Search Results: Mystery--Suspense--Thriller (hardcover) from Augustine Funnell Books

New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1918. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. The famous detective Hemlock Holmes and his companion, Doc Watson, have just returned from a three-year stay in the United States when they are engaged to find 11 (of 12) diamond cuff buttons that have been stolen from the Earl of Puddingham. Generally considered to be the first novel to parody the illustrious Sherlock Holmes. Navy cloth w/gilt lettering to front cover/spine, 190 pages. Impressions/light soil to covers, some slant, bumped/worn corners/spine ends, spine gilt sunned, sunned/moderately soiled edges, previous owner's named whited out on front end paper..

Toronto: Doubleday, Doran and Company (Canada) Ltd., 1936. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Canadian edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. A Pennington Wise mystery, this one finding our famous sleuth attempting to unravel the mystery of murder at a country estate where invited guests and household members willing assume responsibility for the death in order to protect someone else. Green cloth w/black lettering to front cover/spine, 284 pages. Spine cocked, a bit of wear to corners/spine ends, edges tanned/soiled, glue stains to pastedowns/end papers, in weary dust jacket w/rubbing, impressions, edge tears, chipping, bottom 1.5" of spine torn off, spine sunned, general wear. Jacket now in protective mylar sleeve. An uncommon edition in any condition. .

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1963. Book. Illus. by Eileen Walton (dust jacket illustration). Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A story of suspense and political intrigue in a tiny Austrian province where a prince of the Church is assassinated in the presence of the sister of the British vice-consul. Spine somewhat cocked, minor wear to corners/spine ends, indentation to left edge of front cover, tanned/dusty edges. Dust jacket w/some chipping to corners/spine ends, a couple of 1/4" tears to bottom edge, sunned spine, 1/2" x 1/8" strip scraped from left portion of front panel (does not interfere with illustration), general wear..

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A title in the author's bestselling series of award-winning Inspector Banks mysteries. 389 pages (including acknowledgements). This copy signed on title page. Bent top left corner of back cover, in dust jacket w/corresponding crinkle to top left corner of rear panel. An unread copy..

New York: Mystery House/Bouregy & Curl, 1952. Book. Illus. by David Kyle (dust jacket illustration). Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Introduces private investigator Edge Hannegan, who supposes that a missing person case will hold little excitement, but who finds himself with a gorgeous redhead on a trail that leads to an enormous crime syndicate. Red cloth, 253 pages. Spine cocked, wear to edges/corners/spine ends, date in ink to top edge of front free end paper, some dampstaining to top edge of rear pastedown/rear end papers, tanning, in dust jacket w/edgewear, crinkling, dampstaining to rear fold, moderate general wear..

London: HarperCollins Publishers/Harper Collins, 2002. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. 1st printing w/complete number sequence. A story of revenge and redemption, set in Australia in 1969. Two boys become lost in the hostile country surrounding a small town, and after ten days, only one returns. The aftermath is devastating to many. Chocolate cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 311 pages. A very nice unread copy..

London: HarperCollins Publishers/Harper Collins, 2002. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. 1st printing w/complete number sequence. A story of revenge and redemption, set in Australia in 1969. Two boys become lost in the hostile country surrounding a small town, and after 10 days, only one returns. Chocolate cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 311 pages. A pristine, unread copy..

Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. One of the "Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin," translated from the French by George Morehead. Small octavo, decorated pale green cloth, 350 pages. Bumped/moderately worn corners/spine ends, tanned/dusty/moderately soiled edges, some flaking to front cover lettering, spine lettering flaked to near-oblivion, moderate general wear..

London & New York: White Lion Publishers, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st UK edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A scarce hardcover edition of a title first published in paperback in the USofA, featuring tough-guy operator Sam Durell, "a troubleshooter for an agency so secret that even the government didn't know about it." In this one, a Communist hatchet-man with the Hungarian secret police has slipped into America to assassinate an unknown victim, a victim which may even be Durell. Red cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 160 pages. A bit cocked, bump to bottom edge of front cover, another to top edge of back cover, tanning, in dust jacket w/light wear to corners/spine ends, light edgewear..

