPHER A. A Killing in the Real World. NY: St. Martin's, 1988. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's uncommon first mystery. $60.00

88. A Killing in the Real World. NY: St. Martin's, 1988. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Author's uncommon first mystery. $65.00

89. Hangman. NY: Carroll & Graf, 1991. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Author's extremely uncommon second mystery, occult setting in Vermont. $125.00

90. Past the Bleachers. NY: Carroll, 1992. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket with front panel internal nick. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. The author's third novel has local baseball setting. Very uncommon. Not in Hubin. $50.00

91. BOND, LARRY The Enemy Within. NY: Warner, 1996. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. $20.00

92. BRADBURY, RAY Fahrenheit 451. NY: Ballantine, 1953. First Edition. Light wear to lower spine, else a VG copy in pictorial wraps (Ballantine #41). $40.00

93. BRAND, CHRISTIANNA Buffet for Unwelcome Guests. Carbondale: SIU Press, 1983. First Edition. Fine in VG Dust Jacket. "The Best Mystery Short Stories of Christianna Brand." Edited by Nevins & Greenberg. Introduction by Robert E. Briney. $30.00

94. BRAND, MAX The Fighting Four. NY: Dodd, 1944. First Edition. Light cover stains, owner's signature in pencil else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Western. $20.00

95. BRAUN, LILIAN JACKSON \ JULIE MURPHY & SALLY ABNEY STEMPINSKI The Cat Who Cookbook. NY: Berkley, 2000. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Recipes inspired by Braun's mysteries. $15.00

96. BRENNAN, FREDERICK HAZLITT Memo to a Firing Squad. NY: Grosset/Knopf, 1943. Reprint. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $15.00

97. BROWN, FREDRIC Homicide Sanitarium. San Antonio: McMillan, 1984. First Edition. One of 300 numbered copies (#187) SIGNED BY BILL PRONZINI, who contributed the introduction; fine in Dust Jacket. The first volume in Dennis McMillan's Brown cycle. $350.00

98. The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches. Volcano (HI): McMillan, 1985. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Limited to 400 copies (#287) & SIGNED BY LAWRENCE BLOCK, who contributed the introduction. Volume four in the McMillan Fredric Brown pulps series. $150.00

99. Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter. No Location: Dennis McMillan, 1986. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Limited to 400 copies (#48) SIGNED BY DONALD WESTLAKE who wrote the introduction. The seventh volume in the Fred Brown Pulp Series published by McMillan. $110.00

100. Nightmare in Darkness. Miami Beach: Dennis McMillan, 1987. First Edition. One of 425 numbered copies (#329) SIGNED BY LINN BROWN (author's son) who wrote the introduction; fine in Dust Jacket. $120.00

101. BRUEN, KEN The Magdalen Martyrs. NY: St. Martin's, 2005. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Jack Taylor. $15.00

102. BUCHAN, JOHN John Macnab. Boston: Houghton, 1925. First American Edition. VG+ with slight spine slant (no Dust Jacket). Edward Laithen. $15.00

103. The Man from the Norlands. Boston: Houghton, 1936. Later Printing. Near fine in near VG Dust Jacket with extremity wear and tear. A Richard Hannay mystery. $30.00

104. BUCKLEY, WILLIAM F. JR. Marco Polo, If You Can. NY: Doubleday, 1982. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. Blackford Oakes. $25.00

105. BULLETT, GERALD Nicky, Son of Egg. NY: Knopf, 1929. Second Printing. Owner's inscription in pencil, else VG+ in fair only, chipped Dust Jacket. Non- mystery novel by an author who wrote several mysteries. $15.00

106. BURKE, RICHARD The Dead Take No Bows. Boston: Houghton, 1941. First Edition. Ring stain on cover and Dust Jacket blind side else VG in VG+, restored Dust Jacket. The first Quinny Hite mystery. $75.00

107. BURNETT, W. R. Little Caesar. NY: Avon, 1951. Paperback reprint. Mass Market Paperback; rubbed corner, else near fine in wraps. Author's first mystery is also an Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. Hardboiled classic and the basis for the famous movie. $25.00

108. BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE Tarzan the Untamed. NY: Grosset, (1920). Early Reprint. Top edge soiling, else VG+ (no Dust Lacket). With four plates illustrated by J. Allen St. John. $20.00

109. Back to the Stone Age. Tarzana: Burroughs, 1937. First Edition. Just about fine in a VG+ Grosset & Dunlap (reprint) Dust Jacket. Probably originally issued in this jacket as the first edition went out of print and plates, remaining copies, etc were turned over to Grosset for the reprint edition. A Pellucidar tale with a striking and colorful wrap-around jacket illustration by John Coleman Burroughs. $275.00

110. CAIN, JAMES M. The Postman Always Rings Twice. NY: Murder Mystery Monthly #6, 1942. First Paperback Edition. Digest Paperback; good in wraps. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $15.00

111. Cain x 3. NY: Knopf, 1969. First Collected Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Collects THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE; MILDRED PIERCE; DOUBLE INDEMNITY. With Tom Wolfe introduction. $20.00

112. CALDWELL, IAN & THOMASON, DUSTIN The Rule of Four. NY: Dial, 2004. First American Edition. Near fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. The authors' first book. $15.00

113. CARLETON, MARJORIE The Bride Regrets. NY: Morrow, 1950. First Edition. Foxed endpapers, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with small front panel and spine chips. The author's second mystery was originally published in England in 1944 and is very highly praised by Barzun & Taylor in A CATALOGUE OF CRIME. $25.00

114. CARR, JOHN DICKSON The Third Bullet. NY: Detective book club, (1954). Early reprint. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Short stories, some with Dr. Fell & Henry Merrivale. $15.00

115. CARR, JOHN DICKSON AS DICKSON, CARTER The Plague Court Murders. NY: Grosset, (1934). Early reprint. Good (no Dust Jacket). Sir Henry Merrivale; Haycraft Queen list. $10.00

116. Fear Is the Same. NY: Morrow, 1956. First Edition. VG+- (no Dust Jacket). A couple travels back in time to London, 1795. $20.00

117. CARROLL, JONATHAN Bones of the Moon. NY: Arbor, 1988. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Terror. $35.00

118. CAUDWELL, SARAH The Sibyl in Her Grave. NY: Delacorte, 2000. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The author's final mystery. Dust jacket by Edward Gorey. $25.00

119. CHABER, M. E. As Old As Cain. NY: Holt, 1954. First Edition. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Milo March. $12.50

120. The Bonded Dead. NY: Holt, 1971. First Edition. Corner bumps, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Investigator Milo March. $12.50

121. CHANDLER, RAYMOND The Lady in the Lake. NY: Grosset, ca. 1946. Photoplay edition. Tiny owner's label on endpaper, else near fine in a VG Dust Jacket with light spine fading and missing a shallow chip across base of spine. An attractive copy. With dust jacket scenes from the 1946 MGM motion picture which starred Robert Montgomery as Philip Marlowe along with Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Leon Ames and a very young Jayne Meadows. Uncommon in dust jacket. $125.00

122. The Simple Art of Murder. Boston: Houghton, 1950. First American Edition. Wear and tear at head of spine, else a near VG copy (no Dust Jacket). Haycraft Queen cornerstone. Twelve shorts stories plus the famous essay. $45.00

123. Playback. NY: Pocket Book #C-375, 1960. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback, spine edge rubbing, else near fine in wraps. The final Philip Marlowe mystery. $15.00

124. CHESBRO, GEORGE C. Two Songs This Archangel Sings. NY: Atheneum, 1986. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Mongo. $15.00

125. The Cold Smell of Sacred Stone. NY: Atheneum, 1988. First Edition. Faint paste stains to endpapers & Dust Jacket flaps, VG in Dust Jacket. Mongo. $15.00

126. CHESTERTON, G. K. The Father Brown Omnibus. NY: Dodd, 1933. First American Edition thus. Dampstaining, owner's signature in pencil, else good+ (no Dust Jacket). A not often seen edition which collected the first four volumes of the Father Brown series. Hubin lists only the 1935 edition which included through THE SCANDAL OF FATHER BROWN from 1935. $25.00

127. CHRISTIE, AGATHA The Seven Dials Mystery. NY: Dodd, 1929. First American Edition. Light spine color-fading, corner wear else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Supt.Battle. $60.00

128. At Bertram's Hotel. NY: Dodd, 1965. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with small rear panel chip. Jane Marple. $15.00

129. CLARKE, ANNA The Deathless and the Dead. London: Collins Crime Club, 1976. First Edition. Small owner's signature, else near fine in Dust Jacket. Published in U.S. as THIS DOWNHILL PATH. $25.00

130. CLARKE, ARTHUR C. Earthlight. NY: Ballantine, 1955. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original, just about fine in wraps. A Sharp copy. (Ballantine #97). $15.00

131. CLINTON-BADDELEY, V. C. Only a Matter of Time. NY: Morrow, 1970. First American Edition. Top edge soiling, else , VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. The third Dr. Davie mystery. $15.00

132. COATES, ROBERT M. Wisteria Cottage. NY: Harcourt, 1948. First Edition. Browning to endpapers, owner's inscription; VG in a VG Dust Jacket missing some shallow chips. A Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. Set on Long Island. Basis for the 1958 film "Edge of Fury." $75.00

133. COHEN, MARK The Fractal Murders. NY: Mysterious Press, 2004. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Authors first mystery. $20.00

134. COLES, MANNING The Fifth Man. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1946. First American Edition. Near VG (no Dust Jacket). Tommy Hambledon. $15.00

135. COLLINS, MICHAEL AS CROWE, JOHN Close to Death. NY: Dodd, Mead, 1979. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear & color rubbing. Buena Costa County investigator Lee Beckett. $20.00

136. COLLINS, WILKIE The Moonstone. London: Collins, ND (ca. 1960). Reprint. Leatherette covers with gilt top edge and spine lettering; fine in worn slipcase. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. $25.00

137. CONROY, RICHARD TIMOTHY Old Ways in the New World. NY: St.Martin's, 1994. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Smithsonian setting with Henry Scruggs. $10.00

138. COOKSON, CATHERINE The Glass Virgin. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1969. First American Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket with thumb-nail sized front panel chip. Owner's bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Gothic listed in Hubin. Victorian English setting. $35.00

139. The Mallen Streak. NY: Dutton, 1973. First American Edition. Owner's signature, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. Owner's bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Listed in Hubin, Gothic set in 1851. The first of the Mallen trilogy. $25.00

140. COOPER, MATTHEW HEALD When Fish Begin to Smell. NY: Vanguard, 1984. First American Edition. Light top edge soiling, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. The author's first of three mysteries. Set in London, 1951. $20.00

141. COPPEL, ALFRED Apocalypse Brigade. NY: Holt, 1981. First Edition. VG+ in a VG-VG+ Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. "Spellbinding adventure story." $15.00

142. CORBETT, JAMES Murder Minus Motive. London: Jenkins, 1943. First Edition. Fine in near fine, striking Dust Jacket. No U. S. edition. $65.00

143. CORMANY, MICHAEL Polaroid Man. NY: Birch Lane, 1991. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR laid in. Private eye Dan Kruger. $15.00

144. CORNWELL, PATRICIA D. Body of Evidence. NY: Scribners, 1991. First Edition. Just about fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The second Dr.Kay Scarpetta mystery. $100.00

145. Isle of Dogs. NY: Putnam, 2001. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

146. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed. NY: Putnam, 2002. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Illustrated. $20.00

147. CRAIS, ROBERT Stalking the Angel. NY: Bantam, 1989. First Edition. Corner bumps; near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Elvis Cole. $45.00

148. (CRICKET MYSTERY) \ WORSLEY-GOUGH, BARBARA Alibi Innings. Baltimore: Penguin, 1958. First American Edition. Paperback original (in the U.S.), VG+ in wraps (Penguin #1321). Published in hardcover in England in 1954 by Michael Joseph. $15.00

149. CRISPIN, EDMUND Sudden Vengeance. NY: Dodd, 1950. First American Edition. Light cover soiling, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Gervase Fen. In England: FREQUENT HEARSES. $35.00

150. The Long Divorce. NY: Dodd, 1951. First American Edition. Spine slant, else VG+ in near good Dust Jacket with moderate chips and staining. Gervase Fen. $35.00

151. CURTISS, URSULA Hours to Kill. NY: Dodd, 1961. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with rear panel soiling. $15.00

