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PUZZLE FOR PUPPETS.
by QUENTIN, Patrick
FIRST EDITION thus in wraps. Very good with minimal wear. 'A Peter Duluth Mystery.'
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£12.87
THE TOPLESS TULIP CAPER.
by BLOCK, Lawrence. As Chip Harrison
FIRST EDITION in decorated wraps. A paperback original. Mild spine slant and spine creases - otherwise fine.
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£14.48
VIOLENT NIGHT
by Jackson, Ralph
New York: Ace Books, Inc, [1955]. First edition. Age tanning to text paper, some mild edge rubbing and sticker pull to front cover. A very good copy. (16400). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Ace D-137. Paperback original. Crime novel.
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£20.12
PUZZLE FOR WANTONS: A Peter Duluth Mystery
by Quentin, Patrick (pseudonym of Hugh C. Wheeler)
N.Y.: International Polygonics, LTD, 1990. First IPL printing June 1990, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. [Originally published in 1945 by Simon.] Oversize trade paperback. An unread, new copy. Peter Duluth; Reno, NV. Lieutenant Peter Duluth and his actress wife Iris are spending his leave at the Lake Tahoe home of wealthy Lorraine Pleygel. Other guests include Lorraine's brother, and a group of women who are establishing Reno residence in order to obtain divorces. However, Peter,...
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£15.46
A CORPSE FOR CHRISTMAS.
by KANE, Henry
FIRST EDITION in paperback. Reading creases; price scratched out - otherwise near fine. Peter Chambers. Headlights.
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£12.87
NIGHT SQUAD
by Goodis, David
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1961]. First edition. A fine unread copy. (6246). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Gold Medal #s1083. Paperback original.
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£100.62
RAYMOND CHANDLER
by Chandler] Speir, Jerry
N.Y.: Ungar, 1981. 1st prtg. oversize wraps, lightly soiled. Treats the entire body of chandler's detective fiction. Each of his seven novels is explored in depth. His twenty-plus short stories are well scrutinized. And Chandler's own life, in London and in Los Angeles, is an important part of the story. Includes bibliography.. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Trade Paperback.
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£11.59
WHO KILLED SWEET SUE.
by KANE, Henry
First Printing of this Signet reprint. Very good with wear to spine and edges. 'A Peter Chambers Mystery.'
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£9.65
THE APOLLO LEGACY
by Barker, Albert
New York: Award Books, [1970]. First edition. A fine, unread copy. (25148). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Award Books A719S. Paperback original. Thriller/SF novel. An astronaut has an affair with a journalist and the unborn child is infected with a space virus. A C.I.A. agent investigates. Hubin, p. 49.
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£20.12
THE WILL TO KILL
by Bloch, Robert
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1954]. First edition. A very good to near fine copy, touch of rubbing to lower edge, two small stress creases to upper right corner, some stress crease to spine, yellow background mildly dust soiled. (10810). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Ace Books #S-67. Paperback original.
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£100.62
JANISSARIES
by Pournelle, Jerry
New York: Ace Books, [1979]. First edition, trade paperback issue. Mild reading crease and a touch of edges rubs, otherwise a fine copy. (25627). Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First book of the Janissaries series. Military SF.
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£20.12
ROUND THE CLOCK AT VOLARI'S
by Burnett, W[illiam] R[iley]
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1961]. First edition. Slight lean, faint reading crease, a few small stress creases, a very good to nearly fine copy. (25102). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Gold Medal #s1145. Paperback original. Crime novel. Hubin, p. 120.
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£36.22
LOVE ON THE RUN
by MacIsaac, Fred
Los Angeles: Bantam Publications, Inc., n.d., [1940]. First edition. Age darkening to text paper, rubbing, split at upper left edge at spine, spine roll, a good copy. (26718). Small octavo, printed wrappers. Bantam No. 18.
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£28.18
NAVAJO CANYON.
by BLACKBURN, Tom W
Pennant Books (P1), 1953. First paperback edition in decoarated wraps. Fine. [This is the first paperback publication. Not the Dell reprint. Note cover illustration and marking.] Originally published in RANCH ROMANCES (1952); is a reprint of the Doubleday hardcover edition.
