New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943.
Illustrated by Movie Photos Collage DJ cover. Movie Reprint. Hardcover. Light cock, light tone, owner's signature on front free endpaper, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket edgeworn with 2" partially taped tear at spine head, 1" tear at spine tail, smaller tears with creasing and... More about The Lady in the Lake
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 about The Crime Of The Boulevard
New York: Carlton Press, 1996.
Illustrated by DJ design by Spike Moore. Hardcover. Slight wear; DJ 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 pages. More about Pack A Pretty Pistol
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 about Dansk og udenlandsk kriminallitteratur
Baltimore: PublishAmerica, 2005.
1st Ed 1st Pr. Trade Paper. Light cover curl, light wear. Solid copy. 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 a world... More about Limulus
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 about A Self-Made Thief
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 about The Stoenberg Affair
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 about The Black Opal
New York: Albatross Library, 1922.
Reprint Ed. Hardcover. Cocked, light tone, light wear. Solid hardcover.; Early reprint edition of Catholic crime novel by Jesuit priest, not in Menendez, first printed by P H Kenedy & Sons.; 356 pages. More about To The Dark Tower : Being Gerard Linton's account of all that happened at the house of Jacques...
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 about Bet Your Own Man : Hard Boiled Tales of Truth and Pain
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 about The House By The River
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1965.
Illustrated by Lawrence Ratzkin dj design. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket edgeworn, 1" tear, spine rubbed, a few snags, wear. Solid hardcover. ; Secrets, a mysterious cellar, and nightmares in Tahoe. First Edition, First Printing stated, in... More about The Bank with the Bamboo Door
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 about Death At Windward Hill
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 about The Eight Strokes of the Clock
Philadelphia: J B Lippincott, 1941.
Hardcover. Rear end paper REMOVED, cock, tone, spine darkened, owner's initial stamp +note on rear flyleaf. Solid hardcover.; Komako Koa detective novel, set in Hawaii. "The Valley of Waimaka, a place of almost other-worldly beauty, seemed like just the refuge he was seeking. But Hastings... More about Death Goes Native
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 about The Masked Woman
New York: A L Burt, 1918.
Illustrated by Ralph L Boyer frontispiece. Reprint Ed. Hardcover. Light wear; DJ rub, lt edgewear. Solid. First of four Ashton-Kirk mystery series. "A Tangled Web of Criminality." A mystery series listed in Hubin, but not marketed as a juvenile series ( not in Mattson... More about Ashton-Kirk Investigator
New York: A L Burt, 1918.
Illustrated by Ralph L Boyer frontispiece. Reprint Ed. Hardcover. Light wear; DJ rub, lt edgewear. Solid. Second of four Ashton-Kirk mystery series. "A Mystery Story of LOVE, LOYALTY and HATE." A mystery series listed in Hubin, but not marketed as a juvenile series (... More about Ashton-Kirk Secret Agent
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 about Come Home And Be Killed
New York: A L Burt, 1929.
Reprint. Hardcover. Toned, owner's name stamp, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; First mystery by Isabel Briggs Myers, also the co-creator of the Jungian personality inventory known as the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Allen J Hubin; Crime Fiction IV 1749-2000: A Comprehensive Bibliography; page... More about Murder Yet To Come
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1949.
Illustrated by DJ art by H Lawrence Hoffman. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Dampstain rear cover edge, light tone; Dust Jacket dampstain. Solid hardcover. ; Steve Johnson detective series. Hubin II p 598. Murder set in Colorado Rocky Mountain fishing camp. ; A Murray Hill Mystery; 216 pages. More about Dark Echo
New York: Random House, 2003.
Illustrated by DJ art by Sarah Wilkins. 1st US 1st Pr. Hardcover. Light cock, lt wear; DJ tail dampstain, DJ light edgewear. Solid copy. SIGNED "C de Posadas" on flyleaf! "But who would have it in for a harmless cook?" First book of Spanish mystery... More about Little Indiscretions : a novel
New York: George H Doran, 1921.
First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone, otherwise slight wear. Solid hardcover.; First Edition of two Rinehart mysteries.; 307 pages. More about Sight Unseen And The Confession
New York: Lilian Barber Press, 1989.
1st US 1st Pr. Hardcover. Slight wear, os rfep; DJ slight wear. Crisp "Practitioners of this special genre of literature have for more than half a century been drawn to the exotic locale of the Middle East for plot and character inspiration, so the... More about The Middle East in Crime Fiction : Mysteries, Spy Novels and Thrillers from 1916 to the 1980s
New York: E P Dutton, 1949.
Illustrated by H Lawrence Hoffman dj art. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Light tone, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1/2" tears with chipping, edge soil, rub, edgewear. Solid hardcover. ; Second Gil Vine private eye mystery. Allen J Hubin; Crime Fiction IV 1749-2000: A.... More about Dead Sure : The Affair of the California Cutie : A New Gil Vine Investigation