Leavin' Trunk Blues: A Nick Travers Mystery.
New York: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Minotaur, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 322pp. Boards. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. More
Mysteries and Thrillers
Exit Charlie
New York: Knopf, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st ed. 1956. A near fine copy in very good+ dustjacket. Tiny bookstore sticker on ffep, dustjacket shows moderate wear along the edges and bears a 22 mm. tear along upper edge of back panel. More
The Bitter Path of Death.
New York: Walker and Company, 1982. First US Edition. Hardcover. 175pp. Boards. A mystery featuring Monsieur Pinaud of the Paris Surete. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light creases and toning. ; Octavo. More
The Crazy Mixed-Up Corpse.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc. / Gold Medal Books, 1957. First Edition. Paperback. Gold Medal Book 718. A mystery featuring Ed Noon. Slight slant to spine, toning to edges of back cover. Very good. ; Small octavo. More
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. #2 - The Blazing Affair
New York: The New American Library, 1966. First Edition. Paperback. Signet Books D3042. Corner creases to covers. A very good copy. Stephanie Powers' photo cover.; Small octavo. More
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. - The Birds of a Feather Affair
New York: The New American Library, 1966. First Edition. Paperback. Signet Books D3012. Extremely slight slant to spine. A near fine copy. Stephanie Powers' photo cover.; Small octavo. More
Anything for a Quiet Life.
New York: Bantam Books, 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Bantam Books 38. First paperback publication. Covers are a bit wavy. A bright very good+ copy. Cover art by Bill English. ; Small octavo. More
Carcass Trade
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in fine dustjacket. Signed by the author on title page. The second Smokey Brandon mystery. ; Octavo; 285 pages; Signed by Author. More
Dead Heat.
Drexel Hill, PA: Bell Publishing Company, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 218pp. Cloth backed doards. Based on the radio series Casey, Crime Photographer and on the character of Flash Casey, created by George Harmon Coxe. Light wear and foxing to edges. A very good+ copy in very good dustjacket with some..... More
Dekok and the Sorrowing Tomcat.
New York: Minotaur Books, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st US ed. 2001. Fine in dustjacket. Translated by H.G. Smittenaar. More
The Gorgeous Ghoul Murder Case.
New York: Avon Publishing Co., Inc., (1951). First Edition. Paperback. Avon 320. Short tear to spine. A very good+ copy. ; Octavo. More
Murder on a Mystery Tour.
New York: Walker and Company, 1987. First US Edition. Hardcover. 182pp. Boards. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with light toning to flaps and a minuscule chip to the upper edge of the rear panel. ; Octavo. More
Ten Seconds to Hell.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1958. First Edition. Paperback. Crest Book s297. Also published as The Phoenix. Mild spine slant, light cover wear. A very good copy. Photo cover featuring Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, and Martine Carol. ; Small octavo. More
The Kiss of Death.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 275pp. Cloth. A murder mystery set in a hospital. Two faint stains to lower edge of cloth on both front and rear panel. Still a nice near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with some rubbing and toning. ; Octavo... More
The Water Knife. (Signed Copy).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. 371pp. Cloth backed boards. Signed by Paolo Bacigalupi on the flyleaf. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo; Signed by Author. More
La donna vampiro (A Dangerous Woman)
Milano: Editoriale Franco Signori, N.D. First Italian Edition. Hardcover. I Gialli del Quarto di Luna #3. Very mild slant to spine, tear to page 46. About near fine in near fine dustjacket. In the Italian language. ; Octavo. More
Cop Killer.
Garden City, NY: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 191pp. Boards. Upper front corner tip bruised else a fine copy in very good dustjacket with some wear to the edges and a small chip to the upper edge of the rear panel..... More
Dreadful Lies
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. First US Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. The first mystery featuring Matilda Haycastle and set in Brussels. ; Octavo. More
In the Heat of the Night.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 184pp. Cloth backed boards. A mystery introducing African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs. 1966 Edgar Award winner for best first novel. Basis for the 1967 Oscar winning Norman Jewison movie featuring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger, and for the 1988 TV..... More
The Seven Sisters.
New York: Permabooks, 1962. First Edition. Paperback. M-4258. Paperback original. A very good+ copy. ; Small octavo; 184 pages. More
Murder Can't Stop.
New York: Graphic Publishing Co. , Inc., 1950. First Edition. Paperback. Graphic Books 26. Slant to spine, crease to front cover. A very good copy. ; Small octavo. More
Three for the Money.
New York: Permabooks, 1963. First Edition. Paperback. Permabook M-2497. Slight slant to spine. A near fine copy. ; Small octavo. More
The Ninth Sexton Blake Omnibus. (I, the Hangman. The Muckrakers.)
London: Howard Baker, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 139pp; 142pp. Boards. Two complete novels featuring Sexton Blake. Mild spine slant, front hinge a bit soft, short inscription on front free endpaper. A very good+ copy in very good+ dustjacket with light toning to spine and minor edge wear. ; Octavo... More
Like a Hole in the Head.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 296pp. Boards. "Jill, a part-time bookseller and full-time wise-ass, buys a first edition Jack London from a slippery-looking dwarf... " A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. More
Like a Hole in the Head. (Signed Copy).
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 296pp. Boards. Signed by Jan Banbury on the title page. "Jill, a part-time bookseller and full-time wise-ass, buys a first edition Jack London from a slippery-looking dwarf... " A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo; Signed by Author... More