Category: Mystery Adventure

The Fallen Sparrow -by Dorothy B Hughes

By: ( 2nd Printing of the 1st Edition ) Hughes, Dorothy B ( Sterling Campbell related)

Price: $134.93

Publisher: New York, N.Y. / New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1942, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing : 1942

Seller ID: 169146

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------hard cover, a Very Good/Very Good+ example, a bit of age toning/dustiness to the upper edge of the text block, some rubbing to the edges of the boards, ---in an attractive Fair to Good price clipped dustjacket, some flaking to the edges especially on the darker sections, substantial loss at upper spine tip of jacket, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, ---bookplate for Sterling and Margaret Campbell partially attached to front flap, --- STERLING CAMPBELL was a Canadian aviator and film director best known for the 1947 film Bush Pilot, one of the first narrative feature f...
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The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope -by C W Grafton ( A Gilmore Henry Mystery )

By: ( 2nd Printing of the BLAKISTON Edition ) Grafton, C W ( Chip - Cornelius Warren Grafton )( Sterling Campbell related)

Price: $33.68

Publisher: New York, N.Y. / New York: Triangle Books / The Blakiston Company, 1944, 1st Triangle Blakiston Edition, 2nd Printing : 1944

Seller ID: 169144

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------hard cover, a solid Very Good example with light rubbing to edges, heavy browning to paper, ---in a POOR dustjacket with 2/3s of the spine missing, some other chips and tears, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, GRAFTON was the father of Sue Grafton, ---bookplate for Sterling and Margaret Campbell partially attached to front flap, --- STERLING CAMPBELL was a Canadian aviator and film director best known for the 1947 film Bush Pilot, one of the first narrative feature films ever produced by a Canadian film production company. ---Campbell served in the Canadian Army during t...
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Image for The Man in the Fur Coat and other stories -by J S Fletcher ( Permanent Tenant; New Sun; Fox & the Goose; Remaking of 'enry Conrad; Won on the Last Wicket; Campaign for Clelia; Father Christmas's Friend; Skinflint; Gleam of Spanish Gold; etc)

The Man in the Fur Coat and other stories -by J S Fletcher ( Permanent Tenant; New Sun; Fox & the Goose; Remaking of 'enry Conrad; Won on the Last Wicket; Campaign for Clelia; Father Christmas's Friend; Skinflint; Gleam of Spanish Gold; etc)

By: ( 4th Printing ) Fletcher, J.S. ( Joseph Smith )

Price: $40.43

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Collins ( Crime Club ), 1934, 1st Edition, 4th Printing : 1934

Seller ID: 169042

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 4.5w x 7.25h inches, a solid Good to Very Good example, foxing to the outer edges of the text block, light rubbing to edges, some foxing to pages, in an attractive chipped and torn Good to Very Good original dustjacket with very nice cover art, this is a collection of short stories, stories include: The Man in the Fur Coat; The Permanent Tenant; The New Sun; The Fox & the Goose; The Remaking of 'enry Conrad; Won on the Last Wicket; The Campaign for Clelia; Father Christmas's Friend; Skinflint; The Gleam of Spanish Gold; Provisions of Partnership; For It's My Delig...
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution -by Nicholas Meyer ( and John H Watson )( a Sherlock Holmes Story )

By: ( an ADVANCE COPY ) Meyer, Nicholas ( from the Reminiscences of John H Watson, MD )( Sir Arthur Conan Doyle related)

Price: $40.43

Publisher: New York, N.Y. / New York: E P Dutton & Co., Inc., 1974, 1st Edition, 1st Printing : 1974

Seller ID: 168692

ISBN-13: 9780525200154

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------softcover, an advance publisher's copy, a Very Good+/Near Fine example, a bit of light rubbing, tight and square, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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The Trail of the White Knight -by Bruce Graeme (by the author of Blackshirt )

By: ( Later Printing of the 1st UK Edition ) Graeme, Bruce (penname for: Graham Montague Jeffries who also wrote as --- Peter Bourne, David Graeme, Roderic Hastings, Fielding Hope, Jeffrey Montague

Price: $26.93

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

Seller ID: 167956

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

------------( later printing of the First Edition ) 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, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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The Body in the Turl -an Evan Pinkerton Story -by David Frome (aka Mr Pinkerton Finds a Body )( Mystery )

By: ( Later Printing of This UK Edition ) Frome, David (pseudonym for Zenith Jones Brown -aka Leslie Ford )

