BLOOD OF PATRIOTS.
New York: Tom Doherty Associates, (1996). First edition. INSCRIBED by Neil Abercrombie on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #51013 More
MYSTERY & SUSPENSE
THE JANUARY CORPSE.
New York: Walker & Co., (1991). First edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by him on the front endpaper. Photograph of Albert laid in. Fine in a bright dust jacket. Item #29818 More
STATE OF SIEGE.
New York: Knopf, 1956. First U.S. edition. Published in the UK as THE NIGHT COMERS. Fine in near fine dust jacket with few tiny tears, spine ends rubbed, and corners nicked. Item #54996 More
THE COOL COTTONTAIL.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, (1966). First edition. Features Virgil Tibbs, made famous in IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT. Covers slightly soiled and spine ends lightly rubbed, otherwise very good or better in bright dust jacket with a touch of minor edgewear and small stain on verso of..... Item #30436 More
DEATH ON THE HIGH C'S.
New York: Walker and Co., (1977). First edition. Fine in a very good or better dust jacket with rubbing and light wear on spine ends and tips. Item #16249 More
TRACK OF THE CAT.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1993). Book Club edition of her second book. SIGNED on the title page with a quote from the book, "There hadn't been a god for a good many years." Spine ends lightly bumped, otherwise fine in dust jacket. Item #47417 More
THE CASE OF THE SOLID KEY.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1941. First edition. The author's fourth mystery. Cover has some spotting and wear, some foxing on endpapers and front page edges but still good or better, in fair to good dust jacket with head of spine chipped away (leaving only "SOLID KEY" in the title)..... Item #36068 More
WINE ON THE DESERT: And Other Stories.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1940. First edition. Very good with cloth edges rubbed, offset and page edges lightly soiled in dust jacket with rubbing, shallow chipping and minor soiling. Item #19979 More
THE DEEP END.
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1952. First edition. Very good with some fading to the cloth and light shelf wear; in about very good dust jacket with several small scrapes and rubs, shadow from old label near base of sline, and small internal tape repair. Relatively scarce in dust jacket..... Item #51949 More
THE ISLAND OF SHEEP.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1936). First edition. Very good to near fine with very subtle spotting to covers and a touch of light foxing to prelims. In bright dust jacket with scattered foxing to spine and few inconspicuous tears, otherwise near fine. Item #53949 More
THE MAN FROM THE NORLANDS.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936. First edition. "Circulating Library" copy, from the days when public libraries were not as plentiful and circulating libraries, which charged a fee, were known to stock popular novels the library might not. This one is from "The Stone House Book & Gift Shop" in Woonsocket..... Item #53940 More
THE POWER-HOUSE.
Edingburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1916. First edition. Slim red cloth boards stamped in black on front and spine. About very good with spine toned to pink but lettering still bright, pages darkened, as usually seen, and endpaper just beginning to crack at hinge but binding quite strong..... Item #53930 More
THE MAN FROM THE NORLANDS.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1936. First U.S. edition. Some minor soiling but still very good or better, lacking dust jacket. Item #38173 More
THE LAST SIX MILLION SECONDS.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., (1997). First edition. Uncorrected bound galleys, fine in glossy pictorial paperwraps. Item #36739 More
BURNING ANGEL: A Dave Robicheaux Novel.
New York: Hyperion, (1995). First edition. Fine in dust jacket, SIGNED on half title page. Item #52792 More
PAST ALL DISHONOR.
New York: Knopf, 1946. First edition. INSCRIBED on front endpaper. Near fine with spine ends bumped, minor rubbing along the edges, and a few small marks of soiling to the spine. In a very good or better dust jacket with a touch of soiling and rubbing, and shallow chipping to..... Item #51509 More
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1934). Reprint edition. A movie edition with stills from the movie, including ones of Lana Turner and John Garfield on front and back jacket covers. Book is about very good in a dust jacket worn on edges, with some closed tears and spine fading. Item #53222 More
THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS.
New York: Random House, (1997). First edition. SIGNED on title page. Fine in dust jacket. Item #50635 More
MERRIVALE, MARCH AND MURDER.
New York: International Polygonics, Ltd., (1991). First edition. Includes previously unpublished material and the first book appearances of adventures of Colonel March and Sir Henry Merrivale, with an introduction by Douglas G. Greene. Fine in dust jacket. Scarcer than one would think for a recent book. Item #46066 More
THE PROBLEM OF THE WIRE CAGE.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1939. First edition. A Gideon Fell mystery. Bright and fine in equally bright, very good dust jacket with rubbed edge creasing and tears. A scarce book, especially so in the jacket. Item #54756 More
SUSPECTS
New York: Crown Publishers, (1986). First edition. INSCRIBED on title page, “June 16, 1995/ N.Y.C./ To Allen,/ Best Wishes!/ Bill” and SIGNED IN FULL on opposing page. Second book from Caunitz (1933-1996) who used his own experiences rising through the ranks of the New York City Police Department to write..... Item #71953 More
KILLER IN THE RAIN.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. First edition. First book appearances of eight stories written by Chandler in the 1930's for pulp magazines. Introduction by Philip Durham. Spine a little shaken otherwise near fine in very good to near fine, price-clipped dust jacket with edges rubbed and few tiny nicks and tears..... Item #53932 More
THE LADY IN THE LAKE A Philip Marlowe Mystery.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [circa 1947]. First edition thus, a photoplay edition with scenes from the 1947 movie starring Robert Montgomery on jacket panels and flaps. Crease to front cover of book (board bent then straightened) otherwise would be very good or better with bookplate on front endpaper, in..... Item #53177 More
SINISTER ERRAND.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1945. First U.S. edition. Basis for the 1952 crime film noir "Diplomatic Courier" directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal and Stephen McNally. Very good or better with discoloration to lower corner, rear board; in good or better dust jacket with..... Item #51217 More
THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES.
Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1920. First Canadian edition of the AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK and first to feature Belgian private detective Hercule Poirot. Issued from sheets of the true first edition (NY; John Lane, 1920) and preceding the London edition (Bodley Head, 1921). We record only one other copy offered for..... Item #52258 More