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By: Ashdown, Clifford (pseud. for R. Austin Freeman and John J. Pitcairn)
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Oswald Train: Publisher: 1972
Edition: 2nd printing
Seller ID: 18825
ISBN: NO
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dj
(price-clipped) [nice clean book, minor wear to extremities; jacket a little browned along edges and spine Reprint edition of this renowed collection of Victorian-era detective stories, originally published in book form in 1903. The earliest fiction by R. Austin Freeman, "soon to be acknowledged as one of the great masters of the field, in collaboration with his close friend, Dr. John James Pitcairn." The First American Edition of this reprint (got that?) appeared in 1968; this is the second printing, from 1972. View more info
By: Ashdown, Clifford (pseud. for R. Austin Freeman and John J. Pitcairn)
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, Oswald Train, Publisher: (c.1969)
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 18826
ISBN: NO
Condition: Fine in Very Good+ dj
[nice and clean, no discernible wear to book; jacket has a teensy-tiny nick at top of front panel, faint soiling/browning to spine]. Half a dozen Victorian-era detective stories, co-authored by R. Austin Freeman in collaboration with his close friend, Dr. John James Pitcairn. Unlike the preceding volume of Pringle stories (which was a reprint of a collection originally published in 1903), this volume is the first book printing of six previously-uncollected tales. As the jacket blurb explains: "These are the last six Romney Pringle stories -- there are no more." Contains two short i... View more info
![Image for The Santa Ana Wind [*SIGNED*]](/assets/images/product/20673.jpg)
By: Ashton, Sharon (pseud. for Helen Van Slyke)
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Garden City NY, Doubleday & Company, Inc. for The Crime Club: 1974
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 20673
ISBN: NO
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dj
[nice tight clean copy, faint wear to top and bottom edges of book; jacket slightly faded at spine, tiny tears at top corners of spine, one-inch closed tear at bottom of rear panel, light soiling to rear panel]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author (using her real name) on the half-title page: "To Robert Lewine -- / from an unknown admirer named / Helen Van Slyke / Sept, 1974." Romantic suspense/mystery novel about a woman who marries a doctor and moves to his luxurious family compound, called Madrugada, in Southern California -- but soon finds herself in danger, and convinced that "... View more info
By: Atkey, Bertram
Price: $150.00
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and Company: (c.1925)
Edition: 2nd printing
Seller ID: 19479
ISBN: NO
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dj
[very nice clean copy, firm and tight with just a touch of wear at the extremities; jacket a bit scuffed on the front panel, a couple of tiny edge-tears, long vertical scrape to top half of rear panel, minor soiling at spine and rear panel]. The first of three mysteries by this author, all quite uncommon, featuring his character "Prosper Fair," an upper-class Englishman "whose identity is itself a mystery [at least until the end of this first adventure]," who "takes on the role of a detective while he is wandering through the English countryside with his donkey and his dog... View more info
![Image for The Cool Cottontail [*SIGNED*]](/assets/images/product/16816.jpg)
By: Ball, John
Price: $50.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: (c.1966)
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 16816
ISBN: NO
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dj
(price-clipped) [nice clean copy, light wear to cloth at spine ends; jacket also very nice, downgraded from Near Fine only because of the price-clipping]. INSCRIBED briefly and SIGNED by the author on the title page. The second Virgil Tibbs novel, this one involving a murder at a California nudist resort. Signed by Author View more info
By: Banbury, Jen
Price: $8.00
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: (c.1998)
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 8706
ISBN: 0-316-17110-7
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dj
[spine slightly turned, otherwise nice and tight, appears unread; very slight scuffing to front jacket panel, spine lettering faded to near-unreadability, small black smudge on spine]. The author's debut novel, a sort of hard-boiled bibliomystery with an engaging female protagonist. (This is the true first edition (first printing, with number line ending in 1), so please don't e-mail me asking "is this REALLY the first edition?" It is, it is. And it doesn't have a remainder mark, either.) View more info
![Image for Like a Hole in the Head [*SIGNED*]](/assets/images/product/12757.jpg)
By: Banbury, Jen
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: (c.1998)
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 12757
ISBN: 0-316-17110-7
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dj
[nice tight copy, no significant wear; faint soiling to front panel of jacket, spine lettering (orange on yellow) faded to near-unreadability]. INSCRIBED ("To __________ / Thank you for coming / to my virgin reading") and SIGNED by the author on the ffep. Her debut novel, a bibliomystery with a "wickedly hard-boiled female protagonist -- a part-time bookseller and full-time wise-ass, [who] buys a first edition Jack London from a slippery-looking dwarf." Unexpected adventure ensues when she sells the book, and then has to negotiate "a cast of B-movie thugs, sleazy book dea... View more info
By: Barbour, R[alph]. H[enry].
