Detective Fiction from Charles Agvent
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THE LATER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
by DOYLE, Arthur Conan
- Condition
- Used - Slight marks to one spine. Near Fine in intact, Very Good slipcase
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- 1952
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£252.62
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Slight marks to one spine. Near Fine in intact, Very Good slipcase. Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget, and others. Three octavo volumes (6" x 9-1/8") bound in gilt-stamped quarter black linen and wall-paper sides with a cameo decoration reproducing the section of the wall over the mantel in Mrs. Hudson's chambers… Read more about this item Item Price
£252.62
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES with THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
by DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan
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- Used - The ADVENTURES has a previous owner's name in ink dated 1892 on the front endpaper, scattered light foxing, hinges cracked with
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1892 and 1894
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£7,578.75
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London: George Newnes Limited, 1892 and 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. The ADVENTURES has a previous owner's name in ink dated 1892 on the front endpaper, scattered light foxing, hinges cracked with the front cover a little loose and a couple of places in the text where there is some separation and looseness of the signatures; some moderate rubbing to… Read more about this item Item Price
£7,578.75
THE "CANARY" MURDER CASE. A PHILO VANCE STORY
by VAN DINE, S. S
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- Used - Owner name in ink dated 1927 on front endpaper. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with an inch chip to the head of the spine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1927
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£353.68
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name in ink dated 1927 on front endpaper. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with an inch chip to the head of the spine. First printing of the second Philo Vance mystery, a Haycraft-Queen cornerstone, in the second state dustwrapper.
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£353.68
CAT OF MANY TAILS
by QUEEN, Ellery
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- Used - Near Fine in an attractive Very Good dustwrapper with light edgewear and minor chipping to the head of the spine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1949
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£151.58
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in an attractive Very Good dustwrapper with light edgewear and minor chipping to the head of the spine. Ellery Queen's subtle attack on his longest and most complicated case to date developed out of a baffling series of murders in New York City." An Advance Review Copy… Read more about this item Item Price
£151.58
THE BISHOP MURDER CASE. A PHILO VANCE STORY
by VAN DINE, S. S
- Condition
- Used - Bookplate on front pastedown with date in ink below it: May 1929. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with a small chip to the
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1929
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£252.62
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate on front pastedown with date in ink below it: May 1929. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with a small chip to the head of the spine and rubbing to the rear panel. First printing of the fourth Philo Vance mystery.
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£252.62
A DOUBLE BARRELLED DETECTIVE STORY
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
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- Used - Small leather bookplate on the front pastedown with offsetting to the endpaper. Small tear to the top of the spine.Old dampstain
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1902
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£126.35
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New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Small leather bookplate on the front pastedown with offsetting to the endpaper. Small tear to the top of the spine.Old dampstain to lower spine with gutters of some pages affected. Very Good. Lucius Hitchcock. Decorated red cloth. BAL 3471: State A of the front pastedown and the… Read more about this item Item Price
£126.35
![THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD WILSON AND THE COMEDY [OF] THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/932/068/1288068932.0.m.jpg)
THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD'NHEAD WILSON AND THE COMEDY [OF] THOSE EXTRAORDINARY TWINS
by TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel]
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- Used - Owner name on front endpaper; slightest bit of rubbing to spine ends and bottom edge, otherwise an unusually tight, bright copy.
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1894
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,515.75
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Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name on front endpaper; slightest bit of rubbing to spine ends and bottom edge, otherwise an unusually tight, bright copy. Fine. Publisher's decorated rust brown cloth. With all first printing points described in BAL 3442. Profusely illustrated in the margins. Notable of course for its very early use of… Read more about this item Item Price
£1,515.75
ANOTHER PART OF THE CITY
by McBAIN, Ed
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1986)
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£20.21
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New York: The Mysterious Press, (1986). First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Uncorrected proof in light blue wraps with a dustwrapper printed on the front cover and spine only laid in.
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£20.21
THE HUNTED
by LEONARD, Elmore
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- Used - Slight crease to lower front corner. About Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1986)
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£25.30
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New York: The Mysterious Press, (1986). First Edition. Wraps. Slight crease to lower front corner. About Fine. Uncorrected proof in orange wraps of this reissue of a book first published in 1977.
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£25.30
PASTIME
by PARKER,, Robert B
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1991)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£25.30
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1991). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page.
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£25.30
THE TORCH PASSES
by DUNNING, John
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1995)
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£10.10
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[Huntington Beach, CA]: (James Cahill), (1995). First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Second printing in printed wraps (5 3/8" by 8"). SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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£10.10
CAT'S PAW
by PRONZINI, Bill
- Condition
- Used - Fine, issued without a dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1983
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£75.83
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Richmond, VA: Waves Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, issued without a dustwrapper. Of 150 copies printed, this is one of 50 unnumbered copies bound in cloth and SIGNED by both the author and the binder.
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£75.83
THE ANAGRAM DETECTIVES
by SCHIER, Norma
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£75.83
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New York: The Mysterious Press, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. An anthology of detective fiction with the writers' names in anagram. Introduction by Stanley Ellin. Original unbound sheets with a photocopy of a note from the publisher stating that this is one of 8 sets of unbound, folded, and gathered signatures to be used for review purposes.… Read more about this item Item Price
£75.83
GHOSTS
by AUSTER, Paul
- Condition
- Used - Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1986)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£1,010.50
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Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, (1986). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. The second volume of his New York trilogy. This is copy "D" of only 26 lettered copies SIGNED by the author on the colophon page.
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£1,010.50
THE HORN OF ROLAND
by PETERS, Ellis
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- Used - Few dings to boards, foxing to bulked edges of text. Very Good in a Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Published
- 1974
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£25.30
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New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1974. First American Edition. Few dings to boards, foxing to bulked edges of text. Very Good in a Fine dustwrapper.
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£25.30
SKINWALKERS
by HILLERMAN, Tony
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- Used - Crease to lower rear cover; foxing to bulked text edges. Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1986)
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£15.20
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New York: Harper & Row, (1986). First Edition. Wraps. Crease to lower rear cover; foxing to bulked text edges. Near Fine. Advance Reading Copy in pictorial wraps.
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£15.20
TALKING GOD
by HILLERMAN, Tony
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- Used - Very slight spotting to bulked text edges. About Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1989)
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£15.20
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New York: Harper & Row, (1989). First Edition. Wraps. Very slight spotting to bulked text edges. About Fine. Advance Reading Copy in pictorial wraps.
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£15.20
THE DEVIL'S NOVICE
by PETERS, Ellis
- Condition
- Used - Foxing to bulked text edges, otherwise close to Fine in a Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£45.51
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Foxing to bulked text edges, otherwise close to Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. The Eighth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael.
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£45.51
TALKING GOD
by HILLERMAN, Tony
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1989)
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£25.30
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New York: Harper & Row, (1989). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. SIGNED on the first blank by Hillerman.
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£25.30
IN THE ELECTRIC MIST WITH CONFEDERATE DEAD
by BURKE, James Lee
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- (1993)
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- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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£25.30
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New York: Hyperion, (1993). First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Advance Reading Copy in printed wraps of this title which had a first printing of 75,000 copies.
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£25.30
