New York: Random House, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover. Masterful collection of mystery tales by such infamous authors as Lardner, Millar, Allingham, Ellin, Woolrich, Highsmith. Near fine, tight copy in near fine, crisp dust jacket with small gift inscription hidden under dust jacket flap.
New York: Robert J. Shores, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover in blindstamped navy blue cloth lettered in red. 336 pp.plus publisher's ads at rear. Illustrations by Frank Keane. A tight, bright, fine example. In the rare original dust wrapper printed in red and blue with American eagle dersign.....
NY: James A. McCann, 1922. First. Cloth. First edition. Scarce. Collection of tales by this Russian born author (born Alexander Romanoff, his father was Russian and his mother a Muslim) raised in Enland and educated at Eton and Oxford. He was best know for his mystery and adventure stories, many.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. Reissue. Hardcover. Hardcover in black cloth lettered and decorated in red. 262 pp. Early reissue carrying only the original 1936 date on the copyright page but this edition somewhat later with Madison Square Books on rear panel of the jacket. A fine example, pages.....
New York: Pocket, 1950. First edition thus. Softcover. Firts paperback edition, stated first Dell printing. Color illustrated softcovers. 200 pp. Generally very good. "Who filled the hypo with poison?..."
New York: Pocket Books, 1945. First edition thus. Softcover. First paperback and first Pocket Books edition, stated First Printing January 1945. Color illustrated softcovers. 183 pp. plus author biographical sketch and page of ads for Pocket books dated Janualry 1945 at rear. Murder checks in at the Jolly Roger Hotel.....
London: Fontana Books, 1963. Softcover. Softcovers. 192 pp. Very good. "After sixteen years everyone still believed Caroline Crale guilty of kiilling her husband. All except her daughter... at her requesr Hercule Poirot seeks to discover the truth from the five witnesses at the trial..."
London: Pan Books Ltd., 1963. Softcover. Color illustrated softcovers. 219 pp. Very good. One of Christie's earliest books (originally published in 1923). Hercule Poirot investigaes the case of a murdered millionaire.
New York: Pocket Books, 1956. First edition thus. Softcover. First printing of the first paperback ediiton. Color illustrated softcovers. Near fine, very small, light crease to the lowerr front cover. 183 pp. "A missing nuclear physicist, an airplane crash, a millionaire Communist, and a courageous girl doomed to die!"
New York: St. Martin's/ Minotaur, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. First edition/ printing. As new in dust jacket. Hardcover. 288 pp. Medieval mystery set in 1203 featuring the professional jester Feste (and undercover sleuth) of The Fool's Guild. In this entry in the series, Feste, his wife Viola, and their group.....
NY: Putnam Pub Group, 1998. First. Hard Cover. As new in dust jacket. First printing. Hardcover. The fifth in the author's entertaining series of historical mysteries set in late 18th century London and featuring the famous "Blind Beak of Bow Street", magistrate Sir John Fielding and his young protege Jeremy.....
New York: Putnam, 1997. First edition. B-Hardcover. First edition. SIGNED BY BRUCE ALEXANDER (1932-2003) ON THE FIRST BLANK. The fourth book in this series of historical mysteries set in 1770s London and featuring the "Blind Beak of Bow Street", magistrate Sir John Fielding. In this entry, Sir John and his.....
NY: Coward McCann, 1978. First. Hard Cover. First printing. THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, a novel of espionage and scientific speculation about a computer called Chocolate---whose memory bank is composed of cloned human brain cells---and the role it plays in a sinister Soviet plot. A fine, tight copy in crisp, fine.....
Little Brown, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. As new in dust jacket. First printing of the first edition. Hardcover. 328 pp. Basis for the 2009 Peter Jackson film starring Saoirse Ronan in her award-winning second breakout role following "Atonement" . Sebold's haunting best-selling novel follows a young girl (Ronan) who is.....
Walker & Company, 1989. Hardcover. Hardcover. Second printing. Warm, lengthly inscription dated 1990 and signed by Garrett on the front free endpaper. Hardcover. 194 pp. Mystery surround a psychiatric ward in New York General Hospital involving two patientsa nd an unscrupulous doctor with designs on becoming the department chair. Fine.....
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First American edition. Hardcover. As new in dust jacket. First American edition/ first printing. Hardcover. 230 pp. The thirk in this series of medieval mysteries set in and around Hawkenlye Abbey in Tonbridge, England and featuing knight/ sleuth Josse d'Acquin and Abbess Helewise. in.....
New York: Minotaur Books, 2002. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. First American edition. Hardcover. 230 pp. Knight Josse d'Acquin returns in this entry in the Hawkenlye medieval mystery series. In this tale, Sir Josse, along with his friend and fellow sleuth the Abbess Helewise, fellow clues.....
Garden City: Crime Club/ Doubleday, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. First edition stated. Hardcover. 191 pp. Fine in very good dust jacket with minor wear at the tips and spine ends. Set in new York State, a suspense novel in which the police decide that a "triangle' has become four-sided with.....
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1984. Hardcover. Hardcover. 134 pp. with index, bibliography. Critical biography of Rex Stout, examining the phases of his life as reflected in Nero Wolfe novels A fine, fresh example in bright, crisp dust jacket with a touch of edgewear.
New York: Weinstein Books, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. As new in dust jacket. First edition/printing. Hardcover. 390 pp. Mystery/thriller. "In 1948, a young, uinknown Norma Jeane Baker meets a mysterious man in Los Angeles who transforms her into Marilyn Monroe, the star. Twelve years later, he comes back for repayment.....
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Hardcover. Tight, very good copy, minor rubbing to the spine strip. 371 pages. Rita Van Arsdale is in love with the man of her dreams but things get complicated when the man is accused of murder. Brooklyn-born Anna Katherine Green.....
Putnam Adult, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. First edition/printing. Hardcover. 256 pp. Generally fine, touch of foxing about the edges of the text block. In fine dust jacket. Fiction. Author's first book. Suspense novel that pits the FBI against the Mafia--but neither group is what it appears to be. Within we.....
St Martins Pr, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, 226 pp. The second book in the critically acclaimed series of Alexander The Great historical mysteries. In this entry, Thebes has fallen to Alexander but the days following are filled with murderous treason. Alexander's two favorite officers are killed by a spy.....
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1926. Second edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in dark violet cloth lettered in yellow. 306 pp. Very good, bit of light spotting outer edge of the front cover. Vintage bookplate front pastedown. No jacket. A mystery romance set in rural England.
Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. First edition (stated). Hardcover in gray cloth lettered in red. 316 pp. Good to very good, light soiling to the boards, moer so to the spine strip. Private sleuth Jimmy Traynor, first introduced in 1922's "Mystery Of The Twin Rubies", gets involved in.....
