Search Results: Authors starting with C from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Pocket Books, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Pocket Cardinal 35006; the second novel in Caillou's mystery-adventure series featuring Mike Benasque, former OSS agent, now an out-of-work journalist, hired to pentetrate a French terrorist organization; cover art by Harry Bennett; Paperback Original, True First Edition, First Printing; text is clean, tight, square, age-tanned in pictorial wrappers with very minimal surface and edgewear. Very Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Mason/Charter Publishers, Inc., 1976. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A later work from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master; First Printing of the First Edition; text very slightly cocked o/w clean, tight; dustjacket shows minor wear on edges and spine. Collectable.

New York: The Dial Press, 1965. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fair To Good/Good. A late novel from the legendary author of "Double Indemnity" and "The Postman Always Rings Twice," a suspense-thriller featuring Clay Lockwood, a business executive who finds himself in a love-hate relationship with Sally Alexis, the wife of a professional magician and the daughter of a woman uncertain of what she wants more -- to save her daughter or lure Lockwood into her own bed. Lockwood himself is certain of only one thing -- the magician must die. The book's spine ends are worn and the hinges show considerable deterioration though the book remains tight and square; the text is clean and unmarked. The dustjacket is worn at the edges, corners and spine ends and shows rubbing on the front panel and light soiling on the rear panel. There is a price sticker on the front fold-over though it does not obscure the original price. All that said, the dj is still basically whole, with no… Read More

New York: Mysterious Press, 1983. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Cain, a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, wrote "Cloud Nine" in the late 1960's but it was not published until well after his death in 1977; First Printing of the First Trade Edition. Collectable.

New York: Knopf, 1969. Book Club. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. An omnibus edition bringing together the three Cain novels that have become crime noir classics: "The Postman Always Rings Twice," "Mildred Pierce," and "Double Indemnity." All three of these novels have also been the basis for successful films and both books and films have become staples of any mystery-crime library or film collection. This copy is the book club edition, First Printing, First Edition Thus. 400 pages in black, paper-covered boards with gold lettering. Boards and text show only a touch of foxing on the top edge of the text block, o/w clean and unmarked, tight and square. Primarily white dustjacket shows very minor edge wear, light soiling and age-tanning, one tiny tear at bottom of spine, no creasing or chipping. Very decent copy of three of Cain's best.

Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1966. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. Vintage paperback, Gold Medal d1664; Cameron's novel of tailgunner Sergeant Martin Slade, trapped behind enemy lines when his B-24 is shot down over Germany during WW II; Paperback Original, True First Edition, First Printing; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned in pictorial wrappers with minimal surface and edgewear. Very Scarce.

New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1953. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage Paperback -- Ace F-346: Three short stories from the early years of science fiction's golden age from one of the giants of the genre who is best remembered today as the editor of "Astounding Science Fiction" (later "Analog Science Fiction and Fact") where he shaped the early careers of writers such as Asimov, Heinlein, Sturgeon and Clarke as well as the genre itself. First printing, first Ace paperback edition (originally published in issues of "Amazing Stories" magazine in the 1930s, then as a hardcover book from Fantasy Press in 1953.). Mass market paperback, 224 pages including one page of publisher's ads and an introduction by the author. Cover art by Jerome Podwill. Pictorial wrappers show slight spine lean, light reading crease, very minimal surface and edge wear. No tears, no chipping or bumping. Text shows light soiling on text edges, age-tanning in margins. O/w… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, 1990. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. the award-winning Campbell, also author of the mystery series featuring Chicago precinct captain Jimmy Flannery, dissects the loan sharking industry in Los Angeles through the eyes and mind of another of his on-target characters, vice cop Eddie "Panama" Heath; text is clean, tight, with some spine lean; pictorial wrappers show minor surface and edgewear, no chips or tears.

New York: Pocket Books, 1989. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. the Edgar Award-winning author's sixth Jimmy Flannery mystery; First Printing of the First Trade Edition; A Fine in collectable coply in like dustjacket.

New York: Pocket Books, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The fourth novel in the Edgar Award-winning Campbell's mystery series featuring Los Angeles private detective Whistler. This time Whistler follows a single clue through LA's glittering and macabre underworld to try to close the cold case murder of a friend's young niece, which left her mutilated body draped over a tombstone in Hollywood Cemetery. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows no more than a touch of surface and edgewear, no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The tenth novel in Campbell's Edgar Award-winning mystery series featuring Chicago Democratic Committeeman Jimmy Flannery; previous owner's name on fep, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket slightly shelfworn. A collectable copy.

New York: Pocket Books, 1992. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. the Edgar Award-winning author's story about a rogue cop in Chicago; First Printing of the First Edition. Collectable.

New York: Pocket Books, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Campbell's seventh mystery novel features Chicago sewer inspector and ward heeler Jimmy Flannery investigating the death of a woman who was more than a friend to more than one city politician; a small smudge on the front edge of the text o/w a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: Pocket Books, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Good Plus/Very Good. The sixth novel in Edgar Award-winning Campbell's mystery series featuring Jimmy Flannery, Chicago sewer worker and Democratic ward politician; a remainder mark on bottom edge of text, spine slightly cocked; dustjacket slightly shelfworn; still a very decent copy.

New York: Poseidon Press, 1988. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. the Edgar Award-winning author's novel of "good time crime" in Los Angeles; First Printing of the First Edition. A collectable copy.

New York: Viking Penguin, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Cannell's ninth book is a humorous mystery featuring Ellie Haskell, amateur sleuth and heroine of the weight loss wars, who has dropped everything to investigate murder among the members of the Chitterton Fells Charwomen's Association. Text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the author of "King Con" and "The Devil's Workshop" a mystery-thriller featuring Shane Scully, a Los Angeles Police detective hounded by Internal Affairs and trying desperately to save his career as he uncovers a conspiracy going all the way to the top of the LAPD; blue boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only very minimal shelfwear.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The twelfth mystery in Cannell's series of witty cozies featuring amateur sleuth Ellie Haskell, this time returning to her old boarding school at the request of the head mistress to find out who has stolen the school's Loverly sports trophy to find that a school girl prank has led to murder. A production error has left the last page of the text very slightly glued to the rear pastedown and a small wrinkle along the top inside edge of the back cover. This small defect does not interfere with reading the text on the last page and the light wrinkling is mostly covered by the dustjacket, o/w the book is clean, tight, and square; the dustjacket shows only very minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Random House, 1980. First Printing, First Trade Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good Plus to Very Good. A collection of short fiction and non-fiction from the author of "In Cold Blood," ranging from a "conversational" portrait of Marilyn Monroe to "Handcarved Coffins," described by Capote as a "factual account of an unforgetable American crime," that probably contains large amounts of invention. A small bookseller's price sticker on the inside front cover, o/w boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows considerable wear, including minor chipping along the bottom edge of the rear panel, a half-inch closed tear in the rear panel's top edge and creasing on the front flap as well as minor surface wear. That said, the dustjacket is 99% whole, not price-clipped and basically unmarked, quite presentable in a Brodart protector.

New York: New American Library, 1953. First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Fair To Good. Vintage paperback, Signet 1020; one of Capote's early works that became a hit Broadway play and made Capote's reputation; First Signet Edition; spine slightly cocked, text age-browned, still clean and tight; wrappers are whole but show extensive surface wear and at corners and edges, top and bottom of spine chipped. A reading copy