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
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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
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
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
TWO FOR THE DOUGH.
New York: Scribner, (1996). First edition. Advanced reader's copy. SIGNED on title page. Small stamp on front endpaper, otherwise fine condition in glossy paperwraps. Item #51920 More
KNOCK DOWN.
London: Michael Joseph, (1974). First edition. SIGNED by Francis on the title page. Fine in dust jacket with the barest wear on corners. A very nice clean copy of this early title. Item #52768 More
ODDS AGAINST.
New York: Harper & Row, (1965). First U.S. edition. Author's third mystery. Very good or better with corners and spine ends a little bumped, lower edges lightly rubbed, bookplate on rear endpaper ("From the library of" with nice map design but no name filled in, so it's ready to go);..... Item #52405 More
ODDS AGAINST.
London: Michael Joseph, (1965). First edition. SIGNED by Francis on title page. Barest wear on front corners of book and faint offsets on endpapers, otherwise fine in dust jacket with back panel slightly soiled, closed tear on hinge and wear to spine ends. Still a very nice copy. SIGNED BY..... Item #52737 More
MASTERS OF CRIME.
(Herefordshire): Scorpion Press, (2006). First edition. Edited by Michael Johnson. One of 250 numbered copies SIGNED BY FRANCIS AND DAVIDSON. Foreword by Deighton. Includes articles by Johnson and an interview with Davidson, a quasi-interview with Francis and tribute to him by H. R. F. Keating, as well as bibliographies (the..... Item #41129 More
THE CASE OF THE MARSDEN RUBIES.
Garden City: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1930. First U.S. edition of this Crime Club Selection. The AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, introducing his series character Scotland Yard Inspector Anthony Slade. Gribble (1908-1985) was a founding member of the Crime Writers Association who also wrote Westerns and books on criminology..... Item #54770 More
THE HOUSE BY THE RIVER.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, (1921). Reprint. First G&D printing from the Knopf second printing plates. Very good or better with light wear, in a very good or better dust jacket that is tanned on spine, and has a few small skinned spots, shallow chips to the spine ends..... Item #51358 More
PEOPLE WHO KNOCK ON THE DOOR.
London: Henemann, (1983). First edition. Very minor bump to bottom corner, still fine in fine dust jacket. Item #53241 More
THERE'S TROUBLE BREWING.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1937. First edition. Offset from binding glue has darkened the endpapers, there is soiling to pp.6-7 and p.7/8 is loose, the spine ends are rubbed through to boards, plus the dust jacket is backed with brown paper and has a 2 x 1/2" chip to..... Item #53558 More
MEET ME AT THE MORGUE.
New York: Knopf, 1953. First edition. A stand-alone novel from the creator of Lew Archer. Published in the UK the following year as EXPERIENCE WITH EVIL. 12mo yellow patterned boards with black spine lettering boxed in white. Thin strip of tanning to spine base, still near fine in very good..... Item #55543 More
SHIELD FOR MURDER.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., (1951). First edition. Made into a movie with Edmond O'Brien in 1954. Little rubbing on tips, otherwise about fine in a nice bright dust jacket with minor wear on corners and spine ends. Item #53179 More
THE SWING MUSIC MURDER.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1938. First edition. "Here is a new tempo in murder mystery. Murder is practically set to music!" His second book featuring detective Dan Jordan (the only two books he wrote). Spine and edges toned otherwise would be near fine in very good to..... Item #54786 More
CHINA TRADE.
New York: St. Martin's Press, (1994). First edition. Her first book. Featuring New York private eye Lydia Chin and her sometime partner Bill Smith. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #51469 More
DEATH TURNS A TRICK.
New York: Walker & Co., (1982). First edition. SIGNED BY SMITH. Her first book and first to feature San Franciscan lawyer turned sleuth, Rebecca Schwartz. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped otherwise fine; in near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to spine ends and corners. Item #54791 More
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