152. DAVIS, FREDERICK C. The Graveyard Never Closes. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1940. First Edition. VG to VG+ with wear to spine ends and foxing to front and rear pastedown endpapers in a VG+ Dust Jacket with slight chipping to edges and one inch closed tear to front, name written on ffep, clean pages, tight binding. The fourth Professor Cy Hatch mystery. Uncommon title. $250.00

153. DAVIS, LINDSEY Last Act in Palmyra. London: Century, 1994. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The sixth Marcus Falco mystery. $25.00

154. Last Act in Palmyra. NY: Mysterious Press, 1996. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Marcus Didius Falco. $15.00

155. DAVIS, RICHARD HARDING In the Fog. NY: Russell, 1901. First Edition. VG+ with sharp gilt lettering on spine and gilt border to label on front cover (no Dust Jacket). The second state with the last letter on page 40 broken. Three connected short stories. Eight Frederic Dorr Steele illustrations as well as eight Thomas Mitchell Pierce illustrations. Queen's Quorum title. $30.00

156. DEAN, S. F. X. It Can't Be My Grave. NY: Walker, 1984. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Prof. Neil Kelly. Bibliomystery involving a lost sixteenth-century manuscript. $15.00

157. DEANDREA, WILLIAM L. Killed in the Fog. NY: Simon, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Matt Cobb. $15.00

158. DEIGHTON, LEN Funeral in Berlin. NY: Putnam, 1965. First American edition. Corner bumps, else VG+ in near VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Author's third mystery with the unnamed British agent and the basis for the 1966 film with the agent called "Harry Palmer." $15.00

159. An Expensive Place to Die. NY: Putnam, 1967. First American Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. "Harry Palmer." $20.00

160. DERESKE, JO Glom Gloom. NY: Atheneum, 1985. First Edition. Spine and covers rubbing, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. A children's fantasy which precedes the author's several mysteries. $15.00

161. DERLETH, AUGUST Mischief in the Lane. NY: Scribners, 1944. First Edition. Owner's attractive bookplate on endpaper, dust jacket front panel pasted to front endpaper; VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Judge Peck. $25.00

162. DERSHOWITZ, ALAN M. The Advocate's Devil. NY: Warner, 1994. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Owner's bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. The famous attorney's first mystery. $15.00

163. DEWHURST, EILEEN After the Ball. London: Macmillan, 1976. First Edition. Usual browning pages, near fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery. $25.00

164. DEXTER, COLIN Service of All the Dead. NY: St. Martin, 1979. First American Edition. Very light edge browning, else near fine in Dust Jacket. The fourth Inspector Morse mystery. $175.00

165. DIBDIN, MICHAEL Dirty Tricks. London: Faber, 1991. First Edition. Faint crease to front endpaper, else fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $25.00

166. DILLON, EILIS Death in the Quadrangle. London: Faber, 1956. First Edition. Slight spine slant, foxed top edges, else VG+ in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket with spine stain affecting author's name. Author's third and final mystery and the second to feature Insp. Mike Kenny. Highly praised by Barzun & Taylor. $40.00

167. The Seals. London: Faber, 1968. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. Juvenile novel by the author of three well received mysteries. $20.00

168. DISNEY, DORIS MILES Look Back on Murder. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1951. First Edition. Browning pages, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket with small lower spine chip. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and dated May, 19, 1951. Signed copies by the author are not that common. New England. $100.00

169. Method in Madness. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1957. First Edition. One light tape mark on endpaper, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR and dated April 2, 1957. Laid in is a NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR "I'm scared to have you read it! Doris." Connecticut setting. $75.00

170. Did She Fall or Was She Pushed? NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1959. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with small spine chips. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and dated April 8, 1959. New England setting. $55.00

171. Find the Woman. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1962. First Edition. Light endpaper foxing, top edge soiling, else VG in good+ Dust Jacket with small extremity chips. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR and dated December 2, 1962. Maine setting. $40.00

172. DODGE, DAVID It Ain't Hay. NY: Simon, 1946. First Edition. Lightly browning pages, light soiling; else near-fine in VG Dust Jacket with small extremity chips. The fourth Whit Whitney mystery involves marijuana. $60.00

173. DOHERTY, P. C. The Masked Man. London: Hale, 1991. First Edition. Fine in VG+, lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. "An Historical Mystery of the Man in the Iron Mask." $85.00

174. DOHERTY, P. C. AS DOHERTY, PAUL The Anubis Slayings. London: Headline, 2000. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Historical mystery series set in ancient Egypt. $50.00

175. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN The Great Shadow. NY: Harper, 1893. 1st Amer, first state. VG with spine slant and a quarter size stain to cover. Non-mystery novel. $75.00

176. His Last Bow. NY: Doran, 1917. First American Edition. Light spine foxing and slight spine slant, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Sherlock Holmes stories. $55.00

177. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ LEBLANC, MAURICE The Arrest of Arsene Lupin. London: Nash, 1911. 2nd thus. Owners signature, spine lettering somewhat flaked but readable, VG with scratched pictorial cover. Short stories first published as ARSENE LUPIN VERSUS HOLMLOCK SHEARS and THE BLONDE LADY (in U.S.). $32.00

178. The Blonde Lady. NY: Macaulay, ND, circa 1929. Reprint Edition. Review pasted to endpaper, spine color-fading, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Also published as ARSENE LUPIN VS. HERLOCK SHOLMES. In this edition, he's known as Holmlock Shears. $25.00

179. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ MEYER, NICHOLAS The West End Horror. NY: Dutton, 1976. First Edition. VG+ in Dust Jacket. Author's second Sherlockian novel. $15.00

180. The Canary Trainer. NY: Norton, 1993. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Sherlock Holmes. $15.00

181. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ QUEEN, ELLERY. A Study in Terror. NY: Lancer, 1966. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback original; spine slant, light page browning, else near VG in wraps. Ellery Queen and Sherlock Holmes solve the Jack the Ripper murders. The novelization of the movie shown in the US as Fog. Dannay and Lee wrote the Ellery Queen parts and Paul W. Fairman wrote the Sherlock Holmes sequences. $25.00

182. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ QUINN, SEABURY The Adventures of Jules de Grandin. NY: Popular Library, 1976. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original; near fine in wraps. Introduction by Lin Carter. Carter calls de Grandin, "A Sherlock of the Supernatural" and adds "Jules de Grandin is a Gaelicized, medicinated latter-day Sherlock Holmes." Stories first published in Weird Magazine. $25.00

183. The Casebook of Jules de Grandin. NY: Popular Library, 1976. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original; VG+ in wraps. Introduction by Robert A. W. Lowndes. Stories first published in Weird Magazine. $25.00

184. The Devil's Bride. NY: Popular Library, 1976. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original; edge tears to a few pages not affecting content, else VG+ in wraps. Novel with de Grandin first published in Weird Magazine. $20.00

185. The Hellfire Files of Jules de Grandin. NY: Popular Library, 1976. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original; near fine in wraps. Stories first published in Weird Magazine. $20.00

186. The Skeleton Closet of Jules de Grandin. NY: Popular Library, 1976. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original; near fine in wraps. Introduction by Manly Wade Wellman. Stories first published in Weird Magazine. $25.00

187. The Horror Chambers of Jules de Grandin. NY: Popular Library, 1977. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original; VG+ in wraps. Stories first published in Weird Magazine. $20.00

188. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ VINEY, CHARLES Sherlock Holmes in London. Boston: Houghton, 1989. First American Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with front panel tear. "A photographic record of Conan Doyle's stories." $20.00

189. DRUMMOND, JUNE Farewell Party. NY: Dodd, 1973. First American Edition. Near fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Set in South Africa. $10.00

190. Burden of Guilt. London: Gollancz, 1991. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. No U.S. edition. $25.00

191. DUMAURIER, DAPHNE Rebecca. NY: Doubleday Doran, 1938. First American Edition. Tiny spot rubbed on spine silver label, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). A scarce Haycraft Queen Cornerstone first edition and the basis for the famous Hitchcock film. $175.00

192. My Cousin Rachel. NY: Doubleday, 1952. First American Edition. Front hinge starting, owner's stamp else VG in good+, chipped Dust Jacket. The basis for a 1952 film which starred Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton. $15.00

193. DWYER, JAMES FRANCIS The White Waterfall. NY: Doubleday, 1912. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). Lost race novel; in Bleiler. $20.00

194. ELKINS, AARON Skeleton Dance. NY: Morrow, 2000. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Gideon Oliver. $15.00

195. ELLIN, STANLEY The Blessington Method and Other Strange Tales. NY: Random, 1964. First Edition. Owner's inscription, else VG in good+, stained Dust Jacket. Short stories. $15.00

196. ELLISON, HARLAN Doomsman. NY: Belmont, 1967. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original, good+ in wraps. Card INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Included is Lee Hoffman/ TELEPOWER. $15.00

197. EMERSON, EARL W. Fat Tuesday. NY: Morrow, 1987. First Edition. Very light top edge soiling, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. Hardboiled Thomas Black. $15.00

198. ENGLEMAN, PAUL Murder In-Law. NY: Mysterious, 1987. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The third Mark Renzler mystery. As usual, lots of baseball stuff. $20.00

199. ESTLEMAN, LOREN D. The Glass Highway. Boston: Houghton, 1983. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title page. The fourth Amos Walker. $100.00

200. FAIRLIE, GERARD Stone Blunts Scissors. Boston: Little, 1929. First American Edition. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). A Victor Caryll mystery. $15.00

201. Captain Bulldog Drummond. London: The Book Club, 1946. Early reprint. Foxed top edges, else VG in good+, spine-chipped Dust Jacket. No U.S. edition. $30.00

202. Bulldog Drummond Stands Fast. London: Hodder, 1947. First Edition. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Fairlie's third mystery with Bulldog Drummond. $25.00

203. FARJEON, J. JEFFERSON The 5:18 Mystery. NY: MacVeagh, 1929. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear and light spine color-fading. Train setting. Uncommon in DJ. $150.00

204. The House Opposite. NY: Dial Press, 1931. First American Edition. Owner's signature in pencil, small chip in rear free endpaper, else VG+ in near VG Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear, tear and chips and ink mark on flap. The basis for a 1931 film. An uncommon American first edition in Dust Jacket. $90.00

205. FARMER, PHILIP JOSE Dayworld Rebel. NY: Ace/Putnam, 1987. First Edition. Corner bumps, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Owner's bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Science fiction. Sequel to DAYWORLD. $25.00

206. FARNOL, JEFFERY The Loring Mystery. Boston: Little, 1925. First American Edition. Fine in a VG Dust Jacket with some tape repairs and small chips at lower spine. In Hubin. The third Sgt. Jasper Shrig mystery, set in England around 1820. $100.00

207. The Happy Harvest. Ny: Doubleday, 1940. First American Edition. Owner's signature in pencil, else VG+- near fine in near VG Dust Jacket with noderate extremity chips. A Sgt. Jasper Shrig mystery set in 1818. Listed in Hubin. $65.00

208. FENWICK, ELIZABETH Disturbance on Berry Hill. London: Gollancz, 1968. First English Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $20.00

209. FERRARS, E. X. A Stranger and Afraid. London: Collins Crime Club, 1971. First Edition. Tape stains to endpapers, covers & Dust Jacket flaps; else VG in Dust Jacket. Supt.Ditteridge. $15.00

210. Alive and Dead. London: Crime Club, 1974. First Edition. Near fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket with slight edge wear. Supt. Ditteridge. $25.00

211. Woman Slaughter. NY: Doubleday, 1990. First American Edition. Fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. $15.00

212. FITT, MARY There Are More Ways of Killing. London: Joseph, 1960. First Edition. Minor browning to endpapers, else fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $45.00

213. FLEMING, IAN Live and Let Die. London: Reprint Society, 1956. Reprint edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. The second James Bond mystery. $20.00

214. The Spy Who Loved Me. NY: Viking, 1962. First American Edition. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). James Bond. $35.00

215. The Spy Who Loved Me. London: Cape, 1962. First Edition. Owner's inscription, top edge soiling else VG (no Dust Jacket). James Bond. $50.00

216. You Only Live Twice. NY: NAL, 1964. First American Edition. Light corner wear, else near fine in VG Dust Jacket with rear panel tear. James Bond. $17.50

217. FLETCHER, DAVID Accomplices. London: Macmillan, 1976. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Author's third mystery. No U.S. edition. $25.00

