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1) Murder Of Cecily Thane
ASHBROOK, H.,

Coward-McCann,: 1930. First edition. Publisher's black cloth. No dust jacket. Near fine; former owner's ink signature on front free endpaper. 8vo. more information

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Price: $15.00
2) The Kiss of Death
BACHMANN, Lawrence P

Alfred A. Knopf,: 1946. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookseller's stamp and date stamp to front free endpaper; slightly cocked; else a very good copy in a bright, very good jacket with some soiling to the rear panel. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $20.00
3) Breathe No More, My Lady
BAILEY, Hilea

Doubleday,: 1946. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookseller's stamp and date stamp, crossed out in pencil, to front free endpaper; bookplate to pastedown; otherwise a very good copy in a very good jacket with a little use to the bottom edge, and a few tiny chips. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $20.00
4) Death in the Virgins
BARBOUR, R. H

D. Appleton - Century,: 1940. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. A little musty, but a very good copy in an unchipped jacket with some light browning and foxing. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $250.00
5) The Six Proud Walkers
BEEDING, Francis

Little, Brown, and Company, : 1928. First edition. publisher's brown cloth in dust jacket. Better than very good, with slight rubbing at extremities, in a jacket with small chips, a few rubbed spots, and a few light creases. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $150.00
6) The Pinball Murders
BLACK, Thomas

Reynal and Hitchcock,: [1947]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate to pastedown; else a very good copy in a price-clipped, very good jacket with some soiling to the back panel. . 8vo,. more information

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Price: $20.00
7) See You at the Morgue
BLOCHMAN, Lawrence G

Duell, Sloan and Pearce,: [1941]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Pencil notations to front free endpaper; soiling to preliminaries; slightly cocked; single tape stains to front and rear pastedowns and jacket flaps; otherwise a very good copy in a bright jacket with a little use to the bottom edge and some soiling to the back panel. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $35.00
8) Last Year's Blood
BRANSON, H. C

Simon and Schuster,: 1947. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Evidence of bookplate removal on pastedown; single crayon mark to front free endpaper; cocked; good to very good in a very good jacket with some chipping to the top of the spine. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $15.00
9) Rope for an Ape
CHAMBERS, Dana

The Dial Press,: 1947. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. A very good copy in a very good jacket with a little use to the bottom of the front panel. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $35.00
10) The White Rider
CHARTERIS, Leslie

The Crime Club,: 1930. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Very light use to cloth; an attractive copy in jacket with a bright front panel. Neat tissue repairs to the verso of the jacket spine, which is very slightly tanned; a few tiny chips to the extremities. Very nice. . 8vo,. more information

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Price: $500.00
11) I'll Say She Does!
CHEYNEY, Peter

Dodd, Mead,: 1946. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate to pastedown; evidence of removal of another bookplate; spotting to cloth; good to very good in a nice jacket with some chipping to the bottom of the fore-edges and slight use to the extremities of the spine. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $50.00
12) Uneasy Terms
CHEYNEY, Peter

Dodd, Mead,: 1947. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Slight rubbing to cloth, but a very good copy in a very good jacket with one small chip and a few wrinkles to the edges. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $15.00
13) Boarding House
DELIUS, Peter

J. B. Lippincott,: [1935]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate to front pastedown; two skinned areas to front free endpaper; some spotting to fore-edge; a very good copy in a jacket with a 1/2" chip to the bottom of the front panel, a tear to the spine, and some browning to the back panel. . 8vo,. more information

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Price: $50.00
14) Narracong Riddle
DERLETH, August

Charles Scribner's Sons,: 1940. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. A little musty; some browning to preliminaries; else a bright copy in a very nice jacket with some very slight use to the edges of the front panel and spine. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $150.00
15) Death in Five Boxes
DICKSON, Carter

William Morrow,: 1938. First edition. publisher's black cloth (lacking dust jacket). Bookseller's stamp to front free endpaper, else a very good copy with some light water spots to the front panel. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $45.00
16) The Lost Caesar
FENISONG, Ruth

Doubleday Doran,: 1945. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookseller's stamp and date stamp, crossed out in pencil, to front free endpaper; cocked; else a very good copy in a jacket with some light chipping to edges. . 8vo,. more information

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Price: $15.00
17) Enough To Kill A Horse
FERRARS, E.X

Doubleday and Co.,: 1955. First edition. Publisher's cloth in dust jacket. A fine copy in a jacket which lacks the lower two inches of the spine. 8vo. more information

