Search Results: Mystery Anthology

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: William Morrow & Co, 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Hardcover, ex-library. William Morrow, first edition, 2004. In very good condition, usual library markings. Sixteen stories about a charm bracelet and it's life..

Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Hardcover. Barnes & Noble, 1999, first. In very good condition, some light soiling on outside edges of book pages. Includes Antonia Fraser, P M Hubbard, Michael Innes, Bill Knox, and Robert Louis Stevenson, among others..

Due to a developing spine break near the middle of the book (see photo #2), this volume is being offered at half price.

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Lillian O'Donnell:
O'Donnell created three detective series, the longest running being the Nora Mulcahaney series, with 17 books. O'Donnell published about 35 books over a 35 year career. Thisis the thirdof three in the Mici Anhalt series.Helen McCloy:

Helen McCloy was a journalist who transitioned into a writer. She published fifteen novels, of which Thirteen were in her Basil Willing series. A short story collection was published ten years after her death in 1993.… Read More

Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press. NF. 1989. 1st Printing. Trade Paperpback. First paperback printing. 6" x 9" trade paperback bound in pictorial wrappers. Near Fine condition. Dusting to the edges of the lower page block. Light rubs to the corners. An anthology including stories by Er ic Wright, Peter Robinson, Peter Sellers, and others. .

Oakville, ON: Mosaic Press. NF. 1991. 1st Printing. Trade Paperpback. First paperback printing. 6" x 9" trade paperback bound in pictorial wrappers. Near Fine condition. Dusting to the edges of the lower page block. Light rubs to the corners. An anthology including stories by Ch arlotte MacLeod, L.B. Greenwood, Peter Sellers, and others. .

This book is being offered at a 30% discount because there are two weak spots where the binding could fail if not handled carefully. The first is between pages 116 and 117 in the first story and the second is at pages 156-57 on the third story.The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Mary McMullen
Part of a family of mystery writers, McMillen wrote 19 mystery novels without ever resorting to a series formula. Her mother was Helen Reilly and her sister was Ursula Curliss. McMullen died in 1986.Victor Canning:
A prolific writer in the mystery genre, Canning didn't do too much with recurring characters. He had three short series,… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Forge, 2002. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition.. Trade paperback. Forge, 2002, first edition. In very good condition. Stories by Larence Block, Jeffery Deaver, Ed McBain, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Perry, Nancy Pickard, Ruth Rendell, and may more..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. W W Norton, first, 1987. In very good condition, front fly leaf removed, stamped on top and bottom of outside pages "Not for resale." Detective tales by Josef Skvorecky. Translated by Rosemary Kavan, Kaca Polackova, and George Theiner. Czechoslovakian tales..

Toronto, ON, Canada: Insomniac Press, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Trade paperback. Insomniac Press, 2001. In near fine condition. If you're looking for foggy, dimly lit alleys echoing with the click-clack of a dame's high heeled shoes, where a mook stiffs you for a drink, and where a glance can kill, look no further. An anthology of short stories..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Prime Crime, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Hardcover, ex-library. Berkley Prime Crime, first, 2004. In near fine condition, minimal library markings. All new Dickens-inspired mystery stories..

New York, NY: Akashic Books, 2007. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Trade paperback. Very good condition. Includes stories by Michael Connelly, Robert Ferrigno, Patt Morrison, Janet Fitch, Susan Straight, Neal Pollack, and more..

Due to a tear in the cover at the lower front edge of the spine, visible in the picture, this volume is being offered at a 20% discount.
The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Willard Scott, with Bill Crider:
Famous as the long-time weatherman on the Today Show, not to mention being the first Ronald McDonald and one of many to play Bozo the Clown, Scott is also an author. Scott has written six works of nonfiction and two mysteries (with Bill Crider). These mystyeries, reasonably, involve a crime solving weatherman. Now 86, Scott is retired to Florida, a place with lots of weather. (Crider, an author of nearly 70 books in his… Read More

Time has not been altogether kind to this one, so I am offering it at a 20% discount. The cover is a bit soiled, and a small hole has been poked into the cover on the spine. There are a couple places inside where the binding is weak as well.