Price: $161.93

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1942, 1st Longman Thrillers Edition, Later Printing : 1942

Seller ID: 168691

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------hard cover, a Very Good+ example with light wear, in an attractive BUT Fair only dustjacket, some chips and tears especially at spine tips, ---bookplate for Sterling and Margaret Campbell partially attached to front flap, --- STERLING CAMPBELL was a Canadian aviator and film director best known for the 1947 film Bush Pilot, one of the first narrative feature films ever produced by a Canadian film production company. ---Campbell served in the Canadian Army during the First World War. He later worked in Hollywood, California as a technical and action assistant director, including the f...
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Banquets of the Black Widowers -by Isaac Asimov ---a signed Copy

By: Asimov, Isaac (signed)(aka: Dr A, Paul French, C L Ray )

Price: $202.43

Publisher: Garden City, NY ( New York ), Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1984, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1984

Seller ID: 169661

ISBN-13: 9780385195416

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

-----------hardcover, a Near Fine/Fine example in a Near Fine/Fine dustjacket, a tiny wee bit of very light rubbing, signed and inscribed by ASIMOV "To Walter S______ Isaac Asimov", , this contains: Introduction; Sixty Million Combinations; The Woman in the Bar; The Driver; The Good Samaritan; The Year of the Action; Can You Prove It?; The Phoenician Bauble; A Monday in April; Neither Brute nor Human; The Redhead; The Wrong House; The Intrusion, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not...
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Image for FIVE Volumes / Avon Murder Mystery Monthly: Borrowed Time; The Finger Man ( Fingerman ); Love's Lovely Counterfeit; On the Spot; The Green Ice Murders -- Book 42, 43, 44, 45, 46

FIVE Volumes / Avon Murder Mystery Monthly: Borrowed Time; The Finger Man ( Fingerman ); Love's Lovely Counterfeit; On the Spot; The Green Ice Murders -- Book 42, 43, 44, 45, 46

By: Avon Murder Mystery Monthly ( Murder of the Month ) William Irish; Raymond Chandler; James M Cain; Edgar Wallace; Raoul Whitfield - 5 Volumes

Price: $161.93

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Avon Murder Mystery Monthly / Avon Murder of the Month, 1946 - 1947, 1st AMMM Edition, First Printing : 1946

Seller ID: 167613

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) 5 volumes (ONE SHIPPING CHARGE ), scans are available for any individual volumes (just ask), books 42 to 46, of the Avon Murder Mystery Monthly series), all are about 5.25 x 7.5 inches, all with have some degree of age toning or browning to the paper and the verso of the covers, all will have some flaking to edges, ---BORROWED - a Fair to Good copy, many cover creases and stress marks, tear along lower spine tip and front cover, upper corner of front cover is clipped ---FINGER -a Bery Good+ copy, quite nice, ---COUNTERFEIT -a solid Fair to Good...
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Murder in Her Big Blue Eyes (aka Keep the Coffins Coming )/ Avon Murder Mystery Monthly # 48

By: Avon Murder Mystery Monthly - Julius Long

Price: $202.43

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Avon Murder Mystery Monthly / Avon Murder of the Month, 1950, 1st AMMM Edition, First Printing : 1950

Seller ID: 168892

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

------------softcover, about 5.25 x 7.5 inches, a solid Very Good example, small nick along lower edge of front cover, small nick at upper spine tip, age toning to paper as always seen, a bit of light flaking and faint small stress marks, quite scarce, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---size is approximate ( generally within 1/8 inch)---
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The Blonde, The Gangster and the Private Eye -by Dale Clark / Avon Murder Mystery Monthly # 47 (aka Red Rods )

By: Avon Murder Mystery Monthly -by Dale Clark (penname for Ronal Kayser who also wrote as Dale Clarke, Clark Clayton )

Price: $607.43

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Avon Murder Mystery Monthly / Avon Murder of the Month, 1947, 1st AMMM Edition, First Printing : 1947

Seller ID: 169557

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

------------softcover, about 5.25w x 7.5h inches, a solid Very Good+ example, small nick / tear at spine tips, age toning to paper as always seen, quite rare, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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The Computer Kill -by Raymond Banks ( a PI Sam King Suspense Novel )

By: Banks, Raymond ( Raymond E [ Eugene ] Banks )

Price: $26.93

Publisher: New York, N.Y. / New York: Popular Library Eagle Books, 1961, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1961

