Mystery from Retrograde Media

New York, New York: William Morrow / HarperCollins, 2007. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. First Edition Ninth in the series featuring Florida antihero Serge A. Storms. Signed, inscribed, and dated all across title page. First printing with full number line. Cherry red boards on solid, clean copy. Jacket has light bumping in places along top edge and a bit… Read more about this item

New York, New York: William Morrow / HarperCollins, 2003. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition Fifth in the series featuring Florida antihero Serge A. Storms. Signed, inscribed, and dated with a doodle all across title page. First printing with full number line. Bright, goldenrod boards on tight copy. Jacket has a bit of bumping along top of flaps,… Read more about this item

New York, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition Mystery set in a Quaker community, where the firm principles of Friends makes for a creative setting while Elizabeth Elliot attempts to solve a murder. Signed and inscribed on title page in black marker. Bottom of spine has a bump that caused a small… Read more about this item

New York, New York: William Morrow / HarperCollins, 2006. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition Eighth in the series featuring Florida antihero Serge A. Storms. Signed, inscribed, and dated all across title page. First printing with full number line. Tangerine boards on tight copy. Jacket has light bumping in places along top edge. Packed and shipped with care.

Lyons, Colorado: The Rue Morgue Press, 2008. Paperback. Very Good. Independent press reprint of 1933 original with cover art by Boris Artzybasheff. One corner has experienced a harsher bump that caused a burgeoning fraying of the cover edge. Other edges have minor wear in places. Stress mark to center of cover from having been read. Clean interior. Packed… Read more about this item

Boulder, Colorado: The Rue Morgue Press, 2001. Paperback. Very Good. Independent press reprint of 1944 original with publisher’s introduction and cover art by Rob Pudim. Minor to moderate bumping in places to edges. One corner of the last several pages has an area of small darkening. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Vintage Books, 1978. MMPB. Good+. First Thus Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Popular Library, 1967. MMPB. Very Good. British spy thriller meets political intrigue with evocative cover photo on this revised edition for Popular Library. One-inch tear on back cover from interior to edge of spine and some light corner bumping causing a small chip on one. Teal dyed page edges. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Dell Publishing, 1970. MMPB. Good. First Thus Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Lancer Books, 1968. MMPB. Good+. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Pocket Books, 1973. MMPB. Good. Later Printing Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Dell Publishing, 1974. MMPB. Good. First Thus Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: The Viking Press, 1974. Hardcover. Good+/Poor. Book Club (BCE / BOMC) Normal book condition for age. Clean interior. Heavier edgewear to jacket, including long tear along front flap edge, albeit intact. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Bantam Crime Line, 1992. MMPB. Very Good. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Bantam Crime Line, 1995. MMPB. Very Good. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Packed and shipped with care.

New York, New York: Collier Books, 1977. MMPB. Good+. Later Printing Death mixes equally well with brandy or bromide… ** A judge is poisoned on this fifth Collier print that has more British style design. Exterior spine stress causes forward-to-back lean but is intact. Previous owner and bookstore stamp on first page. Packed and shipped with care.

Albany, Georgia: BearManor Media, 2007. Paperback. Very Good. Presumed First Edition A notorious unsolved tinseltown slaying! Nudists! Spies! Stars! A hard-boiled dick! A celebrity sleuth! A mysterious lady! At last the story can be told! ** Quirky small press mystery set in 1940s Hollywood. Signed and dated by author on title page in red pen. Diagonal stress mark… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good. Book Club (BCE / BOMC) Jacket spine heavily sunned. Crisp and clean copy, red dye on top page edges still quite vibrant. Packed and shipped with care.

Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Book Club (BCE / BOMC) Jacket spine heavily sunned, with top 1-2” chipped away. Clean interior. Packed and shipped with care.

London, England: The British Library, 2014. Paperback. New. Reprint of the classic British proto-Bond spy thriller from the 30s coupled with beautiful Georges Hamel-style cover art as known in the Monaco racing posters of the period. 55% off cover price! May have areas of minor shelf wear. Packed and shipped with care.