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Image for The Detectives' Album: Stories of Crime and Mystery from Colonial Australia -by Mary Fortune ( Fortune - Brett / WW - Waif Wanderer ) / Battered Silicon Dispatch Box Edition ( taken from the Australian Journal ) ( Detectives / Detective's )

The Detectives' Album: Stories of Crime and Mystery from Colonial Australia -by Mary Fortune ( Fortune - Brett / WW - Waif Wanderer ) / Battered Silicon Dispatch Box Edition ( taken from the Australian Journal ) ( Detectives / Detective's )

By: Fortune, Amry ( Mary Helena Fortune / Fortune-Brett )( Aka: WW / Waif Wanderer ); Introduction By Lucy Sussex / Battered Silicon Dispatch Box

Price: $101.18 CAD

Publisher: Ontario, Shelburne, ON / Sauk City, WI: The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 2003, 1st Editions, First Printing (reprints the Australian Journal ): 2003

Seller ID: 159655

ISBN: 1552463567

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, 228 pages, Mary Helena Fortune (c. 1833-1910) was born Mary Wilson in Belfast of Scottish ancestry and emigrated to Canada (which she considered her ‘home') as a child. In 1851 she married Joseph Fortune, a surveyor, and they had one son before she travelled to Australia to join her father George Wilson in 1855, who was working on the goldfields. She had another son in 1856 before marrying (possibly bigamously) in 1858 Percy Rollo Brett, a mounted policeman. This marriage quickly broke up and from 1865 she wrote for the popula...
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The Laughing Buddha Murders -by Richard Foster / a Vulcan Mystery # 3

By: Foster, Richard (penname for Kendell Foster Crossen aka Bennett Barlay, M E Chaber, Richard Foster, Christopher Monig, Clay Richards )

Price: $16.13 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Vulcan Mystery Publications, 1944, 1st Vulcan Edition, First Printing: 1944

Seller ID: 158348

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

------------softcover, about 5 x 7 inches, a solid Good copy, light wear and rubbing, cover creases, some small chips and flakes, browning to the pages as usual, pencil #s on rear panel, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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OMNIBUS: For Kicks; Odds Against; Flying Finish; Bonecrack; In the Frame ---by Dick Francis -a Signed Copy ( 5 Books in One Volume )

By: Francis, Dick (signed )

Price: $80.93 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: BCA - Book club Associates By Arrangement with William Heinemann and Secker and Warburg and Octopus Books, 1983, 1st BCA Omnibus Edition, First Printing: 1983

Seller ID: 166044

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------hard cover, a Very Good+ example with a wee bit of very light edge wear, short tear along endpapers at rear gutter, in a lightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, some age toning to the pages as often seen with these UK omnibus collections, gift inscription on the illustrated second endpaper, 778 pages, this has been signed by DF " Very best wishes Dick Francis" on the illustrated second endpaper, these omnibus collections are rarely found signed, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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STRAIGHT ---by Dick Francis -a Signed Copy

By: Francis, Dick (signed and inscribed)

Price: $22.88 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK (actually Markham, On / Penguin Group ): Michael Joseph, 1989, 1st Canadian Edition, First Printing: 1989

Seller ID: 166043

ISBN: 0718131800

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hard cover, a Near Fine example, bumped corner, spine is slightly cocked, in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustjacket with a small nick, signed and inscribed on the half-title page by DF " Christmas 1989 Wilf & Hazel Very best wishes from Mary and me. Dick Francis", ---this is a Michael Joseph edition but was published by Penguin in Markham Ontario ---Canadian price on the front flap (nu UK price, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Icebreaker -a James Bond 007 Adventure -by John Gardner

By: Gardner, John (aka: Edmund McCoy )( Ian Fleming related )

Price: $16.13 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Jonathan Cape / Hodder and Stoughton, 1983, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1983

Seller ID: 160518

ISBN: 0224029495

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy, in an attractive Good dustjacket, small patch of tear and creasing and small chips on front panel along upper edge, a bit of rubbing to tips, looks quite nice overall, nice BILL BOTTEN cover art, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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The Grail Tree ---the 3rd Lovejoy Mystery / Narrative -by Jonathan Gash ( Book / Volume 3 of the Series )

By: Gash, Jonathan ( pen name for John Grant )

Price: $101.18 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Collins, 1979, 1st edition, First Printing: 1979

Seller ID: 150473

ISBN: 0002312743

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

------------hardcover, a Fine copy in a Fine price clipped dustjacket, a lovely copy, small Collins sticker on rear blank endpaper, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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Flight Into Fear -a Sir John Meredith Novel