Seller ID: 169066

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-------------paperback, a Good only example, overall wear and rubbing, light creases, age toning to paper, short repaired tear at lower spine tip along front cover, binding feels like the glue is dry so this would need to be read carefully, scarce, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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By Some Person Unknown -an Inspector George Marshall Mystery -by Pamela Barrington ( A Cloak and Dagger Choice Mystery Series )

By: Barrington, Pamela (penname for Muriel Vere Mant Barling -aka Charles Barling )

Price: $80.93

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Hammond & Hammond, 1960, 1st Edition, First Printing : 1960

Seller ID: 169061

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-------------hardcover, a Near Fine example, a bit of age toning to paper, name stamp and small address label on front blank endpaper, in a lightly rubbed Very Good price clipped dustjacket, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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Blind Sight -by B Y Benediall

By: Benediall, B Y ( Aka B T Benediall / Bridget Yva )

Price: $53.93

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Dodd, Mead, 1915 ( 1916 ), 1st Edition, First or 2nd Printing : 1916

Seller ID: 168437

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------hardcover, red cloth, a dandy Very Good+ example in a VERY early, Very Good dustjacket with a bit of light wear, a hint of age toning to spine of jacket, small chip at upper spine tip of jacket, a romantic detective story, listed in Hubin, Benediall also wrote Child Lover; Jeremy's Love Story; The Pilgrim and Pamela, a scarce book, date on title page is 1916 but the date on the copyright page is 1915, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE /// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)-...
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The Scarf -by Robert Bloch ( AVON # C800 )

By: Bloch, Robert (aka Robert A Bloch, Bob Bloch, Tarleton Fiske, Will Folke, Keith Hammond, Nathan Hindin, E K Jarvis, Wilson Kane, Herbert Scanlon, Collier Young )

Price: $33.68

Publisher: New York, N.Y./New York.: Avon # C800, 1947 (actually 1952 )), 1st Paperback Edition (with this title), First Printing( Canadian Imprint ) : 1952

Seller ID: 169165

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

----------paperback, a Good only example, overall wear and rubbing, cover and spine creases, a bit of age toning to paper, short tear at lower spine tip, flaking to edges, ---this is the 1st time this book was published in paperback as The Scarf ---previous issues of this book were released as The Scarf of Passion although the hardcover 1st edition was titled just, The Scarf", a scarce paperback, this is a Canadian imprint with the higher 35ø price (versus the US pb at 25ø ), any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED---GUARANTEED to be AVA...
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Dig the Grave Deep ---a Barney Hyde Mystery: A Midnight Thriller

By: Brent, Nigel (penname for Cecil Gordon Eugene Wimhurst )( C G E )

Price: $53.93

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Frederick Muller: A Midnight Thriller, 1955, 1st edition, First Printing : 1955

Seller ID: 168393

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

-----------hardcover, a a solid Very Good example, some light rubbing, a bit of age toning to the text block, in a Good price clipped dustjacket, some small chips and nicks, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---
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Image for SEVEN VOLUMES: What Mad Universe; Murder Can be Fun; The Screaming Mimi; The Lenient Beast; His Name Was Death; The Far Cry; Murder Set to Music (an Anthology - Saint Mystery Library )

SEVEN VOLUMES: What Mad Universe; Murder Can be Fun; The Screaming Mimi; The Lenient Beast; His Name Was Death; The Far Cry; Murder Set to Music (an Anthology - Saint Mystery Library )

By: Brown, Fredric ( 7 Volumes )( Saint Mystery Library Edited By Leslie Charteris anthology includes: Brown; Poul Anderson; James E Gunn; Lawrence G Blochman; John Jakes )

Price: $40.43

Publisher: London, England / New York, N.Y., London, UK / New York: Boardman; Corgi, Great American Publications ( Saint Mystery Library ); Black Lizard Books, 1954, 1958, 1958, 1959, 1959, 1987, 1987, 1986, 1st and Later Printings

Seller ID: 167434

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: See Description

----------7 volumes (ONE SHIPPING CHARGE), paperbacks, all are Good or better, some ink names, some store stamps, some creases, flaking and short tears but all are solid copies ---His name was Death, Black Lizard, 1987, 1st printing, VG+, about 4.25w x 7h inches /// The Far Cry, Black Lizard, 1987, 1st printing, VG+, about 4.25w x 7h inches /// Murder Set to Music, The Saint Mystery Library, anthology (with Poul Anderson, James E Gunn, Lawrence G Blochman, John Jakes ), 1959, 1st edition, VG, about 4.25w x 6.25h inches /// The Screaming Mimi, Corgi Books, 1958, 1st Corgi ed., G-VG, about 4....
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Image for John Buchan: Stories / Folio Society Edition (inc. Watcher By the Threshold; Divus Johnston; Loathly Opposite; Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn; Wind in the Portico; Politics and the May-Fly; Streams of Water in the South, etc)

