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Garden City, New York:: Doubleday,, 1942.. Hardcover first edition -. Pencilled notation indicating that this was from a store's lending library - stamp of store on endpaper, but no other markings. The dustjacket was originally covered by an old-style protector with black edges - and these black edges left some marks on the endpapers. Otherwise the book is in very good condition and the dustjacket is in exceptionally good condition - bright and attractive with only the slightest bit of fading to the red on the spine, and a small amount of dampstaining visible on the upper corner of the front flap. . First US printing. A Crime Club selection. An Inspector Arnold mystery, published in the UK as 'This Undesirable Residence.' An uncommon title by this writer (who also wrote mysteries under the name of John Rhode.)
Dead Of Winter by Hale, Christopher - 1941
by Hale, Christopher
Dead Of Winter
by Hale, Christopher
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NY: Doubleday Crime Club. NF. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition bound in red cloth with black lettering. About Fine in a VG+ dj. The bottom front corner has a mild bump else book is Fine. Co vers are bright & clean, paper is cream colored. In a very nice dj tha t has tiny frays at the head of the spine & the front corners but is o therwise bright, clean and very attractive. A Scarce book in this cond ition. .
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DEATH AT ASH HOUSE (original title: This Undesirable Residence.)
by Burton, Miles (pseudonym of Cecil John C. Street)
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Mad Man: The Collected Short Fiction Volume Seven
by Lafferty, R. A.
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Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press. F. 2023. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A fine, as new copy in a fine, as new dust jacket. Stil l sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap. Introduction by Scott Bradfie ld. One of 300 copies signed by Scott Bradfield. Interview with R.A. Lafferty. Photographs of R.A. Lafferty.Fully cloth bound, ribbon marke r, head and tail bands. .
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Bordersnakes (1 of 26 copies)
by Crumley, James
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Limited first edition, 1st printing, unread Fine book in Fine jacket and slipcase. This is copy U of 26 lettered copies. Book is bound in quarter morocco with marbled paper boards in matching marbled slipcase. Bizarre, wrap-around dust jacket by the late, well-known comix artist S. Clay Wilson. The book is signed by Crumley on the limitation page. This is one of the few McMillan titles with only 26 deluxe lettered editions.
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BOOKED TO DIE.
by Dunning, John.
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New York:: Scribner's,, (1992). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in a near fine dust jacket (discoloration from glue under dj flaps, but otherwise a tight and clean copy) .. First printing. A mystery introducing Cliff Janeway - perhaps the most popular bibliomystery of all time. From the opening description of Bobby the Bookscout, this story presents an entertaining look at modern book collecting and selling - wrapped up in a good murder mystery. SIGNED by Dunning on a bookplate on the front endpaper. 321 pp.
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High Priest of California (novel and play) and Wild Wives
by Willeford, Charles
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Limited edition, 1st printing of this hardcover version. A back-to-back packaging of two early Willeford novels that appeared as PBOs, plus his play version of first title. A Fine minus book that has slight wear and color loss to corners and spine ends; in a Fine minus book with just a hint of fade to spine. This is number 1 of 250 copies; signed by Willeford and numbered on a limitation page.
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DEATH AT ASH HOUSE (original title: This Undesirable Residence.)
by Burton, Miles (pseudonym of Cecil John C. Street)
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Garden City, New York:: Doubleday,, 1942.. Hardcover first edition -. Pencilled notation indicating that this was from a store's lending library - stamp of store on endpaper, but no other markings. The dustjacket was originally covered by an old-style protector with black edges - and these black edges left some marks on the endpapers. Otherwise the book is in very good condition and the dustjacket is in exceptionally good condition - bright and attractive with only the slightest bit of fading to the red on the spine, and a small amount of dampstaining visible on the upper corner of the front flap. . First US printing. A Crime Club selection. An Inspector Arnold mystery, published in the UK as 'This Undesirable Residence.' An uncommon title by this writer (who also wrote mysteries under the name of John Rhode.)
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Mad Man: The Collected Short Fiction Volume Seven
by Lafferty, R. A.
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press. F. 2023. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A fine, as new copy in a fine, as new dust jacket. Stil l sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap. Introduction by Scott Bradfie ld. One of 300 copies signed by Scott Bradfield. Interview with R.A. Lafferty. Photographs of R.A. Lafferty.Fully cloth bound, ribbon marke r, head and tail bands. .