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Dorothy Salisbury Davis:
Dorothy S. Davis wrote 23 novels, plus many short stories. She was named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. Along with mysteries, she wrote a few novels of historical fiction. Her two recurring sleuths were Mrs. Norris and Julie Hayes. This is the second of four Julie Hayes novels. Davis died in 2014.Donald E.… Read More

This book has a weak spot in the binding. Nothing is loose, but if it isn't handled with care, a break could develop. I am discounting this book by 16.6% because of this.The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Hammond Innes:
Innes wrote 37 mysteries and thrillers, some under the alternative pen name of Ralph Hammond. He also published six nonfiction books. Innes died in 1998.Barbara Michaels:
This is another pseudonym used by Barbara Mertz, better known as Elizabeth Peters. As Michaels, she is known for Gothic and supernatural thrillers. Mertz wrote 29 novels as Michaels, 39 as Peters, and one nonfiction book under her real… Read More

Due to a small collections of stains on the cover, this edition from the DBC is being offered at a small discount.

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Mignon G. Eberhart:

American writer of mysteries, suspense and romance, Eberhart had one series, featuring sleuth Sarah Keate, with a total of seven books published between 1929 and 1954. She also wrote 53 non-series novels, the last published in 1988, when she was 89 years old. Eberhart died in 1996. Michael Kirk:
Pen name of Bill Knox

Knox wrote under his own name and three pen names. He wrote two detective series under his own name, the Thane and Moss series (25… Read More

NY: Davis Publications. VG+. 1977. 1st Printing. Hardcover. First printing of this two volume set bound in faux red leather with g ilt binding. VG+ copies. Former owner's address labels are on front an d rear endpapers. Name is stamped on the edges of the lower page block s. Volume II's front fly leaf has rubbing from a book plate that has b een removed. The two volume set includes stories by Freeman Wills Crof ts, Philip MacDonald, Edgar Wallace, Earl Derr Biggers, Dashiell Hamme tt, Rex Stout, John Dickson Carr, and others. Shipping weight is four pounds. Additional shipping charges will apply. .

NY: Harper & Row, Publishers. NF. 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good, price-clipped d ust jacket. Fading to the upper edges of the book's covers. Light wear at the upper edges of the dust jacket's panels and at the head of its spine. Small edge tear at the front panel's lower edge. Stories by Le wis Padgett, Ambrose Bierce, Ray Bradbury, Agatha Christie, and others . .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. G. 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition bound in black cloth with red blocking. A Good co py. Rubs, frays, and tiny bumps to the book's corners. Rubbing to the spine tips. Some dusting to the covers. An anthology featuring the bes t stories published in Ellery Queen's magazine in its first four years . Includes stories by Agatha Christie, John Dickson Carr, C.S. Foreste r, Simenon, and others. No dust jacket. .

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Martha Grimes:
Grimes is one of the few authors still producing the traditional British detective novel. Her main hero is Richard Jury of Scotland Yard, who has appeared in twenty five darkly humorous novels thus far. Grimes has produced ten other novels, including two short series, one collection of short stories, and one work of nonfiction. This is the ninth novel in the Richard Jury series. The Jury series first appeared in 1981 and the most recent was released in 2019.Susan Dunlap:

Californian Susan Dunlap has published 25 novels and three collections of short stories. She writes in… Read More

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:Hugh Pentecost:
A pen name of Judson Philips, a man of many detectives. Under both names, Philips published over 100 books, most of which were in one of eight different series. The largest series featured Pierre Chambrun with 23 books. In spite of all these series, almost a quarter of his books were stand-alone novels. Murder round the Clock is a collection of thirteen short stories involving Pierre Chambrun.Jonathan Gash:

Gash, a doctor of tropical medicine, also wrote under the names John Grant and Graham Gaunt. He had two detective series, one consisting of five books featuring… Read More