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New York: Gold Medal Books 1st '65, 1st '67. ....Tight square and clean, "Assignment - Budapest" # k-1525, 1st Ed. 1st print, 1965, flat uncreased spine, former owners name on inside front cover, minor edge wear / "Assignment - Moon Girl" # d-1849, 1st Ed, 1st print, 1967, minor edge wear, no names, both books are in VG condition. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Gold Medal Books PBO. Soft Covers. Very Good. Illus. by Barye Phillips. (more information)

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New York: Collier Books, 1962. ....# As-354-x, square clean and tight, flat spine with minor edge wear, ink name. Contents include: Fun, Fame, Power and Profit / Moonshine from the Sun / Monkey Business in Piltdown / Imaginary, but Real / Man-Made Diamonds / Doing the Impossible / index. Any image directly beside this lisitng is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Collier Books Edition. Pulps. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated by Ruth Adler . (more information)

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New York: Crest / Fawcett Pub., 1961. ....# D-757, tight clean and sqaure, store stamped and former owners name, minor edge wear. Contents include: Robert by Stanley Ellin / The Human Chair by Edogawa Rampo (Hirai, Taró 1894-1965) / Pressure by Morris Hershman [Evelyn Bond] / The Murder of George Washington by Richard M. Gordon / The Widow of Ephesus by Margaret Manners / Lost Leader by Michael Gilbert / Doctor's Orders by John F. Suter / Walking Alone by Miriam allen deFord / The Twenty Friends of William Shaw by Raymond E. Banks / Inspector's Lunch by Donald A. Yates / Reflections on Murder by Nedra Tyre / West Riding to Maryland by Maurice Procter / The Pink Caterpillar by Anthony Boucher / Flash Attachment by Dell Shannon (Barbara Elizabeth Linington) / Death and the Compass by Borges, Jorge Luís (1899-1986) [Honorio Bustos Domecq, B. Suárez Lynch] / Have You Lost Your Head? by Joseph Commings / The Child Watcher by Ernest Harrison / View from the Terrace by Mike Marmer. Any image directly beside this lisiting is the actual book and not a stock photo!. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. (more information)

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Toronto, ON, Canada: Penguin Books Canada, Limited, 2006. ....Latge format soft cover. As New Condition, Uncorrected and Unpublished Proofs, tight clean and square, flat uncreased spine. "In the grand Hotel, a homeless woman charms a businessman into paying for dinner and a room. When his dead body is discovered the following morning, she becomes the prime suspect. When a second person is killed in similar circumstances, Sibylla becomes the most wanted person in Sweden..." Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. Uncorrected and Unpublished Proofs . Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof. (more information)

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Canada: Bantam Books, 1965. ....Tight square and clean, former owners name on inside front cover, minor edge wear, errant ink mark on front cover lower left, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. Canadian Reprint . Soft Cover. Very Good. (more information)

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London: Pan Books, 1954. ....# 305, tight clean and square, former owners names on inside front, readers crease, minor edge wear, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Pan Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Uncredited. (more information)

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United Kingdom: Fontana Books , 1989. ....2 soft covers from "Fontana Books", both are tight clean and square, flat spines with minor edge wear, former owners name on inside front cover in small letters, any image directly beside this listing is the actual books and not a stock photo!. Various Editions & Dates. Soft Covers. Very Good. (more information)

