Search Results: Mystery from Mainly Books

Drake Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0877493146 . Hardcover first printing with dustjacket, a very suitable collector's copy, book and dustjacket are in excellent condition, there are no remarkable flaws, the original price (3.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .

New York: Detective Book Club / Walter J, Black. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1945. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, special Book Club Edition featuring three unabridged stories by three different authors, book has a mild bump to the top corner but no other significant flaws, the cloth binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has moderate edge-wear and two tan marks on the rear panel, the jacket is clean and presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .

England: Sphere. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2011. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1847442536 . Hardcover first printing with dustjacket, book looks new, no remarkable flaws, jacket has a horizontal crease near the bottom of the front panel, excellent condition otherwise, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, nice gift/collector's copy of this "Thomas Chaloner Adventure"; ; 468 pages .

The Crime Club, Inc. / Doubleday Doran & Company. Very Good-. 1931. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, first printing of this scarce title as stated on the title page, black cloth binding with a bright red man-with-gun vignette on front cover and spine, red end-papers with white man-with-gun vignette, the spine is cocked and some scuffing is present on the cover, the contents are fine .

New York: Detective Book Club / Walter J. Black. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1944. Hardcover. Hardcover with partial dustjacket, there is an indent to the top half of the spine but the binding has not been compromised, the former owner's name is present on the blank front end-paper and there is some tanning along the hinges of the end-papers, also, a brown blemish to the beige cloth along the front gutter, the contents are fine, the jacket is missing most of the spine and the detached front and rear panels have some edge-wear, the jacket is clean and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included to hold it together, this rather scarce Book Club Edition features three unabridged stories by three individual authors .

New York, NY: Walter J. Black. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, three unabridged stories by three separate authors grace this vintage Detective Book Club edition, book has a small bruise to the cloth on the spine and the former owner's name is present on the blank front end-paper, the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has a small hole on the spine at the same location as the book's bruise, the corner-tips have mild edge-wear and there is a small surface bruise on the front panel, the jacket is clean and presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .

New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes. Very Good. 1939. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, first American printing as stated on copyright page, the green cloth binding is tanned on the spine and a couple of pages are corner-creased at the top, no other significant flaws to this clean copy .

New York: Viking. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0670831298 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, signed and dated by the author on the title page: "L. R. Wright - Apr. 3/90." Book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, jacket has rubbing to the glossy surface on the rear panel and no other remarkable flaws, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included; ; 274 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1941. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, lists up to this title on the front flap of the jacket and inside the book indicating a first printing, the lime green binding is clean and attractive, the brown colored top outer page-edge has several small lightened areas but no other remarkable book flaws are present, the jacket is also in great shape despite the following minor flaws: the white spine is slightly tanned, the corners and folds show mild edge-wear, the jacket is clean and attractive, a price of "5050" is present on the front flap and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .

London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1969. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0241016800 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing of this edition, was originally published in 1951 under the title "The Man Who Looked Back," book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, the jacket has some mild sunning on the spine, some mild wrinkling on the rear panel, and the front flap is a bit misfolded, the flaws are minor, the jacket presents quite nicely, the original price (25s. ) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included ; 224 pages .

New York: Detective Book Club / Walter J. Black. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, this rather scarce edition features three unabridged stories by three individual authors, book has two minor flaws: some softening to the spine-ends and a small area of tanning on the rear end-paper, it is otherwise in very nice shape, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine, the jacket has two edge-chips, a tear and wrinkling at bottom of spine along with a tape-mend on the underside, the jacket is clean and remains presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .

New York, NY: Greystone Press. Very Good. 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, dark blue cloth with bright red titles, a clean, attractive copy with two remarkable flaws: a moderate cock to the spine, slight fading to the cloth on the spine, the binding remains tight and the contents are fine, scarce mystery .

New York: Drake Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 0877493138 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first American printing, book has mild bumping to the bottom corners, else excellent condition, jacket has mild and shallow wear along the top edge and moderate rubbing, it is clean and attractive overall, the original price (3.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included ; 192 pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1958. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, book is in excellent condition with slightly tanned end-papers and no other remarkable flaws, the jacket has a few minor flaws: mild edge-tanning to the white flaps, the white spine-title is tanned, and a tiny edge-chip on the rear panel, the jacket is clean and attractive, it looks almost new and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .

Cleveland And New York: World Publishing Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, this is the cheaper Tower Books edition, the black cloth binding with a small purple bat on the front cover is in nice shape and the binding is tight, the pages are tanned but there are no other remarkable book flaws, the predominantly pink jacket has edge-wear at the corners but is clean and bright, it presents quite nicely and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .

New York: Detective Book Club / Walter J. Black. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, three complete stories by three different authors in this collection, mild bumps to the top corners and some softening to the spine-ends, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine, the jacket has moderate tanning on the spine and moderate edge-wear at the corners, the jacket is clean and presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .

New York, NY: Walter J. Black. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, three unabridged stories by three separate authors grace this vintage Detective Book Club edition, the book has a small area of tanning on the inside of the front and rear covers, the tops of most of the pages have a mild corner crease and there is a small beige blemish in the margin of page 205 of the second story, the binding is tight and clean and the contents are fine, the jacket has moderate edge-wear at the corners and folds, the jacket is clean and presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .

Drake Publishers. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0877493148 . Hardcover first printing with dustjacket and a suitable collector's copy, the book is flawless, the very glossy dustjacket shows some rubbing and there is a small amount of wear at the spine-tips, also a tiny surface-bruise near the top edge of the front panel, the original price (3.95) is present, the jacket is clean and pleasing to the eye overall, and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .

New York: H. C. Kinsey & Company, Inc.. Fair in Poor dust jacket. 1941. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with partial dustjacket, book has a moderate cock to the spine, tanning to the outer edge of the pages, edge-wear and fading at the spine-ends, bookplate and name on the first blank end-paper, the jacket has heavy loss, the front panel illustration is in decent shape and the flaps are complete, the original price (2.00) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .

Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1954. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, "First published in the United States, 1954" on copyright page but no date on title page and brown cover, edge-wear to the spine-ends and corners, tanning to the blank end-papers, binding is tight, contents are fine; 256 pages .