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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1942 Knopf STATED FIRST edition of Cain's 4th novel and extremely scarce in this condition. The book is in VG/VG condition. The HB has bright red boards and vivid black lettering with no fading. There is a tiny bit of lean in the spine. Inside there is some age yellowing of the inside boards only with previous owner marks on the ffep. The text is very clean and bright. The DJ is mylar wrapped and price clipped. There is minimal wear with only some rubs along the edges and spine ends. There are various small slits and chips there too. An excellent copy of another Cain classic! **Brenbooks specializes in first edition mysteries and carries many CAIN firsts!
Dead Of Winter by Hale, Christopher - 1941
by Hale, Christopher
Dead Of Winter
by Hale, Christopher
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NY: Doubleday Crime Club. NF. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition bound in red cloth with black lettering. About Fine in a VG+ dj. The bottom front corner has a mild bump else book is Fine. Co vers are bright & clean, paper is cream colored. In a very nice dj tha t has tiny frays at the head of the spine & the front corners but is o therwise bright, clean and very attractive. A Scarce book in this cond ition. .
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- Date Published 1941
- Keywords MYSTERY
Love's Lovely Counterfeit
by Cain, James M.
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Mad Man: The Collected Short Fiction Volume Seven
by Lafferty, R. A.
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press. F. 2023. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A fine, as new copy in a fine, as new dust jacket. Stil l sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap. Introduction by Scott Bradfie ld. One of 300 copies signed by Scott Bradfield. Interview with R.A. Lafferty. Photographs of R.A. Lafferty.Fully cloth bound, ribbon marke r, head and tail bands. .
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High Priest of California (novel and play) and Wild Wives
by Willeford, Charles
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Limited edition, 1st printing of this hardcover version. A back-to-back packaging of two early Willeford novels that appeared as PBOs, plus his play version of first title. A Fine minus book that has slight wear and color loss to corners and spine ends; in a Fine minus book with just a hint of fade to spine. This is number 1 of 250 copies; signed by Willeford and numbered on a limitation page.
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SOURCE FOR EDGAR ALLAN POE: Passages from the Diary of a Late Physician
by Warren, Samuel (1807-1877)
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Worcester, United Kingdom
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Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1832. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. First edition (published 1832-38), octavo, three volumes; xii, 388; 409; 509pp. In contemporary half calf (lightly worn), spines divided into five compartments with gilt rolls and double fillets, gilt lettered titles and volume numbers to second and fourth compartments respectively. Early ownership labels to front endpapers, neat early ink ownership names to head of each title page, early pencil ownership inscription to opening blank of volume three, half-titles present in all three volumes. Clean attractive copy in first edition of Warren's often macabre tales that have received considerable scholarly attention as a source for Edgar Allan Poe's works of mystery and the supernatural.
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Appointment With Death
by Agatha Christie
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Cave Creek, Arizona, United States
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Collins. First edition, first impression. 1938 Original orange cloth cover book is bright but it looks as though it had some type of cover at one time that was removed to reveal a lovely bright orange. Some of old cover still remains. Not ex-library, no ownership marks. A 2"x 1/2" piece removed from top right corner of Part I page. FEP and last two Advert pages a little loose and split from spine but holding. Lightly smudged here and there throughout. For it's age a very nice collectible book. Comes in a nice facsimile dust jacket mylar protected.
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President Fu Manchu ( Behind Politician & Demagogue Lurks the Sinister Fu Manchu who attemps establish a dictatorship in U.S. )
by Sax Rohmer , Blank endpapers Crease near Top Light Fox , PriceClipped but Original Price Intact of at Top DJ Inner Flap , the Crime Club clip-out order is present on the back DJ flap but its PriceClipped
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LONG BEACH, California, United States
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Crime Club, Garden City Doubleday, 1936 HBDJ, 1936, Stated 1st edition on copyright pg, BK GOOD+/ DJ VG-, AS-IS, Minor Rub Wear Scuff DJ, Tiny Chips tears wear DJ, PC but Orig price Intact $2, Orange & Black Cloth Cover show Creases Wear at Top Extremities & Small InDentations across Top Front Cvr , 342 pgs, small piece missing bottom edgeSpine DJ,. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. FORMER OWNER STAMP
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Kiss Your Ass Goodbye (Signed limited)
by Willeford, Charles
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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£242.85
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Limited first edition; number 358 of 400 such copies. Fine unread book in Fine jacket. Full wrap-around dust jacket with art by Joe Servello; end paper designs also by Servello. Signed and numbered by Willeford on limitation page printed in red. This copy is housed in a custom made clamshell box.
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Slaves of Sumuru, The in Color Dustjacket of Green Buddha Statue & Chinese Lady, Sumuru with Red Lips , Story Mystery Imagination, Murder Violence again Featuring Enigmatic woman whom all Men Feared & feww Men Knew.,
by Sax Rohmer, X-LIBRARY, Usual Wear STAMPS,Inner Flap DJ PriceClipped
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LONG BEACH, California, United States
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£145.71
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Herbert Jenkins, London, 1952 HBDJ, X-LIBRARY, Usual Wear STAMPS, Stated 1st Published 1952 Cooyright pg, 1st UK Edition, VG/VG-, AS-IS, Slight Rub, Wear Scuff DJ with tiny chips Tears Extremities, BACK DJ Light some Soiling LISTS THRU Shadow People, 190 Pgs + ADS Back Thru Murder Begets Murder, DJ Protected Clear Mylar, Red Cloth Boards with Residue Edges, 5 X 7 12/4 in, INTERIOR LIGHT WEAR FOX. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
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Mad Man: The Collected Short Fiction Volume Seven
by Lafferty, R. A.
