Search Results: Mystery & Detective Fiction from Granny Goose Books

London: Michael Joseph, 1963. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean without marks. The front free end pages has been neatly removed by a former owner, leaving a 2cm edge. The paper covering the front hinge has cracked, but the binding itself is intact. The top edge of the text block has darkened. The black covers are clean and unmarked, with just a bit of wear at tips and corners. The jacket is price-clipped, but is otherwise in very good condition again with light wear at corners. The attached scan gives a better idea of condition. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good -. 8.5 x 5.75. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The blue covers are fresh, with minor wear at edges and corners. The silver gilt spine lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is not price-clipped (shows $4.95 price) and is also in very good condition, with light wear only. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: Laura Denning, a famous American mystery writer, emerges from total amnesia to find that she is suspected of murder. A Scotland Yard detective is assigned to the case, and together they return to Royalties, her country home, to investigate.

London: Macmillan, 1985. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with no marks or signs of wear. The dark green covers are fresh, with few signs of use or wear. The silver gilt lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and is also in excellent condition, with no chips tears or wear. This is a lovely copy, in near "as new" condition. Synopsis: Hooky is ordered by his dominating aunt to go to the small Cotsworld village of Barwold, to investigate the situation of the young daughter of a friend. The girl is a wrong-un, and falls victim to a local serial killer, which leads Hooky into an investigation he had tried to avoid.

London: Constable, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is clean and crisp, with no marks or wear. The black covers are fresh, with minor wear at tips and corners. The gilt lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and is also in very good condition, again with minor wear. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover and looks very attractive. Synopsis: "On a warm June afternoon in 1894, Dorset-bred Sergeant Bragg and his aristocratic colleague Constable Morton, of the City of London police, were called to the scene of a gruesome, premeditated murder. The body of a middle-aged man lay prone on his office floor; his head was twisted unnaturally to one side; his throat had been cut. The investigation uncovers a contentious will, the desecration of a churchyard, a bastard offspring, a missing employee; while over all lies the shadow of an age-old family feud".

London: Faber & Faber, 1955. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Good/Good. This is an ex-library copy, with all the expected marks and additions. However, the text is clean and complete, and the dust jacket makes a good first impression. A very decent reading copy, but no more. Synopsis: "Gordon Stewart had started a detective agency which turned out to be a complete failure. he was just about to give it up when he found himself involved in a mysterious job -- and far more closely involved than he had intended.

London: Ward Lock & Co., 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean. There is a former owner's name on the free front end paper, but no other marks or wear. The red cloth covers are fresh, with just a bit of wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is not clipped, and is in very good minus condition, with light edgewear (but no tears or damage), and some handling visible on the white background. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover and looks very attractive. Synopsis: "When Steve Silk, American private eye, turns up without warning at the lakeside holiday camp in Ireland, his friend Jimmy (who is trying to write a book about Sir Roger Casement) suffers mixed feelings; he is pleased to see him, but fears his peace will be disturbed.. But even Jimmy did not foresee that murder was to follow so quickly".

Ottawa: Sunnybrae Books, 1984. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The author has signed the title page. The red paper covers are also in very good condition, with light wear, and one folded corner on the back cover. Synopsis: Mark Baldwin investigates the murder of an Ottawa health store owner during a package tour of China. The author was a prize-winning journalist with the Ottawa Journal.

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1941. Hardcover. Fair/Poor. This book has been part of a circulating library, and has significant condition problems. The text pages of the book are clean and tight, with some reading wear. The front fixed end paper has a library card pocket and several ink numbers. A brown outline of the pocket has transferred to the free end paper. Tthe the red top-stain on the text block is spotted. The grey cloth covers are clean, with light wear overall, and heavier wear to the top and bottom of the spine. The dust jacket has been price-clipped, and shows heavy wear to the spine, including several rips and missing paper at the bottom. The attached scans should give a better idea of condition.

London: Macmillan, 1969. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8 x 5.25. Thse interior of the book is crisp and clean. There is a small rough patch on the free front end paper, presumably where a former owner's name has been erased, but there are no other marks or wear. The red cloth covers are fresh, with no wear or damage. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and has only minor wear. A lovely copy. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: When Wing Commander Pitt was murdered by Blackadder, one of South Africa's most successful and mysterious criminals, Britannia Pitt decides to go after her father's killer

London: Eyre Methuen, 1977. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book looks almost new. The interior is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The black covers are fresh, and the silver gilt spine lettering still bright. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and shows only a hint of wear. A very nice copy. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: The search for Captain Kidd's fabulous treasure is on and Blackstone, the Bow Street Runner, follows the trail from London's underworld to the raw, exciting city of New York. Once again he finds himself working on both sides of the law, with allies and enemies alike amongst criminals and the police force. Despite the help of Fanny Campbell, the odds against hime are enormous, but then so is the possible reward -- the treasure

New York: Macmillan, 1954. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is a stated first edition. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The grey covers are clean, with light bumps to the top and bottom of the spine, and some mild fading along the top. The dust jacket is clipped, but the original price of $2.75 is still visible. The jacket is also in VG condition, with light wear overall, some chips missing from the top and bottom of the spine, and some handling visible on the back panel. The jacket is now in a protective plastic cover, and looks very attractive. Scans are available on request. Synopsis: Masked intruders break into the photography studio of Dennis Mallory. Anne, his wife, was killed for no apparent reason, and Mallory was blinded. Refusing to accept either her death or his own blindness, Mallory tracks down the killers.