218. FLETCHER, J. S. The Wolves and the Lamb. NY: Knopf, 1925. First American Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). An Insp.Skarratt mystery. $10.00

219. FOLLETT, KEN Code to Zero. Londong: Macmillan, 2000. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

220. FOOTNER, HULBERT The Under Dogs. NY: Doran, 1925. Later printing. Near fine (no Dust Jacket). Madame Storey. $25.00

221. The Doctor Who Held Hands. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1929. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). Madame Storey. $10.00

222. FORBES, COLIN Avalanche Express. NY: Dutton, 1977. First American Edition. Light top edge soiling, else near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with light rear panel soiling. The basis for the 1979 Lorimar film. $15.00

223. FORD, G. M. Who in Hell Is Wanda Fuca? NY: Walker, 1995. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first book introduces Leo Waterman. $75.00

224. Last Ditch. NY: Avon, 1999. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Leo Waterman. $15.00

225. The Deader the Better. NY: Avon, 2000. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Leo Waterman. $10.00

226. FORD, LESLIE The Woman in Black. NY: Scribners, 1947. First Edition. Offsetting to endpapers, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with moderate lower spine chip affecting three letters. Col.Primrose. $40.00

227. The Bahamas Murder Case. NY: Scribner's, 1952. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). $15.00

228. FORESTER, C. S. Commodore Hornblower. Boston: Little, 1945. First Edition. Foxed top edge, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Sea adventure. $20.00

229. FRANCIS, DICK Flying Finish. NY: Harper, 1966. First American Edition. Very light stain on front cover and a few pages not affecting content, else VG+ in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket with wear and rubbing at head of spine and light front panel stain. The author's fifth mystery. $65.00

230. Flying Finish. NY: Harper, 1966. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with minor wear at head of spine. The author's fifth mystery. $175.00

231. Rat Race. NY: Harper, 1971. First American Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket with rear panel stain. $35.00

232. Rat Race. London: Joseph, 1971. First Edition. Light foxing and browning, VG+ in a VG+ Dust Jacket. $100.00

233. Proof. London: Joseph, 1984. First Edition. Light page browning, else near fine in near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. $20.00

234. Break In. London: Joseph, 1985. First Edition. Lightly browning pages, else fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on half title page. $50.00

235. The Sport of Queens. NY: Penzler, 1986. Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback,near fine in wraps. Owner's bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Autobiography. The author's first book. $15.00

236. Wild Horses. London: Joseph, 1994. First Canadian Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket which has both Canadian and English prices. $20.00

237. Field of Thirteen. London: Joseph, 1998. First Canadian Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR tipped to title page. Canadian edition with both Canadian and English price on Dust Jacket. Short stories. $25.00

238. FRANKLIN, CHARLES Guilt for Innocence. London: Hale, 1959. First Edition. Light foxing & small owner's stamp, VG+ in VG, wrinkled Dust Jacket. An Insp. Jim Burgess mystery never published in U.S. $10.00

239. FRASER, GEORGE MACDONALD McAuslan in the Rough. London: Barrie, 1974. First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine Dust Jacket with just a trace of browning. More adventures of Private McAuslan, first introduced in THE GENERAL DANCED AT DAWN. Uncommon. $175.00

240. FREEMAN, R. AUSTIN As a Thief in the Night. NY: Burt, (1928). Early reprint. VG (no Dust Jacket). Dr. Thorndyke. $20.00

241. The Red Thumb Mark. NY: Dodd, 1935. Early reprint. VG (no Dust Jacket). The first Dr. Thorndyke (originally published in 1911). Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $15.00

242. FREEMAN, R. AUSTIN \ FAN PUBLICATIONS The Thorndyke File. Frederick (MD): Philip T. Asdell, 1976/1977. Volume One complete, four issues; light browning to covers, else fine in pictorial wraps. $60.00

243. FRIEDMAN, KINKY Frequent Flyer. NY: Morrow, 1989. First Edition. Faint crease to front endpaper, else fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

244. GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY The Case of the Velvet Claws. NY: Grosset, (1933). Early reprint. Owner's inscription, else VG (no Dust Jacket). The first Perry Mason mystery. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $15.00

245. The Case of the Empty Tin. NY: Morrow, 1941. First Edition. Light endpaper browning, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Perry Mason. $50.00

246. The Case of the Haunted Husband. NY: Morrow, 1941. First Edition. Endpaper foxing, else near VG. Perry Mason. $35.00

247. The Case of the Buried Clock. NY: Morrow, 1943. First Edition. Light spine soiling, else a VG, sharp copy (no Dust Jacket). A Perry Mason mystery. $35.00

248. The Case of the Cautious Coquette. NY: Morrow, 1949. First Edition. Lower corner rubbed, else VG+- near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear and small chips. Perry Mason. $100.00

249. The Case of the Angry Mourner. NY: Morrow, 1951. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). Perry Mason. $10.00

250. The Court of Last Resort. NY: Sloane, 1952. First Edition. Light endpaper foxing, else VG in good+ Dust Jacket with moderate spine chipping and rear panel soiling. True crime cases of men who claim to be innocent. $20.00

251. The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister. NY: Morrow, 1953. First Edition. Light foxing to endpapers & edges, VG+ in Dust Jacket. Perry Mason. $35.00

252. The Case of the Waylaid Wolf. NY: Morrow, 1959. First Edition. Light foxing, near fine in Dust Jacket. Perry Mason. $45.00

253. GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY AS FAIR, A. A. Owls Don't Blink. NY: Morrow, 1942. First Edition. A fine, bright copy in a fine Grosset (reprint) Dust Jacket (jacket is most likely original to this copy). Donald and Bertha in New Orleans. $85.00

254. GARRETT, WILLIAM From Dusk Till Dawn. NY: Appleton, 1929. First American Edition. VG+ in near-VG Dust Jacket with some spine soiling & missing small chips. Mystery-adventure includes a letter in cipher. $40.00

255. GARVE, ANDREW A Very Quiet Place. London: Collins Crime Club, 1967. First Edition. VG+ in a VG Dust Jacket. $15.00

256. GASH, JONATHAN The Possessions of a Lady. London: Century, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Lovejoy. $35.00

257. GILES, KENNETH AS DRUMMOND, CHARLES Death and the Leaping Ladies. NY: Walker, 1969. First American Edition. Light soiling and foxing, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. The second Sergeant Reed mystery. $15.00

258. GLUCK, SINCLAIR The Man Who Never Blundered. NY: Dodd, 1929. First Edition. Near VG (No Dust Jacket). The first Ross McCoy mystery. $25.00

259. The Dragon in Harness. NY: Dodd, 1932. First Edition. VG+ with spine fading (no Dust Jacket). The second and final Jack Clayton mystery, set in the Far East. $25.00

260. (GOLF MYSTERY) \ DALY, CONOR Local Knowledge. NY: Kensington, 1995. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery is set at golf course overlooking Long Island Sound. $25.00

261. (GOLF MYSTERY) \ ELKINS, CHARLOTTE & AARON Rotten Lies. NY: Mysterious Press, 1995. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, crease in free endpaper, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. Lee Ofsted. $15.00

262. (GOLF MYSTERY) \ FORD, LESLIE AS DAVID FROME The Strange Death of Martin Green. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1931. First American Edition. A VG copy (no Dust Jacket). Golf setting. $20.00

263. (GOLF MYSTERY) \ JEROME, OWEN FOX The Golf Club Murder. NY: Clode, 1929. First American Edition. Spine slant, lettering flaked on spine and front cover, else good+ (no Dust Jacket). Author is Oscar Jerome Friend. $35.00

264. (GOLF MYSTERY) \ LOGUE, JOHN A Rain of Death. NY: Dell, 1998. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original, fine in wraps. OWNER'S BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Murder at Pebble Beach with John Morris. $15.00

265. On a Par with Murder. NY: Dell, 1999. First Edition. Mass market Paperback Original; just about fine in wraps. John Morris. $10.00

266. GORES, JOE Cases. NY: Mysterious, 1999. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

267. GRAEME, BRUCE Just an Ordinary Case. London: Hutchinson, 1956. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. No U.S. edition. $45.00

268. GRAFTON, SUE "C" Is for Corpse. NY: Holt, 1986. ADVANCE READING COPY, fine in wraps. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page and dated 10-11-1986. The third Kinsey Millhone mystery. This was the first advance copy Holt had sent out for a mystery (according to cover statement). $350.00

269. "H" Is for Homicide. NY: Holt, 1991. First Edition. Slight spine slant, VG+ in Dust Jacket. Kinsey Millhone. $15.00

270. "K" Is for Killer. NY: Holt, 1994. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Kinsey Millhone. $15.00

271. GRAYSON, RICHARD The Monterant Affair. NY: St.Martin's, 1980. First American Edition. Faint paste stains on endpapers, else VG+ in Dust Jacket. The second Insp. Gautier mystery. $15.00

272. GREENE, JOSIAH E. Madmen Die Alone. NY: Morrow, 1938. First Edition. Light foxing, VG+ in a VG+ Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. The author's first mystery. Murder in a mental institution. $175.00

273. GREGG, CECIL FREEMAN Inspector Higgins Sees It Through. NY: Appleton, 1934. First American Edition. Some soiling to top edges, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with two inch lower spine tear. English country house setting. $125.00

274. The Murder of Estelle Cantor. NY: Dial, 1936. First American Edition. Foxing to endpapers, slight spine slant, else VG+- near fine in near VG Dust Jacket with small top spine chip and rear panel soiling; very light spine color-fading. The author's first mystery to feature super-crook Henry Prince. $70.00

275. GRIMES, MARTHA The Old Silent. Boston: Little, 1989. ADVANCE READER'S COPY, VG+ in pictorial wraps. Richard Jury. $15.00

276. GUTHRIE, A. B. JR. Murder in the Cotswolds. Boston: Houghton, 1989. First Edition. Fine in a Dust Jacket. "Montana Sheriff Chick Charleston Confronts an English Crime." $10.00

277. HAGER, JEAN The Grandfather Medicine. NY: St.Martin's, 1989. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "To Jennifer, All the Best." Introduces Mitchell Bushyhead. $80.00

278. Ravenmocker. NY: Mysterious Press, 1992. First Edition. Very light top edge soiling, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. The first Molly Bearpaw mystery. $20.00

279. The Redbird's Cry. NY: Mysterious Press, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The second Molly Bearpaw mystery. $20.00

280. HAGGARD, H. RIDER She. NY: Lupton, 1892. Early reprint. Small chips to covers, else a good copy in wraps. "Bijou Series" No. 19. Uncommon. $35.00

281. Pearl-Maiden. London: Longman's, 1903. First Edition. Owner's inscription and plate, a few cover stains, else good+ (no Dust Jacket). Not in Bleiler. $35.00

282. The Brethren. NY: McClure, 1904. Second Impression. Rear hinge starting, corner wear, owner's signature in pencil, else good+ with gilt lettering somewhat flaked on spine, (no Dust Jacket). Bleiler title. $20.00

283. HALDEMAN, JOE The Hemingway Hoax. NY: Morrow, 1990. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Bibliomystery. $15.00

284. HALL, JAMES W. Bones of Coral. NY: Knopf, 1991. First Edition. Spine slant, else VG+ in Dust Jacket. $15.00

285. Red Sky at Night. NY: Delacorte, 1997. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Thorn. $15.00

286. HALL, MARY BOWEN Emma Chizzit and the Sacramento Stalker. NY: Walker, 1991. First Edition. Very light top edge soiling, else just about fine in fine Dust Jacket. The second Emma Chizzit mystery. $12.50

287. HALL, OAKLEY Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades. Berkeley: California, 1998. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. First in series of historical mysteries. $25.00

288. HALL, PARNELL Blackmail. NY: Mysterious Press, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Stanley Hastings. $15.00

289. Scam. NY: Mysterious Press, 1997. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Stanley Hastings. $15.00

290. Last Puzzle and Testament. NY: Bantam, 2000. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The second Cora Felton mystery. $15.00

291. HALL, ROBERT LEE Murder at Drury Lane. NY: St.Martin's, 1992. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The fourth Ben Franklin mystery. $15.00

292. HALLIDAY, LEONARD The Devil's Door. London: Hammond, 1959. First Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket with faint stain to upper front edge. Cloak and Dagger Mystery. $25.00