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London: The Bodley Head , 1963. -----Red cloth with gilt on spine, 222 pages, no names, dust jacket is in Very Good Plus condtion with faint edge wear. Contents include: The Ability to Kill / Trials for Murder: The Reporter; Dr. Finch and Miss Tregoff; James Hanratty / The Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures: England; Scotland; France; Crimainal London / Spy-Haunts of the World / Monsieur Gaumont / The Legend of the rue Royale / The Magic Box of Willie Green / The Novelist and the Film-Makers. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Cover by Don Higgins . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Ancaster, Ontario, Canada: Ceta Publishing, 1995. ....Large format soft cover (not large print), tight square and clean, flat uncreased spine, no names or store stamps. "The Reverend Peter James Jr. is found dead. A man haunted by his past and tormented by his present, did Peter commit suicide of was he murdered? For Michael Ross, Peter's death should have been a release from the pain of a turned friendship. Instead, it impels him to delve into his own past and to confront the one who Peter had trusted until the end. In this exciting new novel, Ted Andrews explores the dark side of human nature. Told from the vantage of three comepelling characters, the novel's serpentine plot unwinds to reveal an intricate network of lies, betrayal and deceit." Any image directly beside this lisitng is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Fawcett Crest 1st '76, Ballantine 1st '86. ....2 soft covers, both are tight clean and square, "Tales of the Black Widowers" 1st Fawcett Crest Canadian Edition 1974, flat uncreased spine, no names or store stamps, VG+ condition, "Banquets of the Black Widowers" 1st (Fawcett Crest) Ballantine 1986, minor edge wear, former owners name on inside front cover, VG condition. Contents of "Tales of he Black Widowers" include: Intro by Isaac Asimov / The Acquistive Chuckle / PH As in Phony / Truth to Tell / Go, Little Book! / Early Sunday Morning / The Obvious Factor / The Pointing Finger / Miss What? / The Lullaby of Broadway / Yankee Doodle Went To Town / The Curious Omission / Out Of Sight. Contents of "Banquets of the Black Widowers" include: Intro by Isaac Asimov / Sixty Million Trillion Combinations / The Woman in the Bar / The Driver / The Good Samaritan / The Year of the Action / Can You Prove It? / The Phoenician Bauble / A Monday in April / Neither Brute Nor Human / The Redhead / The Wrong House / The Intrusion. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Fawcett Crest Edtions Thus . Soft Covers. Very Good. (more information)

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Greensboro, N. C.: Fawcett Crest. ....Tight square and clean, 255 pages, edge wear, ink name on inside front cover far left edge. Contents inlcude: The Singing Bell / The Talking Stone / What's in a Name? / The Dying Night / Pate de Foie Gras / The Dust of Death / A Loint of Paw / I'm in Marsport Without Hilda / Marooned Off Vesta / Anniversary / Obituary / Star Light / The Key / The Billiard Ball. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Fawcett Crest Edtion. Soft Cover. Very Good. (more information)

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Warwick Publishing, 2000. ....Large format soft cover (not large print), tight clean and square, remainder mark on bottom edge, flat uncreased spine, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Thus. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: The Hearst Corp. , 1961. ....Tight clean and square, minor edge wear mainly at spine, 1 1/2" closed tear front top edge at spine. sticker shadow front cover top right corner (not a pull). Contents include: The Long Saturday Night by Charles Williams, with colour illustrations by Paul Nonnast / Last Year In Vence by Donald Culross Peattie, illustrated by Dick Stone / Island Girl by Hugh B. Cave, illustrated by Edwin Georgi / Beyond The Door, The Sea by Ursule Molinaro, illustrated by Don De Mauro / The Deadly Foxes by John Durham, illustrated by Robert Weaver / The Amazing Inventiveness of Women Painters by Jean Lipman and Cleve Gray - Georgia O'Keeffe, Ethel Schwabacher, Elaine De Kooning, Sonia Gechtoff, Grace Hartigan, Helen Frankenthaler, Nell Blaine, Louise Nevelson, Ethel Magafan, Joan Brown, Lee Bontecou, fully illustrated / The Bohemian Life by Alan Levy, Illustrated by Edward Sorel / Confessions of an Art Auctioneer by Louis J. Marion, as told to Martin Abramson / Smith College Girl in the Copa Show - Barbara Dodd - Photos by Ernest Gay, Text by Stephan Wilkinson, colour and b & w photos / Lunch Date with Gregory Peck by Lyn Tornabene, with photos / With colour and b & w advertisements. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition First Printing. Magazine. Very Good. Illus. by Paul Nonast, Dick Stone, Edwin Georgi, Don De Mauro, Robert Weaver, Edward Sorel, . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (more information)

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New York: Warner Books, 2006. ....Large format soft cover (not large print), ADVANCE READING COPY, 438 pages. "Some people collect stamps or baseball cards, Roger Seagraves collects souls." Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. Advance Reading Copy 1st 1st, . Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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London: Arthur Barker Museum Street Thriller , 1958. - Red cloth with black lettering on spine, 190 pages, tight square and clean, no names, dust jacket is in Poor condition tears and pieces from the back missing (check out the scan), any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Thr Mysterious Press / Warner Books , 1999. Red coloured paper covered boards with yellow lettering on spine, unread condition.Jacket is in VG condition with 2, 1" closed tears on bottom edge, back cover. NOTE: Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book & not a generic photo!. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Delacorte Pr, 2006. ....Quarter bound in red cloth with white boards and silver lettering on spine, Review Card loosely laid in, As New Condition, headband. "A human body starts to decompose four minutes after death. The body, once the encapsulation of life now undergoes its final metamorphases...With these chilling words, the narrator of Simon Beckett's ingenious, nerve-jangling novel of suspense begins his tale - a story of mystery, forensic science, and a nightmare that has descended on a picturesque English town." Any image directly beside this lisitng is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy. (more information)

