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De St. Clement, Dorothy WHITE GUMBO
New York Vantage Press, Inc. (1951) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket (x), 186 pages
Boldly signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Pioneer life in North Dakota in the 1890's. Staining to the cloth at the edges and corners. Dust jacket has slight wear to edges and corners, with an open tear to the head of the spine. Spine is slightly faded.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 105897

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(Detective Fiction) Anaya, Rudolfo ZIA SUMMER
(New York) Warner Books (1995) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket (x),386 pages
First edition, signed by Anaya on the title page. The first crime novel by the acclaimed Chicano writer best known for Bless Me, Ultima. The mystery series features Sonny Baca. Dust jacket has just a hint of shelf wear.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 89651

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(Detective Fiction) Babson, Marian A FOOL FOR MURDER.
New York Walker and Company (1983) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket 176 pages
First edition. Detective novel about the murder of a British successful economist. Dust jacket lightly worn.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 115699

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(Detective Fiction) Block, Lawrence TANNER ON ICE.
(New York) Dutton (1998) 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket viii, 248 pages
First edition. The author invites readers to return to the world of Evan Michael Tanner, a globe-trotting adventurer with a taste for lost causes. Missing in action for twenty-five years, Tanner is back, and making up for lost time with a vengeance.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 65106

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(Detective Fiction) Braun, Lilian Jackson THE CAT WHO TALKED TURKEY.
New York G.P. Putnam's Sons (2004) 8vo. quater cloth, paper boards, dust jacket (x), 182 pages
First edition. The twenty-sixth in Lilian Jackson Braun's best-selling Cat Who...series, The Cat Who Talked Turkey once again features retired journalist and heir Jim Qwilleran, and his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum. With its mix of crime and cats, the author once again delights her readers with her breezy style and smart cats.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 99905

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(Detective Fiction) Braun, Lilian Jackson THE CAT WHO WASN'T THERE.
New York G.P. Putnam's Sons (1992) 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket 238 pages
First edition. The fourteenth in Lilian Jackson Braun's best-selling Cat Who...series, The Cat Who Wasn't There once again features retired journalist and heir Jim Qwilleran, and his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum. Libraries and librarians figure in the plot. With its mix of crime and cats, the author once again delights her readers with her breezy style and smart cats.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 99866

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(Detective Fiction) Braun, Lilian Jackson THE CAT WHO WENT BANANAS.
New York G.P. Putnam's Sons (2004) 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket (xii), 223+(1) pages
First edition. Lilian Jackson Braun's twenty-seventh Cat Who book about Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats Yum Yum and Koko. This one involves a book project on a historic house, a new bookstore and possibly some stolen books.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 98472

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(Detective Fiction) Brown, Dan THE DA VINCI CODE.
New York Doubleday (2003) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket x, 454 pages
First edition. The novel has helped perpetuate popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the history of Christianity. According to the premise of the novel, the Vatican knows it is living a lie, but continues to do so to keep itself in power. It is a worldwide bestseller with more than 60.5 million copies in print and has been translated into 44 languages. It is thought to be the eleventh best-selling book of all time. Combining the detective, thriller and conspiracy fiction genres, the book is the second book by Dan Brown to include the character Robert Langdon, the first being Brown's 2000 novel, Angels and Demons. May 2006 was the theatrical release of the book featuring Tom Hanks as Langdon. This movie has already been parodied by Epic Movie in January 2007. Dust jacket in excellent condition with only minor rubbing along edges, book has nice tight hinges and has almost no wear.
-With "scotoma" misspelled as "skitoma" on page 243
-Original price of $24.95 on flap and on back of dj.
-Full-size original trade publication
-number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 94234

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(Detective Fiction) Brown, Dan THE DA VINCI CODE.
New York Doubleday (2003) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket x, 454 pages
First edition. The novel has helped perpetuate popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the history of Christianity. According to the premise of the novel, the Vatican knows it is living a lie, but continues to do so to keep itself in power. It is a worldwide bestseller with more than 60.5 million copies in print and has been translated into 44 languages. It is thought to be the eleventh best-selling book of all time. Combining the detective, thriller and conspiracy fiction genres, the book is the second book by Dan Brown to include the character Robert Langdon, the first being Brown's 2000 novel, Angels and Demons. May 2006 was the theatrical release of the book featuring Tom Hanks as Langdon.
-With "scotoma" misspelled as "skitoma" on page 243
-Original price of $24.95 on flap and on back of dj.
-Full-size original trade publication
-number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Jacket shows minor wear with glue residue at bottom of spine where label was removed. Name in ink on front pastedown.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 105311

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(Detective Fiction) Brown, Dan THE DA VINCI CODE.
New York Doubleday (2004) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket xii, 467 pages
The Illustrated Edition in larger format, first printing. The novel has helped perpetuate popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the history of Christianity. According to the premise of the novel, the Vatican knows it is living a lie, but continues to do so to keep itself in power. It is a worldwide bestseller with more than 60.5 million copies in print and has been translated into 44 languages. It is thought to be the eleventh best-selling book of all time. Combining the detective, thriller and conspiracy fiction genres, the book is the second book by Dan Brown to include the character Robert Langdon, the first being Brown's 2000 novel, Angels and Demons. May 2006 was the theatrical release of the book featuring Tom Hanks as Langdon. This movie has already been parodied by Epic Movie in January 2007.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 116860

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(Detective Fiction) Caldwell, Ian and Dustin Thomason THE RULE OF FOUR.
(New York) Dial Press (2004) 8vo. cloth-backed, paper-covered boards, dust jacket (x), 372, (2) pages
First edition. A tale of timeless intrigue and scholarship is the story of two college friends forced to follow a mysterious coded manuscript, a violent Ivy League murder, and the secrets of a Renaissance prince.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 99836

