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ENTER SIR JOHN (A Bibliomystery)
by Dane, Clemence and Helen Simpson
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1928
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£271.62
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N.Y.: Cmopolitan Book Corporation, 1928. First American Edition. Original yellow cloth, front board and spine stamped in dark blue, some light soiling and rubbing to boards, in original dust jacket with $2.00 price, spine a bit sunned, but no chips or tears. Authors' First Book. Bibliomystery. This is the basis for the 1930 film, "Murder!,… Read more about this item Item Price
£271.62
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MURDER WITHOUT MAKE-UP (Century Books #12)
by Benjamin, Edla
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- Used - Very Good-Near Fine
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- First Printing
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- 1944
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- Paperback
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£19.40
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Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Century Publications, 1944. 1st printing. Digest size. Century Books #12, [.25 cover price]. Vintage Paperback. Covers lightly darkened, pages are age toned, very small nick at foot of spine. Scarce mystery about a killing that occurs on opening night of a Broadway play and "involves, before its solution, the most important… Read more about this item Item Price
£19.40
THE ROARING BOY **EDGAR AWARD FINALIST**
by Marston, Edward
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1995
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- Hardcover
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- 9780312131555
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£17.46
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N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1995. 1st edition, June 1995, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE for Best Mystery. An Elizabethan Theater Mystery featuring Nicholas Bracewell. "As Marston's seventh excellent Elizabethan theater mystery (after… Read more about this item Item Price
£17.46
The Nine Giants
by Marston, Edward
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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- 9780312064266
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£7.76
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N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1991. 1st ed. cover stained,spotted at page edges else very good in dust jacket showing some of the staining at rear. Marston's fourth novel set in the world of Elizabethan theater will have its audience calling for encores. Brimming with life, colorful dialogue and, of course, drama, the story follows the tribulations of Nicholas Bracewell, stage… Read more about this item Item Price
£7.76
THE GUN IN DANIEL WEBSTER'S BUST (A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery)
by Scherf, Margaret
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Prtg
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- 2004
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230747
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£11.64
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Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2004. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. Cleo Delaphine was the Lentement Decorating Shop’s most disagreeable customer but that didn’t mean the staff was exactly glad to see her dead, even if she did have a reputation for being slow-paying. The Lentement’s owner, Emily Murdock, was far more interested… Read more about this item Item Price
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PANIC IN BOX C: A Dr. Fell Detective Novel.
by Carr, John Dickson
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1966
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- Hardcover
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£34.92
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New York: Harper & Row, 1966. 1st ed. Near fine in dj. Dr. Fell title. Fell and well-known writer Philip Knox were sailing across the Atlantic to New York along with Lady Tiverton (who'd once been Margery Vane, the well-known actress). In the U.S. Fell and Knox find their lives tangled with Miss Vane's along… Read more about this item Item Price
£34.92
DEATH MASK
by Dentinger, Jane
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780684189222
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£12.81
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NY: Scribners, 1988. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. A Jocelyn O'Roarke theatrical mystery.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Item Price
£12.81
THE DEVIL'S APPRENTICE: An Elizabethan Theater Mystery Featuring Nicholas Bracewell
by Marston, Edward (pseudonym of Keith Miles)
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2001
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- Hardcover
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- 9780312265748
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£13.58
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NY: St Martins Press, 2001. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. The 11th Elizabethan Theatre mystery featuring Nicolas Bracewell. "Murder makes a late entrance in Marston's (The Wanton Angel, etc.) 11th Elizabethan adventure, but enough else of interest is going on to keep the reader engaged.… Read more about this item Item Price
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PRESENCE OF MIND
by Hunter, Fred
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1994
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- Hardcover
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- 9780802732453
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£15.52
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N.Y.: Walker, 1994. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Hunter is a playwright and this is his 1st novel. Chicago setting and theatrical background. "Meet Jeremy Ransom, a veteran homicide detective in Chicago who considers most of his partners "twits" and is currently rereading… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE SUBSTITUTE VICTIM: A Julian Quist Mystery Novel
by Pentecost, Hugh
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
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- 9780396084075
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£13.58
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N.Y.: Dodd, 1984. 1st edition, so stated. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Julian Quist title. A bomb, set off in the backstage area of a Broadway theatre, destroys the building, kills a dozen or more actors and members of the stage crew. The star of the play is the glamorous… Read more about this item Item Price
£13.58
THE COMPLAINT OF THE DOVE
by March, Hannah (pseudonym of Tim wilson)
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1999
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- Hardcover
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- 9780747222002
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£27.16
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London: UK: Headline, 1999. 1st ed. Fine in dj. First book in the Robert Fairfax Georgian mystery series set in the vibrant age of 1760's London - Tom Jones and Moll Flanders Hannah March is a pseudonym for crime writer Tim Wilson.. "He once had a bright future ahead of him but when his father committed suicide, his… Read more about this item Item Price
£27.16
THE NINE GIANTS
by Marston, Edward
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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- 9780312064266
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£13.19
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London: UK: Bantam Press, 1991. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped. , "Marston's fourth novel set in the world of Elizabethan theater will have its audience calling for encores. Brimming with life, colorful dialogue and, of course, drama, the story follows the tribulations of Nicholas Bracewell, stage manager of the acting troupe Lord… Read more about this item Item Price
£13.19
THE COMPLAINT OF THE DOVE
by Wilson, Tim Writing as Hannah March
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Hardcover
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£38.80
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Headline London 1999 1st ed. Fine in dj. First book in the Robert Fairfax Georgian mystery series set in the vibrant age of 1760's London - Tom Jones and Moll Flanders. Set in London's Covent Garden, we find a pupil of Robert Fairfax is accused of murdering a woman. It's up to him to prove his pupil innocent.otherwise he… Read more about this item Item Price
£38.80
FALLING STAR
by O'Donnell, Lillian
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1979
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- Hardcover
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- 9780399124075
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£19.40
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Putnam, 1979. 1st ed. A fine, beautiful copy in dust jacket. Murder in a theatrical family; the 2nd Mici Anhalt title; review slip and photo of author laid in. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Review Copy. Item Price
£19.40
BLOODY INSTRUCTIONS
by Shaw, Simon
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1992
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- 9780385424424
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£15.52
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N.Y.: Doubleday Perfect Crime, 1992. 1st American edition, November, 1992 so stated. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Features actor-detective PhilipFletcher. 1st A. Fine in dj, features actor-detective Philip Fletcher. "Noel Coward could have written this snappy show-biz tale starring English actor Philip Fletcher, the clever, lecherous and charming murderer Shaw introduced… Read more about this item Item Price
£15.52
THE SILENT WOMAN
by Marston, Edward
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1994
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312111151
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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£11.64
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1994. 1st edition, May 1994, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Edward Marston's new mystery novel continues the adventures of Nicholas Bracewell, book holder for an Elizabethan theater troupe, who handles myriad practical details, soothes… Read more about this item Item Price
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