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Original Cinema Posters
1. BURNETT, W. R. "The Asphalt Jungle." 1950. Color lobby card (11 X 14). Near-fine. From the 1950 MGM motion picture which starred Sterling Hayden & Sam Jaffe and featured Marilyn Monroe in a small role. $35.00
2. CLASSIC SPY THRILLERS "5 Fingers." 1951. Color lobby card (11 X 14). Near fine condition. From the 1951 20th Century Fox film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring James Mason & Danielle Darrieux. $20.00
3. GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY "The Case of the Black Cat." 1936. Color lobby card (11 X 14) from the 1936 Warner Bros.-First National motion picture which starred Ricardo Cortez as Perry Mason. Fine, colorful. The fourth and possibly best entry in the not-too-successful series, this was Cortez' single appearance as Gardner's famous attorney. Only six Mason films were made and original cinema material for any of them is quite scarce. $125.00
4. HALLIDAY, BRETT "Michael Shayne Private Detective." 1940. Color Lobby Card (11 X 14) from the 1940 Fox motion picture which starred Lloyd Nolan as Mike Shayne. This was the first film in the series. Near fine. $35.00
5. HITCHCOCK, ALFRED "The Wrong Man." 1957. Color one sheet poster (27 X 41) in fine condition, folded for the 1957 Warner Bros. motion picture which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starred Henry Fonda and Vera Miles. $200.00
6. HUGHES, DOROTHY B. "Ride the Pink Horse." 1947. Title lobby Card (11 X 14). VG+, colorful. A 1947 RKO film noir classic which was directed by and starred Robert Montgomery and featured Wanda Hendrix and Thomas Gomez. $50.00
7. KENDRICK, BAYNARD "Eyes in the Night." 1942. color one sheet poster (27 X 41). Folded, near-fine condition. A strikingly colorful poster from Hollywood's golden age. A 1942 MGM motion picture (based on Kendrick's THE ODOR OF VIOLETS) which starred Edwin Arnold as blind detective Duncan Maclain. $175.00
8. "The Hidden Eye." 1945. Color Lobby Card (11 X 14) from the 1945 MGM motion picture which starred Edwin Arnold as blind detective Duncan Maclain. VG+. $25.00
9. LEVIN, IRA "A Kiss Before Dying." 1956. Title Lobby Card (11 X 14) from the 1956 United Artists film which starred Robert Wagner & Joanne Woodward. Adapted from Ira Levin's first book. VG+. $45.00
10. MCBAIN, ED "Cop Hater." 1958. Color lobby card (11 X 14). Near fine. A 1958 United Artists motion picture starring Robert Loggia and with screenplay by Henry Kane. $20.00
11. MILLER, WADE "Guilty Bystander." 1950. Color half sheet (22 X 28). Closed tear, some creases, VG. Zachary Scott starred as private eye Max Thursday in this 1950 independent motion picture. Uncommon. $60.00
12. MOVIES ABOUT RADIO DETECTIVES "Whistling in the Dark." 1941. Color half-sheet (22 X 28) poster. Some creases but is generally VG+, colorful. A 1941 MGM mystery-thriller which featured Red Skelton (in his first starring role) as radio detective " The Fox," kidnapped by villain Conrad Veidt to contrive a perfect murder. Skelton reprised the popular role in two sequels. $100.00
13. "The Whistler." 1944. Color Lobby Card (11 X 14) from the 1944 Columbia motion picture which starred Richard Dix as the radio sleuth. $25.00
14. PRIVATE EYE FILMS "The Falcon's Adventure." 1946. Striking color one sheet poster (27 X 41). Folded, corner pin holes, VG+. This 1946 RKO film starred Tom Conway as The Falcon. $175.00
15. QUEEN, ELLERY "Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime." 1941. Color lobby card (11 X 14). Fine condition. Colorful card from the 1941 Columbia motion picture, shows most of the cast including Ellery (Ralph Bellamy), Insp. Queen, Nikki Porter. $60.00
16. SPILLANE, MICKEY "I, the Jury." 1953. Color lobby card (11 X 14) from the famous 1953 United Artists film which starred Biff Elliot, Preston Foster and the ubiquitous Elisha Cook, Jr. VG+. The first screen appearance of Mike Hammer. $20.00
17. "I, the Jury." 1953. Color insert poster (14 X 36), folded, VG+ condition. This 1953 United Artists release was the first Mike Hammer film and starred Biff Elliot as Hammer, with Preston Foster & Peggie Castle. $175.00
18. "The Long Wait." 1954. Color lobby card (11 X 14). Fine. From the 1954 United Artists film which starred Anthony Quinn. "It Raps You With Gun-Butt Fury..." $20.00
19. "My Gun Is Quick." 1957. Color lobby card (11 X 14) from the 1957 United Artists film which starred Robert Bray as Mike Hammer. VG+, colorful. $20.00
20. VANCE, LOUIS JOSEPH & PALMER, STUART "Secrets of the Lone Wolf." 1941. Very colorful and rare one sheet poster (27 X 41) in VG condition with some wear and small chips to corners, folded for the 1941 Columbia motion picture which was directed by Edward Dmytryk and starred Warren William, Victor Jory and Eric Blore. Screenplay by Stuart Palmer, based on the character created by Louis Joseph Vance. $200.00
21. WOOLRICH, CORNELL AS IRISH, WILLIAM "I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes." 1948. Color one sheet poster (27 X 41). Missing a couple of tiny chips, folded, VG-VG+. A colorful poster from the 1948 Monogram motion picture which featured Don Castle & Regis Toomey, and with a script by Steve Fisher. $175.00
Mostly Mystery Fiction
22. AARONS, EDWARD S. AS RONNS, EDWARD No Place to Live. NY: Mckay, 1947. First Edition. VG+ in near VG Dust Jacket. Features editorial cartoonist-sleuth Jerry Benedict. Hardboiled. $25.00
23. ABBOT, ANTHONY The Shudders. NY: Farrar, 1943. First Edition. Faint paste stains to endpapers, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with some faint paste stains to flaps. The final Thatcher Colt mystery. $40.00
24. ABBOT, ANTHONY AS OURSLER, FULTON Joshua Todd. NY: Farrar, 1935. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. The creator of Thatcher Colt also had a fairly successful career as a novelist under his real name. This is "a rich, lusty novel stemming in its spirit from the eighteenth century." Set on the Chesapeake Bay and in New York. $50.00
25. ABDULLAH, ACHMED & ABBOT, ANTHONY Flower of the Gods. NY: Green Circle, 1936. First Edition. A near fine copy in a VG, rather striking pictorial Dust Jacket with a long, closed tear to rear panel and missing a couple of tiny chips. "A daring novel of Eastern magic, white passion and modern lives in the thrall of an ancient mystery." Bleiler title, uncommon in DJ. $150.00
26. 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
27. ADAMS, BARBARA JOHNSTON Crime Mysteries. NY: Franklin Watts, 1988. First Edition. Owner's initials in pencil, else just about fine in fine Dust Jacket. Publisher's library edition binding. Review cards laid in. Five true crime essays for juveniles includes a chapter on the Borden Case. $15.00
28. ADAMS, HAROLD The Barbed Wire Noose. NY: Mysterious, 1987. First Edition. Remainder mark on lower edge, near fine in near fineDust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Carl Wilcox. $15.00
29. ADCOCK, THOMAS Sea of Green. NY: Mysterious, 1989. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery. $15.00
30. Devil's Heaven. NY: Pocket, 1995. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Neil Hockaday. $15.00
31. ADLER, TERRY On Murder's Skirts. NY: Phoenix, 1947. First Edition. VG in a VG+ Dust Jacket with a faint stain to rear panel. The author's only mystery novel and quite uncommon. $60.00
32. (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. $50.00
33. (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
34. (ADVENTURE FICTION) \ MOORE, FREDERICK FERDINAND Isle o'Dreams. NY: Doubleday, 1920. First Edition. Minor stains to cover, else VG in Dust Jacket with soiled spine. China Seas setting. $75.00
35. (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. $50.00
36. 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
37. ALBRAND, MARTHA The Mask of Alexander. NY: Random, 1953. First Edition. Fine in near-fine Dust Jacket. $9.00
38. Nightmare in Copenhagen. NY: Random, 1954. Second printing. Fine in near-fine Dust Jacket. $9.00
39. ALDEN, WINTHROP The Lost Million. NY: Dodd, 1913. First Edition. Spine slant, owner's stamp, else VG+ with pictorial cover. Author's only mystery. $20.00
40. 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. $35.00
41. ALEXANDER, DAVID Murder Points a Finger. NY: Random, 1953. First Edition. VG+ in VG+ lightly soiled Dust Jacket. "Police fingerprint cards arranged by a murdered detective set off a fascinating mystery." With Lt. Romano. $10.00
42. ALEXANDER, GARY Kiet and the Golden Peacock. NY: St.Martin's, 1989. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The second Bamsan Kiet mystery. $10.00
43. ALINGTON, ADRIAN Ten Crowded Hours. London: MacDonald, (1944). First Edition. Small owner's inscription, else VG (no Dust Jacket). No U.S. edition. $15.00
44. ALLEGRETTO, MICHAEL Death on the Rocks. NY: Scribners, 1987. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR dated 10/87. Additionally, a TLS on the author's stationery is laid in. Author's first mystery, introduces Jacob Lomax. $35.00
45. Blood Stone. NY: Scribners, 1988. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The second Jacob Lomax mystery. $15.00
46. ALLEN, MICHAEL Spence at the Blue Bazaar. NY: Walker, 1979. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. $10.00
47. ALLINGHAM, MARGERY Flowers for the Judge. NY: D'day Doran, 1936. Later printing. A fine copy (no Dust Jacket). Albert Campion. $20.00
48. 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
49. The Allingham Minibus. London: Chatto, 1973. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else fine in Dust Jacket. Short stories, some with Campion. $35.00
50. 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
51. ALLYN, DOUG Icewater Mansions. NY: St. Martin's, 1995. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. The first Mitch Mitchell mystery. $15.00
52. Black Water. NY: St. Martin's, 1996. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket missing one tiny chip. The second Mitch Mitchell mystery. $15.00
53. AMBLER, ERIC Journey into Fear. NY: Knopf, 1940. First American Edition. A VG+- near fine copy (no Dust Jacket). Author's fifth mystery. $60.00
54. Intrigue: The Great Spy Novels of Eric Ambler. NY: Knopf, 1943. First Edition. Owner's plate, inner hinge tender else VG (no Dust Jacket). Collects JOURNEY INTO FEAR, A COFFIN FOR DIMITRIOS, CAUSE FOR ALARM and BACKGROUND TO DANGER with an Alfred Hitchcock introduction. $20.00
55. The Intercom Conspiracy. NY: Atheneum, 1969. 1st (precedes Eng.). Owner's signatures, else fine in Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. $20.00
56. Doctor Frigo. London: Wiedenfeld, 1974. First Edition. Spine slant, else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. $20.00
57. A Kind of Anger. London: Bodley Head, 1974. First Edition. Light bump to one corner, else VG+ in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket. $20.00
58. AMIS, MARTIN Einstein's Monsters. London: Cape, 1987. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Original wrap-around band laid in. $70.00
59. ANDERSON, JESSICA The Last Man's Head. London: Macmillan, 1970. First Edition. Lightly browning pages, fine in fine price-clipped Dust Jacket. Author's second and final mystery. No U.S. edition. $20.00
60. ANDERSON, JOHN R. L. Death in the Thames. London: Gollancz, 1974. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Peter Blair. $45.00
61. Death in the Thames. NY: Stein, 1975. First American Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. Peter Blair. $15.00
62. 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
63. ANGUS, SYLVIA Death of A Hittite. NY: Macmillan, 1969. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Archeology. Author's first mystery. $20.00
64. ANTHONY, EVELYN Albatross. London: Hutchinson, 1982. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The second Davina Graham mystery. $25.00
65. The Company of Saints. London: Hutchinson, 1983. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. The third Davina Graham mystery. $25.00
66. ANTHONY, PIERS Shade of the Tree. NY: TOR, 1986. First Edition. Slight spine slant, owner's signature and label, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light front panel soiling, Owner's BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR laid in. Ghost story. $15.00
67. ARCHER, JEFFREY A Quiver Full of Arrows. NY: Linden/Simon, 1982. First American Edition. Small remainder mark on lower edge, else fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Short stories. $25.00
68. 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
69. ARMSTRONG, VIVIEN Sleight of Hand. NY: St. Martin's, 1992. First American Edition. Fine (no Dust Jacket). Author's first mystery is set in London and Yorkshire. $10.00
70. ARNOLD, EDWIN The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician. NY: Putnam, 1917. Early reprint. Foxed endpapers else VG (no Dust Jacket). Bleiler title, a fantasy classic. With 15 illustrations by H. M. Paget. $20.00
71. The Wonderful Adventures of Phra the Phoenician. Liverpool: World's Best, ND (ca. 1920). Early reprint. Rear hinge cracked, light spine color fading, else good+-near VG (no Dust Jacket). Frontispiece. Bleiler title, a fantasy classic. $15.00
72. ASHTON-WOLFE, H. The Thrill of Evil. Boston: Houghton, 1930. First American Edition. Owner's signature, corner rubbed, else VG+ in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket with small extremity chips and rubbed spine-extremities. 12 true crime essays. $45.00
73. ASIMOV, ISAAC Robots and Empire. NY: Doubleday, 1985. First Trade Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Science fiction mystery, listed in Hubin, features Elijah Baley. $50.00
74. ATWOOD, MARGARET Bodily Harm. NY: Simon, 1982. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOFS, good+ in plain wraps; small faint stain to front cover. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. $20.00
75. ATWOOD, RUSSELL East of A. NY: Ballantine, 1999. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $20.00
76. East of A. NY: Ballantine, 1999. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $20.00
77. AUSLANDER, JOSEPH Hell in Harness. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1929. First Edition. VG+ in near good Dust Jacket with extremity chips and internal spine hole. The Crime Club's infamous single foray into mystery in verse. Joseph Auslander was the first to hold the post of Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Illustrated. Uncommon in dust jacket. $50.00
78. AUSTIN, HUGH It Couldn't Be Murder. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1935. 1st (member's edition). VG+ in good Dust Jacket missing some small chips and with external tape repair along front spine fold. The author's first mystery. Peter Quint solves a locked room mystery. $85.00
79. AVALLONE, MICHAEL & MOOLMAN, VALERIE AS CARTER, NICK Run, Spy, Run. NY: Award Books #A101F, 1964. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original, light rear cover crease, else VG+ in wraps. The first of the Nick Carter Killmaster series. $15.00
80. AYRES, NOREEN A World the Color of Salt. NY: Morrow, 1992. First Edition. About VG+ in a VG Dust Jacket with front panel tear. Author's first book introduces Smokey Brandon. $12.00
81. BABCOCK, GEORGE Yezad: A Romance of the Unknown. Bridgeport: Co-operative Publishing, 1922. First Edition. VG+- near fine with gilt lettering (no Dust Jacket). Bleiler title concerning space travel to Mars. $25.00
82. BABULA, WILLIAM St. John and the Seven Veils. NY: Birch Lane, 1991. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. San Francisco Private Eye Jeremiah St. John's third mystery. $10.00
83. BAILEY, H. C. Mr. Fortune's Practice. NY: Dutton, 1924. First American Edition. Owner's signature, publisher's book service forms tipped to front endpapers, else VG+ in a good+ Dust Jacket with moderate spine and panel chipping. Very uncommon in dust jacket. Short stories. $400.00
84. 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
85. Nobody's Vineyard. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1942. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with wear at spine extremities and evidence of tape removed from blind side. The Adrian Goldstone copy with his bookplate. Joshua Clunk. $60.00
86. The Wrong Man. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1945. First American Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Joshua Clunk. $50.00
87. BAKER, JOHN Poet in the Gutter. NY: St. Martin's, 1996. First Edition. Fine in lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery introduces private detective Sam Turner. $15.00
88. BAKER, RICHARD M. Death Stops the Rehearsal. NY: Scribners, 1937. First Edition. Front endpaper water-stained, owner's signature, else VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket with top spine fading. Franklin Russell's second case, theatre setting. $55.00
89. 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
90. BALCHIN, NIGEL The Anatomy of Villainy. London: Collins, 1950. First Edition. Good+- near VG (no Dust Jacket). Essays include one on George Joseph Smith. $15.00
91. In the Absence of Mrs. Petersen. London: Collins, 1966. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Hollywood script-writer hero. $20.00
92. BALL, JOHN In the Heat of the Night. NY: Harper, 1965. First Edition. Near fine in a near VG+ Dust Jacket with an internal stain to the lower edge of the rear panel of the jacket. Edgar winning mystery introduces Virgil Tibbs and was the basis of the classic 1967 motion picture. $575.00
93. BANBURY, JEN Like a Hole in the Head. Boston: Little, 1998. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery is a bibliomystery involving a Jack London first edition. $25.00
94. BARBER, WILLETTA ANN & SCHABELITZ, R. F. Drawback to Murder. NY: Scribners, 1947. First Edition. VG in Dust Jacket missing some small chips. Christopher Storm, illustrated mystery. $30.00
95. BARKER, CLIVE Books of Blood (Volumes 1-6). London: Weidenfeld, 1985. First Hardcover Editions. Trade edition, six volumes. Lightly browned pages else fine in fine Dust Jackets with front panel illustrations designed by the author. All volumes INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on title page. Horror. $300.00
96. Weaveworld. NY: Poseidon, 1987. ADVANCE READER'S COPY, light spine rubbing, else near fine in wraps. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR and dated 10th October, 1987. 783 pages. $35.00
97. Weaveworld. NY: Poseidon Press, 1987. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title page. Horror. $75.00
98. Sacrament. NY: HarperCollins, 1996. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Horror. $20.00
99. BARNARD, ROBERT School for Murder. NY: Scribners, 1984. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Academic setting, pub. in England as LITTLE VICTIMS. $20.00
100. School for Murder. NY: Scribners, 1984. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Academic setting, pub. in England as LITTLE VICTIMS. $25.00
101. Death and the Chaste Apprentice. London: Collins Crime Club, 1989. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity spine. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The third Charlie Peace mystery. $45.00
102. BARNES, LINDA Cities of the Dead. NY: St. Martin's, 1986. First Edition. Near fine in a VG+-near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. Michael Spraggue solves murder at a chef's banquet in New Orleans. $25.00
103. Cities of the Dead. NY: St. Martin's, 1986. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. Michael Spraggue. $30.00
104. BARR, DENNIS The Crimson Quest. NY: Sears, 1928. First American Edition. Owner's signature, else VG. Author's first mystery. $15.00
105. The Crimson Quest. NY: Sears, 1928. First American Edition. Owner's signature, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Author's first mystery. $15.00
106. BARR, NEVADA A Superior Death. NY: Putnam, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The second park ranger Anna Pigeon mystery. $80.00
107. BARRETT, MONTE The Pelham Murder Case. Chicago: White House, 1930. First Edition. Owner's small inscription, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket missing small chip at head of spine. The author's first mystery introduces mystery writer/sleuth Peter Cardigan. Set on Long Island. $100.00
108. BARRINGTON, PAMELA By Some Person Unknown. London: Hammond, 1960. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. A Cloak and Dagger Mystery with Inspector George Marshall. $65.00
109. (BASEBALL MYSTERY) \ EVERSON, DAVID Suicide Squeeze. NY: St. Martin's, 1991. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. Baseball setting with Bobby Miles. $20.00
110. BAXT, GEORGE A Parade of Cockeyed Creatures, or Did Someone Murder Our Wandering Boy? NY: Random, 1967. First Edition. Shelf wear, else VG+ in VG+, price-clipped Dust Jacket. SIGNED TWICE BY THE AUTHOR. The first Max Van Larsen & Sylvia Plotkin mystery. $40.00
111. The Talking Pictures Murder Case. NY: St. Martin's, 1990. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The first Detective Herb Villon mystery. Set in Hollywood, 1929. $15.00
112. BAYER, WILLIAM Peregrine. NY: Congdon, 1981. First Edition. Near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. MWA Edgar winner. $35.00
113. BEAN, GREGORY Long Shadows in Victory. NY: St. Martin's, 1996. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The second Harry Starbranch mystery. $15.00
114. BEAR, GREG Anvil of Stars. NY: Warner, 1992. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Science Fiction, a sequel to THE FORGE OF GOD. $15.00
115. BEATON, M. C. Death of a Scriptwriter. NY: Mysterious, 1998. First American Edition. Corner bumped, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. Hamish Macbeth. $15.00
116. Death of a Poison Pen. NY: Mysterious Press, 2004. ADVANCE READING COPY, fine in wraps. Hamish Macbeth. $10.00
117. Death of a Bore. NY: Mysterious, 2005. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. A Hamish Macbeth mystery. $20.00
118. Death of a Dreamer. NY: Mysterious, 2006. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. A Hamish Macbeth mystery. $20.00
119. BEEDING, FRANCIS The Five Flamboys. Boston: Little, 1929. First American Edition. Light foxing and some cover soiling, else VG in a VG-VG+ Dust Jacket with light spine wear and a two inch closed tear to front panel. $75.00
120. The Black Arrows. NY: Harpers, 1938. First American Edition. Soiled top edges, else VG+ in good+, spine chipped Dust Jacket. Col. Granby. $45.00
121. The Twelve Disguises. NY: Harper, 1942. First American Edition. Owner's inscription, the slightest spine slant, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket with tiny lower spine chips. Colonel Granby. $100.00
122. BEGIEBING, ROBERT J. The Strange Death of Mistress Coffin. Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 1991. First Edition. Previous owner's bookplate, else fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Set in 1640s at the Piscataqua settlement near what is now Exeter, New Hampshire and based on a actual, unsolved murder. $25.00
123. BEINHART, LARRY No One Rides for Free. NY: Morrow, 1986. First Edition. Slight slant, light top edge soiling, esle VG+- near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with top spine wear. With private eye Tony Cassella. Author's Edgar winning first mystery. $25.00
124. BELFER, LAUREN City of Light. NY: Dial, 1999. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery is set in Buffalo and Niagra Falls in 1901. Map endpapers. $30.00
125. BELFORT, SOPHIE The Lace Curtain Murders. NY: Atheneum, 1986. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery introduces Nick Hannibal. $36.00
126. BELLEM, ROBERT LESLIE AS SAXON, JOHN A. Half-Past Mortem. NY: Mill, 1947. First Edition. Residue on endpapers where Dust Jacket flaps previously pasted down, else VG in good Dust Jacket with large hole in front flap. Ghost-written by Bellem. One of two books featuring hardboiled Sam Welpton. Uncommon. $80.00
127. BENET, JAMES The Knife Behind You. NY: Harper, 1950. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery. Set in San Francisco. $25.00
128. BENFORD, GREGORY In Alien Flesh. NY: Tor, 1986. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR laid in. Science fiction short stories. $15.00
129. BENNET, ROBERT AMES The Boss of the Diamond A. Chicago: McClurg, 1926. First Edition. Front endpaper missing, owner's label on paste-down endpaper, else good+ in a good Dust Jacket missing upper one inch of spine (title affected). Western. $20.00
130. BENNETT, ARNOLD T. Racksole and Daughter. NY: New Amsterdam, 1902. First American Edition. Front hinge split. plate loose, else a VG copy with pictorial cover. Author's second mystery was published as THE GRAND BABYLON HOTEL in England. $50.00
131. BENNETT, DOROTHEA The Maynard Hayes Affair. London: Macmillan, 1979. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Based on a true case. $20.00
132. BENNETT, JAY Death Is a Silent Room. NY: Abelard, 1965. First Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket with small rubbed spot to rear panel. Hardboiled Coney Island. $25.00
133. BENSON, BEN Target in Taffeta. NY: Mill, 1952. First Edition. VG+- near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with spine extremity wear and rubbing. Wade Paris. $15.00
134. The Frightened Ladies. NY: Mill, 1960. First Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Two novelettes. $20.00
135. BENSON, E. F. The Blotting Book. NY: Doubleday, 1908. First American Edition. Spine darkened; near VG with pictorial front cover. $20.00
136. BENTLEY, E. C. Trent's Last Case. London: Nelson, ND, (1913). First Edition. Spine slant, soiled top edges, light rear corner stains, owners' signatures, gilt lettering sharp on spine, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Haycraft Queen Cornerstone. $75.00
137. BENTLEY, JOHN The Eyes of Death. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1934. First American Edition. The slightest spine slant, owner's inscription, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear and tiny chips. The first Sir Richard Herrivell mystery. $100.00
138. Pattern for Perfidy. London: Hutchinson, ND (1946). Early reprint. Slight spine slant, VG+ in about VG Dust Jacket missing some tiny chips. Glen Gibson mystery not published in U.S. $35.00
139. Kill Me Again! NY: Dodd, 1947. First American Edition. Fine in VG Dust Jacket. The third Glen Gibson mystery is set on Long Island. Uncommon title. $75.00
140. BENTLEY, NICOLAS The Tongue-Tied Canary. NY: Duell, 1949. First American Edition. VG+ in near fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $35.00
141. BERKELEY, ANTHONY A Puzzle in Poison. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1938. First American Edition. Light stain on front cover, light shelf wear, else VG+ in near VG Dust Jacket with top spine hole, rubbed area on spine and soiling to rear panel. $250.00
142. BERLINSKI, DAVID A Clean Sweep. NY: St. Martin's, 1993. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Private eye novel set in San Francisco. Author's first mystery. $35.00
143. BERNE, SUZANNE A Crime in the Neighborhood. Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 1997. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The author's first mystery. An Edgar nominee. $35.00
144. A Crime in the Neighborhood. Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 1997. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The author's first mystery. An Edgar nominee. $35.00
145. BIGGERS, EARL DERR The Agony Column. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1916. First Edition. Spine lettering somewhat faded, top edge soiling, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Illustrated by Will Grefe'. $35.00
146. BIRMINGHAM, GEORGE A. The Hymn-Tune Mystery. NY: Bobbs, 1932. First American Edition. Some light soiling and minor extremity wear, else VG+ in a near VG Dust Jacket frayed at spine head. Highly praised by Barzun & Taylor in A CATALOGUE OF CRIME: "...this is a delight." $125.00
147. BLACKBURN, JOHN Children of the Night. NY: Putnam, 1969. First American Edition. VG in VG Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. In Hubin. $20.00
148. Mister Brown's Bodies. London: Cape, 1975. First Edition. VG+-near fine in Dust Jacket. Bill Easter mystery not published in U.S. $30.00
149. 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
150. The Cyclops Goblet. London: Cape, 1977. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Bill Easter mystery not published in U.S. $20.00
151. BLAKE, NICHOLAS A Penknife in My Heart. London: Collins Crime Club, 1958. First Edition. Light offsetting to endpaper , else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. $35.00
152. BLIZARD, MARIE The Watch Sinister. NY: Mill, 1951. First Edition. Light foxing and browning, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, dated 8/51. $30.00
153. BLOCH, ROBERT Blood Runs Cold. NY: Simon, 1961. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in price-clipped Dust Jacket. $75.00
154. The Dead Beat. NY: Simon, 1962. First Edition. Owner's name crossed off free endpapers, usual browning to pages, else VG+in VG Dust Jacket with two moderate chips to top of rear panel. $60.00
155. BLOCH, ROBERT \ GERMESHAUSEN, ANNA LOUISE Cats in Crime...and others. Culver City: Luther Norris, 1970. First Edition. Paperback original, fine in wraps. Listed in Hubin, this is a collection of 5 short, short stories. Robert Bloch foreword. Limited to 300 copies. $30.00
156. BLOCHMAN, LAWRENCE G. Clues for Dr. Coffee. Phila: Lippincott, 1964. First Edition. Usual lightly browning pages, fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light browning to rear panel. The second Dr. Coffee casebook. $30.00
157. BLOCK, BARBARA In Plain Sight. NY: Kensington, 1996. First Edition. Spine slant else near fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The third Robin Light mystery. $20.00
158. BLOCK, LAWRENCE The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza. NY: Random, 1980. First Edition. Fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear and two short, internal tape mends at corners. Bernie Rhodenbarr. $75.00
159. Eight Million Ways to Die. NY: Arbor, 1982. UNCORRECTED PROOF; some light soiling and a quarter inch tear to lower edge of front cover, else a VG solid copy in plain gray wraps. $75.00
160. The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian. NY: Arbor, 1983. First Edition. Soiled top edges, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Bernie Rhodenbarr. $60.00
161. Even the Wicked. London: Orion, 1996. 1st (precedes the American). Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Matt Scudder. $80.00
162. The Burglar in the Library. NY: Dutton, 1997. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Bernie Rhodenbarr. $24.00
163. BLOCK, LAWRENCE AS HARRISON, CHIP The Topless Tulip Caper. NY: Gold Medal, 1975. First Edition. Paperback original; owner's first name on front endpaper, slight spine slant, else VG+- near fine in wraps. Chip Harrison, private eye. $32.00
164. BLOW, LYNTON The "Moth" Murder. NY: Holt, ND (1932). First American Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in VG Dust Jacket lightly frayed at spine extremities. Author's first mystery. "The story of Charles Stafford, a distinguished airman (among other things) who survived his own inquest and lived to baffle Scotland Yard..." Uncommon in DJ. $200.00
165. BONNAMY, FRANCIS The King Is Dead on Queen Street. NY: Duell, 1945. First Edition. Rental XL copy, covers VG in good Dust Jacket. Peter Shane. $15.00
166. BOOTHBY, GUY Long Live the King. Chicago: Stone, 1900. First American Edition. Spine slant, "11" penned to top edge; good. Mystery, listed in Hubin. $25.00
167. The Red Rat's Daughter. NY: New Amsterdam, 1900. First American Edition. Faint stains to endpapers, spine head frayed; good. Mystery, listed in Hubin. Illustrated by Henry Austin. $25.00
168. BOUCHER, ANTHONY ET AL AS THEO DURRANT The Marble Forest. NY: Knopf, 1951. First Edition. The slightest spine slant, else VG+- near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY LENORE GLEN OFFORD. Boucher and Lenore Glen Offord, Virginia Rath, Richard Shattuck, Eunice Mays Boyd & other California mystery writers collaborated on this novel. $48.00
169. BOVA, BEN Brothers. NY: Bantam, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Science fiction with suspense overtones. $9.00
170. BOVA, BEN & AUSTIN, A. J. To Save the Sun. NY: Tor, 1992. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR (Bova) laid in. Science fiction. $15.00
171. BOYD, JOHN The Rakehells of Heaven. NY: Waybright, 1969. First Edition. Soiled top edges, else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. The author's third science fiction novel. $15.00
172. Sex and the High Command. NY: Weybright, 1970. First Edition. Soiled top edges, else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. Science fiction novel. $15.00
173. BOYER, RICK The Penny Ferry. Boston: Houghton, 1984. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. First state with missing lines on pages 100-101. Doc Adams. $25.00
174. BOYLE, GERRY Potshot. NY: Putnam, 1996. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Maine setting with Jack McMorrow. $20.00
175. BRACKETT, LEIGH AS SANDERS, GEORGE Stranger at Home. NY: Simon, 1946. First Edition. Small front cover stains, else VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket with several small panel and spine chips. Ghost-written by Brackett (dedication in the book reads "To Leigh Brackett, whom I have never met") for the popular actor. The author's only title under this pseudonym (the other "George Sanders" title CRIME ON MY HANDS having been ghost written by Craig Rice). $35.00
176. BRADFORD, J. S. Even a Worm. London: Barker, 1936. First Edition. Near fine (no Dust Jacket). Bleiler title; fantasy concerning the revolt of animals. $20.00
177. BRAHAM, HAL AS COLTON, MEL Never Kill a Cop! NY: Ace, 1953. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original, near VG in wraps. The author's first mystery. Published together with Edgley, Leslie/FEAR NO MORE which is a reprint. $15.00
178. BRAND, CHRISTIANNA Heaven Knows Who. NY: Scribners, 1960. First American Edition. Owner's signature, else VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket with spine lettering faded. The Jessie M'Lachlan trial (Glasgow, 1862). CATALOGUE OF CRIME praise. $15.00
179. BRAND, MAX Silvertip's Strike. NY: Dodd, 1942. First Edition. Small hole in joint, else VG+ in good+, price-clipped Dust Jacket with small spine chips. Western. $45.00
180. BRANSON, H. C. The Fearful Passage. NY: Simon, 1945. First Edition. Usual yellowing pages, else near fine in Dust Jacket. John Bent. $25.00
181. Last Year's Blood. London: Bodley, 1950. First English Edition. VG in Dust Jacket and INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. John Bent. $25.00
182. BRAUN, LILIAN JACKSON The Cat Who Blew the Whistle. NY: Putnam, 1995. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, new in Dust Jacket. $15.00
183. The Cat Who Sang for the Birds. NY: Putnam, 1998. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Koko, Yum Yum amd Qwill. $15.00
184. BRIN, DAVID Infinity's Shore. NY: Bantam Spectra, (1996). Book club edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Science fiction, book two of the second Uplift Trilogy. $9.00
185. BROCK, LYNN Murder at the Inn. NY: Harpers, 1929. First American Edition. Soiling to top edges, else VG+ in near good Dust Jacket with large rear panel chip. Colonel Gore. $85.00
186. BROWN, ELIZABETH The Candle of the Wicked. Grand Rapids: Vondervan, 1972. First Edition. VG+- near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. Author's only mystery; minister sleuth. Uncommon first edition. $35.00
187. BROWN, FREDRIC What Mad Universe. NY: Dutton, 1949. First Edition. Near fine in VG+, price-clipped Dust Jacket missing small chip to rear panel. The author's first science fiction novel. $250.00
188. His Name Was Death. NY: Dutton, 1954. First Edition. VG+- near fine in VG Dust Jacket with flaps slightly trimmed, not affecting content, tape shadows on Dust Jacket blind side, darkening to lower spine where a label was removed and moderate wear and tiny chips at spine extremities. $200.00
189. Madball. London: Frederick Muller / Gold Medal, 1962. First English Edition. Paperback original, about VG in pictorial wraps. Published in the U.S. by Dell in 1953 and reprinted by Gold Medal in 1961, it did not appear in Britain until this edition. $30.00
190. Paradox Lost. NY: Random, 1973. First Edition. Light top cover fading, else near fine in Dust Jacket. Science fiction short stories. $45.00
191. BROWN, HOSANNA I Spy, You Die. London: Gollancz, 1984. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket with some bubbling to the lamination. Author's first mystery is set at Cambridge. $15.00
192. BROWNE, DOUGLAS G. Too Many Cousins. NY: Macmillan, 1953. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. Mr. Tuke. $15.00
193. BRUNNER, JOHN The Wrong End of Time. NY: Doubleday SF, 1971. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in Dust Jacket. Science fiction novel. $15.00
194. BRUNO, ANTHONY Bad Apple. NY: Delacorte, 1994. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Gibbons & Tozzi. $15.00
195. BUCHAN, JOHN Greenmantle. NY: Doran, 1916. First American Edition. Spine slant, lacks front free endpaper, top edge staining else covers good+ (no Dust Jacket). Richard Hannay. $15.00
196. The Adventures of Sir Richard Leithen. London: Hodder, 1938. 1st thus. Bottom spine wear, front hinge starting, owner's inscription else VG (no Dust Jacket). Includes THE POWER-HOUSE; THE DANCING FLOOR; JOHN McNAB; THE GAP IN THE CURTAIN. $20.00
197. BUCKMAN, PETER The Rothschild Conversion. London: Secker, 1979. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. An historical thriller set in Paris in 1848. Author's only mystery. $35.00
198. BURGES, DENNIS Graves Gate. NY: Carroll & Graf, 2003. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery is "a novel of Possession featuring Arthur Conan Doyle" and which is set in 1922 London. $20.00
199. BURGESS, GELETT Two O'clock Courage. NY: Triangle, 1941. Reprint, First Edition thus. Light offsetting to endpapers, else just about fine in near fine Dust Jacket. "...the chief suspect tries to discover whether or not he really committed the crime." from Dust Jacket. $15.00
200. BURKE, JAMES LEE Dixie City Jam. NY: Hyperion, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Promotional bookmark laid in. Dave Robicheaux. $20.00
201. Cadillac Jukebox. NY: Hyperion, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Special ABA Collector's edition. Dave Robicheaux. $55.00
202. BURLEIGH, DONALD Q. The Kristiana Killers. NY: Dutton, 1937. First Edition. Owner's plate, else near fine in VG Dust Jacket with tiny spine chips and rear panel soiling. Author's only mystery is set in Maine. $65.00
203. BURLEY, W. J. Death in Willow Pattern. London: Gollancz, 1969. First Edition. Small date penned to front endpaper, else fine in a VG-VG+, price-clipped Dust Jacket with a couple of minor tape repairs. The author's third mystery. Dr. Pym at Christmas. $125.00
204. BURNETT, W. R. Little Caesar. NY: Literary Guild, 1929. Early reprint. VG (no Dust Jacket). Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title and the basis for the famous movie. $15.00
205. Little Caesar. NY: Penzler, (1996). Facsimile of the First Edition. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. An exact facsimile of the Lincoln-MacVeagh/Dial Press first edition originally published in 1929. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. Author's first mystery. $75.00
206. BURNS, REX The Alvarez Journal. NY: Harper, 1975. First Edition. Corner bumps, else VG+- near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Author's first novel and the first Gabriel Wager mystery. Bibliomystery. $40.00
207. BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE The Beasts of Tarzan. NY: Grosset, (1916). Early reprint. Tear in spine, else good (no Dust Jacket). With J. Allen St. John illustrations. $15.00
208. BUSH, CHRISTOPHER AS HOME, MICHAEL The House of Shade. NY: Morrow, 1942. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+, price-clipped Dust Jacket with moderate extremity spine wear and chips. Listed in Hubin as of marginal criminous interest. A British Colonel must rescue an admiral and his son from the Nazis. Set in Tripoli. Uncommon in dust jacket. $85.00
209. CAIN, JAMES M. Two Novels by James M. Cain. NY: Triangle, 1948. Reprint, first thus. Spine wear, usual browning pages, else good (no Dust Jacket). Includes THE EMBEZZLER and DOUBLE INDEMNITY. $15.00
210. CAIRD, JANET Perturbing Spirit. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1967. First American Edition. Spine slant, owner's stamp, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Scottish archaeological setting. $15.00
211. CALANDRO, FRANK The Fourth Estate Murders. Shelton, Ct: Pierpont, 1993. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The author's first mystery. $15.00
212. CALDWELL, IAN & THOMASON, DUSTIN The Rule of Four. NY: Dial, 2004. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The authors' first book. $15.00
213. CAMERON, CADDO Rangers Is Powerful Hard to Kill. NY: Doubleday, 1936. First Edition. Owner's signature, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Western. $15.00
214. CAMPBELL, JOHN W. (ED.) Prologue to Analog. NY: 1962. First Edition. VG++ in a VG Dust Jacket with edge wear and one inch tear to spine crease. Series of Science Fiction stories. $25.00
215. CANNAN, JOANNA Poisonous Relations. NY: Morrow, 1950. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with light wear at spine extremities and short, closed tear. Highly praised in A CATALOGUE OF CRIME. $45.00
216. CANNING, VICTOR A Delivery of Furies. London: Hodder, 1961. First Edition. Near fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket, owner's signature. $20.00
217. CARFAX, CATHERINE The Sleeping Salamander. London: Macmillan, 1973. UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY; small owner's signature on front cover, else near fine in wraps. $20.00
218. CARLON, PATRICIA Crime of Silence. NY: Soho, 1998. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Originally published in 1965. $15.00
219. CARLSON, P. M. Gravestone. NY: Pocket Books, 1993. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The first Marty Hopkins mystery. $15.00
220. CARNAC, CAROL Affair at Helen's Court. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1958. First American Edition. Owner's inscription in pencil, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with fold tears. Inspector Rivers. $30.00
221. CARR, JOHN DICKSON Patrick Butler for the Defence. NY: Harper, 1956. First Edition. Shelf wear, else VG in VG Dust Jacket. A locked room mystery without HM or Dr. Fell. $20.00
222. CARRINGTON, ELAINE STERNE The Crimson Goddess. NY: Appleton, 1936. First Edition. Front hinge splitting, slight spine slant, soiled top edges, else VG in striking VG Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear and rear panel soiling. Author's only mystery. Thuggee stranglers invade Long Island! A very uncommon title. $135.00
223. CARROLL, JAMES Madonna Red. London: Hodder, 1977. First English Edition. Light foxing, else fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $20.00
224. CARSTAIRS, JOHN PADDY Gardenias Bruise Easily. NY: British Book Centre, 1959. First American Edition. VG+ in good+, price-clipped Dust Jacket with brown tape repairs on blind side. mystery-writer protagonist. $15.00
225. CASPARY, VERA Bedelia. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1945. First English Edition. Owner's signature on endpaper, else a VG+ copy in a VG Dust Jacket. The author's second mystery (after LAURA), this book made into a decidedly less famous British film with the locale switched from Connecticut to Monte Carlo. $45.00
226. CATALAN, HENRI Soeur Angele and the Ghosts of Chalmbord. NY: Sheed, 1956. First American Edition. VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket with spine and panel chips. Translated from the French. The second Soeur Angele mystery. $15.00
227. CAUDWELL, SARAH Thus Was Adonis Murdered. NY: Scribners, 1981. First American Edition. Spine slant, else VG+ in Dust Jacket. Author's first book. $40.00
228. The Shortest Way to Hades. NY: Scribner's, 1985. First American Edition. Owner's plate and pencil signature on endpaper, moderate rear cover stain, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery. $15.00
229. The Shortest Way to Hades. NY: Scribner's, 1985. First American Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR and dated 20/9/1986. Author's 2nd mystery. $55.00
230. The Sirens Sang of Murder. NY: Delacorte, 1989. First American Edition. The slightest spine slant, else fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and dated 15/10/1989. Hilary Tamar. $25.00
231. CAUNITZ, WILLIAM J. Suspects. NY: Crown, 1986. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. $20.00
232. CECIL, HENRY Settled Out of Court. London: Joseph, 1959. First Edition. Near fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket with light soiling to upper edge. $20.00
233. The Asking Price. London: Michael Joseph, 1966. First Edition. Fine in fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. $20.00
234. CHAMBERS, PETER The Bad Die Young. NY: Roy, 1967. First American. VG in VG Dust Jacket with narrow top spine chip. Mark Preston in California. $15.00
235. CHANCE, JOHN NEWTON The Smiling Cadaver. London: Roy, 1987. First Edition. Fine in a near fine, lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. No U.S. edition. $20.00
236. CHANCELLOR, JOHN The Murder Syndicate. London: Eldon, 1949. First Edition. Owner's inscription, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with a few small chips. No US edition. $40.00
237. CHANDLER, RAYMOND The Pocket Atlantic. NY: Pocket, 1946. First Edition. Paperback original; lamination peeling from covers, else VG+ in wraps. Includes Chandler's famous essay 'The Simple Art of Murder". $10.00
238. Spanish Blood. NY: World, 1946. 1st hardcover. Lightly browning pages, near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with minor wear at extremities. Five short stories. $50.00
239. The Little Sister. NY: Pocket Books. 1950. First Paperback Edition. VG in pictorial wraps (Pocket Book #750). Philip Marlowe. $15.00
240. Killer in the Rain. Boston: Houghton, 1964. First American Edition. A fine copy with just a trace of wear to lower edges of boards in a fine, bright Dust Jacket with very minor wear and fraying at the upper spine. Short stories with an introduction by Philip Durham. $400.00
241. Backfire. Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press, 1984. UNCORRECTED PROOF, unbound sheets, two creases in cover corner, else near fine in wraps. An original screenplay proposal written by Chandler. Includes four page Robert B Parker preface with the seven page Chandler scenerio. The proposed screenplay was not written. $25.00
242. CHANDLER, RAYMOND \ GARDINER, DOROTHY & WALKER, KATHR Raymond Chandler Speaking. Boston: Houghton, 1962. First American Edition. Owner's inscription, else VG+-near fine in VG Dust Jacket. $35.00
243. CHAPMAN, HERB The Book of Cain. NY: Carroll & Graf, 2001. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $25.00
244. CHARLES, KATE A Drink of Deadly Wine. NY: Mysterious, 1992. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first, introduces David Middleton-Brown. $20.00
245. CHARTERIS, LESLIE Call for the Saint. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1948. First American Edition. VG+ with light edge wear in VG Dust Jacket with light color fading to spine, edge wear, large chip to top of spine and small chips to bottom and top edges. Two novelettes: "King of the Beggars" and "The Masked Angel." $45.00
246. CHESBRO, GEORGE C. The Cold Smell of Sacred Stone. NY: Atheneum, 1988. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. Mongo. $20.00
247. The Language of Cannibals. NY: Mysterious Press, 1990. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Mongo. $15.00
