First printing w/complete number sequence. Pseudonym of Kinn Hamilton McIntosh. "When something unexpected is found in the cremated remains of Alan Ottershaw, Detective Inspector Sloan suspects death from unnatural causes." 207 pages. Mildly cocked, reading creases to spine, some corner wear. View More...
A five-book lot of mysteries/thrillers by some of the top names in the field. The Fair title boasts a map-back illustration. Average used condition. Sorry, but no substitutions. View More...
No date (circa 1962). A Lou Largo novel. In this one, our intrepid hero kidnaps a singer from a sadistic Vegas gangster/talent agent, then without knowing who they are, beds both the sadist's wife and his mistress, whereupon said sadist experiences the proverbial meltdown, exhorting his "kill-crazy goons to stop Largo from making a further shambles of his love-life and business." Ard wrote two Lou Largo books before ceasing human operation in his way-too-young late-thirties. His death didn't mean the end of Largo, though, because both Lawrence Block, and (in this instance) John Jakes took a st... View More...
A five-book lot of mysteries/thrillers, two of which are collections of stories featuring the authors' best-known characters (Chesterton's Father Brown, and Freeman's Dr. Thorndyke), and one of which (Leroux) is a map-back. While they're all intact, careful reading is suggested so that they remain so. Sorry, but no substitutions. View More...
After a deacon's corpse is "hung upside down from the limb of a big juniper tree," the Satan Sleuth finds himself "fighting for reason and right against the Devil and his disciples." The second novel featuring Philip St. George battling the forces of darkness. 158 pages + two pages of advertisements for other Paperback Library titles. Moderate handling wear, light cover soil, some edge foxing. Internally tight. View More...
On Christmas Eve a man finds "a stripped and beaten woman lying on the ground." Naturally, he takes her home, doctors her up a little, puts her to bed, then heads back out in search of a man who owes him money. When he returns home the woman is gone, replaced by a corpse (I hate it when that happens!). 248 pages + a page promoting the next month's title, and another page details MMM listings to date. Mildly cocked/rolled, dampstaining to right edge of front cover, moderate edgewear, a bit of smudging to covers, dusty/lightly soiled edges, bottom left corner of back cover creased, weird (qu... View More...
Originally published in hardcover in 1949 by Harper. "Barrett opened the door. 'This is what we call the junk room,' he said. Rosemary Robertson's soft little body lay awkwardly in the middle of the cement floor, one leg twisted under it and an arm flung up over its head. Her blue eyes were open and empty." Light edgewear, some wear to spine edges, reading crease, impressions. View More...
A five-book lot of classic mysteries featuring Philip Trent; Sir Henry Merrivale; a certain 19th-century murderer known as the Ripper; a group "of people thrown together by violence"; and security officer Gil Vine (a map-back). All five are G or better. Sorry, but no substitutions. View More...
We have here a Philip Trent mystery, a Charlie Chan case, a Nigel Strangeways battle against a secret society, and a pair of WWII spy thrillers, all by renowned writers, most of whose work has stood the test of time. None in collectible condition, but since no words have fallen out, all are in perfectly serviceable shape. Offered as a lot of five titles, with no substitutions. View More...
A man "doomed to almost immediate death because of a weak heart" decides "to make one final gesture and eliminate from the scene the most obnoxious person he could find." (This was written in 1937, nine years before Donald J. Trump was born, so unfortunately--) 329 pages + two pages promoting other titles offered by Pocket Books. Spine cocked/rolled, laminate lifting around edges, minor chipping to spine ends. Internally tight and clean. View More...
Canadian printing. When an actress is murdered, our philosophical detective oozes into something approaching action as he deals with "the confusion of alibis, false clues, and a weird crystal gazer," until, "at the forty-eighth hour the tangled skein unravels to reveal a nerve-tingling solution!" 275 pages + author biography and advertisements for other Pocket titles. Spine cocked/rolled, moderately sunned spine, light soil, surface wear, moderate wear to corners/spine ends. View More...
Four titles featuring a variety of miscreants committing an impressive collection of despicable acts generally frowned upon by polite society, but usually given only a little attention by the people in power so long as the despicable acts are forced upon the poor and powerless. No loose pages, missing words or kidnapped punctuation. View More...
Paperback original. A collection of the detective's cases. 190 pages. A bit cocked, slightly sunned spine, edgewear, reading crease, moderate general wear. View More...
A multi-book lot featuring the first 25 titles published by Hard Case Crime from September 2004 through October 2006. All were purchased as soon as they were released, so it seems reasonable to assume that all are first printings as well as 1st editions (or 1sts thus in instances where Hard Case re-issued a title published decades earlier). All are unread, and all boast covers so lovely that they might well have been printed in the Golden Age of mystery paperback art. An occasional title may have a wee bit of corner wear or somesuch, but as mentioned, all were purchased new and never read, ... View More...
