New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 192 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $2.95 intact on front flap. A Cock Robin mystery. Front flap corners are clipped, but price remains intact. A bit of scuffing..... More
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1987. Uncorrected Proof. Original wraps. 5 7/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 325 PP. Stated "Uncorrected Page Proofs" on the front cover. Original wraps a bit sunned at edges and spine. Spine remains unbroken. Ellroy's famous novel of the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short in Los..... More
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
Eugene, OR: Mystery Scene Press, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 96 PP. #41 of 300 numbered and signed copies. Signed by Kaminsky on the title-page. Original price of $25.00 on front cover. More
Eugene, OR: Mystery Scene Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 96 PP. #41 of 300 numbered and signed copies. Signed by Gores on the title-page. Original price of $25.00 on front cover. Collection of eight stories including the first appearance of the DKA File series..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1972. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/8 Inches. 253 PP. First American edition with correct price of $5.95 intact on front flap. Correct "1072" printing code of DJ flap as well. Nice copy of the scarcest Travis McGee novel in my opinion. Light foxing..... More
Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 314 PP. Edited by the great Martin Greenberg and Francis Nevins, Jr. Fairly scarce collection of Brown's work. Hint of rubbing to gutters, else a fine copy. More
New York: Popular Library, 1949. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 6 3/8 Inches. 224 PP. First paperback edition. Cover art by Rudolph Belarski. Hint of wear at edges, but about as fine a copy as we are likely to encounter. More
New York: Novel Selections Inc., 1940. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 Inches. 128 PP. Scarce original disgest size first edition. Light wea to edges and corners. Small black stain to top gutter. A rarity. More
New York: Dell Publishing, 1935. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 6 3/8 Inches. 239 PP. Dell Book No. 46. Original mapback. Original "syringe" cover art. Light wear to spine and corners. Crease to top edge of rear panel. More
New York: Dell Publishing, 1936. First Paperback Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 6 3/8 Inches. 240 PP. Dell Book No. 145. Original mapback. Hint of wear at spine and a stamped PO name to first page, else a fine copy. More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches.406 PP. "Short stories plus biographies of fictional detectives - amateur and professional, public and private - created by members of the Mystery Writers of America." Includes "THE ADVENTURE OF THE PURLOINED PERIAPT" by August Derleth..... More
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
London: Cassell and Company, 1927. First UK Edition. Cloth. 5 1/4 X 7 5/8 Inches. 310 PP. First edition of the fourth book in the Father Brown series. Original black cloth with title-stamping to spine. PO name on FFEP. Light wear to gutters and a slight lean. An above average..... More
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
Garden City: Doubleday / The Crime Club, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/8 Inches. 368 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. PO bookplate on FFEP. Light wear and a few small chips to DJ edges..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1981. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/8 Inches. 263 PP. Stated "Second Printing" on author's first book and the book that brought us Scotland Yard detective Richard Jury. An astounding unread copy of the book. DJ price-clipped. A bit of sunning to DJ..... More
Berlin: Bern. Scherz / Essen Ruhrlandmuseum, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 3/4 X 9 1/2 Inches. 474 PP. Profusely illustrated book on the life and work of Agatha Christie that accompanied the traveling exhibition of the same name. Test in German. No DJ as issued. More
Campbell, CA: Premiere, 2014. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 X 9 1/4 Inches. 244 PP. Scarce first edition signed on the title-page by James Kahn. Original price of $27.95 intact on front flap. Kahn is the author of his own New World Series that includes "World Enough, and Time"..... More
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 x 9 1/4 Inches. 557 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Trade Edition with original price of $15.00 on front flap. Dedicated to Otto Penzler... Light wear to spine. DJ a bit worn at edges and folds. More
New York: Triangle Books, 1941. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 300 PP. Early Triangle Books edition. Red cloth binding clean and tight. DJ exhibits hint of wear at edges and folds. A very attractive copy overall. More
New York: Collier, 1929. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 325 PP. First Collier edition published in the same year as the first printing by Doubleday. Original "Crime Club" first issue DJ with price of $2.00 intact on front flap. Some scuffing and wear to front board. DJ..... More
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
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 1/2 Inches. 155 [1] PP. Stated "First Edition" with proper number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $13.95 intact. Illustrated by Edward Gorey! Not ex-library as is typically..... More
New York: Otto Penzler / Carroll & Graf, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. 394 PP. Stated First Edition on the copyright page. Original price of $26.00 intact on front flap. Nice collection of 14 Woolrich stories with introduction by Nevins. A sharp copy..... More