The Dead Thing in the Pool.
New York: Crime Club, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Age toning to paper. Some rubbing to dust jacket front cover and edges. In a brodart protective wrapper. More
Mysteries
Sherlock Holmes meets Father Brown and his creator: A miscellany of scholarship, stories, and literary diversions.
The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 2000-01. First printing. Hardcover. 304pp. Very nice copy in dust jacket. Jacket protectived in a brodart wrapper. More
The Labors of Hercules.
Dodd, Mead and Co, 1947. First American Edition. Hardcover. Chipping along edges of jacket with some small tears. In a brodart protective wrapper. More
Black Monastery.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. 21 x 14 cm. Octavo. 409 pages. Black cloth, teal lettering and blocking. More
Reckless Creed (A Ryder Creed Novel).
G.p. Putnam's Sons, 2016-09. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED on title page by Alex Kava. A fine copy in dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. More
The Crookshaven Murder.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 13 cm. Octavo. 292 pages. Red cloth. First edition, same date on copyright and title page. Spine is faded and stained. 1/2 cm closed tear to top of spine. Two small stamps from previous owner inside back cover..... More
Death Rattle.
New York: Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. 277 pages. Pink cloth, faded spine. Published for The Crime Club. Stated first edition. Staining to the front and rear endpapers and inside front and bakc cover. Sticker residue on rear endpaper. Former owner's stamp..... More
The Dance of Death and Other Tales.
Lincoln Macveagh/Dial Press, 1928. First edition. Hard Cover. 16mo.223pp Green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. A very nice copy. More
Night Man.
Random House, 1951. First printing. Hardcover. A nice copy in a chipped and rubbed dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. (From the screenplay by Lucille Fletcher). More
Gone Bamboo.
Villard, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. 24 x 16 cm. Octavo. 286 SIGNED by the author, Anthony Bourdain better known for his culinary works, on the title page. Stated first edition. Previous owner's name and address on front endpaper. Small closed tear to the bottom of the dust jacket. Small stain..... More
The Fourteen Points.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. 19 x 13 cm. Octavo. 456 pages. Black cloth with embossed silhouette to cover. Front gutter cracked. Previous owner's small stamp inside back cover. Spine is faded . Stated first edition with code B-Z on copyright page. More
A Praed Street Dossier.
Wisconsin: Mycroft and Moran, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Limited to 3000 copies. A fine copy in an equally nice dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. More
The Wishful Think.
Robert Hale, 1954. First edition. Hard Cover. octavo. A nice copy in pictorial price clipped dust jacket. Inscription of previous owner on front endpaper. Veritcal tanning on FEP. Some chipping to dust jacket. In a mylar protective wrapper. More
The Prairie Chicken Kill: a Truman Smith Mystery.
Walker & Co, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Signed by author Bill Crider on title page. A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. In a brodart protective wrapper. This is the fourth Truman Smith investagation in the series. More
Stacked Deck.
Eugene, OR: Mystery Scene Press, Author's Choice Monthly, Pulphouse Publishing, 1991. Deluxe Limited. Leather Bound. 21.5 x 14 cm. Octavo. 117 pages. Mystery Scene Press Author's Choice Monthly number 2: Stacked Deck. This is one of 50 deluxe leather bound copies, SIGNED by Bill Pronzini on the title page this..... More
Sherlock Holmes 'Draco, Daconis'.
Florence Italy: My Sher.Altamont Publishing, 1996. Hard Cover. 251pp. Published in association with Granada Television. With new photos from The Sherlock Holmes Television series. Green cloth. A very nice copy in an equally nice jacket. In a brodart wrapper. More
Cultivating Sherlock Holmes.
Wisconsin: Sumac Press, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Limited to 400 copies. Red cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. More
The Gloved Hand.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 13 cm. Octavo. Orange cloth white lettering. First edition with Copyright 1912 followed by Published, March, 1913 with no additional printings noted. Darkening to spine. Some darkening to cover Former owner's stamp inside back cover. There is some..... More
The Unholy Three.
New York: Jane Lane Company, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 13 cm. Octavo. 310 pages. Brown cloth with green lettering and design of a parrot to the front cover. Light staining noticable on the bottom of the cloth. First edition with same date on title and copyright page and..... More
The Judas Window.
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1938. Hardcover. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. 294 pages. Black cloth with red design of a man holding an umbrella. First edition with no additional printings noted. Top right corner of cover is bumped. Fading to spine. Page 205/206 has a 3/4 inch closed..... More
The Red Widow Murders.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. 301 pages. Black cloth red lettering. First edition with no additional printings noted. Noticeably tilted. Former owner's small stamp inside back cover. Covers show rubbing and some wear. Two pages were improperly cut which is..... More
G Man.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 13 cm. Octavo. 308 pages. First edition with no additional printings noted. Grey cloth red lettering. Previous owner's two small stamps inside back cover. Darkening to spine. Darkening to front and rear endpapers and inside front and back cover..... More
Hooch!
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 13 cm. Octavo. 295 pages. Black cloth red lettering and design. Published for The Crime Club. Cracked joint between endpaper and half title page. Previous owner's small stamp inside back cover. Stated first edition. More
Me-Gangster.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. Octavo. 272 pages. Black cloth red embossed lettering. Spine is faded. This is the author's first book and the basis for the silent film of the same name released in 1928. Previous owner's small stamp inside..... More
The Other Half.
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 13 cm. Octavo. 309 pages. Orange cloth, black lettering. First edition with no additional printings noted. Some darkening to spine. Previous owner's small stamp inside back cover. More