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Price: $15.00
18) Night Freight Murders
FLEMING, Robert

Smith and Durrell,: [1942]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Some browning to preliminaries, else a very good copy in a bright, unchipped jacket with some soiling to the rear panel. . 8vo,. more information

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Price: $40.00
19) The Ebony Bed Murder
GILLMORE, Rufus

The Mystery League,: 1932. First American edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate to pastedown; some light spotting to cloth; else a very good copy in a jacket with a few chips, some soiling, and some light overall use. . 8vo,. more information

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Price: $50.00
20) Tiger by the Tail
GOLDMAN, Lawrence

David McKay: [1946]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Remnants of bookplate to pastedown; a few spots to preliminaries; else a very good copy in a very good jacket with some use and short tears to the top edge. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $20.00
21) F" Is For Fugitive
GRAFTON, Sue

Henry Holt and Company,: [1989]. First edition. Publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Fine in fine jacket ( price-clipped ). 8vo. more information

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Price: $50.00
22) The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer's Story
GREEN, Anna Katherine

G. P. Putnam,: 1878. First edition with the date on the title page and the inserted facsimile plates. publisher's rust cloth. A good to very good copy. There is a bookplate and an 1878 ownership inscription. A few started leaves soiled and chipped at fore-edge; evidence of water damage to upper two inches of rear board and rear free endpaper; back hinge cracked; some light wear to extremities of the spine. The genuine first edition is extremely uncommon. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $2,500.00
23) Barrack 3 Room 12
HAEDRICH, Marcel

Reynal and Hitchcock,: [1943]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. A very good copy in a very good jacket with a long tear to the front panel and some light use and some soiling to the back panel. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $15.00
24) Bitter Ending
IRVING, Alexander

Dodd, Mead,: 1946. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Spotting to cloth; ink signature to pastedown; evidence of bookplate removal below signature; tear to p. 13. The jacket has a 1" triangular chip to the bottom of the front panel. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $15.00
25) The Singing Widow
JOHNS, Veronica Parker

Duell, Sloan Pearce,: [1941]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Slight moisture damage to cloth; a little musty; bookplate to pastedown; a very good copy in a very good jacket with some short tears, some wrinkling, and light soiling to the back panel. . 8vo,. more information

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Price: $125.00
26) Dangerous Honeymoon
KIELLAND, Axel

Little, Brown,: 1946. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate to front free endpaper; a very good copy in a nice jacket with one small chip and some light use to the edges. . 8vo,. more information

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Price: $45.00
27) The Pearl Ship: A Tale of the Seven Seas
KIRKHAM, Stanton Davis

G. P. Putnam,: 1937. First edition. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. Near fine in a fine, fresh jacket. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $125.00
28) Shadows in Succession
LOBAUGH, Alma K

Doubleday,: 1946. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate to pastedown; else a very good copy in a very good jacket with some light use to the extremities of the spine. . 8vo,. more information

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Price: $35.00
29) The Longbow Murder
LUHRS, Victor

W. W. Norton,: [1941]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate to front pastedown; a little musty; a few light spots to cloth; else a very good copy in an attractive jacket with some light use to edges and a little soiling to the back panel. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $175.00
30) The Crimson Feather
MASON, Sara Elizabeth

Doubleday, Doran,: 1945. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. A very good copy in a jacket with a chip to the back panel and some insect damage to the front fore-edge. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $20.00
31) Hongkong Airbase Murders
MASON, Van Wyck

Doubleday, Doran,: 1937. First edition. Publisher's black cloth. No dust jacket. Very good; slightly sunned on spine. 8vo. more information

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Price: $25.00
32) Cairo Garter Murders
MASON, Van Wyck

The Crime Club,: 1938. First edition. Publisher's cloth. No dust jacket. Very good; some light marks to covers. 8vo. more information

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Price: $15.00
33) The Weak - Eyed Bay
MILLAR, Margaret

Doubleday, Doran,: 1942. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate and date stamp to front free endpaper; a few spots to cloth; else a very good copy in a jacket with some insect damage to the lower 1-1/2" of the back panel. 8vo,. Author's second book. more information

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Price: $150.00
34) Contact Mercury
NASON, Leonard H

Doubleday,: 1946. First edition. . original cloth in dust jacket. A little foxing to preliminaries, else a very good copy in a bright jacket with a few small holes and a chip to the bottom of the spine. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $20.00
35) Departure Delayed
OURSLER, Will

