OUTRUN THE CONSTABLE by Selwyn Jepson - 1948

New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1975. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1975 Bobbs-Merrill FIRST edition of Dunning's first mystery. An ex-library copy in VG/VG condition with a **SIGNED** bookplate pasted in. The HB has minimal markings including some small tape ghosts on the HB but is missing the rear endpapers. Stamps: A library stamp and withdrawn stamp on the title page and a library stamp across the top page edge. No library card pockets or removed pocket. There is also a stamp of an owner on the FFEP. The DJ is not price clipped and is mylar wrapped. There are a few small chips along the bottom edge otherwise very minor wear along the top edge. A very solid collectible and scarce copy! **BONUS** Receive a softcover copy of "Booked to Die" ***SIGNED*** on the title page!! THAT'S TWO SIGNED DUNNINGS! **Brenbooks specializes in first edition mysteries, many signed!**

Fine unread book in a Fine clamshell box that has very tiny nick bottom edge front board – possibly a binding flaw; no jacket as issued. This is copy number 1 of 17 Collector's editions bound in simulated leather. These have an original Phil Parks B/W illustration from the book mounted on lid of box opposite the book. This copy, since it is number 1, has the first illustration. The front board has a color reproduction of a full-color Parks illustration of Haywood standing in front of Mickey's Trueblood Barbershop. Five Aaron Gunner short stories by Haywood, four of which have never appeared before. Introduction by Lawrence Block; Afterword by Jeffrey Deaver; illustrations by Phil Parks. This copy signed on the title page by Haywood, Block, Deaver, and Parks.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company / The Crime Club, 1930. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Publisher's black cloth, front board and spine stamped in red. Top edge stained red. In the original price-clipped dust jacket. Binding is firm and bright, spine with light crease and spine ends slightly pushed. Dust jacket has vibrant colors with slightest wear to front corner tip. 289 pp. Dust jacket now in protective mylar cover. .

FIRST EDITION, grey boards with red lettering, in dust jacket with the 'letter' on the rear panel. The book is near fine. The dust jacket has wear at corners and a quarter sized spot on the rear panel. Charlie Chan.

London: Collins, 1923. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition hardback in original dustjacket , states copyright 1923 on verso title page , not dated but correct list of previous titles , blue boards with orange titles to spine and front , publishers own file copy with their sticker affixed to fron board , 290pp plus 6pp ads at back , no inscriptions , no spine lean , no tears to pages , corners are sharp , bottom 2 with minor wear , spine tips are pushed and with wear , usual page toning with age , no foxing , in original jacket that is not spine faded , not price-clipped showing 7/6d net on spine , spine tips , edges and corners rubbed , spine , back panel and flaps are toned with age , toned on verso , several small creases , looks like spine may have had minor restoration restoration to a couple small areas front bottom edge , back panel advertises new fiction for Autumn 1923 , a scarce title in original jacket, not a remainder , not an ex-library copy. All orders are sent in… Read More

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.)

New York: Random House, 1972. First Printing, with complete Random House number line 9-2. Fine in Fine dust jacket, a lovely, unread copy of Koontz's first book. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Mysterious Affair At Styles (1935 Bodley Head Half-Crown Edition) THE FIRST HERCULE POIROT TITLE EVER WRITTEN BY CHRISTIE. Mandarin Orange cloth boards with black and green stripes on front cover. Black Titling. States Bodley Head on spine. Spine may be slightly sunned. Pages are fairly bright. Foxing noted, chiefly at the title page and verso. Used. Good Condition / New fax candlestick motif dust jacket. Hardcover. BOARDS ARE VERY CLEAN. NO CORNER BUMPS.Made and printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner, Ltd., Frome and London.

Arlington Hts. Illinois: Dark Harvest, 1991. First Edition, so stated. This deluxe first edition is LIMITED to 26 individually SIGNED and LETTERED copies ( this being Letter "X"). Signed by F. Paul Wilson and Phil Parks on a special limitation page. Red boards in dust jacket with just a few tiny spots and unlike the limited edition the slipcase for the Lettered Edition is made of WOOD!. Beautiful. After vowing never to return, Kara Wade is back in New York City. She's come to claim the body of her twin sister Kelly, and to find out how she died. No secret as to the cause of death--a nearly nude, twelve-story plunge from a room in the Plaza Hotel--but Kara is determined to learn what led to that plunge. Enlisting the help of an old lover, now an NYPD detective, Kara delves into her sister's life. Startling and bizarre facts begin to surface. Instead of answers, Kara finds more questions. Who was the stranger Kelly became during the months prior to her death? What was behind… Read More

FIRST EDITION (UK) in dust jacket; SIGNED by the author on the title page. FIRST EDITION (UK) in dust jacket; SIGNED by the author on the title page. The second Harry Bosch novel.