Search Results: Vintage Paperbacks / Mystery from Hang Fire Books

1961. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust jacket. This book is very light, and shipping will be upgraded to first class mail.. Paperback Original. Size: 4.25" x 6.25". 190 pages. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (An Original Nightstand Book NB 1546) Paperback Original. Vintage pulp paperback with colorful painted cover (likely Bonfils or Harold McCauley). Early novel written pseudonymously by Lawrence Block. Cover copy reads: "The girl of his dreams was a gold plated nightmare" / Unread or gently read condition. Light bumping to corners. Some staining to top edge of spine. Slight bend to top corner. Very faint damp stain to to corner of 1st 30-40 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 023405. BZDB373 Sleaze, vintage paperback, 1960s GGA Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Andrew Shaw (pseudonym of: Lawrence Block) $20 Lust

Hollywood, CA, 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (Chartered Collection 21) Vintage digest paperback. Paperback Original, First Edition. Collects seven Black Mask stories: "Black"; "Red 71"; "Parlor Trick"; "One, Two, Three"; "Murder In Blue"; "Pigeon Blood"; "Pineapple". Cover bright but shows a reading crease near spine, a long diagonal crease near the bottom edge and short (closed) splits to head and foot of front hinge. Some chipping to the bottom corner and fore-edge of textblock. Some wrinkling and a slight bend to spine. Pages lightly edge-tanned but supple. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 020030. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Paul Cain 7 (Seven) Slayers

Philadelphia, PA, 1943. Paperback. Good/No Dust jacket. Size: 10.75" x 14". Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Tabloid-size full-length novel reprint for the Sunday edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer during wartime WWII. The publication is 20 page. with 3 columns of text. There are 4 two-color full-page illustrations (including the cover), 1 half -page black and white, and the back cover is a full page ad for the Detective book Club. The cover states "Gold Seal Novel, Complete in this Issue" (Though that doesn't necessarily mean unabridged). Some age tanning and chipping to edges. Some tears to pages edged (approx 1 inch) Illustrator: Harry Weinert. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 pounds. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 012424. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Harry Weinert Cornell Woolrich Black Alibi (Gold Seal Novel, presented by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, July 11th, 1943)

1975. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Bookstore inkstamp on inside cover, otherwise text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Paperback Original. Bond-era spy thriller series with a dame in a catsuit (think Black Widow or G.I. Joe's The Baroness). Unread or gently read. Cover glossy. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; ISBN: 0671779621. Inventory No: 029946. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Unbranded ISBN: 0671779621 Paul Kenyon (pseudonym of Donald Moffitt) Black Gold (The Baroness #8)

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

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. Numerous (mostly faint creases) to cover, 1/3" chip from head of spine. Spine creased but square and solid. Back cover shows light soiling and one heavily thumbed/rubbed spot near spine. Binding has been professionally repaired using archival materials. A few pages show speckling and foxing. Numerous images available upon request. 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." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 013960. BZDB373… Read More

New York, NY, 1945. Soft Cover. Good/No Dust jacket. (Popular Library 201) Vintage paperback mystery. Grave-robbing cover. Ghost hunt, paranormal themes. Cover is glossy but some chipping, rubbing and creasing to edges. Some fading/image loss to top edge of spine. Binding slightly cocked but solid. Pages edge-toned but supple. Illustrator: Rudolph Belarski. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 029949. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Rudolph Belarski Unbranded Medora Field Blood on Her Shoe

1945. Soft Cover. Very Good Condition/No Dust jacket. First Paperback Edition. Size: 5.25" x 7.5". 120 pages. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (Prize Mystery Novels No. 15). Vintage digest paperback.. An uncommon mystery novel. A Southern Gothic mystery about an evangelist assassinated by a silver bullet. / Extremely bright. Binding slightly cocked. Slight bumping to corners. Pages supple. Binding square and solid Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Inventory No: 028406. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Vance Randolph & Nancy Clemens The Camp-Meeting Murders

New York, NY, 1951. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust jacket. First Thus. 128 pages. (Popular Library 387). Attractive, vintage mass market/pocket paperback with colorful painted cover art. Wartime novel. American G.I. in Italy. Italian setting. / Bright, glossy cover with faint reading=crease near spine and small bumps and nicks to edges. Binding solid. Pages edge-tanned but supple. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Inventory No: 030241. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Unbranded Robert Lowry Casualty

New York, NY, 1951. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good Condition/No Dust jacket. First Thus. 192 pages. (Popular Library 365). Attractive, vintage mass market/pocket paperback with colorful painted cover art. Africa, Rhodesia, mining colonial-era setting. / Bright, glossy cover with faint reading-crease near spine and small bumps and nicks to edges. Binding solid. Pages slightly edge-tanned but supple. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Inventory No: 030242. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Unbranded Nigel Sligh Copperbelt

1955. Softcover. Very Good Condition. This book is very light, and shipping will be upgraded to first class mail.. Second Printing. Size: 4" x 7". 158 pages. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Lion Library LL-55. Vintage hard-boiled mystery paperback with colorful Robert Maguire painted cover art. Cover copy reads: "Cabin Girl, Town Girl, Wife and Wanton" / Cover is bright showing a reading-crease near spine and small bumping creasing to corners. Pages faintly edge tanned, but supple. Binding square and solid. Illustrator: Robert Maguire. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Inventory No: 025277. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Robert Maguire Ward Greene Cora Potts

