The Double Traitor
UK: Forgotten Books, 2012. Facsimile Edition. Original wraps. 6 X 9 Inches. 308 PP. Facsimile edition in original wraps. Light wear to corners. An excellent filler and/or reading copy. More
Detective & Mystery
Along Came A Spider (SIGNED FIRST PRINTING)
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 435 PP. Stated "First Edition" with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $21.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Patterson on laid-in bookplate. The important first..... More
Long Spoon Lane (SIGNED 1ST)
New York: Ballantine, 2005. First American Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 323 PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $25.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Anne Perry directly on the title-page. More
Secrets Can't Be Kept
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 3/4 Inches. 228 PP. Stated "Second Printing" on the copyright page. First issue American DJ with price of $2.00 intact. Light wear board edges and gutters a bit dusty. PO name and date on FFEP. DJ a...... More
The Roman Hat Mystery
Cleveland, OH: World Publishing, 1948. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 8 Inches. 325 PP. Stated "Tower Books Edition / First Printing February 1948" on the copyright page. Tower Books reprint of the 1929 classic. Book produced under wartime restrictions and has the infamous toned and brittle pages. DJ a...... More
To the Queen's Taste; Detective Stories and Crime Stories
London: Faber and Faber, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 669 PP. Hint of foxing to gutters. Original cloth boards clean and sharp. Price-intact on lower edge of front flap. Jacket exceptionally clean but for some foxing and one minor spot of paper loss to lower spine..... More
Experiment in Crime
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 233 PP. First printing in original red cloth boards. Part of the Red Badge Mystery series from Dodd, Mead. Original price of $2.50 intact on DJ. DJ a bit worn at edges..... More
Double Identities (RARE 1st w/ DJ)
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 243 PP. First printing in original light blue boards with white title stamping and device to front cover. A very rare Dr. Priestley novel to locate in the original dust jacket. Light..... More
The John Riddell Murder Case: A Philo Vance Parody
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Miguel Covarrubias. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 323 PP. First printing with the Scribner's seal and "A" on copyright page. "Sporting Offer" sheet attached at rear. Hint of scuffing and wear to boards and spine ends. PO name..... More
The Last Enemy
New York: Harper & Row, 1975. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 224 PP. Stated "First U.S. Edition" with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $6.95 intact on front flap. Hint of scuffing to DJ, but a very appealing..... More
Busman's Honeymoon (FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION)
New York: Pocket Books, 1946. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 6 1/4 Inches. 392 PP. Pocket Books #324. A sharp copy of the first paperback printing. Hint of toning to covers. Text clean and tight. "Oct 10 P.M." stamped to top gutter. More
Maigret and the Spinster
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 164 PP. Stated "First American Edition" with proper letter code of BCDE on the copyright page. Original price of $6.95 intact on front flap. Hint of wear to dj edges, but a superior copy..... More
Death by Espionage: Intriguing Stories of Betrayal and Deception
Nashville, TN: Cumberland House, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 415 PP. First printing with number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $24.95 intact. PO initials on front pastedown. Remainder mark to bottom gutter. Appears to be a clean, unread copy..... More
Tomorrow I Die (FIRST PRINTING W/ COVER ART BY STERANKO)
New York: Mysterious Press, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 234 PP. Stated First Edition copy. Original price of $14.95 intact on front flap. Collection of nine stories from Spillane. Cover art by comic book legend, Steranko. Steranko was the creator of the Nick..... More
The Asey Mayo Trio
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1969. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 243 PP. First printing of the 1969 reissue of this classic. Full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $4.95 intact on front flap. DJ a bit rubbed at..... More
Letters of Marque (FIRST EDITION)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 277 PP. A Harper Sealed Mystery. Tipped in refund offer on page 223 intact. Unobtrusive pocket removal inside back cover. A very sharp copy. More
H as in Hangman
New York: Books Inc., 1944. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 3/4 Inches. 282 PP. First Books, Inc. edition in the original DJ. One of the "Midnite Mysteries" from this publisher. PO bookplate on front pastedown. Evidence of damp stain to rear of DJ and boards. A nice "filler"..... More
Unorthodox Methods (SIGNED 1ST / ADVANCE COPY)
London: Victor Gollancz, 1989. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 8 Inches. 189 PP. Advance copy (with slip laid-in) of author's first book. Signed by Valentine directly on the half title-page. Original price of "11.95" intact on front flap. A sharp copy in every respect. More
Find the Innocent
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1959. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 191 PP. True first UK printing. Original price intact. Foxing to the gutters. Rear endpaper excised. Bookseller lable (Holliday Bookshop/New York) to rear pastedown. More
The Damsel
New York: Signet, 1969. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 142 PP. First printing stated on the copyright page. Wear to edges and covers are scuffed and worn. A nice reading and/or filler copy for the Westlake collector. More
Curtain of Fear
London: The Book Club, 1950. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 4 7/8 X 7 3/8 Inches. 287 PP. Sharp and clean original green cloth binding. First BCE in original DJ. A bit of wear to DJ edges and rear panel. More
The Hound of the Baskervilles
San Diego, CA: Canterbury Classics, 2018. Dave Shephard. First Thus. Original wraps. 5 7/8 X 9 Inches. 128 PP. First printing of this comics adaptation with illustrations by Dave Shephard. Complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $15.99 on rear cover. More
The Burglar in the Library (Signed First Edition)
New York: Dutton, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 342 Pages. Signed by Lawrence Block directly on the title-page. More
The Innocence of Father Brown (1ST UK)
London: Cassell and Company, 1911. First UK Edition. Cloth. 5 1/4 X 7 5/8 Inches. 336 PP. First edition of the first book in the Father Brown series. Original red cloth with gilt title-stamping to cover and spine. Bookplate of historian and noted collector Christopher Clark Geest on the front..... More
The Scandal of Father Brown (1ST UK)
London: Cassell and Company, 1935. First UK Edition. Cloth. 5 1/4 X 7 5/8 Inches. 248 PP. First edition of the fifth book in the Father Brown series. Original blue cloth with title-stamping to spine. Light foxing to endpapers. Correct printers code of F60.235 on the copyright page. An attractive..... More