By: Gerard, Francis

Price: $17.48 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: MacDonald and Co., 1948, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1948

Seller ID: 148023

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-----------hardcover, a solid Good copy, light overall wear, a bit of fading to the spine, no dustjacket, a bit of age toning to paper, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Bare Bodkin -a Sir John Meredith Novel

By: Gerard, Francis

Price: $22.88 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: MacDonald and Co., 1951, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1951

Seller ID: 148024

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-----------hardcover, a solid Good exlibrary copy, light overall wear, a bit of fading to the spine, no dustjacket, a bit of age toning to paper, front flap of jacket has been glued to the verso of the front cover, usual library marks and stamps with multiple withdrawal dates on the verso of the rear cover, ink name and address on front blank endpaper, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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The Trail of the White Knight (by the author of Blackshirt )

By: Graeme, Bruce (penname for: Graham Montague Jeffries who also wrote as --- Peter Bourne, David Graeme, Roderic Hastings, Fielding Hope, Jeffrey Montague

Price: $17.48 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: George G Harrap, 1932, 1st Edition, Later Printing: 1932

Seller ID: 142026

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

---------hardcover, a solid Very Good copy in a chipped and torn but generally intact dustjacket, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, a bit of foxing to paper, pencil name on half title, gift inscription on verso of front cover, offset to endpapers, a wee bit musty but nothing too serious, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo
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The Lolly-Madonna War ---by Sue Grafton -a signed Copy

By: Grafton, Sue (signed)

Price: $809.93 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Sphere, 1973, 1st sphere Edition, 2nd Printing: 1973

Seller ID: 165702

ISBN: 0722139829

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

----------paperback, a solid Good copy, cover creases and overall wear but a solid copy of this very rare title, faint remainder mark on bottom edge of text block, signed by GRAFTON without inscription, missing from most Grafton collections, the author's 2nd (and scarcest) book, preceded by KEZIAH DANE, by the author of the hugely popular KINSEY MILHONE mysteries, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Keziah Dane ---by Sue Grafton -a signed Copy

By: Grafton, Sue (signed)

Price: $242.93 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Sphere, 1975, 1st sphere Edition, First Printing: 1975

Seller ID: 165703

ISBN: 0722139845

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------paperback, a solid Very Good copy, a clean copy with a small abrasion along the spine and front cover, signed by GRAFTON without inscription, missing from most Grafton collections, the author's 1st book, by the author of the hugely popular KINSEY MILHONE mysteries, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Run from the Hunter - American Bloodhound # 273 series

By: Grantland, Keith ( Pen Name for Charles Beaumont and John Tomerlin

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: T V Boardman and Company, 1959, 1st Hardcover Edition, First Printing: 1959

Seller ID: 166202

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

----------hardcover, a solid Good exlibrary example in an attractive Good dustjacket, usual library marks and stamps, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, quite scarce in hardcover, there was no US hardcover edition, written collaboratively and under a pseudonym by John Tomerlin and Charles Beaumont ( who were great friends ), any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Jock Mackay - Crook -by Scarlet Grey

By: Grey, Scarlet (penname for Richard Goyne -aka John Courage, Aileen Grey, Scarlet Grey, Kitty Lorraine, Paul Rénin and Richard Standish )

Price: $47.18 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Columbine Publishing Company, NO DATE ( 1939 ), 1st Edition, First Printing: 1939

Seller ID: 164385

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Fair to Good example only, sunning to the spine, age toning and light soiling to the outer edges of the text block, light wear and rubbing with a bit of fraying to red cloth, offset and browning to the endpapers, front flap of dustjacket has been glued to the verso of the front board, spine has been re-glued as it was torn along the rear edge, no dustjacket, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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King Solomon's Mines -an african Adventure ---by H Rider Haggard ( Armed Services Edition / ASE # 795 )

By: Haggard, H Rider

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Armed Services Edition / ASE, no Date (circa 1942), 1st ASE Edition, First Printing: 1972

Seller ID: 165717

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

----------oblong paperback size softcover, about 5.5 x 3.75 inches, a Fair to Good copy, some wear and creases, age toning to paper, browning to verso of covers, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for Matt Helm Series / Books & a DVD of The SILENCERS Starring Dean Martin as Matt Helm: Death Citizen; Silencers; Ambushers; Ravagers; Devastators; Betrayers; Menacers; Interlopers; Poisoners; Intriguers; Intimidators; Terminators; Retaliators -13 Volumes