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England: Equation Books , 1989. ....Large format soft cover (not large print), 235 pages, flat uncreased spine, tight clean and square, no names or store stamps, minor edge wear. "Algernon Blackwood is one of the great modern masters of the supernatural story - in his time 'the greatest living writer of weird fiction', according H. P. Lovecraft." Contents inlcude: Intor by Mike Ashley / A Mysterious House / The Kit-bag / The Laying of a Red-haired Ghost / The Message of the Clock / The Singular Death of Morton / La Mauvaise Riche / The Soldier's Visitor / The Memory of Beauty / Onanonanon / The First Flight (from Jimbo) / The Vision of the Winds (from The Centaur) / The Summoning (from Julius LeVallon) / The Blackmailers / The Wig / King's Evidence / Lock Your Door / Five Strange Stories / At a Mayfair Luncheon / The Man-eater / By Proxy / The Voice / The Magic Mirror / Roman Remains / Wishful Thinking / bibliography. Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Prime Crime, 2004. ....Red and white boards with gilt on spine, tight clean and square, no names, remainder dot on bottom edge, 135 pages, "Crosswords included - answers in the back!"any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photot!. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/NF. Illus. by Grace DeVito . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Prime Crime, 2004. ....Two farge format soft covers (not large print), both are in NF condition, no names or store stamps, 197, 324 pages, "Crosswords included - answers in the back!", any image directly beside this listing is the actual books and not a stock photo!. First Editions First Printings. Soft Covers. Near Fine. Illus. by Grace DeVito. (more information)

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 2003. - Two paperbacks featuring "Joanne Kilbourn", 237,335 pages, both are tight square and clean, flat spines with only one having minor creasing the other one uncreased, faint edge wear, any image directly beside this listing is the actual books and not a stock photo. First Editions 2nd Printings . Soft Covers. Very Good Plus - Near Fine. (more information)

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New York: Berkley Books , 1966. ....# F-1239, tight clean and square, no names, flat spine with minor edge wear, any image directly beside thisl isting is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Berkley Editon First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. (more information)

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London: Little Brown , 2006. -----Large format soft cover (not large print), tight square and clean, 343 pages, minor shelf wear, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. 1st Edition Uncorrected Proof . Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Minotaur Books, 2005. ...Large format soft cover (not large print), 201 clean pages, tight clean and square, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First American Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (more information)

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Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1956. ....# 1130, tight clean and sqaure, no names or writing, flat spine with minor crease, minor edge wear, a few tiny spots on front edge, cover art by Stephen Russ. any image directly beside this lisitng is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Penguin Books Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Stephen Russ . (more information)

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London: University of London Press / The Pilot Books, 1951. -----Large format soft cover (not large print), green linen soft cover with red and black design and lettering on cover, 128 page with 6 full page b & w illustrations by Will Nickless, minor edge wear, ink name and number on ffep, some dog earing to pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo. First University of London Edition . Printed Linen. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrations by Will Nickless. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Vintage Books / Random House , 2006. ....Large format soft cover (not large print), As New Condition. "Detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep of the Royal Tahai Police returns in this riveting and smokily atmospheric new thriller." Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Vintage Books Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. (more information)

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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. ....Large format soft cover (not large print). As New Condition, Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof, tight clean and square. "The latest thriller from bestselling author Jan Burke - fan-favorite characters Irene Kelly and her husbanc Detective Frank Harriman are back with edge-of-your-seat forensic suspense." Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and ot a stock photo!. Advance Uncorrected Reader's Proof . Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Uncorrected Proof. (more information)

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London: Pan Books, 1947. ....Tight clean and square, former owners name on title page, heel of spine has 1/2 missing, edge wear, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Thus. Soft Cover. Good Plus. (more information)

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New York: Bantam Books, 1948. ....# 304, tight square and clean, minor edge wear, "Murder does the impossible and Scotland Yard calls in Gideon Fell to fit the puzzle pieces together in his own weird way." Any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a stock photo!. First Edition First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Gilbert Fullington . (more information)

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