248. CHESTER, GEORGE RANDOLPH Young Wallingford. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1910. First Edition. Rear endpaper out, covers VG+. Short stories. Illustrated. $15.00
249. CHESTERTON, G. K. The Club of Queer Trade. London: Harpers, 1905. First Edition. Lower spine fading, slight spine slant, else good+- near VG (no Dust Jacket). Pictorial cover with gilt lettering on spine. Short stories. $125.00
250. CHEYNEY, PETER Dark Duet. NY: Dodd, 1943. First Edition. Inner hinge started, else VG in good Dust Jacket with spine and front panel chips. Three connected novelettes. Praised by Sandoe in his essay "The Private Eye." Sandoe mentions that Chandler also liked it. $35.00
251. Uneasy Terms. NY: Dodd, 1947. First American Edition. Fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with light browning to spine and rear panel. Slim Callaghan. $15.00
252. CHILDERS, ERSKINE The Riddle of the Sands. London: Davies, 1969. Reprint. Slight spint slant, corner wear, owner's inscription, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Haycraft-Queen cornerstone and quite uncommon. $20.00
253. CHRISTIE, AGATHA The Secret of Chimneys. NY: Dodd, 1925. First American Edition. Minor foxing to endpapers, else a VG-VG+ copy with very little spine color fading (no Dust Jacket). The author's sixth mystery and the first to feature Superintendent Battle. $250.00
254. The Seven Dials Mystery. NY: Dodd, 1929. First American Edition. Light spine color-fading, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Supt.Battle. $75.00
255. The Murder at the Vicarage. NY: Dodd, 1930. First American Edition. Stamped "Discard" on free endpaper, slight spine slant, top edge soiling; else covers good+ (no Dust Jacket). Introduces Jane Marple. $30.00
256. Peril at End House. Toronto: Dodd, 1932. 1st Canadian. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Hercule Poirot. $30.00
257. Death in the Air. NY: Dodd, 1935. First American Edition. XL stamp and label, flap residue on rear fixed endpaper else good+ (no Dust Jacket). Hercule Poirot. $20.00
258. The Patriotic Murders. NY: Dodd, 1941. First American Edition. Shelf wear, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Hercule Poirot visits his dentist. $35.00
259. Death Comes As the End. NY: Grosset, (1944). Early reprint. Light foxing to upper edge, else fine in Dust Jacket. Set in Egypt, 3000 years ago. $40.00
260. The Labors of Hercules. London: Collins Crime Club, 1947. First Edition. Moderate front cover stain, light color fading to spine, owner's label else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Short stories with Poirot. Praised in A CATALOGUE OF CRIME. $18.00
261. They Came to Baghdad. London: Collins Crime Club, 1951. First Edition. Light endpaper foxing, else VG (no Dust Jacket). $20.00
262. Destination Unknown. London: Collins Crime Club, 1954. First Edition. Light page foxing, else VG+ in near VG Dust Jacket with tiny fold chips to rear panel and tiny spine chips. In U.S.: SO MANY STEPS TO DEATH. $35.00
263. Destination Unknown. London: Collins Crime Club, 1954. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with minor soiling to rear panel. In U.S.: SO MANY STEPS TO DEATH. $135.00
264. Ordeal by Innocence. London: Collins Crime Club, 1958. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with rear panel soiling and foxing. $35.00
265. Cat Among the Pigeons. London: Collins Crime Club, 1959. First Edition. Light cover stain, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Hercule Poirot solves murder at an exclusive girls' school. $15.00
266. The Clocks. London: Collins Crime Club, 1963. First Edition. About VG+ in a good+ Dust Jacket missing several small chips. A Hercule Poirot mystery. $25.00
267. At Bertram's Hotel. NY: Dodd, 1965. First American Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Jane Marple. $30.00
268. Endless Night. London: Collins Crime Club, 1967. First Edition. Internal spine warp, VG in price-clipped Dust Jacket. CATALOGUE OF CRIME praise. $15.00
269. Passenger to Frankfurt. NY: Dodd, 1970. First American Edition. The slightest spine slant, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. $15.00
270. CHRISTIE, AGATHA \ LOVALLO, LEN & SANDERS, DENNIS The Agatha Christie Companion. NY: Avenel, 1985. Reprint, First thus. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Subtitled "The Complete Guide to Agatha Christie's Life & Work." $15.00
271. CHRISTIE, AGATHA \ TICKNER, MARTIN (ED.) The First 25 Years of Agatha Christie's THE MOUSETRAP, 1952-1977. London: Theatreprint Ltd, 1978. 2nd printing. VG+ in pictorial wraps. Illustrated. $15.00
272. CLANCY, TOM Red Storm Rising. NY: Putnam, 1986. First Edition. Spine slant, edge rubbing else VG+ in VG+-near fine Dust Jacket. The author's second mystery. $30.00
273. Patriot Games. NY: Putnam, 1987. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The second state with errors corrected. Author's third novel. $15.00
274. CLARK, DOUGLAS Storm Centre. London: Gollancz, 1986. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Masters & Green. $20.00
275. CLARKE, ANNA The Poisoned Web. London: Collins Crime Club, 1979. First Edition. Fine in a near fine, lightly rubbed, price-clipped Dust Jacket. $20.00
276. CLINTON-BADDELEY, V. C. No Case for the Police. NY: Morrow, 1970. First American Edition. Spine slant, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. The fourth Dr. Davie mystery. $15.00
277. COBLENTZ, STANTON A. The Wonder Stick. NY: Junior Literary Guild, 1929. Early reprint. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The author's first fantastic novel, this set in prehistoric times. Illustrated by S. Glanckoff. In Blieler. $30.00
278. COBURN, ANDREW Love Nest. NY: Macmillan, 1987. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Set in Andover, Mass...the author's home town. $15.00
279. COHEN, ANTHEA Angel of Vengeance. London: Quartet, 1982. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket with some light soiling to top of fold. Author's second mystery, features Nurse Carmichael. $25.00
280. COHEN, OCTAVUS ROY Florian Slappey Goes Abroad. Boston: Little Brown, 1928. First Edition. Just about fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket with very minor wear and soiling. Nine short stories (mostly from THE SATURDAY EVENING POST) built around the Midnight Pictures Corporation of Birmingham and their search in the Old World for new backgrounds for their movies and Florian Slappey's stint as interpreter for the company. Marginally in Hubin. Very uncommon in dust jacket. $300.00
281. Sound of Revelry. NY: Macmillan, 1943. First Edition. VG in good Dust Jacket with considerable spine fading. $15.00
282. My Love Wears Black. NY: Macmillan, 1948. First Edition. VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket missing some small chips. Hollywood setting. $15.00
283. COLES, MANNING They Tell No Tales. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1942. First American Edition. Cover color rubbing, inner hinge started, else VG in near VG Dust Jacket with moderate chips at folds. The third Tommy Hambledon novel. $60.00
284. Without Lawful Authority. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1943. First American Edition. VG in a VG Dust Jacket. Tommy Hambledon. $25.00
285. Alias Uncle Hugo. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1952. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Tommy Hambledon. $15.00
286. COLLIER, JOHN Fancies and Goodnights. NY: Doubleday, 1951. First Edition. Owner's plate, VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with light spine wear & fading. Queen's Quorum title. $75.00
287. Fancies and Goodnights. NY: Doubleday, 1951. First Edition. A fine copy in a VG+ Dust Jacket missing a few tiny chips. Queen's Quorum title. $100.00
288. COLLINS, MARY The Fog Comes. NY: Bantam, 1946. Early paperback reprint. VG+ in pictorial wraps (Bantam #23). Author's first mystery is set on the Monterey Peninsula. Map endpapers. $15.00
289. COLTER, ELI The Gull Cove Murders. NY: Mill, 1944. First Edition. VG+ in near good Dust Jacket with large front panel chip. The first mystery for six-foot-six LA private eye Pat Campbell. Author's first name was Elizabeth. $50.00
290. COMFORT, B. The Cashmere Kid. Woodstock, VT: Foul Play, 1993. First Edition. Spine slant, else VG+ in near fine Dust Jacket with light color-fading to spine. Tish McWhinney in Lofton, Vermont investigates a stolen goat and a murdered neighbor killed with a golf club. $15.00
291. CONDON, RICHARD Prizzi's Family. NY: Putnam, 1986. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
292. CONNINGTON, J. J. Tragedy at Ravensthorpe. Boston: Little, 1928. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, book store stamp, light spine letter fading, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Sir Clinton Driffield. $35.00
293. CONNOLLY, JOHN Bad Men. NY: Simon, 2004. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. A Charlie "Bird" Parker mystery. $15.00
294. CONRAD, JOSEPH & FORD, FORD MADOX The Nature of a Crime. NY: Doubleday, 1924. First American Edition. Endpapers browning a bit, minor bump to upper edge; else VG+ in good Dust Jacket missing almost half of spine. In Hubin. $28.00
295. CONSTANTINE, K. C. The Rocksburg Railroad Murders. NY: Saturday Review, 1972. First Edition. Slight spine slant, minor paste stain on rear cover, else VG+ in 2nd state Dust Jacket (with reviews on rear panel). His first, introduces Mario Balzic. $90.00
296. The Man Who Liked Slow Tomatoes. Boston: Godine, 1982. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light spine foxing and light wear at spine extremities. Mario Balzic. $25.00
297. COOK, THOMAS H. The City When It Rains. NY: Putnam, 1991. First Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket with one inch closed tear to front panel. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. $15.00
298. The Chatham School Affair. NY: Bantam, 1996. First Edition. The slightest spine slant, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. Edgar winning title. $35.00
299. The Chatham School Affair. NY: Bantam, 1996. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Edgar winning title. $30.00
300. Instruments of Night. NY: Bantam, 1998. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $25.00
301. Peril. NY: Bantam, 2004. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $20.00
302. COOK, WILFRED Man in the Dark. London: Cresset, 1959. First Edition. Light foxing, VG in Dust Jacket. Author's only mystery solidly criminous in nature (his first book THE AMATEURS is only marginally in Hubin). No U. S. edition. $15.00
303. COOKE, DONALD E. Sorcerer's Apprentice. Philadelphia: Winston, 1947. First Edition. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). "A story of magic based upon the legend that inspired the ballad by Goethe, and following closely the program of Paul Dukas' famous musical fantasy, "L'Apprenti Sorcier." $20.00
304. COOPER, SUSAN ROGERS Houston In the Rearview Mirror. NY: St. Martin's, 1990. First Edition. The slightest spine slant, else fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's second mystery features Milton Kovak. $125.00
305. COPPEL, ALFRED Glory. NY: TOR, 1993. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with scratch at rear fold. Science fiction. Book One of the Goldenwing Cycle. $10.00
306. COPPLESTONE, BENNET The Diversions of Dawson. NY: Dutton, 1924. First American Edition. Owner's signature, spine lettering faded, light foxing to endpapers, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Short stories. The second and last mystery with William Dawson. $45.00
307. CORMAN, AVERY Kramer versus Kramer. NY: Random, 1977. First Edition. VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR laid in. Author's second novel and the basis for the famous movie. $25.00
308. CORNWELL, PATRICIA D. All That Remains. NY: Scribners, 1992. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Dr. Kay Scarpetta. $25.00
309. Isle of Dogs. NY: Putnam, 2001. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
310. COULTER, CATHERINE Riptide. NY: Putnam, 2000. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. The author's fifth "FBI Thriller." $10.00
311. COUTO, NANCY VIEIRA The Face in the Water. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback, owner's initials in pencil, else fine in wraps. 50+ page book of poems includes two page poem about Lizzie Borden. $15.00
312. COWAN, SADA Bitter Justice. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1943. Later printing. VG in a VG Dust Jacket with moderate wear and tear to panels and spine. Author's only mystery has many courtroom scenes. $35.00
313. COXE, GEORGE HARMON The Lady Is Afraid. NY: Knopf, 1940. First Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket. The second Max Hale mystery. $135.00
314. Assignment in Guiana. NY: Knopf, 1942. First Edition. VG+ in a VG+ Dust Jacket a bit browned at spine. $35.00
315. Lady Killer. NY: Knopf, 1949. First Edition. Near-fine in Dust Jacket. Kent Murdock. $50.00
316. Lady Killer. NY: Knopf, 1949. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine Dust Jacket. Kent Murdock. $60.00
317. The Widow Had a Gun. NY: Knopf, 1951. First Edition. Foxing to endpapers, VG+ in Dust Jacket. Kent Murdock. $30.00
318. COYNE, JOHN The Hunting Season. NY: Macmillan, 1987. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, near fine in fine Dust Jacket. The author's first hardcover mystery (after several horror novels and one paperback original mystery). "Tourist season is over. The hunting season has begun." $15.00
319. CRABBE, RICHARD E. Suspension. NY: St. Martin's, 2000. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery set just after the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge. $30.00
320. CRADDOCK, IRVING The Yazoo Mystery. NY: Britton, 1919. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). Author's uncommon only mystery is set in New Orleans. Color frontispiece. $25.00
321. CRAIS, ROBERT Demolition Angel. NY: Doubleday, 2000. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $25.00
322. CRAWFORD, CHRISTINA Black Widow. NY: Morrow, 1982. First Edition. VG+ in a VG+ Dust Jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR laid in. A novel by the author of MOMMIE DEAREST. $15.00
323. CREASEY, JOHN The Flying Stowaways. London: Sampson & Low, ND (1938). 1st, likely 2nd state binding. Near-fine in VG, lightly soiled Dust Jacket missing small rear panel chip. Rare in DJ. Juvenile. $50.00
324. The Legion of the Lost. NY: Stephen Daye, 1944. First American Edition. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). The third Dr. Palfrey mystery. $35.00
325. CREASEY, JOHN AS FRAZER, ROBERT CAINE Mark Kilby and the Miami Mob. NY: Pocket, 1960. First Edition (precedes Eng.). Mass Market Paperback original, VG+ in wraps with front cover rubbed where price label removed. The third Mark Kilby mystery. $15.00
326. CREASEY, JOHN AS MARRIC, J. J. Gideon's Vote. NY: Harper, 1964. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. $15.00
327. CRESPI, CAMILLA T. The Trouble with Thin Ice. NY: Harper, 1993. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Simona Griffo. $15.00
328. CRICHTON, MICHAEL The Great Train Robbery. NY: Knopf, 1975. First Edition. Slight spine slant, owner's signature; VG+ in price-clipped Dust Jacket. $12.00
329. Prey. NY: HarperCollins, 2002. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
330. CRICHTON, MICHAEL AS LANGE, JOHN Binary. NY: Knopf, 1972. First Edition. Corner bumps, slight slant, else VG+- near fine in VG Dust Jacket with long rear panel tear and slender top panel chip. $45.00
331. (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
332. CROFTS, FREEMAN WILLS Sir John Magill's Last Journey. NY: Harper, 1930. First American Edition. Rubbed cover edge, owner's signature, in pencil, cover stains, else good+ (no Dust Jacket). Insp.French. $35.00
333. CROSBY, LEE Too Many Doors. NY: Dutton, 1941. First Edition. Slight spine slant; owner's name crossed off front free endpaper, three ink letters on top edges, else VG+ in near VG Dust Jacket with narrow top spine and front panel chips. Set on Connecticut sound. $35.00
334. CULLUM, RIDGWELL The Law of the Gun. Philadelphia: Jacobs, 1918. First American Edition. Spine slant, lettering partially flaked off spine, else VG in good, chipped Dust Jacket. Western with murder mystery listed in Hubin. $50.00
335. CULPAN, MAURICE Bloody Success. London: Collins Crime Club, 1969. First Edition. Fine in near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Chief Insp. Bill Houghton mystery not published in the U.S. $20.00
336. CUMBERLAND, MARTEN Fade Out the Stars. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1952. First American Edition. Usual browning pages, else VG+ in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket missing a couple of small rear-panel chips. Saturnin Dax. $20.00
337. CUMMINGS, RAY \ LOCKE, GEORGE (EDITOR) Tales from the Scientific Crime Club. London: Ferret Fantasy, 1979. First Edition. Limited to 100 copies, #14; fine in VG Dust Jacket with tiny spine chip and rear panel tears. Oversized, 45 pages, contains 12 short stories from the English slick publication "The Sketch" These stories date from 1925. Illustrations by Jim Cawthorn are from 1979. $125.00
338. CUNNINGHAM, A. B. The Great Yant Mystery. NY: Dutton, 1943. First Edition. VG in about good, spine chipped Dust Jacket with long closed tears at folds. Sheriff Jess Roden. $35.00
339. CURRAN, TERRIE All Booked Up. NY: Dodd, 01987. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOFS, near fine with Dust Jacket in wraps. Bibliomystery involves murder and stolen rare books at the Smedley Library. $15.00
340. CURRIE, BARTON W. & MCHUGH, A. Officer 666. NY: H. K. Fly Co, 1912. First Edition. Lower corner of first three pages clipped, else VG with pictorial cover. An attractive copy with pictorial endpapers. $25.00
341. CURRIER, JAY L. Cargo of Fear. NY: Messner, 1947. First Edition. Light foxing to endpapers, else VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket with some moderate spine and rear panel chips. California hardboiled. Author's only mystery. $40.00
342. CURTIS, ISABEL GORDON The Lapse of Enoch Wentworth. Chicago: Browne, 1913. First Edition. Lettering flaked on spine, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Non-mystery romance that begins with a strange gambling bet where the loser must serve the winner until death. Author states the first chapter was written by her husband. $15.00
343. CURTISS, ELIZABETH Nine Doctors and a Madman. NY: Simon, 1937. First Edition. Light cover soiling, minor rub to rear endpaper; VG in a VG Dust Jacket with some spine creases. Author's first mystery introduces Dr. Nathaniel Bunce. An early "Inner Sactum Mystery." $65.00
344. CURWOOD, JAMES OLIVER A Gentleman of Courage: A Novel of the Wilderness. NY: Grosset, (1924). Early Reprint. Near fine in good+, spine-chipped Dust Jacket with wrap-around design. Non-mystery novel set at a French-Canadian village on Lake Superior in the 1890's. Illustrated by Robert W. Stewart. $15.00
345. CUSSLER, CLIVE Raise the Titanic! NY: Viking, 1976. First Edition. Owner's long inscription, corners bumped, VG+- near fine in price-clipped Dust Jacket with extremity wear. The third Dirk Pitt thriller. $75.00
346. CUSSLER, CLIVE & DIRGO, CRAIG The Sea Hunters. NY: Simon, 1996. First Edition. Remainder mark, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. CARD WITH THE AUTHOR'S ILLUSTRATION laid in. "True Adventures with Famous Shipwrecks." $15.00
347. CUTTER, LEELA Murder After Tea-Time. NY: St. Martin's, 1981. First Edition. Light edge foxing, else near fine in Dust Jacket with very light wear. Author's first mystery features writer Lettie Winterbottom. $25.00
348. D'AMATO, BARBARA The Eyes on Utopia Murders. NY: Ace, 1981. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback original, VG+ in wraps. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The second Dr. Gerritt DeGraaf mystery. $15.00
349. DALY, CARROLL JOHN The Hidden Hand. NY: Grosset, (1929). Early reprint. VG+ in VG DJ with moderate chips at spine folds and rubbed spot on front panel where price label was removed and price torn from Dust Jacket flap. Hardboiled Race Williams. $100.00
350. DALY, ELIZABETH Deadly Nightshade. NY: Farrar, 1940. First Edition. Owner's label, light foxing to endpapers, else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. The author's second mystery. Gamadge. $350.00
351. DAMER, ANNE & SCOTT, JACK DENTON Too Lively to Live. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1945. First Edition. The slightest spine slant, else near fine in VG Dust Jacket with front panel tears and creases. Authors' only mystery. English setting. $40.00
352. DAMS, JEANNE M. Green Grow the Victims. NY: Walker, 2001. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Hilda Johansson. $10.00
353. DANIEL, DAVID The Heaven Stone. NY: St. Martin's, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery, winner of 1993 St. Martin's Press/PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Contest. $40.00
354. DANIEL, MARK Unbridled. NY: Ticknor, 1990. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's third mystery, his first horse racing thriller. $30.00
355. DARNTON, JOHN The Darwin Conspiracy. NY: Knopf, 2005. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Historical knowledge and literary imagination. $20.00
356. DAVIS, FREDERICK C. The Graveyard Never Closes. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1940. First Edition. Owner's signature on endpaper, 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. The fourth Professor Cy Hatch mystery. Uncommon title. $250.00
357. DAVIS, LINDSEY Shadows in Bronze. NY: Crown, 1991. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The second Marcus Falco mystery. $30.00
358. DAVIS, REGINALD The Crowing Hen. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1936. First American Edition. Top spine sunned and rubbed, inner hinge started, else good+- near VG in near good Dust Jacket with spine and panel chips. $55.00
359. DAVIS, RICHARD HARDING Vera the Medium. NY: Scribners, 1908. First Edition. Spine color fading, owner's signature, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Non-mystery, but with occult overtones. $35.00
360. DAVIS, VAL Track of the Scorpion. NY: St. Martin's, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first book. $15.00
361. DAWSON, CONINGSBY The Vanishing Point. NY: Cosmopolitan, 1922. First Edition. Spine cloth bubbles, foxed free endpaper, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). The author's second mystery after one of marginal criminous interest. Illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg. $15.00
362. DAWSON, DAVID LAING Last Rights. NY: St.Martin's, 1990. First American Edition. Soiled top edges, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery features a 76 year old detective. $15.00
363. DAY, LILLIAN & LEDERER, NORBERT Death Comes on Friday. NY: Dutton, 1937. First Edition. Cover stains, spine slants, else near VG in good+ Dust Jacket with rear panel acordian chip, spine crease and rear panel soiling. The authors' second and final mystery and a return appearance of Frederick Hunt; murder at the weekly meeting of the Scriverer's Club. $50.00
364. DE CAMP, L. SPRAGUE Divide and Rule. Reading: Fantasy, 1948. First Edition. Owner's signature, VG+ (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction. $10.00
365. Divide and Rule. Reading: Fantasy, 1948. First Edition. VG-VG+ (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction. $10.00
366. Rogue Queen. NY: Doubleday, 1951. First Edition. VG+ (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction. $12.00
367. The Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens. NY: Twayne, 1953. First Edition. VG+ (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction. $10.00
368. The Great Fetish. NY: Doubleday, 1978. First Edition. Remainder spray, else VG+- near fine in VG Dust Jacket with some flap rubbing where tape was remnoved. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR laid in. Science fiction. $15.00
369. DE LA TORRE, LILLIAN The Detections of Dr. Sam: Johnson. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1960. First Edition. Owner's signature, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Short stories. $20.00
370. DE MILLE, JAMES The Cryptogram. NY: Harper, 1871. First Edition. Badly rubbed top spine, else near good copy bound in three quarter leather. In Hubin. Uncommon title. $40.00
371. DEAN, ROBERT GEORGE On Ice. NY: Scribners, 1942. First Edition? XL stamp, endpaper rubbed where plate removed, slight spine slant else VG in VG Dust Jacket with lightly color-faded spine. This is a Scribners edition without the letter "A." It appears from our research that it is the first edition. With Tony Hunter. $25.00
372. DEEGAN, JON J. Antro the Life Giver. London: Hamilton, 1953. First Edition. Light shelf wear, else near fine in Dust Jacket with light extremity wear and soiling. $35.00
373. DELVING, MICHAEL A Shadow of Himself. NY: Morrow, 1972. First American Edition. Slight spine slanr, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Book dealer Bob Eddison gets involved in murder when he buys a 17th century Dutch painting at auction. Praised in A CATALOGUE OF CRIME. $15.00
374. No Sign of Life. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1979. First American Edition. Remainder mark on lower edge, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. American rare book dealer Dave Cannon on a British buying trip. $15.00
375. DEMILLE, NELSON Spencerville. NY: Warner, 1994. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
376. Up Country. NY: Warner, 2002. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
377. DENNIS, GEOFFREY The Red Room. NY: Simon, 1932. First American Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket with tear in lower spine. Satiric novel. $25.00
378. DERLETH, AUGUST Mischief in the Lane. NY: Scribners, 1944. First Edition. XL stamps, corner wear, else VG+ in good Dust Jacket with spine chips. Judge Peck. $50.00
379. Fell Purpose. NY: Arcadia, 1953. First Edition. Ex-Library, owner's notes, some underlining, else good+ (no Dust Jacket). Judge Peck. $15.00
380. DESMOND, HUGH The Terrible Awakening. London: Wright, ND(1949). First Edition. One signature's pages browned, else VG+ in good+ pictorial Dust Jacket. Science fiction. $25.00
381. 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
382. DEXTER, COLIN The Jewel That Was Ours. London: Macmillan, 1991. First Edition. Slight edge soiling, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Insp. Morse. $60.00
383. Death Is Now My Neighbor. NY: Crown, 1996. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. With book plate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR tipped in. Insp. Morse. $28.00
384. DIBDIN, MICHAEL Dark Spectre. London: Faber, 1995. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
385. DICK, ALEXANDRA The Curate's Crime. London: Hurst, (1945). First Edition. Light foxing to edges, VG+ in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket with small rubbed spot to front panel. The fourth Alastair MacAlastair mystery published in the U. S. as by Sibyl Ericson. $48.00
386. DICKEY, JAMES To the White Sea. Boston: Houghton, 1993. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else fine in Dust Jacket. World War II novel. $15.00
387. DICKINSON, PETER The Poison Oracle. London: Hodder, 1974. First Edition. The slightest spine slant, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. Locked room mystery set at the zoo. $35.00
388. 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
389. DILNOT, GEORGE The Black Ace. Boston: Houghton, 1929. First American Edition. VG+ in a rather striking Dust Jacket missing small chip at base of spine. An Inspector Strickland mystery. $75.00
390. DISCH, THOMAS M. The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of. NY: Free Press, 1998. UNCORRECTED PROOF, fine in pictorial wraps. "How Science Fiction Conquered the World." $10.00
391. DISHER, GARRY Snapshot. NY: Soho, 2006. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Australian Police Chief Hal Challis. $15.00
392. DISNEY, DORIS MILES Heavy Heavy Hangs. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1952. First Edition. Usual browning pages, VG-VG+ (no Dust Jacket). New England setting. $15.00
393. Only Couples Need Apply. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1973. First Edition. VG in good+ Dust Jacket with staining to spine blind side. $10.00
394. DISNEY, DOROTHY CAMERON Death in the Back Seat. NY: Random, 1936. First Edition. Slight spine slant, minor endpaper browning, else VG+ in a good-VG Dust Jacket with some short tears and tiny chips. The author's first mystery. Connecticut shoreline setting. $85.00
395. The Balcony. NY: Random, 1940. First Edition. Newspaper review glued to fixed endpaper with shadow on free endpaper, else near VG in good+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity chipping. The author's fourth mystery is set in Maryland and concerns an old house that used to harbor runaway slaves. $25.00
396. Crimson Friday. NY: Random, 1943. First Edition. Near-fine in VG Dust Jacket missing small chips at head of spine & with some short tears. $35.00
397. DIX, MAURICE B. Twisted Evidence. London: Ward, Lock, 1935. Later printing. VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. No US edition. $50.00
398. DOBYNS, STEPHEN Boy in the Water. NY: Metropolitan/Holt, 1999. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
399. DOCTOROW, E. L. Ragtime. NY: Random, 1974. First Edition. Fine in fine price-clipped Dust Jacket with small owners signature on pastedown endpaper. $25.00
400. 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." $50.00
401. A Tapestry of Murders. NY: St. Martin's, 1996. First American Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with half inch, front panel tear. Medieval setting. $20.00
402. DONALDSON, D. J. Cajun Nights. NY: St. Martin's, 1988. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket with the lightest possible extremity wear. Author's first mystery, introduces New Orleans medical examiner Andy Broussard. $150.00
403. DONALDSON, STEPHEN R. The Man Who Killed His Brother. NY: Forge, 2002. First Hardcover Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Originally published as a trade paperback in 1980 as by Reed Stephens. First in Private Eye series featuring Mike Axbrewder. $17.50
404. DOOLITTLE, JEROME Strangle Hold. NY: Pocket, 1991. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The second Tom Bethany mystery. $15.00
405. DORSEY, TIM Florida Roadkill. NY: Morrow, 1999. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $125.00
406. DOUBLEDAY, ROMAN The Hemlock Avenue Mystery. Boston: Little, 1908. First Edition. Date rubbed off title page else a VG+, bright copy with pictorial cover. Author's first mystery. $25.00
407. The Hemlock Avenue Mystery. Boston: Little, 1908. First Edition. A VG copy with pictorial cover. Author's first mystery. $20.00
408. DOUGALL, BERNARD The Singing Corpse. NY: Dodd, 1943. First Edition. Owner's plate, very light spine color fading, else VG (no Dust Jacket). The second Steve Borden mystery. $20.00
409. DOUGLAS, GEORGE Death of a Big Shot. London: Hale, 1980. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. No U.S. edition. $15.00
410. DOWNING, TODD Vultures in the Sky. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1935. First Edition. An ex-library copy, covers good+ (no Dust Jacket). Starts with a murder on a train; ends in a Mexican desert setting. Hugh Rennert. $20.00
411. Vultures in the Sky. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1935. First Edition. Foxing to endpapers, light wear to extremities; VG in good+ Dust Jacket with long, internal repair at front flap fold and missing three shallow chips. Mexican desert setting, murder on a train with Hugh Rennert. Author was a Native American of Choctaw descent. $100.00
412. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN The Sign of the Four. NY: Gregg, ND. Shorthand edition. VG+. Has New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Liverpool on title page. $40.00
413. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: Newnes, 1892. First Edition, first state. Bound in publisher's blue cloth; light rubbing and soiling to covers, lower front corners slightly bumped and frayed; else a solid VG copy with tight, unweakened hinges. Illustrated. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone/ Queen's Quorum. $2500.00
414. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. London: Newnes, 1893. First Edition, Second printing. Front hinge weakening, else a VG+, bright and attractive copy (same size and design as the first printing). Haycraft Queen Cornerstone/ Queen's Quorum. $400.00
415. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard. NY: Appleton, 1896. First American Edition. Stain to rear endpaper, small stamp on front endpaper; good-VG. $15.00
416. Uncle Bernac. NY: Appleton, 1897. First American Edition. Spine slanted and rubbed, spine lettering faded, else good+- near VG with bright front cover design. Non-mystery novel. $30.00
417. Songs of Action. NY: Doubleday, 1898. First American Edition. Lacks front free endpaper, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Poetry. $30.00
418. Micah Clarke. NY: Lupton, ND (ca. 1899). Early pirated reprint. Rebound, owner's inscription dated June 1899, page browning, else VG+. $25.00
419. Beyond the City. NY: Lupton, ND (ca. 1900). Early Pirated Edition. Library stamps, browning pages, owner's plate and pencilled inscription; else VG with decorated covers and gilt spine design. $10.00
420. Beyond the City. NY: Hurst, ND (ca. 1900). Early Pirated Edition. Top spine chip, hinges split, browning pages, else good with pictorial cover. $10.00
421. Beyond the City. NY: Hurst, ND (ca. 1900). Early Pirated Edition. Browning pages, else VG+ with attractive cover and spine. $20.00
422. The White Company. Chicago: Donohue, ND, ca 1900. Pirated edition. Inner hinge started, owner's stamp, gilt lettering flaked on spine,else VG. $25.00
423. Sir Nigel. NY: McClure, 1906. First American Edition. Good+- near VG (no Dust Jacket). Illustrated. $15.00
424. Sir Nigel. NY: McClure, 1906. First American Edition. VG+. Illustrated. $30.00
425. The Croxley Master: A Great Tale of the Prize Ring. NY: McClure, 1907. First American Edition. Owner's signature in pencil, else good. $25.00
426. The New Revelation. NY: Doran, 1915. First Edition. Owner's inscription, else VG+. Non-mystery. Spiritualism. $20.00
427. The New Revelation. NY: Doran, 1915. First Edition. Spine wear, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Non-mystery. Spiritualism. $15.00
428. His Last Bow. NY: Doran, 1917. First Edition. Top and bottom spine edge wear, good+ (no Dust Jacket). Precedes English edition. Sherlock Holmes. $25.00
429. The Guards Came Through and other Poems. NY: Doran, 1920. First American Edition. Top spine chip, spine wear and tear, spine label somewhat chipped affecting title and author's name, else near good (no Dust Jacket). Uncommon. Published in wraps in England. $50.00
430. The Sign of the Four. NY: Gregg, ND (ca 1920). Shorthand edition. Owner's inscription, else VG+. Has New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and London on title page. $40.00
431. The Sign of Four. NY: Scribners, 1928. Early reprint. Good+. Also collects Zangwill's THE BIG BOW MYSTERY. Both are Haycraft Queen Cornerstone titles. $15.00
432. Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Long Stories. London: Murray, 1929. 1st thus. Owner's signature in pencil, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Includes the four novels and a two page author preface. $60.00
433. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. London: Murray, 1930. 1st thus. Owner's stamps on endpapers and Dust Jacket front panel, owner's signature and notes, else near fine in VG Dust Jacket which states "New Edition" on panels. Includes Sign of Four; Study in Scarlet; and four short stories; two with Sherlock. $75.00
434. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. NY: Doubleday, 1936. Early edition. Light foxing to endpapers and edges, else VG+ in about VG Dust Jacket with light fraying at spine extremities. Collects all the Holmes novels and stories. Christopher Morley preface "In Memoriam Sherlock Holmes." $15.00
435. The Complete Sherlock Holmes. NY: Literary Guild, 1936. Reprint. Owner's signature, else near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket. Collects all the Holmes novels and stories. Christopher Morley preface. $15.00
436. Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. NY: Court Book, 1941. 1st thus. Spine darkened, owner's signature in pencil, else good+ (no Dust Jacket). Includes Sign of Four; A Scandal in Bohemia; A Case of Identity; The Ring of Thoth, and The Surgeon of Gaster Fell. $15.00
437. Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. NY: Bantam, 1949. Paperback reprint,1st thus. Slight spine slant, else VG, bright copy in wraps. Bantam #704. $10.00
438. The Valley of Fear. London: Murray, 1949. Reprint. Spine slant, owner's signature, lightly faded spine, else good+- near VG (no Dust Jacket). Sherlock Holmes. $15.00
439. The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. NY: Pocket Books, 1950. 1st thus. Paperback, front cover tear, else good+-near VG in wraps. Short stories. $9.00
440. The Sherlock Holmes Long Stories. London: Murray, 1954. Ninth Impression. VG in good+, price-clipped Dust Jacket with several small chips and tears. Collects A STUDY IN SCARLET; THE SIGN OF FOUR; THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLE, and THE VALLEY OF FEAR. $15.00
441. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Racine: Whitman, (1955). Reprint. VG in pictorial covers with dark top of front cover. Side edges uncolored. Classics format, Whitman #1612:49. Illus. by Cheslie D'Andrea. Issued without DJ. $9.00
442. The Hound of the Baskervilles. NY: NAL, 1967. 1st thus. VG+ with pictorial cover. Baring-Gould introduction. $10.00
443. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. NY: Union Carbide, 1971. 1st as such. Fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket. A better-than-usual copy. With Hillary Waugh's short-short story "The Case of the Missing Gold" on DJ reverse. $25.00
444. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. NY: Union Carbide, 1971. 1st as such. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with a bit of front panel creasing and rear panel soiling. Isaac Asimov's "The Case of the Dying Hint" short story on DJ reverse. Publisher's advertisement laid in. $25.00
445. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. NY: Union Carbide, 1971. 1st as such. Just about fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with a bit of rubbing and soiling. Hilary Waugh's story "The Case of the Missing Gold" on DJ reverse. $25.00
446. The Sign of Four. London: Murray-Cape, 1974. 1st as such. Owner's signature, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Endpapers illustrated with drawings from the original edition, Graham Greene introduction. $15.00
447. The Return of Sherlock Holmes & The Hound of the Baskervilles. NY: Bramhall, 1976. Reprint, 1st as such. Fine in Dust Jacket. "A Facsimile of the Original Novel and All 13 Stories from THE STRAND MAGAZINE." $15.00
448. Six Notable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. NY: Platt, 1982. Later Printing. Light page staining to top of pages not affecting content, else VG+ in near fine Dust Jacket with front flap crease. Includes A STUDY IN SCARLET; THE SIGN OF THE FOUR and four short stories (Case of Identity, Red-Headed League, Scandal in Bohemia, Boscombe Valley Mystery). $15.00
449. The Hound of the Baskervilles. NY: Bantam, 1985. Collection of Mystery Classics. Near fine (no Dust Jacket). Sherlock Holmes. $15.00
450. The Hound of the Baskervilles. NY: Oxford, 1993. 1st Amer. thus. Remainder mark on lower edge, spine slant; else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. H-Q list. Introduction by W. W. Robson. $15.00
451. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. NY: Oxford, 1993. 1st Amer thus. Owner's label, else fine in Dust Jacket. Introduction by Christopher Roden. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone/Queen's Quorum title. $15.00
452. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN & JOSEPH MCCABE Debate on Spiritualism. Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius, 1922. First American Edition. VG in wraps. A revised transcript of the London debate originating in November, 1919. $30.00
453. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ BAKER STREET JOURNAL BSJ Vol. 2, #4. NY: Edgar Smith (ed.), 1947. Cover soiling, VG. $20.00
454. Vol. 2, #4 (New Series). NY: BSI, 1952. VG+-near fine. $32.00
455. Vol. 05, # 4; New Series- Oct. NY: BSI, 1955. First Edition. Near fine. Includes Stuart Palmer, Edgar Smith (ed.). $22.50
456. Vol. 08, # 1; New Series- Jan. NY: BSI, 1958. First Edition. Near fine. $20.00
457. BSJ Vol. 23, #4 (New Series). NY: Julian Wolff (ed.), 1973. VG+- near fine. $9.00
458. BSJ Vol. 24, #2 (New Series). NY: Julian Wolff (ed.), 1974. VG+- fine. $9.00
459. BSJ Vol. 24, #4 (New Series). NY: Julian Wolff (ed.), 1974. VG+- fine. $9.00
460. BSJ Vol. 26, #1-4 (New Series) 4 issues. NY: Julian Wolff (ed.), 1976. VG+- near fine. $17.50
461. BSJ Vol. 27, #1-4 (New Series) 4 issues. NY: Julian Wolff (ed.), 1977. VG+- near fine. $17.50
462. BSJ Vol. 28, #1-4 (New Series) 4 issues. NY: John Linsenmeyer (ed.), 1978. VG+- near fine in wraps. $17.50
463. BSJ Vol. 29, #1-4 (New Series) 4 issues. NY: John Linsenmeyer (ed.), 1979. VG+- near fine in wraps. $17.50
464. BSJ Vol. 30, #1-4 (New Series) 4 issues. NY: John Linsenmeyer (ed.), 1980. VG+. $15.00
465. BSJ Vol. 31, #1-4 (New Series) 4 issues. NY: John Linsenmeyer (ed.), 1981. VG+ in wraps. $15.00
466. BSJ Vol. 34, #1-4 (New Series) 4 issues. NY: Fred Porlock (ed.), 1984. VG+ in wraps. $15.00
467. The Baker Street Journal- Volume 36, #1-4; New Series. NY: 1986. Digest size magazines, 4 issues; #1-3 near fine in wraps; #4 light cover stains; else VG in wraps. $35.00
468. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ BANGS, JOHN KENDRICK The Pursuit of the Houseboat. NY: Harpers, 1897. First Edition. Spine slant, owner's signature in pencil, soiled spine, else near VG. With Sherlock as a character. $20.00
469. The Pursuit of the Houseboat. NY: Harpers, 1900. Later printing. VG. Purple cloth. With Sherlock as a character. $15.00
470. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ BARING-GOULD, WILLIAM S. Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street. NY: Potter, 1962. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. "A Life of the World's First Consulting Detective." $25.00
471. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ BLACKBEARD, BILL Sherlock Holmes in America. NY: Abrams, 1981. First Edition. Corner bumps, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. Terrific pictorial treasure of Holmesiana, including color covers from the Collier's Magazine stories, comics, films, first rate all the way. $40.00
472. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ BOUCHER, ANTHONY The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars. NY: Simon, 1940. 2nd. Rental XL, covers VG (no Dust Jacket). Chock full of Sherlockian interest. $20.00
473. The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars. Cleveland: World, 1943. Early reprint, 2nd as such. Near fine copy in a near fine, bright Dust Jacket. $35.00
474. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ BROWN, RUSSELL A Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde. NY: St. Martin's, 1988. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. $20.00
475. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ BUGGE, CAROLE The Star of India. NY: St. Martin's, 1998. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Sherlock Holmes and Prof. Moriarty. Author's first mystery. $30.00
476. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ CARR, JOHN D. & DOYLE, ADRIAN C. The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes. NY: Random, 1954. 5th Printing. VG in fair+ Dust Jacket. Short stories. $15.00
477. The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes. NY: Random, 1954. 7th Printing. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Short stories. $20.00
478. The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes. NY: Random, 1954. First American Edition. Spine gilt lettering slightly flaked, slight spine slant, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Short stories. $35.00
479. The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes. London: Murray, 1968. Third Printing. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. Short stories. $30.00
480. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ CARR, JOHN DICKSON The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. London: Murray, 1949. First Edition. Owner's signature, else VG in near good Dust Jacket with flap separated and retaped. Tape repairs on outside of Dust Jacket. Laid in is a review by Christopher Morley in the form of a poem which has been cut from a newspaper. Illustrated. $20.00
481. The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. London: Murray, 1949. First Edition. Spine slant, owner's plate and stamp, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Illustrated. $20.00
482. The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. NY: Harper, 1949. First Edition. Owner's stamp on endpaper, fine in VG+ price-clipped Dust Jacket. Illustrated. $25.00
483. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ CHRIST, JAY FINLEY An Irregular Guide to Sherlock Holmes. NY & NJ: Argus, 1947. First Edition. VG with the two supplements taped and stapled to the front free endpaper. $100.00
484. An Irregular Guide to Sherlock Holmes. NY & NJ: Argus, 1947. First Edition. VG+- near fine with the two supplements laid in. $200.00
485. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ COPPS, DALE The World's Greatest Sherlock Holmes Quiz. NY: Berkley, 1976. First Edition. Paperback original, VG in wraps. $15.00
486. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ CREIGHTON, MILT The Dynamiters. NY: Berkeley, 1988. First Edition. Paperback original; fine in wraps. Sherlock Holmes Solo Mysteries #205. "A Game Where You Play Detective." $15.00
487. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ DE WAAL, RONALD BURT The World Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. NY: Bramhall House, (1974). Reprint, 1st as such. Fine in Dust Jacket. "A classified and annotated list of materials relating their lives and adventures." Oversized, 526 pages. $35.00
488. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ DERLETH, AUGUST "In Re: Sherlock Holmes." Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1945. First Edition. Agent's stamps (Otis Kline Associates) on two endpapers, else near fine in Dust Jacket. The first volume of Solar Pons stories. Vincent Starrett introduction. $175.00
489. Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey. Sauk City: Arkham, 1968. First Edition. Water damage to covers and Dust Jacket; VG in Dust Jacket. Solar Pons novel. $20.00
490. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ DICKENSHEET, DEAN & SHIRLEY An `Undiscerning Critic' Discerned. San Francisco: Beaune, 1968. First Edition. One of 222 copies, VG+- near fine in wraps. Beaune Pressings #4. $45.00
491. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ DOUGLAS, CAROLE NELSON Good Morning, Irene. NY: TOR, 1991. First American Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. Second in the Irene Adler series. $25.00
492. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ ESTLEMAN, LOREN D. Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula. NY: Doubleday, 1978. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Subtitled "The Adventure of the Sanguinary Count.." $25.00
493. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ FISH, ROBERT L. The Incredible Schlock Homes. NY: Simon, 1966. First Edition. Nick in joint, else VG+-near fine in Dust Jacket with panel and spine foxing. Queen's Quorum title. $75.00
494. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ FRANKLIN LIBRARY Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes. Franklin Center: FranklinLibrary, 1987. 1st thus. One inch cut in spine, else fine. Illustrated by Mitchell Hooks. $12.00
495. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ FROST, MARK The List of 7. London: Hutchinson, 1993. 2nd Eng. Fine in Dust Jacket. Nominated for an Edgar. $10.00
496. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ GOLDSCHEIDER, GABY Conan Doyle Bibliography. Windsor: Privately Printed, 1979. Revised Edition. Trade Paperback, cover and corners bumped and creased, else good+ in bright red wraps. 40 pages; a useful work. $20.00
497. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ GREENWALD, KEN The Lost Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. NY: Mallard, 1989. First American Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. Holmes stories based on original radio plays by Denis Green & Anthony Boucher. $15.00
498. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ HAINING, PETER (ED.) The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook. NY: Potter, 1974. First American Edition. Near fine in a good Dust Jacket with tears and small chips. Introduction by Peter Cushing. Oversized, heavily illustrated. $15.00
499. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ HAMILTON, J. R. (ED.) My Life with Sherlock Holmes: Conversations in Baker Street. London: Murray, 1968. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Dr. Watson reveals conversations with the great detective. $50.00
500. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ HARDWICK, MICHAEL & MOLLIE The Sherlock Holmes Companion. NY: Doubleday, 1963. First American Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. Illustrated. $30.00
501. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ HARDWICK, MICHAEL The Private Life of Dr. Watson. NY: Dutton, 1983. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. "Being the Personal Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D." $20.00
502. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ HARRISON, MICHAEL I, Sherlock Holmes. NY: Dutton, 1977. First Edition. Fine in VG+- near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Holmes' fictionalized memoirs, illustrated. $20.00
503. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ HAYCRAFT, HOWARD (ED.) Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Cases. NY: Bantam, 1968. Paperback, 1st thus. VG+ in wraps. Haycraft introduction. $9.00
504. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ HILL, SR., POPE R. Part One. Athens (GA): Privately Printed, 1947. First Edition. VG in wraps. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to The Scandalous Bohemians and dated Oct 4, 1947. Uncommon. $100.00
505. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ IRALDI, JAMES C. The Problem of the Purple Maculas. Culver City: Luther Norris, 1968. First Edition. Trade paperback original, minor browning, else fine in pictorial wraps. A Sherlock Holmes Adventure. $35.00
506. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ KEATING, H. R. F. Sherlock Holmes: The Man and His World. NY: Scribners, 1979. First American Edition. Fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with rubbed front panel. $25.00
507. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ KLINEFELTER, WALTER Sherlock Holmes in Portrait and Profile. Syracuse: Syracuse Univ, 1963. First Edition. XL markings, covers rubbed where tape removed, else VG in VG Dust Jacket with XL label on spine. Illustrated. Vincent Starrett introduction. $15.00
508. Sherlock Holmes in Portrait and Profile. Syracuse: Syracuse Univ, 1963. First Edition. Faint stain to lower corner of rear cover, else VG+ in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket with stain/rubbed area to rear panel and short tape repair to front. Illustrated. Vincent Starrett introduction. $20.00
509. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ KOTZWINKLE, WILLIAM Trouble in Bugland. Boston: Godine, 1983. First Edition. Previous owner's inscription, else fine in VG+-near fine Dust Jacket. Juvenile Sherlockian with Inspector Mantis. $50.00
510. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ LEACOCK, STEPHEN Nonsense Novels. NY: Dodd, 1915. Eighth printing. Owner's signature, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Includes the Sherlockian parody "Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective." Uncommon. $25.00
511. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ LEDGARD, HENRY ET. AL. From Baker Street to Binary. NY: McGraw, 1983. First Edition. Bookstore stamp & price on front free flyleaf,else VG+-near fine in wraps. "An Introduction to Computers and Computer Programming with Sherlock Holmes." $15.00
512. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ LEXOW, LUCAS (ED.) Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. NY: Sears, 1923. 1st thus. Good+ with spine lettering completely flaked off spine. Includes Sign of Four; A scandal in Bohemia; A Case of Identity and two short stories without Sherlock. $20.00
513. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ LIENTZ, GERALD Death at Appledore Towers. NY: Berkeley, 1987. First Edition. Paperback original; small hole in front cover, else fine in wraps. Sherlock Holmes Solo Mysteries #3. "A Game Where You Play Detective." $15.00
514. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ MAGAZINE APPEARANCE The Strand Magazine. Vol 8, 1894 Jul-Dec. VG+ in original blue cloth. Doyle "The Medal of Brigadier Gerard" & "An Alpine Pass on SKI" & "The Lord of Chateau Noir" and Morrison "Martin Hewitt, Investigator" parts 5-7. $65.00
515. The Strand Magazine. Vol 7, 1894 Jan-Jun. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, VG+. Includes Morrison "Martin Hewitt, Investigator" parts 1-4 and Meade/ Halifax "Stories from the Diary of a Doctor" parts 7-12. $65.00
516. The Strand Magazine. Vol 8, Jul-Dec 1894. Bound volume in publisher's blue cloth. Some light foxing, VG+. Includes three stories from MARTIN HEWITT INVESTIGATOR as well as "Lord of Chateau Noir" & "An Alpine Pass on Ski" by A. Conan Doyle, "A Horrible Fright" by L. T. Meade. $75.00
517. The Strand Magazine. Vol 11, 1896 Jan-Jun. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, VG. Includes first 6 parts of Doyle "Rodney Stone" as well as parts 1 of Grant Allen's "An African Millionaire." $50.00
518. The Strand Magazine. Vol 11, 1896 Jan-Jun. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, VG+ with gilt lettering on spine and top edge. Includes first 6 parts of Doyle "Rodney Stone" as well as parts 1 of Grant Allen's "An African Millionaire." $50.00
519. The Strand Magazine. Vol 12, 1896 Jul-Dec. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, corner edge wear, gilt lettering sharp on spine, else VG+. Includes last 6 parts of Doyle RODNEY STONE as well as the first 6 stories of Meade/Halifax THE ADVENTURES OF A MAN OF SCIENCE & parts 2-7 of Grant Allen's AN AFRICAN MILLIONAIRE. $50.00
520. The Strand Magazine. Vol 14, 1897 Jul-Dec. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, VG. Includes last 6 parts of Doyle THE TRAGEDY OF KOROSKO as well as Meade/Eustace SILENCED. $50.00
521. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ MAGAZINE British Heritage. Feb./Mar, 1987. Fine in pictorial wraps. Special section celebrating 100 years of Sherlock Holmes by Sherril A Spruance. Nicely illustrated. $9.00
522. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ MCQUEEN, IAN Sherlock Holmes Detected: The Problems of the Long Stories. NY: Drake, 1974. First American Edition. Edge bump, else VG+- near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Includes 19 illustrations by Sidney Paget. $24.00
523. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ MONTGOMERY, JAMES Montgomery's Christmas Annual 1953: Shots from the Canon. Phila: Privately Printed, 1953. First Edition. Cover soiling and crease, else VG+ in stiff wraps. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Montgomery Christmas Annual-1953. $90.00
524. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ MORLEY, CHRISTOPHER (ED.) Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. NY: Harcourt, 1944. First Edition. Endpaper foxed, else VG+. Barzun & Taylor call the introduction "a definative essay." $30.00
525. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ MORRISSEY, DEAN (ILLUSTRATOR) The Speckled Band. NY: St. Martin's, 1987. First Edition Thus. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light soiling. 32 pages with many illustrations by Dean Morrissey. The full page illustrations contain a glowing element that only comes out in the dark. $15.00
526. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ MYSTERY MAGAZINE The World of Sherlock Holmes. NY: 1977. Vol 1, #1. VG in wraps. $15.00
527. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ NORDON, PIERRE Conan Doyle: A Biography. NY: Holt, 1967. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. Translated from the French. $15.00
528. Conan Doyle: A Biography. NY: Holt, 1967. First American Edition. VG+ in near VG Dust Jacket Dust Jacket with tears at folds. Translated from the French. $15.00
529. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ PARK, ORLANDO Sherlock Holmes, Esq. and John H. Watson, M.D.: An Encyclopaedia of Their Affairs. No place: Northwestern Univ, 1962. First Edition. Fine in price-clipped Dust Jacket. $35.00
530. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ POINTER, MICHAEL The Sherlock Holmes File. NY: Potter, 1976. First American Edition. Owner's inscription, else near fine in Dust Jacket with panel creases. "The Many Personae of Holmes on Stage, in Film, and in Advertising." $20.00
531. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ PONTINE DOSSIER, THE The Pontine Dossier - New Series, Vol. 1, No. 1. Culver City: Luther Norris, 1970. Minor browning, else fine in pictorial wraps. Includes "The Maxims of Solar Pons" by Brian Roundtree, articles by Derleth, others. $15.00
532. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ POWERS, RICHARD M. (ILLUSTRATOR) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes & The Sign of Four. NY: Nelson D'day, (1956). 1st thus. Spine slant, else VG+ (NO dj)?16944. Junior Deluxe Edition consists of seven short stories and THE SIGN OF FOUR. $9.00
533. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ ROBERT FREDERICK LTD. The Sherlock Holmes Birthday Book. London: Frederick, 1993. First Edition. Fine, decorated covers, issued without Dust Jacket. $15.00
534. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ ROSENBERG, SAMUEL Naked Is the Best Disguise. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1974. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else VG+- near fine in VG+- near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. "The Death and Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes." $15.00
535. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ RYAN, PETER The Black River Emerald. NY: Berkeley, 1987. First Edition. Paperback original; fine in wraps. Sherlock Holmes Solo Mysteries #202. $15.00
536. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ SAFFRON, ROBERT The Demon Device. NY: Putnam, 1979. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Doyle as detective in World War I. $15.00
537. The Demon Device. NY: Putnam, 1979. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ -near fine Dust Jacket. Doyle as detective in World War I. $20.00
538. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ SMITH, D. O. (ED.) The Adventure of the Zodiac Plate. Buckinghamshire: Diogenes Publication, 1984. First Edition. Paperback Original, light spine and cover sunning, else VG+ in wraps. 33 page pamphlet; the third in the series. $15.00
539. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ SPORE, KEITH Death of a Scavenger. NY: Tower, 1980. First Edition. Paperback original, VG in wraps. "Meet Hugo Enclave, the super sleuth with the Sherlock Holmes complex!." $15.00
540. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ STARRETT, VINCENT 221B: Studies in Sherlock Holmes. NY: Macmillan, 1940. First Edition. Soiled top edges, else near fine in good+- near VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket with many tape repairs on blind side. Sixteen essays. Highly praised in A CATALOG OF CRIME by Barzun and Taylor. $100.00
541. The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Chicago: U. of Chicago, 1960. Revised edition, 1st thus. Spine slant, owner's inscription, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Revised and enlarged. $20.00
542. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ STEINBRUNNER, CHRIS & MICHAELS, NORMAN The Films of Sherlock Holmes. NY: Citadel, 1978. First Edition. Light top edge foxing, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate spine extremity wear. 253 page coffee-table book; profusely illustrated. $35.00
543. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ STOKES, ARTHUR M. Checkmate!: A Sherlock Holmes Burlesque. Windsor: Gaby Goldscheider, 1980. First Edition. Fine in wraps. 10 illustrations by Ian Gray Scheenherr. $10.00
544. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ SYMONS, JULIAN A Three-Pipe Problem. NY: Harper, 1975. First American Edition. Spine slant, soiled top edges, else VG in Dust Jacket with rear panel tape repair on outside. An actor acts like Sherlock holmes on and off stage. $15.00
545. A Three-Pipe Problem. NY: Harper, 1975. First American Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Concerns an actor who plays Sherlock Holmes on and off the screen. $20.00
546. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ TEPPER, RUTH LAKE The Sherlock Holmes Crossword Puzzle Book. NY: Potter, 1977. First Edition. Paperback original; VG+ in wraps. 21 crossword puzzles; all preceded by an abridged story and with the solution to the story concealed in the puzzle. $9.00
547. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ THE SERPENTINE MUSE Four Issues Vol 6, #1 - Vol 6, #4. NY: Adventuresses of S.H, 1981-83. First Edition. VG or better in wraps. Sherlockian journal. $9.00
548. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ TRACY, JACK WITH BERKEY, JIM Subcutaneously, My Dear Watson. Bloomington, IN: James Rock, 1978. First Edition. Paper original, fine in wraps. Issued simultaneously with the hardcover. Holmes' "drug addiction" debate. Illustrated. $20.00
549. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN \ WRIGHT, SEAN & FARRELL, JOHN The Sherlock Holmes Cookbook. NY: Drake, 1976. First American Edition. VG in Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. $24.00
550. DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN LEXOW, LUCAS (ED.) Sherlock Holmes Detective Stories. NY: Sears, 1923. 1st thus. Lacks front free endpaper, else good with spine lettering almost completely flaked off spine. Includes Sign of Four; A scandal in Bohemia; A Case of Identity and two short stories without Sherlock. $15.00
551. DRACO, F. The Devil's Church. NY: Rinehart, 1951. First Edition. Near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with soiled rear panel. Author's first of two mysteries featuring Lord & Lady Tintangle. Author's real name was Julia Davis. $20.00
552. DRUMMOND, JUNE Farewell Party. NY: Dodd, 1973. First American Edition. Near fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Set in South Africa. $10.00
553. DU MAURIER, 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
554. Rebecca. NY: Doubleday Doran, 1938. First American Edition. A fine, bright copy (no Dust Jacket). A very scarce Haycraft Queen Cornerstone first edition. $350.00
555. DUBURKE, RANDY Hunter's Heart. NY: Paradox Press, 1995. First Edition. Trade paperback original; three volumes, fine in pictorial wraps. A graphic detective novel. The author's first "Novel for Comics." $15.00
556. DUNCAN, MURDOCH The Blackbird Sings of Murder. London: Melrose, 1947. First Edition. VG+ in VG, colorful Dust Jacket missing small chip to rear panel. No U.S. edition. $40.00
557. The Whispering Man. London: Long, 1959. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket missing medium chip to rear panel. An Insp. Laurie Hume mystery. No U.S. edition. $25.00
558. DUNLAP, SUSAN The Bohemian Connection. NY: St. Martins, 1985. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR pasted to half title page. The second Vejay Haskell mystery. $28.00
559. DUNNING, JOHN The Bookman's Wake. NY: Scribner, 1995. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The second Cliff Janeway mystery. $15.00
560. Two O'clock Eastern Wartime. NY: Scribners, 2001. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Mystery novel set in 1942. $15.00
561. DURRANT, DIGBY With My Little Eye. NY: St. Martin"s, 1975. First American Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery; introduces Hamish Oath. $15.00
562. DYER, GEORGE The Long Death. NY: Scribners, 1937. First Edition. Lightly browning endpapers, else VG+ in a VG Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. The second Catalyst Club mystery, photo-illustrated. $85.00
563. The People Ask Death. NY: Scribners, 1940. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket missing single tiny chip from rear panel. A Catalyst Club mystery with photo illustrations. $85.00
564. EBERHART, MIGNON G. Another Man's Murder. NY: Random, 1957. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. Florida Lake country. $20.00
565. EDGINTON, MAY The Adventures of Napoleon Prince. NY: Cassell, 1912. First Edition. Spine lettering rubbed but readable, owner's stamps, else VG+-near fine. Sharp pictorial cover. Short stories. $35.00
566. EDGLEY, LESLIE Fear No More. NY: Simon, 1946. First Edition. Browning pages, owner's inscription, else VG in good Dust Jacket with 1 1/2 inch spine and front panel chips. Author's first mystery. Set on a train. $25.00
567. EDWARDS, GRACE F. If I Should Die. NY: Doubleday, 1997. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery, introduces African-American detective Mali Anderson. $15.00
568. EGGLESTON, EDWARD The Mystery of Metropolisville. NY: Orange Judd, 1873. First Edition. Spine slant, owner's homemade plate, spine somewhat color faded but completely readable, else good+- near VG. In Hubin. $75.00
569. EHRLICH, MAX First Train to Babylon. NY: Harper, 1955. First Edition. Owner's signature, light endpaper foxing, else VG in good+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. The author's second mystery. $15.00
570. ELDER, MICHAEL Nowhere on Earth. London: Hale, 1972. First Edition. Near fine in price-clipped Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Set in 2173. $30.00
571. ELKINS, AARON A Glancing Light. NY: Scribners, 1991. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Chris Norgren. $15.00
572. Dead Men's Hearts. NY: Mysterious, 1994. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Gideon Oliver. $17.50
573. Skeleton Dance. NY: Morrow, 2000. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Gideon Oliver. $15.00
574. ELLIS, KENNETH M. Dolores Divine, Guilty or Innocent? NY: Grosset, 1931. First Edition. Owner's label, slight spine slant, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Author's second and final mystery and initially a radio play. One of the few Grosset & Dunlap first editions of the period. $45.00
575. ELLISON, HARLAN Ellison Wonderland. London: Millington, 1979. 1st Eng & hardcover ed. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with some light yellowing. Short stories. $175.00
576. An Edge in my Voice. Norfolk: Donning Co, 1985. 1st trade. Fine in Dust Jacket. Uncollected essays. $50.00
577. Angry Candy. Boston: Houghton, 1988. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Short stories, some criminous. $35.00
578. The Harlan Ellison Hornbook. NY: Penzler, 1990. 1st trade ed. REVIEW COPY, fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Essays. $30.00
579. No Doors, No Windows. Baltimore: Borderland Press, 1991. 1st hardcover edition. Fine in Dust Jacket and slipcase, SIGNED BYTHE AUTHOR and limited to 1000 copies, #167. 16 "ruthless, suspense stories." $100.00
580. ELLISON, HARLAN \ DOWLING, TERRY (ED.) The Essential Ellison: A 35-Year Retrospective. Omaha: Nemo Press, 1987. First Edition. One of 1226 numbered copies (#273) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, fine in Dust Jacket. $150.00
581. ELLROY, JAMES Brown's Requiem. NY: Avon, 1981. First Edition. Paperback original, spine slant, light cover stains, else VG in wraps. The author's first mystery. Golf setting. $35.00
582. The Big Nowhere. NY: Mysterious, 1988. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with short top spine tear. Set in L.A. in 1950. $20.00
583. ELLSON, HAL Summer Street. NY: Ballantine, 1953. First Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket lacking tiny entremity chips. Listed in Hubin. $40.00
584. ELY, DAVID Trot. NY: Pantheon, 1963. First Edition. Near fine in VG+-near fine Dust Jacket. The author's first mystery. $35.00
585. EMERSON, EARL W. The Vanishing Smile. NY: Ballantine, 1995. First Edition. Fine in VG+ lightly edge worn Dust Jacket. Thomas Black. $15.00
586. ENGLAND, GEORGE ALLAN Cursed. Boston: Small, 1919. First American Edition. Light foxing to endpapers and soiling to upper edge, else a VG+ copy in an about VG Dust Jacket with a faint stain along rear panel edge and with a two tears along folds and missing very small chip at head of spine. Adventure novel not in 1978 Bleiler but listed in the 1948 edition. Malay setting. Extremely uncommon in DJ. $350.00
587. ESTES, CARROLL COX The Moon Gate. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1954. First Edition. Usual browning pages, VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR. Her third and final mystery, set in Dallas. $20.00
588. ESTEVEN, JOHN By Night at Dinsmore. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1935. First Edition. "Editorial Library copy" stamped on top edge and free endpaper, else VG+ with colorful spine design (no Dust Jacket). The first Miles Le Breton mystery is set in New England. Uncommon title. $35.00
589. 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
590. A Smile on the Face of the Tiger. NY: Mysterious, 2000. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Amos Walker. $15.00
591. EVANOVICH, JANET Hard Eight. NY: St. Martin's, 2002. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Stephanie Plum. $15.00
592. Hard Eight. NY: St. Martin's, 2002. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Stephanie Plum. $15.00
593. EVERTON, FRANCIS The Dalehouse Murder. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1927. First American Edition. A couple of small cover stains, small owner's label to endpaper & stamp to lower edge, else VG+ in a VG Dust Jacket with light soiling & foxing and a short, closed tear. The author's first mystery introduces Chief Inspector John Allport. Uncommon in DJ. $150.00
594. EYRE, ELIZABETH Death of a Duchess. London: Headline, 1991. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Authors' first under this pseudonym (they also write the Inspector Bone series as Susannah Stacey), introduces Renaissance sleuth Sigismondo. $55.00
595. FAIRLIE, GERARD 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
596. 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
597. FARNOL, JEFFERY Beltane the Smith. Boston: Little, 1915. First American Edition. VG+ in a somewhat worn pictorial Dust Jacket with internal archival repairs at folds; jacket is missing several small chips, but is approx. 85% present. Illustrated by Arthur E. Becher. An early Farnol title relays the adventures of a Robin Hood like character; marginally in Hubin. Quite uncommon in dust jacket. $60.00
598. The Loring Mystery. Boston: Little, 1925. First American Edition. VG+ in VG, colorful Dust Jacket missing lower two inches of spine. In Hubin. The third Sgt. Jasper Shrig mystery, set in England around 1820. $60.00
599. FARRIS, JOHN The Corpse Next Door. NY: Graphic, 1956. First Edition. Paperback original; light rear panel stains, else VG+ in wraps. Author's first mystery. $35.00
600. FAULKNER, WILLIAM Intruder in the Dust. NY: Random, 1948. First Edition. XL plate residue, lettering partially flaked on lower spine, else covers VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $30.00
601. FAWLEY, WILBUR Shuddering Castle. NY: Green Circle, 1936. First Edition. Near fine in near good Dust Jacket with large rear panel chip. Science fiction horror novel of radio communication with Mars by an eccentric millionaire-inventor living on Long Island. $55.00
602. FEARING, KENNETH The Generous Heart. NY: Harcourt, 1954. First Edition. Cover edge wear else near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with rear panel soiling. $45.00
603. FEIST, RAYMOND Faerie Tale. NY: Doubleday, 1988. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. "Exquisite terror." Fantasy. $15.00
604. FENISONG, RUTH Murder Needs a Face. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1942. Later printing. A VG+ copy in a VG Dust Jacket with a long closed tear to the front panel. Her second mystery features Gridley Nelson. $40.00
605. Desperate Cure. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1946. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. Female doctor-sleuth. $35.00
606. FEVAL, PAUL Salute to Cyrano. NY: Longman's, 1931. First American Edition. A fine, bright copy in a near fine Dust Jacket with tiny stain and single tiny chip at base of spine. "The Further Adventures of D'Artagnan and Cyrano." Striking, art-deco DJ design by Frank McIntosh. A much less common Feval title. $250.00
607. FIELDING, A. The Mysterious Partner. NY: Knopf, 1929. First American Edition. VG+ in good Dust Jacket missing large chip at head of spine. Chief Inspector Pointer. $65.00
608. FINNEY, JACK Good Neighbor Sam. NY: Simon, 1963. First Edition. Spine sunned, else VG+-near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with spine sunned and a few small tears and nicks. Novel, basis for the 1963 film starring Jack Lemmon, Romy Schneider and Edward G. Robinson. $45.00
609. FIRTH, ANTHONY Tall, Balding, Thirty-Five. NY: Harper, 1966. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $15.00
610. FISH, ROBERT L. Isle of the Snakes. NY: Simon, 1963. First Edition. Near fine in VG+-near fine Dust Jacket with very light extremity wear. The second Da Silva mystery. $30.00
611. The Shrunken Head. NY: Simon, 1963. First Edition. Lightly browning pages, near-fine in VG+ Dust Jacket missing small chip to rear panel. Captain Jose Da Silva. $15.00
612. The Bridge that Went Nowhere. NY: Putnam, 1968. First Edition. VG in VG Dust Jacket. Captain Jose Da Silva. $15.00
613. FISHER, RUDOLPH The Conjure-Man Dies: A Mystery Tale of Dark Harlem. NY: Covici, 1932. First Edition. Small stain on front endpaper, stains to edges and on a few pages; covers soiled but VG (no Dust Jacket). The very uncommon first mystery by the Harlem Renaissance author. Introduces Dr. John Archer and Sgt. Percy Dark, both of whom later appeared in the short story "John Archer's Nose." N'Gana Frimbo, the African conjure-man with a Harvard education, is the corpse in the title. $425.00
614. FLEMING, IAN The Man with the Golden Gun. NY: NAL, 1965. First American Edition. VG+ in a VG+ Dust Jacket with two short front panel tears. James Bond. $15.00
615. FLEMING, NICHOL Counter Paradise. NY: Coward, 1968. First American Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $35.00
616. FLETCHER, DAVID Rainbows End in Tears. London: Macmillan, 1984. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. No U.S. edition. $15.00
617. FLETCHER, H. L. V. Miss Agatha Doubles for Death. NY: Messner, 1947. First American Edition. VG in good, chipped Dust Jacket. Author's fourth mystery is set in Wales with the protagonist (Agatha) in a wheelchair. $20.00
618. FLETCHER, J. S. The Pinfold. NY: D'day, 1928. First American Edition. Some minor stains to cover, light foxing and browning to pages; VG in VG+ Dust Jacket. Non-mystery novel of an English village family. $50.00
619. FLYNN, BRIAN Murder en Route. NY: Smith, 1932. First American Edition. XL markings, covers VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Anthony Bathurst solves a locked room mystery set on double-decker bus. $25.00
620. FOOTNER, HULBERT Officer! NY: Doran, 1924. First Edition. Some soiling and foxing to edges, else VG+ in good Dust Jacket missing large chips at spine extremities. Early title, uncommon in DJ. $85.00
621. A Self-Made Thief. NY: Burt, ND (1929). Early reprint. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. $20.00
622. Orchids to Murder. NY: Harper, 1945. First Edition. Near fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. Includes six page biography of the author by Christopher Morley. Private eye Lee Mappin. $75.00
623. FORBES, STANTON Buried in so Sweet a Place. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1977. First Edition. Stamped "PURCHASED AT USPS AUCTION' on front fixed endpaper, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. $15.00
624. 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
625. FORD, LESLIE The Murder of the Fifth Columnist. NY: Scribners, 1941. First Edition. VG+ in near VG, chipped Dust Jacket with one medium and two smaller chips. Colonel Primrose. $120.00
626. All for the Love of a Lady. NY: Scribner, 1944. First Edition. Owner's label, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with a small lower spine chip. Colonel Primrose. $60.00
627. Invitation to Murder. NY: Scribners, 1954. First Edition. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Newport setting. $25.00
628. FORD, PAUL LEICESTER The Great K & A Train-Robbery. NY: Dodd, 1897. First Edition. VG+. First state in blue cloth and with "Train" omitted from title page. Author's only mystery is set in Arizona. $50.00
629. FORSYTH, FREDERICK The Odessa File. NY: Viking, 1972. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket with just a bit of spine color fading. $30.00
630. FOSTER, ALAN DEAN To the Vanishing Point. London: Severn, 1990. First English Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Science Fiction. $25.00
631. FOX, JAMES M. The Wheel Is Fixed. Boston: Little, 1951. First Edition. Foxing to upper edge, slight spine slant; else about VG+ in a VG Dust Jacket. El Paso. $20.00
632. Dark Crusade. Boston: Little, 1953. First Edition. Slight spine slant, VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. The first Steve Harvester mystery. $20.00
633. FOX-DAVIES, A. C. The Dangerville Inheritance. London: Jone Lane, 1907. First Edition. Spine slant, else VG+. Ashley Tempest. $25.00
634. The Finances of Sir John Kynnersley. NY: Lane, 1908. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine. Uncommon volume of short stories about a financial criminal. Listed in Queen's THE DETECTIVE SHORT STORY. $80.00
635. FRANCIS, DICK Enquiry. London: Joseph, 1969. First Edition. Spine slant, light edge foxing, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket with light foxing on panels and foxing on blind side. The author's eighth mystery. $75.00
636. Rat Race. NY: Harper, 1971. First American Edition. Very slight spine slant, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. $50.00
637. Slay-Ride. London: Joseph, 1973. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. $85.00
638. Under Orders. NY: Putnam, 2006. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $25.00
639. FRANKAU, GILBERT Experiments in Crime. NY: Dutton, 1937. Third Edition. Owner's signature in pencil, else VG in near VG Jacket with moderate front panel chip and moderate extremity wear. Short stories. $15.00
640. FRASER, GEORGE MACDONALD Flashman at the Charge. London: Barrie, 1973. First Edition. Slight spine slant, foxing to upper edge, else VG+ in near fine Dust Jacket. The fourth Flashman adventure finds our hero embroiled in the Crimean War. $100.00
641. FREDERICKS, ARNOLD One Million Francs. NY: Watt, 1912. First Edition. Very minor stain to lower edge, VG. A Richard Duvall mystery. Gilt, pictorial front cover still bright. Illustrated by Will Grefe'. $20.00
642. The Little Fortune. NY: Watt, 1915. First Edition. Owner's inscription, small hole in endpaper; else VG. A Richard Duvall mystery. Illustrated by Will Grefe. $28.00
643. FREEMAN, R. AUSTIN As a Thief in the Night. NY: Dodd, 1928. First American Edition. Light spine color fading and a couple of small spine stains, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Dr. Thorndyke. $35.00
644. A Certain Dr. Thorndyke. NY: Dodd, 1928. First American Edition. VG+ in a somewhat worn Dust Jacket missing several medium chips. $125.00
645. A Silent Witness. NY: Dodd, 1929. Reissue. Near fine in chipped, worn and torn, good Dust Jacket. Dr. Thorndyke. $50.00
646. Mr. Pottermack's Oversight. NY: Dodd, 1930. First American Edition. VG+ in a near VG+, pictorial Dust Jacket missing some tiny shallow chips at extremities. An attractive copy. An attractive copy. Dr. Thorndyke. $250.00
647. The Red Thumb Mark. NY: Norton, 1967. 1st as such. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone. Dr.Thorndyke. $15.00
648. The Uttermost Farthing. NY: Bookfinger, 1974. Reprint, first thus. Just about fine without Dust Jacket, as issued. Published in England as A SAVANT'S VENDETTA. $40.00
649. 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
650. FREEMANTLE, BRIAN Charlie M. NY: Doubleday, 1977. First American Edition. VG in VG Dust Jacket with extremity wear. The first Charlie Muffin mystery; published as CHARLIE MUFFIN in England. $15.00
651. FREMLIN, CELIA The Trouble Makers. Phila: Lippincott, 1963. Later printing? Tape marks on covers and endpaper, spine slant; else good+ in in near fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
652. FRIEDMAN, KINKY Frequent Flyer. NY: Morrow, 1989. First Edition. Faint crease to front endpaper, else fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
653. Musical Chairs. NY: Morrow, 1991. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Perhaps of scarcest of the author's titles. $60.00
654. SOLD
655. FROEST, FRANK The Maelstrom. NY: Clode, 1916. First American Edition. Glue residue where plate removed, owner's name (in pencil) crossed off free endpaper, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Published in England as THE ROGUES' SYNDICATE by Froest & George Dilnot. $20.00
656. FROETSCHEL, SUSAN Alaska Gray. NY: St. Martin's, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $30.00
657. FULLER, WILLIAM Back Country. NY: Dell, 1954. First Edition. Paperback original; exceptionally fine, bright copy in wraps (Dell First Edition #8). Author's first mystery, introduces hard boiled Brad Dolan. $25.00
658. FUTRELLE, JACQUES The Diamond Master. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1909. 1st thus. VG+ with bright, gilt lettering on front cover, moderate gilt lettering on spine. This is not the edition listed as the first in Hubin, but the one listed in Bleiler. $55.00
659. GAIR, MALCOLM A Long Hard Look. London: Collins Crime Club, 1958. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The second Mark Raeburn mystery. No U.S. edition. $25.00
660. GANGEMI, JOSEPH Inamorata. NY: Viking, 2004. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery set in Philadelphila. Inspired by a real-life event. $35.00
661. GARCIA-AGUILERA, CAROLINA Bloody Shame. NY: Putnam, 1997. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with one short tear. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's second mystery, features Lupe Solano. $25.00
662. GARDENHIRE, SAMUEL M. The Long Arm. NY: Harpers, 1906. First Edition. VG+. Striking front pictorial cover.. Eight mystery short stories featuring Staten Island detective LeDroit Connors. $30.00
663. GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY The Case of the Howling Dog. NY: Grosset, (1934). Early reprint, ca. 1940. Spine slant, owner's stamp, else VG in good+- near VG Dust Jacket. The fourth Perry Mason mystery. $20.00
664. The Case of the Stuttering Bishop. NY: Morrow, 1936. First Edition. Lightly browning endpapers, a couple of tiny insect holes in front hinge; else VG+ in a VG Dust Jacket with color fading to spine and missing some shallow chips. The ninth Perry Mason mystery. $600.00
665. The Case of the Golddigger's Purse. NY: Morrow, 1945. First Edition. Front cover stain affecting several title words, owner's stamp, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Perry Mason. $20.00
666. Two Clues. NY: Morrow, 1947. First Edition. VG+ in VG Grosset (reprint) Dust Jacket. Two novelettes featuring Sheriff Bill Eldon. $45.00
667. 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
668. Dead Men's Letters and Other Short Novels. NY: Carroll & Graf, 1990. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Six short novels from thirties BLACK MASK pulps feature hardboiled Ed Jenkins. $22.50
669. GARDNER, JOHN Understrike. NY: Viking, 1965. First Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with moderate spine wear and some panel color-rubbing. The second Boysie Oaks Thriller. $15.00
670. Amber Nine. NY: Viking, 1966. First American Edition. A fine copy in a fine Dust Jacket. Boysie Oakes. $15.00
671. Amber Nine. London: Muller, 1966. First Edition. VG+ with light browning to endpapers with light edge foxing in a fine Dust Jacket. The third Boysie Oakes thriller. $30.00
672. GARFIELD, BRIAN Death Sentence. NY: Evans, 1975. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. The second and final Paul Benjamin mystery is a sequel to DEATH WISH. $15.00
673. GARLAND, ARDELLA Details at Ten. NY: Simon, 2000. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Black author's (Yolanda Joe) first mystery under this pseudonym. $15.00
674. GARVE, ANDREW The Galloway Case. NY: Harper, 1958. First American Edition. VG+ in near VG Dust Jacket with extremity wear. $20.00
675. The Sea Monks. London: Collins Crime Club, 1963. First Edition. Fine in near fine, lightly soiled Dust Jacket. Murder in a lighthouse, Barzun & Taylor in A CATALOGUE OF CRIME : "absorbing recital." $25.00
676. The Ashes of Loda. NY: Harper, 1965. First American Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Highly praised in A CATALOGUE OF CRIME. $15.00
677. Counterstroke. London: Collins Crime Club, 1978. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $20.00
678. GASH, JONATHAN Spend Game. New Haven: Tichnor, 1981. First American Edition. Spine slant; near fine in Dust Jacket with the lightest of spine fading. The fourth Lovejoy Mystery. $30.00
679. The Vatican Rip. New Haven: Ticknor, 1982. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. Lovejoy. $30.00
680. GASH, JONATHAN AS GAUNT, GRAHAM The Incomer. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1981. First American Edition. Remainder mark on lower edge, light spine fading; near fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery under this pseudonym. $50.00
681. GASK, ARTHUR The Master Spy. NY: Macaulay, 1937. First American Edition. Ths slightest spine slant, else VG+- near fine in good+ Dust Jacket with lower spine chip. Gilbert Larose. $55.00
682. GAUTE, J. H. H. & ODELL, ROBIN Murder `Whatdunit': An Illustrated Account of the Methods of Murder. NY: St. Martin's, 1982. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. $15.00
683. GEORGE, ELIZABETH A Great Deliverance. NY: Bantam, 1988. First Edition. Just about fine in fine Dust Jacket with some very minor rubbing. Author's first book introduces Thomas Lynley. $100.00
684. A Great Deliverance. NY: Bantam, 1988. First Edition. Light shelf wear, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's first book introduces Thomas Lynley. $100.00
685. Payment in Blood. NY: Bantam, 1989. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The second Thomas Lynley mystery. $45.00
686. Well-Schooled in Murder. NY: Bantam, 1990. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The third Thomas Lynley mystery. $40.00
687. In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner. NY: Bantam, 1999. ADVANCE READING COPY, fine in wraps. Lynley and Havers. $10.00
688. A Place of Hiding. NY: Bantam, 2003. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Forensic scientist sleuth. $15.00
689. GEORGE, KATHLEEN Taken. NY: Delacorte, 2001. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $25.00
690. GERARD, FRANCIS Golden Guilt. NY: Dutton, 1940. First American Edition. Owner's label, offsetting to endpaper, light cover stains, else VG+ in VG, lightly stained Dust Jacket with small piece of tape on outside of front panel. $80.00
691. SOLD
692. GIBSON, WALTER B. (ED.) \ DIGEST MAGAZINE The Big Story. NY: Markrite Enterprises, Nov, 1951. Vol 1, #2. Fine in pictorial wraps. "Authentic stories as they actually happened faithfully reported by the men and women of the press." $15.00
693. GIBSON, WALTER B. Looks That Kill. NY: Valdor, 1948. First Edition. Digest sized paperback original; browning pages, light stain to upper edge; VG-VG+ in pictorial wraps. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Uncommon. $45.00
694. The Shadow Scrapbook. NY: Harcourt, 1979. First Edition. Paperback Original, near fine in oversized pictorial wraps. Heavily illustrated, many in color. Subtitled "The Complete Story Behind the Mysterious Shadow of Pulp Magazine and Radio Fame Compiled by his Chief Creator." $45.00
695. The Shadow: Crime Over Casco & The Mother Goose Murders. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1979. First Edition. Remainder mark on lower edge, else fine in near fine Dust Jacket with very light wear. Two Shadow stories from the pulps first published in 1946. The first story is set in Maine. $20.00
696. GIBSON, WALTER B. AS GRANT, MAXWELL Eyes of the Shadow. NY: Street, 1931. First Edition. Spine slant, hiinges started, usual browning pages; else good in pictorial boards (issued without Dust Jacket). $80.00
697. GIESY, J. U. The Mouthpiece of Zitu. NY: Avalon, 1965. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with the original Plasti-Kleer jacket cover, as issued. The second book in the classic Palos science fiction series. Originally a serial in ALL STORY MAGAZINE 1919. $20.00
698. Palos of the Dog Star Pack. NY: Avalon, 1965. First Edition. Near fine in fine Dust jacket. The first book in the classic Palos science fiction series. Originally a serial in ALL STORY MAGAZINE 1919. $20.00
699. GIFFORD, THOMAS The Wind Chill Factor. NY: Putnam, 1975. First Edition. Fine in price-clipped, VG+ Dust Jacket, lightly browned & with two internal tape mends. Author's first book. $40.00
700. GILBERT, ANTHONY Death at the Door. NY: Smith, 1945. First American Edition. VG+- near fine in VG Dust Jacket. Arthur Crook solves murder in "The Village that God Forgot." $25.00
701. Death Won't Wait. NY: Random, 1954. First American Edition. Fine in lightly soiled Dust Jacket. Arthur Crook. $15.00
702. GILBERT, DALE L. The Mother Murders. NY: St.Martin's, 1989. First Edition. Small date stamp on endpaper, else near fine in Dust Jacket. Winfield & Doyle. $15.00
703. GILBERT, MICHAEL He Didn't Mind Danger. NY: Harper, 1948. First American Edition. Tape mark on rear cover, owner's inscription, else VG+ in price-clipped Dust Jacket affecting one letter on flap. $50.00
704. Paint, Gold and Blood. NY: Harper, 1989. First American Edition. Very light top edge soiling, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. "Combines academic scandal, the European art scene...even a dose of the occult." $15.00
705. GILCHRIST, ANDREW The Russian Professor. London: Hale, 1984. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. No U.S. edition. $30.00
706. GILLETTE, WILLIAM \ BRADY, CYRUS TOWNSEND Secret Service. NY: Dodd, 1912. First Edition. Owner's inscription, VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Novelization of the Gillette play. In Hubin. Color illustrations by The Kinneys. $25.00
707. GILSON, MAJOR CHARLES The Secret Agent. London: Warne, ND (ca. 1950). Early reprint? Owner's inscription (dated 1953), light foxing; else VG+ in VG+, colorful Dust Jacket (red pebbled boards with yellow lettering). Not in Hubin. $25.00
708. GOLDING, LOUIS The Pursuer. NY: Farrar, 1936. First American Edition. Minor cover soiling, VG-VG+ in good, chipped Dust Jacket. $40.00
709. GOLDMAN, JAMES The Man from Greek and Roman. NY: Random, 1974. First Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket. Author's final mystery, museum setting. $20.00
710. GOLDSMITH, GENE Layout for a Corpse. NY: Mill, 1949. First Edition. Name inked out on endpaper, VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. Author's second and final mystery is set in San Francisco. $28.00
711. (GOLF MYSTERY) \ BENTLEY, E. C. & ALLEN, H. WARNER Trent's Own Case. NY: Knopf, 1936. First American Edition. Light soiling, VG+ in good-VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket with several short, internal tape mends. In THE GOLF MURDERS, Tom Taylor maintains that the golf in TRENT'S OWN CASE is critical to the plot. $80.00
712. (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
713. (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
714. (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. $25.00
715. (GOLF MYSTERY) \ TRACY, LOUIS The Black Cat. NY: Grosset, (1925). Early reprint. Slight spine slant, owner's inscription, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Includes some action on the golf course. $15.00
716. (GOLF MYSTERY) \ WADE, DON Take Dead Aim. Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, 2002. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light front panel soiling. Author's first mystery. A Caddy is shot at the LA Open. $25.00
717. GOLLOMB, JOSEPH The Subtle Trail. NY: Macmillan, 1929. Later printing. VG (no Dust Jacket). The second mystery to feature psychoanalyst Francis Galt (aka: Goldfish). $15.00
718. GOONAN, KATHLEEN ANN Queen City Jazz. NY: Tor, 1994. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The author's first science fiction novel, first in the Nanotech Cycle. $35.00
719. Mississippi Blues. NY: Tor, 1997. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The author's third science fiction novel, second in the Nanotech Cycle. $25.00
720. GORDON, DONALD Flight of the Bat. London: Hodder, 1963. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $35.00
721. GORDON, MILDRED The Little Man Who Wasn't There. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1946. First Edition. Owner's inscription, else near fine in VG Dust Jacket missing small chip at head of spine. Author's first mystery is set at an Arizona dude ranch. $40.00
722. GORES, JOE Dead Skip. NY: Random, 1972. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light soiling. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR and dated Oct. '85. The first DKA File mystery. $75.00
723. Dead Man. NY: Mysterious, 1993. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. $10.00
724. Dead Man. NY: Mysterious, 1993. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $15.00
725. Cases. NY: Mysterious, 1999. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $15.00
726. GORNICK, LISA A Private Sorcery. Chapel Hill: Algonguin, 2002. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The author's first mystery. $35.00
727. GOSLING, PAULA Fair Game. NY: Coward, 1978. First American Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. San Francisco setting. $60.00
728. GOUGH, LAURENCE Accidental Deaths. London: Gollancz, 1991. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. Willows and Parker. $15.00
729. GRADY, FRANK P. Sergeant Death. NY: Mussey, 1936. First Edition. Front endpaper out, spine color fading, good+ (no Dust Jacket). $9.00
730. GRAEME, BRUCE AS GRAEME, DAVID Monsieur Blackshirt. Phila: Lippincott, 1933. First American Edition. Light foxing, else VG+ in VG, colorful Dust Jacket missing small chip at head of spine. Historical mystery features an ancestor of the later Blackshirt (Richard Verrell). Set in seventeenth century. $125.00