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CROOKED CROSS ,DETECTIVE FICTION of cleverly twisted Clews & Situations by a famous criminology writer, in brown DJ WITH BLUE & WHITE FACES of Men & white Titles, Detective Story
by CHARLES J. DUTTON, Inner DJ Flap PriceClipped
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LONG BEACH, California, United States
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A. L. BURT NY, 1926 HBDJ, 1926 ,1ST EDITION THUS. NF+/ VG-, Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 243 pg + ADS. Full bound with red cloth covered boards and Embossed gold lettering titles & Design. Has light shelf wear and a small bump to the bottom edge of the front board Price clipped DJ in mylar cover is worn at the extremities with several small chips and short tears with associated creasing. , very scarce dust jacket , Motive for Crime which is Not Prompted by Hatred, Greed, Lust, passion, Mystifying Amazing story. , . First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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High Priest of California (novel and play) and Wild Wives
by Willeford, Charles
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Limited edition, 1st printing of this hardcover version. A back-to-back packaging of two early Willeford novels that appeared as PBOs, plus his play version of first title. A Fine minus book that has slight wear and color loss to corners and spine ends; in a Fine minus book with just a hint of fade to spine. This is number 1 of 250 copies; signed by Willeford and numbered on a limitation page.
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ROSEANNA.
by SJOWALL, Maj & Per Wahloo.
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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Pantheon,, 1967. FIRST EDITION (American) in dust jacket. The book has glue residue on the FFEP, faint tape marks on the book boards. The unclipped dust jacket has minimal sunning to the spine. The first Martin Beck mystery.
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Godshot (SIGNED) (FIRST)
by Bieker, Chelsea
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2020 - 1st ed ("1" in number line) - SIGNED by author on the title page - "Godshot is the kind of book you find yourself thinking about incessantly." - Kristen Arnett - book: near fine - dj: near fine - dj in protective mylar sleeve"Drought has settled on the town of Peaches, California. The area of the Central Valley where fourteen–year–old Lacey May and her alcoholic mother live was once an agricultural paradise. Now it's an environmental disaster, a place of cracked earth and barren raisin farms. In their desperation, residents have turned to a cult leader named Pastor Vern for guidance. He promises, through secret "assignments," to bring the rain everybody is praying for.Lacey has no reason to doubt the pastor. But then her life explodes in a single unimaginable act of abandonment: her mother, exiled from the community for her sins, leaves Lacey and runs off with a man she barely knows. Abandoned and distraught, Lacey May moves in with her widowed grandma, Cherry, who is more concerned with…
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
by Agatha Christie
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New York: Pocket Book edition, 1966, 20th printing. Pocket Book 50447. Vintage pulp fiction paperback, x, [2], 194pp., advert., cover price 50 cents.. Very Good Condition with bright cover page. Slight cover and spine creasing. There are bumped corners, and signs of shelf wear, top right corner of cover with slight crease and lower edges of cover worn. Pages are unmarked. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Kill Petrosino!
by Nolan, Frederick
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- 9780213165178
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- 0213165171
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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London: Arthur Barker Ltd. 1st Edition, 1975 ----------hardcover, with dust jacket. The book, in black boards with orange lettering and design to the spine, is an unblemished near fine copy. The unclipped jacket has light wear to the front panel top edge and spine extremities, and is almost near fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.
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Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King
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- 9780670844524
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First Edition. (1993) Hardcover with d.j. Fine with near fine dust jacket. D.J. has slight curl on top edge and light rubbing on back. No worn edges. Tight binding with clean, sharp pages. No markings. 305 pages. Dolores Claiborne is a psychological thriller novel. The novel is narrated by the title character. Atypically for a King novel, it has no chapters, double-spacing between paragraphs, or other section breaks; thus the text is a single continuous narrative which reads like the transcription of a spoken monologue. This book is dedicated to King's mother: "For my mother, Ruth Pillsbury King."
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Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce) | Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The | Signed First Edition Copy
by Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce)
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- 9780786868018
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Hyperion, 2001. hardcover. New. Author Signed Hardcover Book. 2001 NY: Hyperion First edition, first printing, fine, no dust jacket as issued, signed by the author. This is a collectible book free from material defects. Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.
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A Is For Alibi
by Sue Grafton
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1982. Fine. Book Club Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. D.j. is near fine with slight wear on top binding edge. Inside flap d.j has slight creases. Cover is smooth, unblemished, no tears, nicks or worn corners. Hardcover, as new, black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Tight binding, sharp, clean pages. No markings. (Actual photo) A flawless copy. 208 pages. "A" Is for Alibi is crime writer Sue Grafton's first mystery novel in the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet mystery" series, first published in 1982.
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)
by Christie, Agatha
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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)
by Christie, Agatha
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The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".
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Noose, The
by MacDonald, Philip
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Collins White Circle Pocket Edition #228. Great 1940s cover! Colonel Anthony Gethryn must prove a man innocent of a murder he's been convicted for in only 5 days. MacDonald was a great practitioner of the mystery-suspense genre; his books remain readable, even if his characters are nowhere near as enlightened as we tend to be today. Please read this volume in its historical context. A very clean copy, spine slightly darkened with very faint reading crease: see photos.
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Black Cherry Blues
by Burke, James Lee
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. Near Fine in Very Good jacket Remainder A Dave Robicheaux mystery, Edgar Award winner npc, 290pp. rem po inscription on front pastedown, behind dj flap. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Remainder. First Edition
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