Mystery from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

London: Hutchinson, 1952 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. Second free endpaper excised. Book shop stamp. Set in the island of Manya, a colony of Schizo-Phrenia, this novel at least gives fair warning of what might transpire. A children's author is murdered, but nobody cares. So ends the reading.… Read more about this item

N.Y.: McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie, 1927 Book. Illus. by Uncredited Front.. Good Plus. Hardcover. Third Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original red cloth on boards with gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's name. Cover faded with splotches front and back. This was Masterman's second book of more than two dozen he eventually wrote.… Read more about this item

New York: The Dial Press, 1936 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Inches. Original red cloth over boards with black lettering on spine. Waterspotting on cover. Back cover soiled. Two small punctures in cloth of spine. Binding tight and strong. The original British title of this book was "Courtier… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1948 Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. Presumed First. 5 x 8 Inches. Original grey cloth over boards with black logo on front cover and black and brown on spine. Front free endpaper missing. Library stamps, and dustjacket synopsis pasted inside front cover. Edges of text block spotted. A movie studio's Vice-President, Bill Lennox, gets… Read more about this item

New York: Roy Publishers, 1955 Book. Illus. by Dustjacket By Edward Pagram. Very Good. Hardcover. First American. 5 x 7 1/2 Inches. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial dustjacket by Edward Pagram features two men in conflict while a woman looks on in fear. Dustjacket is worn at edges and corners and has several… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1935 Ex-Library. Good. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 Inches. Grey cloth on boards with dark blue lettering and design. Top edges dark blue. Previous owner's name. Waterstaining to a few pages (not affecting text). Date due stamps on rear free endpaper. Spine is hand-soiled and has a… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1938 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Printing Stated. 5 x 7 1/2 Inches. Original blue grey cloth over boards with black lettering. Front cover has a few small white spots. Original dustjacket features painting of the a houseboat on the Thames. Wear and tear to jacket at top and bottom of spine,… Read more about this item

London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1932 Book. Very Good Minus. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original black cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Some foxing to first few pages. Spots on top and bottom of text block. More strange happenings on a Transatlantic liner, Wallace's favourite setting,… Read more about this item

Garden City, N. Y.: The Crime Club, Inc., 1931 Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. 5 1/2 x 8 Inches. Original black cloth with red lettering and the Crime Club logo on the front. Previous owner's name. Martin Green goes out for a round of golf and doesn't make it back to the country club. … Read more about this item

Garden City, N. Y.: Doubleday & Co, Inc., 1955 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition Stated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Grey cloth on boards. First edition stated. DJ flap taped inside. First free endpaper removed. No wonder Lance Hardy disappeared, for his Korean War buddies vowed revenge and the police suspected him of murder. His fiancee just… Read more about this item

London: Clerke and Cockeran, 1951 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. First free endpaper removed. No other damage and no writing. Sterry Browning is one of several aliases of Leonard Gribble. No review found. 223 pp..

Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co, Inc., 1949 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition Stated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Crime Club Selection. Black cloth on boards. First free endpaper missing. No writing or other damage. Appears to be the first of a comic mystery series set in the Lentement Decorating Shop. The owner is Emily, a painter.… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., 1949 Book. Good Plus. Hard Cover.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. The only fault is missing first free endpaper. Clean and sound. No reviews found. The Red House is a seaside hotel with four permanent residents. Mr. Haxton seems to be curiously inquisitive about Eileen, the deaf daughter of… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd. Book. Illus. by Map of Kiltalloch. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First free endpaper removed, which marks it as having come from a reader/collector of 50's mysteries. Clean and sound. No date. The protagonist, a marine biologist, gets a call from an old Navy buddy to come for a fortnight; "There… Read more about this item

London: Robert Hale, Limited, 1950 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. First free endpaper removed. Protagonist is a Canadian Mountie sent to England to identify a body. The showdown takes place at the"Top Boot," a London nightclub. This book came to us minus the first free endpaper, as did… Read more about this item

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Printing Stated.. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth backed in green cloth on boards. Another mystery from the 50's with DJ flaps taped inside and first free endpaper clipped by one of our suppliers. An Inner Sanctum Mystery. Protagonist is an Assistant District Attorney, who is… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1951 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Maroon cloth on boards. A Red Badge Detective story. Book shop and date stamps. Very clean. 276 pp. No reviews found..

New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co., 1953 Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First free endpaper removed. DJ flap taped inside. One rumpled edge, not affecting readability. Red Badge Detective. 256 pp..

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1955 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Another hardcover mystery from the 50's, with DJ flap taped inside and first free endpaper missing. Very clean, with no previous owner's name. Three previous novels listed. I found this one distracting due to the detailed descriptions of all the characters. However,… Read more about this item

London: Stanley Paul and Co., Ltd. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. First free endpaper missing. Lawrence Fenton, head of Britain's Secret Service, is asked to help form an anti-communist Northern League. His main adversary is Dr. Hardnauth, resident leader of the Communists. It comes out right in the end with the… Read more about this item