731. GRAFTON, C. W. The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope. NY: Triangle, 1944. Early reprint, 1st thus. Light browning pages, small hole in top edges not affecting content, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). The first Gil Henry mystery. $15.00
732. 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
733. "D" Is for Deadbeat. NY: Holt, 1987. First Edition Second Prrinting. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. A Kinsey Millhone mystery. $75.00
734. "F" Is for Fugitive. NY: Holt, 1989. First Edition. Foxing to edges, slight spine slant, near fine in fine Dust Jacket. Kinsey Millhone. $35.00
735. "G" Is for Gumshoe. NY: Holt, 1990. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Kinsey Millhone. $15.00
736. "G" Is for Gumshoe. NY: Holt, 1990. First Edition. Just about fine in fine Dust Jacket. Kinsey Millhone. $15.00
737. "M" Is for Malice. NY: Holt, 1996. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Kinsey Millhone. $15.00
738. "N" Is for Noose. NY: Holt, 1998. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Kinsey Millhone. $15.00
739. GRANT-ADAMSON, LESLEY Death on Widow's Walk. NY: Scribners, 1985. First American Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. Published in England as PATTERN IN THE DUST. $20.00
740. GRAY, GALLAGHER A Cast of Killers. NY: Fine, 1992. UNCORRECTED PROOFS, VG+ in wraps. Hubbert & Lil: Partners in Crime. $15.00
741. GRAYSON, RICHARD Death En Voyage. London: Gollancz, 1986. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Inspector Gautier. $20.00
742. GRAYSON, RUPERT Death Rides the Forest. NY: Dutton, 1938. First American Edition. Light endpaper foxing, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate spine extremity wear. The first Gunston Cotton mystery; first published in England in 1921. $175.00
743. GREEN, ANNA KATHARINE The Sword of Damocles. NY: Putnam, 1881. First Edition. Spine slant, endpaper foxing, else good+- near VG. The author's uncommon third mystery. $125.00
744. Agatha Webb. NY: Putnam, 1899. First Edition. Tear in rear, free endpaper, else near VG. Variant with blue/green (teal) covers. $35.00
745. The Great Detective Story: The Leavenworth Case. London: Nicholson, ND (1900). Early Eng. reprint. Owner's stamps, inner hinges tender, else VG+ with gilt lettering on covers and spine. Author's first mystery and a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. $30.00
746. The Filigree Ball. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1903. 1st, second state. Owner's small plate, rear hinge cracked; pictorial cover VG. The second state without the red printers slag on the copyright page. Interestingly, the author's middle name is misspelled by the publisher on both the cover & title page. Illustrated. $20.00
747. The Filigree Ball. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1903. First Edition. Owner's signature, VG (no Dust Jacket). Illustrated. The true first state with the red printers slag on the copyright page. Interestingly, the author's middle name is misspelled by the publisher on both the cover & title page. $20.00
748. The Woman in the Alcove. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1906. First Edition. VG+ nice, clean, colorful, tight copy. Owners bookplate on pastedown endpaper. Caleb Sweetwater. $25.00
749. GREEN, GEORGE DAWES The Caveman's Valentine. NY: Warner, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first, Edgar winning mystery. $20.00
750. GREENE, GRAHAM The Return of A. J. Raffles. NY: Simon, 1975. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Play. $15.00
751. GREENLEAF, STEPHEN State's Evidence. NY: Dial, 1982. First Edition. Just about fine in fine Dust Jacket. The third John Marshall Tanner mystery. $20.00
752. Fatal Obsession. NY: Dial, 1983. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Hardboiled John Tanner solves the murder of his nephew. $20.00
753. GREENLEAVES, WINIFRED The Trout Inn Mystery. NY: MacVeigh, 1929. First American Edition. Considerable fraying to upper spine, else about good. $15.00
754. GREENWOOD, JOHN Mists Over Mosley. NY: Walker, 1986. First American Edition. Fine in lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. Insp.Mosley. $15.00
755. GREGG, CECIL FREEMAN Danger at Cliff House. NY: Dial, 1936. First American Edition. Spine slant, owner's inscription; else VG+ in good, chipped Dust Jacket. Insp.Higgins. $75.00
756. Airtight Alibi. London: Methuen, 1956. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. No U.S. edition. $40.00
757. GREY, ROBIN Puzzle in Pewter. NY: Duell, 1947. First Edition. VG+ in good+- near VG Dust Jacket missing small chips along edges. Author's second mystery, features tinker-detective Homer Lewis. Set in "Fincastle," VA. $35.00
758. GRISHAM, JOHN The Firm. NY: Doubleday, 1991. First Edition. Owner's plate; VG+- near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery. $75.00
759. GRUBB, DAVIS Shadow of My Brother. NY: Holt, 1966. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with very light extremity wear. Murder in a Southern town. $25.00
760. GRUBER, FRANK The Buffalo Box. NY: Farrar, 1942. First Edition. Bookstore stamps on each pastedown endpaper, spine slant, near else VG in a good Dust Jacket missing several small chips and with tape repairs on blind side and outside at extremities. Once again Simon Lash is involved with murder and a biblio-mystery. $45.00
761. GRUBER, MICHAEL Tropic of Night. NY: Morrow, 2003. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $30.00
762. HAGER, JEAN The Grandfather Medicine. NY: St. Martin's, 1989. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Introduces Mitchell Bushyhead. $100.00
763. 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
764. 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
765. HAGGARD, WILLIAM The Hard Sell. London: Cassell, 1965. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The seventh Col. Charles Russell mystery. $25.00
766. HALE, CHRISTOPHER Hangman's Tie. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1943. First Edition. VG+ in a VG Dust Jacket. A Bill French mystery. $35.00
767. Rumor Hath It. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1945. First Edition. Owner's inscription, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Bill French. $10.00
768. Rumor Hath It. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1945. First Edition. Near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with tiny spine chips. Bill French. $30.00
769. HALL, PARNELL Detective. NY: Fine, 1987. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first book, introduces Stanley Hastings. $100.00
770. Murder. NY: Fine, 1987. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, slight spine slant, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's second mystery. Stanley Hastings. $50.00
771. Client. NY: Fine, 1990. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Stanley Hastings. $20.00
772. HALLAHAN, WILLIAM H. The Search for Joseph Tully. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1974. First Edition. Fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with some very light spine extremity wear. The author's third mystery. $15.00
773. HALLEY, LAURENCE Simultaneous Equations. London: Michael Joseph, 1975. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's only mystery. $25.00
774. HALLIDAY, BRETT Fit to Kill. NY: Torquil, 1958. First Edition. Near Fine with minor crease to spine and light foxing in a VG+ Dust Jacket with some rubbing. Mike Shayne. $30.00
775. HAMBLEDON, PHYLLIS Invitation to Terror. London: Laurie, 1950. First Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket missing some small chips. Author's first mystery. No U. S. edition. $60.00
776. HAMBLY, BARBARA A Free Man of Color. NY: Bantam, 1997. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The first Benjamin January mystery, set in 1833 New Orleans. $20.00
777. HAMILTON, BOB \ AUTRY, GENE Gene Autry and the Redwood Pirates. Racine, WI: Whitman, 1946. First Edition. Browning pages, else VG+- near fine in good Dust Jacket with tears and moderate chips. Juvenile western. $15.00
778. HAMILTON, STEVE The Hunting Wind. NY: St. Martin's, 2001. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. An Alex McKnight adventure. $15.00
779. North of Nowhere. NY: St. Martin's, 2002. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. An Alex McKnight adventure. $15.00
780. HAMMETT, DASHIELL The Thin Man in SIX REDBOOK NOVELS. NY: Redbook Magazine, 1934. First Fdition as such. Corner wear, else VG+ without Dust Jacket as issued. Nice copy. Includes the magazine versions of THE THIN MAN, Christie: THE BOOMERANG CLUE; Bellah: WHITE PIRACY; Eberhart: THE FIGURE IN THE FOG;. Also Sir Phillip Gibbs, Charles L. Clifford. $100.00
781. $106,000 Blood Money. NY: Spivac, 1943. First Edition. Paperback original, dampstained pages, good in wraps. The Continental Op. $20.00
782. The Return of the Continental Op. NY: Jonathan Press #J17, 1945. First Edition. Paperback original; spine fading, else VG in wraps. Short stories. Ellery Queen introduction. $35.00
783. Hammett Homicides. NY: Bestseller Mystery #B81, 1946. First Edition. Paperback original, spine slant and wear, else near VG in wraps. One of the least common of the Hammet sthort stories originals. Ellery Queen introduction. $75.00
784. HANDLEY, ALFRED The Scorpion Trap. London: Hale, 1980. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: "For Bryan, With Best Wishes, Alf. Handley, November 1982." The author's second mystery. No U.S. edition. $35.00
785. HANSEN, JOSEPH Death Claims. NY: Harper, 1973. First Edition. Near fine in VG, lightly faded and soiled Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery returns Dave Brandstetter who investigates a murder connected to a bookstore. $25.00
786. HANSHEW, THOMAS W. Cleek, The Man of the Forty Faces. NY: Cassell, 1913. 1st thus. Moderate rear cover stain, owner's signature, else VG+ with colorful pictorial cover and gilt spine lettering. Episodic novel based on THE MAN OF FORTY FACES. $40.00
787. HANSON, RICK Spare Parts. NY: Kensington, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery, introduces Adam McCleet. $15.00
788. HANSON, VIRGINIA Casual Slaughters. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1939. First Edition. VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket lacking one third of rear panel. The author's second mystery returns Kay Cornish and Major Adam Drew. $50.00
789. HARDWICK, MOLLIE Uneaseful Death. NY: St.Martin's, 1988. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Antiques setting w/Doran Fairweather. $15.00
790. HARDY, LINDSAY Requiem for a Redhead. NY: Appleton, 1953. First Edition. Foxing to edges, VG+ in a VG Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery, introduces Major George Keen of M.I.5. $15.00
791. The Nightshade Ring. NY: Appleton, 1954. First Edition. Fine in lightly soiled Dust Jacket. The second mystery with Major George Keen of M.I.5; this time in Macao. $15.00
792. The Nightshade Ring. NY: Appleton, 1954. First Edition. Shelf wear, spine slant, else VG in VG+ Dust Jacket. The second mystery with Major George Keen of M.I.5; this time in Macao. $10.00
793. HARRINGTON, JOYCE No One Knows My Name. NY: St.Martin's, 1980. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery may have set the record for most endorsements with praise from M.H. Clark, D.S. Davis, Eberhart, Ellin, Fish, Hoch, Penzler, Pronzini, Waugh, 5 others. $20.00
794. HARRINGTON, KENT THe Tattooed Muse. Tucson: McMillan, 2001. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $25.00
795. HARRIS, EVELYN Night Scream. London: Hale, 1978. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The author's second mystery. No U.S. edition. $25.00
796. HARRIS, THOMAS Red Dragon. NY: Putnam, 1981. First Edition. Spine slant, else VG in Dust Jacket. Hanibal Lecter. $25.00
797. Hannibal. NY: Delacorte, 1999. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. A sequel to THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. $15.00
798. HARRISON, JAMIE The Edge of the Crazies. NY: Hyperion, 1995. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First mystery, introduces characters of Blue Deer, MT. High praise from Crumley, Jon A. Jackson, Peter Matthiessen, others on DJ. $45.00
799. HART, CAROLYN G. The Christie Caper. NY: Bantam, 1991. First Edition. Near fine in a fine Dust Jacket. An Annie Darling bibliomystery set at a Christie convention. $12.00
800. Yankee Doodle Dead. NY: Avon, 1998. First Edition. Near fine in fine Dust Jacket with the lightest of extremity wear. The Darlings solve a murder at a library benefit on the 4th of July. $15.00
801. Sugarplum Dead. NY: Morrow, 2000. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Annie and Max celebrate Christmas and murder. $15.00
802. HART, FRANCES NOYES The Bellamy Trial. NY: Doubleday, 1927. Later printing. Owner's plate, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. $9.00
803. The Bellamy Trial. NY: Doubleday, 1927. First Edition. Owner's signature else VG+ in good, chipped Dust Jacket with repairs on blind side. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $100.00
804. HART, JEANNE Lament for Two Ladies. London: Collins Crime Club, 1991. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. No U.S. edition. $15.00
805. HARTLEY, NORMAN Quicksilver. London: Collins, 1979. First Edition. Minor corner bumps, else fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The author's second thriller. $15.00
806. HASKELL, OWEN Lizzie! A Play in Two Acts. Providence: Lazarus Press, 1993. First Trade Edition. Owner Ken Souza's initials in pencil, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on title page to Ken Souza who edited The Lizzie Borden Quarterly. "Your kind review led me to improve the second act. Thanks for all you've done." Dated June 20, 1993. A great association copy! Two-act play with Dust Jacked designed by Ted Beargeon. $60.00
807. HASSLER, KENNETH W. The Glass Cage. NY: Arcadia, 1969. First Edition. Near fine in good+ Dust Jacket. Science fiction, post-biological warfare novel. $9.00
808. HASTINGS, D. G. Death at the Depot. NY: Harper, 1944. First Edition. Bookstore stamp on front endpaper, else VG+ in a VG Dust Jacket with some short, closed tears. Author's only mystery. Vermont setting. $45.00
809. HASTINGS, MACDONALD Cork in the Doghouse. NY: Knopf, 1958. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+-near fine Dust Jacket with tiny front panel chip. Mr. Cork...meet Honey, a pit bull terrior whose inheritance has made the relatives of the deceased quite angry. $25.00
810. HAUTALA, RICK The Mountain King. Baltimore: CD Publications, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket and slipcase. Limited to 500 copies; #40 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Horror. $45.00
811. HAWK, JOHN The Murder of a Mystery Writer. London: Skeffington, ND (1929). First Edition. Light foxing, Good+ to near Very Good (no Dust Jacket). A Mortimer Sark mystery. $25.00
812. The House of Sudden Sleep. NY: Mystery League, 1930. First American Edition. Minor fraying to edges, VG in Dust Jacket. $25.00
813. The House of Sudden Sleep. NY: Mystery League, 1930. First American Edition. A fine copy in a near fine Dust Jacket with very minor wear at head of spine. A much nicer copy than usual. Art deco jacket design by "Gene." $50.00
814. HAWTHORNE, JULIAN Sebastian Strome. NY: Appleton, 1880. First American Edition. A Good+ copy. Listed in Hubin as of marginal criminous interest. $35.00
815. A Tragic Mystery. NY: Cassell, 1887. First Edition. Owner's plate, spine wear, else good+. Collector Adrian Goldstone's copy with his bookplate on front endpaper. Inspector Byrnes. $75.00
816. The Golden Fleece. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1896. First Edition. Owner's, good+- near VG with gilt top edge. Romance novel listed in Hubin as of marginal criminous content. $40.00
817. HAYMON, S. T. Death of a Hero. NY: St. Martin's, 1996. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The author's last mystery. Inspector Jurnet. $15.00
818. HAYWOOD, GAR ANTHONY Fear of the Dark. NY: St. Martin's, 1988. First Edition. Light bumps to lower corners, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light wear to extremities. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR and dated 9/11/88. His first, introduces black P.I. Aaron Gunner. Prize winner. $55.00
819. HEAD, LEE The Crystal Clear Case. NY: Putnam, 1977. First Edition. Foxing to upper edge, VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. Lexey Jane Pelazoni in New Mexico. The author's second and final mystery. $15.00
820. HEAD, MATTHEW The Devil in the Bush. NY: Simon, 1945. First Edition. Usual browning pages, near-fine in about VG Dust Jacket missing medium-sized chip from rear panel. A Dr. Mary Finney mystery. $20.00
821. The Cabinda Affair. NY: Simon, 1949. First Edition. Spine slant, VG (no Dust Jacket). Mary Finney. $15.00
822. Murder at the Flea Club. NY: Simon, 1955. First Edition. Usual browning pages, previous owner's inscription; near-fine in VG Dust Jacket. Mary Finney. $20.00
823. HEALY, JEREMIAH Swan Dive. NY: Harper, 1988. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. John Francis Cuddy. $25.00
824. HEBERDEN, M. V. Murder Follows Desmond Shannon. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1942. First Edition. Owner's bookplate, good+ with partial Dust Jacket laid in. Desmond Shannon. $15.00
825. Murder of a Stuffed Shirt. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1944. First Edition. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Desmond Shannon. $15.00
826. HECHT, DANIEL Skull Session. NY: Viking, 1998. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $25.00
827. HEGWOOD, MARTIN Big Easy Backroad. NY: St. Martin's, 1999. Third Printing. REVIEW COPY, fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $12.00
828. Big Easy Backroad. NY: St. Martin's, 1999. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery introduces Jack Delmas. $20.00
829. HEIDISH, MARCY Deadline. NY: St. Martin's, 1991. UNCORRECTED PROOF, fine in wraps. Author's first mystery, nominated for Edgar award. $20.00
830. Deadline. NY: St. Martin's, 1991. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery, nominated for Edgar award. $30.00
831. HEILBRUN, ROBERT Offer of Proof. NY: Morrow, 2003. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $25.00
832. HELLER, FRANK The London Adventures of Mr. Collin. NY: Crowell, 1924. First Edition. Cover soiling, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Short stories. $35.00
833. HELVICK, JAMES Beat the Devil. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1951. First Edition. Cover stains, else VG in near VG Dust Jacket that has moderate staining to panels and spine. Author's first mystery and the basis for the Humphrey Bogart movie. The author's first mystery, listed in Hubin. Uncommon title. $150.00
834. HENDRYX, JAMES B. The Gun Brand. NY: Burt, (1917). Early reprint. Near fine in good, colorful Dust Jacket with two long tears. Color frontispiece. In Hubin. $20.00
835. Raw Gold. NY: Doubleday, 1933. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). A Black John mystery. $20.00
836. Outlaws of Halfaday Creek. NY: D'day, 1935. First Edition. Owner's penciled inscription, else near fine in a near VG Dust Jacket missing shallow chip at head of spine and a slightly larger chip at top of front panel. Corporal Downey & Black John Smith. $125.00
837. HENRY, O. The Gentle Grafter. NY: McClure, 1908. First Edition. Internal front hinge weak, owner's plate; else VG (no Dust Jacket). Haycraft Queen Cornerstone/Queen's Quorum title. $30.00
838. HENRY, O. \ KNIGHT, JESSE F. (ADAPTOR) The World of O. Henry. Indianapolis: Lion Enterprises, 1978. First Edition. Paperback original, fine in wraps. Five O. Henry short stories adapted for the stage as one-act plays. $10.00
839. HERVEY, MAURICE Dead Man's Court. NY: Stokes, 1895. First American Edition. VG. The author's first mystery. Illustrated. $25.00
840. HESS, JOAN O Little Town of Maggody. NY: Dutton, 1993. First Edition. Remainder mark on lower edge, fine in Dust Jacket. $15.00
841. Miracles in Maggody. NY: Dutton, 1995. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket with the lightest of extremity wear. Arly Hanks. $15.00
842. HIAASEN, CARL Basket Case. NY: Knopf, 2002. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $35.00
843. HIAASEN, CARL ET AL. Naked Came the Manatee. NY: Putnam, 1996. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. "A wickedly funny Florida suspense thriller" by Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, James W. Hall, Edna Buchanan, Les Standiford, others. $20.00
844. HIGGINS, JACK Touch the Devil. NY: Stein, 1982. 2nd printing. Fine in Dust Jacket. Liam Devlin. $9.00
845. SOLD
846. HIGHSMITH, PATRICIA. Ripley's Game. NY: Knopf, 1974. First American Edition. Corner bumps, else near fine in Dust Jacket. The third Ripley adventure. $75.00
847. HIGHTOWER, LYNN S. Satan's Lambs. NY: Walker, 1993. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first straight mystery (after two futuristic police procedurals); introduces Lena Padget. $25.00
848. HILL, HEADON The Duke Decides. London: Cassell, ND (1903). First Edition. VG, with decorated front cover & spine. Illustrated. $45.00
849. Millions of Mischief. Akron: Saalfield, 1905. Early reprint, originally 1904. Spine a bit browned, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Illustrated. $15.00
850. HILL, REGINALD A Clubbable Woman. London: Collins Crime Club, 1970. First Edition. XL, rebound by library, spine slant, lacks front free endpaper; else covers VG (no Dust Jacket). What makes this copy unique is that the library bound the Dust Jacket sans flaps into the cover making a pictorial cover with the same look as the first edition. The author's first mystery; introducing Dalziel and Pascoe. $35.00
851. Recalled to Life. NY: Delacorte, 1992. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Danziel & Pascoe. $30.00
852. Pictures of Perfection. NY: Delacorte, 1994. First American Edition. Chip in page not affecting content, else VG in VG+ Dust Jacket. Dalziel & Pascoe. $15.00
853. Death's Jest-Book. London: Harper Collins, 2002. First Edition. The slightest spine slant, else fine in fine Dust Jacket with price sticker on front panel. Dalziel and Pascoe. $20.00
854. HILL, RICHARD What Rough Beast? Woodstock: Foul Play, 1992. First Edition. Light top edge soiling, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery features a Cuban-American PI. $15.00
855. HILLERMAN, TONY People of Darkness. NY: Harper, 1980. First Edition. Owner's signature, else near fine in near-fine Dust Jacket. Jim Chee. $175.00
856. New Mexico, Rio Grande and Other Essays. Portland: Graphic Arts, 1992. 1st thus. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Photography by David Muench and Robert Reynolds. $20.00
857. HILLIARD, A. R. Justice Be Damned. NY: Farrar, 1941. First Edition. Lightly browning endpapers, near fine in VG Dust Jacket with minor wear at spine extremities. Author's first mystery, 1941 winner of the Mary Roberts Rinehart Mystery Novel Prize Contest. $65.00
858. HILTON, JOHN BUXTON Gamekeeper's Gallows. London: Macmillan, 1976. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with a couple of short, closed tears. The first Insp. Thomas Brunt mystery, set in 1877. $15.00
859. HOBART, DONALD BAYNE The Clue of the Leather Noose. Racine: Whitman, 1929. First Edition. Owner's inscription, foxing to pages and top edges, else VG+- near fine in the colorful Dust Jacket. In Hubin. $50.00
860. 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. $25.00
861. HOCH, EDWARD D. The Theft of the Persian Slipper. NY: Mysterious, 1978. First Edition. As new in wraps. A Nick Velvet short story originally issued as a supplement to THE THEFTS OF NICK VELVET and limited to 250 copies. $10.00
862. HOCKING, ANNE Poison Is a Bitter Brew. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1942. First American Edition. Slightest spine slant, stain to rear free endpaper, else near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. Chief Insp. Austen. $75.00
863. HODGKIN, M. R. Dead Indeed. NY: Macmillan, 1956. First Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Bibliomystery. $20.00
864. HODGSON, ANTHONY The Golden Ballast. NY: Mystery House, 1956. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first and only mystery. A direct plagiarism of Eric Ambler's TENDER TO DANGER (written with Charles Rodda as Eliot Reed). Uncommon title. $50.00
865. HOLDEN, RAYMOND The Penthouse Murders. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1931. Later Printing. Spine rubbed, owner's signature in pencil, else good+ (no Dust Jacket). New York City. $10.00
866. HOLDER, WILLIAM The Case of the Dead Divorcee. NY: Signet, 1958. First Edition. Paperback original, near fine in pictorial wraps (Signet # 1539). The author's only mystery is set at a Vermont ski resort. $15.00
867. HOLDING, ELISABETH SANXAY The Old Battle Ax. NY: Simon, 1943. First Edition. Spine slant, inner hinge tender, else VG+ in Dust Jacket with a few small chips. Set on Long Island. $60.00
868. The Virgin Huntress. NY: Simon, 1951. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Publisher's rating card laid in. $30.00
869. HOLLAND, RUPERT S. Neptune's Son. Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith, (1919). Later printing. Owner's inscription, else VG+ in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear and soiling. The author's first of several mysteries listed in Hubin, this title listed as having possible criminous content. Sea adventure. $25.00
870. HOLT-WHITE, W. The Crime Club. NY: Macaulay, 1910. First American Edition. Minor stains along edge of covers, else a VG, solid copy with terrific pictorial front cover (no Dust Jacket). Illustrated. $25.00
871. HOMES, GEOFFREY The Hill of the Terrified Monk. NY: Morrow, 1943. First Edition. VG+- near fine in VG Dust Jacket lacking moderate lower spine chip and small top spine chip. Jose Manuel Madero. $75.00
872. Then There Were Three. NY: Books, Inc, 1944. Early reprint. VG in near VG Dust Jacket with a few small chips. Hardboiled Robin Bishop. $15.00
873. HONE, JOSEPH The Sixth Directorate. London: Secker & Warburg, 1975. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The author's second thriller features Peter Marlow. $20.00
874. HOPKINS, ROBERT The Raid on the Villa Joyosa. NY: Putnam, 1973. First Edition. Near fine in VG+, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Author's only mystery under his real name. He wrote several mysteries under the pseudonym Robert Rostand. $15.00
875. HORLER, SYDNEY The Man Who Preferred Cocktails. London: Crowther, 1943. First Edition. Owner's inscriptions on title page; VG in good+- near VG Dust Jacket. Uncommon title. $35.00
876. HORNBLOW, ARTHUR The Argyle Case. NY: Harper, 1913. First Edition. VG+. Novelization of the play by Harvey O'Higgins & Harriet Ford. Illustrated. $40.00
877. HORNSBY, WENDY Nine Sons: Collected Mysteries. Norfolk: Crippen & Landru, 2001. First Edition. One of 225 numbered copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, new in Dust Jacket. Laid in is a separately printed pamphlet "Why Vanessa Jumped" by the author. Ten stories and one essay. Includes the Edgar winning title story and one story featuring LAPD officer Mike Flint. $45.00
878. HOSTOVSKY, EGON The Midnight Patient. NY: Appleton, 1954. First Edition. Fine in lightly soiled Dust Jacket. Second of four mysteries by this author who was a Czech diplomat. Highly praised by Graham Greene on DJ. $15.00
879. HOUSEHOLD, GEOFFREY Arabesque. Boston: Little, Brown, 1948. First American. Near fine in a near fine Dust Jacket with a couple of light creases. $30.00
880. The High Place. Boston: Little, 1950. First American Edition. VG+ in a VG+ Dust Jacket. Middle East. $30.00
881. Tales of Adventurers. London: Joseph, 1952. First Edition. Lightly browning endpapers, else fine in a VG Dust Jacket with light wear at spine extremities. Short stories, in Hubin. $45.00
882. HOUSEWRIGHT, DAVID Penance. Woodstock: Foul Play, 1995. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's Edgar winning first book. $30.00
883. HOYLE, FRED & GEOFFREY The Molecule Men. NY: Harper, 1971. First American Edition. VG+ in Dust Jacket. Two short science fiction novels: "The Molecule Men" & "The Monster of Loch Ness." $15.00
884. HOYT, RICHARD The Siskiyou Two-Step. NY: Morrow, 1983. First Edition. The lightest top edge foxing; just about fine in fine Dust Jacket. John Denson. $15.00
885. Fish Story. NY: Viking, 1985. First Edition. Just about fine in VG+- fine Dust Jacket. John Denson in Seattle. $9.00
886. HUBBARD, L. RON Final Blackout. LA: Bridge, 1989. First thus. Near fine in Dust Jacket. First published in 1948. $15.00
887. HUGHES, DOROTHY B. Ride the Pink Horse. NY: Duell, 1946. First Edition. Usual browning pages, VG+ in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket with some closed tears & tiny chips. Basis for the Robert Montgomery 1947 film noir. $75.00
888. HUME, FERGUS The Rainbow Feather. NY: Dillingham, 1898. First American Edition. VG+. $35.00
889. HUNTER, ALAN Gently with the Innocents. NY: Macmillan, 1974. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. $10.00
890. Gently with the Ladies. NY: Macmillan, 1974. First American Edition. Fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket. $25.00
891. Gently Through the Woods. NY: Macmillan, 1975. First American Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. $10.00
892. HUNTER, ROBIN Quarry's Contract. London: Macmillan, 1987. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery, features retired publisher Simon Quarry. $15.00
893. HUNTER, STEPHEN Dirty White Boys. NY: Random, 1994. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $25.00
894. HUNTSBERRY, WILLIAM Harbor of the Little Boats. NY: Rinehart, 1958. First Edition. Moderately browned pages, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with small top spine chip and moderate rubbing. The author's first of two mysteries has a Hawaii setting. $20.00
895. SOLD
896. HURST, S.B.H Coomer Ali. NY: Harper, 1922. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). Adventure in the Far East. $15.00
897. 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
898. HUXLEY, ELSPETH The African Poison Murders. NY: Harper, 1940. First American Edition. Owner's plate, corner wear else VG in VG Dust Jacket with moderate extremity chips and tears to folds. The third Supt. Vachell mystery. $75.00
899. HYNE, CUTCLIFFE The Marriage of Captain Kettle. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1912. First American Edition. Some foxing, else VG. In Hubin. $15.00
900. IAMS, JACK Girl Meets Body. NY: Morrow, 1947. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The author's second whacky mystery is set in New Jersey. "People who `hate mysteries' read Iams." $35.00
901. INGATE, MARY A Tomb of Flowers. London: Macmillan, 1979. First Edition. Near fine in a fine Dust Jacket. No U.S. edition. Set in English village in the twenties. $15.00
902. INNES, HAMMOND The Doomed Oasis. NY: Knopf, 1960. First Edition. Near fine in a VG+ price-clipped Dust Jacket. $15.00
903. INNES, MICHAEL Lament for a Maker. NY: Dodd, 1938. First American Edition. Light wear and fraying to spine extremities, else a VG copy in a good Dust Jacket missing some small chips and with some internal repairs. The author's third mystery features John Appleby. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $75.00
904. A Comedy of Terrors. NY: Dodd, 1940. 1st (precedes Eng.). Some faint cover stains, else VG+- near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. The author's fifth mystery, features John Appleby. $120.00
905. Silence Observed. London: Gollancz, 1961. First Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. John Appleby. $20.00
906. The Crabtree Affair. NY: Dodd, 1962. First American Edition. Ink marks on free endpaper, the slighes spine slant, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with light tape marks on flaps. Sir John Appleby. $15.00
907. Money From Holme. NY: Dodd, 1965. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Sebastian Holme. $15.00
908. Picture of Guilt. NY: Dodd, 1969. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Sir John Appleby. $20.00
909. The Appleby File. London: Gollancz, 1975. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Short stories. $25.00
910. The Appleby File. NY: Dodd, 1976. First American Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. Short stories. $15.00
911. The Appleby File. NY: Dodd, 1976. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Short stories. $20.00
912. Honeybath's Haven. London: Gollancz, 1977. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $20.00
913. Appleby and Honeybath. NY: Dodd, 1983. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, else near-fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
914. Appleby and Honeybath. London: Gollancz, 1983. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. $20.00
915. Carson's Conspiracy. London: Gollancz, 1984. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Sir John Appleby. $20.00
916. 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
917. The Naylors. London: Gollancz, 1985. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Novel. $20.00
918. IRVING, WASHINGTON Two Tales: Rip Van Winkle/The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. NY: Harcourt, 1984. First Edition thus. Just about fine in fine Dust Jacket. Illustrarted with woodcuts by Barry Moser. $15.00
919. IRWIN, THEODORE D. Collusion. NY: Goodwin, 1932. Second Printing. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). The author's only mystery is "The Story of a Divorce Detective" and is listed in Hubin. It was the basis for two films in quick succession: "Unknown Blonde" in 1934 and, from MGM, "Age of Indiscretion" in 1935. Then, as now, the studios can't pass up a class story. $15.00
920. IZZI, EUGENE The Take. NY: St. Martin's, 1987. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with very light extremity wear. Author's first mystery. $15.00
921. The Take. NY: St. Martin's, 1987. First Edition. Minor bump to lower corner, near fine in VG+, lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $20.00
922. JACKSON, FRED The Diamond Necklace. NY: Whitman, 1929. First Edition. Light cover fading, else good+- near VG in near good Dust Jacket with large front panel chip. Author's first mystery novel, after a mystery play in 1922. $35.00
923. JACKSON, JON A. The Diehard. NY: Random, 1977. First Edition. Remainder mark on top edge, edge foxing, else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery introduces Detective Sergeant Mulheisen in Detroit. $60.00
924. JACOBS, T. C. H. Death in the Mews. London: Stanley Paul, 1955. First Edition. XL stamp, owner's signature, else covers good. Uncommon mystery with Temple Fortune and Inspector Barnard's last appearance. No US edition. $25.00
925. JAMES, BILL Eton Crop. NY: Norton/Foul Play, 1999. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket with some minor rubbing. Harpur & Iles. $15.00
926. JAMES, P. D. Innocent Blood. London: Faber, 1980. First Edition. Usual minor page browning, else near fine in Dust Jacket with front flap crease. The author's seventh mystery. $45.00
927. The Skull Beneath the Skin. NY: Scribners, 1982. First American Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. The second Cordelia Gray mystery. $30.00
928. JANCE, J. A. Failure to Appear. NY: Morrow, 1993. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. J. P. Beaumont. $20.00
929. JEFFRIES, RODERIC Against Time! NY: Harper, 1964. First American Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. The author's third mystery. $10.00
930. JENNINGS, MAUREEN Except the Dying. NY: St. Martins', 1997. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $25.00
931. Except the Dying. NY: St. Martins', 1997. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery, set in 1895. $25.00
932. JEPSON, EDGAR Whitaker's Dukedom. Indianapolis: Bobbs, (1914). First American Edition. REVIEW COPY, VG+ in VG, colorful Dust Jacket (front panel faintly stamped "Review Copy Oct. 2 1914"). A man down-on-his-luck meets his double while hiking through the English countryside and both are struck by lightning. Only the former survives and it turns out that his double was a duke! Marginally in Hubin. Very uncommon, early dust jacket. $150.00
933. Alice Devine. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1916. First American Ed. XL, else covers VG+ with gilt lettering (no Dust Jacket). Published in England as GARTHOYLE GARDENS. $15.00
934. JESSE, F. TENNYSON Solange Stories. NY: Macmillan, 1931. First American Edition. Endpapers a bit browned, else about VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Short stories featuring Solange Fontaine, "gifted by nature with an extra spiritual sense that warned her of evil." Queen's Quorum title. $50.00
935. JOBSON, HAMILTON The Shadow That Caught Fire. NY: Scribners, 1976. First American Edition. FIne in Dust Jacket. Supt. Anders. $15\0.00
936. JOHNS, VERONICA PARKER Hush, Gabriel! NY: Duell, 1940. First Edition. Cover bumps, else VG+ in Dust Jacket with soiled rear panel and rubbed spot where a small piece of tape was removed. Author's first mystery. $200.00
937. JOHNSON, DOUGLAS Season's Beatings! Melvindale, MI: Dark Heart Press, 1990. First Edition. Paperback Original, fine in wraps. #74 of 100 copies. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and dated 1/30//91. Six page short story in magazine-sized volume. $20.00
938. JOHNSON, E. RICHARD The Judas. NY: Harper, 1971. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with a couple of tiny, closed tears. Convict-author's sixth novel. $20.00
939. JOHNSON, SHEILA Of Wilful Intent. London: Collins Crime Club, 1982. First Edition. Upper two corners bumped, else near-fine in Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery features an English village setting. No U.S. edition. $20.00
940. JOHNSTON, MADELEINE Comets Have Long Tails. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1938. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Author's first mystery introduces Noah Bradshaw. Uncommon title. $35.00
941. JOHNSTON, RONALD The Black Camels of Qashran. London: Collins, 1970. 1st English. Light foxing to upper edge, else fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Arabian adventure and mystery. $15.00
942. JOHNSTON, VELDA I Came to a Castle. NY: Dodd, 1969. First Edition. Spine slant, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with small rear panel stain. Spain. $15.00
943. JONES, CLEO Prophet Motive. NY: St. Martin's, 1984. First Edition. Near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. Author's first mystery. A fallen Morman police chief investigates the killer of a Morman Bishop in a small Utah town. $35.00
944. JONES, DOUGLAS C. Gone the Dreams and Dancing. NY: Holt, 1984. First Edition. Slight spine slant, VG+ in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Historical novel set in the post-Civil War western frontier. $15.00
945. JONES, GEORGE E. Trap. Hasbrouck Hts (NJ): Graphic, 1955. First Edition. Paperback original; some cover creases, VG in pictorial wraps (Graphic #106). The author's only mystery. L.A. hardboiled. $15.00
946. JONES, HAZEL WYNN Shot on Location. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1991. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Film setting with Emma Shaw. $9.00
947. JONES, HOWARD Beware the Hunter! NY: Duell, 1961. First American Edition. VG+ in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Bibliomystery. $20.00
948. JONES, RAYMOND F. Renaissance. NY: Gnome, 1951. First Edition. Minor wear and color fading to spine, VG (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction. $10.00
949. JORGENSON, NORA & GEORGE The Circle of Vengeance. NY: Appleton, 1930. First Edition. Review pasted to endpaper, owner's stamps on endpaper and edges, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Authors' only mystery is set in Illinois but starts in Sing Sing. $20.00
950. JOSCELYN, ARCHIE The Golden Bowl. NY: World Syndicate, 1931. First Edition. Slight spine slant; VG+-near fine in rather striking gold-on-black Dust Jacket. "Ingeniously planned murders - eight of them - and then REVENGE!" Set in Montana. $35.00
951. KAKONIS, TOM Double Down. NY: Dutton, 1991. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The second Tim Waverly mystery. $9.00
952. KALLEN, LUCILLE Introducing C. B. Greenfield. NY: Crown, 1979. First Edition. Top edge soiling; VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. The first C. B. Greenfield mystery. $35.00
953. C. B. Greenfield: The Tanglewood Murder. NY: Wyndham, 1980. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The second C. B. Greenfield mystery. $20.00
954. KALSTEIN, DAVE Prodigy. NY: St. Martin's, 2006. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery novel. $25.00
955. KAMINSKY, STUART M. Murder on the Yellow Brick Road. NY: St. Martin's, 1977. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page: "To Alec —, from Stuart M. Kaminsky." Toby Peters meets The Wizard of Oz. The second Toby Peters mystery. $100.00
956. You Bet Your Life. NY: St.Martin's, 1978. First Edition. Fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with internal clear tape along edges. The third Toby Peters mystery finds the detective working for the Marx Brothers. $50.00
957. Never Cross a Vampire. NY: St. Martin's, 1980. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: "Alec — from Stuart M. Kaminsky." Toby Peters meets Bela Lugosi in a locked room mystery. $75.00
958. Smart Moves. NY: St. Martin's, 1987. First Edition. UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOFS, some warping, else near fine in wraps. Einstein hires Toby Peters. $15.00
959. Think Fast, Mr. Peters. NY: St. Martin's, 1987. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Toby Peters meets Peter Lorre. $40.00
960. Death of a Dissident. NY: Armchair Detective Library, 1991. 1st Amer Hardcover Ed. One of 100 numbered copies, this copy unnumbered, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, as new in slipcase. The first Porfiry Rostnikov mystery, originally a 1981 paperback. $45.00
961. Lieberman's Folly. NY: St. Martin's, 1991. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front endpaper: "For Alec, Stuart M. Kaminsky." The first Abe Lieberman mystery. $35.00
962. Opening Shots. Eugene: Mystery Scene, 1991. First Edition. One of 300 Numbered Copies (#166) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, fine in fine Dust Jacket. Short stories some featuring Toby Peters, Phil Peters (Toby's brother), Sherlock Holmes. $60.00
963. KANE, FRANK Barely Seen. NY: Dell, 1964. First edition. Paperback original; fine in pictorial wraps. Johnny Liddell. $15.00
964. KEATING, H. R. F. Inspector Ghote Caught in Meshes. NY: Dutton, 1968. First American Edition. Light top edge soiling, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
965. Inspector Ghote Plays a Joker. NY: Dutton, 1969. First American Edition. Some color rubbing to spine and rear cover, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket rubbed on front panel. $15.00
966. KELLERMAN, FAYE The Ritual Bath. NY: Arbor, 1986. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Her first book, introduces Rina Lazarus. $55.00
967. Sanctuary. NY: Morrow, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus. $15.00
968. Prayers for the Dead. NY: Morrow, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Peter Decker & Rina Lararus. $15.00
969. Stalker. NY: Morrow, 2000. First Edition. Slight stain on rear fixed endpaper, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. A Peter Decker/ Rina Lazarus mystery. $15.00
970. KELLERMAN, JONATHAN The Butcher's Theater. NY: Bantam, 1988. ADVANCE COPY, fine in wraps with the original cellophane cover showing some wear but intact and the uncommon promotional letter opener enclosed. $125.00
971. Private Eyes. NY: Bantam, 1992. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Alex Delaware. $15.00
972. Private Eyes. NY: Bantam, 1992. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Alex Delaware. $20.00
973. Dr. Death. NY: Random, 2000. First Edition. Fine in a fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Alex Delaware. $15.00
974. Rage. NY: Ballantine, 2005. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Alex Delaware. $15.00
975. KELLY, MARY Due to a Death. London: Joseph, 1962. First Edition. Corner bumps, paint spots on rear cover else VG (no Dust Jacket). Published in US as THE DEAD OF SUMMER. $15.00
976. KELLY, SUSAN The Gemini Man. NY: Walker, 1985. First Edition. Light top edge foxing, else fine in Dust Jacket. The first Liz Connors mystery. $35.00
977. KEMELMAN, HARRY The Nine Mile Walk. NY: Putnam's, 1967. First Edition. Top edge foxing, the slightest spine slant, else VG+-fine in Dust Jacket. Queen's Quorum. $40.00
978. KENDRICK, BAYNARD Blind Man's Bluff. Boston: Little, 1943. First Edition. Spine slant, inner hinge tender, else near VG in a worn Dust Jacket lacking half spine. Duncan Maclain. $30.00
979. The Flames of Time. NY: Scribners, 1948. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). Historical novel set in the old South. $10.00
980. KENNEDY, MILWARD Half Mast Murder. NY: D'day CC, 1930. Later printing. VG (no Dust Jacket). $15.00
981. KENT, DAVID (ED.) The Inquest Testimony of Lizzie Borden. Portland, ME: King Philip Publishing, 1992. First Edition. Owner's initials in pencil, else near fine in oversized, spiral bound wraps. Uncommon. $50.00
982. KERR, PHILIP A Philosophical Investigation. London: Chatto & Windus, 1992. First Edition. Upper corners lightly bumped, else near fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. $20.00
983. The Grid. NY: Warner, 1996. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
984. Esau. NY: Holt, 1997. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
985. KESSNER, LAWRENCE The Spy Next Door. Westport, CT: Arlington House, 1981. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. A novel based on the true story of Peter Herrmann, whose father was a covert Soviet spy. $15.00
986. KIENZLE, WILLIAM X. Mind Over Murder. NY: Andrews and McMeel, 1981. First Edition. Slight spine slant, foxed top edge, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. The third Father Koesler mystery. $15.00
987. KILPATRICK, SARAH Wake all the Dead. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1970. First Edition. VG+- near fine in VG Dust Jacket with small lower spine chip. $15.00
988. KIM, SUKI The Interpreter. NY: Farrar, Straus, 2003. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The author's highly praised debut. $30.00
989. KIMBALL, MICHAEL Mouth to Mouth. NY: Avon, 2000. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
990. KING, BASIL The Break of Day. NY: Harper, 1930. First Edition. A good+ copy in a VG Dust Jacket with a couple of short, tape mends. The author's only mystery. $45.00
991. KING, C. DALY The Curious Mr. Tarrant. NY: Dover, 1977. First American Edition. Trade paperback original, rear cover crease, else VG in pictorial wraps. A Queen's Quorum title. $15.00
992. KING, JONATHON Blue Edge of Midnight. NY: Dutton, 2002. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The author's Edgar winning first mystery. Introduces Max Freeman. $40.00
993. KING, LAURIE R. To Play the Fool. NY: St. Martin's, 1995. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Kate Martinelli. $10.00
994. To Play the Fool. NY: St. Martin's, 1995. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust JacketSIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Kate Martinelli. $20.00
995. With Child. NY: St. Martin's, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The third Kate Martinelli mystery. $20.00
996. KING, RUFUS Murder by the Clock. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1929. First Edition. Near VG (no Dust Jacket). Lt. Valcour. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $20.00
997. A Variety of Weapons. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1943. First Edition. Corner bumps, else VG in good, spine-chipped Dust Jacket with front flap partially detatched. $35.00
