![Item #25601 A Deadly Place to Stay [Dorothy Hughes' copy]. Josephine Bell](/pictures/thumb/25601.jpg?v=1676651905)
New York: Walker and Company, 1982. First Edition. Ownership signature of mystery writer Dorothy B. Hughes to title page. Octavo. 224 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket shows general rubbing and spine lightly sunned. Boards show light shelfwear and spine ends lightly..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1966. First Edition. Octavo. 190 pp. Victor Reinganum-illustrated dust jacket with 16s net price intact. Dark blue boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly rubbed and toned along edges with some additional toning to spine. Boards show a touch of shelfwear and..... More
![Item #9428 Death Is a Dirty Trick [Inscribed and Signed]. Judson Philips, a k. a. Hugh Pentecost](/pictures/thumb/9428.jpeg?v=1620403646)
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1980. First Edition, with full numberline. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; [4],187pp. Light shelf wear and some dust-soil to jacket, spine panel a bit sunned, boards slightly scuffed at extremities, else Very Good and sound. With a humorous and bridge-themed author..... More
![Item #8162 The Plain Man [Alt. title: The Killing of Francie Lake]. Julian Symons](/pictures/thumb/8162.jpg?v=1608239585)
New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in decorative dust jacket; [8],181pp. Some minor chipping and rubbing to jacket extremities, tiny loss at spine foot touching text without loss of meaning, corners a bit bumped, else Very Good and sound. "A Harper Novel of..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1975. First Edition, stated. Octavo; [viii], 180pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price; book in blue leatherette with silver lettering to spine. Jacket very faintly edgeworn with some nudging at spine ends and a 1/8" line of red discoloration along bottom of front jacket flap..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1925. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 408 pp. Dark blue boards with title labels to spine and front. No dust jacket. Corners lightly bumped and a touch of edgewear to boards. Spine label scuffed and darkened, but front label is clean and bright. Binding..... More
![Item #9548 Assignment Abacus [Dorothy Hughes's Copy]. L P. Davies](/pictures/thumb/9548.jpg?v=1621966571)
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company / Crime Club, 1975. First Edition (stated). Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [6],182pp. Light edge wear and a bit of toning to jacket, rear panel slightly soiled, else Very Good and sound. Publisher's review slip laid in. Provenance: Mystery author..... More
![Item #9413 Tess Monaghan [Limited Edition, Signed]. Laura Lippman](/pictures/thumb/9413.jpg?v=1619552362)
New York: Mysterious Bookshop, 2006. First Edition, Limited to 100 copies of which this is no. 95. Small, slim 12mo (18cm.); publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; 35pp. Fine condition. Signed by the author on colophon. Issued as Mysterious Profile #2. More
![Item #11940 A Study in Sherlock: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon [Signed]. Laurie R. King,...](/pictures/thumb/11940.jpg?v=1641418312)
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2011. First Edition. Signed on title page by both editors and by contributors Thomas Perry, Jacqueline Winspear, Margaret Maron, S.J. Rozan, and Dana Stabenow. Octavo. 336 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $29.95 price intact. Black boards stamped in gilt. Jacket gently rubbed along..... More
First Edition. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. First Edition with no additional printings listed. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"); 254p. Printed red dustjacket with original $5.95 price; book in red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Jacket shows a few tiny tears along edges, some bumping at spine ends, and..... More
London: Bantam Press, 1999. First UK Edition. Octavo; 379pp. Illustrated dust jacket with £9.99 price intact; book in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly edgeworn with no chips, tears, or marks. Promotional "only £9.99" sticker to front. Boards are sturdy and square with a shallow bump..... More
![Item #11768 Without Fail [Signed]. Lee Child](/pictures/thumb/11768.jpg?v=1639684043)
London: Bantam Press, 2002. First UK Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Illustrated dust jacket with £12.99 price intact; book in black cloth with gilt lettering. Jacket very lightly rubbed along bottom corners and spine ends, but clean and crisp with no chips, tears, or marks..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket; 191pp. General edge wear to jacket extremities including a few short closed tears, light portions a bit toned, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. A "Red Mask Mystery."..... More
![Item #10795 No Good From a Corpse [Signed Limited Edition]. Leigh Brackett, Ray Bradbury, Michael...](/pictures/thumb/10795.jpg?v=1631048189)
Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1999. Limited Edition of 200 copies, this being #111, from a total limited run of 1200. Signed by Ray Bradbury and Michael Connelly on limitation page. Large octavo. 564 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Bound in quarter morocco with hand-made paper covered..... More
![Item #13751 Only When I Laugh [Limited Edition, Signed by Deighton]. Len Deighton](/pictures/thumb/13751.jpg?v=1659646946)
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1987. Limited Edition of 250 copies signed by Deighton, this being #100. Octavo. 241 pp. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt; avocado endpapers. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Mild nudge to top of spine; binding sound and pages unmarked. Some very faint scuffing to..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's simulated cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket; [8],188pp. General edge wear to jacket and board extremities including a few tiny closed tears to the former, rear jacket panel a bit toned and dust-soiled, spine rather cocked, else Very Good, internally..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. First Edition, with FR symbol on copyright. Octavo; publisher's blue cloth lettered in yellow, yellow topstain; [6],310,3-5(ads)pp.; map endpapers of the Chesapeake Bay. Cloth rubbed at extremities, corners bumped with some brief exposure, spine a bit cocked, contemporary lending library bookplate to front free..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First Edition with A to copyright page. Octavo. 255 pp. Tan boards stamped in red. Publisher's promotional card laid in at front. Lacks dust jacket. Boards moderately worn and soiled with heavier wear and some bumping to extremities. Binding sound and pages unmarked. More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. / The Crime Club, 1947. First Edition. Octavo. 217 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price present. Black boards stamped in yellow. Dust jacket shows a few chips and creases along edges, several short closed tears with some tape repair to..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1963. STated First Edition. Octavo. 189 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.50 price present. Red boards stamped in black. Basis for the 1965 film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Glen Ford and Rita Hayworth. Dust jacket rubbed with..... More
![Item #13022 Luigi of Catanzaro [Signed Limited Edition]. Louis Golding](/pictures/thumb/13022.jpg?v=1651247118)
London: E. Archer, 1926. Limited First Edition. Signed by the author and numbered 56 of 100 copies. Privately printed. Quarto (10" x 7.5"); 21, [1] pp. Pages uncut along top edges throughout. Paper wraps with black lettering. Covers a bit edgeworn with some flight soiling and smudging to surface. Binding..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1908. First Edition. Octavo (7.5" x 5"); [x], 441pp. Ten illustrations, including frontis with tissue guard. Illustrated dust jacket over publisher's red cloth with black and red lettering and illustration. Jacket tattered and chipped at edges, but with only a touch of interference with text; large crease across..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1932. First Edition, with no subsequent printings listed. Octavo; 242pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact; boards in yellow cloth with green lettering and green topstain. Jacket is crisp with light rubbing and a few tiny tears at head of spine, fading and darkening down..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1934. First Edition, with no additional printings listed. Octavo; 223pp. Publisher's orange cloth with black lettering. Missing dust jacket. Boards bumped at spine ends, with a few stray scuffs and smudges to surface. Spine cocked, with a vertical crease to cloth. Light marginal thumbprinting to a...... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1931. First Edition, with no subsequent printings listed. Octavo; 304pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price; boards in red cloth with black lettering. Jacket shows a few closed tears at edges and folds along with some adjacent rubbing and creases and some general toning / smudging..... More