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New York: Random House, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition of Donald Westlake's third novel, a hard-boiled thriller, briefly Inscribed by him on the title-page. A near fine copy in 1/4 black cloth over yellow paper covered boards, gilt and red titles to the spine in a bright, fresh, very good pictorial dustwrapper showing light overall use. 8vo. 182 pp.

London: The Bodley Head, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy in raspberry-red cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh fine illustrated price clipped dustwrapper. 8vo. 222 pp. A collection of true-crime pieces from the 1950's and 1960's with a classic Ambler take. "Ambler turns his sharp eye on film-writing, the pleasures of Maxim's, and there are lovely semifictional pieces on spies and spy-spotting. His new introduction has its share of graceful nuggets, too. Belongs on every fan's bookshelves". Publisher's Weekly.

London: The Bodley Head, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, second issue. A fine copy in rasberry-red cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh very good indeed pictorial dustwrapper with some light use. 8vo. 222 pp. A collection of true-crime pieces from the 1950's and 1960's with a classic Ambler take. "Ambler turns his sharp eye on film-writing, the pleasures of Maxim's, and there are lovely semifictional pieces on spies and spy-spotting. His new introduction has its share of graceful nuggets, too. Belongs on every fan's bookshelves". Publisher's Weekly.

London: Pan Books, 1957. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. Presentation Copy. First Edition in paperback of this Ambrose Low legal/courtroom mystery Inscribed and dated by Henry Cecil on the title-page. "To Jo who may never have read it before & to Flo who certainly hasn't, with love and best wishes from Henry, November, 1957". A near fine copy in the publisher's original pictorial wrappers, as issued. 12mo. 160 pp. Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue Of Crime. Steinbrunner & Penzler, Encyclopedia Of Mystery And Detection.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. FirstEdition of this Westlake novel briefly Inscribed by him on the title-page. 8vo. 188 pp. A near fine copy in burgandy cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh, near fine neatly price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper with some light overall use. 'One of the few books worth reading, about writing pornography'. Jack Adrian, The Independent, January 5, 2009.

Boulder, CA: The Aspen Press, 1974. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Signed by the illustrater Rob Pudim and the editors, Tom and Enid Schantz on the half-title. A fine copy in decorated stiff card wrappers, as issued. Small 8vo. 40 pp. Limited to 500 copies. Superb Sherlockian and Philo Vance parodies that originally appeared in the 1910's and 1920's.

Boulder, CA: The Aspen Press, 1975, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Edition. Limited to 750 copies. Inscribed by Tom and Enid Schantz, editors and authors of the introduction. A fine copy in the publisher's brown cloth covered boards, gilt lettering to the spine in a fine pictorial dustwrapper. 12mo. 62 pp. One of the earliest pastiches of Sherlock Holmes reprinted from Punch.

London: Constable, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Hardcover. Sanderson, James. THE AFFAIR OF THE BLOOD STAINED EGG COSY. London: Constable, 1975. 8vo. A fine fresh copy in like dustwrapper.

New York: Random House, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Association Copy of the First Edition of this San Francisco police Lieutenant Frank Hastings mystery. Dorothy B. Hughes' copy with her neat ownership signature to the front free endpaper. A near fine copy in 1/4 black cloth over green paper covered boards, silver titles to the spine in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper with some light use and a tiny closed tear to the back panel. 8vo. 182 pp. Pronzini & Muller, 1001 Midnights. Barnes, Murder In Print. Author photo by Joe Gores.

New York: Scribners, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. The only clue is "The Jack Of Hearts". First Edition of Cornwell's third Kay Scarpetta mystery. Tall 8vo., pp. 375. A fine copy downgraded to very good due to a dampstain on the inside top spine area on the reverse side of the dustwrapper. "Fred Cheyney and Deborah Harvey left Richmond, Virginia for the North Carolina coast but never arrived.