Price: $125.00
Publisher: New York/London, D. Appleton-Century Company: 1940
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20316
ISBN: NO
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dj
[light wear to spine ends; jacket edgeworn, with some soiling/staining at internal edges of flaps]. Mystery novel set in the Virgin Islands. The main character is a writer "who has been living on St. Thomas for many years and who knows all about the permanent residents there, the natives, the tourists from the States, and the island's history and traditions." The author was a prolific writer of (mostly) juvenile fiction, often with sports-related themes, and often (I'm really just guessing here) quite a few virgins involved as well. (Sometimes I really just can't help myself.) View more info
By: Barker, Elsa
Price: $100.00
Publisher: New York, Sears Publishing Company, Inc.: (c.1930)
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 19303
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dj
[book slightly bumped at top rear corner, otherwise tight and clean and about as nice as you could want; jacket has short closed tears at the top spine corners, with some moderate edgewear and a few tiny nicks and tears]. The third (and last) of the "superdetective Dexter Drake" mystery novels, all of which are rather uncommon in jacket. This one commences with the discovery of a dead body in (you guessed it) a cave. View more info
By: Baxt, George
Price: $8.00
Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: (c.1968)
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 3381
Condition: Good in Good dj
[ex-library book, well-worn with typical markings (incl pocket on ffep, stamping on top edge, tape markings on covers), spine turned; jacket edgeworn, a few tiny tears, vertical crease up left side of front panel, spine very faded]. The author's third novel featuring "hip Negro detective Pharoah Love." View more info
By: Baxt, George
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster: (c.1995)
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 9415
ISBN: 0-684-81496-X
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dj
[nice copy, no discernible wear, would be Fine but for some minor white smudging (chalk?) on black ffep; jacket has one tiny closed tear at top of front panel, minor wrinkling along top edge]. View more info
By: Blaker, Richard
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Garden City NY, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.: 1929
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 19478
ISBN: NO
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dj
[minimal wear to book, very slight bumping to lower extremities, vintage price sticker (from The White House) on rear pastedown; jacket a little darkened at spine, a few tiny edge-nicks]. "A Mystery with love and without a murder," revolving around a prodigal son's relationship with his steel magnate father, the secret formula for a new process that could revolutionize the manufacture of steel, and "several fascinating ladies," all concocted into "a swift, intricate plot in which chase and threat, pistol shots and sudden danger go hand in hand with romance." Uncommon,... View more info
By: Bowen, John
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Boston/New York, The Atlantic Monthly Press: (c.1984)
Edition: First American Edition
Seller ID: 15460
ISBN: 0-87113-018-1
Condition: Fine in Near Fine dj
[nice tight clean unread book, with no discernible wear; jacket shows very light wear at extremities, faint rubbing/soiling]. Mystery novel about a middle-aged, divorced film reviewer who finds himself involved in what seems to be "a real-life replay of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rear Window'." According to the jacket blurb, the book "is both a potent psychological thriller and a game -- it offers the experience of a Hitchcock movie, not from outside, which is the way we usually experience it, but from inside, from the point of view of one of the characters." (It would seem to me th... View more info
![Image for Search for the New Land [*SIGNED*]](/assets/images/product/7332.jpg)
By: Bowman, Earle
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Vantage Press: (c.1970)
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 7332
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj
Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj [good solid copy, mild soiling to top edge, minor shelfwear to bottom edge; jacket mildly edgeworn, considerable wear at spine ends/extremities]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the ffep. Thank goodness for Vantage Press and its ilk -- how else, back in those low-tech days, could your average ex-taxi driver-fry cook-window dresser-hobo-drug clerk-mailman-high school teacher-probation officer-ladies sportswear salesman-security guard have ever gotten his novel published? Like most vanity press novels, this one at least raises the hope that the author's life exp... View more info
By: Brahms, Caryl, and S.J. Simon
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Doran & Co.: 1938
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 7917
Condition: Very Good+
(no dust jacket) [solid, square copy, with some fading to black cloth along edges, mild browning to page edges]. View more info
By: Brean, Herbert
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York, William Morrow & Co.: 1949
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 16316
Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dj
[light shelfwear, minor spotting to top page edges; jacket shows wear along top and bottom edges, a few teensy tears and slight creasing along top edge]. The author's second novel, and one of four featuring freelance magazine writer/photographer Reynold Frame, whose investigations always seem to get him mixed up with murder cases. Brean had been a newspaperman who eventually turned to pulp fictioneering. View more info
![Image for Loose Lips; A Jerry Brogan Mystery [*SIGNED* advance uncorrected reader's proof]](/assets/images/product/15642.jpg)
By: Breen, Jon L.
Price: $40.00
Publisher: New York, Simon and Schuster: (c.1990)
Edition: Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 15642
ISBN: NO
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dj
(printed wraps) [light external soiling, publication date and list price written in ink at bottom of front cover]. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The author's third Jerry Brogan racetrack mystery, set against the backdrop of the Santa Anita Handicap. Signed by Author View more info
By: Brett, Simon
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, Victor Gollancz Ltd: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20401
ISBN: 0-575-03585-4
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dj
[nice tight clean book, one tiny dent in bottom edge of each cover, no other significant wear; jacket shows just a trace of wrinkling at top and bottom edges of front panel]. The author's first collection of short stories, a dozen tales of murder: "There are simple murders and ingenious murders; successful and unsuccessful murders; premeditated and impulsive murders; murders triggered by hatred and murders for gain; murder to end blackmail and murder as blackmail; crazed murderers, murderers caught in their own trap, murderers who get away with it. There's even murder as a practical joke... View more info
By: Brice, Monica
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Boston/New York, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company: 1938
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 20538
Condition: Good
(no dust jacket) [ex-library (marked as such only by presence of diagonal card holder on rear pastedown and "FIC" stamped on top edge; otherwise a solid enough copy, actually quite clean overall but with some deterioration (nibbling?) to the cloth at the right edge of the front cover, and a few small rubber-stamps (bookseller and one-time owner, not library) inside the front cover]. Mystery novel -- apparently the author's only book -- about a couple of guys who pull off a jewel robbery; set primarily in New York City and Providence, Rhode Island. A contemporary reviewer felt that th... View more info
![Image for The Paper Gun: A Paul Pine Mystery [*SIGNED*]](/assets/images/product/12135.jpg)
By: Browne, Howard
Price: $100.00
Publisher: Belen NM, Dennis McMillan Publications: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 12135
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dj
[nice copy, tight and unworn, just a trace of dust-smudging on top edge; jacket shows extremely light surface handling wear]. Limited/numbered edition of 350 copies, this being no. 83, and SIGNED on the limitation page by both the author and his son (the jacket artist); this copy additionally SIGNED by the publisher, Dennis McMillan, on the copyright page. The author, in his foreword, explains that "The Paper Gun" is "a story complete in itself," but more in the nature of "a completely detailed synopsis on paper" than a fully-realized novel; he attributes this to the... View more info