293. HAMMETT, DASHIELL Hammett Homicides. NY: Bestseller Mystery #B81, 1946. First Edition. Digest sized Paperback original, light browning pages, else VG in wraps. One of the least common of the Hammett short story originals. Ellery Queen introduction. $100.00

294. The Continental Op. NY: Random, 1974. 1st as such. Slightest spine slant, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. Seven short stories. Edited and with an introduction by Steven Marcus. $20.00

295. HAMMOND, GERALD Stray Shot. NY: St.Martin's, 1988. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Keith Calder investigates a dognapping. $10.00

296. HANSEN, JOSEPH Troublemaker. NY: Harper, 1975. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The third Dave Brandstetter mystery. $30.00

297. The Man Everybody Was Afraid Of. NY: Holt, 1978. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The fourth Dave Brandstetter mystery. $25.00

298. HARBOU, THEA VON Metropolis. NY: Ace, 1963. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback Edition, browning pages, else near fine in wraps (Ace #F-246). Introduction by Forest J. Ackerman. The basis for the classic Fritz Lang film. $15.00

299. HARRIS, THOMAS Red Dragon. NY: Putnam, 1981. First Edition. Light browning to upper edge, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. The first appearance of Hannibal Lecter. $25.00

300. HARRISON, RAY Sphere of Death. NY: St. Martin's, 1990. First American Edition. Small remainder stamp on lower edge, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. Sgt. Bragg & Constable Morton, set in 1890s London. $15.00

301. HARRISS, WILL Noble Rot. NY: St. Martin's, 1993. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The author's third mystery is set in Napa Valley winery. $20.00

302. HART, ELLEN Vital Lies. Seattle: Seal Press, 1991. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original; rear cover crease, else near fine in wraps. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Christmas setting for the second Jane Lawless/Cordelia Thorn mystery. $15.00

303. HEALY, JEREMIAH Yesterday's News. NY: Harper, 1989. First Edition. Small owner's stamp on endpaper, light foxing to edges, else fine in Dust Jacket. John Francis Cuddy. $20.00

304. Spiral. NY: Pocket, 1999. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. John Francis Cuddy. $15.00

305. HECHT, BEN The Florentine Dagger. NY: Boni, 1923. First Edition. Owner's signature, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). "A Novel for Amateur Detectives." The author's first mystery novel, basis for a 1935 Warner Bros. film. $20.00

306. HEGWOOD, MARTIN The Green-Eyed Hurricane. NY: St. Martin's, 2000. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The second Jack Delmas mystery. $17.50

307. HENDRYX, JAMES B. Raw Gold. London: Jarrolds, 1933. First English Edition. Owner's signature, VG in a good Dust Jacket with browning spine and with some small chips. A Black John mystery. $100.00

308. HIAASEN, CARL Tourist Season. NY: Putnam, 1986. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, corner bump, else near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with short front panel tear and front flap creases. This copy is stamped "Review Copy..." on front free endpaper and title page. Author's first solo novel. $145.00

309. Stormy Weather. NY: Knopf, 1995. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

310. HICHENS, ROBERT After the Verdict. NY: Doran, 1924. Later Printing. Owner's inscription,edges soiled, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). In Hubin. Basis for a 1929 film. $15.00

311. HILL, REGINALD A Pinch of Snuff. NY: Harper, 1978. First American Edition. Spine slant, good+ in Dust Jacket. Pascoe & Dalziel. $10.00

312. Arms and the Women. NY: Delacorte, 1999. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Dalziel and Pascoe. $20.00

313. HILL, REGINALD AS RUELL, PATRICK The Castle of the Demon. NY: Hawthorn, 1973. First American Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. The author's first under this pseudonym. First published in England in 1971. $65.00

314. HILLERMAN, TONY Talking God. NY: Harper, 1989. First Edition. Fine in VG Dust Jacket. Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee. $10.00

315. HILLERMAN, TONY & BULOW, ERNIE Talking Mysteries. Albuquerque: U.of NM, 1991. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Includes a Jim Chee "mini-mystery." $15.00

316. HILLIARD, A. R. Justice Be Damned. NY: Farrar, 1941. First Edition. Near fine in a good Dust Jacket with several chips on top not interfering with print. Author's first mystery, 1941 winner of the Mary Roberts Rinehart Mystery Novel Prize Contest. $50.00

317. HILTON, JOHN BUXTON Mr. Fred. London: Collins Crime Club, 1983. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Insp. Brunt. $10.00

318. Passion in the Peak. London: Collins Crime Club, 1985. First Edition. Fine in near-fine Dust Jacket. Supt. Kenworthy. $10.00

319. The Quiet Stranger. NY: St.Martin's, 1985. First American Edition. Fine in VG Dust Jacket missing small chip. A "Derbyshire" mystery featuring Insp. Thomas Brunt. $10.00

320. HIMES, CHESTER Run Man Run. NY: Putnam, 1966. First Edition. Spine color-fading, else VG+- near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with spine and panel soiling. A psychotic detective kills two blacks and pursues a third black who witnessed the crime. $65.00

321. HOBART, DONALD BAYNE The Clue of the Leather Noose. Racine: Whitman, 1929. First Edition. Fine in a near fine, bright and colorful Dust Jacket with short, closed tear to rear panel. Uncommon in DJ. $75.00

322. HOBSON, HANK The Gallant Affair. London: Cassell, 1957. First Edition. Near fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. The author's first mystery introduces private eye Brad Ford. Set in Soho. No U.S. edition. $40.00

323. HORNSBY, WENDY 77th Street Requiem. NY: Dutton, 1995. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Maggie MacGowen. $15.00

324. HORNUNG, E. W. The Complete Short Stories of Raffles - The Amateur Cracksman. NY: St. Martin's, 1984. First American Editon thus. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. Introductory essay by George Orwell and foreword by Peter Haining. $15.00

325. HOUSEHOLD, GEOFFREY The Third Hour. Boston: Little, 1938. First American Edition. Owner's bookplate, light foxing, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Author's first mystery. $35.00

326. The High Place. Boston: Little, 1950. First American Edition. VG+ in a VG+ Dust Jacket. Middle East. $30.00

327. Thing to Love. Boston: Little, 1963. First American Edition. Fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket. In Hubin. $25.00

328. HOUSTON, ROBERT The Fourth Codex. Boston: Houghton, 1988. First Edition. Binder's error resulting in tear at upper spine, else near-fine in VG Dust Jacket. Archeological setting. $10.00

329. HOWARD, JAMES Murder Takes a Wife. NY: Dutton, 1958. First Edition. Lightly browning pages, owner's signature; VG+ in Dust Jacket. The author's first hardback mystery. Texas setting. $20.00

330. The Bullet-Proof Martyr. NY: Dutton, 1961. First Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. Illinois setting. $15.00

331. HOWE, MELODIE JOHNSON The Mother Shadow. London: Deutsch, 1990. 1st English. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. First mystery. Los Angeles setting, introduces Maggie Hill & Claire Conrad. $10.00

332. HOYT, RICHARD Decoys. NY: Evans, 1980. First Edition. Remainder mark on upper edge, else fine in VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. The first John Denson mystery. Oregon. $10.00

333. The Siskiyou Two-Step. NY: Morrow, 1983. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. John Denson. $10.00

334. Cool Runnings. NY: Viking, 1984. First Edition. Fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket. Journalist and paperback writer-protagonist. $10.00

335. Fish Story. NY: Viking, 1985. First Edition. Near-fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket. John Denson. $10.00

336. Whoo? NY: Tor, 1991. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. John Denson. $10.00

337. HUBER, FRED Axx Goes South. NY: Walker, 1989. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Florida setting. Author's first hardback mystery, after two paperback originals. $10.00

338. HUGHES, DOROTHY B. The Blackbirder. NY: Duell, 1943. Later printing, War Edition. Fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. $20.00

339. HUGO, RICHARD Death and the Good Life. NY: St. Martin's, 1981. First Edition. Foxing to upper edge, else fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light spine color fading. Poet's only mystery. $35.00

340. HUNTER, ALAN Gently Through the Woods. NY: Macmillan, 1975. First American Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. $10.00

341. The Honfleur Decision. NY: Walker, 1980. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Supt.Gently. $10.00

342. Death on the Broadlands. NY: Walker, 1983. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Supt. Gently. $10.00

343. The Unhung Man. London: Constable, 1984. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. A Supt.Gently mystery published as THE UNHANGED MAN in U.S. $15.00

344. HUNTER, FRED Presence of Mind. NY: Walker, 1994. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. A Jeremy Ransom/Emily Charters mystery. Theatre setting. $15.00

345. HUNTSBERRY, WILLIAM E. Oscar Mooney's Head. NY: Holt, 1961. First Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. Set in Hawaii. $10.00

346. HURD, DOUGLAS AS & OSMOND, ANDREW Send Him Victorious. London: Collins, 1968. First Edition. Near fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. Authors' first mystery. Introduces Prime Minister Patrick Harvey. $35.00

347. HUSTON, H. C. With Murder for Some. NY: Macmillan, 1953. First Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery is set at Puget Sound. $10.00

348. HYMAN, JACKIE The Eyes of a Stranger. NY: St.Martin's, 1987. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. California setting w/female reporter-sleuth. $15.00

349. INNES, HAMMOND The Doomed Oasis. NY: Knopf, 1960. First Edition. Near fine in a VG+ price-clipped Dust Jacket. $15.00

350. Levkas Man. London: Collins, 1971. First Edition. Just about fine in fine Dust Jacket. Malta and Greece. $25.00

351. The Big Footprints. London: Collins, 1977. First Edition. Small owner's signature, else fine in a fine price-clipped Dust Jacket. $15.00

352. INNES, MICHAEL Appleby Talking. London: Gollancz, 1954. First Edition. Near fine in a VG Dust Jacket with light spine wear and browning. Queen's Quorum collection and a somewhat elusive first edition. $150.00

353. Appleby Talking. London: Gollancz, 1954. First Edition. Near fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket with slight spine fadding. Queen's Quorum collection and a somewhat elusive first edition. $175.00

354. The Open House. London: Gollancz, 1972. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Sir John Appleby. $40.00

355. INNES, MICHAEL AS STEWART, J. I. M. The Aylwins. London: Gollancz, 1966. First Edition. Fine in a fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket with minor browning to spine. Novel. $30.00

356. JACKSON, JON A. The Blind Pig. NY: Random, 1978. First Edition. Owner's light stamp on free endpaper, corners lightly bumped, else fine in Dust Jacket. The author's second mystery brings back Sergeant Mulheisen. $85.00

357. Deadman. NY: Atlantic, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Sergeant Mulheisen. $15.00

358. JAKES, JOHN Johnny Havoc. NY: Belmont, 1960. First Edition. Paperback original; near fine in pictorial wraps (Belmont #204). First of four to feature diminutive private eye Johnny Havoc. $40.00

359. Seacrets of Stardeep. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1969. First Edition. Near fine with owners inscription in a Good+ Dust Jacket. Science Fiction. $30.00

360. JAMES, P. D. Innocent Blood. NY: Scribners, 1980. First American Edition. VG+ in a fine Dust Jacket with spine slant. $15.00

361. JARRETT, CORA Night Over Fitch's Pond. Boston: Houghton, 1933. First Edition. Rear cover water stained, else good+ (no Dust Jacket). Author's first mystery. $15.00

362. JARVIE, CLODAGH GIBSON He Would Provoke Death. NY: Roy, 1959. First American Edition. Fine in near-fine Dust Jacket. Auto racing setting. $10.00

363. JEFFRIES, RODERIC AS ASHFORD, JEFFREY An Illegal Solution. NY: St.Martin's, 1991. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. British procedural. $10.00

364. JESSE, F. TENNYSON Solange Stories. NY: Macmillan, 1931. First American Edition. VG in good+- near VG Dust Jacket with moderate front panel chip. Queen's Quorum title. $150.00

365. JOHNSON, EVELYN & PALMER, G. Murder: Thirty-Two Thrilling Crimes. NY: Covici, 1933. First Edition. Soiled covers, shelf wear, owner's stamp, else good (no Dust Jacket). Unopened solutions packet is tipped to rear endpaper as issued. $25.00

366. JOHNSTON, VELDA Flight to Yesterday. NY: St.Martin's, 1990. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $10.00

367. KAMINSKY, STUART M. Lieberman's Folly. NY: St. Martin's, 1991. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. The first Abe Lieberman mystery. $30.00

