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Smashing Detective March 1955

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Holyoke, MA, Columbia Publications: 1955

Seller ID: 7557

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good+

Newsprint paper is tanned, many small chips and tears on the edges, cover rubbed, corners rounded and chipped. ; Vol. 3, #5; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 98 pages; This issue features stories by Francis Battle, Daniel Gilgannon, Marc Miller, James Hines, and Betty Brooks.
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Bride of Violence! (Two-Fisted Detective Stories, November, 1959)

By: Block, Lawrence

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Reese Publishing: 1959

Seller ID: 15749

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued

Paper is toned, minor slit on spine but otherwise VG+. Lawrence is a prolific crime writer, best known for two long-running New York–set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. He also has written under a variety of pen names. But before Scudder and Rodenbarr, who appeared in the late 1970's, Block has short stories such as this one published in a number of detective story magazine, most with beautiful women in danger on the covers. The 11 page Bride of Violence appeard in the November 1959 issue of Two-Fisted Detective Stor...
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The Lady in the Lake

By: Chandler, Raymond

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Penguin: 2011

Seller ID: 16378

ISBN: 0241985021

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

Book is as new and unread. This copy is from the uniform penguin issue of Raymond Chandler's novels.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 284 pages
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The High Window

By: Chandler, Raymond

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Penguin: 2011

Seller ID: 16383

ISBN: 0241985013

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

Book is as new and unread. This copy is from the uniform penguin issue of Raymond Chandler's novels.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 272 pages
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The Bookman's Wake

By: Dunning, John

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner: 1995

Seller ID: 16198

ISBN: 0684800039

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Book and jacket have only very minor shelf wear. This is one of Dunning's popular bibliophile mysteries. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 351 pages
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The Haunted Pajamas

By: Elliott, Francis Perry

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill: 1911

Seller ID: 17065

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Red cloth with white titles and frame. Some, mainly light, edge corner and surface wear, though the white is faded or flecked off in some areas. Square and securely bound with all of Edmund Frederick's beautiful color illustrations present. This humorous mystery involves, you guessed it, a pair of haunted pajamas. This novel was made into a silent movie in 1917. ; Color Plates; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 355 pages
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The Moon in the Gutter

By: Goodis, David

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Gold Medal Books / Fawcett: 1953

Seller ID: 11321

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

Pictorial wraps with some edge, corner and surface wear, including rear, top left corner missing (see scan). The spine is neither cracked nor crease and the binding is tight. Some interior toning. , mainly on edges. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 144 pages; The Moon in the Gutter is one of five novels by David Goodis recently published as one volume in the Library of America series. This novel was also made into a French Noir movie in 1983 starring Gerard Depardieu and Natassja Kinski.
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The Guilded Hearse

By: Gorham, Charles O.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Signet Books: 1949

Seller ID: 7225

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Light edge and corner wear. Slight bend along top edge, not a crease. This bend shows as a lighter color on scan; it could be flattened with a press or weights. Spine is not creased or cracked and book is square. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 158 pages; First softcover edition.
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The Glass Key

By: Hammett, Dashiell

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Dell: 1966

Seller ID: 7626

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Light wear. Book is square and spine not creased but vertical crease on front border of spine (see scan). ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 190 pages; 1st Dell Printing.
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The Silence of the Lambs

By: Harris, Thomas

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York City, St. Martin's Press: 1988

Seller ID: 7635

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Book and jacket have only light wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 338 pages; Thomas Harris's finest novel, made into one of the greatest movie thrillers of all time.
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Original Sin

By: James, P. D.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1994

Seller ID: 11435

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Book has been read so there is light wear to both book and jacket. Very slight bowing to front boards. Still an attractive copy with a nice signature. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 416 pages; Signed, without inscription, by P. D. James on the title page. ; Signed by Author
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X. Jones of Scotland Yard

By: Keeler, Harry Stephen

Price: $235.00

Publisher: New York City, E. F. Dutton: 1936

Seller ID: 6887

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

The book has only light wear and aging. There is some toning on the endpapers. Book is square and securely bound. The dustjacket has wear and some chips along the top edge. There is a two inch slit on the top fold of the front flap. Jacket is G to G+. ; Drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 448 pages; This is one of Keeler's entertaining, and unusual detective novels. It is written as a series of case files with the intircate plot structure emerging only as the book progresses.
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The Monocled Monster

By: Keeler, Harry Stephen

Price: $285.00

Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Company , Limited: 1947

Seller ID: 14002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

Book is square and securely bound. It has light, general wear along with some interior aging/toning. Jacket has some edge and corner wear, including creasing and small tears. There is some loss at spine ends. Jacket still presents nicely. In Mylar. Another of Keeler's weird but entertaining mysteries. This is the First British Edition. I think the American edition was also by Ward, Lock and that the two publications were issued at the same time. I do not usually offer mysteries, but I have become something of a fan of Harry Stephen Keeler. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 239 pages
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The Case of the Lavender Gripsack

By: Keeler, Harry Stephen

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, Phoenix Press: 1944

Seller ID: 11077

Binding: Hardcover

Book has only general light wear and aging. VG to VG+. Jacket has some top and bottom edge wear and is slightly misfolded -- not uncommon for Phoenix Press. G+; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 256 pages
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The Case of the Transposed Legs

