Crime on My Hands
New York: Hanro Corporation (Phantom Books), 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 3/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. Wraps worn with crease to front, else a good example. Wear to spine and edges. More
Detective & Mystery
Hard Boiled
New York: Star Guidance (Venus Books), 1950. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 Inches. Wraps a bit rubbed and edgeworn with a small crease to the bottom of the rear, else very good. 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
Star Light Star Bright
New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 211 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $8.95 intact on front flap. More
Spy Mysteries Unveiled
London: George G. Harrap, 1963. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 Inches. 254 PP. Original cloth a bit worn and dusty. Ink name and number to FFEP. DJ worn at edges with chipping to spine ends and folds. A few old tape ghosts here and there. Very early..... More
Post-Mortem (SIGNED FIRST PRINTING)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Original cloth. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 293 PP. First printing with full and complete numberline to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $16.95 intact on front flap. Signed by Cornwell on officical "From the Library..... More
Dark of the Moon
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 279 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $5.95 intact on front flap of DJ. 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
Act of Love (SIGNED FIRST UK EDITION)
London: Kinnell, 1989. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 8 Inches. 301 PP. Signed by Lansdale directly on the title-page. Original price of 10.95 intact on front flap. A sharp copy. More
The Winter Murder Case: A Philo Vance Story
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 Inches. First printing with the Scribner's "A" on the copyright page. A bright copy in extremely attractive dust-jacket. Original price of $1.75 on front flap. Light wear to DJ at crown and foot of..... More
Revolt in the Mafia; How the Gallo Gang Split the New York Underworld
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1963. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 275 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $4.95 intact on front flap. Hint of rubbing to DJ at crown and foot of spine. An attractive copy. More
Running West
New York: Vantage Press, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4 Inches. 196 PP. Stated "First Edition" on the copyright page. Original price of $8.95 intact on front flap. Book clean and sharp. DJ worn at edges with shallow chipping and one 1/2 inch closed tear..... More
AdMan; A Story of Jacksonville and Professional Football
Jacksonville, FL: The Bookman Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/8 X 9 1/2 Inches. 258 PP. Stated "1st Edition" on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed on the FFEP. Original price of $20.00 on the front flap. More
Pick-Up (PAPERBACK ORIGINAL)
New York: Beacon Publications, 1955. Paperback Original (1st). Original wraps. 4 1/4 X 7 Inches. 191 PP. Paperback original of this early Willeford classic. Beacon #109. Slight wear to spine and a few bumps at edges and corners. Crease to lower edge of front cover. An acceptable copy of 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
The Red Castle Mystery
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company / The Crime Club, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 3/4 X 8 1/8 Inches. 312 PP. Stated "First Edition" copy on the copyright page. Original black publisher cloth binding with red illustration and title-stamping to front cover and spine. Faint offsetting..... 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
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
Trial From Ambush
London: The Thriller Book Club, 1962. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 4 7/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 192 PP. Original light green publisher paper binding. Jacket mostly clean and tight, with a bit of chipping to top of rear panel. More
Charlie Chan; The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective wand His Rendezvous with American History
New York: Norton, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/2 X 9 1/2 Inches. 354 PP. Stated First Edition with full number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $26.95 intact. More
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1981. Leather bound. 6 1/8 X 9 Inches. 764 PP. Original 1981 issue with unused Easton Press bookmark laid-in. AEG. Gilt decoration to spine and covers near perfect. An attractive, gift-worthy copy. More
They Tell No Tales; Crime Club Selection
New York: The Book League of America, 1942. First Thus. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 Inches. 296 PP. First Book League printing in the original dust jacket. PO name in ink on front pastedown. DJ a bit worn at edges and folds, with a few short closed tears. An appealing..... More
Death Out of Focus; Murder stalks the production of a movie in Hollywood
New York: Random House, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 5/8 Inches. 179 PP. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. Original price of $2.95 intact on front flap. A bit of foxing to endpapers. DJ a bit worn at edges. Light foxing to DJ front and..... 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
The Whisper in the Gloom
London: The Crime Club, 1954. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 7 1/2 Inches. 254 PP. Original UK first printing of this Nigel Strageway mystery. Book extremely clean. DJ a bit worn at edges, with a few shallow chips. Original price intact on front flap. More