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Mystery Book, The by Abbot, Anthony; Ford, Leslie; Frome, David; Rinehart, Mary Roberts; Stout, Rex - 1939

by Abbot, Anthony; Ford, Leslie; Frome, David; Rinehart, Mary Roberts; Stout, Rex

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Mystery Book, The by Abbot, Anthony; Ford, Leslie; Frome, David; Rinehart, Mary Roberts; Stout, Rex - 1939

Mystery Book, The

by Abbot, Anthony; Ford, Leslie; Frome, David; Rinehart, Mary Roberts; Stout, Rex

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New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Part of the William F. Farley collection. The DJ is missing. Spine is rolled, the spine and boards are faded and the red on the top page edges is very faded as well, top page edges have light soiling, tail end and fore-edges of pages are sun darkened, free end and paste-down pages are sun darkened, there is a small book seller stamp (similar to a postage stamp only half the size) stuck next to the hinge on the back paste-down page, fore-edge corners of boards are jammed and worn, boards have minor soiling and shelf-wear, two small dark spot on back board (about the size of a head of a pin).

  • Bookseller Seattle Mystery Bookshop US (US)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Good
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  • Edition First edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Farrar and Rinehart
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1939
  • Keywords MYSTERY ANTHOLOGY STOUT

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The Wall

The Wall

by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9781125149935 / 1125149930
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Beige cloth with red lettering and decorations on cover and spine. Top edge stained red. Very slight slant to spine else a near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with mild soiling. ; Octavo.
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Twice Dead

Twice Dead

by Rhode, John (Cecil John Charles Street)

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London: Geoffrey Bles, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Light blue cloth stamped in red on spine. Bookstore stamps on endpapers, label residue on rear free endpaper, vertical crease on last two leaves. A good copy in very good dustjacket with a crease on spine panel, light rubbing and two tiny tears to lower edges. A mystery featuring Dr. Lancelot Priestley. In Hubin, 1994, p. 677.; Octavo.
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Death in a Strange Country

Death in a Strange Country

by Leon, Donna

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780060170080 / 0060170085
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New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 290pp. Boards. The second mystery featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. A fine copy in fine dustjacket.; Octavo.
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White Butterfly. (Signed Copy)

White Butterfly. (Signed Copy)

by Mosley, Walter

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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 272pp. Cloth backed boards. Signed and inscribed by Mosley on the title page. The third mystery featuring Easy Rawlins. A fine copy in fine dustjacket.; Octavo; Signed by Author.
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Carolina House A MYSTERY , in DUSTJACKET  , Antique Silver Bracelet, an 18th century ship Model &...
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Carolina House A MYSTERY , in DUSTJACKET , Antique Silver Bracelet, an 18th century ship Model & crumbling Mansion in Scotland that was Caro Meldrum's Inheritance, she was an Orphan.

by Elisabeth Kyle, INNER DJ FLAP BOOK CLUB EDITION & Ink Initials, 2 Scuff marks Blank endpapers, B/W Frontispiece, NO OTHER INTERNALS

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Thames and Hudson, NY Printed & Bound in Italy, 1955. HBDJ, 1955 , HARDBACK is first edition, 1st printing. VG- DUSTJACKET is BOOK CLUB & has SLIGHT WEAR, VG- HB is Beige Illustrated cloth with girl blue Coat MatchesDJ Illustration, , few ink marks Here & there & to pgs outer edge, 192 pgs ,she was an Orphan. She had expected to sell the House & return to London, . First Edition. Unbound. Very Good/Very Good.
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The Wall

The Wall

by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

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9781125149935 / 1125149930
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Beige cloth with red lettering and decorations on cover and spine. Top edge stained red. Very slight slant to spine else a near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with mild soiling. ; Octavo.
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Twice Dead

Twice Dead

by Rhode, John (Cecil John Charles Street)

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London: Geoffrey Bles, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Light blue cloth stamped in red on spine. Bookstore stamps on endpapers, label residue on rear free endpaper, vertical crease on last two leaves. A good copy in very good dustjacket with a crease on spine panel, light rubbing and two tiny tears to lower edges. A mystery featuring Dr. Lancelot Priestley. In Hubin, 1994, p. 677.; Octavo.
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Death in a Strange Country

Death in a Strange Country

by Leon, Donna

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780060170080 / 0060170085
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New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 290pp. Boards. The second mystery featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. A fine copy in fine dustjacket.; Octavo.
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White Butterfly. (Signed Copy)

White Butterfly. (Signed Copy)

by Mosley, Walter

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First Edition
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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 272pp. Cloth backed boards. Signed and inscribed by Mosley on the title page. The third mystery featuring Easy Rawlins. A fine copy in fine dustjacket.; Octavo; Signed by Author.
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Carolina House A MYSTERY , in DUSTJACKET  , Antique Silver Bracelet, an 18th century ship Model &...
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Carolina House A MYSTERY , in DUSTJACKET , Antique Silver Bracelet, an 18th century ship Model & crumbling Mansion in Scotland that was Caro Meldrum's Inheritance, she was an Orphan.

by Elisabeth Kyle, INNER DJ FLAP BOOK CLUB EDITION & Ink Initials, 2 Scuff marks Blank endpapers, B/W Frontispiece, NO OTHER INTERNALS

