New York: Jefferson House, 1947. small 8vo. cloth. (viii), 212 pages. First edition. Why would the red-headed night club singer offer $30,000 for a rare book? The mob and Max both try to tract down the book. Corner bumped, else near fine. Lacking the dust jacket. READ MORE about DRAW THE CURTAIN CLOSE
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 12806
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, (1975). 8vo. paper over boards, dust jacket. (viii), 182 pages. Book Club Edition. Self-appointed censor, Georgina Hampter, burns "dirty" books in the school library. One was by a local author, Lawrence Dilman, who is found murdered shortly after the book burning. A little digging by a local detective turns up an exotic murder weapon and a list of suspects that includes virtually everyone in Wingate, Connecticut. Hildegarde Dolson was Richard Lockridge's..... READ MORE about PLEASE OMIT FUNERAL
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 13344
New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1978. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 321 pages. First US edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket. READ MORE about THE GLENDOWER LEGACY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 135278
New York: Harper & Row, (1969). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. (iv), 266, (2) pages. Book Club edition of a book first published in England as THE ETRUSCAN NET. A bookshop owner in Florence, Italy, becomes involved with sinister collectors because of his knowledge of Etruscan art. Dust jacket spine is age darkened with very small water stains. A few tears around the edges, else near fine in very good jacket. READ MORE about FAMILY TOMB
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 8625
(New York: Doubleday, 2006). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. (viii), 354, (2) pages. First edition. A young lady from Tasmania comes to New York and finds a job at the Arcadia (dead ringer for the Strand). A lost Herman Melville manuscript is the center of the intrigue. Fine in fine dust jacket. READ MORE about THE SECRET OF LOST THINGS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 117968
New York: William Morrow and Co., 1983. 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 215 pages. First edition. John Denson, a private investigator, is fishing in Oregon when the body of a dead girl rushes by. He gets caught up in a group of secret agents arguing the true identity of Shakespeare. Near fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about THE SISKIYOU TWO-STEP
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 13118
New York, NY: Walker and Company, 1967. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 221 pages. First American edition. Fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about DEAD MAN'S RIDDLE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 135264
New York: Holt, 1964. Rinehart and Winston. (1966), 8vo., cloth, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition, second impression. A young librarian trying to get over the death of her lover has her link to him, a necklace, stolen. She follows the leads to danger. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. READ MORE about MARCH TO THE GALLOWS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 8691
New York: Viking Penguin, 1985. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket. xii, 274 pages. First edition. New English professor Roz Howard may well discover who has been doing in the English faculty at Canterbury College, but she would prefer not to find out the hard way. Fine in fine jacket. READ MORE about GRAVES IN ACADEME
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 55053
A Novel
New York: Little, Brown and Company, (2005). 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, dust jacket. x, 642, (4) pages. A Novel. First Edition. Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of-a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's..... READ MORE about THE HISTORIAN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 99277
New York, NY: Walker & Co, 1989. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 176 pages. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket. READ MORE about GLADE MANOR MURDER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 135283
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1955. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (x), 212 pages. First edition. A group of writers got together each week to plot their mysteries. Unfortunately one of them actually followed a murder script and the police had a murder case to solve. Near fine in a lightly torn dust jacket. READ MORE about MUCH ADO ABOUT MURDER
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 29994
New York: Trident Press, (1971). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 317 pages. First edition, second printing. A Sherlockiana story in which the Sons of the Copper Beeches, a branch of the Baker Street Irregulars, challenges its members with a "Chase." The winner gets a $100,000 collection of Sherlockian manuscripts. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. READ MORE about COPPER BEECHES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 31512
New York: Trident Press, (1971). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 317 pages. First edition, second printing. A Sherlockiana story in which the Sons of the Copper Beeches, a branch of the Baker Street Irregulars, challenges its members with a "Chase." The winner gets a $100,000 collection of Sherlockian manuscripts. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. READ MORE about COPPER BEECHES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 135279
New York: Trident Press, (1971). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 317 pages. First edition, first printing. A Sherlockiana story in which the Sons of the Copper Beeches, a branch of the Baker Street Irregulars, challenges its members with a "Chase." The winner gets a $100,000 collection of Sherlockian manuscripts. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Near fine in a very good jacket. READ MORE about COPPER BEECHES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 135280
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., (1972). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (vi), 186 pages. Book Club Edition. The author of a best-selling novel is found dead. Tracking down the murderer requires behind the scenes investigation of the publishing world. Near fine. READ MORE about WRITE MURDER DOWN
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 33727
New York: Random House, (1975). 8vo. boards. (vi), 150, (2) pages. First edition. The case revolves around Sarah Chayse, M.D., and her discovery in a paperback thriller. Ownership ink stamp on front free endpaper. Near fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about PAPERBACK THRILLER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 8707
New York: Random House, (1975). 8vo. boards. (vi), 150, (2) pages. Bookclub edition. The case revolves around Sarah Chayse, M.D., and her discovery in a paperback thriller. Near fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about PAPERBACK THRILLER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 34706
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, (1923). small 8vo. cloth. viii, 289 pages. This reprinting of the first edition is done as part of The Sun Dial Library series. Lacking dust jacket. Very good copy. READ MORE about THE HAUNTED BOOKSHOP
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 9907
New York: Delacorte Press, 1984. small 8vo. quarter cloth, boards, dust jacket. (vi), 253 pages. First edition. A Jack Journey novel. J. Journey, who writes on "historical crime and ancient felons," also collects crime books. A few months ago, he paid for a library amassed by a French police inspector, but it hasn't been delivered yet, and now the antiquarian dealer calls to say that it is no longer available, the refund is in the..... READ MORE about THE MAFIA DIARIES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 49958
New York: Rinehart & Co., (1947). 8vo. cloth. 189 pages. First edition. Lucius Braxton, San Francisco's most exclusive bookseller, was found murdered in his store. A drawer full of literary clues are discovered by the detectives who quickly come to the conclusion that "everybody in the business must be crazy." Lacks jacket. Near fine. READ MORE about THE TITLE IS MURDER
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 102090
New York: Random House, (1972). small 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (vii), 206, (1) pages. First edition. A successful mystery-story writer is murdered and New York's number one mystery editor helps the police solve the crime. Near fine in lightly soiled and torn dust jacket. READ MORE about DEAD AS THEY COME
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 59836
New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1974. 8vo. Cloth, dust jacket. 152 pages. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about FIGGS & PHANTOMS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135277
New York: New American Library, (1980). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. xvi, 288 pages. First edition. A professor, reporter and CIA operative look into the death of a left-wing poet. Their search for his manuscript leads them to modern Chile, New York and Paris. Fine in near fine jacket. READ MORE about NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 8737
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1969. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 474 pages. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket which has been price clipped. READ MORE about LOVE IS JUST A WORD
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135273
