New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket with no price as issued; [8],309pp. Jacket exceedingly tatty with ubiquitous chipping and closed tears to extremities, long shallow paper flaws from previously removed tape along margins of front panel, while remnants of old..... More
![Item #10099 Cypress Grove [Signed Limited Edition]. James Sallis](/pictures/thumb/10099.jpg?v=1625678688)
Harpenden: No Exit Press, 2003. Limited First Edition, signed by the author and numbered 50 of 500 copies on limitation page at front. Octavo; [xiv], 255pp. Illustrated dust jacket with £20.00 price intact; book in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly rubbed along edges, but with no..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. First Edition with A-6.57[V] code on copyright. Octavo; 188pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.75 price intact; book in green cloth with black lettering and title square to spine. Jacket shows a couple closed tears at folds, with light edgewear and some general toning, mostly..... More
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2018. First Edition. Octavo. 234 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers gently edgeworn and curl a bit at fore-edge. Binding is sound. Textblock also curls towards bottom edge, but overall pages clean and legible throughout. More
![Item #13940 Nemesis [Signed by Nesbo]. Jo Nesbo, Don Bartlett, trans](/pictures/thumb/13940.jpg?v=1661535927)
New York: Harper / HarperCollins Publishers, 2008. First U.S. Edition, with full numberline. Signed by Jo Nesbo without inscription at title page. Octavo. 474 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket lightly rubbed at spine ends. Boards lightly bumped along bottom edge. Binding is..... More
![Item #13941 Nemesis [Signed Publisher's Bookplate]. Jo Nesbo, Don Bartlett, trans](/pictures/thumb/13941.jpg?v=1661538114)
London: Harvill Secker, 2008. First UK Edition. Publisher's bookplate signed by Nesbo mounted to title page. Octavo. 474 pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly worn along edges with a 1" closed tear along top edge of rear panel. Mild surface scratching and..... More
![Item #8471 Shroud [Limited Edition, Signed]. John Banville](/pictures/thumb/8471.jpg?v=1611091383)
London: Picador, 2002. First Edition, Limited to 80 copies signed by the author of which this is no. 54 of sixty bound in cloth. Octavo; publisher's black cloth, printed paper spine and upper cover labels; [6],407pp. Fine condition. Signed by the author on colophon. The second volume in..... More
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1879. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red decorative cloth embossed in black and gilt, grey glazed endpapers; [2],19-350,[18](ads)pp.; pictorial publisher's ads bound in rear. Light wear to cloth extremities, corners bumped and spine a bit dulled, hinges cracked and a bit shaky, contemporary ownership ex libris..... More
London: Peter Davies, 1930. First Edition. Octavo; [iv], 274pp. Publisher's pink cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with some general darkening, smudging, and spots of soiling to cloth. Spine a bit cocked. Endpapers toned, else pages clean and unmarked. Opens..... More
![Item #13933 Condominium [Signed]. John D. MacDonald](/pictures/thumb/13933.jpg?v=1661372454)
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1977. First Edition, with full numberline. Thick octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in white decorative dust jacket retaining original price; 447pp. A hint of shelf-wear, small bumps along board margins, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Signed by the author on front free..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1941. First U.S. Edition, stated and with "E-Q" code to copyright page. Octavo. 296 pp. Black cloth stamped in light green. Lacks dust jacket. Boards moderately edgeworn with general scuffing. Binding is sound. A few numbers and letters written in marker and..... More
![Item #10204 Binary [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. John Lange, pseud. of Michael Crichton](/pictures/thumb/10204.jpg?v=1626979358)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Stated First Edition. Bookplate signed by Crichton loosely laid in at front. Octavo; xviii, 213pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price intact and "7/72" at bottom of front jacket flap; book in blindstamped charcoal paper-covered boards and red cloth with gilt lettering to spine..... More
![Item #10299 Dismas Hardy [Mysterious Profile 13] [Signed Limited Edition]. John Lescroart](/pictures/thumb/10299.jpg?v=1627656319)
New York: The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008. Limited Edition. Signed by the author and numbered 39 of 100 numbered copies on limitation page at front (26 additional copies were lettered, but not for sale). 16mo (7" x 4.25"); [ii], 33pp +3 bio & ads. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering and..... More