John Buchan: Stories / Folio Society Edition (inc. Watcher By the Threshold; Divus Johnston; Loathly Opposite; Strange Adventures of Mr Andrew Hawthorn; Wind in the Portico; Politics and the May-Fly; Streams of Water in the South, etc)

By: Buchan, John - Lord Tweedsmuir, Introduction By Giles Foden / Folio Society Edition

Price: $26.93

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Folio Society, 2008, 1st Edition, First Printing : 2008

Seller ID: 167702

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine (see description)

------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcover, a Fine example, no dustjacket as issued, looks new, housed in a lightly rubbed Near Fine slipcase, b&w illustrations as well as a colour frontispiece by Nick Hardcastle, ---this contains: Introduction; A Captain of Salvation; A Journey of Little Profit; Politics and the May-Fly; Streams of Water in the South; The Watcher by the Threshold; Fountainblue; The Grove of Ashtaroth; Space; 'Divus' Johnston; Basilissa; Fullcircle; The Loathly Opposite; Ship to Tarshish; Tendebant Manus; The Last Crusade; Sing a Song of Sixpence; The Wind in ...
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Image for Department of Queer Complaints ( New Invisible Man; Footprint Sky; Crime in Nobody's Room; Hot Money; Death in Dressing Room; Silver Curtain; Error at Daybreak; Other Hangman; New Murders for Old; Blind Man's Hood; Persons or Things Unknown )( Dept.)

Department of Queer Complaints ( New Invisible Man; Footprint Sky; Crime in Nobody's Room; Hot Money; Death in Dressing Room; Silver Curtain; Error at Daybreak; Other Hangman; New Murders for Old; Blind Man's Hood; Persons or Things Unknown )( Dept.)

By: Carr, John Dickson ( Writing as Carter Dickson )

Price: $121.43

Publisher: London, England, London: Pan # X208, 1963, 1st Pan Edition, First Printing : 1963

Seller ID: 167187

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

------------( 1st printing of the First paperback Edition ) paperback, a solid Very Good example, a bit of light wear and rubbing, very small nick at upper spine tip, some age toning to paper, spine is slightly cocked, --- this contains: The New Invisible Man; Footprint in the Sky; The Crime in Nobody's Room; Hot Money; Death in the Dressing Room; The Silver Curtain; Error at Daybreak, these 7 stories are all Colonel March mysteries, as well, this collection contains: The Other Hangman; New Murders for Old; Persons or Things Unknown; Blind Man's Hood, this book reprints the contents of th...
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Department of Queer Complaints ( New Invisible Man; Footprint Sky; Crime in Nobody's Room; Hot Money; Death in Dressing Room; Silver Curtain; Error at Daybreak; Other Hangman; New Murders for Old; Blind Man's Hood; Persons or Things Unknown )( Dept.)

By: Carr, John Dickson ( Writing as Carter Dickson )

Price: $107.93

Publisher: London, England, London: Pan # X208, 1963, 1st Pan Edition, First Printing : 1963

Seller ID: 169490

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-----------paperback, a solid Good example, general wear and some light creases, short tears at lower spine tip, some age toning to paper, spine is cocked, --- this contains: The New Invisible Man; Footprint in the Sky; The Crime in Nobody's Room; Hot Money; Death in the Dressing Room; The Silver Curtain; Error at Daybreak, these 7 stories are all Colonel March mysteries, as well, this collection contains: The Other Hangman; New Murders for Old; Persons or Things Unknown; Blind Man's Hood, this book reprints the contents of the original hardcover edition which contained these 11 stories (...
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The High Window -by Raymond Chandler / Zephyr Books # 201 - A Library of british and American Authors

By: Chandler, Raymond

Price: $26.93

Publisher: Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden: Zeohyr Books / The Continental Book Company, 1948, 1st Zephyr Edition, First Printing : 1948

Seller ID: 168874

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------paperback, about 4.75 x 7.25 inches, a Very Good+ example with a wee bit of browning to edges, in an attractive Good to Very Good dustjacket with a few small chips, some tape reinforcement at spine tips on the verso of the jacket, a bit of age toning to the jacket but a very nice example any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---size is approximate ( generally within 1/8 inch)---
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Category: Mystery Adventure