Search Results: Mystery/Detective/Crime from Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB

London: Nicholson & Watson, 1944. - pseudonomous spy thriller involving the detection of a German spy cell on Black Down - His rare first book - Fine / fine dust jacket - price increase sticker, faintly dusty on white rear panel, but otherwise fresh & crispy - Hubin notes it as pseudonomous, but undisclosed.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Quartet Crime, 1981. first edition - first book - SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at publication - July 1981 - fine in fine dj - . Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macdonald, 1955. 1st edition. Uncorrected proofs bound in plain brown paper, publishers proof stamp on front wrap, with projected price inked on. Minor age toneing else about fine. Rare - from back in the day when proofs were meaningful.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Harper & Row, 1966. 1st edition. 2nd 'Virgil Tibbs' novel; the character being the basis of the TV series, 'In the Heat of the Night.' The previous book being the basis for the fine Norman Jewison film that won five Oscars. * 2nd mystery set in a nudist colony - Fine copy in fine dust jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Constable & Co., 1981. 1st edition. Bibliomystery concerning the savage murder of a successful romantic novelist in Suffolk - Very fine / very fine dust jacket. Scarce in the British edition. This copy signed by the author.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Severn House, 1979. - Soviet cold war thriller - KGB - CIA - first hardcover edition of the Sphere pocketbook ed. - vg in vg dj, vertical crease on front flap else very nice, near fine.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, Eng.: Allison & Busby, 1986. - beautiful copy in crisp dj without nick or tear - [ not quite perfect, faint surface rub to the black patina ] of this " caper " novel.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., 1939. - (Not in Hubin) - hard-boiled crime novel surrounding the tough world of the 1930's long distance trucking, with dirty tricks, the murder of rivals, etc. - Very good in very good pictorial dust jacket - chipped at spine tips, a one inch tall narrow chip at spine edge, but a great pictorial dj depicting a man & a tough woman, wearing a beret, tying the hands of rival trucker in front of a big rig - scan / photos available - Very scarce.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Don Mills, Ontario: Collier MacMillan Canada, 1985. Toronto: Collier Macmillan, 1985. 1st edition. Inscribed to his daughter & her boyfriend Pete. Fine in fine price-clipped dust jacket. - his third detective novel set in a small Muskoka town on Rosseau Lake. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Copp Clark Co., 1933. - first Canadian edition, in the Coleman dj depicting menacing natives from the Indo-China jungle - a novel with crimineous elements, adventure .. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ralph Pallen Coleman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984. 1st edition. 2nd mystery. Inscribed * to his daughter; with a reference to Reid's German shepherd, 'Sam'. 'To Anne, my daughter who trained 'Sam' & has always been a delight & to Pete who is a good guy,; Ted Wood.' - fine / in fine price-clipped dust jacket -great family association that includes references to the book itself - set in a fictional Moskoka town, vg police procedural novel.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Macmillan Co., 1979. 1st edition. *1st book by mystery writer, L. R. Wright. - fine in fine dj.- see scans.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1981. first edition - SIGNED AND INSCRIBED IN THE YEAR OF PUB. TO TORONTO FRIEND AND AUTHOR - DOUG FETHERLING - Sleuth of BS reception for release and party card - laid in - very fine in very fine dj .. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Pan Books , 1982. - the first Canadian edition, was issued as a paperback original here, no hardbound issue - rarely found signed - the title page reads " Hi ! Dick Francis " - tiny tics down the list of titles indicating the titles the former owner had read o/w a very nearly fine copy in pictoral wraps .. Signed by Author. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. 1st edition. 3rd Dido Hoare bibliomystery - London bookseller gets offered Her Majesty's private library - Fine / fine dust jacket. - Canadian author, the X of Antiquarian bookdealer - the crusty Erik Korn. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. 1st edition. 3rd Dido Hoare bibliomystery - London bookseller gets offered Her Majesty's private library. Signed by the author. Fine / fine dust jacket, like new copy - Canadian author, the X of Antiquarian bookdealer - the crusty Erik Korn. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1976. - Shapiro and Cook and death of a right wing journalist - little offset on ep's else fine, dj small tear minor use.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: M. Evans & Co, 1975. 1st edition. * Inscribed & * signed by Westlake. Very good in very good dust jacket with a repaired sticker scar on the front cover; bright & fresh at the spine.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1966. - Siragusa, a Federal narc infiltrated world-wide Mafia gangs to track down heroin, cocaine, & marihuana smugglers and told his story to crime writter Robert Wiedrich - this copy is inscribed by Siragusa to Fred Leach " Assistant Attorney General, our former Chief Council, a helluva fine lawyer, and my dear friend " Springfield Illinois, Feb. 12, 1967 - nice presentation to someone involved in both the book and the case itself - extensive glossary of underworld slang / jargon at the end - fine in good to vg dj, fading and wear at spine.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Constable & Co.,, 1936. 1st edition. The sequel to "Trent's last Case" - also a Golf mystery - faint spine fade else a fine copy without dust jacket, - spine & covers have the distinctive typographic sense of many other Constable books of it's day.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.