368. Black Knight in Red Square. NY: Armchair Detective Library, 1993. 1st hardcover edition. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, as new in slipcase. The second Porfiry Rostnikov mystery, originally a 1984 paperback. $35.00

369. Dancing in the Dark. NY: Mysterious, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Toby Peters meets Fred Astaire. $20.00

370. The Big Silence. NY: Forge, 2000. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Lieberman. $20.00

371. KAMINSKY, STUART M. \ COOPER, GARY Coop: The Life and Legend of Gary Cooper. NY: St. Martin's, 1980. First Edition. Fine in just about fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Laid in is a card from Gary Cooper inscribed "Many good wishes to you Laurie" and SIGNED Gary Cooper. Biography of Gary Cooper. $350.00

372. KEELER, HARRY STEPHEN The Riddle of the Traveling Skull. NY: Triangle, 1938. Early printing, First thus. Spine slant, else VG (No Dust Jacket). Only the lightest possible page browning. The first chapter is titled "A Chinaman He Catch Himse'f a Light." Later we meet Ichabod Chang. $15.00

373. KEITH, DAVID A Matter of Accent. NY: Dodd, 1943. First Edition. Tear in front cover, else VG in good, spine-chipped Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery features Ted Weaver. Praised by Barzun & Taylor. $30.00

374. KENNEDY, JOHN DE N. In the Shadow of the Cheka. NY: Macaulay, 1935. First American Edition. Good+ (no Dust Jacket). The author's first of three mysteries. In spite of the title, set in Chicago. $10.00

375. KIJEWSKI, KAREN Copy Kat. NY: Doubleday, 1992. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Kat Colorado. $50.00

376. Alley Kat Blues. NY: Doubleday, 1995. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Kat Colorado. $20.00

377. Honky Tonk Kat. NY: Putnam, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Kat Colorado. $15.00

378. KING, C. DALY Obelists at Sea. NY: Knopf, 1933. First American Edition. Owner's inscription, endpaper foxing, else VG+ copy in a good+ Dust Jacket with extremity spine chips and fading and a rear spine fold tear. The first of three "Obelists" mysteries introduces Lord and Pons. $300.00

379. KING, LAURIE R. With Child. London: Harper Collins, 1997. First English Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The third Kate Martinelli mystery. $15.00

380. KING, STEPHEN Nightmares in the Sky : Gargoyles and Grotesques. NY: Viking Penguin, 1988. First Edition. Remaindered copy, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. With photographs by f-stop Fitzgerald. $20.00

381. KOONTZ, DEAN R. AS AXTON, DAVID Prison of Ice. Phila: Lippincott, 1976. First Edition. Light corner rubbing; VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket with some rubbing and wear at extremities and folds. Uncommon title. $350.00

382. KOONTZ, DEAN R. AS DWYER, DEANNA Dance with the Devil. NY: Prestige Books, 1972. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original, spine slant, cover creases, else good+ in wraps. Laid in is an owner's bookplate INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR who wrote "To Joseph——This Deanna Dwyer book. Collect but for God's sake don't read! Dean Knootz 3/5/94." Hubin incorrectly shows the first edition as Lancer, 1973. This Magnum Gothic Original has a copyright date of 1972 and states "Never before published" on the front cover. $200.00

383. KOONTZ, DEAN R. AS DWYER, K. R. Dragonfly. NY: Ballantine, 1976. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original, cover corner crease, else VG+ in wraps. Laid in is a owner's bookplate INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "To Joseph —— This last Dwyer novel — before he had a sex-change and became L. Nichols! Dean Knootz 3/5/94." $75.00

384. KUMMER, FREDERIC ARNOLD Design for Murder. Boston: Lothrop, Lee, 1936. First Edition. Cover stains, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Washington, DC setting. $20.00

385. KURNITZ, HARRY Invasion of Privacy. NY: Random, 1955. First Edition. Near fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket. Previous owners name on ffep. Bibliomystery concerning a Hollywood script writer in New York. $15.00

386. KYLE, DUNCAN Stalking Point. NY: St. Martin's, 1981. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Wartime high adventure story. $22.00

387. L'AMOUR, LOUIS The Lonesome Gods. NY: Bantam, 1983. First Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. Nineteenth century California is the setting for this historical novel about a young orphan raised by Indians who becomes a rugged adventurer. $15.00

388. LAMB, MARGARET Chains of Gold. NY: St. Martin's, 1985. First Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Shakespeare scholar's only mystery. Newport setting. $20.00

389. LAMBERT, DEREK The Golden Express. London: Hamilton, 1984. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Set in 1940. $25.00

390. LANGTON, JANE The Dante Game. NY: Viking, 1991. First Edition. Remainder mark on lower edge, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. Homer Kelly is a bibliomystery involving DANTE'S INFERNO. $10.00

391. The Face on the Wall. NY: Viking, 1998. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Homer Kelly. $10.00

392. LANSDALE, JOE R. Cold in July. NY: Bantam, 1989. First Edition. Mass market Paperback Original, just about fine in wraps. $20.00

393. Freezer Burn. Holyoke: Crossroads Press, 1999. First Edition. One of 400 numbered copies (#267) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR; fine in fine Dust Jacket. $40.00

394. LANSDALE, JOE R. & KLAW, RICHARD (EDS.) Weird Business. Austin, TX: Mojo Press, 1995. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Stories (graphic) by Lansdale, Poppy Z. Brite, Robert Bloch, Michael Moorcock, Bill Crider, Roger Zelazny, others. 414 pages. $15.00

395. LAWRENCE, HILDA Blood Upon the Snow. NY: Simon, 1944. First Edition. Ex-Library, hinges split, reading copy only (no Dust Jacket). Her first book and a Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $15.00

396. LE CARRE, JOHN The Naive & Sentimental Lover. NY: Knopf, 1972. First American Edition. Just about fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Non-mystery novel. $15.00

397. LEHANE, DENNIS Prayers for Rain. NY: Morrow, 1999. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Boston private investigator Patrick Kenzie. $15.00

398. LEONARD, ELMORE Mr. Majestyk. NY: Dell, 1974. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback original, (this copy with green edges), VG+ in wraps. Scene from Charles Bronson movie on cover. $15.00

399. Stick. NY: Arbor, 1983. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Florida Gold Coast setting. $15.00

400. Pagan Babies. NY: Delacorte, 1999. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

401. LEROUX, GASTON Nomads of the Night. NY: Macaulay, 1925. First American Edition. VG+ in good+, chipped, later Dust Jacket. Cheri-Bibi. $45.00

402. The Mystery of the Yellow Room. NY: Scribners, 1928. Reprint. Owner's small stamps, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Haycraft Queen Cornerstone. $15.00

403. LEVIN, IRA Dr. Cook's Garden. NY: Dramatists Play Service, 1968. First Edition. Digest-sized Papaerback, ex-Library, cover foxing, else VG in wraps. Three-act play. Listed in Hubin. $15.00

404. LEWIS, ROY A Necessary Dealing. London: Collins Crime Club, 1989. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. An Eric Ward mystery. No U.S. edition. $20.00

405. LIEBERMAN, HERBERT The Girl With the Botticelli Eyes. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1996. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Metropolitan Museum setting. $15.00

406. LIMNELIUS, GEORGE The Medbury Fort Murder. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1929. First American Edition. VG+- near fine (no Dust Jacket). Locked room mystery. $20.00

407. LINDSEY, DAVID L. A Cold Mind. NY: Harper, 1983. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket with the lightest of extremity wear. Author's second mystery. Stuart Haydon. $40.00

408. LOCKRIDGE, ROSS JR. Raintree County. Boston: Houghton, 1948. First Edition. Lower spine wear, owner's gift inscription, else VG copy with sharp gilt design on cover in VG+ Dust Jacket with light color-faded spine and tiny chips at folds. The author's only novel and the basis for the 1957 movie with Liz Taylor and Montgomery Clift. $175.00

409. LONDON, JACK The Mutiny of the Elisnore. NY: Macmillan, 1914. First Edition. Internal front hinge weak, lettering flaking from spine, owner's inscription in pencil, else near good (no Dust Jacket). Marginally in Hubin. $20.00

410. LOVESEY, PETER Keystone. London: Macmillan, 1983. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Early film setting. $45.00

411. Murder on the Short List. Norfolk: Crippen & Landru, 2008. First Edition. One of 225 numbered copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, as new in Dust Jacket. Each copy includes a separate pamphlet "The Royal Plot" by the author. 13 short stories including "Needle Match," chosen by CWA as the best short story of 2007. $43.00

412. LOWNDES, MARIE BELLOC The Lodger. NY: Cape, 1931. Second printing, thus. Top spine lightly worn, owner's signatures in pencil, else good+ (no Dust Jacket). Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone and the basis for the movie about Jack the Ripper. $35.00

413. I, Too, Have Lived in Arcadia: A Record of Love and of Childhood. NY: Dodd, 1942. First American Edition. Tape marks on endpapers, offsetting to endpapers where newspaper was laid in, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Laid in is newspaper clipping announcing the author's death as well as a review of the book from the Dust Jacket. Autobiography. $15.00

414. LUDLUM, ROBERT AS RYDER, JONATHAN The Cry of the Halidon. NY: Delacorte, 1974. First Edition. Just about fine in a near fine Dust Jacket with the lightest of extremity wear. Author's second book under this pseudonym. $45.00

415. LUPOFF, RICHARD A. Quintet: The Cases of Chase and Delacroix. Norfolk: Crippen & Landru, 2008. First Edition. One of 200 copies NUMBERED & SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR with a pamphlet with a short story "The Laddie in the Lake" written by the author included . New in Dust Jacket. Six short stories. $43.00

416. LYONS, ARTHUR All God's Children. NY: Mason, 1975. First Edition. Tape marks on covers, spine slant, foxing and glue stains on endpapers, else good+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. The second Jacob Asch mystery. $25.00

417. The Killing Floor. NY: Mason, 1976. First Edition. Very slight spine slant and top edge soiling, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. The third Jacob Asch mystery. $55.00

418. LYONS, NAN & IVAN Someone is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe. NY: Harcourt, 1976. First Edition. VG+ in VG+, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Authors' first mystery introduces Natasha O'Brien. The basis for the 1978 Warner Bros. film "Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? $20.00

419. MACDONALD, JOHN D. The End of the Night. NY: Simon, 1960. First Edition. Owner's inscription, near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. The "Wolf Pack" murders. $120.00

420. The Drowner. Greenwich: Gold Medal, 1963. First Edition. Paperback original; spine slant, owner's note on inside front cover, else good+- near VG in wraps. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $85.00

421. End of the Tiger and Other Stories. Greenwich: Gold Medal, 1966. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original; spine slant, else good+ in wraps. Short stories in Hubin. $15.00

422. Nightmare in Pink. Phila: Lippincott, 1976. 1st Amer hardback ed. Remainder marks, the slightest spine slant, else near fine (no Dust Jacket). Travis McGee. $60.00

423. Free Fall in Crimson. NY: Harper, 1981. First Edition. Near fine in a near fine DJ. Travis McGee. $15.00

424. The Brass Cupcake. NY: Tess Press, ND, circa 2005. First Hardback Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with two inch rear panel closed tear. Author's first mystery was first published in 1950. $15.00

425. MACDONALD, PHILIP The Polferry Mystery. London: Collins Crime Club, 1932. Early repint. Some color-fading, good+ (no Dust Jacket). Anthony Gethryn. $10.00

426. Death and Chicanery. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1962. 1st (precedes Eng). VG+- near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with a couple of short pieces of tape on verso. Uncommon short story collection. $55.00

427. MACDONALD, ROSS The Moving Target. NY: Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Spine color fading, spine stain, small front cover stains, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Introduces Lew Archer, Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $100.00

428. Black Money. London: Collins Crime Club, 1966. First English Edition. Near fine in VG+- near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket with light extremity wear and light rear panel soiling. Lew Archer. $65.00

429. MACDONALD, ROSS AS MILLAR, KENNETH Blue City. NY: Knopf, 1947. First Edition. A rental library copy, good (no Dust Jacket). $15.00

430. MACGOWAN, ALICE & NEWBERRY, PERRY Who Is This Man? NY: Stokes, 1927. First Edition. Just about fine in price-clipped, near fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR (MacGowan) who asks "Hell - Who Was He?." The last Jerry Boyne mystery. Uncommon title. $125.00