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Thames and Hudson, NY Printed & Bound in Italy, 1955. HBDJ, 1955 , HARDBACK is first edition, 1st printing. VG- DUSTJACKET is BOOK CLUB & has SLIGHT WEAR, VG- HB is Beige Illustrated cloth with girl blue Coat MatchesDJ Illustration, , few ink marks Here & there & to pgs outer edge, 192 pgs ,she was an Orphan. She had expected to sell the House & return to London, . First Edition. Unbound. Very Good/Very Good.
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The Second Mystery Book  (One Full-Length Novel, One Story and Four  Novelettes)

The Second Mystery Book (One Full-Length Novel, One Story and Four Novelettes)

by Stout, Rex; Abbot, Anthony; Wylie, Philip; Ford, Leslie; Frome, David and Mary Roberts Rinehart

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Fair in New dust jacket
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New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Fair in New dust jacket. 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Cover corners and spine ends worn. External hinges worn with a split along the rear hinge about half of the length of the spine in each direction. The spine head is also split. Internally, the binding is broken and held by the mull at the title page. Binding is otherwise sound and functional. Several small stains and signs of repeat readings found throughout the text. Facsimile dust jacket is in as new condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 471 pages .
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The Second Mystery Book  (One Full-Length Novel, One Story and Four  Novelettes)

The Second Mystery Book (One Full-Length Novel, One Story and Four Novelettes)

by Stout, Rex; Abbot, Anthony; Wylie, Philip; Ford, Leslie; Frome, David and Mary Roberts Rinehart

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New York: Farrar & Rinehart. Very Good- in New dust jacket. 1940. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Cover corners and spine ends worn with loss of color. Binding remains fairly clean. The text is also fairly clean with a few creases and smudges scattered throughout. Facsimile dust jacket is in as new condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 471 pages .
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The Mystery of the Blue Train
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The Mystery of the Blue Train

by Agatha Christie

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New York: Pocket Book edition, 1966, 20th printing. Pocket Book 50447. Vintage pulp fiction paperback, x, [2], 194pp., advert., cover price 50 cents.. Very Good Condition with bright cover page. Slight cover and spine creasing. There are bumped corners, and signs of shelf wear, top right corner of cover with slight crease and lower edges of cover worn. Pages are unmarked. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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Kill Petrosino!

Kill Petrosino!

by Nolan, Frederick

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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780213165178 / 0213165171
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Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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London: Arthur Barker Ltd. 1st Edition, 1975 ----------hardcover, with dust jacket. The book, in black boards with orange lettering and design to the spine, is an unblemished near fine copy. The unclipped jacket has light wear to the front panel top edge and spine extremities, and is almost near fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of any of the sites on which we list our books.
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Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne

by Stephen King

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9780670844524 / 0670844527
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First Edition. (1993) Hardcover with d.j. Fine with near fine dust jacket. D.J. has slight curl on top edge and light rubbing on back. No worn edges. Tight binding with clean, sharp pages. No markings. 305 pages. Dolores Claiborne is a psychological thriller novel. The novel is narrated by the title character. Atypically for a King novel, it has no chapters, double-spacing between paragraphs, or other section breaks; thus the text is a single continuous narrative which reads like the transcription of a spoken monologue. This book is dedicated to King's mother: "For my mother, Ruth Pillsbury King."
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Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce) | Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The | Signed First Edition Copy

Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce) | Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The | Signed First Edition Copy

by Pearson, Ridley (as Reardon, Joyce)

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9780786868018 / 0786868015
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Hyperion, 2001. hardcover. New. Author Signed Hardcover Book. 2001 NY: Hyperion First edition, first printing, fine, no dust jacket as issued, signed by the author. This is a collectible book free from material defects. Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.
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Godshot (SIGNED) (FIRST)
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Godshot (SIGNED) (FIRST)

by Bieker, Chelsea

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2020 - 1st ed ("1" in number line) - SIGNED by author on the title page - "Godshot is the kind of book you find yourself thinking about incessantly." - Kristen Arnett - book: near fine - dj: near fine - dj in protective mylar sleeve"Drought has settled on the town of Peaches, California. The area of the Central Valley where fourteen–year–old Lacey May and her alcoholic mother live was once an agricultural paradise. Now it's an environmental disaster, a place of cracked earth and barren raisin farms. In their desperation, residents have turned to a cult leader named Pastor Vern for guidance. He promises, through secret "assignments," to bring the rain everybody is praying for.Lacey has no reason to doubt the pastor. But then her life explodes in a single unimaginable act of abandonment: her mother, exiled from the community for her sins, leaves Lacey and runs off with a man she barely knows. Abandoned and distraught, Lacey May moves in with her widowed grandma, Cherry, who is more concerned with… Read More
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

by Christie, Agatha

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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)

by Christie, Agatha

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The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".
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A Is For Alibi

A Is For Alibi

by Sue Grafton

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9780805013344 / 0805013342
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1982. Fine. Book Club Edition. Hardcover and dust jacket. D.j. is near fine with slight wear on top binding edge. Inside flap d.j has slight creases. Cover is smooth, unblemished, no tears, nicks or worn corners. Hardcover, as new, black boards with gilt lettering on spine. Tight binding, sharp, clean pages. No markings. (Actual photo) A flawless copy. 208 pages. "A" Is for Alibi is crime writer Sue Grafton's first mystery novel in the Kinsey Millhone "Alphabet mystery" series, first published in 1982.
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth

A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth

by Verne, Jules

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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945

Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945

by Christie, Agatha

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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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