Matt Helm Series / Books & a DVD of The SILENCERS Starring Dean Martin as Matt Helm: Death Citizen; Silencers; Ambushers; Ravagers; Devastators; Betrayers; Menacers; Interlopers; Poisoners; Intriguers; Intimidators; Terminators; Retaliators -13 Volumes

By: Hamilton, Donald

Price: $53.93 CAD

Publisher: Greenwich, Connecticutt, Greenwich, CT / N.Y. / New York.: Fawcett Gold Medal, Various Dates, 1st Edition, First and Later Printing: 1976

Seller ID: 152865

ISBN: 0449135675

Binding: Soft Cover with DVD

Condition: Good (see description)

-----------13 volumes (ONE SHIPPING PRICE ), plus ONE DVD, paperbacks, all are solid Good copies, light edge wear, a bit of age toning to paper, some store stamps and ink names, some spine and cover creases, a few books have short tears at spine tips, the DVD and case are Fine, movie is really quite funny and very spoofy of 007 -I never knew Matt Helm liked to sing so much !!!, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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The Thai Amulet -book 7 of the Lara McClintoch Archaeological Mystery Series -by Lyn Hamilton -a Signed Copy

By: Hamilton, Lyn (signed)

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Berkley, 2003, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2003

Seller ID: 151643

ISBN: 0425190064

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket, signed and inscribed by the author "To _____ Best wishes Lyn Hamilton", laid into this copy is a bookmark announcing this title, ---"Toronto shopkeeper Lara McClintoch solved her first archaeological mystery in The Xibalba Murders, nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. Since then, Lyn Hamilton's acclaimed and popular series has taken readers around the world to various exotic locales-where rare antiquities and base human nature add up to murder. Now, in The Thai Amulet, Lara must sift through the layers of...
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The Maltese Falcon ---a Sam Spade Mystery -by Dashiell Hammett -- Pocket Books paperback Edition in a Dustjacket

By: Hammett, Dashiell

Price: $101.18 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Pocket Books # 268, 1945, 1st Pocket Books Edition, Later Printing ( 8th PB Printing / 4th Printing with the Dustjacket ): 1945

Seller ID: 158381

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------paperback, a Very Good+ copy in a Very Good dustjacket with light chipping at spine tips, seamless tear along the spine and front cover on the dustjacket, a bit of flaking to edges of the jacket, small old tape repair at upper spine tip, , a faint hint of age toning to paper, when Pocket Books issued these they would glue the flaps of the dj to the verso of the covers, this copy has had the flaps glued so this is as issued, scarce in dustjacket, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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The Stroke of Eight -by J L Hardy ( Collins UK 1st Edition )( 8 )

By: Hardy, J L ( Jocelyn Lee Hardy )( later Captain J L Hardy )

Price: $60.68 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Collins, 1938, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1938

Seller ID: 162813

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

----------hardcover, a solid Good example, red cloth with light wear and rubbing, a bit of sunning to the spine, front blank endpaper has been removed leaving the front hinge a bit loose, ink nmae, no dustjacket, a scarce title by this not too well known author, newspaper accounts and reviews of the day seem to suggest that this is more of a thriller than a mystery, Hardy wrote fiction and non-fiction including his most famous book I Escape, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED///
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The Viking Process -by Norman Hartley -a Signed Copy (author's 1st Book )

By: Hartley, Norman (signed)( GHOST-WRITER as Jack Slipper )

Price: $168.68 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y./ New York: Simon and Schuster ( S&S ), 1976, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1976

Seller ID: 165861

ISBN: 0671221981

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-------------hardcover, a Very Good+ to near Fine example, a bit of dustiness to the upper edge of the text block, light rubbing to the bottom edges of the boards, ---in an attractive Very Good to Very Good+ price clipped dustjacket, some small nicks and flakes, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector ---this copy has been signed without inscription by Hartley, ---the author's first book written when he was working in Toronto at The Globe and Mail newspaper, ---synopsis taken from a later edition ---"a spellbinding novel about a giant multi-national corporation that sets out to dest...
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A Phoenix in the Blood ---1st Paperback Edition

By: Higgins, Jack (aka Martin Fallon, James Graham, Hugh Marlow, Hugh Marlowe, Harry Patterson, Henry Patterson )

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, Uk: Arrow, 1983, 1st Paperback Edition, First Printing: 1983

Seller ID: 150374

ISBN: 0099319608

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------paperback, a Very Good copy, just a wee bit of very light rubbing, a faint hint of age toning to paper, the 1st paperback edition of this scarce title, written and released under the Harry Patterson pseudonym, multiple store stamps, ink note on verso of front cover, stamp on bottom edge of text block, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo///NOT SIGNED///GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE
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Category: Mystery Adventure