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First English Translation edition first printing of the first novel in the Commissario Simona Tavianello series. Translated from French. In fine / fine unread condition.

Advance Proof of this author's only crime novel. Light reading creases to the front and back covers and to the spine. In very good condition.

First edition first printing of this stand alone thriller novel. In fine / fine condition.

First edition first printing of this collection of short stories by 13 of the best mystery writers. Included are Agatha Christie, John Dickson Carr, Ben Hecht, Dorothy Sayers, Charlotte Armstrong, Rex Stout, Cornell Woolrich, Fredric Brown, Craig Rice, Hugh Pentecost, Louis Golding, Arthur Miller and Ellery Queen. The book has been bumped and has a frayed flap at the top of the spine. In very good condition.

First Tower edition first printing of the sixth novel in the Ellery Queen series. Originally published in 1933 by Stokes. Also later published under the title Death at the Rodeo. Heavy tanning to the pages. The dustjacket has a three inch semi closed tear to the rear panel at the edge for the fold for the inside summary panel. Then there is a 1 1/2 inch close L tear to the dustjacket's rear corner of the spine. Light creasing between the two tears. In fair / fair condition.

First Pocket Book edition first printing (#4703) of this Ellery Queen mystery. Light edge wear. In very good condition.

First edition first printing of the second novel in the Ellery Queen mystery series. Has 1930 on the copyright page and MCMXXX (1930) on the title page. Edge wear all the fabric on the corners is worn to the boards. There is a inch long tear on the back edge of the spine. Both tips of the spine are frayed. A few of the pages have spots of soiling. No dust jacket. In good condition.

First edition first printing of this collection of short stories. In grey boards and with "First Modern Library Giant Edition" on the publishers page. Moderate edge wear Shallow indents to rear board. Grubby from being handled. Earlier owners signature and date on the first free end page. In good condition.

First Pocket Book edition first printing # 471 of the eleventh novel in the Ellery Queen series. The lamination at the edges of the covers is starting to lift. A date is rubber stamped on the titles page. In very good condition.

First Signet edition first printing # Q5608 of this stand alone mystery / thriller. Light edge wear. Reading creases to the front cover next to the spine. In very good condition.

First Signet edition first printing # T4086 of the seventh novel in the Ellery Queen series. Light edge wear. In near fine condition.

First edition first printing # 7845 of this novel. A paperback original. Stand alone thriller. A hint of shelf wear. There is a light crease that runs down the center of the front cover. In near fine condition.

First edition first printing # 73-802 of this novel. A paperback original. Stand alone thriller. Slight spine slant. Light reading creases. In very good condition.

First edition, first printing of this anthology of 25 short stories by various mystery authors. Featured are Goodbye to Francie by Robert Twohy, A Goodbye Sound by Florence V Mayberry, A Good Neighbor by Jeffry Scott, The Cross of Lorraine by Isaac Asimov, Point of No Return by Ursula Curtiss, The Good Companion by Dana Lyon, The Sound of Women Weeping by L E Behney, Old Friends by Dorothy Salisbury Davis, The Kind and Considerate Murderer by Luna Wolf, The Betrayers by Stanley Ellin, Adventure of the Disappearance of Whistler's Mother by Robert L Fish, The House That Nella Lived In by Mabel Seeley, Homecoming by Veronica Parker Johns, The Disappearance of Mrs. Standwick by Nedra Tyre, Something Like Growing Pains by Eleanor Sullivan, The Wedding Dress by Louis Bromfield, This Is the Life by Shirley Jackson, Driver's Seat by Ellery Queen, The Gun by Kathryn Gottlieb, They Didn't Deserve Her Death by Holly Roth, "Thou Still Unravished Bride" by Avram Davidson, "What Have You Been Doing All Day?" by… Read More

First edition first printing of this collection of Japanese short mystery stories. Edited by Ellery Queen. Light edge wear. Price clipped otherwise in near fine / near fine condition.

