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New York: Doubleday & Co, 1954. First Edition. Octavo. A Crime Club Selection, 189pp., Tommy Hambledon finds that a case of breaking and entry with violence is international dynamite when top secret designs vanish and four Berlin thugs try to fleece the M.V.D.'s. Bound in gray paper covered boards, spine lettering orange, leaves are toned, covers have light remnants of tape, a good copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket lightly edge worn and chipped at spine ends and corners.
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All That Glitters
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Amphigorey Fifteen Books
by Gorey, Edward
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New York (1972): G.P Putnam's Sons. First Edition. Quarto. 220 unnumbered pages. Illustrated. Here Gorey produces 15 of his classics. The Unstrung Harp -- The Listing Attic -- The Doubtful Guest -- The Object-Lesson -- The Bug Book -- The Fatal Lozenge -- The Hapless Child -- The Curious Sofa -- The Willowdale Handcar -- The Gashlycrumb Tinies -- The Insect God -- The West Wing -- The Wuggly ump-- The Sinking Spell -- The Remembered Visit. Amphigorey is made up of books first published between 1953 and 1965. They are now difficult and often Expensive to come, but hence this compilation. Its title is taken from amphigory, or Amphigouri, meaning a nonsense verse or composition. A fine bright copy bound in pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in tan, black, white and red, pictorial spine lettered and decorated in the same colors, in an unclipped pictorial dust jacket with some chipping to head, small nick to upper and lower edge of front panel. Very nice.
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Another Man's Murder
by Eberhart, Mignon G.
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New York; (1957): Random House. First Edition. Octavo. 240pp. Mystery of atmosphere and suspense, set in Florida's Lake District. Bound in gray cloth stamped in black, spine lttered and decoratd in black and gilt. A very nice clean copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with just a bit of toning and rubbing.
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The April Robin Murders
by Rice, Craig and Ed mcBain
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(New York; 1958): Random House. First Edition. Octavo. First printing, 217pp.,(1)pp. about the authors, bound in gray paper covered boards centrally stamped in gilt, spine decorated in black and gray, lettered in gilt, previous owner's name. A very nice copy in unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, rear panel with foxing, short closed edge tear to upper joint, light wear to spine ends.
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Autograph Note Signed and One Typed Letter Signed
by Spillane, Mickey (ANS)
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Np/nd. Short note on Mickey Spillane's stationary "Hi---/A long range/Hello?/Mickey Spillane" along with a signed bookplate and an 8 1/2" x 11" TLS on Mickey Spillane Productions stationary signed Mickey, all from the collection of HY Gardner (1908-1989), reporter, columnist and radio and television interviewer. Likes the idea Hy had pitched, missed New York show but hopes to be at the others, caught the show with Webb, Beatty, thought it was great. A nice collection.
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The Bishop's Secret
by Hume, Fergus
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Chicago; (1906): Rand, McNally & Co. Octavo. 324pp., An early 20th century novel, a sort of mystery with a murder but not a murder mystery. Bound in maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A very nice copy.
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The Brading Collection
by Wentworth, Patricia
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London; (1952): Hodder & Stoughton. First Edition. Small Octavo. 256 pages. The seventeenth Miss Silver mystery. The author had created a character who though on the outside appeared to be an old woman somehow outwitted the best of the local police. This is the story of Lewis Brading's brooch with five perfectly matched brilliants of five carats but soon to be found in blood. Bound in red cloth, lettered and decorated in black, near the bottom edge there is a thin black line fron fron to back(from old black rimmed dust jacket protector) In unclipped dust jacket with a few nicks and a couple of tiny closed edge tears. A very good copy.
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The Burning Shore
by Trevor, Elleston
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London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1962. Octavo. 284pp. Expertly rebound in red calf, spine with five raised bands and gilt title. Top edge gilt, Signed by author on ffep.
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Bury Him Among Kings
by Trevor, Elleston
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London; (1970): Heinemann. First Edition. Octavo. 342p. The first edition signed by the author bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in green morocco, raised bands ruled and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, the spine has some fading and staining. A very good copy.
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The Case of the Purloined Picture
by Bush, Christopher
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New York: Macmillan & Co, 1951. First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. 8vo. 222p. pictorial dust jacket with some light wear at extremities and one small chip from lower front panel. First American edition, first printing (so stated]. Ludovic Travers is a character like the author, a Cambridge man,
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The Collected Memoirs of Charles Willeford : I Was Looking for a Street and Something about a Soldier
by Willeford, Charles
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(Sarasota, Florida; 1986 and 1988): Disc-US Books, 1988. Octavo. 103 and 123pp. Two books bound in one. An honest autobiography of his life as a homeless boy in the Great Depression, including life in jungle camps, time in bordellos, relief camps and depending on soup kitchens, The second part of his life as a soldier how he signed up in the Army though under age, and was sent to the Philippines which was a very violence and brutal society in the late 1930's, He speaks in very frank language about many issues which were useful when he began writing his fiction. Bound in stiff pictorial paper wraps depicting a photographic image of the author, maroon raised lettering. Near fine.
