New York: Dell, (1943). Softcover. Color illustrated softcovers. Dell No. 4, "map back". 239 pp. Good, sone corner ceasing and edge rubbing, corner dapmstaining. Murder mystery set at a New York City rodeo show.
New York: Dell, (1945). Softcover. Color illustrated softcovers. Good, creasing to the cover. Dell No. 78, "map back" of Central City of Eureka Gulch. 189 pp. plus 2 pp. ads at rear. Originally published in hardcover as "In A Deadly Vein". A Mike Shane mystery.
New York: Avon, 1945. First edition. Softcover. First printing of this collection in trade sized covers (Avon would publish a traditional smaller paperback size the following year with slightly different mcover design). Color illustrated softcovers. Murder Mystery Monthly No. 28. 168 pp. Good to very good, light creasing to the.....
New York: Avon, 1950. Sheet_music. Color illustrated softcovers. Veryy good mor somewhat bettr, tight, handwritten date top part of rear cover. "A redhead, a roulette wheel, and murder a la Chandler..." Contains the title story and "The Bronze Door", "Smart-Alek Kill", "The Simple Art of Murder"
New York: Gramercy, 1997. Hardcover. Overszied hardcover in color illustrated dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. 182 pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrated throughout with full and partial page color reproductions. Offered here is a lavish visual survey of the legendary pulp magazines of the 1930s and 40s, along with.....
Orlando, FL: Shasta Phoenix, 2009. First edition. Softcover. Oversized in color illustrated stiff self-wrappers. First printing. Fine. 128 pp. Illustrated throughout with color reproductions of Paul's artwork. Born in n1885, Frank R. Paul, slated to study for the priesthood, instead studies art, architecture, and mechanical drafting (fields that would inpact.....
Portland, OR: Collectors Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. First American edition (stated). First printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Oversized hardcover in patterned cloth. 204 pp. Profusely illustrated throughout with color and black and white reproducitons of pulp magazine covers. Pulp fiction had its origins in the late 19th century.....
Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., 1907. Hardcover. Quarto hardcover in dark green apper coveerd boards titled in white and with tipped on color illustrations of Teddy B. and Teddy G. Dark cloth spine. Illustrated with full page color plates and black and white drawings throughout the btext by V. Floyd.....
New York and London: The Century Company, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Large octavo in darl olive green cloth lettered and decorated in black and orange with image of a group of elephants. xx+ 311 pp. with index. Profusely illustrated with striking full page black and white photographs by.....
Berkeley: Black Lizard/ Creative Arts, 1985. First edition thus. Softcover. Color illustrated softcovers. Generally fine, mere touch of wear at outer tips. Firts paperback edition of thi Vintage mystery/suspense novel originally published in 1957. A small southern town is rocked by what is eitehr a gun accident or a suicide.....
New York: Pocket Books, 1947. Softcover. Color illustrated sofcovers. Very good. "...Kitty was no angel. She was a lusty redheaded wench who never learned what conventional standards were. By means of her varied charms she climbed from the streets of 18th century London to the top of the social ladder...".....
Chicago: A.G. McClurg, 1912. First edition thus. Hardcover. Hardcover in green buckram cloth lettered in gilt. xvi+ 554 pp. with index. Illustrated with portraits and engravings. First one volume edition. Very good, some edge spoting to the cloth and darkening to the spine gilt. Tasteful vintage bookplate front pastedown. Langford.....
New York: Knopf, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Firts edition/printing. A fine, fresh example in equally fine, crisp dust jacket. Hardcover. 243 pp. A Lew Archer mystery/suspense novel.
New York: Lippincott, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. First edition/printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 221 pp. a Travis McGee novel.
Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. DUE TO SIZE AND WEIGHT, ADDITIONAL POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED AND FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS WILL BE SIGNIFICANT. First edition (correct number line with "1"). Fine (tasteful bookplate front pastedown); issued without dust jacket. Hardcover in red cloth lettered in gilt.....
Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. DUE TO SIZE AND WEIGHT ADDITIONAL SHIPPING MAY BE REQUIRED AND ON INTERNATIONAL ORDERS WILL BE SIGNIFICANT. First printing. Fine (tasteful bookplate front pastedown); issued without dust jacket. Massive hardcover in black cloth lettered in silver. xxiii+ 998 pp. with.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover in blue "tweed" binding. 149 pp. Illustrated with humorous drawings by Susan Perl. Very good in dust jacket with edge wear, chipping top edges, and a repaired tear. Where do i meet girls? How do I ask a......
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1939. Reissue. Hardcover. Hardcover. Ex-lib (stamping on the half-title page but nowhere else and tape residue marks on the covers), shelf wear bottom edges, in dust jacket that has no library stickers of markings but is worn at the spine ends and somewhat sunned on the.....
New York: Amistad/ Harper Collins, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Firts edition/printing. Fine (small rem. stripe bottom edge) in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 352 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated with photos. Biography. Hattie McDaniel (1893-1952) is perhaps best known for her performance as Mammy in "Gone With The Wind"...
New York: Harper & Row, 1977. First American edition. Hardcover. First American edition of the first in this series of inventive mysteries featuring East Anglian antiques dealer, divvy and scamp Lovejoy. Very good in very good dust jacket with light waer at the tips ands spine ends. In this opening.....
Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1952. First edition. Hardcover. First edition in book form of this sci-fi classic that first appeared in a pulp magazine in 1932. A fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. During the latter part of the 20th century earthmen conquor the hazards of interplanetary.....
New York: Hyperion, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. First edition/printing. A fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Map endpapers. 432 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrations. The declaration of war by Tripoli in 1801 marked the first foreign policy test of Thomas Jeffersons' administration. When on Hallow'een, 1803.....
Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover. 131 pp. A fien, fresh copy in bright, crisp dust jacket with design by Jack Gaughan. Vintage science fiction with a sparkle of fantasy shining through. An unearthly couple suddenly appears in Professor Mason's study at the Hazelton.....
London: Trapeze, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. First edition/printing. A fien fresh, apparently unread copy (rem. dot top edge), in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 310 pp. with index. Illustrated with photos. Not published in the U.S. How did an overweight, bullied, near-orphan from Texas named Marvin Aday come to be.....
Ashcroft, BC, Canada: Ash-Tree Press, 2000. Limited ed. Hardcover. One of 500 unnumbered copies only. Fine, fresh, unread copy inequally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. xxvi+ 163 pp. plus publisher's list at rear. Originally published in 1926, "The Secrets of Dr. Taverner" was the first book written by Dion Fortune, the.....
