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A very nice first edition of this Perry Mason classic mystery. Boards are slightly soiled and corners bumped, but no fraying or tears at spine ends. Two pencil names on FFEP, otherwise no internal markings. Hinge is tight. A small food (?) stain on page 24 has bled through to a few pages on either side (see image), however all text is all readable.
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Morrow's, The Forger, is "A must-read for anyone enthralled by the value and integrity of books'...This is the true story of unlikely friends coming together to expose the literary crime of the century, and of a maverick bibliophile who forged not only books but an entire life, erasing his past along the way." ---Goodreads
Book and dust jacket are in pristine condition. Stated first edition with number line 10 - 1. Signed by the author on the title page. Includes a First Editions Club Member letter from Corte Madera's Book Passage.
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This title is a very early "detective" novel that is written from the point of view of a detective who upon reading about the abduction of a six year old heiress takes up the case in hopes of returning the girl to her family and collecting the large reward. Binding is bumped along edges and slightly scuffed, faded and soiled. There are 6 b&w illustrations by Arthur Keller. The only internal markings are a name and date in pen on the FEP and a name on the REP. There are also 8 pages of Bobbs-Merrill book recommendations at the back of the text.All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo Library. No expedited shipping outside of the United States.

Four near fine titles in Collier's Front Page Mysteries series. No internal markings. Mild rubbing to boards and minor bumps to corners, otherwise fine condition. A handsome set of mid-20th century murder and crime novels.
Zenith Jones Brown was a prolific mystery author writing under a number of psudonyms including Leslie Ford. Her title, Murder in the P.M. is one of 14 Mrs. Latham and Col. Primrose novels. Cornell Woolrich was another prolific writer of crime and detective fiction which he published under many names, The Phantom Lady, being the first published under the pseudonym William Irish. Many of his stories were made into films including his, It Had to be Murder, which Alfred Hitchcock filmed as Rear Window. Husband and wife team Frances and Richard Lockridge, co-presidents of the Mystery Writers of America were the creators of the acclaimed Mr. and Mrs. North series of books along with the Lt. Heimrich, Nathan Shapiro, and Paul Lane series, totaling more than 60 novels. Rex Stout, a… Read More

This first edition of Christie's novel was published for The Crime Club. Was Jacko Argyle wrongly executed for the murder of his mother? A stranger shows up at the Argyle household with information which sheds doubt on Jacko's sentence and puts members of the family in fearful anticipation that one of them may be the real culprit.
One or two miniscule bumps to corners of the binding, otherwise fine. No internal markings and hinge is tight. Dust jacket is protected in mylar cover and has a few small bumps to top edges. NOT price clipped! A very pristine copy!
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This is a Red Badge Detective Book. A large, wealthy family begins to lose it members, one by one, and Inspector Neill and Miss Marple are on the case to unmask the murderer. Binding is nearly pristine with a couple of minor bumps to edges. Dust jacket has chips and small tears to edges and spine ends, soiling and fading with age and a few small tape repairs. A Book Club Edition. All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San anselmo Library. No expedited shipping outside of the United States.

A 'Red Badge' thriller, Christie takes the reader on a thrilling ride to Baghdad where spies, counterspies, adventurers and villians clash. Young Victoria Jones, in Baghdad to join her lover is thrown into the middle of the chaos and is determined to solve the mysteries and intrigues that threaten world peace. Binding has only a few small bumps to edges and corners. No internal markings. Hinge is tight. Dust jacket has chipping and bending along top edges and some soiling and scuffing.
All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo Library. No Expedited Shipping outside of the United States.