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The Creak on the Stairs (limited 736/750, signed)
by Aegisdottir, Eva Bjorg
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London; 2020: Orenda Books. First Edition. Octavo. First edition in English. Limited and signed by the author. Limited to 750 copies. The present copy is # 736. 304 pages. Winner of the Blackbird Award for Best Icelandic Crime Novel, and the John Creasy Award in 2020. A haunting book of fiction, crime, and murder from one of Iceland rising young authors whose book became a number one bestseller. Bound in bray cloth, spine lettering silver, all edges blue. A fine bright copy in fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket.
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The Crime Wave at Blandings
by Wodehouse, P.G.
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New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co, 1937. First Edition. Octavo. 330pp., bound in light green pictorial cloth, reproducing the same scene as on the dust jacket in dark green, pictorial spine and lettering dark green, a very good copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with a few tape mends to underside of jacket and rear panel.
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The Crossroads Motel
by MacDonald, John D.
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First Edition. Octavo. 220 pages. First printing. An Inner Sanctum mystery. The Crossroads was a little town with everything a traveler could want, two restuarants, an acre of cabins, a drive in movie, trucker's garage and more. The Crossroads is a smoothly managed oasis for the hungry tourists, the weary motorist and tired truckers. This booming city was owned and run by the tightly knit family, The Drovek's. A very good copy bound in 1/4 black cloth over blue paper covered boards, spine lettering white,one corner lightly bumped with some toning to upper and lower edges of boards, pages toned as usual, in unclipped dust jacket withsome spots of rubbing, mostly to front panerl.
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The Crown Diamond, an Evening with Sherlock Holmes, a Play in One Act
by Doyle, A. Conan
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New York: Privately printed by the Baskerrette Press for subscription Only, 1958. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 59 numbered and registered copies. The present copy is not numbered. Illustrated in color and in black and white. The Crown Diamond was written during the Sherlock Holmes revival after the war, which was partly inspired by the new Stoll films. It was first performed at the Bristol Hippodrome on 2 May 1921, and then in London at the Coliseum on 16 May 1921. Conan Doyle, the "literary agent" for Dr. Watson, is given credit for having written "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone," an adaptation from Dr. Doyle's one-act play "The Crown Diamond," and for the flashback in "A Study in Scarlet". The stories are usually referred to as the Sacred Writings (The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, (Third Quarter, 1970, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 323-355). It had never been put into print until now when the Baker Street Irregulars undertook printing in a limited edition of 59 copies. Issued in…
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Dead End, Signed By Author, Illustrator, Limited to 150 Copies
by Coel, Margaret
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Royal Oak, Michigan: Np, 1997. First Edition. Small Quarto. Limited to 150 copies, signed by Margaret Coel and James D. Doss who has written the introduction, and Phil Parks who has produced the four illustrations which are tipped in and finally a handwritten Arapaho word written by Coel for "thou shalt do no murder". While the author is known for her important work Chief Left Hand on the Arapho published by the University of Oklahoma Press in 1982, this is her masterful mystery of a murder that revolves around Father John O'Malley, a missionary priest at St. Francis Mission on the Wyoming reservation and Vicky Holden, a clever Araphao Attorney. OCLC records only one copy at Amhearst College. Bound in red cloth, decorative pastedown to upper board, spine lettering white. A fine copy.
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by Dunning, John
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Huntington Beach, Ca: James Cahill Publishing, 1995. First Edition. Octavo. First American edition in hardcover, signed by the author on the title page, 222pp., bound in black cloth lettered in gilt. A fine bright copy in fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket.
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Death Watch (Advance Uncorrected Proof)--signed By the Author
by Trevor, Elleston
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New York; (1984): Beaufort Books. First Edition. Octavo. 283p. Advance uncorrected proof copy signed by the author. Scientist in a laboratory in Moscow accidently makes a genetic mutation that kills everything in sight. While the scientists responsible try to destroy the mutation, a group of men in from the Kremlin formulate another plan for it. At the same time, the United States leaks word to the Soviets of an ultimate weapon that does not exist. When the Russians hear of it, the death watch begins. Bound in green stiff paper wraps lettered in black, a near fine, sharp cornered copy.
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Death of Bernadette Lefthand
by Querry, Ron
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Santa Fe; (1993): Red Crane Books. First Edition. Octavo. First printing, author's first novel and signed by him. 218pp. The story of a senseless and brutal murder of a beautiful young Indian woman, who was married and had a new baby. Could it have been by magic or witchcraft? which is a heinous crime in itself.Bound in blue cloth, spine lettering gilt, a near fine copy in near fine pictorial dust jacket with minor tiny spots of rubbing.
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Death of a Swagman
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Australia; (1962): Angus and Robertson. First Edition. Octavo. Strange symbols direct Bony in his search for a murderer.255pp., bound in black paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt, bookseller's ticket, some off-setting to endpapers from jacket flaps otherwise near fine in very good clipped pictorial dust jacket with minor wear to spine ends, some toning to rear panel.
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