998. KING, STEPHEN Fire-Starter. NY: Viking, 1980. First Edition. Owner's signature, else near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with light title fading on spine. In Hubin. $60.00
999. The Dark Tower: Vol. III, The Waste Lands. Hampton Falls (NH): Donald M. Grant, 1991. First Trade Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Ned Dameron. Short stories with Roland of Gilead. $150.00
1000. Gerald's Game. NY: Viking, 1992. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
1001. The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, The Drawing of the Three, The Waste Lands. West Kingston: Donald M. Grant, 1982, 1987, 1991. First Trade Editions. Three volumes, THE GUNSLINGER, THE DRAWING OF THE THREE and THE WASTE LANDS; fine unread copies in fine Dust Jackets and fine slipcase. $1200.00
1002. Black House. NY: random, 2001. First trade Edition. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. Appears new and unread. Finally, an unsigned copy!!! $35.00
1003. The Dark Tower: Vol. VI, Song of Susannah. Hampton Falls (NH): Donald M. Grant, 2004. First Trade Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $40.00
1004. The Dark Tower: Vol. VII, The Dark Tower. Hampton Falls (NH): Donald M. Grant, 2004. First Trade Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Michael Whelan. The final volume of Roland Deschain's quest for The Dark Tower. $40.00
1005. KING, STEPHEN & STRAUB, PETER The Talisman. NY: Viking, 1984. 1st trade edition. Owner's stamp on front endpaper, near fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
1006. KING, STEPHEN \ HORSTING, JESSE Stephen King at the Movies. NY: Starlog Signet, 1986. First Edition. Paperback Original, near fine in oversized wraps. Includes essay by Harlan Ellison. $25.00
1007. KING, STEPHEN \ LEONARD, STEPHANIE (EDITOR) Castle Rock: The Stephen King Newsletter (11 issues). Bangor, Maine: Castle Rock, Inc, 1989. All issues VG or better. A run of 11 issues from Jan, 1989-Dec 1989. Complete as there is one double issue. $125.00
1008. KING, STEPHEN \ THE COLLECTOR "The Collector: A New Introduction." Boston: Privately Printed, 1989. 1st as such. Fine in wraps. 12 page pamphlet laid into book club edition of THE COLLECTOR by John Fowles. $35.00
1009. KIPLING, RUDYARD The Seven Seas. London: Methuen, 1896. First Trade Edition. Owner's inscription, else good with gilt top edges and gilt lettering on spine. Some pages unopened in the publisher's advertisement section which is dated October, 1896. Poetry. Published after an edition limited to 150 copies. $30.00
1010. KIRKPATRICK, SIDNEY D. A Cast of Killers. NY: Dutton, 1986. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. All about the 1922 murder of film director William Desmond Taylor and director King Vidor's later attempt to solve it. Illustrated. $20.00
1011. KISNER, JAMES Nero's Vice. NY: Dutton, 1981. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first is a bibliomystery about a book of ancient Roman pornography that Sleaze Magazine wants to publish. $25.00
1012. KITTREDGE, MARY Dead and Gone. NY: Walker, 1989. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery and the second to feature freelance writer Charlotte Kent. $28.00
1013. SOLD
1014. KLEIN, ELINOR & LANDEY, DORA Dazzle. NY: Putnam, 1980. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket with the slightest extremity wear. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. Author's first novel. Hollywood setting. $10.00
1015. KLINE, OTIS ADELBERT The Port of Peril. Providence: Grandon, 1949. First Edition. Light endpaper foxing, else near fine in Dust Jacket with light panel soiling. Science fiction. The third volume of the Venus series. $50.00
1016. KNIGHT, KATHLEEN MOORE Intrigue for Empire. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1944. Later printing. VG+ in near good, chipped and rubbed Dust Jacket that has tape repairs on blind side. Mexico setting. $15.00
1017. KNOTT, FREDERICK Dial "M" for Murder. NY: Random, 1953. First Edition. Fine in a VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with minor wear at head of spine. The play, with front cover and double page (frontispiece and title page) scenes. Filmed the following year by Alfred Hitchcock. $100.00
1018. KNOX, BILL Draw Batons! NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1973. First American Edition. Remainder mark on lower edge, near fine in VG Dust Jacket. Thane & Moss. $15.00
1019. KNOX, RONALD The Viaduct Murder. NY: Simon, 1926. First American Edition. Owner's signature, VG (no Dust Jacket). Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $75.00
1020. KOONTZ, DEAN R. Twilight Eyes. NY: Berkley, 1987. First Complete Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original, spine crease, else VG+ in wraps. BOOKPLATE INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR laid in. "To Joseph - Hope the Goblins don't get you." and dated 3/5/94. $25.00
1021. The Mask. NY: Berkley, 1988. Second thus. Mass Market Paperback, VG+ in wraps. BOOKPLATE INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR laid in. "To Joseph - Boo!" and dated 3/5/94. Originally published as by Owen West. $15.00
1022. Ticktock. NY: Ballantine, 1997. First American Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original, fine in wraps. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR laid in and dated 6/10/96. $20.00
1023. KOONTZ, DEAN R. AS AXTON, DAVID Prison of Ice. Phila: Lippincott, 1976. First Edition. Light corner rubbing; VG+- in VG+ Dust Jacket with some rubbing and wear at extremities and folds. Uncommon title. $275.00
1024. KOONTZ, DEAN R. AS DWYER, K. R. Dragonfly. NY: Random, 1975. First Edition. Foxing to edges, else VG in VG Dust Jacket with two front panel tears, moderate extremity wear and rubbing where price label was removed. Author's third mystery under this pseudonym. $65.00
1025. KOSTOVA, ELIZABETH The Historian. NY: Little, Brown, 2005. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The author's highly praised debut. A bibliomystery involving the legendary Vlad the Impaler. $85.00
1026. KOTZWINKLE, WILLIAM Fata Morgana. NY: Knopf, 1977. First Edition. Spine slant, else VG+- near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. Dust Jacket and text illustrations by Joe Servello. Author's first mystery is set in Paris, 1861. $15.00
1027. KURNITZ, HARRY Invasion of Privacy. NY: Random, 1955. First Edition. Near fine in VG-VG+ Dust Jacket. Bibliomystery concerning a Hollywood script writer in New York. $15.00
1028. KYLE, DUNCAN Black Camelot. London: Collins, 1978. First Edition. Near-fine in Dust Jacket. "Black Camelot existed: a secret Nazi stronghold where Himmler played King Arthur & Heydrich...and other top SS men were Knights at his Round Table..." In Hubin. $20.00
1029. KYNE, PETER B. Never the Twain Shall Meet. NY: Cosmopolitan, 1923. First Edition. Owner's inscription, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. A Polynesian princess falls in love with a businessman from San Francisco. $30.00
1030. LAIKEN, DEIDRE S. Killing Time in Buffalo. Boston: Little, 1990. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery. $25.00
1031. LAING, JANET The Villa Jane. NY: Century, 1929. First American Edition. Front endpaper out, else VG+ in VG, lightly soiled Dust Jacket. The author's last mystery is set in Scotland. $45.00
1032. LAIT, JACK & MORTIMER, LEE U. S. A. Confidential. NY: Crown, 1952. First Edition. Authors edition, one of an unspecified number of copies SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS; fine in VG Dust Jacket. Racketeering. $15.00
1033. LANDON, HERMAN Hands Unseen. NY: Watt, 1924. First Edition. Owner's inscription, else VG+- near fine in near good Dust Jacket lacking large extremity spine chips. Gray Phantom. $40.00
1034. Gray Magic. NY: Watt, 1925. First Edition. Foxing to endpapers and edges, about VG (no Dust Jacket). A Gray Phantom mystery. $15.00
1035. LANGTON, JANE The Memorial Hall Murder. NY: Harper, 1978. 1st ed, 1st state. Spine slant, else VG in VG Dust Jacket. The first state with three garbled lines on page 11. Set at Harvard. Author's third mystery. Homer and Mary Kelly. $25.00
1036. The Memorial Hall Murder. NY: Harper, 1978. 1st ed, 1st state. REVIEW COPY, VG+- near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. The first state with three garbled lines on page 11. Set at Harvard. Author's third mystery. Homer and Mary Kelly. $45.00
1037. LANHAM, EDWIN Death of a Corinthian. NY: Harcourt, 1953. First Edition. Fine in lightly soiled Dust Jacket. The first Lt. Vern Gray mystery. Yacht setting. $15.00
1038. LARDNER, RING JR. The Ecstasy of Owen Muir. NY: Cameron, 1954. First Edition. Browned pages, else VG in VG Dust Jacket with sunned spine and lower spine tear. Author's first book; non-mystery. $15.00
1039. LARDNER, RING W. Treat `em Rough: Letters from Jack the Kaiser Killer. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1918. First Edition. Endpapers foxed, else VG+ with pictorial cover (no Dust Jacket). Humor. $15.00
1040. LARIAR, LAWRENCE AS KNIGHT, ADAM I'll Kill You Next! NY: Appleton, 1954. First Edition. Fine in lightly soiled Dust Jacket. Hardboiled skip-tracer Steve Conacher. $15.00
1041. LATHEN, EMMA Murder Against the Grain. NY: Macmillan, 1967. First Edition. Slight spine slant, shelf wear, a few ink marks, else VG in VG+ Dust Jacket with top spine wear. The sixth John Putnam Thatcher mystery. $40.00
1042. Murder Against the Grain. NY: Macmillan, 1967. First Edition. Spine slant, owner's signature, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket with extremity rubbing. The sixth John Putnam Thatcher mystery. $50.00
1043. Going for the Gold. NY: Simon, 1981. First Edition. Light foxing to upper edge, near fine in Dust Jacket. Thatcher. $15.00
1044. LAUFERTY, LILIAN The Crimson Thread. NY: Simon, 1942. First Edition. VG in Dust Jacket missing very large chip to front panel. Author's first mystery, set on Long Island. $25.00
1045. LAUNAY, ANDRE The Harlequin's Son. NY: St. Martin's, 1987. First American Edition. Lower corners bumped, VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. Horror. $10.00
1046. LAW, JANICE The Big Payoff. Boston: Houghton, 1976. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The first Anna Peters mystery. $28.00
1047. Gemini Trip. Boston: Houghton, 1976. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The second Anna Peters mystery. $28.00
1048. A Safe Place to Die. NY: St.Martin's, 1993. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Anna Peters. $15.00
1049. LAWRENCE, MARGARET Hearts and Bones. NY: Avon, 1996. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery, set in the eighteenth century and introduces Hannah Trevor. Nominated for Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity awards. $35.00
1050. Hearts and Bones. NY: Avon, 1996. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery, set in the eighteenth century and introducing Hannah Trevor. Nominated for Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity awards. $35.00
1051. The Burning Bride. NY: Avon, 1998. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The third Hannah Trevor mystery. $15.00
1052. LAWRENCE, MARTHA C. Murder in Scorpio. NY: St. Martin's, 1995. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first book, introduces P. I. Elizabeth Chase. $30.00
1053. LE CARRE, JOHN The Spy Who Came In from the Cold. NY: Coward, 1964. First American Edition. Owner's plate, top corner wear, moderate rear cover stains else near VG (no Dust Jacket). George Smiley. $30.00
1054. The Secret Pilgrim. London: Hodder, 1991. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. George Smiley in a series of untitled short stories, presented as a novel. $15.00
1055. LE GUIN, URSULA K. The Beginning Place. NY: Harper, 1980. First Edition. Spine slant, else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket with moderate wear and rubbing to extremity and folds. AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE laid in. Science fiction. $25.00
1056. LEAHEY, MICHAEL I. Broken Machines. NY: St. Martin's / Thomas Dunne, 2000. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $15.00
1057. LEARY, FRANCIS This Dark Monarchy. NY: Dutton, 1949. First Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. Author's only mystery. $25.00
1058. LEBLANC, MAURICE The Blonde Lady. NY: Doubleday, 1910. First American Edition. Lettering faded and flaked from spine and cover, else a good+- near VG, solid copy. Also pub. as THE ARREST OF ARSENE LUPIN and ARSENE LUPIN VS. HERLOCK SHOLMES. $35.00
1059. The Confessions of Arsene Lupin. NY: Doubleday, 1913. First American Edition. Cover stains with some dampstaining to a few pages, else good (no Dust Jacket). Short stories. $15.00
1060. The Confessions of Arsene Lupin. NY: Caldwell, (1913). Early reprint. Frontispiece loose, else good (no Dust Jacket). Short stories. $15.00
1061. The Golden Triangle. NY: Macaulay, 1917. First American Edition. Some light top edge soiling else a very sharp, near fine (no Dust Jacket). Red covers with gilt design. Arsene Lupin. $45.00
1062. LEE, BERNIE Murder at Musket Beach. NY: Fine, 1990. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery introduces Tony & Pat Pratt. $10.00
1063. LEE, JENNETTE Simeon Tetlow's Shadow. NY: Century, 1909. First Edition. Spine lettering flaked at top and bottom spine, else VG with pictorial cover (no Dust Jacket). INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR and dated February 24, 1909. The author's first mystery; listed in Hubin. $35.00
1064. LEE, REBECCA The City is a Rising Tide. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2006. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $20.00
1065. LEHANE, DENNIS Gone, Baby, Gone. NY: Morrow, 1998. First Edition. Near fine in a near fine fine Dust Jacket. Patrick Kenzie. $30.00
1066. LEHMANN-HAUPT, CHRISTOPHER A Crooked Man. NY: Simon, 1995. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery, a politcal thriller. $10.00
1067. LEHRER, JIM Kick the Can. NY: Putnam, 1988. First Edition. Remainder mark, else near fine in VG Dust Jacket with small internal rear panel hole. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR laid in. The first One-eyed Mack mystery. $15.00
1068. LEIBER, FRITZ Gather, Darkness! NY: Pellegrini, 1950. First Edition. VG+ (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction. $20.00
1069. The Sinful Ones. NY: Universal Giant #5, 1953. First Edition. Paperback original, VG in pictorial wraps. Together with David Williams BULLS, BLOOD AND PASSION. Science Fiction. $10.00
1070. LEITFRED, ROBERT H. The Man Who Was Murdered Twice. NY: Green Circle, 1937. First Edition. Near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. Author's second mystery features private eye Simon Crole. $75.00
1071. LEMARCHAND, ELIZABETH The Affacombe Affair. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968. First Edition. Spine slant, corner bumps, else VG in VG+ Dust Jacket. The second Insp. Pollard mystery. $35.00
1072. The Wheel Turns. NY: Walker, 1984. First American Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket with some color-fading. $15.00
1073. Death of an Old Girl. NY: Walker, 1985. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Tom Pollard mystery originally published in England in 1967. $20.00
1074. LEONARD, ELMORE Mr. Majestyk. NY: Dell, 1974. First Edition. Paperback original; small owner's signature on endpaper, else a fine, bright copy in wraps. $20.00
1075. Gunsights. NY: Bantam, 1979. First Edition. Paperback original; very minor stain to edge, else a near fine copy in pictorial wraps. Western. $15.00
1076. City Primeval. NY: Arbor, 1980. First Edition. Light soiling to upper edge, else near fine in Dust Jacket. $35.00
1077. Split Images. NY: Arbor, 1981. UNCORRECTED PROOFS, spine slant, else VG in wraps. An uncommon proof. $25.00
1078. Killshot. NY: Arbor, 1989. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. $15.00
1079. LEQUEUX, WILLIAM The Secret Telephone. NY: McCann, 1920. First American Edition. VG+- near fine in (possibly) slightly trimmed, near VG Dust Jacket with top spine chip. Short stories with Arthur Heather. $50.00
1080. The Power of the Borgias: The Story of the Great Film. London: Odhams Press, 1921. First Edition. Shadow on cover, somewhat shaken, browning pages, else near VG in Dust Jacket with extremity wear and tear. Appears to have been issued without front endpaper. In Hubin. Based on a film which was never released. $70.00
1081. The Sting. NY: Macaulay, 1928. First American Edition. Rubbed top cover edge, else VG+ in price-clipped Dust Jacket. $40.00
1082. LEROUX, GASTON The Perfume of the Lady in Black. NY: Brentanos, 1909. First American Edition. Cover stains, bottom spine lettering flaked, a near VG copy. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone. $20.00
1083. Nomads of the Night. NY: Macaulay, 1925. First American Edition. A fine copy in a near fine, striking later printing Dust Jacket (with ads from 1928 titles). "The Latest Adventures of Cheri-Bibi." $50.00
1084. LEVI, PETER Grave Witness. London: Quartet Qrime, 1985. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with very light wear. Author's second mystery introduces archeologist Ben Jonson. Uncommon title. $20.00
1085. LEVINE, PAUL 9 Scorpions. NY: Pocket, 1998. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
1086. LEWIN, MICHAEL Z. The Way We Die Now. NY: Putnam, 1973. First Edition. Corner edge rubbing, else VG+- near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. The second Albert Samson mystery. $25.00
1087. The Silent Salesman. NY: Knopf, 1978. First Edition. Light foxing, VG in Dust Jacket. Indianapolis P. I. Albert Samson. $15.00
1088. LEWIS, ROY HARLEY A Cracking of Spines. NY: St.Martin's, 1981. First American Edition. Owner's signature, else VG+-near fine in Dust Jacket. His first, a Bibliomystery introducing Matthew Coll. $20.00
1089. LINCOLN, JOSEPH C. Out of the Fog. NY: Appleton, 1940. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. Mystery set on Cape Cod. Listed in Hubin. $50.00
1090. LINDALL, EDWARD Springs of Violence. NY: Morrow, 1963. First American Edition. Cover warping, spine slant, else near VG in VG Dust Jacket. Set in Australian outback. $15.00
1091. LINDOP, AUDREY ERSKINE Journey into Stone. London: Macmillan, 1973. First English Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
1092. LINDSEY, DAVID L. Body of Truth. NY: Doubleday, 1992. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Stuart Haydon. $12.00
1093. Requiem for a Glass Heart. NY: Doubleday, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. $15.00
1094. LININGTON, ELIZABETH AS SHANNON, DELL The Ace of Spades. NY: Morrow, 1961. First Edition. Two rubbed spots on front free endpaper, else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. The second Luis Mendoza mystery. $50.00
1095. LINKLATER, J. LANE The Bishop's Cap. NY: Mill, 1948. First Edition. Wear to spine top, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). A Silas Booth mystery. $10.00
1096. LIVINGSTON, ARMSTRONG The Monk of Hambleton. NY: Henkle, 1928. First Edition. Light foxing and fading, VG (no Dust Jacket). An uncommon Peter Creighton mystery set in New England. $10.00
1097. LIVINGSTON, WALTER The Mystery of Burnleigh Manor. NY: Mystery League, 1930. First American Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). $10.00
1098. LOCKE, G. E. The Scarlet Macaw. Boston: Page, 1923. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). Early female mystery writer's fourth detective novel (the second to feature Insp.Burton) is a locked room mystery. Striking color pictorial front cover. $35.00
1099. LOCKE, W. J. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol. NY: Lane, 1912. First American Edition. Lettering flaked on cover and spine, else VG. Mystery short stories. $20.00
1100. LOCKRIDGE, FRANCES & RICHARD Murder in a Hurry. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1950. First Edition. Light ring stain on front cover, corner wear, else VG in VG Dust Jacket with evidence of ring stains on front panel. The Norths. $35.00
1101. The Innocent House. Phila: Lippincott, 1959. First Edition. Usual browning pages, slight spine slant, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear and rubbing and lightly faded spine. Quite uncommon Lockridge first edition. $100.00
1102. The Drill Is Death. Phila: Lippincott, 1961. First Edition. Spine slant, ink marks on free endpaper, else VG in VG Dust Jacket with price intact but corner torn off flap. Nathan Shapiro. $15.00
1103. LOCKRIDGE, RICHARD Murder Can't Wait. Phila: Lippincott, 1964. First Edition. Store stamp, slight spine slant, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Capt. Heimrich & Lt. Shapiro investigate sports gambling and murder. $20.00
1104. With Option to Die. Phila: Lippincott, 1967. First Edition. Spine slant, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Heimrich becomes an inspector. $35.00
1105. Or Was He Pushed? Phila: Lippincott, 1975. First Edition. Foxed edges, else VG+ in VG+, soiled Dust Jacket. Nathan Shapiro. $15.00
1106. Or Was He Pushed? Phila: Lippincott, 1975. First Edition. VG+- near fine in fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Nathan Shapiro. $20.00
1107. The Tenth Life. Phila: Lippincott, 1977. First Edition. Spine slant, soiled top edges, owner's signature, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Inspector Heimrich. $15.00
1108. The Old Die Young. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1980. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Nate Shapiro. $15.00
1109. LOCKRIDGE, RICHARD & FRANCES AS RICHARDS, FRANCIS Show Red For Danger. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1960. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket with top spine chip. Captain Heimrich. $20.00
1110. LOCKRIDGE, RICHARD & FRANCES Burnt Offering. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1955. First Edition. Fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with light spine color-fading. Captain Heimrich. $20.00
1111. LOGUE, MARY Glare Ice. NY: Walker, 2001. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOFS, fine in pictorial wraps. Claire Watkins in Wisconsin. $10.00
1112. (LOST RACE NOVEL) \ COLBECK, ALFRED When the Earth Swung Over. London: Boys Own Paper, (1926). First Edition. Light browning to endpapers, else near fine in original glassine inner jacket and VG+ original pictorial Dust Jacket. The descendents of lost Atlantis found in South America. Five plates, one in color. In Bleiler. $75.00
1113. LOVESEY, PETER Rough Cider. London: Bodley Head, 1986. First Edition. Near fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $35.00
1114. LUSTBADER, ERIC Floating City. NY: Pocket, 1994. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: "For —, Best Wishes, Eric Lustbader." Nicholas Linnear. $20.00
1115. LUSTGARTEN, EDGAR One More Unfortunate. NY: Scribners, 1947. First American Edition. Ex-Library, covers near-fine (no Dust Jacket). Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $9.00
1116. LUTHER, MARK LEE & FORD, LILLIAN C. The Saranoff Murder. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1930. First Edition. Several light ring stains on covers, else near VG in Dust Jacket with spine extremity chips. The authors' second and final mystery. Hollywood murder. The second Arthur Raneleigh mystery. $75.00
1117. LUTZ, JOHN Ride the Lightning. NY: St. Martin's, 1987. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. Nudger. $15.00
1118. LYONS, ARTHUR The Second Coming: Satanism in America. NY: Dodd, 1970. First Edition. Fine in a Dust Jacket slightly rubbed on rear panel. Author's first book. $15.00
1119. The Killing Floor. NY: Mason, 1976. First Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with top spine chip and front flap crease. The third Jacob Asch mystery. $35.00
1120. Dead Ringer. NY: Mason, 1977. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. Jacob Asch. $25.00
1121. Castles Burning. NY: Holt, 1979. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. The fifth Jacob Asch mystery. $15.00
1122. MACDONALD, JOHN D. Border Town Girl. NY: Popular Library, 1956. First Edition. Paperback Original, light cover creases, else good+ in wraps (Popular #750). Two novelettes; uncommon. $20.00
1123. 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
1124. Dress Her in Indigo. Greenwich: Fawcett, 1969. First Edition. Paperback original, spine slant and tear, else near VG in wraps. Travis McGee. $15.00
1125. A Tan and Sandy Silence. London: Hale, 1973. 1st English & 1st hardcover ed. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with moderate spine and front panel color fading. Travis McGee. $200.00
1126. The Dreadful Lemon Sky. Phila: Lippincott, 1974. First Amer hardcover edition. Some small insect holes in front hinge, else Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Travis McGee. $40.00
1127. MACDONALD, JOHN D. \ GAT, DIMITRI V. Nevsky's Demon. NY: Avon, 1983. First Edition. Paperback original, fine in wraps. A book withdrawn by Gat after plagiarism was charged. If you recognize the plot, you've probably read THE DREADFUL LEMON SKY by John D. MacDonald. $15.00
1128. MACDONALD, PHILIP 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
1129. MACDONALD, PHILIP & CORRELL, A. BOYD The Dark Wheel. NY: Morrow, 1948. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $45.00
1130. MACDONALD, ROSS The Instant Enemy. NY: Knopf, 1968. First Edition. Fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. Lew Archer. $75.00
1131. MACLEAN, ALISTAIR Caravan to Vaccares. London: Collins, 1971. Reprint. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. $10.00
1132. The Way to Dusty Death. NY: Doubleday, 1973. First American Edition. Near fine in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket. $9.00
1133. MACLEOD, CHARLOTTE The Family Vault. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1979. First Edition. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket with remainder marks on lower edge. Author's second mystery, Sarah Kelling. $50.00
1134. The Withdrawing Room. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1980. Later Printing. Fine with remainder marks in fine Dust Jacket. Sarah Kelling. $15.00
1135. The Gladstone Bag. NY: Mysterious, 1990. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Sarah Kelling. $15.00
1136. The Odd Job. NY: Mysterious, 1995. ADVANCE READING COPY, fine in colorful wraps. Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn. $15.00
1137. MAGUIRE, GREGORY Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. NY: Regan, 1999. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $60.00
1138. MAINWARING, MARION Murder in Pastiche. NY: Macmillan, 1954. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light rear panel soiling. Nine detectives: parodies of Wolfe, Poirot, Wimsey, Queen, Hammer, Alleyn, Silver, Mason and Appleby try to solve a murder aboard a transatlantic ocean liner. $45.00
1139. MALCOLM-SMITH, GEORGE The Lady Finger. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1962. First Edition. Spine slant, light cover stain, else VG in VG+ Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Boston. $15.00
1140. MALLEY, LOUIS Horns for the Devil. NY: Appleton, 1951. First Edition. Erasure to front free endpaper, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with half inch, top spine chip. Mafia setting in New York's Little Italy. $15.00
1141. MANN, JESSICA A Kind of Healthy Grave. London: Macmillan, 1986. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Tamara Hoyland. $15.00
1142. MANVELL, ROGER The Dreamers. NY: Simon, 1957. First American Edition. Fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. Reviewers compared this book to Le Fanu, Blackwood & Machen. Author's first mystery, in Hubin. $25.00
1143. MARFIELD, DWIGHT The Ghost on the Balcony. NY: Dutton, 1939. First Edition. Owner's inscription, else near fine in VG Dust Jacket with lower spine chips. Mystery set in Los Angeles with Major Kerry Krim. $60.00
1144. MARGOLIN, PHILLIP M. Gone, But Not Forgotten. NY: Doubleday, 1993. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title page and dated 10/19/93. Set in Portland, Oregon. $20.00
1145. MARON, MARGARET Corpus Christmas. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1989. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with a very light rear panel stain. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Sigrid Harald solves murder at a Christmas party. $50.00
1146. MARQUAND, JOHN P. Thank You, Mr. Moto. Boston: Little, 1936. Second printing. A fine, bright copy (no Dust Jacket). $25.00
1147. MARSH, NGAIO Overture to Death. NY: Furman, 1939. First American Edition. Ink scribble on front fixed endpaper, corner of free endpaper clipped, glue residue on free endpaper, else covers near VG (no Dust Jacket). Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. Catalogue of Crime agrees, calling it Marsh's "best work." Inspector Alleyn. $35.00
1148. Vintage Murder. NY: Sheridan, 1940. Second Printing. Spine cloth crease, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Roderick Alleyn solves the murder of the head of a British theatrical company whose head is smashed in by a gallon champagne bottle. $25.00
1149. Spinsters in Jeopardy. Boston: Little, 1953. First Edition. Spine slant, else VG in good+ Dust Jacket. Roderick Alleyn. $20.00
1150. Hand in Glove. London: Collins Crime Club, 1962. First Edition. Moderate rear cover stains, top edge foxing, else near VG in good+ Dust Jacket with rear panel stains. Murder during a treasure hunt with Roderick Alleyn. $25.00
1151. Black Beech and Honeydew. Boston: Little, 1965. First American Edition. Spine faded, else VG+ in near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Autobiography. $15.00
1152. Black Beech and Honeydew. Boston: Little, 1965. First American Edition. Some rubbed spots on pastedown endpapers, else near fine in VG+, lightly soiled Dust Jacket. Autobiography. $20.00
1153. When in Rome. Boston: Little, 1971. First American Edition. Corner wear, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Roderick Alleyn. $10.00
1154. When in Rome. Boston: Little, 1971. First American Edition. VG+ in Dust Jacket. Roderick Alleyn. $20.00
1155. MARSH, NORMAN Dan Dunn Secret Operative 48 and the Dope Ring. Racine: Whitman, 1940. First Edition. A fine copy. "Based on the Famous Newspaper Strip." $60.00
1156. MARSHALL, WILLIAM Yellowthread Street. NY: Holt, 1975. First American Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket with light wear to rear panel. First in series. $20.00
1157. Head First. London: Secker, 1986. First Edition. Fine in lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. Yellowthread Street. $20.00
1158. MARSTON, ALWYN F. Time Out for Murder. NY: Vantage, 1986. First Edition. Light edge foxing, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear and color rubbing. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR and dated 5/25/86. Author's first mystery is set at a football game. The Detective is Mr. E. $40.00
1159. MARTIN, DANNIE M. The Dishwasher. NY: Norton, 1995. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $15.00
1160. MASON, SARA ELIZABETH The Crimson Feather. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1945. First Edition. Owner's name crossed off front endpaper, else VG+- near fine in VG+, price-clipped Dust Jacket. The second mystery to feature Alabama Sheriff Bill Davies. $55.00
1161. MASON, VAN WYCK The Deadly Orbit Mission. NY: Doubleday, 1968. First Edition. Some light foxing to upper edge and minor edge wear to lower extremities, else VG+ in Dust Jacket. Colonel Hugh North. $35.00
1162. MASSIE, CHRIS Farewell, Pretty Ladies. NY: Random, 1942. First American Edition. Foxing to covers and endpapers, else VG in Dust Jacket. The author's first mystery unequivocally in Hubin. Early serial murderer theme. $35.00
1163. MATHER, BERKELY The Achilles Affair. NY: Scribners, 1959. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. The author's first mystery. $25.00
1164. MAXWELL, A. E. Just Another Day in Paradise. NY: Doubleday, 1985. First Edition. Fine in near-fine Dust Jacket. First book in Fiddler series. $25.00
1165. The Art of Survival. NY: Doubleday, 1989. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Fiddler. $9.00
1166. MAY, JULIAN Jack the Bodiless. NY: Knopf, 1992. First Trade Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Book One of the THE GALACTIC MILIEU TRILOGY. $25.00
1167. MAYOR, ARCHER The Dark Root. NY: Mysterious Press, 1995. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Joe Gunther. $15.00
1168. Bellows Falls. NY: Mysterious Press, 1997. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Joe Gunther. $15.00
1169. Bellows Falls. NY: Mysterious Press, 1997. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Joe Gunther. $15.00
1170. Bellows Falls. NY: Mysterious Press, 1997. First Edition. The slightest spine slant, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and dated 12/6/97. Joe Gunther. $20.00
1171. The Sniper's Wife. NY: Mysterious Press, 2002. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. With Jim Gunther's sidekick Willy Kunkle. $15.00
1172. MCALEER, JOHN Coign of Vantage. Woodstock: Foul Play, 1988. UNCORRECTED PROOF, VG in wraps. `The Boston Athenaeum Murders." Author's only mystery. $9.00
1173. MCALLISTER, LEE Squaw Dance. Reno: TJE, 1991. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: "For Kathleen, Happy Reading and - .... .- -. -. - ... Lee McAllister 29 Feb 92." Author's first mystery. $35.00
1174. MCBAIN, ED The 87th Squad. NY: Simon, 1960. 1st thus. Inner hinge started, browning pages, else VG+ in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First hardback appearance of THE CON MAN and KILLER'S CHOICE. $65.00
1175. The Heckler. NY: Simon, 1960. First Edition. Moderate page browning, else VG+ in Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. 87th Precinct. $200.00
1176. The Heckler. NY: Simon, 1960. First Edition. A fine copy in a VG+ Dust Jacket with light wear and fraying at head of spine. An 87th Precinct mystery. $225.00
1177. Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here. NY: Doubleday, 1971. First Edition. VG+- near fine in VG Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 87th Precinct. $75.00
1178. The McBain Brief. NY: Arbor, 1982. First Edition. Top edges foxed, else VG+- fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Short stories. $35.00
1179. Jack and the Beanstalk. NY: Holt, 1984. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Matthew Hope. $35.00
1180. Another Part of the City. NY: Mysterious, 1986. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. $20.00
1181. Tricks. NY: Arbor, 1987. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. 87th Precinct. $15.00
1182. Kiss. NY: Morrow, 1992. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. 87th Precinct. $15.00
1183. The Big Bad City. NY: Simon, 1999. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 87th Precinct. $40.00
1184. The Frumious Bandersnatch. NY: Simon, 2004. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The 87th Precinct. $40.00
1185. MCBAIN, ED AS HUNTER, EVAN The Jungle Kids. NY: Pocket, 1956. First Edition. Paperback original; VG+ in wraps. Queen's Quorum title. $45.00
1186. MCCAFFREY, ANNE The Mark of Merlin. NY: Dell, 1971. First Edition. Paperback Original, small ink cross on cover, else VG+ in wraps (Dell #5466). Science fiction author's first mystery. $35.00
1187. Freedom's Landing. NY: Putnam, 1995. UNCORRECTED PROOF, soiled front cover, else VG+ in wraps. $15.00
1188. MCCLARY, THOMAS CALVERT Three Thousand Years. Reading: Fantasy, 1954. First Edition. VG+ (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction. $10.00
1189. MCCLENDON, LISE The Bluejay Shaman. NY: Walker, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first book, introduces Alix Thorssen. $20.00
1190. MCCOY, HORACE No Pockets in a Shroud. NY: Signet, 1948. First American Edition. Paperback original; lightly browning pages, VG in pictorial wraps (Signet # 690). First published in England in 1937. $30.00
1191. MCCRUMB, SHARYN The Windsor Knot. NY: Ballantine, 1990. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Elizabeth MacPherson. $15.00
1192. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter. NY: Scribners, 1992. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The second Spencer Arrowwood mystery. $15.00
1193. Zombies of the Gene Pool. NY: Simon, 1992. First Edition. Fine in the colorful Dust Jacket. Jay Omega. $20.00
1194. MCCUTCHEON, GEORGE BARR Anderson Crow Detective. NY: Dodd, 1920. First Edition. Front hinge split, light cover stain, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Short stories. $20.00
1195. MCDERMID, VAL Kickback. NY: St. Martin's, 1993. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The second Kate Brannigan (kickboxing P.I.) mystery. $20.00
1196. MCDONALD, GREGORY Love Among the Mashed Potatoes. NY: Dutton, 1978. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Uncommon non-mystery, humorous novel. $35.00
1197. Fletch, Too. NY: Warner, 1986. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
1198. MCGARRITY, MICHAEL The Big Gamble. NY: Dutton, 2002. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Kevin Kerney. $15.00
1199. Everyone Dies. NY: Dutton, 2003. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Kevin Kerney. $15.00
1200. MCGAUGHEY, NEIL Otherwise Known as Murder. NY: Scribners, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first book, introduces mystery critic Stokes Moran. Bibliomystery. $25.00
1201. MCGERR, PAT Death in a Million Living Rooms. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1951. First Edition. Light browning pages and foxing, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). TV show background. $15.00
1202. MCHUGH, FRANCES Y. The Dropped Living Room. NY: Lennox Hill, 1971. First Edition. Slight cover warping, else near-fine in Dust Jacket. In Hubin. $10.00
1203. MCINERNY, RALPH The Search Committee. NY: Atheneum, 1991. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR laid in. Academic setting. $15.00
1204. MCINERNY, RALPH AS QUILL, MONICA Nun of the Above. NY: Vanguard, 1985. First Edition. Spine slant, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. The fourth Sister Mary Teresa mystery. $15.00
1205. MCINTYRE, JOHN T. In the Dead of Night. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1908. First American Edition. Cover stains, hinges started, owner's plate, else near VG with pictorial cover. The author's first total mystery novel after a mystery play and two novels with marginal mystery content. Uncommon. $20.00
1206. Ashton-Kirk Criminologist. Phila: Penn, 1918. First Edition. Spine light color-fading, lettering lightly flaked, slight spine slant, else VG. Illustrated. $25.00
1207. MCINTYRE, JOHN T. AS O'NEIL, KERRY Ninth Floor: Middle City Tower. NY: Farrar, 1943. First Edition. Small edge stain, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. An uncommon Jerry Mooney mystery. $45.00
1208. Ninth Floor: Middle City Tower. NY: Farrar, 1943. First Edition. Foxing to endpapers & edges, else VG-VG+ in VG Dust Jacket missing some small internal chips. A very uncommon Jerry Mooney mystery. $35.00
1209. MCKENZIE, A. R. Death Gets a Head. NY: Phoenix, 1942. First Edition. Single bookstore stamp on front endpaper, else VG in good Dust Jacket missing lower 1-1/2 inches of spine. Author's only mystery. Uncommon title. $45.00
1210. Death Gets a Head. NY: Phoenix, 1942. First Edition. Owner's inscription, else VG+- near fine in a VG Dust Jacket with a couple of short, closed tears and small chips. Author's only mystery. Uncommon title. $80.00
1211. MCKINZIE, CLINTON The Edge of Justice. NY: Delacorte, 2002. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $18.00
1212. The Edge of Justice. NY: Delacorte, 2002. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $18.00
1213. MCMURTRY, LARRY Terms of Endearment. NY: Simon, 1975. First Edition. Remainder mark, lightly browned pages, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. Publisher's advertising post card laid in. Non-mystery novel and the basis for the famous movie. $55.00
1214. MCNEILE, H. C. The Man in Ratcatcher. NY: Doran, 1921. First American Edition. Small cover stains; VG (no Dust Jacket). Short stories. A rather uncommon American first edition. $20.00
1215. Bulldog Drummond at Bay. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1935. First American Edition (Members' Edition). Inner hinge tender, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). $20.00
1216. MCQUILLAN, KARIN Deadly Safari. NY: St. Martin's, 1990. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Her first mystery, introduces expatriot American Jazz Jasper. $60.00
1217. MEAGHER, MAUDE White Jade. Boston: Houghton, 1930. First Edition. Fine in a VG Dust Jacket with light wear to extremities. Bleiler title set in China. $75.00
1218. MELVILLE-ROSS, ANTONY Two Faces of Nemesis. London: Collins, 1979. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The second Trelawney mystery. $20.00
1219. MEREDITH, DAVID WILLIAM The Christmas Card Murders. NY: Knopf, 1951. First Edition. Tear in top corners, else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. Author's only mystery is set in New Jersey. $60.00
1220. MERRITT, ROBERT To the Death. Latham (NY): British American, 1988. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $10.00
1221. MERWIN, SAM JR. Murder in Miniatures. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1940. First Edition. Two small bookstore stamps on endpapers, else a fine, bright copy in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery involves toy soldiers. $75.00
1222. MEYER, LYNN Paperback Thriller. NY: Randon, 1975. 2nd printing. Foxing to upper edge, VG+ in Dust Jacket. Author's only mystery, a bibliomystery. $9.00
1223. MEYERS, ALFRED Murder Ends the Song. NY: Reynal, 1941. First Edition. Badly rubbed front spine joint, else near VG in good+ Dust Jacket with moderate spine and rear panel chips. Author's only mystery. "Who stuck the steel knitting needle through the neck of the frayed canary?" Opera setting. Uncommon title. $60.00
1224. MEYERS, ANNETTE & MARTIN AS MEYERS, MAAN The Dutchman's Dilemma. NY: Doubleday, 1995. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket with minor crease to front flap. Fourth in the authors' series of historical mysteries, set in 1675 in New Amsterdam. $15.00
1225. MEYERS, ANNETTE Tender Death. NY: Bantam, 1990. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The second Wall Street mystery featuring Xenia Smith & Leslie Wetzon. $9.00
1226. Murder: The Musical. NY: Doubleday, 1993. First Edition. The slightest page warping, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. A Smith & Wetzon mystery. $15.00
1227. MEYNELL, LAURENCE Virgin Luck. London: Collins Crime Club, 1963. First Edition. Fine in a VG-VG+, price-clipped Dust Jacket. $20.00
1228. MILLAR, MARGARET The Devil Loves Me. NY: Grosset, (1942). Early reprint. Front endpaper out, VG-VG+ in a good, chipped Dust Jacket. Her third mystery, features Dr. Paul Prye. $35.00
1229. The Cannibal Heart. NY: Random, 1949. First Edition. Owner's plate, VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. $60.00
1230. Do Evil in Return. NY: Random, 1950. First Edition. Creases to a few pages, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). $15.00
1231. Wives and Lovers. NY: Random, 1954. First Edition. VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket with top spine wear. Non-mystery novel set in a California coast town. $20.00
1232. The Fiend. NY: Random, 1964. First Edition. VG in VG Dust Jacket with short internal mend. $9.00
1233. MILLER, MARCIA Watcher in the Shadows. NY: Avalon, 1977. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket in original Plasti-Kleer protector. Romantic suspense listed in Hubin. Seems to be quite uncommon. $20.00
1234. MILLER, WADE Murder Charge. NY: Signet, 1961. Paperback reprint. Paperback reprint, VG in wraps. Hardboiled Max Thursday. $9.00
1235. Murder Charge. NY: Harper, 1993. Paperback reprint. Trade paperback, fine in pictorial wraps. Hardboiled Max Thursday. $9.00
1236. Uneasy Street. NY: Harper, 1993. Paperback reprint. Trade paperback, fine in pictorial wraps. Hardboiled Max Thursday. $9.00
1237. MILN, LOUISE JORDAN The Vintage of Yon Yee. NY: Stokes, 1931. First Edition. Fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with small top front panel chip. Non-mystery novel. $25.00
1238. Deng Wee's Harvest. NY: Stokes, 1933. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with tiny front panel chip. Non-mystery novel. $25.00
1239. MITCHELL, GLADYS Adders on the Heath. NY: London House, 1963. First American Edition. Soiled top edges, else VG+ in VG+, Gorey designed Dust Jacket with light rear panel soiling. Dame Bradley. $85.00
1240. MITCHELL, KAY In Stony Places. NY: St.Martin's, 1992. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The second Insp. Morrissey mystery. $15.00
1241. MITCHELL, S. WEIR The Adventures of Francois. NY: Century, 1898. First Edition. Stain on rear cover, spine fading, owner's inscription, else good+- near VG (no Dust Jacket). Author's first mystery. $20.00
1242. MOFFETT, CLEVELAND True Detective Stories from the Archives of the Pinkertons. NY: Doubleday, 1897. First Edition. Spine faded & browned, fraying to head of spine, else VG. Author's uncommon first mystery. $50.00
1243. Through the Wall. NY: Appleton, 1909. First Edition. Spine slant, some flaking of lettering on spine, else VG with pictorial cover. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $50.00
1244. The Conquest of America. NY: George H. Doran Company, 1916. First Edition. VG+ with bright guilt lettering and colorful pictorial on front of eagle and shield in circle of stars, tight, clean copy. $50.00
1245. MOLE, WILLIAM Trample an Empire. London: Eyre, 1952. First Edition. Light soiling, VG in good+, price-clipped Dust Jacket missing a couple of small chips. Author's first book, marginally in Hubin. Dennis Wheatley said: "A most unusual and very exciting story; with one line (on page 97) which might even become immortal..." No U. S. edition. $40.00
1246. MOODY, SKYE KATHLEEN Rain Dance. NY: St. Martin's, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery, introduces Fish & Wildlife Agent Venus Diamond. $20.00
1247. MOORE, BRIAN An Answer from Limbo. Boston: Little,Brown, 1962. First American Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with very light spine extremity wear. Non-mystery novel. $25.00
1248. MORLAND, NIGEL AS FORREST, NORMAN Death Took a Greek God. NY: Hillman-Curl Clue Club, 1938. First American Edition. Spine slant, else near fine in fair-good Dust Jacket with three inch lower spine chip. The author's second and final mystery under this pseudonym. The second John Finnegan mystery concerns murder on a movie set. $45.00
1249. MORRIS, EDWARD The Five Fowlers. London: Bles, 1953. First Edition. Some page end and endpaper foxing, else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. The author's second mystery; set on an Island off the Scottish coast. $25.00
1250. MORRISON, ARTHUR Chronicles of Martin Hewitt. NY: Appletons, 1896. First American Edition. Bound in 3/4 leather, owner's inscription, top thin spine leather chip, else VG. Short stories. $75.00
1251. The Green Diamond. Boston: Page, 1904. First American Edition. Inner hinge repaired but weak, owner's inscription, else VG. Short stories. Colorful decorated front cover & illustrated. $40.00
1252. Martin Hewitt, Investigator. NY: Harper, 1916. Early reprint. Inner hinge started, owner's signature in pencil, else good+ (no Dust Jacket). The first volume of Martin Hewitt stories and according to Barzun and Taylor "the nearest approximation to the Sherlock Holmes adventures." Haycraft Queen Cornerstone/Queen's Quorum title. $20.00
1253. MORROW, JAMES City of Truth. NY: St. Martin's, 1992. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Science fiction. $35.00
1254. MORSE, F. V. Black Eagles Are Flying. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1943. First Edition. VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. Her only mystery; set in northwestern Ohio. An English family, recently moved to Ohio, finds murder in its midst. $60.00
