[New York]: Mysterious Bookshop, [2007]. First Edition, Wrapper Issue. Small, slim 12mo; publisher's grey printed card wrappers; [2],34pp. Fine condition. Mysterious Profile #11. Chapbook devoted to the character of Kathleen Mallory, the fictional NYPD detective featured in the author's popular mystery series. More
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1920. First Edition. Octavo. 288 pages. Brown boards stamped in dark brown. Lacks dust jacket. Wells was an American poet, mystery author, and collector of Walt Whitman poetry. In The Onyx Lobby is part of the Pennington Wise series. Boards show..... More
New York: Edward J. Clode, 1930. No edition statement, with publisher following no designated method of identification. Octavo; publisher's crimson cloth stamped in black; viii,[9]-320pp. Some shelf wear to cloth extremities with shallow loss at spine foot, corners bumped, spine a shade sunned, else a Very Good, internally clean and..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated Publishers, 1931. First Edition with publisher's symbol to copyright page. Octavo. 308 pp. Blue boards stamped in black; red topstain. No dust jacket. Boards worn along edges with brief exposure and minor fraying; general staining and smudging, slightly heavier to rear. Binding gives a...... More
New York: Willam Morrow and Company, 1942. First Edition. Octavo (19 cm); 284pp. No dust jacket. Boards full bound in burgundy cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Fore-edge deckled. Generally dust soiled and bumped at all extremities with scratches with damp staining and water rings from the book's second life..... More
![Item #8342 Christopher's Ghosts [Signed]. Charles McCarry](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8342.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1610995962)
New York: Overlook Duckworth, 2007. Stated First Edition with full numberline. Signed by McCarry on title page without inscription. Octavo. 304 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Maroon and gray boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is gently rubbed at top of spine. Spine ends of boards are nudged and..... More
![Item #8590 The Miernik Dossier [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Charles McCarry](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8590.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1613074347)
New York: Saturday Review Press, 1973. First Edition. Bookplate signed by McCarry loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 278 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $7.95 price present. Yellow and red boards stamped in gilt. Red topstain. Dust jacket rubbed and worn along edges with a few shallow chips at..... More
![Item #27546 Disorderly Conduct [Candid Love Novels No. 25]. Charles S. Strong](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/27546.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695930990)
New York: Crestwood Publishing, [1949]. Digest (~7.25" x ~5.25"); 120pp. Illustrated paper wraps; blue edgestain to textblock. Covers lightly shelfworn, with a 1.5" split due to adjacent biopredation along tail of spine and faint pencil numbers to rear. Pages a bit toned throughout, heavier along margins and heaviest with some..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1955. First Edition. Octavo. 249 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.75 price present. Black boards stamped in red. Dust jacket slightly chipped and toned along edges with some general rubbing. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. Stated First American Edition (preceded by a 1964 French Edition). Octavo; 223pp. Missing dust jacket. Red paper-covered boards with black cloth and white lettering to spine. Boards are square with light rubbing at corners and some nudging at spine ends. Binding is sound and..... More
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1993. First American Edition with full numberline. 12mo (~18.5 cm); xxx, 203pp. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards with black lettering to spine. Jacket is lightly shelfworn along edges and spine ends, with some light scuffs to surface. Boards are square, with nudging to..... More
London: Michael Joseph, 1950. First Edition. Octavo (19 cm), 240pp. No dust jacket. Boards full bound in light blue cloth with gilt stamping on the spine. Boards lightly soiled and sunned on the spine. Corners and spine ends bumped. Spine creased down the middle and some stamped gilt rubbed away;..... More
London: Macdonald, 1964. First Edition. Octavo; [viii], 195pp. Illustrated dust jacket with 12s. 6d. net price intact; book in black cloth with yellow lettering to spine. Jacket shows a small closed tear at bottom back edge and light rubbing at tail of spine, with light edgewear and a bit of..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. First Printing, stated. Octavo; 208pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.75 price intact; book in gray cloth with red lettering and Cock Robin Mystery logo. Jacket lightly rubbed along edges with faint creasing along top back and some general smudging and toning to surface. Front..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1943. First Edition. Octavo. 261 pp. Dark gray boards stamped in black. Lacks dust jacket. Boards lightly faded along edges with general rubbing and scuffing. Spine a bit cocked. Binding is sound. Small chip with faint paperclip impression along top edge of..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1946. First Edition. Octavo. 236 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price present. Gray boards stamped in black and red. Dust jacket worn and chipped along edges and flaps with amateur tape repair over closed tears to front panel. Discoloration and spotting to verso..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1951. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 218 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price intact. Gray boards stamped in red. Dust jacket shows a number of shallow chips and tears with adjacent creasing along edges, and some general rubbing and scuffing to surface..... More
![Item #8161 The Third Figure [Inscribed and Signed]. Collin Wilcox](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8161.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1608239288)
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1968. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in red pictorial dust jacket; [8],182pp. Light edge wear to jacket extremities, spine panel rather sunned, corners a bit bumped, else Very Good and sound. "A Red Badge Mystery Novel." The author's second book, featuring the San..... More
New York: Harper & Row, [1963]. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in white pictorial dust jacket designed by Stanley Eisenman retaining original price ($3.95); [6],216pp. Moderate wear to jacket and board extremities, faint damp spot to upper jacket panel, strip of tape adhesive to jacket spine verso, dark..... More
Chicago: Shasta Publishers, 1951. First Edition, stated. Octavo; 249pp. Illustrated black dust jacket with original $3.00 price intact; bound in off-white cloth with reddish-brown lettering to spine. Jacket rubbed along edges with a few very shallow chips and tears at folds and spine ends and toning to verso. Boards are..... More
![Item #9611 Putting the Boot In [Signed]. Dan Kavanagh, pseud. of Julian Barnes](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9611.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1621010158)
London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. First Edition. Signed by the author as Dan Kavanagh without inscription on full title. Octavo; 192pp. Illustrated dust jacket over dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket corner-clipped at bottom of front flap with £9.95 price sticker adjacent. Jacket otherwise clean and crisp with..... More
New York: L.B. Fischer, 1942. First Edition. Octavo. 312 pages. Green cloth stamped in white and black. Lacks dust jacket. Light edgewear to boards. Top rear corner bumped. Binding is sound. Bookseller ticket to rear pastedown. Pages otherwise unmarked. Totheroh published few novels, though he was..... More
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1950. First Edition, with encircled R on copyright. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50); 243pp. Dust jacket significantly worn with substantial splitting along flap folds, old tape repairs to verso, a number of shallow chips and small paper flaws along..... More
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1950. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's black boards, red spine titling; [6],186pp. Moderate scuffing to board extremities, spine a bit cocked, scattering soil to textblock, else a Very Good, sound copy, albeit lacking scarce dust jacket. Noir crime novel by the author best..... More
![Item #30515 Occupied City [Signed]. David Peace](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30515.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1724698468)
London: Faber and Faber, 2009. First Edition. Octavo (24 cm), [x], 275pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with price intact (£20.00). Boards full bound in bright red paper with black stamping on spine. Black endsheets. Jacket lightly bumped and creased at margins. Board corners sharp with minor bumping to spine ends..... More