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£12.87
SLAY THE MURDERER: A Sheriff John Ewell Macready Title
by Holman, Hugh
N.Y.: Signet Books / New American Library, 1948. First pbk printing, September 1948, so stated. Signet Books #684. Cover illustration by Jonas. Shallow loss at lower corner else near fine. Features Sheriff John Ewell Macready; South Carolina. Locked room mystery, Adey # 1038. The elder brother of the family winds up dead in locked room, and there's a strong indication that outsider Charles Cole did the deed. Sheriff John Mcready doesn't think so though. The doors and windows have been wiped clean of...
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£11.59
THE MOON MEN
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1962]. First paperback edition. Age darkening to text paper and interior of covers, some mild edge rubbing, a nearly fine copy, unread. (18267). Small octavo, cover by Ed Emshwiller, pictorial wrappers. Ace F-159. This edition prints original magazine serials of the last parts of THE MOON MAID which were published as "The Moon Men" and "The Red Hawk."
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£20.12
Dr. Sam: Johnson Detector (IPL Library of Crime Classics)
by De La Torre, Lillian
N.Y.: International Polygonics, LTD, 1983. 2nd printing, October 1987. Pages lightly age toned else a fine , tight copy. In eighteenth-century England, Dr. Johnson and his biographer, James Boswell, investigate nine mysteries which involve highwaymen, hidden treasure, and murder. These delightful, cerebral mysteries which have more in common with Sherlock Holmes. The stories are related by James Boswell, the real life biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson. Some are based upon actual events with Johnson...
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£9.27
Q.B.I.
by QUEEN, Ellery
First paperback edition in decorated wraps. Small ding on front cover, probably from a sticker removal - otherwise FINE.
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£11.26
PAPERBACK PARADE #44; The Magazine for Paperback Readers and Collectors
by Lovisi, Gary (ed.)
Brooklyn, NY: Gryphon Publications, 1995. A fine unread copy. November, 1995. Digest size. Color covers. 108 pages. Latest issue is dedicated almost entirely to E. C. Tubb and his works and pseudonyms, with checklists and bibliographic study. with a 22 page informative introduction 'Paperback Talk' by Lovisi on the paperback scene with news, letters and more, with reproductions of many scarce paperback covers.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" -...
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£11.59
ADAM'S FALL.
by MARLOWE, Stephen, as Jason Ridgway
FIRST EDITION in wraps. A paperback original. Mild toning to the pages otherwise fine. 'A Ripley Believe It or Not! Mystery Novel.'
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£9.65
THE GRIM CARETAKER
by Ascher, Eugene (pseudonym of Harold Ernest Kelly)
London: Strothers Bookshop's Ltd, n.d., [1944]. First edition. Binding staples rusted and staining paper, cover separated from text, some creasing, wear to upper spine end, lower spine split. Still a reasonably bright copy with complete covers, a good copy. Rare. OCLC locates 1 copy, University of Alberta, COPAC locates no copies. (22233). Octavo, pp. [1-2: front covers] [3] 4-49 [50] [51-52: rear cover] pictorial wrappers. The second of three paperbacks published in 1944 featuring Lucian...
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£523.25
ASSIGNMENT: WHITE RAJAH
by Aarons, Edward S
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1970. First edition. A fine unread copy in wrappers. (8095). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Gold Medal R2202. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's...
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£20.12
OPERATOR 5: THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE
by Steele, Curtis (pseudonym)
[San Diego: Corinth Publications, 1966]. First edition. Age darkening to text block, tiny rub marks to left front corners, a nearly fine copy. Unread. (21145). Small octavo, cover art by Robert Bonfils, pictorial wrappers. Corinth number CR124. Book 3 in the Operator 5 paperback reprint series from the pulp magazines. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 448-451. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 402-405.
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£20.12
VANISHING LADIES
by Marsten, Richard (pseudonym of Evan Hunter)
New York: Perma Books, [1957]. First edition. A near fine copy, rubbing to spine edge with reading crease. (12127). Small octavo, cover by James Meese, pictorial wrappers. Perma Books #M-3097. Paperback original. Hardboiled mystery novel.
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£52.32
ASSIGNMENT-CONG HAI KILL
by Aarons, Edward S
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1966]. First edition. Mild age darkening to text paper, a fine unread copy. (26696). Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Gold Medal d1695. Paperback original. C.I.A. agent Sam Durell. Bill Pronzini writing of the Sam Durell novels "Despite all the violence and melodrama...[the] Durell novels are compulsive reading. Aarons was an accomplished writer, with excellent descriptive abilities...and an expert sense of narrative pacing." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001...
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£20.12