1255. MORTIMER, JOHN Rumpole Rests His Case. NY: Viking, 2002. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Seven Rumpole short stories. $15.00
1256. MOSLEY, WALTER Devil in a Blue Dress. NY: Norton, 1990. 1st, first state. Fine in Dust Jacket. First mystery, introduces Easy Rawlins. $65.00
1257. Devil in a Blue Dress. NY: Norton, 1990. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. First book, introduces Easy Rawlins. $75.00
1258. MOYES, PATRICIA Down Among the Dead Men. NY: Rinehart, 1961. First American Edition. Usual yellowing pages, else VG+- near fine in VG Dust Jacket with top spine chips. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Returns Henry Tibbett, Author's second mystery. $45.00
1259. Who Is Simon Warwick? London: Collins Crime Club, 1978. First Edition. Near-fine in Dust Jacket. Henry Tibbett. $20.00
1260. Black Girl, White Girl. NY: Holt, 1989. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with very light extremity wear. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Henry Tibbetts. $20.00
1261. MUIR, AUGUSTUS The Ace of Danger. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1927. First American Edition. Near fine in good+ Dust Jacket with rear panel chip. The author's second adventure-mystery is set in Scotland. $45.00
1262. MUIR, P. P. & TOLLEMACHE, E. D. H. Green Wounds. London: Boardman, 1947. First Edition. VG in good Dust Jacket with 1/2 by 2+ inch spine chip. The authors' only complete mystery after a marginal one listed in Hubin. Psycho-analyst sleuth. No US edition. $40.00
1263. MULLER, MARCIA Edwin of the Iron Shoes. NY: McKay, 1977. First Edition. Usual lightly browning pages, else near fine in Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. The author's first mystery, introduces Sharon McCone. $125.00
1264. Trophies and Dead Things. NY: Mysterious, 1990. ADVANCE COPY, fine in pictorial wraps. One of 500 copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Sharon McCone. $15.00
1265. The McCone Files. Norfolk: Crippen & Landru, 1995. First Edition. One of 217 numbered copies (#18) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, fine in Dust Jacket. Includes tipped-in page of proofs corrected & initialed by the author. "The Complete Sharon McCone Stories." $175.00
1266. MURPHY, DALLAS Lush Life. NY: Pocket, 1992. First Edition. Fine in lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. The second Artie Deemer mystery. $10.00
1267. MURRAY, WILLIAM The Killing Touch. NY: Dutton, 1978. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $45.00
1268. Tip on a Dead Crab. NY: Viking, 1984. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. The first Shifty Anderson mystery. $20.00
1269. The Hard Knocker's Luck. NY: Viking, 1985. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The second Shifty Anderson mystery. $15.00
1270. SOLD
1271. (MYSTERY PARTY BOOKS) \ WREN, LASSITER & MCKAY, RANDLE The Third Baffle Book. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1930. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). $15.00
1272. (MYSTERY PUZZLE BOOKS) \ WREN, LASSITER & MCKAY, RANDLE The Mystery Puzzle Book. NY: Crowell, 1933. First Edition. Foxed endpapers, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). $25.00
1273. NASH, ANNE Said with Flowers. NY: Doubleday, 1943. First Edition. Tape marks on endpapers, spine slant, owner's signature else near VG in the uncommon near VG Dust Jacket which has been trimmed 3/16th of an inch. Author's first mystery introduces Nell and Dodo. $65.00
1274. Cabbages and Crime. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1945. First Edition. VG+ in a colorful, near VG Dust Jacket missing some small chips. The third Nell Winter and Dodo Trent mystery involves two ferocious huskies. $35.00
1275. NASH, JAY ROBERT Look for the Woman. NY: Evans, 1981. First Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Subtitled "A Narrative Encyclopdia of Female Poisoners, Kidnappers, Thieves, Extortionists, Terrorists, Swindlers and Spies from Elizabethan Times to the Present." 408 pages. $15.00
1276. NEELY, RICHARD The Walter Syndrone. NY: McCall, 1970. First Edition. Soiled top edges, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. The author's first hardback mystery concerns a "Jack the Ripper" type serial killer in 1938. $15.00
1277. No Certain Life. NY: Jove, 1978. First Edition. Mass Market Paberback Original; spine slightly rubbed else VG+ in wraps. Author's first mystery. Terror in Hollywood. $15.00
1278. NEIDERMAN, ANDREW The Need. NY: Putnam, 1992. First Edition. Some page browning, else near fine in Dust Jacket. Science fiction with some criminous interest but not in Hubin. $15.00
1279. NICHOLSON, MEREDITH The House of a Thousand Candles. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1905. First Edition. Light rear cover stain, else near fine with pictorial cover. An attractive copy. Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Listed in Hubin. Basis for both silent and sound films. $20.00
1280. The House of a Thousand Candles. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1905. First Edition. Owner's inscription, else VG with pictorial cover. Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Listed in Hubin. Basis for both silent and sound films. $15.00
1281. 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. $15.00
1282. NORWOOD, HAYDEN Death Down East. NY: Phoenix, 1941. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with small front panel chip. The author's only mystery after one of marginal criminous interest. Maine setting. Features a detective named Macbeth Archer. $100.00
1283. 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
1284. Dead Famous. NY: Putnam, 2003. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A Kathy Mallory mystery. $20.00
1285. O'CONNELL, JACK The Skin Palace. NY: Mysterious, 1996. First Edition. Near fine in fine Dust Jacket. Once again, set in the New England city of Quinsigamond. $15.00
1286. O'DONNELL, LILLIAN Wicked Designs. NY: Putnam, 1980. First Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket. Mici Anhalt. $15.00
1287. The Children's Zoo. NY: Putnam, 1981. First Edition. Fine in a Dust Jacket. Nora Mulcahaney. $15.00
1288. Pushover. NY: Putnam, 1992. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket, remainder mark on lower edge. Norah Mulcahaney. $10.00
1289. Lockout. NY: Putnam, 1994. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Norah Mulcahaney. $15.00
1290. O'GRADY, LESLIE The Grateful Undead. Prides Crossing, MA: Larcom Press, 2002. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with a few rear panel scratches. Connecticut setting. $20.00
1291. O'HANLON, JAMES Murder at Coney Island. NY: Phoenix Press, 1939. First Edition. Foxing to endpapers, else VG in a good+ Dust Jacket with a two-inch lower spine chip. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: "To Miss Grier with best wishes. Go get `em, Eleanor! Jimmie O'Hanlon Nov 29, 1939." The author's third mystery and the third to feature Jason Cordry. Very uncommon in dust jacket. $175.00
1292. O'HEHIR, DIANA Murder Never Forgets. NY: Berkley, 2005. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $15.00
1293. OLSEN, D. B. Cats Don't Smile. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1945. First Edition. Foxing to endpapers, else a VG copy in good+, spine-chipped Dust Jacket. The Murdocks. $35.00
1294. Death Walks on Cat Feet. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1956. First Edition. VG+ in good Dust Jacket missing large front panel chip. Rachel Murdock. $20.00
1295. OLSEN, D. B. AS HITCHENS, DOLORES Postscript to Nightmare. NY: Putnam, 1967. First Edition. Fine in near-fine Dust Jacket. $20.00
1296. Sleep with Slander. NY: Simon/Blue Murder, 1989. Reprint. Trade paperback, near fine in pictorial wraps. Private eye Sader in what Bill Pronzini has called in 1001 MIDNIGHTS "the best private eye novel written by a woman." $10.00
1297. OLSON, JAMES R. Ulzana. Boston: Houghton, 1973. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Limited to 330 copies (#300) with plate SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR tipped in. Native American novel and the author's debut. $20.00
1298. OPPENHEIM, E. PHILLIPS The Wrath to Come. Boston: Little, 1924. First American Edition. Owner's penciled signature, foxing to edges, VG in colorful Dust Jacket missing a several small chips. Spies carry on in Monte Carlo in 1950. In Hubin and Bleiler. Uncommon in DJ. $45.00
1299. Mr. Billingham, the Marquis, and Madelon. Boston: Little, 1929. First American Edition. Near fine (No Dust Jacket). $10.00
1300. The Great Impersonation. NY: Triangle, 1940. Early reprint, fourth thus. Lightly browning pages, owner's signature, else VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket with very long front fold tear. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $15.00
1301. ORBISON, KECK Thursday Island. NY: Washburn, 1932. First Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with minor wear and color fading to spine. "To kill a man's body is nothing. But to destroy his soul—." South Seas setting. Author is pseudonym for Maud Keck & Olive Orbison. $75.00
1302. ORCZY, BARONESS The Elusive Pimpernel. NY: Dodd, 1908. First American Edition. Spine slant, light endpaper foxing, else VG (no Dust Jacket). An attractive copy. Not a very common first edition. $100.00
1303. The Man in Grey. London: Cassell, 1918. First Edition. Spine slant, gilt letters somewhat flaked on spine but readable, else good (no Dust Jacket). Short stories set in France around 1810. $75.00
1304. The Old Man in the Corner. NY: Dover, 1980. Trade Paperback reprint. Fine in pictorial wraps. Queen's Quorum / Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $15.00
1305. OURSLER, WILL Murder Memo to the Commissioner: The Carl Houston Case. NY: Simon, 1950. First Edition. Trade paperback original, VG in pictorial wraps. "Dossier" format. $15.00
1306. PACKARD, FRANK L. Jimmie Dale and the Missing Hour. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1935. First Edition. Spine slant, else VG+- near fine in near good Dust Jacket with spine chips and internal hole. Member's edition. $60.00
1307. PAGE, EMMA A Violent End. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1990. First American Edition. Fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. A Detective Chief-Inspector Kelsey mystery. $15.00
1308. PALMER, JOHN The Man in the Purple Gown. NY: Dodd, 1939. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else VG+- near fine in VG Dust Jacket with tape repairs on blind side. $75.00
1309. PALMER, STUART The Puzzle of the Red Stallion. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1936. First Edition. Extremity spine wear, else a good+ copy (no Dust Jacket). Miss Withers. $20.00
1310. The Green Ace. NY: Morrow, 1950. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). Miss Withers. $35.00
1311. PARETSKY, SARA Deadlock. NY: Dial, 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
1312. PARKER, MAUDE Invisible Red. NY: Rinehart, 1953. First Edition. Spine wear, else VG with pictorial covers (no Dust Jacket). Author's fourth mystery. $15.00
1313. PARKER, ROBERT B. Valediction. Boston: Delacorte, 1984. First Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket with front panel tears and creases and price label on front flap. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Spenser. $25.00
1314. Introduction to Raymond Chandler's Unknown Thriller:The Screenplay of Playback. NY: Mysterious Press, 1985. First Edition. Paper original, fine in wraps. One of approximately 35 copies published for copyright purposes only. Ten pages in which Parker explains the differences & difficulties between this work and Chandler's later novel. $40.00
1315. Taming a Sea-Horse. NY: Delacorte, 1986. First Edition. Very light top edge soiling, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Spenser. $20.00
1316. Playmates. NY: Putnam, 1989. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Spenser. $15.00
1317. Playmates. NY: Putnam, 1989. First Edition. Slight ink mark on top edge, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Spenser. $20.00
1318. Chance. NY: Putnam, 1996. First Edition. Spine slant, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. Spenser. $15.00
1319. Sudden Mischief. NY: Putnam, 1998. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Spenser. $15.00
1320. PARKER, ROBERT B. \ MURKOFF, BRUCE (WRITER) Spenser For Hire "Internal Affairs" Revised Final Draft. LA: Warner Bros Television, 1985. 8 1/2' x 11' three hole blue binder paper. Fine in gray wraps with 1 brass pin holding script together. 59 pages. Dated November 4, 1985. $20.00
1321. PARKER, ROBERT B. \ SHAYNE, BOB (WRITER) Spenser For Hire "The Bottom Line" First Draft. LA: Warner Bros Television, 1985. 8 1/2' x 11' three hole white binder paper. Near fine with 2 brass pins holding script together. 61 pages. Dated August 31, 1985. This script was never produced. $40.00
1322. PARKER, ROBERT B. \ SHAYNE,BOB & MURKOFF, B. (WRTRS) Spenser For Hire "Blood Money" Final Draft. LA: Warner Bros Television, 1985. 8 1/2' x 11' three hole gray binder paper. Fine in blue wraps with 2 brass pins holding script together. 62 pages. Dated October 15, 1985. $50.00
1323. PARKER, ROBERT B. \ WILDER,J & FREUDENBERGER,D (WRTRS) Spenser For Hire "Thrillkill" Final Draft. LA: Warner Bros Television, 1985. 8 1/2' x 11' three hole white binder paper. Fine in blue wraps with 2 brass pins holding script together. 65 pages. Dated July 20, 1985. $35.00
1324. PARKER, ROBERT B. \ WILDER,J & YOUNG, ROBERT M.(WRTRS) Spenser For Hire "The Killer Within" Final Draft. LA: Warner Bros Television, 1985. 8 1/2' x 11' three hole white binder paper. Fine in yellow wraps with 2 brass pins holding script together. 65 pages. Dated July 20, 1985. $20.00
1325. PARKER, ROBERT B. \ YATES, WILLIAM ROBERT (WRITER) Spenser For Hire "In a Safe Place" Final Draft. LA: Warner Bros Television, 1986. 8 1/2' x 11' three hole white binder paper. Slight cover crease, else near fine in orange wraps with 2 brass pins holding script together. 60 pages. Dated January 3, 1986. $25.00
1326. PARSONS, JULIE The Courtship Gift. London: Macmillan, 1999. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's second novel. $20.00
1327. PATERNOSTER, G. SIDNEY The Motor Pirate. Boston: Page, 1904. First American Edition. Moderate rear cover stains, some spine color fading else VG with color pictorial cover of auto (no Dust Jacket). A Randolph Mannering mystery. $35.00
1328. PATTERSON, JAMES & PAETRO, MAXINE 4th of July. Boston: Little, Brown, 2005. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Lindsay Boxer. $15.00
1329. PATTERSON, JOHN M. Doubly Dead. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1969. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, VG+ in Dust Jacket. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, dated January, 1969. Author's only mystery. $15.00
1330. PAUL, ELLIOT Mysterious Mickey Finn. NY: Avon, 1942. Reprint. Paperback, browning pages, soiled edges, else near VG in digest-sized wraps. Avon Murder of the Month #2. Haycraft-Queen list. Homer Evans. $15.00
1331. PAYNE, LAURENCE The Nose on My Face. London: Hodder, 1961. First Edition. Very light ofsetting to endpapers, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery; introduces Sam Birkett. Author's first mystery; introduces Sam Birkett. The basis for the 1963 Viewfinder film "Girl in the Headlines" (released as "The Model Murder Case" in the U.S.). $40.00
1332. Vienna Blood. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1986. First American Edition. Remainder marks, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. The third actor-turned-private eye Mark Savage mystery. $15.00
1333. PEARS, IAIN Giotto's Hand. NY: Scribners, 1997. First American Edition. Ink note on front endpaper suggests a review copy, slight spine slant, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano. $15.00
1334. The Immaculate Deception. NY: Scribners, 2000. First Edition. Light stain on front free endpaper where label was removed, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. Set in Rome. $15.00
1335. PEARSON, EDMUND Studies in Murder. NY: Macmillan, 1924. First Edition. Owner's initials in pencil, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Five cases discussed, 120 pages devoted to the Borden Case. $15.00
1336. Five Murders: with a Final Note on the Borden Case. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1928. First Edition. Inner hinge tender, VG+ in the uncommon, good Dust Jacket with moderate spine and front panel chips. Six true crime essays with the last one being "A Postscript: The End of the Borden Case." One of a few true crime volumes that was published for the Crime Club. $100.00
1337. PEARSON, RIDLEY The Seizing of Yankee Green Mall. NY: St. Martin's, 1987. First Edition. Corner wear, small rear cover stain, else VG+ in Dust Jacket. $25.00
1338. Beyond Recognition. NY: Hyperion, 1997. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Lou Boldt. $15.00
1339. PEMJEAN, LUCIEN When D'Artagnan Was Young. NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1932. First American Edition. Owner's bookplate and small, neat signature, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with a couple of short, closed tears and tiny chips. D'Artagnan's first three years in Paris and the rescue of the King's niece from the clutches of Cardinal Richlieu. Uncommon title. $100.00
1340. 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
1341. PENZLER, OTTO (ED.) Detectionary. Privately Printed: Hammermill Paper Co, 1971. First Edition. Paperback original, VG+ in wraps. Limited edition; #116. "A biographical dictionary of leading characters in mystery fiction." $15.00
1342. PERDUE, VIRGINIA The Case of the Foster Father. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1942. First Edition. Small owner's bookplate, VG+ in lightly soiled Dust Jacket. The third Eleanora Burke mystery. $60.00
1343. PERELMAN, S. J. The Ill Tempered Clavichord. NY: Simon, 1952. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with tiny lower spine chip and minimal rubbing to front psnel. Humor. $30.00
1344. Perelman's Home Companion. NY: Simon, 1955. First Edition. VG+- near fine in VG+, color spine-faded Dust Jacket with moderate lower spine and panel stain. Humor. Subtitled: "A Collector's Item (the Collector being S. J. Perelman) of 36 otherwise unavailable pieces by Himself." 20.00
1345. PEREZ-REVERTE, ARTURO The Fencing Master. NY: Harcourt, 1999. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $25.00
1346. 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
1347. PERRY, ANNE Bethlehem Road. NY: St. Martin's, 1990. First Edition. Covers slightly warped, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. Insp. Pitt. $75.00
1348. Belgrave Square. NY: Fawcett, 1992. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Thomas & Charlotte Pitt. $25.00
1349. The Hyde Park Headsman. NY: Fawcett, 1994. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Thomas Pitt. $35.00
1350. Weighed in the Balance. NY: Fawcett, 1996. First Edition. Owner's signature, else fine in Dust Jacket. Detective Monk and Hester Latterly. $20.00
1351. PERRY, RITCHIE Presumed Dead. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1987. First American Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. P. I. Frank MacAllister. $15.00
1352. PETERS, ELIZABETH Naked Once More. NY: Warner, 1989. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Bibliomystery features ex-librarian and best selling writer Jacqueline Kirby. $15.00
1353. PETERS, ELIZABETH AS MICHAELS, BARBARA Black Rainbow. NY: Congdon & Weed, 1982. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket with rear flap crease. $35.00
1354. PETERS, ELLIS The Piper on the Mountain. NY: Morrow, 1966. First American Edition. Two small rubbed spots on front endpaper, else VG-VG+ in VG Dust Jacket missing small chip at head of spine. Dominic Felse. $30.00
1355. The House of Green Turf. NY: Morrow, 1969. First American Edition. Near-fine in Dust Jacket. $30.00
1356. Monk's Hood. NY: Morrow, 1981. First American Edition. Owner's signature, else fine in Dust Jacket. The third Brother Cadfael. $75.00
1357. The Leper of St. Giles. NY: Morrow, 1982. First American Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with front flap crease. The fifth Brother Cadfael mystery. $75.00
1358. The Raven in the Foregate. NY: Morrow, 1986. First American Edition. REVIEW COPY, near fine in Dust Jacket. The twelfth Cadfael mystery. $35.00
1359. A Rare Benedictine. NY: Mysterious, 1989. First American Edition. Tiny remainder mark on upper edge, else fine in Dust Jacket. "The Advent of Brother Cadfael." Illustrated in color. $10.00
1360. The Potter's Field. NY: Mysterious, 1990. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. A Brother Cadfael mystery. $10.00
1361. The Summer of the Danes. NY: Mysterious, 1991. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on title page as by both Peters and Pargeter. Brother Cadfael. $45.00
1362. The Holy Thief. NY: Mysterious, 1993. First American Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR as Edith Pargeter. Brother Cadfael. $45.00
1363. PETERS, ELLIS AS PARGETER, EDITH The Assize of the Dying. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1958. First American Edition. Light tape marks on endpapers, light cover stains, else VG+ in Dust Jacket. Two novelettes. $30.00
1364. PETIEVICH, GERALD Money Men and One-Shot Deal. NY: Harcourt, 1981. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Two novelettes. Author's first mystery. $15.00
1365. Money Men and One-Shot Deal. NY: Harcourt, 1981. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Publicity photo laid in. Two novelettes. Author's first book. $25.00
1366. PEYROU, MANUEL Thunder of the Roses. NY: Herder, 1972. First American Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Author's only mystery. Translated from the Spanish. Jorge Luis Borges introduction. $15.00
1367. PHILIPS, JUDSON AS PENTECOST, HUGH The Deadly Friend. NY: Dodd, 1961. First Edition. Goldstone bookplate, rubbing to endpapers, VG in Dust Jacket. AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE LAID IN. $15.00
1368. PHILLIPS, ALEXANDER M. The Mislaid Charm. Phila: Prime, 1947. First Edition. VG-VG+ (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction. $10.00
1369. PHILLIPS, CONRAD The Barber's Wife. London: Barker, 1953. First Edition. Foxing to endpapers, else near fine in a near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. The author's second mystery. $25.00
1370. PHILLIPS, JAMES ATLEE Suitable for Framing. London: Bodley Head, 1952. First English Edition. VG+ with partial Dust Jacket laid in. Hardboiled. $15.00
1371. PHILLIPS, MICKEY Blood Rare. NY: Coward-McCann, 1963. First American Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Pseudonym for an unknown Whitehall ministry offical. Publishers photograph of author laid in. $15.00
1372. PHILLPOTTS, EDEN The Red Redmaynes. NY: Macmillan, 1922. 1st (precedes Eng). Heavy foxing to endpapera, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Highly praised by Barzun & Taylor. $20.00
1373. George Westover. NY: Macmillan, 1926. First American Edition. Owner's signature, else VG in good Dust Jacket with several small chips. Non-mystery novel. $20.00
1374. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ PROUTY, OLIVE HIGGINS. Stella Dallas. NY: Grosset, (1923). Photoplay Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. Dust jacket illustration from the 1937 Samuel Goldwyn film which starred Barbara Stanwyck. $35.00
1375. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ ABDULLAH, ACHMED The Thief of Bagdad. NY: Burt, (1924). Photoplay Edition. Gift label else VG (no Dust Jacket). A novel based upon Douglas Fairbanks' "Fantasy of the Arabian Nights" with scenes from the Photoplay. $15.00
1376. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ BRECHLER, IRVING The Life of Riley. Walthan: Waverly House, 1949. First Edition. Lightly browning pages, else near fine in a VG+ Dust Jacket. "Compliments of the Publisher" plate appended to front pastedown endpaper. Novelized from Brechler's screenplay for the 1949 Universal film which starred William Bendix and Rosemary DeCamp recreating their radio roles. An extremely uncommon photoplay edition. $175.00
1377. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ CHAMBERLAIN, GEORGE AGNEW The Red House. NY: Grosset, (1947). Photoplay Edition. Owner's signature, else near fine in near VG Dust Jacket with top spine chip and small internal hole and light spine fading. Dust Jacket has scenes from movie with Edward G. Robinson and Judith Anderson. $30.00
1378. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ DEMAUPASSANT, GUY Bel Ami. Cleveland: World, 1947. Photoplay Edition.. Browning pages, else VG in near good, chipped and torn Dust Jacket with many tape repairs on blind side. A Forum Book Motion Picture Edition with scenes from the Loew-Lewin film starring George Sanders and Angela Lansbury on Dust Jacket panels, endpapers and plates. $15.00
1379. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ FRANKEN, ROSE Claudia. NY: Sun Dial, 1942. Photoplay Edition. Owner's inscription and note, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with rear fanel foxing. The basis for the Dorothy McGuire movie with scenes on DJ front panel and flap. $20.00
1380. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ HEYM, STEFAN Hostages. NY: Sun Dial, 1943. Photoplay Edition. Corner bumps, else near fine in Dust Jacket with two front panel tears. The basis for the 1943 film with Luise Rainer and Paul Lucas. Author's first mystery. In Hubin. $35.00
1381. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ HILL, EDWIN C. The Iron Horse. NY: Grosset, 1924. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. Novelized from the 1924 silent film which was directed by John Ford. Eight internal stills. $75.00
1382. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ HUTCHINSON, A. S. M. If Winter Comes. NY Grosset, (1923). Photoplay Edition. Owner's inscription on endpaper, else VG+ in a VG Dust Jacket. Color dust jacket illustration and four internal B&W stills illustrate the 1924 William Fox motion picture. $25.00
1383. One Increasing Purpose. NY: Grosset, (1927). Photoplay Edition. Rear hinge splint, offsetting to endpaper, else near VG in near VG Dust Jacket with fold chips. With scenes from the William Fox picture starring Edmond Lowe on Dust Jacket panel and on 8 stills. $20.00
1384. SOLD
1385. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ LEROUX, GASTON The Phantom of the Opera. NY: Grosset, (1925). Photoplay edition. Very minor insect damage to hinge, else a VG+, bright copy (no Dust Jacket). Includes double page, color illustrations by Andre' Castaigne as well as scenes from the Lon Chaney silent film. $75.00
1386. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ MCCARTHY, JUSTIN HUNTLY If I Were King. NY: Grosset, (1929). Photoplay Edition. Near fine in VG+, striking Dust Jacket. With six internal stills from the Paramount motion picture "The Vagabond King" which starred Jeannette MacDonald, Denis King and Warner Oland directed by Ludwig Berger. $50.00
1387. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ NORDHOFF, CHARLES & HALL, JAMES N. High Barbaree. NY: Grosset, 1945. First Edition thus. Light cover stains, light endpaper foxing, owner's signature else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. With scenes from the 1945 MGM picture starring Van Johnson and June Allyson on Dust Jacket. $15.00
1388. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ RICE, CRAIG AS LEE, GYPSY ROSE The G-String Murders. Cleveland: World, 1946. Eleventh Printing. Usual browning pages, owner's inscription, else VG in good+, chipped Dust Jacket. With scenes from the film "Lady of Burlesque," starring Barbara Stanwyck on Dust Jacket panels. $20.00
1389. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM Romeo and Juliet. NY: Random House, 1936. Later printing. Owner's plate and inscription, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Subtitled "A Motion Picture Edition Illustrated with Photographs." With scenes from the MGM movie with Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard. $20.00
1390. PHOTOPLAY EDITIONS \ WRIGHT, A. M. R. "Old Ironsides." NY: Grosset, 1926. 1st/Photoplay edition. Owner's inscription, else near fine in VG-VG+, colorful Dust Jacket missing tiny chip at base of spine. Eight interior stills from the great Paramount silent film. $40.00
1391. PIDGIN, CHARLES FELTON The Chronicles of Quincy Adams Sawyer, Detective. Boston: Page, 1912. First Edition. Spine slant, rear hinge, spine darkened, hole in front joint, else good+ (no Dust Jacket). Short stories. $20.00
1392. The Chronicles of Quincy Adams Sawyer, Detective. Boston: Page, 1912. First Edition. The slightest spine slant, else a near fine copy with sharp pictorial front cover. Short stories. $55.00
1393. PINKERTON, ALLAN The Expressman and the Detective. Chicago: Keen, 1875. Later printing (orig.1874). Tiny owner's stamp, light foxing to some pages, else a solid VG copy. Numerous engravings with tissue guards. This was the first of Pinkerton's detective stories and is a Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $60.00
1394. PINKERTON, ALLAN AS PINKERTON, A. F. ? A Life for a Life. Chicago: Laird, 1886. First Edition. Browning pages, a good solid copy. Hubin lists this title only as an 1887 Laird paperback as by Lieutenant M. M. Murray. Perhaps plagerism charges precipitated the change? Uncommon. $80.00
1395. PIPER, EVELYN The Motive. NY: Simon, 1950. First Edition. The slightest spine slant; VG+-near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with spine fading and front panel chip. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $35.00
1396. PIPER, PETER The Corpse That Came Back. NY: Random, 1954. First American Edition. VG+ in lightly soiled Dust Jacket. Inspector Gray of Scotland Yard "hopelessly entangled with a dead man who planned his own funeral but had not attended it." $10.00
1397. POE, EDGAR ALLAN \ CODY, SHERWIN Poe: Man, Poet and Creative Thinker. NY: Boni, 1924. First Edition. Owner's inscription, spine letters somewhat flaked, inner hinge started, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Uncommon 485 page study. $60.00
1398. POE, EDGAR ALLAN \ JOYCE, COLONEL JOHN A. Edgar Allan Poe. NY: Neeley, 1901. First American Edition. Owner's signature, else VG+. Uncommon study by a Civil War colonel and poet. $50.00
1399. POHLMAN, M. DAVID The Problem of Evil. NY: St.Martin's, 1990. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. The second Barney Fowler mystery. $15.00
1400. POLSKY, THOMAS Curtains for the Judge. NY: Dutton, 1939. First Edition. VG in good+ Dust Jacket missing some small chips. The author's second mystery features L. F. "Scoop" Griddle. $50.00
1401. PORTER, JOYCE Dover Goes to Pott. London: Joseph, 1968. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with some minor browning. $20.00
1402. POST, MELVILLE DAVISSON The Corrector of Destinies. NY: Clode, 1908. First Edition. Front hinge weakening, spine white ball device faded, light soiling to upper edge; else a near fine copy. The first state with gold lettering. The third volume of Randolph Mason short stories. $65.00
1403. The Corrector of Destinies. NY: Clode, 1908. First Edition. Near Fine (no Dust Jacket). White on ball device faded on spine. The first state with gilt lettering on front cover. The third volume of Randolph Mason short stories. $75.00
1404. The Bradmoor Murder. NY: Sears, 1929. First Edition. Spine a bit browned and fraying at extremities, else VG in a VG Dust Jacket missing several very tiny chips. Short stories featuring "Sir Godfrey Simon, alienist and Sir Henry Marquis, chief of the Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard. Sir Godfrey listens carefully to the detailed story of a murder and with uncanny precision works out the sequence of events which inevitably lead to the criminal. Sir Henry Marquis, his brilliant colleague...puts into practice the clever deductions of Sir Godfrey." By the creator of Uncle Abner. $300.00
1405. POWELL, TALMAGE Man-Killer. NY: Ace #D-469, 1960. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Original, just about fine in wraps. Published with McKnight, Bob/RUNNING SCARED. Both titles are First Editions. $15.00
1406. POWERS, TIM Expiration Date. NY: Tor, 1996. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Science fiction. $20.00
1407. POYER, D. C. Hatteras Blue. NY: St. Martin's, 1989. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. The first Tiller Galloway mystery. $20.00
1408. PRATHER, RICHARD S. Dance with the Dead. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, 1960. Second printing. Paperback; VG+ in wraps. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY AUTHER laid in. Shell Scott. $15.00
1409. PRATT, FLETCHER The Undying Fire. NY: Ballantine, 1953. First Edition. VG+ (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction. $10.00
1410. PRENTIS, JOHN H. The Case of Doctor Horace. NY: Baker & Taylor, 1907. First Edition. Spine lettering mostly flaked off, some foxing, owners' signatues in pencil, else VG+ with bright pictorial cover. $24.00
1411. PRESNELL, F. G. No Mourners Present. NY: Morrow, 1940. First Edition. Evidence of bookplate removal on endpaper, previous owner's stamps, good+ in Dust Jacket with some internal tape along edges. Praised by James Sandoe. The second case for hardboiled lawyer John Webb. $35.00
1412. PRICE, ANTHONY Soldier No More. London: Gollancz, 1981. First Edition. Just about fine in Dust Jacket. Espionage. $35.00
1413. 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
1414. Gun in Cheek. NY: Coward, 1982. First Edition. Fine, bright copy in Dust Jacket. The first of the author's hilarious studies of "alternative crime fiction masterpieces." $30.00
1415. Small Felonies. NY: St.Martin's, 1988. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Fifty "mini-mysteries." $30.00
1416. PRONZINI, BILL & WILCOX, COLIN Twospot. NY: Putnam, 1978. First Edition. Very light foxing to upper edge else fine in near fine Dust Jacket. "Nameless" and Frank Hastings. $45.00
1417. PROWELL, SANDRA WEST By Evil Means. NY: Walker, 1993. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR: "Phoebe thanks you! I thank you! Sandra West Prowell." Author's first mystery, introduces Phoebe Siegel. $75.00
1418. The Killing of Monday Brown. NY: Walker, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's second mystery. Phoebe Siegel. $15.00
1419. PUGH, MARSHALL The Chancer. London: Hutchinson, 1959. First Edition. Light foxing, near fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. Non-mystery novel. The author later wrote three mysteries. $15.00
1420. QUEEN, ELLERY (ED.) Twentieth Century Detective Stories. Cleveland: World, 1948. First Edition. Fine in VG Dust Jacket. The bibliographic essay"Queen's Quorum" plus 14 first American appearances of stories by Hammett, Chesteron, Carr, others.. $35.00
1421. QUEEN, ELLERY The Devil to Pay. NY: Stokes, 1938. First Edition. Light soiling and foxing, else VG-VG+(no Dust Jacket). Ellery in Hollywood. $20.00
1422. The Four of Hearts. NY: Stokes, 1938. First Edition. Owner's inscription in pencil, light foxing, else VG-VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Ellery in Hollywood. $20.00
1423. Calamity Town. Boston: Little, 1942. First Edition. Spine fading, owner's inscription, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $15.00
1424. Double, Double. Boston: Little, 1950. First Edition. VG+ in VG-VG+ Dust Jacket. Ellery back in Wrightsville. $35.00
1425. The King is Dead. Boston: Little, 1952. First Edition. Owner's inscription, else VG+- near fine in lightly spine-faded, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Locked room mystery. $20.00
1426. The Scarlet Letters. Boston: Little, 1953. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, very light cover stain, else VG+- near fine in VG Dust Jacket with front panel and spine stain. $25.00
1427. 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. $15.00
1428. The Tragedy of X. Del Mar: U. of Cal.-San Diego, 1978. Reprint, 1st as such. Fine (no Dust Jacket). Mystery Library #7. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Introduction by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. $15.00
1429. QUENTIN, PATRICK Puzzle for Fiends. NY: Simon, 1946. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). Peter Duluth. $10.00
1430. The Wife of Ronald Sheldon. London: Gollancz, 1954. First English Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with slightly darkened spine. Peter Duluth, his brother, nephew and Lt. Timothy Trant are all trying to solve a murder. And Iris is there too. Published in US as MY SON, THE MURDERER. $15.00
1431. Suspicious Circumstances. NY: Simon, 1957. First Edition. Front hinge slightly weakened, light browning pages, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket with color-fading to lower spine and front panel. Settings include Hollywood and Vegas. $15.00
1432. RADLEY, SHEILA Death in the Morning. NY: Scribners, 1979. First American Edition. Upper corners bumped, very light top edge soiling, else VG+ in near fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery introduces Inspector Quantrill. $15.00
1433. Who Saw Him Die? London: Constable, 1987. First Edition. Spine slant, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. Insp. Quantrill. $20.00
1434. RANDALL, WILLIAM R. The Crystal Eye. NY: Regent, 1935. First Edition. Slight spine slant, VG in good Dust Jacket missing several spine chips. The crystal eye is from "Wandarra, the golden calf that was worshipped by a lost tribe in Africa..." The author's second and final mystery is set in New York. $45.00
1435. RATHBONE, JULIAN Bloody Marvelous. London: Joseph, 1975. First Edition. Minor page browning, else fine in a near fine, lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. $15.00
1436. RATTIGAN, TERENCE Separate Tables. NY: Random House, 1955. First American Edition. Near fine in price-clipped Dust Jacket with some spine browning. Play. $20.00
1437. Ross: A Dramatic Portrait. NY: Random House, 1962. First American Edition. REVIEW COPY, else near fine in lightly browned Dust Jacket with miniscule internal lower spine hole. Play about Lawrance of Arabia. $15.00
1438. RAWSON, CLAYTON The Footprints on the Ceiling. NY: Putnam, 1939. First Edition. Spine wear and rubbing, owner's signature and price on free endpaper, else good (no Dust Jacket). The second Great Merlini mystery. $55.00
1439. 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. $60.00
1440. READ, OPIE The Mystery of Margaret. NY: Wessels, 1907. First Edition. Lettering flaked on spine, slight spine slant, else VG with pictorial cover. Author's only mystery. $15.00
1441. The Mystery of Margaret. NY: Wessels, 1907. First Edition. Lettering flaked on spine, slight spine slant, else VG with pictorial cover (no Dust Jacket). Author's only mystery. $15.00
1442. REEVE, ARTHUR B. Guy Garrick. NY: Hurst, 1914. First Edition. Owner's inscription and stamp, foxed endpapers, inner hinges tender, else VG+- near fine with pictorial cover (no Dust Jacket). $17.00
1443. Guy Garrick. NY: Hurst, 1914. First Edition. Near fine with pictorial cover (no Dust Jacket). $15.00
1444. Craig Kennedy on the Farm. NY: Harper, 1925. First Edition. Spine stain, lettering somewhat flaked off spine, some cover fading, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Short stories. $15.00
1445. REEVES, RUTH Lament for a Lonesome Corpse. NY: Phoenix, 1951. First Edition. VG in VG Dust Jacket. Author's only mystery is set in Texas. $15.00
1446. REICHS, KATHY Deja Dead. NY: Scribner, 1997. First Edition. Small stain on lower edge, else VG+ in Dust Jacket. Forensic anthropolgist's first mystery. $15.00
1447. REILLY, HELEN Dead Man Control. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1936. First Edition. Near VG (no Dust Jacket). Insp.McKee. $15.00
1448. RENDELL, RUTH Make Death Love Me. NY: Doubleday, 1979. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+-near fine Dust Jacket with small front panel tear and light rear panel soiling. $25.00
1449. The Veiled One. NY: Pantheon, 1988. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Insp. Wexford. $20.00
1450. Kissing the Gunner's Daughter. NY: Mysterious, 1992. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. Insp.Wexford. $10.00
1451. Road Rage. NY: Crown, 1997. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. An Inspector Wexford mystery. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award! $15.00
1452. RENDELL, RUTH AS VINE, BARBARA The Chimney Sweeper's Boy. London: Viking, 1998. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $35.00
1453. The Blood Doctor. NY: Shaye Areheart, 2002. First American Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The Hereditary Peer in the House of Lords becomes convinced his great-grandfather may have been a murderer. $15.00
1454. REULAND, ROBERT Semiautomatic. NY: Random, 2004. ADVANCE READER'S EDITION, fine in wraps. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's second mystery; returns Brooklyn D.A. Andrew Giobberti. $10.00
1455. REVELL, LOUISA See Rome and Die. NY: Macmillan, 1957. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. Julia Tyler. $25.00
1456. REYNOLDS, CLAY Agatite. NY: St. Martin's, 1986. First Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket with small top spine chip. Author's first mystery; set in Texas. $15.00
1457. REZNEK, LAWRIE The Medicine Men. London: Collins Crime Club, 1990. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The author's only mystery. No U.S. edition. $20.00
1458. RHODE, JOHN Dead on the Track. NY: Dodd, 1943. First American Edition. Spine slant, very worn lower spine, book store stamp, owner's inscription, else good+- in good+ Dust Jacket with 3 1/2 inch, narrow, lower spine chip. Dr. Priestley. $75.00
1459. Nothing But the Truth. London: Bles, 1947. First Edition. VG+ in a near VG Dust Jacket with some tiny chips and fraying to lower extremities. A Dr. Priestley mystery published in the U.S. as EXPERIMENT IN CRIME. $100.00
1460. RHODES, DANIEL Next, After Lucifer. NY: St. Martin's, 1988. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. Author's first mystery, although listed as of limited criminous content by Hubin. The first Guilhem de Courdeval adventure. $25.00
1461. RHYS-WILLIAMS, JULIET Forty-Nine Chances. London: Rich & Cowan, (1947). First Edition. VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket missing some shallow chips. Author's only mystery is a novelization of the play "They Had His Number" which she wrote with R. J. Minney. Not published in the U.S. $25.00
1462. RICE, CRAIG Having Wonderful Crime. NY: Simon, 1943. First Edition. Slight spine slant, minor corner bumps; VG in a good+ Dust Jacket with residue from tape along edges and missing tiny internal chip near spine head. John J. Malone and Jake & Helene Justus. $100.00
1463. The Thursday Turkey Murders. NY: Simon, 1943. First Edition. Spine slant, owners' inscription else VG (no Dust Jacket). Bingo & Handsome. $25.00
1464. RICE, CRAIG AS SANDERS, GEORGE Crime on My Hands. NY: Simon, 1944. First Edition. Owner's plate and label, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Ghosted by Rice, this is the first book under Sanders' name. His later title, STRANGER AT HOME, was ghosted by Leigh Brackett. $20.00
1465. RICE, LOUISE By Whose Hand? NY: Macaulay, 1930. First Edition. VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket with several internal tape repairs. The author's only mystery. Graphology setting. $45.00
1466. RICH, VIRGINIA The Cooking School Murders. NY: Dutton, 1982. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. The first Mrs. Potter mystery. $30.00
1467. RICHARDSON, MAURICE (ED.) American Detective Stories. London: Pilot Press, 1945. Later printing. VG (no Dust Jacket). Stories by Post, Futrelle, Shore, Queen, etc. $9.00
1468. RICHARDSON, ROBERT The Latimer Mercy. NY: St.Martin's, 1986. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery introduces playwright Augustus Maltravers. This is a bibliomystery involving a rare 16th century Bible. $20.00
1469. Bellringer Street. Gollancz: Gollancz, 1988. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery features playwright Augustus Maltravers. $35.00
1470. RICKETT, FRANCES The Prowler. NY: Simon, 1963. First Edition. Fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. The author's first mystery. $20.00
1471. RIGGS, JOHN R. The Last Laugh. NY: Dembner, 1984. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery introduces Garth Ryland. $25.00
1472. RINEHART, MARY ROBERTS The Window at the White Cat. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1910. First Edition. Rear hinges split, spine lettering flaked, corner wear, else good( (no Dust Jacket). $10.00
1473. More Tish. NY: Doran, 1921. First Edition. Spine fraying, front hinge cracked; good (no Dust Jacket). Short stories. In Hubin. $10.00
1474. Lost Ecstasy. NY: Doran, 1927. First Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with tiny chip at head of spine, small closed tears on rear and minor rubbing to front. Bright colorful boards. Owners name on front end paper. $50.00
1475. I Take This Woman. NY: Grosset, (1931). Photoplay edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Photoplay title of the author's western romance LOST ECSTASY. Four internal stills and lovely color dust jacket illustration showing scenes from the 1931 Paramount motion picture which starred Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard. $40.00
1476. Writing Is Work. Boston: The Writer, 1939. First Edition. Spine wear, inner hinge tender, owner's signature else near VG (no Dust Jacket). 25 page essay on writing. $15.00
1477. ROBB, CANDACE M. The Lady Chapel. NY: St. Martin's, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Owen Archer historical mystery set in city of York in 1365. Author's second mystery. $20.00
1478. ROBBINS, CLIFTON The Mystery of Mr. Cross. NY: Appleton, 1933. First American Edition. Browning spine, about VG (no Dust Jacket). The second Clay Harrison mystery. Published in England as THE MAN WITHOUT A FACE. $15.00
1479. Smash and Grab. NY: Appleton, 1934. First American Edition. Spine faded, else VG in near good Dust Jacket with 2 by 1 inch front panel chip & 1 1/2 by 1/2 inch top spine chip. The fourth of five Clay Harrison mysteries. Tired Businessman Library format. $30.00
1480. ROBERTS, GILLIAN Caught Dead in Philadelphia. NY: Scribners, 1987. UNCORRECTED PROOF, fine in wraps. Author's first, introduces Amanda Pepper. $10.00
1481. Time and Trouble. NY: St. Martin's, 1998. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF, fine in pictorial wraps. First in series, introduces private eye Emma Howe. $10.00
1482. ROBERTS, LES An Infinite Number of Monkeys. NY: St.Martin's, 1987. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Winner of the "Best First Private Eye Novel Contest," introduces L.A. based p. i. "Saxon." $30.00
1483. ROBINSON, KIM STANLEY Antarctica. NY: Bantam, 1997. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Science fiction. $25.00
1484. ROBINSON, LYNDA S. Murder in the Place of Anubis. NY: Walker, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery, introduces Lord Meren. $75.00
1485. Murder at the Feast of Rejoicing. NY: Walker, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The third Lord Meren mystery. $20.00
1486. RODEN, H. W. You Only Hang Once. London: Hammond, 1946. First English Edition. A fine copy in a fine Dust Jacket. Hardboiled Sid Ames. $15.00
1487. ROFFMAN, JAN AS SUMMERTON, MARGARET A Memory of Darkness. NY: Dutton, 1967. First American Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket with tape repairs on outside of rear panel. $15.00
1488. ROGOW, ROBERTA The Problem of the Missing Miss. NY: St. Martin's, 1998. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery, set in England in 1885. $25.00
