New York: MacFadden Publications, Inc., 1948. Paperback. Small 4to. Color pictorial wrappers. 100pp. Extensive illustrations and advertisement. Very good. Outer wrapper (only) mild edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with chip at spine tail. Attractive copy of this popular cheesy monthly magazine devoted to both fiction and nonfiction sleuthing. Short stories..... More
New York: Wynwood PRess, [1990]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt spine lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 288pp. Fine/near fine. Superbly tight and handsome first edition of this whodunit penned by 11 noted authors: Mary Higgins Clark, Thomas Chastain, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Lucy Freeman, Joyce..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 251pp. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. First edition. Uncommon comic detective novel set in the Old West. Title continues on jacket, “…And of his Friend and Colleague, Phineas Courtney and their mutual Companion..... More
[New York]: Viking, 1999. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 386pp. Very good/near fine. A tight and nice first U.S. edition, signed boldly by Airth in black fineline on an inner flyleaf. Set in England -- "a novel of suspense in the shadow of world war..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1975. Hardcover. Edited by Madeleine Stern. Small 4to. Red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxxiii, 277pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/very good. Slight bit of mild jacket age toning and edgewear. A tight and attractive second printing of this quartette of pseudonymously published Alcott..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1976. Hardcover. Edited by Madeleine Stern. Small 4to. Green cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 315pp, (4pp). Fine/fine. Superbly tight and bright first edition of this quartet of pseudonymously published Alcott potboilers: "V.V.: or, Plots and Counterplots,"..... More
New York: The Macaulay Company, [1926]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Orange cloth with black lettering and blue and black pictorial stamping, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. vi, 316pp. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit rubbed, with several old but inoffensive tape mends. A tight, attractive first edition of the second Bob Lindsay..... More
New York: Walker and Company, [1982]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 175pp. Near fine/very good. Mild bit of jacket edgewear. A tight and nice first edition of this murder mystery set in France. More
Nashville: Cumberland House, [2000]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 254pp. Fine/fine. First edition -- tight, clean, handsome -- of this mystery involving Chicago criminal defense attorney Darcy Cole. Boldly signed and inscribed by the author in black marker on the title page: "To..... More
Nashville: Cumberland House, [2002]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 286pp. Fine/fine. A superb, tight, attractive first edition of this mystery involving Chicago criminal defense attorney Darcy Cole. Boldly signed by the author in black fineline on the title page. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 276pp. Fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear only. Quite attractive and tight first edition of this murder mystery novel -- and the first solo effort from this American film producer (1911-2004). Superb jacket..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn, with couple of archivally closed (on verso) edge tears, but overall attractive. Tight and nice first edition of this suspense novel set in Paris and Bavaria by the American..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1946. Hardcover. 12mo. Black cloth with white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 205pp. Near fine/near fine. Text block moderately, evenly age toned per usual. Exceptionally tight and bright first edition of this "Crime Club" Detective Inspector Schmitty police mystery in which the author himself appears..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1984. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan and burgundy paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 230pp. Near fine/near fine. Inscribed by Banks. First edition of Banks' second book, featuring P.I. Amos Hatcher, inscribed on the half-title page. More
New York: Bramhall House, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy buckram, pictorial dust jacket. 336pp. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of mild jacket wear. Tight, clean, lovely reprint edition of this renowned 1962 study. From the collection of published Sherlock buff and noted philatelic figure F. Burton Sellers (1918-2010), with his bookplate..... More
[New York]: Delacorte Press, 1993. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 325pp. Very good/very good. Mild bit of jacket edgewear. Tight, clean, quite nice first edition of the fifth Carlotta Carlyle mystery, set in Boston. Signed and inscribed boldly by the author..... More
[New York]: Delacorte Press, 1991. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and white paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 257pp. Good plus/very good. Slightest bit of jacket edgewear; several chocolatey fingerprints on endpapers. A tight and decent first edition of the fourth Carlotta Carlyle mystery, signed boldly by Barnes in..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and burgundy paper over boards. 387pp. Map and pictorial endpapers. Very good. Sans jacket, and with very slight "rippliness" to first few and last few preliminary leaves. First edition, tight and handsome, of this tenth Anna Pigeon mystery -- boldly..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and burgundy paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 387pp. Map and pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and handsome, of this tenth Anna Pigeon mystery -- boldly signed by the author in black ballpoint on the title page..... More
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2002. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 259pp. Fine. Advance reading copy of this "Biff Kincaid" mystery, signed boldly by Barton in black fineline on the title page. More
New York: New American Library, 1988. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth spine and grey paper over boards, dust jacket. 300pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition of this "Benny Freedman Thriller," an extremely discreet ex-library copy, the ONLY markings being a faint spot at foot of jacket spine and small light abrasion..... More
[New York]: The Mysterious Press, 1999. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 215pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition of this Hamish Macbeth mystery. More
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, [1945]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with blue spine lettering and bat decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 192pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with several tiny edge chips; text block well age toned per usual. A tight and attractive first of this "Tower Books Edition," being..... More
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1991. Hardcover. 8vo. Black and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 184pp. Very good/very good. Slight jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and nice, of this historical mystery set in New England in the 1640s. More