Avallone, Michael, writing as Edwina Noone, Corridor of Whispers, N.Y., Ace, 1965. First edition of this paperback original. Very fine, unread copy. $10.00
Avallone, Michael, writing as Edwina Noone, Daughter of Darkness, N.Y., Signet, 1966. First edition of this paperback original. Near fine. $6.00
Avallone, Michael, writing as Edwina Noone, The Second Secret, N.Y., Belmont, 1966. First edition of this paperback original. Ding at the top of the spine, else near fine. $6.00
Avallone, Michael, writing as Edwina Noone, The Craghold Legacy, N.Y., Beagle, 1971. First edition of this paperback original. Very fine, unread copy. $10.00
Avallone, Michael, writing as Edwina Noone, The Craghold Crypt, N.Y., Curtis, 1973. First edition of this paperback original. Publication date stamped on top edge, else very fine, unread copy. $10.00
Bentley, E.C., Trent’s Last Case, London, Nelson, 1913. First edition of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. A very good, bright copy. $150.00
Biggers, Earl Derr, The Black Camel, Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill, 1929. First edition. The correct first state with the words “First Edition” on the copyright page. The fourth Charlie Chan title. Light wear to spine ends, else nearly very good in dust jacket, which has small chips at corners, spine, and front and back panels. This is the presumed second state dust jacket with a letter from Charlie Chan to “Honorable Reader.” $250.00
Block, Lawrence, Small Town, N.Y., Morrow, 2003. First edition of his biggest and most ambitious novel, written in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed on the title page. $15.00
Block, Lawrence, Defender of the Innocent: The Casebook of Martin Ehrengraf, Burton, MI, Subterranean Press, 2014. First edition. Very fine, as-new copy in dust jacket. Signed on the title page. $25.00
Block, Lawrence (writing as Paul Kavanagh), Such Men Are Dangerous, N.Y., Macmillan, 1969. First edition of this thriller. Fine in dust jacket. Signed on the title page. $125.00
Brown, Carter, W.H.O.R.E.!, N.Y., Signet, 1971. First U.S. edition of this paperback original. Fine, unread copy. $10.00
Brown, Carter, So What Killed the Vampire?, N.Y., Signet, 1966. First U.S. edition of this paperback original. Cover creases, else very good. $5.00
Canning, Victor, The Minerva Club, Norfolk, VA, Crippen & Landru, 2008. First edition. In addition to the exploits of the Minerva Club, comprised of England’s greatest criminals, this collection also features the Department of Patterns, a French police organization, and the adventures of Dr. Kang, a frequent murder target who manages to elude his predators. A very fine, as-new copy in dust jacket. $19.00
Chance, John Newton, The Murder Makers, London, Robert Hale, 1976. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket, which is lightly rubbed. $25.00
Chance, John Newton, The Bad Circle, London, Robert Hale, 1985. First edition. Misbound without endpapers, else fine in dust jacket. $15.00
Chance, John Newton, The Hitler Weapon, London, Robert Hale, 1987. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $35.00
Chance, John Newton, The Running of the Spies, London, Robert Hale, 1989. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $35.00
Coxe, George Harmon, Flash-Casey—Detective, N.Y., Avon, 1946. First edition of this paperback original. Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #39. Spine cocked, cover creases, else very good. $20.00
Eco, Umberto, The Name of the Rose, N.Y., Harcourt, 1982. First edition in English; translated from the Italian. In a wealthy 14th century abbey, some Franciscans are suspected of heresy and Brother William of Baskerville is sent to investigate. As murder after murder occurs at the abbey, he uses medieval manuscripts, secret symbols, coded manuscripts and the excellent library to solve the crimes. A fine, fresh copy in a bright dust jacket. $200.00
Fair, A.A. (pseudonym of Erle Stanley Gardner) Some Slips Don’t Show, N.Y., Morrow, 1957. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
Fair, A.A. (pseudonym of Erle Stanley Gardner) The Count of Nine, N.Y., Morrow, 1958. Very fine in dust jacket, which is lightly rubbed. $45.00
Fair, A.A. (pseudonym of Erle Stanley Gardner) Pass the Guilt, N.Y., Morrow, 1959. Very fine in dust jacket, which has trivial rubbing. $45.00
Findley, Ferguson, Murder Makes Me Mad, N.Y., Popular Library, 1956. First edition of this paperback original. Hard-boiled. Near fine. $15.00
Fisher, Laine, Fare Prey, N.Y., Ace, 1959. First edition. Bound dos-a-dos with The Bikini Bombshell by Bob McKnight, which is also a first printing. Reading crease, else near fine. $20.00
Follett, Ken, Shakeout, N.Y., Armchair Detective Library, 1990. First American edition, limited to 100 copies, numbered and signed by the author. With a new introduction by the author. Very fine without dust jacket, as issued, in a slipcase. $45.00
Follett, Ken, The Bear Raid, N.Y., Armchair Detective Library, 1990. First American edition, limited to 100 copies, numbered and signed by the author. With a new introduction by the author. Very fine without dust jacket, as issued, in a slipcase. $45.00
Ford, James L., Hypnotic Tales and Other Tales, N.Y. Puck, 1891. First edition. Corners a bit bumped, else a very good-near fine copy of this uncommon collection. $65.00
Gardner, Erle Stanley, The Case of the Phantom Fortune, N.Y., Morrow, 1964. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
Gardner, Erle Stanley, The Case of the Fenced-In Woman, N.Y., Morrow, 1972. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. An extremely scarce book in collectors’ condition. $125.00
Gardner, Erle Stanley, The Case of the Crying Swallow, N.Y., Morrow, 1972. First edition. Very fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. $35.00
Gardner, Erle Stanley, see also Fair, A.A.