431. MACINNES, HELEN Decision at Delphi. NY: Harcourt, 1960. First Edition. VG in near VG Dust Jacket with tape repair on blind side. $15.00

432. MACLEAN, ALISTAIR H. M. S. Ulysses. NY: Doubleday, 1956. First American Edition. VG+ in a good, chipped Dust Jacket. The author's first book. $15.00

433. Force 10 From Navarone. NY: Doubleday, 1968. First American Edition. VG+ in VG+, price-clipped Dust Jacket. The basis for the 1968 film. $15.00

434. MACLEOD, CHARLOTTE The Corpse in Oozak's Pond. NY: Mysterious, 1987. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Prof. Shandy. Nominated for Edgar. $20.00

435. The Recycled Citizen. NY: Mysterious, 1988. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Sarah Kelling. $15.00

436. MACLEOD, IAN R. The Light Ages. London: Earthlight, 2003. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Science fiction. $35.00

437. MADDEROM, GARY The Four-Chambered Villain. NY: Macmillan, 1971. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery concerns murder at the UN. $20.00

438. MAGILL, MARCUS Death-in-the-Box. Phila: Lippincott, 1930. First Edition, 2nd printing. VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket missing large front panel chip. $15.00

439. MAGUIRE, GREGORY Mirror Mirror. NY: Regan, 2003. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $50.00

440. MANN, JESSICA No Man's Island. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1983. First American Edition. Remainder mark on lower edge, fine in Dust Jacket. Set on Cornish island. $9.00

441. Grave Goods. London: Macmillan, 1984. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Archeological setting with Tamara Hoyland. $20.00

442. MARBLE, M. S. Everybody Makes Mistakes. NY: Rinehart, 1946. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with small rear panel chip. Hollywood setting with press agent sleuth. Author's first mystery. $32.00

443. MARKHAM, VIRGIL The Rogues' Road. NY: Macmillan, 1930. First Edition. Offsetting to endpapers, else near fine in VG+, bright Dust Jacket which has had the front flap trimmed to the lettering and with moderate lower spine, extremity wear. Historical adventure from an author who wrote several mysteries. $60.00

444. MARLOWE, KATHARINE Secrets. NY: Fine, 1992. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Novel which has nominal mystery interest; not in Hubin. $20.00

445. MARON, MARGARET Fugitive Colors. NY: Mysterious, 1995. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. A Sigrid Harald mystery. $15.00

446. Up Jumps the Devil. NY: Mysterious Press, 1996. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Deborah Knott. $17.50

447. MARSH, NGAIO Vintage Murder. NY: Sheridan, 1940. First American Edition. VG+-near fine in VG Dust Jacket with flaps trimmed not affecting content. Roderick Alleyn solves the murder of the head of a British theatrical company whose head is smashed in by a gallon champagne bottle. $75.00

448. Spinsters in Jeopardy. Boston: Little, 1953. First Edition. Spine slant, else VG in good+ Dust Jacket. Roderick Alleyn. $20.00

449. Scales of Justice. Boston: Little, 1955. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, Velse near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with very light spine color fading. Fishing setting with Roderick Alleyn. Some golf connections, but listed in Taylor's GOLF MURDERS as one that didn't make the the cut. $50.00

450. Clutch of Constables. Boston: Little, 1969. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Roderick and Troy Alleyn find murder on a pleasure cruise. $15.00

451. When in Rome. Boston: Little, 1971. First American Edition. VG+ in Dust Jacket. Roderick Alleyn. $20.00

452. Black as He's Painted. Boston: Little, 1974. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with front panel chip. Roderick Alleyn. $15.00

453. Grave Mistake. Boston: Little, 1978. First American Edition. Slight spine warp, VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. Roderick Alleyn. $15.00

454. MARTINI, STEVE Compelling Evidence. NY: Putnam, 1992. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The first Paul Madriani courtroom mystery. $20.00

455. MASUR, HAROLD Q. The Mourning After. NY: St. Martin's, 1981. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. Scott Jordan. $15.00

456. MATHER, LINDA Blood of an Aries. London: Macmillan, 1993. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's first, introduces astrologer/sleuth Jo Hughes. $25.00

457. MATHESON, RICHARD The Shores of Space. NY: Bantam, 1957. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original; cover crease, else VG in wraps (Bantam #A1571). 13 short stories. $15.00

458. Shock Waves. NY: Dell #7831, 1970. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original, rubbed corner, else near fine in wraps. Short stories of Horror/Terror. $10.00

459. MATTHIESSEN, PETER Killing Mister Watson. NY: Random, 1990. Second Printing. Remainder mark, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. Owner's bookplate SIGNED BY THE OWNER laid in. The first of the E. J. Watson trilogy. $20.00

460. MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET Ashenden: or The Secret Agent. NY: Doubleday, 1941. Early reprint. Owner's inscription, else just about fine in VG Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. Queen's Quorum title first published in 1928. $20.00

461. MAY, JULIAN Blood Trillium. NY: Putnam, 1992. First Edition. Fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with Dust Jacket soiled on rear panel where label was partially removed. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. A sequel to BLACK TRILLIUM. $15.00

462. Magnificat. NY: Knopf, 1996. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Owner's Bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Book Three of the THE GALACTIC MILIEU TRILOGY. $20.00

463. MCBAIN, ED Strangers When We Meet. NY: Simon, 1958. First Edition. Prise written in crayon on free, front endpaper, else VG in good+ Dust Jacket with top spine chip. Non-mystery novel and the basis for the 1960 movie. $25.00

464. Another Part of the City. NY: Mysterious, 1986. UNCORRECTED PAGE PROOFS, near fine in wraps in VG+ Dust Jacket. Laid in is publisher's news pamphlet from April, 1986 which includes the author's remarks about this title. $15.00

465. Tricks. NY: Arbor, 1987. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. 87th Precinct. $15.00

466. McBain's Ladies: The Women of the 87th Precinct. NY: Mysterious, 1988. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

467. Vespers. NY: Morrow, 1990. First Edition. Near fine in a fine Dust Jacket. 87th Precinct. $15.00

468. There Was a Little Girl. NY: Mysterious Press, 1994. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Matthew Hope. $15.00

469. The Last Best Hope. NY: Warner, 1998. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Matthew Hope. $15.00

470. MCBRIARTY, DOUGLAS Carolina Gold. NY: St.Martin's, 1991. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Small-town Carolina Sheriff Pete McPhee. $10.00

471. MCCLOY, HELEN Case of the Duplicate Door. Brooklyn: Pearl, ND (ca. 1946). First Edition. Puzzle: booklet and puzzle pieces in fine condition, box has 2 inch tear at corner. Mystery Puzzle of the Month. $50.00

472. A Question of Time. NY: Dodd, 1971. First Edition. VG+ in a VG+ Dust Jacket. $10.00

473. MCCLURE, JAMES The Blood of Englishmen. NY: Harper, 1980. First American Edition. Spine slant, endpapers rubbed, else VG in VG+ Dust Jacket. Kramer and Zondi in South Africa. $15.00

474. MCCONNELL, FRANK Blood Lake. NY: Walker, 1987. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Harry Garnish & Bridget O'Toole, set in Wisconsin. $10.00

475. The Frog King. NY: Walker, 1990. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Private eye Harry Garnish. $10.00

476. MCCONNOR, VINCENT The Man Who Knew Hammett. NY: Tor, 1988. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Hollywood private eye. $10.00

477. MCCRUMB, SHARYN Paying the Piper. NY: Ballantine, 1988. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback original, bookstore stamp, else fine in wraps. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and dated June 13, 1992. anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson. $17.50

478. Paying the Piper. NY: Ballantine, 1988. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback original, fine in wraps. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and dated June 13, 1992. anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson. $20.00

479. Lovely In Her Bones. NY: Ballantine, 1990. First Ballantine Edition. Mass Market Paperback; fine in wraps. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and dated June 13,1992. The author's second mystery, first published in 1985. $10.00

480. The Windsor Knot. NY: Ballantine, 1990. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Elizabeth MacPherson. $10.00

481. Zombies of the Gene Pool. NY: Ballantine, 1993. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market paperback, near fine in wraps. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Jay Omega. $15.00

482. The Rosewood Casket. NY: Dutton, 1996. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $10.00

483. MCDONALD, GREGORY Who Took Toby Rinaldi? NY: Putnam, 1980. First Edition. Light foxing to edges, near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

484. Fletch Won. NY: Warner, 1985. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

485. Fletch, Too. NY: Warner, 1986. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

486. Son of Fletch. NY: Putnam, 1993. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

487. MCDOUGALD, ROMAN Purgatory Street. NY: Simon, 1946. First Edition. VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket with small panel and spine chips. A woman falls in love with a man pretending to be her husband, even though she knows he is planning to kill her. $15.00

488. Lady without Mercy. NY: Simon, 1948. First Edition. Usual browning Pages, else VG+ in good Dust Jacket. Mystery with occult overtones. $10.00

489. MCDOWELL, RIDER The Mercy Man. NY: St.Martin's, 1987. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first hardcover mystery, introduces private eye, Willy Diaz. $10.00

490. MCGARRITY, MICHAEL Serpent Gate. NY: Scribner, 1998. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The third Kevin Kerney mystery. $25.00

491. The Big Gamble. NY: Dutton, 2002. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Kevin Kerney. $15.00

492. MCGINLEY, PATRICK Goosefoot. NY: Dutton, 1982. 1st (precedes Eng.). Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery. $10.00

493. MCGIVERN, WILLIAM P. A Matter of Honor. NY: Arbor, 1984. First Edition. Tiny remainder mark on lower edge, fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $10.00

494. MCILVANNEY, WILLIAM Strange Loyalties. NY: Pantheon, 1992. First American Edition. Fine in fine lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. Insp. Jack Laidlaw. $10.00

495. MCINERNY, RALPH Frigor Mortis. NY: Atheneum, 1989. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $10.00

496. Savings and Loam. NY: Atheneum, 1990. First Edition. Price on front endpaper, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. Andrew Broom. $10.00

497. The Search Committee. NY: Atheneum, 1991. First Edition. 0REVIEW COPY, fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Academic setting. $10.00

498. MCINERNY, RALPH AS QUILL, MONICA Let Us Prey. NY: Vanguard, 1982. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. Sister Mary Teresa. $10.00

499. MCIVER, N. J. An Assassin Prepares. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1988. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's second and final mystery to date. $15.00

500. MCKIMMEY, JAMES The Wrong Ones. NY: Dell, 1961. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original; near fine in pictorial wraps (Dell #8192). $10.00

501. MCKNIGHT, BOB A Stone around her Neck. NY: Ace, 1962. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original, VG+ in wraps (Ace Double #F-143). Flip side reprints Clayton Fox's END OF A BIG WHEEL. $15.00

502. MCMURTRY, LARRY The Late Child. NY: Simon, 1995. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Card SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Sequel to The Desert Rose. $30.00

503. MCNEILE, H. C. Challenge. NY: Sun Dial, (1937). Early reprint. VG+ with small owners stamp (noDust Jacket). Bulldog Drummond. $10.00

504. MILLAR, MARGARET The Devil Loves Me. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1942. First Edition. Light top rear cover fading, owner's inscription, endpaper foxing else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Her third mystery, features Dr. Paul Prye. $55.00

505. Wall of Eyes. NY: Random, 1943. Second printing. Slight spine slant, tape marks on endpapers, else VG in good+ Dust Jacket with lower spine chip that has been trimmed about 3/16th of an inch. Her uncommon fourth mystery, features Insp.Sands. $20.00

506. Beyond This Point Are Monsters. NY: Random, 1970. First Edition. Tape marks on cover, glue stain om endpaper, else good in VG+ Dust Jacket with lightly-faded spine. $15.00

507. Mermaid. NY: Morrow, 1991. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

508. MILLER, REX Chaingang. NY: Pocket Star Books, 1992. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original, fine in wraps. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $15.00

509. MILNE, A. A. The Red House Mystery. NY: Dutton, 1965. Reprint edition. Spine slant, else near VG in VG Dust Jacket. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone. $15.00

510. MORGAN, D. MILLER Money Leads to Murder. NY: Dodd, 1987. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, else fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery, indroduces San Diego private eye Daisy Marlow. $20.00

511. MORTIMER, JOHN The Trials of Rumpole. NY: Armchair Detective Library, 1991. 1st Amer hardcover ed. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR. New in slipcase. $35.00