Private investigator and former mystery writer Johnny Saxon is hired to help a woman regain her memory, only to discover that she is probably the next target of a killer. Cocked, thick cover creases, edgewear. View More...
#5 in the Howells Mystery Story Series, originally published in English in 1911 by Dodd, Mead & Company, before which it had been published in French as 'Un Crime A Ete Commis.' Translated by Mary J. Safford. Spine wrinkles (printer's flaw), some chipping to spine ends, 1" separation at right spine edge, dampstain to top edge, light edgewear, bottom page tips chipped to about page 20, tanned pages. Internally tight and clean. View More...
#5 in the Howells Mystery Story Series, originally published in English in 1911 by Dodd, Mead & Company, before which it had been published in French as 'Un Crime A Ete Commis.' Translated by Mary J. Safford. Spine wrinkles (printer's flaw), some chipping to spine ends, dampstain to top edge, light edgewear, light smudging, tanned pages. Internally tight and clean. View More...
Three women buy an old house as "a quiet haven from the bustle of the outside world," but soon find themselves threatened by a killer. 233 pages. Some spine cocking/roll, a bit of edgewear, thin sunned strip along bottom edge of front cover, moderate handling wear, View More...
No date (1946). A young detective on vacation in southern California finds himself involved in solving murders in the film industry. A title from a short-lived publisher. 160 pages. Reading and handling creases, crosscrack, edgewear, thin/short cresae to bottom right corner of front cover. View More...
Canadian printing. "It had been 'the perfect crime' until one small thing went wrong -- blowing the gang sky-high and leaving the boys clawing for life." 247 pages, cover illustration of one thug hammering another, and looking as if he means it. Vertical creases to left edge of front cover, 1/8" tear to bottom right spine edge, subsequent creasing between that and bottom of vertical creases, light rubbing, a few impressions, wear to top tips of final 15 or so pages, a little bleed from edge colour to cover edges of back cover. Internally tight and clean. View More...
Paperback original of an interesting collection of terror/suspense stories, including work by A. E. Sandeling writing A. E. Shandeling ("Return of the Griffins "), John Steinbeck ("The White Quail"), Lord Dunsany ("The Two Bottles of Relish"), Mary Norton ("Paul's Tale"), W. Somerset Maugham ("Lord Mountdrago"), Gloria Neustadt Biggs ("The Cat"), Karen Blixen writing as Isak Dinesen ("The Young Man with the Carnation"), Robert W. Cochran ("Foot of the Giant"), Jerry Wexler ("I Am Edgar"), Ivan Bunin ("The Calling Cards"), Whit Burnett ("The Night of the Gran Baile Mascara"), May Sarton ("The S... View More...
In wild and lawless Mexico the Black Eagle fights greedy oilmen in the only language they understand, the language of blood, Spine cocked, scraping to spine edges, crosscrack, gentle creasing, crinkling/handling wear, moderate edgewear, some small scrapes to front cover, general wear. View More...
Only one man knows the location of a lost fortune in gold, notes and silver, but he's a slave in Abyssinian hands. A bit cockedt, scraping to right spine edge, impressions, two grey remainder stripes across fore-edge, tanning. View More...
A Dr. Gideon Fell/Patrick Butler story, this one having to do with a pesky cult of devil worshippers, and finding a woman "caught in a web of murder and profane desire" (those profane desires are always a lot more enjoyable than the righteous ones). Edgewear, 1/4' X 1/4" chip from bottom left corner of front cover, rubbing/handling wear, edge spotting, tanning, general wear. Must be handled with care, or you'll be holding sheets of paper instead of a book. View More...
Canadian printing. Murder and witchcraft in London in 1815. Somewhat cocked, flaking to rear spine edge, stain to inside top edge of front cover (not visible on front), ink stain on top edge at corner, rubbing. View More...
Canadian printing. Map-back. Dusty edges, slant/roll, flaking to right spine edge, previous owner's signature in pencil on first end paper, rubbing. View More...
Canadian printing. A Dr. Gideon Fell mystery, one finding our intrepid sleuth following a trail of sin and scandal (exactly where are these trails, anyway?). Impressions, general wear;. Internally tight. View More...
Originally published in hardcover in 1931 by Harper & Brothers. "It started when El Moulk's automobile roared crazily through a London fog, its driver dead as a herring. The car screeched to a stop in front of that creaky relic of ancient horrors, the Brimstone Club. Through its cavernous rooms and gaslit passages a murderer hunted victims for a private gallows. The calling cards of a notorious hangman, a miniature gibbet, a length of rope, and an inscription from the tomb of Egyptian kings warned El Moulk and his dazzling French mistress that death was on their trail. It was a perfect case fo... View More...
A Dr. Gideon Fell mystery. A man engaged to be married isn't certain whether or not his bride-to-be is a killer. Light scuffing, thin scratches, mild spine cocking, dusty edges, minor soil, tanning, bottom corners of last four pages chipped (does not affect text). View More...
