New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8 Inches. 189 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $2.75 intact on front flap. An extremely clean copy. DJ has some wear and a few small chips to top..... More

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

Bloomfield Hills, MI: Bruccoli Clark, 1976. Signed Limited Edition. Original wraps. 6 1/8 X 9 Inches. 31 PP. #23 of 350 signed and numbered copies. THIS COPY ADDITIONALLY SIGNED BY PUBLISHER OTTO PENZLER. Original cord-binding housed in velvet box. More

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

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Early Edition. Cloth. 5 3/8 X 7 3/4 Inches. 284 PP. Early printing with "CL" on copyright page. Powell's bookstore copy with discreet stamp to front pastedown. Price-clipped. "Florian" dj art. Light toning and foxing. DJ a bit worn at edges and folds with..... More

Lakewood, CO: Millipede Press, 2006. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 297 PP. #35 of 300 copies signed and numbered by Pronzini on the limitation page. First printing with complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. More

New York: Carlyle Books, 1980. Leon Tadrick. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/8 X 7 Inches. 224 PP. Sharp copy of Kahn's first published novel. Signed directly on the title-page by James Kahn. Original price of $1.95 on front cover. Spine remains unbroken Light foxing to cover inside as..... More

San Bernardino, CA: 2016. Signed by author on the title-page. Third book in the Marissa Scott series. Hint of wear to corners. Marks is a noted biographer of Erle Stanley Gardner and a contributing editor to Mystery Scene Magazine. More

New York: Coward-McCann, 1947. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/8 Inches. 215 PP. First printing hardcover in original black cloth with yellow title-stamping to front cover. Original price of $2.50 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed by author directly on the FFEP. DJ exhibits light..... More

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

New York: Permabooks, 1957. First Thus. Original wraps. 4 X 6 3/8 Inches. 178 [2] PP. First Permabooks edition published January, 1957. Stanley Meltzoff cover art. Light wear to covers and edges. Spine ends lightly chipped. A mid-grade copy of this classic detective novel. 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

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