New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1943. First Edition. Octavo. 284 pages. Orange boards stamped in red. Lacks dust jacket. First novel, a western mystery, from the author of The Big Sky. Boards lightly worn at extremities with brief exposure and general rubbing and scuffing. Cracked..... More

New York: Covici, Friede Publishers, 1930. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's tan cloth lettered in red, dark red topstain; [6],298pp. Light shelf wear, corners bumped, spine very slightly cocked and rather toned, else a Very Good copy, topstain unfaded and contents clean and bright. The prolific crime author's..... More

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. First U.S. Trade Edition. Octavo. 302 pages. Beige boards stamped in black. Lacks dust jacket. Originally published in the UK under its more famous title, Murder on the Orient Express. Boards are lightly worn at extremities with some fraying..... More

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1959. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [8],247pp. Some general shelf wear, jacket rather wrinkled with small closed tear at bottom margin of upper panel not quite touching text, red spine lettering quite faded, corners bumped, very..... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. First Edition. Octavo. 437 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Beige and black boards stamped in gilt. Map endpapers. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly worn along edges with some faint intermittent staining and smudging. Boards lightly worn at edges also with sparse staining. Binding sound. Remainder..... More

London: Constable Crime, 1995. First Edition. Octavo. 159 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly worn along edges. Sturdy and square in boards. Pages a bit toned but unmarked. A very good copy of one of the final Superintendent Gently novels. More

First Edition. Hardcover. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author "For John Charles [?], with many thanks and every good wish -- Andy" on half title. Octavo; 282pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.50 price; book in half blindstamped gray and black cloth with..... More

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. Later printing. Octavo. 320 pages. Red cloth stamped in black. Lacks dust jacket. Constitutes the final set of twelve Sherlock Holmes stories. Boards chipped and worn at extremities and joints with exposure. Toned at spine. Binding is sound and pages..... More

London: The Harvill Press, 1999. First UK Edition. Bookplate signed by Perez-Reverte loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 212 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is gently rubbed at edges. Boards show just a trace of wear at spine ends. Binding is sound..... More

New Castle, PA: The Peace Makers, 1995. First Edition. Tall octavo. 242 pages plus advertisements. Comb-bound wrappers. Black and white illustrations. A collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches written, "out of disgust for some of the excruciatingly awful ripoffs I've read over the past few years." Nicolls would follow up..... More

London: Mantle, 2010. First Edition. Henry Holt and Company bookplate signed by "B Black" loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 313 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed with some light creasing along edges. Boards sturdy and square with traces of wear..... More

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1994. Limited First Edition. Signed by Carr on limitation page. Octavo. 496 pages. Color frontispiece. Black leather decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Red ribbon. Publisher's advertisement laid in at front. Sturdy and square in boards. A few inoffensive scuffs to edges..... More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1926. First Edition. Octavo. 333 pages. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Lacks dust jacket. Wells was an American poet , mystery author, and collector of Walt Whitman poetry. The Vanity Case is part of the Fleming Stone series... More