1489. ROHMER, ELIZABETH SAX Bianca in Black. NY: Armont Books, 1962. 1st Paperback ed. Mark on half title page, else VG in wraps. Author's only mystery. $9.00
1490. ROHMER, SAX The Quest of the Sacred Slipper. London: Pearson, 1919. First Edition. Good (no Dust Jacket). $20.00
1491. The Green Eyes of Bast. NY: McBride, 1920. First American Edition. Slight spine slant; near fine (no Dust Jacket). $35.00
1492. The Green Eyes of Bast. NY: McBride, 1920. First American Edition. Owner's plate, slight spine slant; else VG+- near fine in variant dark green cloth (no Dust Jacket). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and dated Sept. 18, 1934. $250.00
1493. Moon of Madness. NY: Doubleday, 1927. First American Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket missing tiny, shallow chips at head of spine. Uncommon in DJ. $300.00
1494. She Who Sleeps. NY: Doubleday, 1928. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in good+ Dust Jacket with a front panel chip, several small extremity chips and tape repairs to blind side. $150.00
1495. Bat Wing. NY: Caxton House, 1939. Early reprint. Page browning, else near fine in striking, near fine Dust Jacket with oriental villain design. $50.00
1496. Hangover House. NY: Random, 1949. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Murder with occult overtones. $70.00
1497. ROLFE, EDWIN & FULLER, LESTER The Glass Room. NY: Rinehart, 1946. First Edition. VG+ in good+, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Authors' only mystery is set in Hollywood. DJ hypes forthcoming movie featuring Bogart and Bacall (the film was never made). $25.00
1498. ROOS, KELLEY Sailor, Take Warning! NY: Dodd, 1944. First Edition. Light cover stains, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Jeff and Haila. $50.00
1499. ROOSEVELT, ELLIOTT The Hyde Park Murder. NY: St. Martin's, 1985. First Edition. Fine in VG Dust Jacket with several short, closed tears. The second Eleanor Roosevelt mystery. $15.00
1500. ROSCOE, MIKE One Tear for My Grave. NY: Crown, 1955. First Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket with small rubbed area to rear endpaper. Hardboiled Johnny April. $20.00
1501. ROSEN, RICHARD Strike Three, You're Dead. NY: Walker, 1984. First Edition. Slight shelf wear and corner bumps, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with spine lettering slightly color-faded. The first state with "Play Ball Not Private Eye..." in red on page 128. Author's Edgar winning first book introduces Harvey Blissberg. $75.00
1502. World of Hurt. NY: Walker, 1994. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Harvey Blissberg. $15.00
1503. ROSENBAUM, DAVID Zaddik. NY: Mysterious, 1993. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $20.00
1504. ROSS, JONATHAN Daphne Dead and Done For. NY: St.Martin's, 1991. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Supt.Rogers. $15.00
1505. ROSS, JONATHAN AS ROSSITER, JOHN The Man Who Came Back. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $20.00
1506. ROTH, HOLLY AS BALLARD, K. G. Bar Sinister. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1960. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. $15.00
1507. ROWE, ANNE Up to the Hilt. NY: Mill, 1945. First Edition. VG+- near fine in good+- near VG Dust Jacket with three chips. Inspector Barry. $25.00
1508. Deadly Intent. NY: Mill, 1946. First Edition. Lightly browning pages, VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with faint rear panel stain. An Insp. Barry mystery set in Maine. $25.00
1509. RUBINO, JANE Death of a DJ. Aurora: Write Way, 1994. Second Printing. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Laid in is publisher's advertising postcard SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery introduces Cat Austen. $15.00
1510. Fruitcake. Aurora, CO: Write Way, 1997. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with rear flap crease. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The second Cat Auston mystery finds Cat in Atlantic City; stumbling over Santa Claus' corpse. $20.00
1511. Cheat the Devil. Aurora: White Way, 1998. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket with "Autograph Copy" on front panel. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The third Cat Austen finds several corpse's tied to the church at which her brother is priest. $20.00
1512. RULE, ANN Dead By Sunset. NY: Simon, 1995. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. $15.00
1513. RUSSELL, ERIC FRANK Sentinels from Space. NY: Gouregy & Curl, 1953. First Edition. Light spine wear, else VG+ (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction. $15.00
1514. RUSSELL, FRANCIS Sacco and Vanzetti: The Case Resolved. NY: Harper, 1986. First Edition. Just about fine in near fine Dust Jacket with flap creased. The author of TRAGEDY IN DENHAM (1962) re-examines the case after examining FBI files and interviewing a son of one of Sacco's anarchist associates. $15.00
1515. RUSSELL, W. CLARK The Copsford Mystery. NY: New Amsterdam, 1896. First American Edition. About VG (no Dust Jacket). Illustrated. $15.00
1516. RUTLEDGE, NANCY Blood on the Cat. NY: Farrar, 1945. First Edition. The slightest spine slant, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with two tiny top spine chips and some spine wrinkling. The author's second mystery; quite uncommon in DJ. $60.00
1517. RYAN, JESSICA The Man Who Asked Why. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1945. First Edition. Owner's signature, bookstore stamp, faint stain to rear endpaper; else VG in good+ Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery introduces Gregory Pavlov & O'Shaunnessey. San Francisco setting. $15.00
1518. The Man Who Asked Why. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1945. First Edition. Lower quarter inch of spine faded, else near fine in VG+- near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. Gregory Pavlov & O'Shaunnessey. $20.00
1519. SABATINI, RAFAEL Fortune's Fool. Boston: Houghton, 1923. First American Edition. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). $15.00
1520. The Hounds of God. Boston: Houghton, 1928. First American Edition. VG+ in an about VG Dust Jacket with shallow chips and other minor wear to spine. Striking DJ design by Harold Brett. $85.00
1521. The Fortunes of Captain Blood. Boston: Houghton, 1936. First American Edition. Small spine stain, the slightest spine slant, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Six short stories. $20.00
1522. The Fortunes of Captain Blood. Boston: Houghton, 1936. First American Edition. Slightest spine slant, corner wear else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Six short stories. $25.00
1523. The Lost King. Boston: Houghton, 1937. First American Edition. Spine slant, spine lettering flaked although still legible, moderate top spine wear, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). $15.00
1524. SALLIS, JAMES The Long-Legged Fly. NY: Carroll & Graf, 1992. First Edition. Near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with moderate wear at folds. Author's first mystery; introduces Lew Griffin: black, New Orleans private eye. $20.00
1525. Black Hornet. NY: Carroll & Graf, 1994. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Private eye, Lew Griffin. $20.00
1526. Black Hornet. NY: Carroll & Graf, 1994. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Private eye, Lew Griffin. $20.00
1527. SANBORN, RUTH BURR Murder on the Aphrodite. NY: Macmillan, 1935. First Edition. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Maine houseboat setting with Ageline Tredennick. $15.00
1528. SANDERS, JOHN A Firework for Oliver. NY: Walker, 1965. First American Edition. Usual yellowing to pages, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery; introduces Nicholas Pym in 1654. Uncommon in DJ. $25.00
1529. SANDERS, LAWRENCE The Anderson Tapes. NY: Putnam, 1970. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in Dust Jacket. Author's Edgar winning first novel and basis for the 1972 Sidney Lumet film with Sean Connery. $50.00
1530. SANDFORD, JOHN The Night Crew. NY: Putnam, 1997. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Introduces Anna Batory. $15.00
1531. Secret Prey. NY: Putnam, 1998. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Lucas Davenport. $15.00
1532. Certain Prey. NY: Putnam, 1999. First Edition. Minor soiling to lower edge, owner's signature, else VG+ in Dust Jacket. $10.00
1533. Easy Prey. NY: Putnam, 2000. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Lucas Davenport. $15.00
1534. Broken Prey. NY: Putnam's, 2005. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Davenport. $15.00
1535. SARIOLA, MAURI The Helsinki Affair. London: Cassell, 1970. First English Edition. VG+ with tape marks on endpapers in VG+ Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. Translated from the Finnish. $15.00
1536. SATTERTHWAIT, WALTER The Hanged Man. NY: St.Martin's, 1993. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Joshua Croft. $15.00
1537. The Gold of Mayani. Gallup(NM): Buffalo Medicine Books, 1995. First Edition. One of 26 lettered copies ("L") SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Also signed by Sarah Caudwell (who contributed the introduction) and Ernest Franklin (illustrator), fine in full leather and leather slipcase with original watercolor by Franklin laid in. Short stories. $200.00
1538. SOLD
1539. SAYERS, DOROTHY L. In the Teeth of the Evidence. NY: Harcourt, 1940. First American Edition. Foxed endpapers, else good+ (no Dust Jacket). Short stories with Wimsey(2), Momtague Egg(5), & 10 others. $15.00
1540. SAYLOR, STEVEN The Venus Throw. NY: St. Martin's, 1995. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The fourth Gordianus mystery. $35.00
1541. SCHANKER, D. R. A Criminal Appeal. NY: St. Martin's, 1998. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery, nominated for Edgar award. $25.00
1542. A Criminal Appeal. NY: St. Martin's, 1998. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery, nominated for Edgar award. $25.00
1543. SCHERF, MARGARET The Elk and the Evidence. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1952. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with very light extremity wear. Rev. Martin Buell in Montana. $30.00
1544. SCHOPEN, BERNARD The Big Silence. NY: Mysterious, 1989. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. His first, introduces Reno P.I., Jack Ross. $15.00
1545. The Big Silence. NY: Mysterious, 1989. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. His first, introduces Reno P.I., Jack Ross. $15.00
1546. SCOPPETTONE, SANDRA AS EARLY, JACK A Creative Kind of Killer. NY: Watts, 1984. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The first mystery under this pseudonym. $30.00
1547. SCORTIA, THOMAS N. & ROBINSON, FRANK M. Blowout! NY: Watts, 1987. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. OWNER'S BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Listed by Hubin as marginally criminous. Adventure in a tunnel under Lake Michigan. $15.00
1548. SCOTT, HOLDEN Skeptic. NY: St. Martin's, 1999. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first thriller. $20.00
1549. SCOTT, JOHN REED The Princess Dehra. Phila: Lippincott, 1909. Later printing. Near fine (no Dust Jacket). Author's first mystery (marginally in Hubin - but there is definitely a murder). Set amidst the summer royalty in Newport. Four color illustrations by Clarence Underwood. $15.00
1550. SCOTT, SUTHERLAND Blood in Their Ink. London: Paul, 1953. First Edition. VG+ in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket with some minor tape repairs. "The March of the Modern Mystery Novel." $10.00
1551. SEARLS, HANK AS COSTIGAN, LEO Never Kill a Cop. NY: Pocket, 1959. First Edition. Paperback original, VG-VG+ in pictorial wraps. Searls' first mystery as Costigan. $15.00
1552. SEDGWICK, JOHN The Dark House. NY: Harper Collins, 2000. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. "Who are they, the strangers you pass, the strangers who pass you, at the supermarket, at the mall, on the road? Take that dark Nissan in your rearview mirror. Just another pair of headlights on your stretch of highway, you think." $15.00
1553. The Dark House. NY: Harper Collins, 2000. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. "Who are they, the strangers you pass, the strangers who pass you, at the supermarket, at the mall, on the road? Take that dark Nissan in your rearview mirror. Just another pair of headlights on your stretch of highway, you think." $15.00
1554. SEELEY, MABEL The Listening House. NY: Popular, (1938). Early paperback reprint. VG+ in pictorial wraps (Popular #69). Haycraft Queen Cornerstone Title. $15.00
1555. The Chuckling Fingers. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1941. First Edition. Slight spine slant, owner's signature, else near VG in near VG Dust Jacket with moderate rear panel chip and staining. Minnesota Lake Superior setting. $35.00
1556. Eleven Came Back. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1943. First Edition. Owner's inscription, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. Grand Tetons in Wyoming. $50.00
1557. SEYMOUR, GERALD The Glory Boys. London: Collins, 1976. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Nominated for the Edgar Award. $20.00
1558. SHALLIT, JOSEPH Lady, Don't Die on My Doorstep. Phila: Lippincott, 1951. First Edition. Light endpaper foxing, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Philly P.I., Don Morrison. $15.00
1559. SHANKMAN, SARAH He Was Her Man. NY: Pocket Books, 1993. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR and dated November 1993. Samantha Adams. Hot Springs, Arkansas. $15.00
1560. SHANNON, CARL Lady That's My Skull. NY: Phoenix, 1947. First Edition. VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket missing half inch chip at head of spine and a couple of tiny chips elsewhere. Author's first mystery. Hardboiled Los Angeles. Uncommon title. $50.00
1561. SHATTUCK, RICHARD Said the Spider to the Fly. NY: Simon, 1944. First Edition. Fine in VG Dust Jacket missing several tiny chips mostly at spine extremities. Author's third mystery. $25.00
1562. Said the Spider to the Fly. NY: Simon, 1944. First Edition. Owner's signature in pencil, else VG in VG Dust Jacket with narrow top spine chips. Author Dora Shattuck's third mystery. Set in Utah. $20.00
1563. SHER, JACK The Cold Companion. NY: Rinehart, 1948. First Edition. Exceptionally fine, bright copy in Dust Jacket. Author's only mystery. $35.00
1564. SHERWOOD, JOHN The Sleuth and the Liar. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1961. First American Edition. VG in near VG Dust Jacket with tiny spine chip and panel soiling. Published in England as The Half Hunters. With a 17 year old protagonist. $15.00
1565. A Botanist at Bay. London: Gollancz, 1985. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The second Celia Grant mystery. $25.00
1566. SHEW, E. SPENCER A Companion to Murder. NY: Knopf, 1961. First American Edition. Fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket. Encyclopaedia format concerns death by poison, shooting, suffocation, drowning, and strangling. $15.00
1567. (SHIEL, M. P.) \ MORSE, A REYNOLDS The Works of M. P. Shiel. LA: Fantasy Publishing, 1948. First Edition thus. Trade Paperback Original, nicks in rear cover, else VG in wraps. Limited to 1000 copies, this copy unnumbered. Bibliography. Appears to have been issued simultaneously with a limited hardback edition of 1000 copies. $25.00
1568. SHUB, JOYCE Moscow by Nightmare. NY: Coward, 1973. First American Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $15.00
1569. SILLER, VAN Echo of a Bomb. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1943. First Edition. VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket lacking narrow top spine chip. Author's first book, introduces Richard Massey. $55.00
1570. SILLIPHANT, STIRLING Maracaibo. NY: Farrar, 1955. First Edition. Owner's plate on half title page, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket with spine color-fading. The author's first novel; not in Hubin. An adventure story set in the oil fields of Venezuela and the basis for the movie starring Cornell Wilde. $25.00
1571. SIMENON, GEORGES Maigret and M. Labbe. NY: Harcourt, 1942. First American Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with faint rear panel stain. Two novelettes. $100.00
1572. Tropic Moon. NY: Harcourt, ND (1943). First American Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. French Equatorial Africa. $40.00
1573. Violent Ends. London: Hamilton, 1954. 1st English. A fine copy in a fine price-clipped Dust Jacket. Two long novellettes, BELLE and THE BROTHERS RICO, collected in the U.S. under the title TIDAL WAVE. $45.00
1574. Maigret in Society. London: Heinemann, 1962. First English Edition. Fine (no Dust Jacket). Published in the U.S. as part of A MAIGRET TRIO (1973). $15.00
1575. The Man on the Bench in the Barn. NY: Harcourt, 1970. First American Edition. Top edge soiling, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Connecticut setting. $15.00
1576. Maigret and the Killer. NY: Harcourt, 1971. First American Edition. Cover warping, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
1577. Betty. London: Hamilton, 1975. First English Edition. Near fine in near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. In Hubin. $20.00
1578. The Others. London: Hamish, 1975. First English Edition. Fine in a fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. U.S. title THE HOUSE ON QUAI NOTRE DAME. $25.00
1579. Three Beds in Manhattan. London: Hamilton, 1976. First English Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Published in the U.S. in 1964. $30.00
1580. The Girl With a Squint. London: Hamilton, 1978. First English Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $30.00
1581. The Reckoning. London: Hamilton, 1994. First English Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $25.00
1582. SIMMONS, DAN Children of the Night. Northridge: Lord John, 1992. First Edition. One of 500 numbered copies (#181) SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, fine in slipcase. Author's first solo book. In Hubin. $110.00
1583. SIMON, ROGER L. The Mama Tass Manifesto. NY: Holt, 1970. First Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket which is tape repaired on outside of front panel. Non-mystery, "black comedy" novel. $15.00
1584. SIMONIAN, ANOUSHAVAN Your Death for My Delight. Beirot: Privately Printed, 1971. First Edition. Paperback Original, VG in wraps. Author's first mystery concerns the kidnapping of beautiful girls from the shores of the Mediterranean. $20.00
1585. SIMS, GEORGE R. As It Was in the Beginning. London: White, 1896. First Edition. Front hinge just started, else VG. Short stories listed in Hubin. $65.00
1586. SIMS, GEORGE Sleep No More. NY: Harcourt, 1966. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery. $35.00
1587. SMALL, AUSTIN J. The Frozen Trail. Boston: Houghton, 1924. First American Edition. VG+ (no DJ). The author's first mystery; published as Frozen Gold in England. Uncommon. $45.00
1588. SMITH, DON Perilous Holiday. NY: Holt, 1953. First Edition. Light cover stain, else VG+ in lightly stained Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery. $35.00
1589. SMITH, GEORGE O. Hellflower. NY: Abelard, 1953. First Edition. VG+ (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction title is listed in Hubin. $15.00
1590. SMITH, GODFREY The Flaw in the Crystal. NY: Putnam, 1954. First American Edition. Very light top edge soiling, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with small top spine chip and spine tear. Author's first mystery. $35.00
1591. SMITH, JULIE The Axeman's Jazz. NY: St.Martin's, 1991. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, light foxing to edges else near fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. The second Skip Langton mystery. $15.00
1592. Louisiana Bigshot. NY: Forge, 2002. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOFS, fine in wraps. A Talba Wallis mystery; set in New Orleans. $15.00
1593. SMITH, MARTIN CRUZ Rose. NY: Random, 1996. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
1594. SMITH, SARAH The Vanished Child. NY: Ballantine Books, 1992. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The author's first mystery, set in New England 1906. $35.00
1595. SMITH, SHELLEY Come and Be Killed. NY: Harper, 1946. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The author's fourth mystery. $45.00
1596. SNOW, C. P. A Coat of Varnish. NY: Scribners, 1979. First American Edition. Near fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. Author's last mystery. $15.00
1597. SNOW, CHARLES H. Renegade Ranger. NY: Macrae, 1943. First Edition. Near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear and tiny chips. Western by an author who wrote several mysteries. $45.00
1598. SOHL, JERRY Prelude to Peril. NY: Rinehart, 1957. First Edition. Moderate page browning, else VG+ in VG+, soiled Dust Jacket. Science fiction writer's second mystery. $20.00
1599. SOLOMITA, STEPHEN A Twist of the Knife. NY: Putnam, 1988. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. His first, introduces Stanley Moodrow. $50.00
1600. SPENCER, ROSS H. Echoes of Zero. NY: St. Martin's, 1981. First Edition. Light edge foxing, else VG in VG Dust Jacket. Humorous tale as a retired baseball player turned reporter investigates his mentor's murder. $15.00
1601. SPILLANE, MICKEY Kiss Me, Deadly. NY: Signet, 1953. 1st paperback edition. Mass Market Paperback, slight cover rubbing, else near fine in wraps. The sixth Mike Hammer mystery. $20.00
1602. STANFORD, ALFRED The Mission in Sparrow Bush Lane. NY: Morrow, 1966. First Edition. Fine in VG Dust Jacket. Author's only mystery. Set in wartime London, 1943. $20.00
1603. STEEL, KURT Murder for What? Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1936. First Edition. Owner's note in pencil on endpaper, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Hank Hyer. $15.00
1604. STEIN, AARON MARC The Cradle and the Grave. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1948. First Edition. Usual browning pages, foxing to endpapers, VG in Dust Jacket missing a couple of small chips. Archeologists Tim Mulligan & Elsi Mae Hunt. $15.00
1605. STEIN, AARON MARC AS BAGBY, GEORGE The Corpse with the Purple Thighs. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1939. First Edition. VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket with light rear panel stain. Inspector Schmidt. $150.00
1606. STEIN, AARON MARC AS STONE, HAMPTON The Man Who Had Too Much to Lose. NY: Simon, 1955. First Edition. Usual browning pages, top edge foxing, else VG+ in near fine Dust Jacket. District Attorney Jeremiah X. Gibby Gibson. $15.00
1607. The Funniest Killer in Town. NY: Simon, 1967. First Edition. Fixed endpaper rubbed where price label was removed, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with extremity spine wear. Gibby Gibson. $15.00
1608. STEPHENS, ROBERT NEILSON The Mystery of Murray Davenport. Boston: Page, 1903. First Edition. Owner's signature, else VG+. Blue cloth variant. Illustrated. $35.00
1609. STEPHENSEN-PAYNE, PHIL & BENSON JR., GORDON Frederik Pohl: Merchant of Excellence. A Working Bibliography. England: Galactic Central, ND, circa 1989. 1st ed-2 vols. Paperback original, near fine in plastic binder. Bibliographies for the Avid Reader; Volume 34. Part 1- Fiction. Part 2- Non-Fiction. $10.00
1610. Michael Bishop: A Transfigured Talent. A Working Bibliography. England: Galactic Central, ND, circa 1992. 3rd revised ed. Paperback original, near fine in plastic binder. Biographies for the Avid Reader; Volume 33. $10.00
1611. STERLING, STEWART Alibi Baby. NY: Washburn, 1955. First Edition. Fine in lightly soiled Dust Jacket. The fourth mystery to feature Gil Vine, security officer at New York's fashionable Plaza Royale Hotel. $10.00
1612. STERLING, STEWART AS DEAN, SPENCER Murder on Delivery. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1957. First Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Don Cadee, Chief of Store Protection at Ambletts' swanky Fifth Avenue sotre. $15.00
1613. STEVENS, SHANE Go Down Dead. NY: Morrow, 1966. First Edition. Stain on front free endpaper where price label removed, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket rubbed at spine top. The author's first novel, which received great praise from non-mystery, literary critics. He was especially praised for the dialogue and prose of the Black narrator. $40.00
1614. STEWART, DOUGLAS Cellars' Market. London: Collins Crime Club, 1983. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The author's first mystery. Wine setting. No U.S. edition. $35.00
1615. STILWELL, STEVEN A. (ED.) The Armchair Detective Index: (Volumes 1-10) 1967-1977. NY: TAD, 1979. First Edition. Fine in wraps. $12.00
1616. STOKES, DONALD Appointment with Fear. NY: Coward McCann, 1950. First Edition. Shelf wear, owner's signature, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Murder during a fox hunt. $25.00
1617. STONE, JONATHAN The Cold Truth. NY: St. Martin's, 1999. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery is set in upstate New York. A female police trainee joins with a legendary police chief to solve the brutal murder of a waitress. $25.00
1618. The Cold Truth. NY: St. Martin's, 1999. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery is set in upstate New York. A female police trainee joins with a legendary police chief to solve the brutal murder of a waitress. $25.00
1619. STONE, JOSEPHINE RECTOR Green is for Galanx. NY: Atheneum, 1980. First Edition. Soiled top edges, else near fine in Dust Jacket. Science fiction. $15.00
1620. STOUT, REX The Broken Vase. NY: Farrar, 1941. First Edition. Moderate waterstains to rear cover and edge tops, else near VG in good+ Dust Jacket with waterstaining to rear panel, flaps and tops of endpapers and edges. The third and final Tecumseh Fox mystery. $100.00
1621. Black Orchids. NY: Farrar, 1942. First Edition. Owner's plate, else VG+ in a worn, internally repaired Dust Jacket missing the lower half of the spine. Nero Wolfe solves two cases; Archie and Nero visit the flower show! $375.00
1622. And Be a Villain. NY: Viking, 1948. book club edition. Spine slant, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Barzun & Taylor: "First-rate." Nero and Archie solve a murder on a national radio broadcast. $9.00
1623. And Be a Villain. NY: Viking, 1948. Book Club Edition. The slightest spine slant, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with tiny chips. Barzun & Taylor: "First-rate." Nero and Archie solve a murder on a national radio broadcast. $15.00
1624. The Golden Spiders. NY: Viking, 1953. book club. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Nero Wolfe. $9.00
1625. The Doorbell Rang. NY: Viking, 1965. First Edition. Owner's signature in pencil, else near fine in VG Dust Jacket with rear panel scratches. Nero Wolfe vs. J. Edgar Hoover. $35.00
1626. The Father Hunt. NY: Viking, 1968. First Edition. Lettering flaked on spine, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Nero Wolfe. $20.00
1627. Death Times Three. NY: Bantam, 1985. Second printing. Paperback original; light browning to endpapers, else fine in wraps. INSCRIBED BY John McAleer "To -, as always in Stout friendship." Additionally a two page autograph letter from McAleer is laid in: "Can't figure out on what basis you decided this is a second printing. It exactly resembles my first, in every particular..." The number sequence on the copyright page ends in "2," however. Introduction by John McAleer. "Three Recently Discovered Mysteries..." featuring Nero Wolfe. An interesting association copy. $50.00
1628. STOUT, REX \ MCALEER, JOHN Rex Stout. Boston: Little, 1977. First Edition. Near fine in VG+, price-clipped Dust Jacket. 600+ page biography with extensive bibliographic checklist. Foreword by P. G. Wodehouse. $30.00
1629. STRALEY, JOHN The Woman Who Married a Bear. NY: Soho, 1992. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The first Cecil Younger mystery. Alaska setting. $25.00
1630. STRANGE, JOHN STEPHEN The Bell in the Fog. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1936. First Edition. Minor endpaper browning, VG+ in good+-VG Dust Jacket missing some small chips. The first Barney Gantt mystery is set on an island on the coast of Maine. Great lighthouse dust jacket illustration. $125.00
1631. All Men are Liars. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1948. First Edition. Usual lightly browning pages, else VG+ in a good+ Dust Jacket missing two small chips with a closed tear to front panel. A Capt. Honegger mystery. $35.00
1632. Make My Bed Soon. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1948. First Edition. Usual browning pages, previous owner's stamp, else VG+ in a VG, striking, skull-motif Dust Jacket. Barney & Muriel Gantt. $45.00
1633. STRATEMEYER, EDWARD AS STEELE, CHESTER K. The Great Radio Mystery. NY: Chelsea, 1928. First Edition. Probably an ex-rental library copy with dust jacket flaps pasted to endpapers and front free endpaper missing; overall, a good solid copy (no Dust Jacket). A very uncommon title. $45.00
1634. STRAUB, PETER If You Could See Me Now. NY: Coward, 1977. First American Edition. Corner edge wear; near fine in VG+-near fine Dust Jacket with light wear and rubbing. Occult background; not listed in Hubin. $35.00
1635. Mystery. NY: Dutton, 1990. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $35.00
1636. The Throat. NY: Dutton, 1993. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. $35.00
1637. The Throat. NY: Dutton, 1993. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. $35.00
1638. STRINGER, ARTHUR The City of Peril. NY: Knopf, 1923. First Edition. Hinges starting, soiled top edges, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Set in New York City, which has been called worse, I suppose. $15.00
1639. STROHMEYER, SARAH Bubbles in Trouble. NY: Dutton, 2002. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery features hairdresser-journalist-sleuth in Lehigh, Pennsylvania. $20.00
1640. SUBLETT, JESSE Boiled in Concrete. NY: Viking, 1992. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Martin Fender. $15.00
1641. SUCHER, DOROTHY Dead Men Don't Marry. NY: St. Martin's, 1989. First Edition. Very lightly browned pages, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. The second Sabina Swift mystery. $15.00
1642. SULLIVAN, WINONA A Sudden Death at the Norfolk Cafe. NY: St. Martin's, 1993. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Winner of Private Eye Writers `Best First Private Eye Novel Contest.' A nun with a P.I. license. $30.00
1643. SUTPHEN, VAN TASSELL The Doomsman. NY: Harpers, 1906. First Edition. VG+ with attractive pictorial cover. Bleiler title. $75.00
1644. SUTTON, ELISABETH Dead Fingers. Chicago: Howell Publishing, 1919. Paperback Reprint. Paperback, lightly browned pages, else near VG in wraps. Author's only mystery. Originally published by Fly in 1918. Cover states that this mystery outrivals Rinehart, Green and Doyle. $20.00
1645. SUYKER, BETTY Death Scene. NY: St. Martin's, 1981. First Edition. Spine slant, else VG+ in near fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. Murder on Broadway. $15.00
1646. SWINDLE, HOWARD Jitterjoint. NY: St. Martin's, 1999. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery. $25.00
1647. SYMONS, JULIAN The Progress of a Crime. London: Collins Crime Club, 1960. First Edition. VG+ in a VG+ Dust Jacket with a couple of short, closed tears. Murder on Guy Fawkes' night. Winner of both the Silver Dagger and the Edgar. $50.00
1648. Mortal Consequences. NY: Harper, 1972. First American Edition. VG+ with spine slant in VG+ price clipped Dust Jacket. Well respected genre history. $15.00
1649. A Sort of Virtue. London: Mcmillan, 1996. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The author's last mystery novel, Cartier Diamond Dagger Award winner. $35.00
1650. TAN, MAUREEN AKA Jane. NY: Mysterious Press, 1997. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else fine in Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's first mystery concerns a former British agent turned private eye novelist in Savannah. $35.00
1651. TAYLOR, P. WALKER Murder in the Game Reserve. NY: Mill, 1938. First American Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket with front panel and spine extremity chips. Author's second mystery is set in South Africa with Commander Wraithlea. $90.00
1652. TAYLOR, PHOEBE ATWOOD The Tinkling Symbol. NY: Norton, 1935. First Edition. Slight corner wear,else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). The sixth Asey Mayo mystery. $35.00
1653. The Crimson Patch. NY: Norton, 1936. First Edition. Owner's signature, else VG+ in poor Dust Jacket missing most of the spine. Asey Mayo. $35.00
1654. The Asey Mayo Trio. NY: Messner, 1946. First Edition. VG in good+ Dust Jacket with several internal tape mends. Three novelettes. $45.00
1655. TEBBETTS, LEON O Big Earth! Portland (ME): Falmouth Book House, 1938. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. A utopian novel listed in Bleiler. $40.00
1656. TERRALL, ROBERT Madam Is Dead. NY: Duell, 1947. First Edition. Minor bumps to upper corners, else a fine bright copy in a fine Dust Jacket. Terrall also wrote as Robert Kyle and John Gonzales. This is his second mystery. $35.00
1657. THALL, MICHAEL Let Sleeping Afghans Lie. NY: Walker, 1990. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $20.00
1658. THANET, OCTAVE The Lion's Share. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1907. First Edition. Owner's inscription, else near fine with pictorial cover. Author's (Alice French) only mystery. $30.00
1659. THAYER, LEE That Affair at "The Cedars." NY: Doubleday, 1921. First Edition. Owner's signature, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Color frontispiece. Peter Clancy on Long Island. $20.00
1660. Set a Thief. NY: Sears, 1931. First Edition. Top edge soiling, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with moderate front panel chip. An early Peter Clancy mystery. Uncommon in DJ. $120.00
1661. Who Benefits? NY: Dodd, 1955. First Edition. Fine in good Dust Jacket with spine and panel chips. Peter Clancy. $20.00
1662. THOMAS, CRAIG Sea Leopard. London: Joseph, 1981. First Edition. Light corner bumps, else VG+ in a VG+ DJ missing a single tiny chip to upper edge of front panel. $45.00
1663. THOMAS, ROSS Cast a Yellow Shadow. NY: Morrow, 1967. First Edition. Near fine in lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. The author's third mystery. $50.00
1664. The Seersucker Whipsaw. NY: Morrow, 1967. First Edition. Corner bumps, owner's signature, else VG+ in Dust Jacket. Author's second book. $200.00
1665. The Porkchoppers. NY: Morrow, 1972. First Edition. Top edge soiling, else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket with light spine fading. $40.00
1666. Chinaman's Chance. NY: Simon, 1978. First Edition. Spine slant, else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket with spine color fading. $30.00
1667. Out On the Rim. NY: Mysterious Press, 1987. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
1668. THOMAS, ROSS AS BLEECK, OLIVER The Procane Chronicle. NY: Morrow, 1972. First Edition. Very minor foxing to upper edge, near fine in Dust Jacket. The third Philip St. Ives mystery. Uncommon title in collectible condition. $275.00
1669. THOMPSON, STANBURY Tales of the Supernatural. Stapleford (UK): Thompson, ND (1963). 1st? Price on endpaper, light foxing, else VG (no Dust Jacket). "A Collection of Weird and Uncanny Stories." Large, apparently self-published collection is probably from the fifties. $20.00
1670. THOMSON, SIR BASIL The Case of the Dead Diplomat. NY: Burt, (1935). Early reprint. Small rubbed spot on upper edge, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. Inspector Richardson's fourth case. $32.00
1671. THURBER, JAMES The Beast in Me. NY: Harcourt, 1948. First Edition. Top spine wear, else good+- near VG (no Dust Jacket). Humor. $15.00
1672. THURSTON, KATHERINE CECIL The Mystics. NY: Harpers, 1907. First American Edition. Spine slant, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Listed in Hubin as having marginal mystery content. $25.00
1673. TICKELL, JERRARD Yolan. NY: Putnam, 1929. First American Edition. A fine, bright copy in Dust Jacket. The author's first mystery. Uncommon in DJ. $145.00
1674. TOLKIEN, J. R. R. Smith of Wootton Major. London: George Allen, 1967. First Edition. Edge wear, rubbing to spine, else VG+ without Dust Jacket as issued. Fantasy. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. $40.00
1675. TOPOR, TOM Bloodstar. NY: Norton, 1978. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Author's second mystery features Hollywood private eye Kevin Fitzgerald. $30.00
1676. TOURNEY, LEONARD The Players' Boy Is Dead. NY: Harper, 1980. First Edition. Near fine in fine Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery is set in England in 1601. Uncommon title. $75.00
1677. TRACY, LOUIS Cynthia's Chauffeur. NY: Clode, 1910. First Edition. Lacks front free endpaper, residue on rear endpaper, else good (no Dust Jacket). Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christie. Precedes English edition which was published as SYLVIA'S CHAUFFEUR. $15.00
1678. The Sandling Case. NY: Clode, 1931. First American Edition. A fine copy in a just about fine Dust Jacket. Insp. Furneaux. $145.00
1679. TRACY, VIRGINIA The Moment After. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1930. First Edition. Faint stains & soiling, else about VG (no Dust Jacket). New York setting. Author's second mystery. $10.00
1680. TRAIN, ARTHUR McAllister and His Double. NY: Scribners, 1905. First Edition. Cover stains, owner's inscription, else good+ with pictorial front cover (no Dust Jacket). Author's first book. Illustrated. Short stories. $20.00
1681. True Stories of Crime from the District Attorney's Office. NY: Scribners, 1926. Later Printing. Owner's plate, else near fine in VG Dust Jacket with small top spine chip and other tiny chips and tears. Listed in Hubin as fictionalized true crime stories. The author was the prosecutor on many of these cases. $25.00
1682. Manhattan Murder. NY: Scribners, 1936. Later printing. A fine copy in a fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. $45.00
1683. Mr. Tutt Comes Home. NY: Scribners, 1941. First Edition. VG+ in Dust Jacket. Short stories. $125.00
1684. TRAVEN, B. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. NY: Pocket, 1948. Paperback reprint. Browning pages, VG in pictorial wraps. Movie tie-in edition with Humphrey Bogart depicted on the front cover. (Pocket Books #455, 3rd printing). $15.00
1685. TREAT, LAWRENCE H as in Hunted. NY: Duell, 1946. First Edition. Near fine in a near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. The second Jub Freeman mystery. $25.00
1686. TREVOR, ELLESTON A Blaze of Roses. NY: Harper, 1952. First American Edition. A fine copy in a near fine Dust Jacket with just a trace of wear at head of spine and a short tape repair at base of spine. The author's fifth mystery novel. $35.00
1687. TREYNOR, BLAIR Widow's Pique. NY: Mill-Morrow, 1956. First Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with long, closed tear. Los Angeles ex-private eye. $15.00
1688. TRIGOBOFF, JOSEPH The Bone Orchard. NY: Walker, 1990. First Edition. Slight spine slant, very light top edge soiling, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. First mystery introduces NYPD detective Alvin Yablonsky. $15.00
1689. TRIMBLE, LOUIS Obit Deferred. NY: Ace D-401, 1959. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback Edition, light browning pages, nick in top front cover, else near fine in wraps. Published with Thomey, Todd/I WANT OUT Both titles are First Editions. $20.00
1690. TRIPP, MILES The Claws of God. London: Macmillan, 1972. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. No U.S. edition. $20.00
1691. Woman at Risk. London: Macmillan, 1974. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $20.00
1692. TROCHECK, KATHY HOGAN To Live and Die in Dixie. NY: Harper, 1993. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The second Callahan Garrity mystery. $30.00
1693. TRUMAN, MARGARET Murder in the White House. NY: Arbor, 1980. First Edition. Small owner's label, VG+ in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $15.00
1694. Murder in the Smithsonian. NY: Arbor, 1983. First Edition. VG+ in price-clipped Dust Jacket. Author's fourth mystery. $15.00
1695. TRUSS, SELDON Turmoil at Brede. NY: Mystery League, 1931. 1st (precedes English edition). Near fine (no Dust Jacket). An Inspector Shane mystery. The first chapter of DEATH WALKS AT EASTREPPS is also included. $15.00
1696. TRUSS, SELDON AS SELMARK, GEORGE The Bride That Got Away. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1967. First American Edition. Owner's inscription, VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. $15.00
1697. TUCKER, BARTHOLOMEW He's Dead-She's Dead: Details at Eleven. NY: St.Martin's, 1990. First Edition. Fine in price-clipped Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR to Haywood Hale Broun and dated July 26, 1990. Author's second and, to date, final mystery. Network news setting. $17.50
1698. TUCKER, KERRY Still Waters. NY: Harper, 1991. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery, introduces photojournalist Libby Kincaid. $15.00
1699. TUCKER, WILSON To Keep or Kill. NY: Rinehart, 1947. First Edition. Owner's signature and note, else VG+ in near VG Dust Jacket with shallow top spine chip. The second Charles Horne mystery. $40.00
1700. The City in the Sea. NY: Rinehart, 1951. First Edition. VG+ (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction. $10.00
1701. The Time Masters. NY: Rinehart, 1953. First Edition. Lightly browning pages, else VG+ (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction. $12.00
1702. Time Bomb. NY: Rinehart, 1955. First Edition. Browning pages, upper corners bumped; VG (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction. $10.00
1703. A Procession of the Damned. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1965. First Edition. VG+ in price-clipped Dust Jacket. $35.00
1704. This Witch. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1971. First Edition. Remainder mark on lower edge, else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. Occult suspense set along the Jordan River. $25.00
1705. TULLETT, TOM Strictly Murder: Famous Cases of Scotland Yard's Murder Squad. NY: St. Martin's, 1980. First American Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Over 30 cases detailed by the author, a crime reporter. $15.00
1706. TURNBULL, MARGARET The Return of Jenny Weaver. Phila: Lippincott, 1932. First Edition. Light fraying at head of spine, VG in good Dust Jacket missing one inch chip at head of spine & with an internal, archival mend at base of spine. Features "Female Ferret" Juliet Jackson in her third case (this time in Lost Harbor, Maine). $40.00
1707. TUROW, SCOTT Reversible Errors. NY: Farrar, Strauss, 2002. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $20.00
1708. TWAIN, MARK Extracts from Adam's Diary: Translated from the Original MS. London: Harper, 1904. First English Edition. Lettering flaked off spine and just legible, owner's signature in pencil, else good+ with cover lettering just slightly flaked (no Dust Jacket). Humor. $30.00
1709. TWIST, PETER The Gilded Hideaway. NY: Ace, 1955. First Edition. Paperback original; minor creasing at hinge, else VG+ in pictorial wraps. Author's only mystery is set in Mexico. $9.00
1710. TYLER, ANNE Morgan's Passing. NY: Knopf, 1980. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with front panel tear and light rear panel soiling. A mysterious man delivers a baby at a church fair. $30.00
1711. TYRE, NEDRA Mouse in Eternity. NY: Knopf, 1952. First Edition. Rubbed corners, else near fine in Dust Jacket. Great association copy INSCRIBED by the poet whose poem contains the title phrase and dated May 3, 1952. Author's first mystery is set in Atlanta. $50.00
1712. UPWARD, ALLEN The House of Sin. Phila: Lippincott, 1927. First American Edition. Light cover stains, review glued to endpaper, else VG+ in partial Dust Jacket lacking the front flap; most of which is glued to endpaper. A Dr. Frank Tarleton mystery. $35.00
1713. VACHSS, ANDREW H. Flood. NY: Fine, 1985. First Edition. Corner bumps, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with the lightest of rubbing at lower spine extremity. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on title page. Author's first mystery; introduces investigator Burke. $50.00
1714. Blossom. NY: Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on title page. Burke. $25.00
1715. VALIN, JONATHAN Final Notice. NY: Dodd, 1980. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The second Harry Stoner. $50.00
1716. The Lime Pit. NY: Dodd, 1980. First Edition. Light top edge soiling, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with front panel rubbing. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The first case of civilized, hardboiled Cincinnati P.I. Harry Stoner. $50.00
1717. VAN ARSDALE, WIRT The Professor Knits a Shroud. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1951. First Edition. VG in good+ Dust Jacket with moderate chips. Female author's only mystery. Set in New York and concerns a famous writer who was murdered on a farm. $15.00
1718. VAN DE WATER, FREDERICK Hidden Ways. NY: Bobbs, 1934. First Edition. Near fine in good Dust Jacket with spine chips and long tears. Locked room mystery. $65.00
1719. VAN DE WETERING, JANWILLEM The Butterfly Hunter. Boston: Houghton, 1982. First Edition. VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket. $35.00
1720. The Maine Massacre. NY: Soho, (1996). Trade Paperback Reprint. As new in pictorial wraps. Grijpstra & De Gier. $15.00
1721. The Amsterdam Cops. NY: Soho, 1999. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. The complete Grijpstra & DeGier stories. $15.00
1722. The Amsterdam Cops. NY: Soho, 1999. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The complete Grijpstra & DeGier stories. $35.00
1723. VAN DINE, S. S. The Benson Murder Case. NY: Scribners, 1927. Later printing. Light cover stain, offsetting to endpapers, else a solid VG copy (no Dust Jacket). The first Philo Vance mystery. Published one year after the first edition. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone. $30.00
1724. The Greene Murder Case. NY: Scribner's, 1928. First Edition. Spine lettering flaking, else good-VG (no Dust Jacket). Second state with 1927,1928 copyright dates. Philo Vance. $15.00
1725. The Greene Murder Case. NY: Grosset, (1928). Early reprint (ca 1940). Very light page browning, else VG+ in a good+ DJ missing the lower one inch of the spine. Philo Vance. $25.00
1726. The Greene Murder Case. NY: Scribner's, 1928. First Edition. VG+ in fair-good, heavily chipped Dust Jacket. First state with 1928 copyright date. The third Philo Vance mystery. THE MOTHER GOOSE MURDER CASE listed as being in preparation. The basis for 1929 and 1937 films. $65.00
1727. The Greene Murder Case. NY: Grosset, (1928). Photoplay edition. Owner's inscription, else a VG+ copy in a near VG Dust Jacket with some internal brown paper tape reinforcing some areas. With eight internal stills from the 1929 Paramount film and striking color portrait of William Powell as Philo Vance on DJ rear panel. $85.00
1728. The Garden Murder Case. NY: Scribners, 1935. First Edition. Owner's inscription, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. Philo Vance. $200.00
1729. The Garden Murder Case. NY: Scribners, 1935. First Edition. Fine in a VG-VG+ Dust Jacket with light spine wear. The basis for the 1936 film. Philo Vance. $300.00
1730. The Kidnap Murder Case. NY: Collier, (1936). Early reprint. VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Philo Vance. $17.50
1731. VAN DINE, S. S. \ LOUGHERY, JOHN Alias S. S. Van Dine. NY: Scribners, 1992. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Illustrated biography. $20.00
1732. VAN GIESON, JUDITH North of the Border. NY: Walker, 1988. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. The author's first book, introduces Neil Hamel. $425.00