London: Methuen, 1932. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The interior of the book is fresh and clean. There is a series of dates on the rear free end paper, but no other marks. The black cloth covers are in good condtion, with moderate wear generally, and discolouration to the spine. In this condition, a tidy and respectable reading copy only.

London: Macmillan, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The grey covers are fresh, with a touch of wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket has been price-clipped, but is otherwise in excellent condition, and has been put into a protective mylar cover.

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2004. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. This is a first printing of the first edition, with a complete number line. The book looks new. The interior is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The black covers are fresh, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. The gilt spine lettering is bright. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and is also in excellent condition, with no marks or wear. A very nice copy, suitable for collectors. The dust jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: "Phryne Fisher, her sister Beth, lover Lin Chung, and her faithful maid Dot, decide that Luna Park is the place for an afternoon of fun and excitement with Phryne's two daughters, Ruth and Jane. But in the dusty dark Ghost Train, amidst the squeals of horror and delight, a mummified, bullet-studded corpse falls to the ground in front of them. Phryne's pleasure trip has definitely become business.

London: Collins, 1944. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. The interior of the book is clean and complete. The paper is lightly tanned, and a former owner has added his library stamps to the fixed front and rear end papers as well as the title page. The purple cloth covers show moderate wear and fading at the edges. The dust jacket is in Poor condition, with wear and serious paper loss at the top and bottom of the spine. The attached scan should give a better idea of condition. Synopsis: "Norman Conquest starts his latest adventure on a windswept moorland road in Yorkshire where he is fortunately able to render some assistance to a very attractive girl cyclist, who has met with an accident. The girl turns out to be the daughter of an earl and when Norman drives her home to the nearby parental castle he finds her father and irascible old nobleman, just the sort of characters who arouses his interest. Obviously there is something far wrong in the castle . with a mysterious west wing info… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This is a stated first edition. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The blue and brown covers are fresh, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. The dust jacket is price-clipped, but is otherwise in excellent condition, with minor wear. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: John Dryden, a young graduate student, unexpectedly recieves a job offer from a Midwestern university, at a very good salary indeed, cataloguing the university's McNeill papers. Since McNeill was a modern poet, and Dryden's specialty is the 17th century, he hesitates -- briefly -- before accepting the offer. On arrival, he finds out that McNeill was a much-disliked man, and that his suicide might actually have been a murder.

Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1988. Soft cover. Very Good. This book looks new. The interior is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The pictorial paper covers are bright, with just a touch of wear at tips and corners. A very nice copy. Contents: -- Comedy and the British crime novel, by H.R.F. Keating; -- Laughing with the corpses: hard-boiled humour, by Frederick Isaac; -- What fun! : detection as diversion, by Elaine Bander; -- Farcial worlds of crime, by Earl F. Bargainnier; -- The comic village, by Mary Jean DeMarrr; -- Crime and comedy on campus, by Wister Cook; -- Guises and disguises of the eccentric amateur detective, by Jane S. Bakerman; -- The little old ladies, by Neysa Chouteau & Martha Alderson; -- The comic in the canon: what's funny about Sherlock Holmes? by Barrie Hayne; -- The comic capers of Donald Westlake, by Michael Dunne; -- Is it or isn't is? the duality of parodic detective fiction, by Lizabeth Paravisini &… Read More

London: Constable, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or wear. The black cover is fresh, showing a light bump to the top of the spine, but no wear else. The silver gilt spine lettering is still bright. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, and shows little or no wear. The jacket is now in a protective plastic cover, and looks most attractive. Synopsis: "Pemberton is first on the scene when a young man loses control of his bright red sports car and crashes into a ditch. As Pemberton and his fellow passengers reach the wreck of the car, the driver is still alive -- just. And when the injured man sees that Mark Pemberton is accompanied by a priest he becomes extremely agitated. With his dying breath, the driver confesses to a murder".

London: Gollancz, 1974. Second Impression . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, with no marks or wear. The red covers are fresh, with just a touch of wear. The dust jacket is not price-clipped and is in excellent condition, looking almost new. The jacket is now in a protective mylar cover. Synopsis: Set in the Northern Pennines of England. Detective Inspector Page of Scotland Yard investigation of Jack-the-Ripper-type murders of prostitutes starts in London, but ends in an idealistic green community near Stenekld.

New York: Burt / Blue Ribbon Books. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. The interior of the book is clean and tight. The paper has darkened somewhat, but there are no marks or damage. The red covers are clean, with light wear overall, and heavier wear and rubs at edges and corners. Sadly, there is no dust jacket.This is a tidy reading copy, but no more. Synopsis: A Philip Tolefree/Inspector Pierce mystey. "Two sets of footprints were the first clues Mr. Tolefree had to the Netherminster murder -- though he didn't realize their significance at the time. That evening he met the limping man who must have been responsible for one set. And within three hours he heard about the murder. The case was a puzzling one. There were, ti seemed, all sorts of queer people wandering around Netherminster. There were the lovely Frances Pitt, wife of the murdered man; Gorran, the dry lawyer; Noss, the sailor, whose memory was sometimes good and sometimes bad; Ashe, a little cockney who was quick with his legs and… Read More