Simon and Schuster,: 1947. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookseller's stamp and date stamp to front free endpaper; ink ownership signature on pastedown; otherwise a very good copy in a very good jacket with some light foxing to the rear panel. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $15.00
36) Killers Play Rough
RING, Adam

Crown Publishers,: [1946]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookseller's stamp and date stamp, crossed out in pencil, to front free endpaper; bookplate to pastedown; otherwise a very good copy in a very good jacket with a little use to the edges and some light soiling to the back panel. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $15.00
37) Three Down Vulnerable
ROSS, Z. H

Bobbs-Merrill,: [1946]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookseller's stamp and date stamp to front free endpaper; bookplate to pastedown; slightly cocked; in a bright, very good jacket with some light use and a little soiling to the back panel. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $50.00
38) Exit Harlequin
RYAN, Jessica

Doubleday,: 1947. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookseller's stamp and date stamp, crossed out in pencil, to front free endpaper; bookplate to pastedown; else a very good copy in a very good jacket with a handful of small chips. . 8vo,. more information

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Price: $15.00
39) Death Never Weeps
RYAN, Stella

Coward-McCann,: [1946]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookseller's stamp and date stamp to front free endpaper; preliminaries a little browned; else a very good copy in a bright, very good jacket with a small chip to the top of the front panel. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $10.00
40) Benefit Performance
SALE, Richard

Simon and Schuster,: 1946. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookseller's stamp and date stamp, crossed out in pencil, to front free endpaper; bookplate to pastedown; cloth a little spotted; in a jacket with some use to the bottom edge, particularly at the spine. . 8vo,. more information

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Price: $10.00
41) Suspicious Characters
SAYERS, Dorothy

Brewer, Warren and Putnam,: 1931. First American edition. publisher's cloth (lacking dust jacket). Hinges repaired; endpapers browned; cloth soiled: good to very good only. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $25.00
42) The Agony Column Murders
SCOTT, R. T. M

E. P. Dutton, : 1946. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate to pastedown; else a very good copy in a very good jacket with some light soiling and darkening. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $35.00
43) Diamonds in the Dumplings
SHANE, Susannah

Doubleday,: 1946. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Cloth dampstained; pages a little wrinkled in spots; evidence of bookplate removal on pastedown; good to very good in a very good jacket with a few short tears and some light use to the extremities of the spine. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $15.00
44) Mortal Consequences. A History--From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel
SYMONS, Julian

Harper & Row,: [1972]. First U.S. edition. publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket. A fine copy in jacket with some rubbing and overall light soiling and a two-inch internal tape repair. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $20.00
45) The Perennial Boarder
TAYLOR, Phoebe Atwood

W. W. Norton,: [1941]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate to front free endpaper, single tape stain to front and rear pastedowns and jacket flaps; otherwise a very good copy in a very good jacket with a few chips and short tears and some light soiling. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $35.00
46) Odd Man Pays
TEILHET, Darwin L

Little, Brown,: 1944. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Very light spotting to cloth, else a very good copy in a very good jacket with a chip to the bottom of the front panel and some light soiling to the back panel. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $35.00
47) H as in Hunted
TREAT, Lawrence

Duell, Sloan and Pearce,: [1946]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Evidence of bookplate removal on pastedown; spotting to fore-edge of cloth; otherwise very good in a very good jacket with a little soiling to the back panel. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $60.00
48) The Leather Man
TREAT, Lawrence

Duell, Sloan and Pearce,: [1944]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookseller's stamp and date stamp crossed out in pencil to front free endpaper; slightly cocked; else a very good copy in a bright, unchipped jacket with a little browning to the back panel. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $75.00
49) Tragedy in Turquoise
TRIMBLE, Louis

Phoenix Press,: [1942]. First edition. original cloth in dust jacket. Bookplate to front free endpaper; single tape stain to front and rear endpapers and jacket flaps; else a very good copy in a very good jacket with some general use, particularly at the bottom of the spine. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $45.00
50) The Whispering Death
VICKERS, Roy

Jefferson House,: 1947. Reissue under a new title. original cloth in dust jacket. Small ink ownership stamp to front free endpaper; spotting to fore-edges of cloth; else a very good copy in a very good jacket with chipping to the extremities of the spine. 8vo,. more information

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Price: $20.00
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