New York: Doubleday, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. COX, A. B. (Anthony Berkeley). THE AMATEUR CRIME. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1928. First Edition of this extremely scarce Hubin listed classic Golden Age mystery by this author best known for his works written under the names Anthony Berkeley and Francis Iles including, 'The Poisoned Chocolates Case' and 'Malice Aforethought'. 8vo. 349 pp. A very good or better copy in yellow cloth, black titles to spine, in a nearly Very Good dust jacket, shallow chips to spine ends and top edge, half dollar sized chip at lower front panel, modest darkening to spine, inch closed tear at top rear panel. Published in the U.K. as, 'Mr. Priestley's Problem'. Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue Of Crime. Pronzini & Muller, 1001 Midnights. $850.00.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A strange issue with NY dating & "Canadian Edition" For Sale In Canada Only on the verso of the title page. Sm. 8vo., pp. 308. Red cloth printed in black with gun illustration on front cover, slightly darkened at the spine. This copy has the rubber stamp of Molson's Brewery Curlew Club on the eps & pastedowns. A very good copy of a virtual unknown issue.

London, (1998, Book Date]: Picador, 1998. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No BInding. 1st Edition Clamshell Collector's Case. No BInding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Ellis,Bret Easton. AMERICAN PSYCHO Collector's Clamshell Case. Picador, London 1998 [Book Date]. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished red Nuba® with a 'sculpted design [after the book's distinct illustrated wrapper] on the side. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100… Read More

London: W.H. Allen, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this Edgar Award-winner for best first novel introducing New York police detective, Edward X. Delaney. 8vo. 221 pp. A near fine copy in blue cloth, (tiny bump to the the front and back board), gilt titles to the spine in a very good or better pictorial dustwrapper. Adapted into film with Sean Connery and Ralph Meeker as Delaney. A bright, fresh copy of this MLC 4 Dagger classic.

New York: Random House, (1957), 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this classic mystery by award-winning author of the Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, The Patient In Room 18 and creator of amateur sleuth and mystery writer Susan Dare. A near fine copy in gray cloth, gilt titles to the spine, black and gilt rules in a bright, fresh neatly price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper with some light overall use, a few tiny nicks. 8vo. 240 pp. Pronzini & Muller, 1001 Midnights.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. First Collected Edition of three Lew Archer mysteries, selecting the first Lew Archer mystery, a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, The Moving Target, basis for the film Harper with Paul Newman, Inscribed by Ross MacDonald on the front free endpaper. 'For .with cordial best wishes, Ken Millar (John Ross Macdonald), Santa Barbara, Calif. Sept. 8/70.' 8vo. 528 pp. A fine copy in pale yellow cloth, blue titles, blue topstain in a bright, fresh, essentially fine pictorial dustwrapper. With a foreward by Ross Macdonald. A very nice copy.

New York: Biblo and Tannen, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. [Haycraft, Howard, editor]. THE ART OF THE MYSTERY STORY. Biblio and Tannen, 1976. First B&T Edition. 8vo., 565pp. Gilt-lettered red cloth. [Originally published by Simon and Schuster in 1946]. As New issued without dustwrapper. After creating his own history of the detective story, Haycraft set out to compile a set of the most authoritative writings on the genre. Distinguished commentary on detective fiction from a wide range of contributors. Most sections have an introduction by the editor. An invaluable collection of the most important writings. An Important Reference.

London: Collins/Crime Club, (1969), 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A tense suspense novel by an outstanding writer of the thriller and detective genre and founding member of the British Crime Writer's Association. 8vo. 191 pp. The Goldstone copy, with Adrian Homer Goldstone's neat bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. Fine in red cloth, gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh near fine George Coral designed pictorial dustwrapper. Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue Of Crime. Pronzini & Muller, 1001 Midnights.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Robert L. Fish. THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU was completed after the death of Jack London by mystery writer Robert L. Fish THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963. 8vo., 184pp. in brown boards gilt-titled book block clean & free of blemish. The book is inscribed to Morris Bloomfield: "9/9/65 For Morris Bloomfield with best wishes Robert L. Fish" The book later became a mystery thriller movie in1969 starring Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg and Telly Savalas. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1970. A very lovely copy.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Earliest & rarest binding of medium blue cloth gilt-lettered to the spine & stamped black on the upper cover. A fine copy of the first Hanaud book showing minimal use. Contemporary neat non-authorial inscription on the ffe dated December 25th, 1910. A very nice copy. Basis for three films. [ 1920, 1930 & 1939]. H-Q [Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone] Hagen, page 266; Catalogue of Crime #1561. Custom collector's black cloth case with gilt-lettered label & lined chemise.