Mystery

New York, NY: International Polygonics, Ltd., 1991. First printing. 5.5" x 8.25" 383 pp. Book is like new, extremely tight and clean, probably unread. The dustjacket has a tiny bit of rubbing, just a hint of shelf wear. The front DJ shows 'Foulplay,' everwhere else it is spelled Foul Play. "Bizarre murders, locked rooms, impossible crimes. These are cases for Dr. Gideon Fell, Carr's Chestertonian sleuth. Here, for the first time all of Carr's fiction about his great detective is brought together in one volume including two previously unpublished wartime radio plays.". Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. more information

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New York, NY: Ibooks Inc., 2004. 4.25" x 6.75" 275 pp. Spine has one crease, binding is weak near the front, still quite solid otherwise. Covers have just a touch of wear. Unmarked inside. "In classic noir tradition, English professor Karen Pelletier gains a client when her office door opens and a famous Private Eye novelist enters. The author is dogged by Trouble (a Torrweiler) and by a problem. And since Sunnye Hardcastle will be a featured speaker in the English Department's upcoming conference on the murder mystery, Karen is intrigued.". Mass Market Paperback. Very Good-. more information

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Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2002. First printing. 6.25" x 9.25" 200 pp. One tiny soil speck on the copyright page, otherwise excellent condition. Book is very clean and straight, binding is extremely tight. The dustjacket has a touch of shelf wear. "It's a case of missing kid and missing kitty when Friedman, private dick extraordinaire and animal lover nonpareil, attempts to find a young, autistic New York boy and a three-legged Texas cat named Lucky, both of whom have disappeared.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. more information

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New York, NY: Viking Penguin, 1984. 5.75" x 9" 289 pp. Pages are unmarked inside, binding is extremely tight. Lower page edges have a tiny bit of very faint soiling. The dustjacket has just a tiny bit of shelf wear, very slight wear to spine ends. "McGarr and the Method of Descartes marks a startling but inevitable departure for author Gill and his protagonist, the head of the Dublin Murder Squad, as McGarr - staunch exponent of Descartes' method of logical deduction - comes into collision with those for whom perception and illusion are more than truth.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. more information

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New York, NY: Arbor House, 1986. First printing. 5.75" x 8.5" 282 pp. The outer edges of the first few pages have a small brown stain, otherwise VG or better. Binding is very tight, minimal edgewear to book edges and dustjacket, rubbing is also light. "Peter Decker, the detective who takes the call, can hardly believe what he hears: there's been a rape at the yeshiva in the hills of his Los Angeles police district. Rina Lazarus, the young widow who found the victim and summoned the polices, tries to explain the religious practices that prevent the detectives from following their necessary investigative procedures.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Very Good. more information

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London, UK: Orion, 1996. 4.5" x 7" 310 pp. Spine is faintly creased, binding still feels quite solid, no weak spots. Minimal edgewear, nice clean straight copy. "Kathy Kolla has arrived. The bold ideas of London's most gifted young detective have finally paid off and she's been appointed to the inner sanctum of thief-catchum, New Scotland Yard. Despite warnings from her boss, DCI Brock, to keep her head down, her first case at the Yard seems destined to become her most notorious yet.". Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2005. First printing. 6.25" x 9.25" 306 pp. Light edgewear to dustjacket and lower board edges. Some faint soiling to page edges. Interior is unmarked, binding is still quite tight. "After a party for her thirtieth birthday, Rei answers a mysterious invitation to a job interview. The task is to search for and authenticate an ancient Middle Eastern pitcher that disappeared from Iraq's national museum. The piece is believed to be in the hands of a wealthy Japanese collector, whose passion for beauty extends to Rei herself.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Palo Alto, CA: Kodansha, 1970. 6" x 8.5" 159 pp. Binding is weakened but solid, text is unmarked, minor edgewear overall. The dustjacket has a small taped tear and is rubbed. "A wintry dawn, a rocky beach, the bodies of a young government official and a beautiful woman side by side in peaceful repose - the local police call it a love suicide, a not uncommon event in the Japan of old, and, even today, occasionally the fate of ill-starred lovers. Case closed - but not for one old detective who worries over the minutest of details.". Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information

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New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1988. Second printing. 5.75" x 8.5" 262 pp. The interior is clean and unmarked, except for a small red remainder dot on the top page edges. The binding has a weak spot toward the end. The DJ has light shelfwear, including a small tear at the upper front spine edge, and a scratch above the bar code on the rear. The front upper corner has a little discoloration where a price sticker once was. "Ex-musician Chris Klick makes a living tracking down other musicians who are owed money. A private eye he's not; he'd rather watch the mergansers from the back porch of his Idaho cabin than look through keyholes. But that doesn't mean he can say no to a beautiful woman with a mystery." . Hard Cover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Remainder. more information