1733. The Lies That Bind. NY: Harper, 1998. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Neil Hamel. $25.00
1734. VAN GULIK, ROBERT Necklace and Calabash. NY: Scribners, 1971. First American Edition. Light foxing to upper edge, else fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with very minor spine color-fading. Judge Dee. $28.00
1735. VAN VOGT, A. E. Away and Beyond. NY: Pellegrini, 1952. First Edition. VG+ (No Dust Jacket). Science Fiction short stories. $12.00
1736. VANCE, ETHEL Escape. Boston: Little, 1939. First Edition. Owner's plate, else VG+ in near good, chipped Dust Jacket). Basis for the Robert Taylor-Norma Shearer film. $25.00
1737. VANCE, JOHN HOLBROOK AS VANCE, JACK Vandals of the Void. Phila: Winston, 1953. First Edition. Light foxing to edges, else VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket missing several small chips and with two external tape repairs to front panel. The author's first hardbound book, uncommon in DJ. Science fiction. $125.00
1738. VANCE, LOUIS JOSEPH No Man's Land. NY: Dodd, 1910. First Edition. Owner's penciled inscription, light foxing; else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). In Hubin. Color frontispiece, interior b&w illustrations. $15.00
1739. The Lone Wolf's Son. Phila: Lippincott, 1931. First Edition. Near fine in a VG-VG+ Dust Jacket missing single small chip to front panel. The sixth Michael Lanyard (the Lone Wolf) mystery. Great jacket art by Politzer. $125.00
1740. The Street of Strange Faces. Phila: 1934. First Edition. Owner's signature, heavy shelf wear, lower edge stain else good+ in near VG Dust Jacket with spine fading and top spine chip. New York City. $55.00
1741. VANE, DEREK The Ferrybridge Mystery. NY: Moffat, Yard, 1920. First American Edition. VG+ in a good+ Dust Jacket missing some tiny chips and with some internal tape repairs. Author is Mrs. Blanche Eaton-Back. Uncommon in DJ. $185.00
1742. VARIOUS HANDS The President's Mystery Story. NY: Farrar, 1935. First Edition. Endpaper foxing, owner's inscription, light spine color fading, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Round Robin story includes Van Dine, Anthony Abbot, and Rupert Hughes. $35.00
1743. VEILLER, BAYARD Within the Law. NY: Fly, 1913. First Edition. Light foxing to endpapers, else VG+- near fine in good+, spine chipped and torn Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery and basis for four films, three of them silent. Very uncommon title in DJ. $200.00
1744. VIDOCQ Memoirs of Vidocq. London: Bohn, (1859). Early reprint. Much spine wear, else fair-good. Haycraft Queen Cornerstone title. $50.00
1745. VULLIAMY, C. E. AS ROLLS, ANTHONY Clerical Error. Boston: Little, 1932. 1st (precedes Eng). Light top spine and rear cover stains, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with corresponding stains on spine and rear panel. The author's first mystery, published in England as THE VICAR'S EXPERIMENTS. $135.00
1746. WADLEY, MARGOT The Gripping Beast. NY: St. Martin's, 2001. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery and winner of the St. Martin's/Malice Domestic, first novel competition. Set in the Orkney Islands. $17.50
1747. WAER, JACK 17 and Black. NY: Viking, 1954. First Edition. Fine in lightly soiled Dust Jacket. Hardboiled gambler in Mexico City. First of three mysteries, all with gambling themes, by this author who was a casino manager. $15.00
1748. WAGER, WALTER Swap. NY: Macmillan, 1972. First Edition. VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. $20.00
1749. WAINWRIGHT, JOHN Talent for Murder. London: Collins Crime Club, 1967. First Edition. Near fine in a VG Dust Jacket with a couple of internal tape mends. The second Supts. Lewis & Sullivan mystery. No U.S. edition. $20.00
1750. Clouds of Guilt. London: Macmillan, 1985. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
1751. WALCOTT, EARLE ASHLEY Blindfolded. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1906. First Edition. Near fine. Set in San Francisco. Pictorial cover, illustrated. The author's first mystery. $25.00
1752. WALK, CHARLES E. The Paternoster Ruby. Chicago: McClure, 1910. First Edition. Some foxing, spine darkened, owner's stamp, else VG. $25.00
1753. WALKER, MARY WILLIS The Red Scream. NY: Doubleday, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's Edgar winning second mystery; introduces writer/sleuth Molly Cates. $40.00
1754. Under the Beetle's Cellar. NY: Doubleday, 1995. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Molly Cates. $15.00
1755. WALLACE, EDGAR The Fellowship of the Frog. Boston: Small, 1923. First American Edition. Owner's inscription, else a VG+, bright copy (no Dust Jacket). $35.00
1756. The Feathered Serpent. NY: Grosset, (1928). Early reprint. Spine slant, else VG near VG Dust Jacket with spine chips. $25.00
1757. Mr. Commissioner Sanders. NY: Doubleday, 1930. First American Edition. Covers somewhat stained, else VG in good+ Dust Jacket with moderate panel staining and internal front panel tear. Short stories. $45.00
1758. Sanders of the River. NY: Doubleday, 1930. First American Edition. Tiny spine stain, owner's notes on endpapers, bookstore stamp, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). The first book of Sanders short stories, first published in England in 1911. $20.00
1759. Sanders of the River. NY: Doubleday, 1930. First American Edition. Very minor cover soiling, else VG+-near fine in fine, colorful Dust Jacket. Adventures of Commissioner Sanders in East Africa. Basis for the Paul Robeson film. $125.00
1760. The Stretelli Case and Other Mystery Stories. Cleveland: International, 1930. First Edition. Tear and chip in rear endpapers, owner's plate and signature, light browning pages, else covers fine in VG colorful Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear and tear. Short stories; most from previous collections. $35.00
1761. The Devil Man. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1931. First American Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). $15.00
1762. The Man at the Carlton. London: Hodder, (1931). First Edition. Minor crease and light color fading to spine, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). $10.00
1763. The Man at the Carlton. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1932. First American Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). $15.00
1764. Mr. Reeder Returns. NY: Doubleday, 1932. First American Edition. Gouge in rear joint, else good (no DJ). This third book featuring Reeder has four cases. $15.00
1765. Fighting Snub Reilly and other Stories. Cleveland: World Syndicate, 1934. First American Edition? Light ring stain, light cover stains, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Eleven short stories. Perhaps a variant first edition in red covers. $15.00
1766. WALLING, R. A. J. The Corpse with the Blue Cravat. NY: Morrow, 1938. First American Edition. Spine slant, else VG+ in near VG Dust Jacket with moderate wear to lower extremities. Tolefree. $60.00
1767. The Corpse with the Grimy Glove. NY: Morrow, 1938. First American Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). Philip Tolefree. $15.00
1768. The Corpse with the Grimy Glove. NY: Morrow, 1938. First American Edition. Very minor cover spots, VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Tolefree. $15.00
1769. The Corpse in the Green Pajamas. NY: Triangle, 1939. Early reprint, 1st as such. Lightly browning pages, VG+ in Dust Jacket. Tolefree. $15.00
1770. WALTERS, MINETTE The Sculptress. NY: St. Martin's, 1993. First American Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's second, Edgar winning mystery. $15.00
1771. The Sculptress. NY: St. Martin's, 1993. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF, near fine in wraps. Author's second mystery; Edgar winner. $15.00
1772. The Sculptress. London: Macmillan, 1993. First Edition. Remainder mark on lower edge, else a fine copy in a fine Dust Jacket. Author's second, Edgar winning mystery. $40.00
1773. The Scold's Bridle. NY: St.Martin's, 1994. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
1774. The Scold's Bridle. London: Macmillan, 1994. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $45.00
1775. The Echo. London: Macmillan, 1997. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $40.00
1776. The Shape of Snakes. London: Macmillan, 2000. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket with very light wear. Set in England, 1978. $20.00
1777. WARREN, JAMES She Fell Among Actors. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1944. First American Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket. $45.00
1778. WARREN, SAMUEL Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician. Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1874. Later printing. Owner's plate and inscription, else a VG copy. Short stories listed in Hubin. $40.00
1779. WATERS, G. W. Caught in a Corner. Chicago: Laird, 1887. First hardcover edition. Owner's inscription, else good+- near VG. Author's only mystery. $45.00
1780. WATSON, COLIN Hopjoy Was Here. NY: Walker, 1963. First American Edition. Slight spine slant, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Insp. Purbright. Author's second mystery. $35.00
1781. WATT-EVANS, LAWRENCE Out of this World. NY: Ballantine, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR laid in. Science fiction. $20.00
1782. WEBB, ANTHONY Murder in Reverse. London: Harrap, 1945. First Edition. VG+ in a good, chipped Dust Jacket. A George Pendlebury mystery with no U.S. edition. $60.00
1783. WEINMAN, IRVING Easy Way Down. NY: Fawcett, 1991. First Edition. Fine in lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. The fourth Lenny Schwartz mystery. $15.00
1784. WELCOME, JOHN Beware of Midnight. NY: Knopf, 1961. First American Edition. Rubbed corners, else near fine in VG Dust Jacket. Some praise from Barzun & Taylor in A CATLOGUE OF CRIME. $15.00
1785. WELLS, CAROLYN Prillilgirl. Phila: Lippincott, 1924. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else VG+- near fine. Fleming Stone. $20.00
1786. The Roll-Top Desk Mystery. Phila: Lippincott, 1932. First Edition. Some small, faint stains to rear cover, else a VG+ copy in a VG Dust Jacket with some short closed tears and wear at extremities. Fleming Stone. Uncommon in DJ. $125.00
1787. Devil's Work. Phila: Lippincott, 1940. First Edition. Near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with shallow top spine chip. Fleming Stone solves murder while fencing. $150.00
1788. WELLS, H. G. Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island. London: Benn, 1928. First Edition. Slight spine slant, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Laid in is publisher's advertising post card. Bleiler title. $25.00
1789. All Abroad for Ararat. NY: Alliance, 1941. First American Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with light spine fading and narrow top front panel chip, inch front panel tear and tiny extremity chips. Bleiler title. 103 page satire about Noah's ark. $30.00
1790. WENTWORTH, PATRICIA The Clock Strikes Twelve. London: Hodder, 1951. Later printing. Near fine in near VG Dust Jacket with several small chips. Maud Silver. $20.00
1791. Lonesome Road. NY: Popular Library, 1951. Early paperback reprint. Paperback; VG in pictorial wraps (Popular Lib. # 333). The third Maud Silver mystery. $8.00
1792. The Gazebo. Phila: Lippincott, 1958. First Edition. Slight slant, else near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with rear panel soiling and moderate extremity wear. Maud Silver. $25.00
1793. WERRY, RICHARD R. A Delicately Personal Matter. NY: Dodd, 1986. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jack with panel rubbing. The second J. D. Mulroy mystery and set in Michigan. $15.00
1794. (WESTERN FICTION) \ COURTNEY, RAY Object: Adventure. NY: Chelsea House, 1925. First Edition. VG+ in a near VG Dust Jacket missing some small chips. $30.00
1795. (WESTERN FICTION) \ GOLDEN, HARRY Unseen Acres. NY: Chelsea, 1924. First Edition. Owners' inscriptions in pencil, else VG+ in fair Dust Jacket lacking half the spine. $25.00
1796. (WESTERN FICTION) \ REGINALD C. BARKER Grizzly Gallagher. NY: Chelsea, 1927. First Edition. Owner's stamp crossed out on free endpaper, else VG+- near fine in good Dust Jacket with owner's stamp on front panel, tape repairs to outside of spine and spine chips. Author was the director of early talkies including SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE and THE MOONSTONE as well as many silent movies. $75.00
1797. WESTLAKE, DONALD E. Somebody Owes Me Money. NY: Random, 1969. First Edition. A fine bright copy in a fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $150.00
1798. Help I Am Being Held Prisoner. NY: Evans, 1974. First Edition. Fine in a near fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. $75.00
1799. Don't Ask. NY: Mysterious Press, 1993. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Dortmunder. $20.00
1800. WESTLAKE, DONALD E. AS STARK, RICHARD Butcher's Moon. NY: Random, 1974. First Edition. Near fine in an attractive, near fine Dust Jacket with minor wear at head of spine. Parker. $300.00
1801. Backflash. NY: Mysterious Press, 1998. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Parker. $20.00
1802. WESTON, GARNETT The Hidden Portal. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1946. First American Edition. Offsetting to endpapers, else VG+ in Dust Jacket with moderate lower extremity wear and tear. Involves ancient tunnel under the Straits of Gibraltar. $50.00
1803. WEYMAN, STANLEY J. The Snowball. NY: Merriam, (1895). First Edition. Front endpaper out, small worn area to rear cover, else VG. An entry in Merriam's Violet Series, 65 pages. An historical novelette, later collected as "Episode of the Snowball" in IN KING'S BYWAYS. Uncommon title. $35.00
1804. WHEATLEY, DENNIS The White Witch of the South Seas. London: Hutchinson, 1968. First Edition. Fine in a near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. No U.S. edition. $35.00
1805. WHEATLEY, DENNIS & LINKS, J. G. File on Bolitho Blane. NY: Morrow, 1936. First American Edition. VG+ in 8-1/2 X 11, heavy, printed wraps. Variant issue with title in black on front cover (title also appeared in red). Crimefile #1, published in England as MURDER OFF MIAMI. All clues present. $40.00
1806. The Malinsay Massacre. London: Webb & Bower, 1986. Reprint. 8-1/2 X 11, heavy, printed boards (issued without Dust Jacket); small remainder mark on lower edge, else VG+. The third crime dossier, this one a locked room mystery. Originally published in 1938. $15.00
1807. WHEELER, BENSON & PURDY, CLAIRE LEE The Riddle of the Eighth Guest. NY: Speller, 1936. First Edition. Slight spine slant, VG in a VG Dust Jacket missing some tiny chips mostly at spine extremities. The authors' only foray into mystery fiction. Set on the isolated Zombi Island off the coast of South Carolina...a series of fiendish, Voodoo related murders. Very uncommon title. $350.00
1808. WHITE, ETHEL LINA The Man Who Was Not There. NY: Harper, 1943. First American Edition. Heavy shelf wear and corner edge wear, foxing to endpapers, else fair+ (no Dust Jacket). $15.00
1809. WHITE, LIONEL The Night of the Rape. NY: Dutton, 1967. First Edition. Remainder mark on lower edge, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. $15.00
1810. WHITE, MICHAEL C. A Brother's Blood. NY: Harper, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. Author's first book, nominated for Edgar. Set in Maine. $25.00
1811. WHITE, PERCY The Grip of the Bookmaker. NY: Fenno, 1901. First American Edition. Front endpaper out, else a near fine copy (no Dust Jacket). Conditionally in Hubin, gambling setting. $28.00
1812. WHITE, RANDY WAYNE Dark Light. NY: Putnam, 2006. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Doc Ford. $15.00
1813. WHITE, ROBIN A. The Last High Ground. NY: Crown, 1995. First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Listed in Hubin. $15.00
1814. WHITE, STEWART EDWARD The Sign at Six. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1912. First Edition. Rear hinge just started, else VG+- near fine in good+ Dust Jacket with front panel and top spine chip and tape repairs on outside of panel and spine. Bleiler title in Hubin as marginal ciminous interest; the second Percy Darrow adventure. $125.00
1815. WHITE, STEWART EDWARD & ADAMS, SAMUEL HOPKINS The Mystery. NY: McClure, 1907. First Edition. Owner's signature, spine somewhat faded, good+- near VG. Pictorial cover; illustrations by Will Crawford. A Percy Darrow mystery. $32.00
1816. The Mystery. NY: McClure, 1907. First Edition. Spine slant, rear cover cloth stained, rear hinge weak; else a near VG copy. Pictorial cover shows a pirate on a chest. Ilustrations by Will Crawford. A Percy Darrow mystery. $35.00
1817. WHITEHOUSE, WESLEY L. The Man from Australia. London: Forbes, Robertson, 1953. First Edition. Lower spine stain, slight slant, else VG+-near fine in colorful Dust Jacket. The author's second mystery. $25.00
1818. WHITNEY, PHYLLIS A. Feather on the Moon. NY: Doubleday, 1988. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. $15.00
1819. Woman Without a Past. NY: Doubleday, 1991. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. $15.00
1820. WICKWARE, FRANCIS SILL Dangerous Ground. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1946. First Edition. Owner's gift inscription, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket missing some tiny chips. Author's only mystery. $28.00
1821. WILCOX, COLLIN The Third Figure. NY: Dodd, 1968. First Edition. Whiteout on free endpaper, endpaper foxing, else VG in good+ Dust Jacket with rubbed area on front panel. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Author's second mystery, returns Stephen Drake. $20.00
1822. The Third Figure. NY: Dodd, 1968. First Edition. Slight shelf wear, else near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with the lightest of spine fading. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. His second. $50.00
1823. WILHELM, KATE Seven Kinds of Death. NY: St. Martin's, 1992. First Edition. Corner bumps, else VG+ in VG+ Dust Jacket. Constance Leidl & Charlie Meiklejohn. $15.00
1824. The Deepest Water. NY: St. Martin's, 2000. First Edition. Corner bump, else fine in fine Dust Jacket. Bibliomystery about a novelist whose last novel may be a guide to his murder. $15.00
1825. WILKINSON, BURKE Proceed at Will. Boston: Little, 1948. First Edition. Fine in VG+ copy with small rear panel chip. The author's uncommon first mystery. $50.00
1826. WILLEFORD, CHARLES The Shark-Infested Custard. Novato: Underwood-Miller, 1993. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. $20.00
1827. WILLIAMS, BRAD A Stranger to Herself. NY: Doubleday Crime Club, 1964. First Edition. Light foxing, VG+ in VG Dust Jacket. $15.00
1828. WILLIAMS, VALENTINE The Portcullis Room. Boston: Houghton, 1934. First American Edition. Lending library stamp, else VG in good+- near VG Dust Jacket with wear and rubbing at extremities and folds. $45.00
1829. Mr. Treadgold Cuts In. London: Hodder, 1937. First Edition. Crease in spine else VG+- near fine in Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear and rear panel soiling. Short story collection published as THE CURIOSITY OF MR. TREADWELL in U.S. $175.00
1830. WILSON, COLIN Ritual in the Dark. London: Golancz, 1960. First Edition. Slight spine slant, owner's plate, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with long tear at front fold. The author's first mystery; third book. Echoes Jack the Ripper. $40.00
1831. WILSON, DANA Make with the Brains, Pierre. NY: Messner, 1946. First Edition. Short tape marks on endpapers, else VG+ in price-clipped Dust Jacket. Author's only mystery; Hollywood film setting. $25.00
1832. WILSON, GAHAN Eddy Deco's Last Caper. NY: Times/Random, 1987. First Edition. Corner bumps, else near fine; without Dust Jacket as issued. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR including sketch. Hardboiled parody. $25.00
1833. WILSON, HENRY R. The Russian Refugee. NY: Knox & Company, 1887. First Edition. Spine slant, moderate cover stains, else good+- near VG with gilt design on cover and spine. INSCRIBED, PRESENTATION COPY dated July 14th 87. Inscription is somewhat faded. Novel. $30.00
1834. WILSON, ROBERT A Small Death in Lisbon. NY: Harcourt, 2000. First American Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Gold Dagger Award winner. $25.00
1835. WILTZ, CHRIS The Killing Circle. NY: Macmillan, 1981. First Edition. Light soiling to upper edge, else VG+-near fine in near-fine Dust Jacket. Author's first book features New Orleans private eye Neal Rafferty; a bibliomystery involving a lost set of the works of William Blake. $40.00
1836. WINCHESTER, CLARENCE City of Lies. London: Collins, 1942. First Edition. Owner's small inscription, else near fine in a near fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. The second and final mystery to feature Winchester's "Three Modern Musketeers" Arrow, Wally and Boots. No U.S. edition. $85.00
1837. WINSLOW, DON The Death and Life of Bobby Z. London: Century, 1997. 1st (precedes Amer.). Trade paperback original, as new in pictorial wraps. $25.00
1838. WINWAR, FRANCES Pagan Interval. Indianapolis: Bobbs, 1929. First Edition. Dusty top edges, else fine in VG+- fine Dust Jacket with small top front panel chip. This is the less common orange binding variant. In Bleiler. $125.00
1839. WODEHOUSE, P. G. Money in the Bank. London: Jenkins, ND, 1942. 1st printing, grey cloth. Foxed endpapers, light browning to pages, else near fine in near fine Dust Jacket with front flap clipped affecting titles of two books and price. Humor. $100.00
1840. Pigs Have Wings. NY: Doubleday, 1952. First Edition. Near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with some spine fading and light rear panel soiling. Humor. $110.00
1841. Bring on the Girls: The Improbable Story of our Life in Musical Comedy, with Pictures to Prove It. NY: Simon, 1953. First Edition. Spine color faded, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Partially fictional memoirs of the authors' lives in musical comedy. $30.00
1842. Cocktail Time. London: Jenkins, 1958. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. Blue boards with gilt titles, but in plain salmon colored, later issue dust jacket with reference to "The Autography Edition" on rear panel. $35.00
1843. Service with a Smile. London: Jenkins, 1962. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Dust Jacket is price-clipped but a Barrie & Jenkins price label is afixed just above (1.50). $150.00
1844. Uneasy Money. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1976. Reprint. Fine in Dust Jacket. $20.00
1845. WOLFE, SUSAN The Last Billable Hour. NY: St. Martin's, 1989. First Edition. Fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket with some extremity wear. Author's Edgar winning first mystery. $85.00
1846. WOLFFE, KATHERINE The Attic Room. NY: Morrow, 1942. First Edition. Owner's inscription and label, else VG, VG+ (no Dust Jacket). Author's second of three mysteries; introduces Colonel Brade. $10.00
1847. WOLSTENCROFT, DAVID Good News Bad News. NY: Dutton, 2004. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The author's first mystery. $25.00
1848. WOOD, CHRISTOPHER Taiwan. London: Joseph, 1981. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. Author also penned two James Bond thrillers. $20.00
1849. WOOD, TED AS BARNAO, JACK Hammerlocke. NY: Scribners, 1986. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. The first John Locke mystery. $15.00
1850. WOODRELL, DANIEL Give Us a Kiss. NY: Holt, 1996. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. "A Country Noir." $20.00
1851. WOODS, SARA Bloody Instructions. London: Collins Crime Club, 1962. First Edition. Endpaper foxing, else VG+- near fine in VG Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear and rubbing. Author's first mystery introduces Antony Maitland who does not get first billing on DJ. $50.00
1852. Bloody Instructions. NY: Harper, 1963. First American Edition. VG in VG, price-clipped Dust Jacket with soiled rear panel. Author's first mystery, introduces Antony Maitland. $20.00
1853. The Third Encounter. NY: Harper, 1963. First American Edition. A few small dents in front cover, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with small hole in front panel. Anthony Maitland. $15.00
1854. Enter Certain Murderers. NY: Harper, 1966. First American Edition. Rubbed corners, else near fine in Dust Jacket with light extremity wear. Antony Maitland. $32.00
1855. WOODS, STUART Cold Paradise. NY: Putnam, 2001. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. $15.00
1856. WOODWARD, EDWARD The House of Terror. NY: Mystery League, 1930. First American Edition. Upper edge soiling, else near fine in VG+- near fine Dust Jacket. DJ illustrated by Gene. $75.00
1857. WOOLRICH, CORNELL The Ten Faces of Cornell Woolrich. NY: Simon, 1965. First Edition. Near fine in near VG Dust Jacket with small holes in front and rear panels and very light front panel soiling. Short stories. $75.00
1858. WOOLRICH, CORNELL AS IRISH, WILLIAM Deadline at Dawn. Phila: Lippincott, 1944. First Edition. A VG copy (no Dust Jacket). $35.00
1859. WORMSER, RICHARD AS CARTER, NICK Park Avenue Murder. NY: Vital Publications, 1946. First Edition. Digest sized paperback original; short tear at base of spine, VG in pictorial wraps. "A Nick Carter Detective Story: Guns bark as Nick fights the Dope Ring!." $15.00
1860. WREN, PERCIVAL CHRISTOPHER Mammon. NY: Stokes, 1930. First American Edition. Owner's inscription, edge rubbed, else near fine in Dust Jacket with small top spine nick. Mystery set in Africa by the author of BEAU GESTE. In Hubin. $125.00
1861. WRIGHT, KEITH One Oblique One. London: Constable, 1991. First Edition. Near fine in Dust Jacket. The first Inspector David Stark mystery. $40.00
1862. WRIGHT, SEWELL PEASLEE (ED.) Chicago Murders. NY: Duell, 1945. First Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). Includes Craig Rice & Vincenct Starrett as well as Nelisse Child who wrote two murder mysteries in the thirties. $20.00
1863. WYKES, ALAN Pursuit Till Morning. NY: Random, 1947. First Edition. Part of front cover cloth cut off, else VG in VG Dust Jacket. Author's first mystery. $15.00
1864. WYNNE, ANTHONY Murder Calls Dr. Hailey. Phila: Lippincott, 1938. First American Edition. Two small bookstore stamps on front endpapers, else a VG+ copy in a VG+, bright attractive Dust Jacket. Locked Room Mystery. $125.00
1865. WYNNTON, PATRICK Strange Pursuit. Phila: Lippincott, 1930. First American Edition. Corner edge wear, owner's inscription, else near VG in good+ Dust Jacket with several small chips and small internal panel holes. Published in England as THE HONOURABLE PURSUIT. $65.00
1866. YARBRO, CHELSEA QUINN A Candle for d'Artagnan. NY: Tor, 1989. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. The third thriller to feature female vampire Olivia Atta Clemens. $25.00
1867. YARBROUGH, STEVE The Oxygen Man. Denver: MacMurray, 1999. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title page. Author's first mystery. Praised by James Lee Burke "stunning novelistic debut" on DJ. $35.00
1868. YATES, DORNFORD Blind Corner. NY: Minton, Balch, 1927. First American Edition. VG (no Dust Jacket). Richard Chandos. $45.00
1869. The House that Berry Built. NY: Putnam, 1945. First American Edition. Moderate staining to covers, spine slanting, else near VG in near VG Dust Jacket. $25.00
1870. YEAGER, DORIAN Murder Will Out. NY: St. Martin's, 1994. First Edition. Fine in Dust Jacket. An Elizabeth Will mystery. $15.00
1871. YORK, ANDREW The Captivator. London: Hutchinson, 1973. First English Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. A Jonas Wilde mystery. Shipboard setting. $25.00
1872. ZELAZNY, ROGER Knight of Shadows. NY: Morrow, 1989. First Edition. REVIEW COPY, near fine in Dust Jacket. Science fiction. Amber series. $20.00
Mystery Anthologies
1873. ADLER, BILL (ED.) Murder in Los Angeles. NY: Morrow, 1987. First Edition. Fine in near fine Dust Jacket, small remainder mark on upper edge. Breen, Gault, Nolan, etc. $10.00
1874. BOND, RAYMOND (ED.) Handbook for Poisoners. NY: Rinehart, 1951. Later printing. Light spine wear, else near VG (no Dust Jacket). Short story anthology with 70 page introduction on poisons. $15.00
1875. CARR, TERRY (ED.) The Ides of Tomorrow: Original Science Fiction Tales of Horror. Boston: Little, 1976. First Edition. Soiled top edges, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with front panel tear. Stories by Bloch, Ellison,Aldiss, Wolfe, Leiber, 4 others. $15.00
1876. FISH, ROBERT L. (ED.) Every Crime in the Book. NY: Putnam, 1975. First Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket. MWA Anthology with stories by Ellin, Hoch, Bloch, Goulart, Boucher, Gores, etc. $15.00
1877. HITT, JACK (ED.) The Perfect Murder. NY: Harper, 1991. First Edition. Remainder mark, else just about fine in near fine Dust Jacket with small rubbed spot on spine. "Five Great Mystery Writers Create The Perfect Crime" after scenario from Hitt. Includes Lawrence Block, S.Caudwell, Tony Hillerman, P. Lovesey, Donald Westlake. $15.00
1878. HUBIN, ALLEN J. (ED.) Best Detective Stories of the Year-1971. NY: Dutton, 1971. First Edition. Good in good Dust Jacket. Stories by Michael Harrison, Michael Gilbert, Avram Davidson, Gerald Kersh, Clark Howard, Joe Gores, Ed Hoch, Bill Pronzini, others. $10.00
1879. LEWIN, MICHAEL Z. & CODY, LIZA (ED.) 1st Culprit: A Crime Writers' Association Annual. NY: St. Martin's, 1993. First American Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with moderate spine wear. Anthology including Aird, Barnard, Francis, Hill, Lewin, Paretsky, Rankin, Rendell, et.c. $15.00
1880. MULLER, MARCIA & PRONZINI, BILL (EDS.) Detective Duos. NY: Oxford, 1997. First American Edition. REVIEW COPY, slight shelf wear, else near fine in fine Dust Jacket. "The Best Adventures of Twenty-Five Crime-Solving Twosomes." $15.00
1881. NO EDITOR Fifty Masterpieces of Mystery. London: Odhams, ND (ca.1937). First Edition. Near fine in near fine Dust Jacket. Huge anthology of 760+ pages that is very seldom found in Dust Jacket. Includes mystery, horror and ghost stories. $125.00
1882. QUEEN, ELLERY (ED.) Rogues' Gallery. Boston: Little, 1945. Third printing. Hinges weakening, small owner's inscription; else VG (no Dust Jacket). INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR: "To — with the very best wishes of Ellery Queen" (Fredric Dannay). "The Greatest Criminals of Modern Fiction." Stories by Hammett, Christie, Bailey, Sayers, CarrWallace, Grant Allen, Frederick Irving Anderson, Grant Allen, Post, Freeman, McCulley, manyothers. $35.00
1883. Rogues' Gallery. Boston: Little, 1945. First Edition. VG+ in near VG Dust Jacket with thumb-sized lower spine chip. "The Greatest Criminals of Modern Fiction." Stories by Hammett, Christie, Bailey, Sayers, Carr, Wallace, Grant Allen, Frederick Irving Anderson, Grant Allen, Post, Freeman, McCulley, manyothers. $45.00
1884. The Queen's Awards: 1947. Boston: Little, 1948. First Edition. Owner's signature, else near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket with light rear panel soiling. Stories by Heard, Dickson, Q. Patrick,Vickers, M. Innes, Pentecost, Charteris, P. MacDonald others. $25.00
1885. Ellery Queen's Awards: Twelfth Series. Boston: Little, 1957. First Edition. Usual browning pages, else VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with half dime-sized hole in spine. Thomas Kyd, Bloch, Ellin, Rufus King, Manly Wade Wellman, Armstrong, Davidson, 9 others. $15.00
1886. Ellery Queen's 15th Mystery Annual. NY: Random, 1960. First Edition. Near fine in VG+ Dust Jacket. Stories by Stanley Ellin, the Lockridges, Poul Anderson, Michael Gilbert, Wade Miller, Robert L. Fish, Hugh Pentecost, George Harmon Coxe, Margery Carlton, F. Scott FitzGerald, 6 others. $15.00
1887. THWING, EUGENE (ED.) The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories (10 volumes). NY: Funk, 1929. First Edition. Green covers, average VG+ (no Dust Jackets). Haycraft-Queen anthology cornerstone. $40.00
1888. TREAT, LAWRENCE (ED.) Murder in Mind. NY: Dutton, 1967. First Edition. One corner bumped, VG+ in VG, lightly rubbed Dust Jacket. MWA Anthology with stories by Offord, David Ely, Slesar, Gores, Kendrick, Graeme, Queen. $10.00
1889. WALLACE, MARILYN (ED.) Sisters in Crime. NY: Berkley, 1989. UNCORRECTED PROOF of paperback original; color fading to cover, else near fine in wraps. Stories by Muller, Michaels, Grafton, Pickard, Dunlap, etc. $10.00
Mystery (and Other) Reference Titles
1890. ADAMS, DONALD (ED.) Mystery & Detective Annual 1972. Beverly Hills: Privately printed, 1972. First Edition. Fine in near-fine Dust Jacket. Includes essays on hardboiled authors and reviews on books on the genre. Adams contrutes an essay on Hammett's "The Thin Man," an incomplete short story which predates the novel. $15.00
1891. BURACK, A. S. (ED.) Writing Detective and Mystery Fiction. Boston: The Writer, 1945. First Edition. Sunned lower front cover and spine, else VG in near VG Dust Jacket with front panel and spine chips and fading. Chapters by Sayers, Q. Patrick, Gardner (as Fair), Coxe, Rice, V W Mason, Hughes, Lockridge, E Paul, Clason, Downing, Van Dine among others. $25.00
1892. DICK, PHILIP K. / STEPHENSEN-PAYNE, PHIL& BENSON JR., GORDON Philip Kindred Dick: Metaphysical Conjurer. A Working Bibliography. England: Galactic Central, ND, circa 1989. 3rd revised ed-2 vols. Paperback original, near fine in plastic binder. Bibliographies for the Avid Reader; Volume 18. Part 1- Fiction. Part 2- Non-Fiction. $30.00
1893. GEHERIN, DAVID The American Private Eye. NY: Ungar, 1985. First Edition. Near fine in VG Dust Jacket. From Carroll John Daly to Lawrence Block. $15.00
1894. HAINING, PETER The Art of Mystery & Detective Stories. Secaucus: Chartwell, 1986. Reprint. Fine in fine, price-clipped Dust Jacket. "Two hundred years of spine-chilling illustrations." Oversized, heavily illustrated. $17.50
1895. HAYCRAFT, HOWARD Murder for Pleasure. London: Davies, 1942. Second English Edition. Hinges tender, owner's inscription, else VG (no Dust Jacket). Contains the first Haycraft List before Queen added to it. High CATALOGUE OF CRIME praise. $20.00
1896. LA COUR, TAGE & MOGENSEN, HARALD The Murder Book: An Illustrated History of the Detective Story. NY: Herder, 1971. First American Edition. VG+ in VG Dust Jacket with moderate extremity wear. Julian Symons foreword. $20.00
1897. MACDONALD, ROSS \ SPEIR, JERRY Ross Macdonald. NY: Ungar, 1978. First Edition. Fine in near-fine Dust Jacket. Includes bibliography. $25.00
1898. Ross Macdonald. NY: Scribner, 1999. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Sue Grafton introduction. 496 pages. $20.00
1899. MOSKOWITZ, SAM Explorers of the Infinite. Cleveland: World, 1960. Later printing. Light spine color-fading and stains, else VG+ (no Dust Jacket). 20 essays about science fiction. Subjects include Arthur Conan Doyle, Poe, Lovecraft, Merritt and Burroughs. $15.00
1900. QUAYLE, ERIC The Collector's Book of Detective Fiction. London: Studio Vista, 1972. First Edition. Fine in a fine Dust Jacket. 12 X 8-3/4, loaded with color and b&w photos. $100.00
1901. STEPHENSEN-PAYNE, PHIL Theodore Sturgeon: Sculptor of Love and Hate. A Working Bibliography. England: Galactic Central, ND circa 1989. 1st ed. Paperback original, xeroxed pages in plastic binder, near fine. Bibliography for the Avid Reader; Volume 32. $10.00
1902. (TESTING YOUY MEMORY) \ COLLINS, HOWARD Your Literary I. Q. NY: Crowell, 1946. First Edition. VG+ in good, price-clipped Dust Jacket with rubbed area and chip to rear panel. Testing your literary memory and knowledge with a sprinkling of the questions being mysterious. $20.00
1903. WRIGHT, LYLE H. American Fiction 1774-1850. San Marino: Huntington Library, 1969. 2nd revised edition. Fine in price-clipped Dust Jacket. Voluminous bibliography. $25.00
True Crime
1904. ANONYMOUS \ NINETEENTH CENTURY CRIME The Trial of Prof. John W. Webster. Boston: Redding, 1850. First Edition. Corner of cover and first twenty pages chewed affecting text, fraying to spine; else a fair. Possible second state with the final information on the sentencing of Prof. Webster. "Indicted for the Murder of Dr. George Parkman, at the Medical College (North Grove Street), on the 23D of November, 1849." Reported for the Boston Journal. 56 pages. $20.00
1905. BIRKETT, SIR NORMAN The Newgate Calendar. London: Folio Society, 1951. First as such. Owner's neat inscription, one signature partially loose; else VG+ in colorful marbled boards (no Dust Jacket). Numerous Eighteenth Century trials. $15.00
1906. MORLAND, NIGEL Background to Murder. London: Werner Laurie, 1955. First Edition. Light offsetting to endpapers, else VG+ in good+ Dust Jacket. Seven true crime cases include the Wallace case with the author's theory. $15.00
Science Fiction Pulps
1907. FANTASTIC ADVENTURES 4/1948 Chip missing from cover, good. Robert Wade, William P. McGivern, short novel Lair of the Grimalkin by G. H. Irwin. $15.00
1908. STARTLING MYSTERY STORIES 1968 Fine. Stories by Seabury Quinn (Jules de Grandin), Robert A. W. Lowndes, others. $15.00
1909. STARTLING STORIES 11/1951 VG+. Eric Frank Russell, Fredric Brown/Mack Reynolds novelette "The Gamblers,." $17.50
1910. 5 DETECTIVE NOVELS 1/1950 Short cover tear, VG, striking cover. Norman Daniels, George Bruce. $15.00
Pulps
1911. ADVENTURE 8/8/1926 Pencil notes on cover, else good+. Harold Lamb, Georges Surdez, Gordon MacCreagh, Leonard H Nason, Ernest Haycox, Nevil Henshaw, Edmund M Littell, R E Hamilton, El Comancho stories; Talbot Mundy serial. $20.00
1912. 9/1/1930 Small rear panel chip, else VG. Pirate cover. Mackinlay Kantor , Ared White (serial), Allan Vaughan Elston, Harold Lamb, Sidney Small, General De Nogales, Robert Simpson (serial). $35.00
1913. 12/1/1930 Near VG. Talbot Munday serial, also Ared White; Harold Lamb, R. F. Buckley, F. St Mars, Lawrence G. Green, Karl W. Detzer, Edgar Young, Edward Ellsberg (serial). $35.00
1914. 6/15/1931 Short tape repairs inside cover, else near fine. Legion novelette "A Bit of Red Ribbon" by J. D. Newsom, Gordon MacCreagh, F. St. Mars, Gordon Young, George Holt. $30.00
1915. 9/15/1931 Near fine. W. C. Tuttle, Lawrence Blochman, Hugh Pendexter, Gordon Carroll. $35.00
1916. 7/15/1932 VG+- near fine. W. C. Tuttle, Robert Carse, Hugh Pendexter, great Chinese junk cover art. $35.00
1917. 1/1/1933 VG+. George Surdez legion story "Member-At-Large," Richard Howell Watkins, Walt Coburn, Henry G. Lamond stories ; Gordon Young, Hugh Pendexter serials...Oriental Villain cover. $35.00
1918. 11/1933 Near VG. Max Brand, James B. Hendryx, Georges Surdez, Arthur O. Friel, Hugh Pendexter, Gordon Young, Bill Adams, Paul Annixter. $35.00
1919. 4/15/1935 VG+. Gordon MacCreagh ; Bill Adams ; Samuel Alexander White ; Paul Annixter ; Owen Atkinson ; Kenneth Brown Collings ; Arthur D. Howden Smith. $25.00
1920. 11/1947 VG+. E. Hoffmann Price, Coleman Meyer, Steve Hail, Bernard Simiot, Allen Rankin stories; Carl D. Lane serial. $15.00
1921. 12/1947 VG+. George Surdez, Carl D Lane serials; Alexander Wallace, John Scott Douglas, Fred Gibson, F. R. Buckley, Robinson MacLean, B. L. McGann stories. $15.00
1922. ARGOSY MAGAZINE 9/9/1933 Near fine. Robert Carse, Eustace Adams, Ray Cummings, Max Brand ("The White Indian" Part one - great cover). $35.00
1923. 11/2/1935 Chip in rear cover, else VG. Serials by Eustace L. Adams, Borden Chase, H. Bedford-Jones ("Bowie Knife"), novelettes by Van Wyck Mason & George Worts. $25.00
1924. THE BLUE BOOK MAGAZINE 10/1948 VG+. Nelson Bond, Lawrence Kirk, William Brandon, Richard Howells Watkins, Joel Reeve, William R. Cox. $15.00
1925. 1/1949 Short top spine chip, else VG. Walter C. Brown, Kenneth Perkins, William Brandon, Wilbur S. Peacock, Joel Reeve. $15.00
1926. 2/1949 `Near fine. Stewart Sterling, Wilbur S. Peacock, William Brandon, Philip Ketchum, Robert Barbour Johnson. $15.00
1927. 4/1949 VG+. David Dodge, Richard Howells Watkins, Merle Constiner, Nelson Bond, Wilbur S. Peacock. $15.00
1928. 10/1949 VG+. Owen Cameron, Joel Reeve, Robert Carse, George Surdez, Franklin M. Davis, Edward Beach. $15.00
1929. THE BLUEBOOK MAGAZINE 5/1952 VG+. Nelson Bond, Nick Morino, Donald Barr Chisney, William L. Rohde, Tom Roan, Peter Dollar. $15.00
1930. 11/1952 Spine wear, else near VG. Robert Spencer Carr, Robert Aldrich, Tom Roan, Robert Stephens, Lewis Charles. $15.00
1931. DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY 6/28/1930 Pages browning, good+. Erle Stanley Gardner novelette "A Fair Reward," also the first half of Madeleine Sharps Buchanan's "Diamond Death." $25.00
1932. DIME MYSTERY MAGAZINE 1/1935 Light cover stains else VG+. Hugh B. Cave, H. M. Appel, Donald Bar Chidsey, Arthur Leo Zagat, Mindred Lord, James Duncan. $125.00
1933. 11/1937 Light cover stains, else VG+. Arthur Leo Zagat, Paul Ernst, Wayne Rogers, Francis James, Henry Treat Sperry, Leon Byrne. $85.00
1934. FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES 2/1946 Near fine. BEFORE THE DAWN by John Taine & THE HOUSE OF THE SECRET by Claude Ferrere. $17.50
1935. 12/1948 Fine. NORDENHOLT'S MILLION by J. J. Connington, a fantastic novel originally published in England in 1923. $30.00
1936. 3/1951 VG+. "The Threshold of Fear" by Arthur J. Rees, also "The Music of Erich Zann" by H. P. Lovecraft. $15.00
1937. FANTASTIC ADVENTURES 5/1947 Near fine. Ray Bradbury. $17.50
1938. FANTASTIC NOVELS MAGAZINE 5/1949 Near fine. THE RED DUST by Murray Leinster, also Max Brand, Victor Rousseau. $17.50
1939. LOVE BOOK MAGAZINE 6/1949 VG. Velda Johnson serial, Elizabeth Ring, Blake Reed. $9.00
1940. PLANET STORIES 1950 Rear cover chip, else VG. Fall issue; Ray Bradbury, Poul Anderson, Robert Abernathy, Alfred Coppel, Margaret St. Clair, C. H. Liddell,J. B. Drexel,William Shedenhelm. $25.00
1941. POPULAR DETECTIVE 8/1945 Good+. Novelettes by Curtiss T. Gardner ("The Death Patrol"), Norman Daniels ("Murder Nightmare"), stories by M. D. Orr, John L. Benton. $15.00
1942. THE POPULAR MAGAZINE 1/1/1912 Cover detatched, else fair-good. Roman Doubleday serial; Rupert Hughes, John Haslette, A. M Chisholm, Barton Wood Currie, Jack Woodson, Clarence L. Cullen, Charlse Meade, Charles E. Van Loon, 5 other stories. $15.00
1943. SUPER SPORTS 1/1944 VG-VG+. "Strike Up the Gland" by Robert Leslie Bellem. $15.00
1944. TWO COMPLETE DETECTIVE BOOKS 11/1947 Cover detatched & retaped, good+. "The Glass Heart" by Marty Holland, "`H' as in Hunted" by Treat. $15.00
1945. TWO COMPLETE SCIENCE ADVENTURE BOOKS 1/1953 Tears & nicks, about VG. "Ballroom in the Skies" by John D. MacDonald. $15.00
General Magazines with Mystery Stories
1946. THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE 12/1949 Mailing label, else VG. The Nero Wolfe story "The Gun with Wings" complete with illustrations. $20.00
1947. HARPERS MAGAZINE 4/1925 Spine wear, else good+ in wraps. Includes Chesterton story "The Man with Two Beards" with Father Brown. $10.00
1948. LIBERTY MAGAZINE 6/15/1935 VG+. Part one of the Perry Mason mystery "The Case of the Caretaker's Cat" nicely illustrated. $25.00
1949. THE POPULAR MAGAZINE 2/7/1924 Good+. Percival Wilde (Bill Parmelee), Robert H Rohde, Courtney Riley Cooper, C S Montanya, Roy Norton, Harwood Steele, William Hamilton Osborne, J Frank Davis stories; Chisholm serial. $20.00
1950. 3/20/1924 Good+. Robert H Rohde, C S Montanya, Roy Norton, E Whitman Chambers, Clay Perry, Frederick Moore stories; H de Vere Stackpole, James Francis Dwyer, A M Chisholm serials. $15.00
Digests
1951. ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION 9/1948 VG. "Dance of a New World" by John D. MacDonald, Arthur C. Clarke, others. $15.00
1952. 8/1949 VG+. "Trojan Horse Laugh" by John D. MacDonald, "Letter to a Phoenix" by Fredric Brown, also L. Ron Hubbard, L. Sprague de Camp. $15.00
1953. CONFLICT STORIES OF SUSPENSE 10/1953 VG. McGivern, Huggins. $17.50
1954. ED MCBAIN'S MYSTERY BOOK 1961 Cover foxing, usual browning pages, else VG+. Fredric Brown novelette "Before She Kills, the first Ed and Uncle Am novelette," Bruno Fischer, Lawrence Block story "Package Deal," etc. $35.00
1955. GAMMA 1963 VG. SF by Robert Bloch, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson. $10.00
1956. INTRIGUE MAGAZINE 10/1965 VG+. Erle Stanley Gardner "Flight Into Disaster," plus stories by Geoffrey Household, Lawrence G Blochman, others. $35.00
1957. LONDON MYSTERY MAGAZINE 5/1967 VG+. L. P. Davies. $15.00
1958. MAN FROM U. N. C. L. E. MAGAZINE 3/1967 VG-VG+. "The Hungry World Affair." $15.00
1959. MURDER! 9/1956 Fine. Vol. 1, No. 1. Lionel White, Ed Hoch. $15.00
1960. MYSTERY DIGEST 5/1957 Fine in pictorial wraps. Includes Walter B Gibson "The Strange Case of Washington Irving Bishop; Harlan Ellison; Fredric Brown; Jack Finney, William P. McGivern, William Fryer Harvey. $15.00
1961. SUSPENSE MAGAZINE 6/1951 VG+. Georges Simenon, John Wyndham, Ambrose Bierce, etc. $15.00
1962. 9/1951 VG+. Talmadge Powell, Will Jenkins, Fritz Lieber, etc. $15.00
1963. TWO-FISTED DETECTIVE STORIES 7/1959 Color fading, VG. Talmage Powell. $15.00
1964. 11/1959 Fine. "Bride of Violence" by Lawrence Block. $20.00
Reference Magazines
1965. THE ARMCHAIR DETECTIVE 1/1972 VG or better in wraps. Two short Steve Fisher essays, one on Humphrey Bogart and the other about writing pulp fiction and a panel discussion with Francis Nevins, Norman Donaldson, Allen J. Hubin. $15.00
1966. 4/1972 VG or better in wraps. Bill Pronzini on Evan Hunter, Norman Donaldson on Boucher's possible addition to the Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone list, 2 essays on Lee Thayer by Francis Nevins and Jon Breen. $15.00
1967. 1975 Vol. 8 No. 4; VG+ in wraps. Articles on Chandler, Sherlock Holmes, many reviews, much more. $15.00
1968. 2/1976 Vol. 9 No. 2; cover tear, else VG+ in wraps. Articles on Allingham's Albert Campion, checklists of Hoch and Avallone, many reviews, much more. $15.00
1969. 1/1977 Vol. 10 No. 1; VG+. Articles on Asey Mayo, Ernest Bramah, Fredric Brown, P. D. James interview. $15.00
1970. 4/1977 Vol. 10 No. 2; cover creases, else VG+ in wraps. Articles on Deighton, Allingham's Albert Campion, James Hadley Chase, many reviews, much more. $15.00
1971. 4/1977 Vol. 10 No. 2; VG+. Articles on Len Deighton, Bill Pronzini on the Phoenix Press, Albert Campion, tribute to John Dickson Carr, Fredric Brown. $15.00
1972. 7/1977 Vol. 10 No. 3; Cover creases, else VG+ in wraps. Articles on Allingham's Albert Campion, Milton Propper, Josephine Tey, many reviews, much more. $15.00
1973. 4/1979 Vol. 12 No. 2; near fine. Articles on Cornell Woolrich, "Tucker Coe," William Hope Hodgson's CARNACKI THE GHOST FINDER, Gregory Mcdonald interview, Albert Campion, "Edmund Crispin." $15.00
1974. 7/1979 Vol. 12 No. 3; VG+. Several articles on Ellery Queen, a supplement to "Queen's Quorum," John Lutz interview. $15.00
1975. 10/1979 Vol. 12 No. 4; VG+. Special Mickey Spillane issue, plus "An Appreciation of Archie Goodwin," Albert Campion. $15.00
1976. 7/1980 Vol. 13 No. 3; fine. Articles on Raoul Whitfield, Peter Dickinson, Nigel Morland, Lord Peter Wimsey, Craig Rice. $15.00
1977. 1/1981 Vol. 14 No. 1; VG+. Articles Raoul Whitfield, Thomas Berger, Dashiell Hammett, Patricia Wentworh, Tony Hillerman interview. $15.00
1978. 7/1981 Vol. 14 No. 3; VG+. Articles on Gervase Fen, bibliography of Anthony Berkeley, Alfred Hitchcock, Agatha Christie, Peter Lovesey interview. $15.00
1979. 10/1981 Vol. 14 No. 4; VG. Articles on John Dickson Carr's solution to THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, Reggie Fortune, Patricia Highsmith interview, Raymond Chandler. $15.00
1980. THE WRITER 1981 Lot of 32 issues from 1981 through 1996 with articles by mystery writers. Condition is generally VG-VG+, most with mailing labels. Contributors include P. D. James (interview), John Sladek, Dick Francis (interview), Jeremiah Healy, Peter Lovesey, Tony Hillerman, Ann Perry, Robert B. Parker, Bill Pronzini, John Lutz, Patricia Cornwell, Mary Higgins Clark, Robert Barnard, Peter Robinson, Stephen Greenleaf, Elizabeth George, William Tapply, Elizabeth Peters, Reginald Hill, George Chesbro, Margaret Maron, many others. $35.00
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