First edition first printing of the twenty seventh novel in the Ellery Queen series. There is a inch long closed tear to the bottom edge of the dustjacket right at the front corner for the spine. Light edge wear. Price clipped otherwise in very good / good condition.

First appearance first printing of this collection of short stories. There are twelve stories in total plus one Detective Directory. Collected are the following: Detective Novelette: An End of Fear by Hugh Pentacost. Crime Stories: Cottage for August by Thomas Kyd, Two Deaths of Dr. Kang by Victor Canning, The French Key by Avram Davidson, The Dog that Came to the Funeral by John Collier, The Portuguese Instructor by Michael Forrestier. Detective Stories: To Remember You By - by Rufus King, Paid In Full by Rose Finnegan, Never the Twain by Andrew Salmond, Galdstone's Candlestick by Edmond Crispin, What's the Percentage? by William Holder. The Black Mask reprinted story: Driving Lesson by F.L. Wallace. Detective Directory by Robert P. Mills. Light edge wear. First 8 pages have a small moisture mark at the top outside corner. In good condition.

First appearance first printing of this collection of one Detective Novel, two Double Feature, five Short stories, two Halloween Stories and two First Stories. Collected here are the following: New Detective Novel complete: Jericho and the Silent Witness by Hugh Pentecost. Double Feature: Getting Away with Murder by Erle Stanley Gardner, Death as a Game by Michael Innes. Detective Short Stories: The Scientist and the Bagful of Water by Arthur Porges, Elementary, My Dear Job Seeker by Charles McIntosh, The Teccomehsire Fen Mystery by Cathie Haig Star, Poirot Indulges a Whim by Agatha Christie, A As in Accident by Lawrence Treat. Halloween Stories: The Halloween Mystery by Ellery Queen, The Seekers of Ultimates by Joe Gores. EQMM "First Stories": They's Things in the Deep Woods by M.L. Dunn, Tiger in the Cellar by Joan D. Ladd. The Gardner, Innes, Queen and Christie stories are reprints. The Christie story was earlier published as Adventure of the Cheap Flat. There is a 2 inch split between the front… Read More

First appearance first printing of this collection of 2 New Detective Novelets, 1 Detective Short Novel - Complete and 10 short stories. Collected here are the following: 2 New Detective Novelete: In the Middle of Nowhere by Hugh Pentecost, The One and Only Bernie by Charles Green. The Detective Short Novel - The "Laughing Man" Murders by Patrick Quentin. Crime Short Stories and Secret Service: Flint's Diamonds by Victor Canning, A Warm Day in November by John Bell Clayton, A Question of Neighborliness by David Ely, What Would You Do? by Mavin Rossman, The Caper of the Century by Margaret Austin, Melodrama in Three Acts by Michael Gilbert, A Break in the Weather by Talmage Powell. Black Mask Magazine story: Town Hero by Edwin P. Hicks. Department of Famous Literary Figures: The Luminous Face by Mark Van Doren. EQMM "First Story": One Morning in the Park by Barbara Fried. There is a inch of separation between the bottom corner and the spine on the rear cover. In good condition.

First appearance first printing of this collection of fifteen short stories. Collected are the following: The Theft of the Thanksgiving Turkey by Edward D. Hoch, The Theft That Wasn't a Theft by J.F. Peirce, A Lady of Refinement by Jane Speed, The Shades of Death by John F. Suter, Blue Noir by T.M. Adams, Evocation of Evil by John C. Boland, Human Interest Angle by Hal Charles, The Missing Mystery Writer by Joyce Segal, I Want My Lawyer by Nicholas Snow, The Mysterious Messenger Hope Raymond, The Ringer by John Abbott, Murder Lock'd In by Lillian de la Torre, Occupant Box 253 by Marilyn Pribus, The Wedding Gig by Stephen King, Value for Money by Julian Symons. The Stephen King story was later collected in the compilation Skeleton Crew. Address label. Light edge wear. In very good condition.