512. Rumpole's Return. NY: Armchair Detective Library, 1993. 1st Amer hardback ed. One of 100 number copies SIGNED BY AUTHOR. New in slipcase. $35.00

513. MOURAD, KENIZE Regards from a Dead Princess. NY: Arcade Publishing, 1987. First American Edition. Near fine in near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Author's first novel. Non-mystery. The book begins in Istanbul and ends in Paris during early WW II. Translated from the French. $17.50

514. MUIR, AUGUSTUS The Silent Partner. London: Methuen, 1929. First Edition. Light foxing, VG (no Dust Jacket). $35.00

515. MULLER, MARCIA Wolf in the Shadows. NY: Mysterious, 1993. First Edition. Near fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Sharon McCone. $10.00

516. Point Deception. NY: Mysterious Press, 1999. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

517. MUNDY, TALBOT Cock O' the North. NY: Burt, (1929). Early reprint. VG-VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Listed in Hubin. $15.00

518. MURPHY, DALLAS Apparent Wind. NY: Pocket Books, 1991. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery. Florida Keys. $10.00

519. MURRAY, MAX The Voice of the Corpse. NY: Farrar, 1947. First Edition. Small owner's inscription dated 1947, else a fine copy in a VG+ Dust Jacket with several closed tears and missing one tiny chip from rear panel. Author's first mystery and highly praised by Barzun and Taylor in A CATALOGUE OF CRIME. Uncommon title. $95.00

520. (MYSTERY PARTY BOOKS) \ WREN, LASSITER & MCKAY, RANDLE The Second Baffle Book. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1929. Later Printing. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. A beautiful copy. 30 short mysteries and their answers. $50.00

521. The Second Baffle Book. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1929. First Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket missing several small chips. 30 short mysteries and their solutions. $85.00

522. The Third Baffle Book. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1930. First Edition. Near VG (no Dust Jacket). $20.00

523. NASH, SIMON Unhallowed Murder. NY: Roy, 1966. First American Edition. VG+- near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with rear panel soiling and tiny chips. Insp. Montero investigates the murder in his London church of a vicar "who likes rare old books." Highly praised Barzun & Taylor in A CATALOGUE OF CRIME. $40.00

524. NASON, LEONARD H. The Top Kick. NY: Doubleday, 1928. First Edition. VG+ (no Dust Jacket) with sun fadding to spine and partial bookplate. $15.00

525. The Incomplete Mariner. NY: Doubleday, 1929. First Edition. Near fine (no Dust Jacket). $15.00

526. NEELY, BARBARA Blanche on the Lam. NY: St. Martin's, 1992. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket with the lightest of extremity wear. Author's first mystery. $150.00

527. Blanche Among the Talented Tenth. NY: St. Martin's, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The second Blanche White mystery is set in an all-Black resort in Maine. $25.00

528. NEHRBASS, RICHARD A Perfect Death for Hollywood. NY: Harper, 1991. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery introduces Hollywood private eye Vic Eton. $15.00

529. NELSON, HUGH LAWRENCE Dead Giveaway. NY: Rinehart, 1950. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with short closed tear & tiny chip. A Steve Johnson mystery. $20.00

530. NEWMAN, SHARAN The Devil's Door. NY: Forge, 1994. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket with rear flap creases. The second Catherine LaVendeur mystery, set in medieval France. $15.00

531. NIALL, MICHAEL Run Like a Thief. NY: Mill, 1962. First Edition. Near fine in a VG Dust Jacket with flaps pasted to endpapers. By the author of BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK. $15.00

532. NOGUCHI, THOMAS T., M.D. & LYONS, ARTHUR Unnatural Causes. NY: Putnam, 1988. First Edition. Fine in near fine, lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. Los Angeles coroner Noguchi's first mystery. $10.00

533. NORMAN, GEOFFREY Blue Chipper. NY: Morrow, 1992. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket, small remainder mark on upper edge. Set in Florida bayous with private eye Morgan Hunt. $10.00

534. NUNN, KEM Pomona Queen. NY: Pocket, 1992. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Nominated for Edgar. $15.00

535. O'BRIAN, PATRICK The Thirteen Gun Salute. London: Collins, 1989. First Edition. Minor page browning, near fine in a near fine Dust Jacket with some very light wear along edge. Jack Aubrey. $300.00

536. The Yellow Admiral. NY: Norton, 1996. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Jack Aubrey & Stephen Maturin. $20.00

537. O'BRIEN, MAUREEN Close-Up On Death. NY: St. Martin's, 1989. First American Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery; introduces John Bright. $15.00

538. O'CONNELL, CAROL Mallory's Oracle. NY: Putnam, 1994. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first book, nominated for Edgar award. $20.00

539. Mallory's Oracle. London: Hutchinson, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first book, nominated for Edgar award. $45.00

540. O'CONNOR, FRANK More Stories by Frank O'Connor. NY: Knopf, 1954. First Edition. Just about fine in near VG Dust Jacket with a few small chips. Non-mystery short stories. $20.00

541. O'CONNOR, PAT The Yeare's Midnight. NY: Carroll & Graf, 2002. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The author's first mystery is "a gripping psychological thriller that weds madness and murder to the metaphysics and wit in John Donne's poetry." $25.00

542. O'DONNELL, LILLIAN The Face of the Crime. NY: Abelard, 1968. First Edition. Very light foxing, else VG+- near fine in foxed Dust Jacket. Author's eighth mystery. $80.00

543. Wicked Designs. NY: Putnam, 1980. First Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket. Mici Anhalt. $15.00

544. The Children's Zoo. NY: Putnam, 1981. First Edition. Fine in a Dust Jacket. Nora Mulcahaney. $15.00

545. A Wreath for the Bride. NY: Putnam, 1990. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Introduces P.I. Gwenn Ramadge. $15.00

546. Pushover. NY: Putnam, 1992. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket, remainder mark on lower edge. Norah Mulcahaney. $10.00

547. O'HAGAN, JOAN Death and a Madonna. NY: Doubleday, 1987. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery. $15.00

548. OATES, JOYCE CAROL Foxfire. NY: Dutton, 1993. First Edition. Remainder mark, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Owner's bookplate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Marginally in Hubin. $15.00

549. OPPENHEIM, E. PHILLIPS The Interloper. NY: Little/Burt, 1927. Early Reprint. VG (no Dust Jacket). Little, Brown sheets in Burt (reprint) binding. $10.00

550. Jeremiah and the Princess. NY: Little/Burt, 1933. Early Reprint. VG (no Dust Jacket). Little, Brown sheets in Burt (reprint) binding. $10.00

551. Advice Ltd. Boston: Little, 1936. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Scotland Yard. $15.00

552. A Pulpit in the Grill Room. Boston: Little, 1939. First American Edition. VG in a VG Dust Jacket with some fraying at extremities and which has probably been very slightly trimmed along lower edge. The first mystery to feature newspaper man-sleuth Charles Lyson. Short stories. $25.00

553. PACKARD, FRANK L. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale. NY: Doran, 1917. First Edition. Spine lettering faded, some cover soiling, else a VG copy (no Dust Jacket). Short stories. $25.00

554. More Knaves than One. NY: Doran, 1938. First Edition. Owner's signature, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Short stories set in the Far East. $20.00

555. PADGETT, ABIGAIL Child of Silence. NY: Mysterious Press, 1993. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket with one front panel nick. Author's first mystery. $40.00

556. Strawgirl. NY: Mysterious, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The second Bo Bradley mystery. $15.00

557. Turtle Baby. NY: Mysterious Press, 1995. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's third mystery. Bo Bradley. $20.00

558. PAGE, KATHERINE HALL The Body in the Vestibule. NY: St. Martin's, 1992. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Faith Fairchild. $20.00

559. PAIN, BARRY The One Before. London: Nelson, ND (ca. 1925). Early reprint. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). A fantasy with Golf elements. Illustrated. $20.00

560. PALLISER, CHARLES The Unburied. NY: First American Edition, 1999. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Victorian England setting. $15.00

561. PALMER, STUART Four Lost Ladies. NY: Mill, 1949. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). Miss Withers. $35.00

562. The Green Ace. NY: Morrow, 1950. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). Miss Withers. $35.00

563. Unhappy Hooligan. NY: Harper, 1956. First Edition. VG+ in near VG Dust Jacket with pieces of tape on outside of rear panel. The first Howie Rook mystery. Locked room mystery. DJ shows author in clown makeup. $20.00

564. Rook Takes Knight. NY: Random, 1968. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with a couple of tiny, closed tears. A Howie Rook mystery. $20.00

565. PARETSKY, SARA Deadlock. NY: Delacorte, 1984. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: "New York, February 1984, —— every good wish Sara Paretsky." The author's second mystery. With P. I., V. I. Warshawski. $250.00

566. PARKER, ROBERT B. Valediction. Boston: Delacorte, 1984. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. Spenser. $15.00

567. Taming a Sea-Horse. NY: Delacorte, 1986. First Edition. Fine in a Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Spenser. $20.00

568. Pale Kings and Princes. NY: Delacorte, 1987. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Spenser. $15.00

569. Pale Kings and Princes. NY: Delacorte, 1987. First Edition. Near-fine in price-clipped Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Spenser. $20.00

570. Crimson Joy. NY: Delacorte, 1988. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Spenser. $15.00

571. Playmates. NY: Putnam, 1989. First Edition. Near fine in near-fine Dust Jacket. Spenser. $15.00

572. Double Deuce. NY: Putnam, 1992. First Edition. VG+ in a VG+ Dust Jacket with minor spine slant and light foxing to edges, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Spenser. $15.00

573. Walking Shadow. NY: Putnam, 1994. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Spenser. $20.00

574. Sudden Mischief. NY: Putnam, 1998. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Spenser. $15.00

575. Trouble in Paradise. NY: Putnam, 1998. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The second Jesse Stone mystery. $20.00

576. Hugger Mugger. NY: Putnam, 2000. First Edition. Fine in a Dust Jacket. Spenser. $15.00

577. Death in Paradise. NY: Putnam, 2001. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The third Jesse Stone mystery. $20.00

578. Potshot. NY: Putnam, 2001. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Spenser. $15.00

579. Stone Cold. NY: Putnam, 2003. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The fourth Jesse Stone mystery. $20.00

580. School Days. NY: Putnam, 2005. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Spenser. $15.00

581. Sea Change. NY: Putnam, 2005. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket, previous owners name on ffep. The fifth Jesse Stone mystery. $20.00

582. Stranger in Paradise. NY: Putnam, 2008. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The seventh Jesse Stone mystery. $20.00

583. PARRISH, FRANK AS DRUMMOND, IVOR The Jaws on the Watchdog. London: Macmillan, 1973. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; Owner's small signature on front cover, else near fine in wraps. With Sandro, Colly and Lady Jennifer. $25.00

584. The Tank of Sacred Eels. London: Joseph, 1976. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Sandro, Colly and Lady Jennifer in Morocco. $25.00

585. PATTERSON, JAMES Virgin. NY: McGraw, 1980. First Edition. VG+ in a VG+ Dust Jacket with the lightest page edge foxing and half inch closed tear to rear jacket. Novel set in the future (1987) about the Second Coming. $90.00

586. Kiss the Girls. Boston: Little, 1995. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Alex Cross. $20.00

587. When the Wind Blows. Boston: Little, 1998. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Colorado setting. $30.00

588. PAUL, ELLIOT Hugger-Mugger in the Louvre. NY: Random, 1940. First Edition. Owner's plate else VG in good+ Dust Jacket with moderate spine chips and fading. Homer Evans. $55.00

589. PEARCE, MICHAEL The Mamur Zapt and the Donkey-Vous. NY: Mysterious Press, 1992. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Set in 1908 Cairo. $15.00

590. PENMAN, SHARON KAY The Queen's Man. NY: Holt, 1996. First Edition. Near fine in price-clipped Dust Jacket. The author's first mystery is set in 1193. $15.00

591. PERKINS, WILDER Hoare and the Portsmouth Atrocities. NY: St. Martin's, 1998. 2nd printing. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The author's first historical nautical mystery is set in the early Nineteenth Century and introduces Bartholomew Hoare. $20.00

592. PERRY, TED The Final Amendment. Boston: Little, 1969. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Author Richard Frede's copy. Non-mystery military thriller concerns a plot to take over the USA by amending the constitution. The author's first novel. $15.00