By: Keeler, Harry Stephen and Hazel Goodwin

Price: $250.00

Publisher: New York, Phoenix Press: 1948

Seller ID: 11396

Binding: Hardcover

Black cloth over boards with silver titles on spine. Very light wear with some light aging or soiling. Book is square and securely bound. VG to VG-. Jacket has some edge, corner and surface wear with slight loss at top of spine and minor loss on corners. Still an attractive jacket. G+. ; Thick Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 255 pages; Hazel Goodwin was Keeler's wife who was a fairly well-known writer herself. This novel is one of several collaborations between the two.
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The Songcatcher

By: McCrumb, Sharon

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Dutton: 2001

Seller ID: 15306

ISBN: 0525944885

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Book appears to be as new and unread. Signed, without inscription, by McCrumb on title page. This book is a somewhat different McCrumb novel that deals with Appalachian music but with mystery.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 321 pages
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Sudden Prey

By: Sandford, John

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1996

Seller ID: 15209

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

We are listing a grop of 10 different John Sandford mystery novels, all signed first editions. The books apear to be unread, mostly near fine. The dust jackets are VG+ to NF. Any defects are noted in the specific listing. Included are 9 Lucas Davenport novels: Sudden Prey, 1996; Certain Prey, 1999; Easy Prey, 2000; Mortal Prey, 2002, Naked Prey, 2003; Broken Prey,2005; Invisible Prey, 2007; Phantom Prey 2008; and Wicked Prey 2009. There is one Virgil Flowers novel, Heat Lightning, 2008. Sudden Prey is signed by Sandford on the title page. The DJ has light shelf wear. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" ...
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Certain Prey

By: Sandford, John

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1999

Seller ID: 15214

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

We are listing a grop of 10 different John Sandford mystery novels, all signed first editions. The books apear to be unread, mostly near fine. The dust jackets are VG+ to NF. Any defects are noted in the specific listing. Included are 9 Lucas Davenport novels: Sudden Prey, 1996; Certain Prey, 1999; Easy Prey, 2000; Mortal Prey, 2002, Naked Prey, 2003; Broken Prey,2005; Invisible Prey, 2007; Phantom Prey 2008; and Wicked Prey 2009. There is one Virgil Flowers novel, Heat Lightning, 2008. Certain Prey is signed by Sandford on the title page. The DJ has light shelf wear. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10"...
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Easy Prey

By: Sandford, John

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 2000

Seller ID: 15215

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

We are listing a group of John Sandford mystery novels, all signed first editions. The books apear to be unread, mostly near fine. The dust jackets are VG+ to NF. Any defects are noted in the specific listing. Included are these Lucas Davenport novels: Sudden Prey, 1996; Certain Prey, 1999; Easy Prey, 2000; , Naked Prey, 2003; ; Invisible Prey, 2007; Phantom Prey 2008; and Wicked Prey 2009. . Easy Prey is signed by Sandford on the title page. The DJ has light shelf wear. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 407 pages; Signed by Author
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Naked Prey

By: Sandford, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 2003

Seller ID: 15217

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

We are listing a group of John Sandford mystery novels, all signed first editions. The books apear to be unread, mostly near fine. The dust jackets are VG+ to NF. Any defects are noted in the specific listing. Included are these Lucas Davenport novels: Sudden Prey, 1996; Certain Prey, 1999; Easy Prey, 2000; , Naked Prey, 2003; ; Invisible Prey, 2007; Phantom Prey 2008; and Wicked Prey 2009. Naked Prey is signed by Sandford on the title page. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 359 pages; Signed by Author
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Invisible Prey

By: Sandford, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 2007

Seller ID: 15219

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

We are listing a group of John Sandford mystery novels, all signed first editions. The books apear to be unread, mostly near fine. The dust jackets are VG+ to NF. Any defects are noted in the specific listing. Included are these Lucas Davenport novels: Sudden Prey, 1996; Certain Prey, 1999; Easy Prey, 2000; , Naked Prey, 2003; ; Invisible Prey, 2007; Phantom Prey 2008; and Wicked Prey 2009. Invisible Prey is signed by Sanford on the title page. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 388 pages; Signed by Author
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Phantom Prey

By: Sandford, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 2008

Seller ID: 15220

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

We are listing a group of John Sandford mystery novels, all signed first editions. The books apear to be unread, mostly near fine. The dust jackets are VG+ to NF. Any defects are noted in the specific listing. Included are these Lucas Davenport novels: Sudden Prey, 1996; Certain Prey, 1999; Easy Prey, 2000; , Naked Prey, 2003; ; Invisible Prey, 2007; Phantom Prey 2008; and Wicked Prey 2009. Phantom Prey is signed by Sandford on the title page. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 373 pages; Signed by Author
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Wicked Prey

By: Sandford, John

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 2009

Seller ID: 15221

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

We are listing a group of John Sandford mystery novels, all signed first editions. The books apear to be unread, mostly near fine. The dust jackets are VG+ to NF. Any defects are noted in the specific listing. Included are these Lucas Davenport novels: Sudden Prey, 1996; Certain Prey, 1999; Easy Prey, 2000; , Naked Prey, 2003; ; Invisible Prey, 2007; Phantom Prey 2008; and Wicked Prey 2009. Wicked Prey is signed by Sandford on the title page. There is a small stain on the top fore edge. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 402 pages; Signed by Author
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The Other Side of the Night

By: Schiddel, Edmund

Price: $7.50

Publisher: New York, Avon Publications: 1954

Seller ID: 6647

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Some edge and corner wear. A few stray marks in ink on back along with creasing near bottomleft corner. Spine is not creased or cracked. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 190 pages; Paperback original.
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Category: Mystery