New York: Coward-McCann, 1967.
Illustrated by David Battle dj design. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light wear; Dust Jacket flap crease, otherwise light wear. Crisp hardcover. ; "Attractive, spirited and far from ready to accept her spinster state, Maggie Ramsay resolves to escape the confines of her dreary life..... More
New York: R F Fenno & Company, 1897.
First US Edition; Later Printing. Hardcover. Light wear, some unopened pages. Solid hardcover. ; "Jules Arséne Arnaud Claretie (3 December 1840 – 23 December 1913) was a French literary figure and director of the Théâtre Français." - Wikipedia. An early English translation..... More
New York: Carlton Press, 1996.
Illustrated by DJ design by Spike Moore. Hardcover. Slight wear; DJ light bottom edge staining, light edgewear. Crisp hardcover. ; "As their parole nears, the four women plan for their future .. pulling off one last job that will set them up for life."; 283..... More
Kobenhavn: Politikens Forlag, 1975.
Illustrated by Illustrated. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Toned, light wear. Solid small hardcover. ; Danish language. Guide to mystery fiction, including author biographies. Kriminallitteratur : hvem skrev hvad.; Politikens literaturhåndbøger; 350 pages. More
Baltimore: PublishAmerica, 2005.
First Edition; First Printing. Trade Paperback. Light cover curl, otherwise light wear. Solid trade paperback.; INSCRIBED by author on dedication page! "Based upon a real town and historically accurate scientific research, the novel explores six months in the life of an exceptional but idealistic detective trapped in..... More
New York: Tor Books, 1991.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Cocked, otherwise slight wear; Dust Jacket slight wear. Solid hardcover.; SIGNED Sherlock's Home: The Bookstore of Mystery & Suspense, Long Beach CA bookplate on front free endpaper: Carole Nelson Douglas July 2, 1991, Number sixty-five of Five Hundred. Second Irene..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1979.
First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light cock, light edge foxing, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket light rub, otherwise light wear. Crisp hardcover. ; "As with all good detective stories, the setting is brilliantly established. Ebersohn, though this is his first novel, writes extremely well..... More
New York: Happy Hour Library, N.D.
Paperback. Front corner chipped, edgeworn, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid paperback. ; Undated; may be circa 1920's. Includes The Denslow Palace, by J.D. Whelpley. Reprints of two short stories in one early paperback. ; 94 pages. More
Garden City: Crime Club - Doubleday Doran, 1929.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Spine covering badly chipped and torn, cocked, toned, bookseller's stamp, prior owner's signature, another owner's stamp, wear. Solid hardcover. ; Detective novel set in New York City. ; 285 pages. More
New York: Sully and Kleinteich, 1913.
Illustrated by H Richard Boehm. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Binding started at title page, notes on rear flyleaves and endpaper, corners creased, light tone, light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Frontispiece and three illustration plates by H Richard Boehm. Listed in Hubin, Crime Fiction..... More
London: Hutchinson, 1967.
Illustrated by Oliver Elmes dj art. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light cock, light wear; Dust Jacket missing 1" strip along bottom of front cover, rub, light edgewear, light wear. Solid hardcover. ; INSCRIBED by Graeme on half-title page: "For Jill and Mark - To celebrate their..... More
New York: National Book, 1918.
Illustrated by Stockton Mulford. Reprint. Hardcover. Foxing, tone, scribble on front cover, cloth fade, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; National Book reprint of the Appleton US edition; published in Great Britain as The Diamond Pendant. Frontispiece and two plates by Stockton Mulford5. Allen J...... More
New York: Albatross Library, 1922.
Reprint Ed. Hardcover. Cocked, light tone, light wear. Solid hardcover.; Allen J Hubin; Crime Fiction IV 1749-2000: A Comprehensive Bibliography; page 650. Set in Chicago. Early reprint edition of Catholic crime novel by Jesuit priest, not in Menendez, first printed by P H Kenedy &..... More
Dallas GA: Marietta Publishing, 2013.
Illustrated by Erica Henderson cover art. First Edition; First Printing. Trade Paperback. Slight cover curl, slight wear. Crisp trade paperback. ; SIGNED by C J Henderson on title page. Book was published in 2013; Henderson died in 2014. "In twenty classic tales of lust, revenge..... More
London: Methuen, 1920.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hinges starting,light cock, tone, bookplate, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Small morocco bookplate of noted collector W Van R Whitall on front pastedown (with offset on front free endpaper). Allen J Hubin; Crime Fiction IV 1749-2000: A Comprehensive Bibliography; page 724..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1939.
First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light cock, fading, tone, random foxing, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; First US Edition, First Printing of this classic survival thriller. Allen J Hubin; Crime Fiction IV 1749-2000: A Comprehensive Bibliography; page 763. ; 280 pages... More
New York: The Fiction League, 1931.
Illustrated by "RR" dj design. Hardcover. Cock, tone, owner's signatures, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket in 3 pieces, edgeworn, large spine chips. Solid hardcover. ; Hubin II p 422. Tim Archer mystery, set in the Midwest. ; 313 pages. More
New York: Macmillan, 1948.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Library stamps/marks/labels/slip, protector peel on paste-downs, shelfwear, light cock, otherwise light wear. Not a rebind, but a publisher's library binding. Solid hardcover. ; "American mining engineer Bob Graydon is the hero of this spy thriller set in Malaya during the closing..... More
New York: Smart Set Publishing, 1905.
First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Spine darkened, white lettering mostly flaked off, cocked, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Allen J Hubin; Crime Fiction IV 1749-2000: A Comprehensive Bibliography; page 918. Intrigue and adventure as the protagonist, filling in as a Consul in..... More
New York: Macaulay Co, 1922.
Illustrated by G W Gage frontispiece and DJ art. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light cock, light tone, light wear; Dust Jacket missing top 1/3 of front panel and badly chipped long most of bottom edge, spine darkened, edgeworn. Solid copy. ; Short stories..... More
New York: Walker & Company, 1975.
Illustrated by Thuy Le Ha dj design. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light wear; Dust Jacket light rub, 1/8" tear with creasing, flap price clip. Solid hardcover. ; Detective-Superintendent Tom Pollard mystery, "in the classic tradition; where the reader, the police and the..... More
New York: Frank-Maurice, 1926.
Illustrated by Robert Joyce dj art. First US Edition. Hardcover. Light tone with random foxing, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket spine darkened, 1/2" spine chip, chipping to spine head and tail, rub, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; First mystery from English religious writer and headmaster..... More
New York: Exposition Press, 1964.
Illustrated by Omar Davis dj art. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Some "X" pencil marks in text, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket spine sunned, light wear. Solid hardcover. ; INSCRIBED by author on front free endpaper. "A Novel of Communist Intrigue in Paris after World..... More
New York: W J Watt, 1920.
Illustrated by Frontispiece by Paul Stahr. Hardcover. Cock, toned, random fox, dampstain, wear. Owner's initial stamp on rear free endpaper. Solid hardcover. ; Hubin II, page 524. Uncommon McCulley mystery, published the same year as McCulley's Zorro character's breakthrough in Douglas Fairbanks' silent movie..... More
New York: London House & Maxwell, 1964.
Illustrated by DJ art by Edward Gorey. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Slight wear; DJ slight wear. Crisp hardcover. ; A London House Mystery. The first female police sergeant Charmian Daniels mystery.; 182 pages. More