![Item #10041 Death at the Inn [File Copy] [U.S. title The Case of the Forty Thieves]. John Rhode,...](/pictures/thumb/10041.jpg?v=1625085982)
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1953. First Edition. Publisher's File Copy, with "File Copy. Geoffrey Bles Ltd" stamped on half title, top of first chapter, and at bottom of p. 83. Octavo; 223pp. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth with black lettering to spine. Jacket shows a couple shallow chips and a...... More
![Item #10039 The Lake House [U.S. title The Secret of the Lake House]. John Rhode, pseud. of Cecil...](/pictures/thumb/10039.jpg?v=1625086815)
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1947. Reprint. Octavo; 192pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "Second Edition" printed at top; book in orange cloth with black lettering. Price-clipped jacket is chipped at corners and spine edges, with a few smaller tears and adjacent creases along edges. Boards lightly bumped at corners and spine ends..... More
![Item #10037 Shadow of an Alibi [U.K. title The Telephone Call]. John Rhode, pseud. of Cecil John...](/pictures/thumb/10037.jpg?v=1625088061)
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1948. First American Edition. Octavo; [viii], 215pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price intact; book in drab olive cloth with green lettering and Red Badge Detective insignia. Jacket edgeworn with a number of shallow, closed tears, chipping at spine ends, a few creases and..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1961. First American Edition. Octavo; [viii], 212pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.95 price intact; book in red cloth with black lettering and Red Badge Detective insignia. Jacket shows a few chips and tears along edges, with a larger tear at bottom of back panel..... More
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc. / Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 310 pp. Black boards stamped in red. Lacks dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with some minor fraying, general scuffing, and fading to spine. Some rippling to rear board. Exposure at..... More
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc. / Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1931. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 307 pp. Black boards stamped in red. Decorative endpapers. Lacks dust jacket. Boards lightly edgeworn with some general scuffing and spine a bit toned. Binding is sound. Front free endpaper..... More
![Item #11833 Bad Love [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Jonathan Kellerman](/pictures/thumb/11833.jpg?v=1640122582)
London: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; [10],371pp. Light shelf wear, corners bumped, textblock a shade toned, else Very Good or better. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. The author's eighth Alex Delaware novel, preceding the first..... More
![Item #11832 Silent Partner [Signed]. Jonathan Kellerman](/pictures/thumb/11832.jpg?v=1640122135)
London: Macdonald, 1989. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; 506pp. Light wear and wrinkling to jacket extremities, corners bumped, a few gatherings toned due to inferior paper quality, else a Very Good or better copy. Signed by the author on title page. More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company / The Crime Club, 1935. First Edition, stated. Octavo; [viii], 306pp. Publisher's red cloth with black lettering and ornamentation. Red topstain. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly bumped at corners and spine ends, with some general surface smudging to cloth. Spine a bit darkened and..... More
![Item #12768 Bohannon's Book: Five Mysteries [Signed and Inscribed]. Joseph Hansen](/pictures/thumb/12768.jpg?v=1647888962)
Woodstock, Vermont: Foul Play Press / Countryman Press, 1988. Stated First Edition. Signed and inscribed on title page by author: "To Debra / Joseph Hansen." Octavo; 221 pp. Pictorial dust jacket with $16.95 price. Dust jacket is clean and bright, with some light rubbing to edges. Faint cock to spine..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1973. First Edition, stated. Octavo; 166 pp. Pictorial dust jacket with $5.95 price. Gray cloth over spine with red cloth over boards. Title stamped in red on spine. Deckled edges. Dust jacket is bright with mild rubbing and shelfwear, and some toning to spine. Spine..... More
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1935. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red decorative buckram, front cover and spine stamped in black; [8],340pp. Some scuffing to cloth extremities with brief exposure at corners and tugging at spine ends, spine cocked and a shade toned, light soil to front cover, faint..... More