Philadelphia, PA, 1942. Paperback. Good/No Dust jacket. Size: 10.75" x 14". Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Tabloid-size full-length novel reprint for the Sunday edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer during wartime WWII. Cover portrays Nazi paratrooper. Several original 2-color illustrations unique to this presentation. / Some toning and chipping to edges. Issue was stapled together with several other volumes of the series. Staples have been carefully extracted but the are numerous staple holes along the spine. Illustrator: Henry C. Pitz. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 pounds. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 019380. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Henry C. Pitz Martin Flavin Corporal Cat (Gold Seal Novel, presented by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, February 22, 1942)

., 1956. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. This book is very light, and shipping will be upgraded to first class mail.. Paperback Original. Size: 4" x 7". 174 pages. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Gold Medal 605. Vintage hard-boiled mystery paperback with colorful painted cover art. Cover copy reads: "Meet Francy--a lush flower of a girl who bloomed on men--and on murder." / Cover is bright with some creasing near spine and to corners. Pages faintly edge tanned, but supple. Text block a bit uneven showing some cover pullback. Binding solid. Illustrator: Mitchell Hooks. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Inventory No: 025260. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Mitchell Hooks Frank Castle Dead--and Kicking

1974. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Paperback Original. Bond-era spy thriller series with a dame in a catsuit (think Black Widow or G.I. Joe's The Baroness). Unread or gently read. Cover glossy. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Slight sun-fading to spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; ISBN: 0671777289. Inventory No: 029941. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Unbranded ISBN: 0671777289 Paul Kenyon (pseudonym of Donald Moffitt) Death is a Ruby Light (The Baroness #3)

1974. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Paperback Original. Bond-era spy thriller series with a dame in a catsuit (think Black Widow or G.I. Joe's The Baroness). Unread or gently read. Cover glossy. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; ISBN: 0671779044. Inventory No: 029942. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Unbranded ISBN: 0671779044 Paul Kenyon (pseudonym of Donald Moffitt) Diamonds Are for Dying (The Baroness #2)

1955. Softcover. Good Condition. This book is very light, and shipping will be upgraded to first class mail.. Size: 4" x 7". 223 pages. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Avon T-111 (previously published as: Night and the City) Vintage hard-boiled mystery paperback with colorful painted cover art. Cover copy reads: "A Savage Man in the Cockney Jungle" / Cover shows a 1/2" chip from top edge, a reinforced bend/split to corner, some bumping/chipping to corners and two small paint spots to edges of text block.. Pages edge tanned, but supple. Binding square and solid. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Inventory No: 025268. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Gerald Kersh Dishonor

New York, NY, 1952. First paperback. Soft Cover. Good/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (Popular Library 424) Attractive, vintage mass market/pocket paperback with colorful Good Girl GGA Belarski painted cover art. Cover bright but showing a few long creases. Short (closed) splits to spine ends and moderate bumping to corners. Ink stamp and date to 1st page "The Fireside, Sept 1958". Some tape reaidue near spine of 1st two pages from attempted repair (tape removed). Binding has been professionally restored using archival materials. Binding square and solid. Illustrator: Rudolph Belarski. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 015379. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Rudolph Belarski George Hopley (aka: Cornell Woolrich; William Irish) Fright

New York, NY, 1949. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Good/No Dust jacket. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (Dell Mapback 295) Dell mapback with attractive painted cover image. 3" sliver cut from lower corner (box cutter slip?). Coer lightly toned/soiled. Bumping to corners. Long but faint diagonal crease and some rubbing chipping to spine. Pages lightly edge-tanned but supple. Binding square and solid. Previous owner's name inked on fly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory No: 020992. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Helen McCloy The Goblin Market

1974. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Text unmarked. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Paperback Original. Bond-era spy thriller series with a dame in a catsuit (think Black Widow or G.I. Joe's The Baroness). Unread or gently read. Cover glossy. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; ISBN: 0671779184. Inventory No: 029943. BZDB373 Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery ; Unbranded ISBN: 0671779184 Paul Kenyon (pseudonym of Donald Moffitt) Hard-core Murder (The Baroness #4)

1953. First Edition. Paperback. Good/No Dust jacket. This book is very light, and shipping will be upgraded to first class mail.. Text unmarked . Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. (Beacon B130) Paperback Original. First publication of "Wild Wives" ("High Priest..." Was originally published ias a digest). Double novel. Good Girl GGA painted cover. Willeford misspelled as "Williford" on front cover but correct on title page. Bottom corners (front and back) chipped away (about 1/4") with some small rubbing and scuffing to edges. Light soiling and faint reading creases to cover. Some dusting to edges of text block. Binding square but delicate. Pages lightly age-tanned but clean and supple. Cover copy reads: "No Woman Could Resist His Strange Cult of Lechery!...A HArd guy suckered by a cute little juvenile delinquent--and by one not so juvenile!" Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 8 ounces. Category: Vintage Paperbacks::Mystery; Inventory… Read More