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New York, NY: Warner Books, 1997. First printing. 6.25" x 9.25" 386 pp. The book has a large black remainder slash to the bottom. Pages are unmarked, binding is still very tight. The dustjacket has a bit of rubbing, light edgewear to the top edge and spine ends. "Amelia finds Egypt spinning with demands that join like the threads of her destiny. A request for help comes from an old friend whose husband has fallen for a spiritualist, a plea arrives from an expatriate Civil War colonel with a pretty daughter threatened by an unknown enemy, and a special headache is bestowed by her son Ramses, grown from a precocious child to a teenager, who strikes out with his cousin David and Amelia's beautiful ward Nefret toward an adventure that could turn a mother's hair white...". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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London, UK: Souvenir Press, 1991. 6.25" x 9.5" 318 pp. The book is unmarked, with a tight binding, but the pages are lightly age tanned. The dustjacket has a tiny bit of shelfwear, and light bumping to the corners. "The game of chess has acquired a mystique all its own. Its origins shrouded in mystery, it has been seen as a symbol of human life, as an attempt to control chaos. Atmospheric engravings add spice to a collection that will puzzle and sharpen the most jaded of minds.". Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good+. more information

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New York, NY: Warner Books Inc., 1999. First printing. 6.25" x 9.25" 483 pp. Page edges are tanned, common to this title, w/one small discolored spot. First page has small whiteout/scuff from bookplate removal. Binding is solid, dustjacket is very nice, just a touch of wear. "Archaeologist Nora Kelly is adrift in her career and her personal life when a violent, inexplicable incident leaves her in possession of a mysterious letter. Written by her father, who vanished 16 years ago in the remote desert, the letter reveals the location of a legendary site hidden in the redrock canyon country of Southern Utah: Quivira, the Anasazi Indians' wondrous lost city of gold.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Very Good+. more information

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Garden City, NY: Mystery Guild, 2005. 6" x 8.5" 728 pp. The book is clean, straight and tight. The dustjacket has a little edgewear, light rubbing to the backside. "In the very first novel of the series, 1929's The Roman Hat Mystery, Ellery attends the theatre and finds murder playing a starring role - but in the audience rather than on stage! Calamity Town, published in 1942 and regarded as a masterpiece, finds Ellery at work on a novel in a quiet New England hamlet - where all hell is about to break loose. And if you though the serial killer novel was a recent invention, think again! Cat of Many Tails, where Ellery hunts a psycho who's garroting people with a silken cord during a steamy Manhattan summer, set the standard back in 1949.". Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. more information

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New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1993. 4.25" x 7" x 2.75" boxed set. All four paperbacks are later printings, and are marked 'Special Edition' on the front covers. They are all in excellent condition, extremely clean and tight, just the slightest traces of edgewear present. The box is equally nice, an excellent gift for the mystery lover in your life. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. more information

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New York, NY: Walker & Company, 1966. First printing. 5.75" x 8.25" 224 pp. Binding is excellent, and pages are moderately age tanned. The top page edge has a soil mark, not visible on the pages. The DJ has only light rubbing, and a little edgewear. "Four teenagers - two sets of brothers and sisters - set off in an old London taxi for a camping holiday in the Garrigue, a strange region in Southern France honeycombed by caves and permeated with ancient superstitions. ...the next morning, they, their car, and all their equipment have vanished.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1971. Book club edition. 5.75" x 8.5" 474 pp. w/rough cut edges. Book is very clean, binding is extremely tight. The dustjacket has a small tear/crease to the upper front edge, and a tiny chip missing from the spine bottom. Very crisp and clean otherwise, minimal shelf wear. Includes three full-length novels: Too Many Clients, Might as Well Be Dead, and The Final Deduction.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good-. more information

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New York, NY: Pinnacle Books, 1985. First printing. 4.25" x 6.75" 241 pp. Spine has light creasing, binding is still quite solid overall. Two pages near the center were stuck together by a thin line of glue, binding error possibly? Now separated and readable. Crease to back upper corner. Inside covers are tanned, upper edges just slightly. Pages are unmarked. Still a nice reading copy. "A half million pounds in gold has disappeared from an armored train outside London. The railroad and the banks are in an uproar, and finally they must turn to Holmes for help. The clues are slim, the work is deadly dangerous, the game's afoot - and the great sleuth is giving chase.". Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY: Doubleday, 1992. First printing. 6.25" x 9.5" 269 pp. Inscribed by the author on the title page, to a previous owner, Evelyn. The book is clean and straight, binding is still quite tight. The front endpaper has some very faint soiling. The dustjacket has minor shelf wear, and the laminate is lifting slightly around the lettering. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. more information

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