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Alliance, Ohio, United States
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£121.42
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Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press. F. 2023. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A fine, as new copy in a fine, as new dust jacket. Stil l sealed in the publisher's shrink wrap. Introduction by Scott Bradfie ld. One of 300 copies signed by Scott Bradfield. Interview with R.A. Lafferty. Photographs of R.A. Lafferty.Fully cloth bound, ribbon marke r, head and tail bands. .
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Black Wings Has My Angel
by Chaze Elliot
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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£141.66
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1953. First Edition. Paperback. Fair/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (Gold Medal 296) First Edition, First printing. Extremely hard-to-find paperback original of one of the most praised titles from the Gold Medal line. Stated First Printing. Story copy reads: "Smart guy, that's me, who dreamed the heist for a year--the armored car, the dead guard, the cool green bills...the getaway. Then Virginia, who came for one paid hour--and stayed for all eternity." / Numerous small chips and scratches. 1/2" material loss to foot of spine. Water spot to back cover. Binding repaired with bookbinder's adhesive. Pages lightly edge-tanned but supple. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 021556. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Elliot Chaze Black Wings Has My Angel
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Godshot (SIGNED) (FIRST)
by Bieker, Chelsea
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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2020 - 1st ed ("1" in number line) - SIGNED by author on the title page - "Godshot is the kind of book you find yourself thinking about incessantly." - Kristen Arnett - book: near fine - dj: near fine - dj in protective mylar sleeve"Drought has settled on the town of Peaches, California. The area of the Central Valley where fourteen–year–old Lacey May and her alcoholic mother live was once an agricultural paradise. Now it's an environmental disaster, a place of cracked earth and barren raisin farms. In their desperation, residents have turned to a cult leader named Pastor Vern for guidance. He promises, through secret "assignments," to bring the rain everybody is praying for.Lacey has no reason to doubt the pastor. But then her life explodes in a single unimaginable act of abandonment: her mother, exiled from the community for her sins, leaves Lacey and runs off with a man she barely knows. Abandoned and distraught, Lacey May moves in with her widowed grandma, Cherry, who is more concerned with…
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
by Agatha Christie
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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New York: Pocket Book edition, 1966, 20th printing. Pocket Book 50447. Vintage pulp fiction paperback, x, [2], 194pp., advert., cover price 50 cents.. Very Good Condition with bright cover page. Slight cover and spine creasing. There are bumped corners, and signs of shelf wear, top right corner of cover with slight crease and lower edges of cover worn. Pages are unmarked. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Kill Petrosino!
by Nolan, Frederick
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- Near Fine
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- 9780213165178 / 0213165171
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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London: Arthur Barker Ltd. 1st Edition, 1975 ----------hardcover, with dust jacket. The book, in black boards with orange lettering and design to the spine, is an unblemished near fine copy. The unclipped jacket has light wear to the front panel top edge and spine extremities, and is almost near fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.
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Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King
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- 9780670844524 / 0670844527
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Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
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First Edition. (1993) Hardcover with d.j. Fine with near fine dust jacket. D.J. has slight curl on top edge and light rubbing on back. No worn edges. Tight binding with clean, sharp pages. No markings. 305 pages. Dolores Claiborne is a psychological thriller novel. The novel is narrated by the title character. Atypically for a King novel, it has no chapters, double-spacing between paragraphs, or other section breaks; thus the text is a single continuous narrative which reads like the transcription of a spoken monologue. This book is dedicated to King's mother: "For my mother, Ruth Pillsbury King."
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Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce) | Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The | Signed First Edition Copy
by Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce)
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Tualatin, Oregon, United States
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Hyperion, 2001. hardcover. New. Author Signed Hardcover Book. 2001 NY: Hyperion First edition, first printing, fine, no dust jacket as issued, signed by the author. This is a collectible book free from material defects. Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.
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A Is For Alibi
by Sue Grafton
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Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States
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1982. Fine. Book Club Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. D.j. is near fine with slight wear on top binding edge. Inside flap d.j has slight creases. Cover is smooth, unblemished, no tears, nicks or worn corners. Hardcover, as new, black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Tight binding, sharp, clean pages. No markings. (Actual photo) A flawless copy. 208 pages. "A" Is for Alibi is crime writer Sue Grafton's first mystery novel in the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet mystery" series, first published in 1982.
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)
by Christie, Agatha
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)
by Christie, Agatha
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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by MacDonald, Philip
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Collins White Circle Pocket Edition #228. Great 1940s cover! Colonel Anthony Gethryn must prove a man innocent of a murder he's been convicted for in only 5 days. MacDonald was a great practitioner of the mystery-suspense genre; his books remain readable, even if his characters are nowhere near as enlightened as we tend to be today. Please read this volume in its historical context. A very clean copy, spine slightly darkened with very faint reading crease: see photos.
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Black Cherry Blues
by Burke, James Lee
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- 9780316116992 / 0316116998
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1989. Near Fine in Very Good jacket Remainder A Dave Robicheaux mystery, Edgar Award winner npc, 290pp. rem po inscription on front pastedown, behind dj flap. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Fine. Remainder. First Edition
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