(Golf) Taylor, Thomas F., The Golf Murders, Westland, MI, Golf Mystery Press, 1997. First and only edition, limited to 400 copies. This copy is marked “X Review Copy. A fully annotated bibliography of all known golf mysteries at the time, with publishing data, plot description, and critical analysis. With an insert showing 144 dust jackets in full color, including many early rarities. As new without dust jacket, as issued, in slipcase. $150.00
Gruber, Frank, The Fourth Letter, N.Y., Rinehart, 1947. First edition. A fine copy in dust jacket, which is mildly rubbed at the hinge. Scarce in collectors’ condition. $75.00
Gruber, Frank, Bridge of Sand, N.Y., Dutton, 1963. First edition. A fine copy in dust jacket, which has a trace of wear at the spine ends and corners. Inscribed and signed by Gruber. $75.00
Gruber, Frank, The Greek Affair, N.Y., Dutton, 1964. First edition. A fine copy in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by Gruber. $75.00
Gruber, Frank, The Spanish Prisoner, N.Y., Dutton, 1969. First edition. A fine copy in dust jacket. $25.00
Halliday, Bret, Dead Man’s Diary, N.Y., Dell, 1950. First edition of this paperback original. Two novellas. An unusual first edition in the Dell Mapback series. A fine copy. $15.00
Halliday, Bret, A Taste for Cognac, N.Y., Dell, 1950. First separate printing of this novel; a paperback original. A first edition in the Dell 10¢ series. A fine copy. $15.00
Halliday, Bret, The Violent World of Michael Shayne, N.Y., Dell, 1965. First edition of this paperback original. A fine copy. $10.00
Halliday, Bret, Armed and Dangerous, N.Y., Dell, 1966. First edition of this paperback original. A fine copy. $10.00
Halliday, Bret, Six Seconds to Kill, N.Y., Dell, 1967. First edition of this paperback original. Light reading crease, else near fine. $7.50
Hume, Fergus, Bishop Pendle, Chicago, Rand McNally, 1900. First U.S. edition. A fine copy in the rare dust jacket, which is chipped at spine ends, corners, and flaps folds. $75.00
Hume, Fergus, In Queer Street, London, F.V. White, 1913. First edition. Presentation label inside front cover, fore-edges foxed, spine a trifle sunned, but a very good or better, fresh, tight copy. $65.00
MacDonald, John D., The End of the Night, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1950. First edition. The cheap paper has toned, as always, else a fine, fresh copy in like dust jacket. Laid in is a card from the publisher requesting the reader respond to questions. Scarce is such exemplary condition. $200.00
MacDonald, John D., The Brass Cupcake, N.Y., Tess, 1978. First American hardcover edition of a book originally published as a paperback original in the U.S. Very fine, as-new copy in dust jacket. $20.00
Mason, Van Wyck, The Castle Island Case, N.Y., Reynal & Hitchcock, 1937. First edition, the scarce first state. Mason’s large-format novel is filled with candid photographs of clues by Henry Clay Gipson. One of the models was C. Daly King. This state includes the photo of a nude woman opposite page 143. Later states were expurgated. Very good-near fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at spine ends and corners and with a chip at the bottom edge of the front panel. With a generic inscription on the front endpaper, signed by Mason and dated 1937. $175.00
Morrow, Bradford, The Forgers, N.Y., Mysterious Bookshop, 2014. First edition, preceding the trade edition. Limited to only 60 numbered copies, signed. An outstanding novel involving the forgery of a missing chapter of The Hound of the Baskervilles. As-new in glassine dust jacket. $150.00
Morrow, Bradford, The Forgers, N.Y., Mysterious Bookshop, 2014. First edition, preceding the trade edition. Limited to only 26 lettered copies, signed. An outstanding novel involving the forgery of a missing chapter of The Hound of the Baskervilles. As-new in glassine dust jacket. $275.00
Special Offer: To celebrate the publication of The Forger’s Daughter, the sequel to The Forgers, which involves the forgery of Poe’s Tamerlane, take a 50% discount until the end of the month; the offer will expire after September 30. Very few copies remain.
Parker, Robert B., The Judas Goat, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1978. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, which has trivial wear at the base of the spine. Signed on the title page by Parker. $125.00
Parker, Robert B., Love and Glory, N.Y., Delacorte, 1983. First edition. Fine in a rubbed dust jacket. $25.00
Sue, Eugene, The Mysteries of Paris, London, Chapman & Hall, 1845. First authorized English edition, 3 volumes. Previously published in 90 parts by a pirate publishing company. A near fine set in the original cloth, with only trivial wear to the spine tips and corners. This early episodic crime novel was first published in parts and was wildly popular, so the first book edition had a substantial print run. It is not an uncommon but is rare in the original cloth, as all copies seen in recent years have been rebound. The volumes are very large and heavy but all hinges are intact. Volume 3 has an 1846 date on the title page so may be a later issue, though there are no indications of a reprint. Among the reasons it is among the most important books in the development of the mystery genre is its introduction of an “almost” detective, Rodolphe, the Prince of Gerolstein who, in disguise, roams the slums near Notre Dame, solving crimes and righting wrongs with his immense physical strength, wealth, and intelligence, taking down a serial killer with a mutilated face. An exceptional copy of an important landmark title. $1,250.00
Wallace, William, Tales of Mystery and Crime, Leicester, Edmund Ward, 1948. First edition. Very good in a price-clipped, rubbed dust jacket. $20.00
Wallach, Ira, Hopalong Freud Rides Again, N.Y., Henry Schuman, 1952. First edition, second printing in the same month as the first. A collection of literary parodies, including “Me, the Judge,” a parody of Mickey Spillane’s I, the Jury. Very good in a chipped dust jacket. $15.00