593. PETERS, ELIZABETH AS MICHAELS, BARBARA Search the Shadows. NY: Atheneum, 1987. First Edition. Light top edge soiling, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. Academic setting as an Egyptology student must investigate her mother's untimely death. $15.00

594. PETIEVICH, GERALD Money Men and One-Shot Deal. NY: Harcourt, 1981. First Edition. Small stamp on lower edge, else near-fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with closed tear to edge of front panel. Author's first book. $15.00

595. PHILIPS, JUDSON AS PENTECOST, HUGH Remember to Kill Me. NY: Dodd, 1984. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Pierre Chambrun. $15.00

596. PHILLIPS, CONRAD The Empty Cot. London: Barker, 1958. First Edition. VG+ in VG+ price-clipped Dust Jacket. No U.S. edition. $20.00

597. PHILLIPS, LEON Ritual Fire Dance. London: Hale, 1981. First Edition. Fine in VG+, lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. A Hugh Melling mystery, set in New Zealand. No U.S. edition. $25.00

598. PHILLPOTTS, EDEN Eudocia (A Comedy Royal). NY: Macmillan, 1921. First American Edition. Owner's inscription, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Non-mystery romance. $15.00

599. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS The Benson Murder Case. NY: Burt, (1926). Lacks front free endpaper, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). With four plates from the 1930 Paramount movie. $15.00

600. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ BATCHELDER, ROGER Secrets. NY: Grosset, 1924. First Edition. VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket with small chips. The novel is based on the Sam H. Harris play written by Rudolph Beater and May Edginton. "Secrets" was a 1924 First National picture starring Norma Talmadge. $45.00

601. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ COWAN, SAM K. Sergeant York. NY: Grosset, (1922). Photoplay edition. Light page browning, else VG in VG Dust Jacket with shallow spine extremity chips and rubbed spont on front panel. Scene from Gary Cooper film on DJ front panel. $15.00

602. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ CROSBY, PERCY Skippy. NY: Grosset, (1929). Photoplay Edition. Owner's signature in pencil, else VG in good Dust Jacket with moderate spine and panel chips. With scenes from the Paramount movie starring Jackie Cooper on DJ panels. Illustrated by the author. Juvenile novel. $20.00

603. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ DE HAAS, ARLINE Say It with Songs. NY: Grosset, 1929. First Edition. Owner's large signature, else VG in good Dust jacket with spine chips and brown tape on outside of spine and rear panel. With 8 stills and movie scene on front panel. The author has written the story from the Warner Bros. screenplay by Darrol Francis Zanuck & Harvey Gates. The film starred Al Jolson. $35.00

604. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ GILL, TOM The Gay Bandit of the Border (Movie title: The Gay Caballero). NY: Grosset, (1931). Photoplay edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). With four stills from the Fox-Movietone production. $15.00

605. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ LEROUX, GASTON The Phantom of the Opera. NY: Grosset, (1925). Photoplay edition. Minor rubbed spot at head of spine, else VG+ in a VG+ Dust Jacket with minute wear at corners and faint number ("6159") stamped on spine. Includes double page, color illustrations as well as scenes from the Lon Chaney silent film. $700.00

606. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ LONGSTREET, STEPHEN The Gay Sisters. NY: Grosset, (1942). Photoplay Edition. VG+ in near good Dust Jacket which has several small chips and many tape repairs on blind side. Basis for the 1942 Warner Bros movie staring Barbara Stanwyck. Movie scene on front panel. $15.00

607. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET The Moon and Sixpence. NY: Grosset, circa 1942. Photoplay Edition. Page browning, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with spine chips. With scene from the 1942 United Artists movie starring George Sanders and Herbert Marshall on the Dust Jacket front panel. $15.00

608. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ WEYMAN, STANLEY J. Under the Red Robe. NY: Grosset, (1923). Photoplay Edition. VG+ in near good Dust Jacket with large front panel chips. The basis for the 1923 Cosmopolitan Photoplay. 4 stills illustrated by R. Caton Woodville. $15.00

609. PINKERTON, ALLAN Mississippi Outlaws and the Detectives. NY: Carleton, 1879. First Edition. Light foxing to some pages, minor fraying to spine extremities, small chip from front endpaper; VG. Illustrated. $85.00

610. Professional Thieves and the Detective. Toronto: Rose-Belford, (1880). First Canadian? Good+. Fictionalized true crime; short stories listed in Hubin. Illustrated. $30.00

611. Claude Melnotte and the Detectives with Other Detective Stories. NY: Dillingham, 1886. Early reprint. A VG, bright copy. Illustrated. $20.00

612. PIPER, EVELYN The Plot. NY: Simon, 1951. First Edition. VG in VG+ Dust Jacket with short tape on flaps. $10.00

613. PORTER, JOYCE Dover Three. NY: Scribner, 1965. First American Edition. Near-fine in near fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

614. Dover and the Unkindest Cut of All. NY: Scribners, 1967. First American Edition. Fine, bright copy in a fine Dust Jacket with name written on ffep. $15.00

615. A Meddler and Her Murder. NY: McKay, 1973. First American Edition. Fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket. Constance Morrison-Burke. $15.00

616. Dover Beats the Band. Woodstock: Foul Play, 1991. First American Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. $15.00

617. POTTS, JEAN The Diehard. NY: Scribners, 1956. First Edition. Light top spine soiling, else VG+ in near VG Dust Jacket with small top spine chip. Author's third mystery. $15.00

618. POWELL, P. H. Murder Premeditated. NY: Roy, 1958. First American Edition. VG+ in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket. $15.00

619. POWELL, VAN Racket Busters. Cleveland: World Publishing, 1940. First Edition. Browning pages, spine rubbed, else VG+ in colorful VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear and tiny extremity chips, Tan covers so this seems to be a variant first edition. Juvenile mystery. $35.00

620. PRONZINI, BILL Panic. NY: Random, 1972. First Edition. Very slight spine slant, else fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title page. Author's third mystery and a bibliomystery. 85.00

621. Blowback. NY: Random, 1977. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. The fourth "Nameless" mystery. $85.00

622. Nightshades. NY: St.Martin's, 1984. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. "Nameless." $25.00

623. Small Felonies. NY: St.Martin's, 1988. First Edition. Previous owner's signature, fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket. Fifty "mini-mysteries." $15.00

624. Small Felonies. NY: St.Martin's, 1988. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Fifty "mini-mysteries." $30.00

625. The Hangings. NY: Walker, 1989. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $40.00

626. Epitaphs. NY: Delacorte, 1992. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. "Nameless." $25.00

627. PRONZINI, BILL & MALZBERG, BARRY Acts of Mercy. NY: Putnam's, 1977. First Edition. REVIEW COPY; light foxing to upper edge, near-fine in Dust Jacket. Murder in the White House. $25.00

628. Prose Bowl. NY: St.Martin's, 1980. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY BILL PRONZINI. Bibliomystery. $25.00

629. QUAYLE, MARILYN TUCKER & NORTHCOTT, NANCY TUCKER The Campaign. NY: Harper/Collins, 1996. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. The authors' first mystery. $15.00

630. QUEEN, ELLERY The Adventures of Ellery Queen. NY: Stokes, 1934. First Edition. VG, bright copy (no Dust Jacket). Queen's Quorum title. $40.00

631. The Dragon's Teeth. NY: Stokes, 1939. First Edition. Light foxing & browning, else VG+ in good+, price-clipped Dust Jacket with some internal tape repairs. $60.00

632. The Adventure of the Murdered Millionare. Racine: Whitman, 1942. First Edition. A VG+ copy. Better Little Book # 1472. Uncommon. $150.00

633. The Chinese Orange Mystery. NY: Triangle, 1942. Early reprint. Lightly browned pages, else VG in good+ Dust Jacket. Locked room mystery with Ellery Queen. $15.00

634. Cat of Many Tails. Boston: Little, 1949. First Edition. Light foxing to covers, else VG+ in a VG, colorful Dust Jacket. A serial killer terrifies New York. $85.00

635. Double, Double. Boston: Little, 1950. First Edition. VG in good+ Dust Jacket with tape stains along the flap edges. Series murder. $25.00

636. The Origin of Evil. Boston: Little, 1951. First Edition. VG+ in about good Dust Jacket missing some small chips. Ellery in Hollywood. $25.00

637. The King is Dead. Boston: Little, 1952. First Edition. Long owner's inscription, else about VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Locked room mystery. $15.00

638. The Scarlet Letters. Boston: Little, 1953. First Edition. Slight spine slant, VG in good+, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Ellery Queen in New York City. $20.00

639. The Glass Village. Boston: Little, 1954. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). $15.00

640. The Player on the Other Side. NY: Random, 1963. First Edition. Small owner's bookplate, else VG+ in VG/VG+ Dust Jacket. Ghosted by Theo.Sturgeon from Dannay outline. $20.00

641. And On the Eighth Day. NY: Random, 1964. First Edition. Near fine in VG+-near fine Dust Jacket with light wear at spine extremities. Ghosted by Avram Davidson from Dannay outline. $28.00

642. Queens Full. NY: Random, 1965. First Edition. Tiny chip from front endpaper, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with short, closed tear to front panel. Five short stories. $30.00

643. The House of Brass. NY: NAL, 1968. First Edition. Faint paste stain on front endpaper, else VG in a VG Dust Jacket. $20.00

644. QUEEN, ELLERY \ VANCE, JOHN HOLBROOK The Four Johns. NY: Pocket Book, 1964. First Edition. Paperback original, near fine in wraps. Published under the Queen name but ghost written by Jack Vance. $15.00

645. QUENTIN, PATRICK The Green-Eyed Monster. NY: Random, 1960. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. $20.00

646. QUENTIN, PATRICK AS PATRICK, Q. Return to the Scene. NY: Simon, 1941. First Edition. Lightly bumped lower corners, else near fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket with light wear at spine extremities. Set in Bermuda. $135.00

647. RADLEY, SHEILA The Chief Inspector's Daughter. NY: Scribners, 1980. First Edition. Just about fine in fine Dust Jacket. Her second mystery, Quantrill. $25.00

648. The Quiet Road to Death. NY: Scribners, 1984. First American Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Insp.Quantrill. $15.00

649. RAMOS, MANUEL The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz. NY: St.Martin's, 1993. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery, introduces Luis Montez. $30.00

650. RAND, AYN \ RUFF, MATT Sewer, Gas & Electric. NY: Atlantic Monthly, 1997. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The author's second novel. A science fiction- biblio-mystery set in 2023 features a virtual Ayn Rand and a copy of ATLAS SHRUGGED as murder weapon. Tremendously entertaining and highly recommended. "Vonnegut steeped in the vibrant chaos of our popular culture, Tom Clancy hijacked at sea by Tom Robbins, Frank Herbert witha a sense of humor." $35.00

651. RANDISI, ROBERT J. Separate Cases. NY: Walker, 1990. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Miles Jacoby. $10.00

652. Hard Look. NY: Walker, 1993. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Miles Jacoby. $15.00

653. Stand-Up. NY: Walker, 1994. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. Miles Jacoby. $15.00

654. RANKIN, IAN Strip Jack. London: Orion, 1992. First Edition. Trade paperback, fine in full-sized wraps. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Issued simultaneously with the hardcover edition. An Inspector Rebus mystery. $35.00

655. A Question of Blood. London: Orion, 2003. First Edition. The slightest spine slant. else fine in fine Dust Jacket with the slightest of extremity wear. Inspector Rebus. $20.00

656. RAWSON, CLAYTON The Headless Lady. NY: Putnam, 1940. First Edition. Cover and spine staining, owner's stamp, else near good in fair- near good Dust Jacket with panel tears tape repaired on blind side, price torn off flap, and rear panel chip. The third Great Merlini mystery. $125.00

657. RAWSON, DAVID Murder on Mount Desert. Camden: Downeast Books, 1995. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The author's first mystery. Set in Eagle Harbor (a thinly disguised Bar Harbor) on Mount Desert Island. $25.00

658. RAY, ROBERT Murdock for Hire. NY: St.Martin's, 1987. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket with some light edgewear. $10.00

659. The Hit Man Cometh. NY: St.Martin's, 1988. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Frank Branko. $10.00

660. RAYTER, JOE The Victim was Important. NY: Scribners, 1954. First Edition. VG+ in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to mystery writer Bill Pronzini. Author's first mystery, introduces San Francisco private eye Johnny Powers. Author was famous sculpt