London: Hamish Hamilton (A Fingerprint Book), 1972. Book. Illus. by Patrick Millington Synge (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint.. Small octavo. A Dr. Gideon Fell mystery, this one finding our celebrated sleuth solving the murder of a man who turns out to be the "conclusion of a series of senseless poisonings which have been terrifying the village of Sodbury Cross." First published in Great Britain in 1939 before being published in a second edition in 1969, this being the first reprint of that. Scarlet cloth w/gilt spine lettering/fingerprint design, 237 pages. Previous owner's signature to top of front end paper, in lightly edgeworn dust jacket w/light surface wear. All in all, a pretty nice copy of a not particularly common title..

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2000. Book. Illus. by Jeff Foster (dust jacket illustration). Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by McInerny. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st printing w/complete number sequence. A series of pranks which become increasingly serious eventually lead to murder at Notre Dame. Singed by McInerny, on title page. Blue cloth w/gilt spine lettering. Bumped top edge, in dust jacket w/a hint of general wear. A nice copy, unread..

New York : Harper & Row Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. small soil marks to fore-edge; dj w/moderately sunned spine, light edgewear, 1" tear at right spine edge at top, light corner wear;.

New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1994. Book. Illus. by Paul Bacon (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The third Lew Griffin detective story. Black boards w/black cloth backstrip w/silver foil spine lettering, 150 pages..

New York: Harper Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Light corner and spine end wear. Dust jacket w/rubbing, edgewear, flaking/chipping to corners and spine ends, light-to-moderate spine sunning..

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. Book. Illus. by Tony Fehr (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New Brunswick writer's second novel, "an alternately cerebral and visceral tale of the ambiguities of modern espionage." Black cloth w/silver spine lettering, 298 pages. Light edgewear, two tiny soil marks to bottom fore-edge, provincial Department of Tourism stamp to second half-title, in price-clipped dust jacket w/a bit of edgewear, 1/4" tear to top right rear panel, 3/8" tear to top of rear fold. .

New York: Morrow, 1957. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The 54th title in Gardner's Perry Mason series, this one finding the world's most famous fictional lawyer defending a client accused of murdering the secretary of business rival. Red cloth w/black lettering to front cover/spine, 281 pages + two-page list of other Gardner titles. Tanned edges, very minor wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's name to top edge of front end paper, in dust jacket w/chipping to edges, thin scratches, impressions, moderately sun-darkened spine, short tears to folds, 2" tear to top of rear fold..

New York: Mystery House/Thomas Bouregy and Company, 1959. Book. Illus. by Ric Binkley (dust jacket illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. An ornithologist becomes involved with the FBI in an effort to track down a murderous enemy agent. Salmon cloth w/black spine lettering, 224 pages. Dusty top edge, lightly tanned edges, in dust jacket w/light chipping to top spine, mild edgewear, small scrape to rear panel. Jacket in protective mylar sleeve..

Rinehart Book. About Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Tucker's first book. Dusty edges, edge/corner wear, spine a bit cocked, spotting to covers. Price-clipped dust jacket w/some creasing, a 3" tear, other smaller tears, some soil to rear panel, chipping at spine, water stain to bottom half of spine and lower portions of both panels..

London: Andre Deutsch, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Simpson's second novel. A Buckinghamshire industrialist is the victim of a political kidnapping. Spotting to top edge, some tanning to top and fore-edge, light general wear. Price-clipped dust jacket w/rubbing, impressions, scratches..

Garden City: Doubleday Doran Crime Club Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. [1941]. Previous owner's signature and address, small numerals on front endpaper. Dust jacket w/tear at top of rear fold, edgewear, rubbing, general wear..