Yogi Shrouds Yolande And Poison Ivy by Brown Carter - 1965

Toronto: The Coop-Clark Co., 1906. KID McGHIE- S. R. Crockett- Illustrated by E.F. Skinner- The Copp-Clark Co. Ltd.- Toronto- 1906-True-1st Edition-1st Printing-1st State- SC- Illustrated Softcover Wraps:- 12mo- VG/ no dj as issued-original grey wraps with green titles on cover and spine-illustration on cover also in green.- B&W frontis-+ 3 other plates- They are bound in to face pp.102, 192, and 322. -400pp all clean-no tears or writing- some cover rubs on spine,piece of tape at lower edge to prevent further separation which is about 3/4 of an inch- edges a little curled as to be expect with softcover, but a prime example of a very, very SCARCE copy in softcover-1st/1st-There are almost none that have survived-none available on the net!- Only 2 softcover true 1st ed's found in World cat: One in the UCLA rare books ibrary and and at the Univ. of Torotnto in the Fischer rare book room-SEE PHOTOS- Safe-cracking, burglary, etc. - with a ghost thrown in! There is no list of the plates, which are… Read More

Boston: Little Brown, 1972 unclipped dust jacket with some edge wear and short tears and minor chipping to spine ends and corners, signed (authentic) 'Ngaio Marsh' to title, 287pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Robert Hale & Company, London, GB, 1970 HBDJ, Stated 1st Published in GB in 1970. 1st Edition., Hardback. NF/VG-, AS-IS, BLACK Cloth HARDBACK Titled in Silver Gilt on Spine Cvr. Book Condition: NF. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. 12mo 192 pgs. Book with minor bumping to spine, contents very clean/tight Light Wear , Fox. Jacket has minor edge-wear, slightly soiled mostly on back cover and edges, Light Creases. 5 X 7 1/2 IN. Back DJ light Scuff Rub. very Light Fox outer pgs edges, DJ Protected Clear Mylar ,Eileen Donelly who Has Just Spent a Holiday in Ireland with Her Relatives. The train is Late & news comes that there Has been an Accident & Eileen is among the Dead. Guy, at first Numb with Shock, goes to Sheffield to view the Body. A fire has disfigured the Dead Woman, but he notices the hands. Eileen had very Small Hands, those of the woman are Much Larger & Guy knows a dreadful Mistake has been Made. He goes to the Police. He traces the other Two Occupants of the Railway… Read More

A Tower Mystery, 1st thus, this is 1st printing of the Tower edition. Very Good book with color rubbed along top and bottom edges, boards slightly bowed, offsetting paste downs and end pages, pages age yellowed; in a Good to Very Good jacket that has edge and corner wear, some small chipschip and 3/4 inch tear at bottom of spine at jacket fold, light sun fade on spine and yellowing back pane, light rubbing. Inscribed – For Louise – with all good wishes – and signed Dorothy (B. Hughes). Scarce signature – Hughes mystery involving modern day slave trade in the Southwest.

Fine minus unread book with very slight crimp top of spine, in a Near Fine jacket that has slight wrinkles and color loss at spine ends, particularly top. Davidson's first mystery has full-page, double-sided St. Martin's news release laid-in. This copy has been signed by Davidson and dated July 1990 on the title page. There is a long inscription to Chris McPhee, who was once co-owner of the store, Murder by the Book, located in Denver.

New York NY: E. P. Dutton. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn and torn at edges. ; 336 pages .

CT: Yale University Press, 1981. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. HARDCOVER. 1981. FIRST EDITION. AS NEW, bound in orange cloth in orange-red pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, jacket not price clipped. 'Focusing particularly on classic works by Wilkie Collins, Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Georges Simenon, Porter shows how the detective narrative achieves its artistic ends through the erotic management of suspense.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Five Star Waterville, Maine, 2006 HBDJ, August 2006, stated 1st edition, NF+/VG+, This book is very good +condition except for minor shelf wear.287 pgs,Alex Night moves out of the private eye business on Larchmont Boulevard in Hollywood and into the mystery writing profession at the WRITERS AND ARTISTS BUILDING in Beverly Hills, where he intends to follow in the footsteps of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. But Night is persistently plagued by former clients who won't let him get past the title page of his potential Edgar Award mystery novel The Big Changeover. After too many false starts and near fatal distractions, Night finds himself on the treacherous trail of two missing objects. The first: an Imperial Fabergi Egg, The Tear of Russia, given by William Randolph Hearst over a half century ago to his mistress - --a Fabergi now valued at over ten million dollars. The second: his missing fianci, the beautiful Goldie Rose. It's soon evident that Goldie has been kidnapped, but by whom - and… Read More

First UK edition, Fine unread book, in a Very Good to Near Fine jacket that has slight edge and corner wear, couple of very light overwrite impressions, tiny dog-ear at top corner front flap, with a Gollancz price sticker over the original price. This copy has been signed by Hillerman on the half-title page. The second Jim Chee mystery.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1966. B/W FRONTISPIECE, HBDJ, 1966, STATED 1st edition , NEAR FINE in a Near Fine- , First PRINTING. In Lippincott library binding in Beautiful green, Blue & white of boy & girl on Beach, NOT a library discard. Top edge of book pg green & lightly spotted, edges of DJa bit age darkened EVER SO SLIGHTLY. ,While exploring the children find some long lost doubloons and help put a pirate's ghost to rest, but not before almost becoming ghosts themselves. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Joe and Beth Krush.