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(Detective Fiction) Cleary, Jon. ENDPEACE.
New York William Morrow (1997) 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (viii), 263+(1) pages.
First U.S. edition. When Sir Harry Huxwood, the wealthy head of an Australian publishing empire, is found murdered in his bedroom the morning after a tension-charged family dinner, Inspector Scobie Malone finds himself under pressure to come up with the true story, with an accusing finger pointing in all directions.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 70586

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(Detective Fiction) Daly, Elizabeth ARROW POINTING NOWHERE
New York Farrar & Rinehart (1944) 8vo. cloth. (vi), 250 pages.
First edition. Henry Gamadge's name is found on a circular on the pavement that implicated him with owning a collection of "curiosa." This draws him into a relationship with another collector and a mystery about a missing plate from a book. Covers damaged at bottom of spine. Inner hinges partially split. Shaken.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 8572

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(Detective Fiction) DeAndrea, William L. KILLED IN PARADISE
New York Mysterious Press (1988) 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards (viii), 182, (2) pages
First edition. Set on a Caribbean cruise, there is murder and mayhem all around Network vice-president and chief troubleshooter Matt Cobb. All of the Matt Cobb series have Killed in the title. Light wear to book and dust jacket.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 91877

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(Detective Fiction) THE DISTINGUISHED LIBRARY OF DETECTIVE-CRIME-MYSTERY FICTION FORMED BY FLORENCE AND EDWARD KAYE COVERING THE PERIOD 1591-1974.
New York House of El Dieff, Inc. n.d.. circa 1974 8vo stiff wrappers 20+(3) pages
Catalogue of collection of detective-crime-mystery of Florence and Edward Kaye. Illustrated.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 106401

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(Detective Fiction) Dunning, John THE BOOKMAN'S PROMISE.
New York Scribner (2004) 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (viii), 369, (5) pages
First edition. Another of the series of mysteries feature Cliff Janeway, the Colorado bookseller and ex detective. Richard Burton (not the movie star but the author) came to American just as the Civil War loomed on the horizon. Was he a spy for Britain? Lost inscribed books and the journal kept by Burton is at the center of the plot. Signed by the author on the title page.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 78434

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(Detective Fiction) Dunning, John BOOKMAN'S WAKE, A MYSTERY WITH CLIFF JANEWAY.
New York Scribner (1995) 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 351+(1) pages.
First edition. If you thought Dunning's last bibliomystery (BOOKED TO DIE) was great, wait until you read this one. Sure to become a classic in the field.
Price: $ 7.00 other currencies Order nr. 41895

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(Detective Fiction) Gatenby, Rosemary THE SEASON OF DANGER.
New York Dodd, Mead and Co. 1974 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 186 pages.
Book club edition. The whole interview set-up is strange, with remarkably attentive guards hanging about, journalist Jack Seavering decides, and then the interviewee, " America's most famous novelist," writes HELP in the dirt and quickly rubs it out with his shoe before anyone besides Seavering can read it. Jacket slightly worn and spine is faded. Spot along edge of free endpaper.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 49911

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(Detective Fiction) George, Kara MURDER AT TOMORROW.
New York Walker Publ. Co. 1982 small 8vo. boards, dust jacket. 189 pages.
First edition. Mark Exeter, publisher of the news weekly "Tomorrow" hires private eye Nick Nicoletti to look into matters relating to the magazine staff and to Exeter's own upcoming divorce. Soon, Nicoletti is also looking into Exeter's murder. Bookplate. Large stain on front free endpaper, date stamp on half-title page.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 49903

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(Detective Fiction) Gibbs, Tony. SHADOW QUEEN
New York The Mysterious Press (1992) 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket ix, 326 pages.
First edition. A murder mystery centering around the long lost "Casket Letters," the legendary letters written by Mary, Queen of Scots which are said to prove that she murdered her husband.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 77709

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(Detective Fiction) Gruber, Frank. BEAGLE SCENTED MURDER.
New York Rinehart & Company 1946 small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. iv, 188 pages.
First edition. In this fast, tough and funny mystery, two "hard-boiled" detectives break a racket in dime novels. Jacket rubbed with some small creases.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 44704

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(Detective Fiction) Hansen, Joseph THE BOY WHO WAS BURIED THIS MORNING.
(New York) Viking (1990) 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket (vi), 181+(1) pages
First edition. 11th David Brandstetter myster by Hansen, a prolific author of novels and short stories. Ink inscription on free endpaper.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 115742

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(Detective Fiction) Hjortsberg, William NEVERMORE
New York Atlantic Monthly Press n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers (vi), 292 pages
First edition. A cast of historic figures, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini, and Edgar Allan Poe, seek to stop a serial killer who recreates scenes from Poe's works from making them his next victims.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 116219

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(Detective Fiction) James, Dean POSTED TO DEATH
(New York) Kensington Books (2002) 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (x), 242 pages
First Edition. The first Simon Kirby-Jones Mystery, featuring a gay American vampire living in a small English village (which contains a very attractive Anglican priest). Don't worry- he medicates to keep down those pesky bloody urges. "He's Poirot without a pulse." Dust jacket slightly creased on extremities. Remainder mark on lower edge of text block.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 94358

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(Detective Fiction) Johnson, W. Bolingbroke THE WIDENING STAIN.
New York Alfred A. Knopf 1942 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 242 pages.
First edition. Written under a pseudonym by Morris Gilbert Bishop, former librarian at Cornell University. A fictional account of murder at Cornell University where the library is the focal point of the story. One of the classics in this genre. Jacket chipped and rubbed around edges. Remnants of tape on tips of jacket flaps and pastedowns. Former owner has added his name and acqusition date (1942) in ink on free endpaper. Hard to find in jacket.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 8684

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