Detective Fiction from Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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The High Window [photoplay edition, filmed as The Brasher Doubloon]
by Chandler, Raymond
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- Used
- Published
- 1946
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$35.00
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Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1946. Hardcover. 240p., corners bumped, pages evenly toned, else very good second printing in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Jacket title is "The Brasher Doubloon," spine and title page state "The High Window." The film starred George Montgomery and Nancy Guild. A Tower Mystery. Item Price
$35.00
The Eyes of the Basilisk
by Hughes, Peter Tuesday
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- Used
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- 1978
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- Paperback
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$20.00
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Santee: The Blueboy Library, 1978. Paperback. 184p.+ads, price sticker on cover else a very good reprint PBO in camp photo-pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Blueboy Library CA101. Reprint. Originally printed in 1977 by Blueboy as 80028
"Crossdressing communist scientist Rudolph Hidrana, a.k.a. Ruth Hydra, is trying to wrest control of the Organization for the Suppression of World Capitalism..."… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Madame Storey
by Footner, Hulbert
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- Used
- Published
- 1926
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$65.00
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New York: George H. Doran Company, 1926. Hardcover. 341p., front hinge is cracked, otherwise very good. Novel about a woman detective, by a Canadian-born American writer. Item Price
$65.00
Hard Training
by Stone, Mitch [pseudonym of Julian Marks] cover by Adam
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- Used
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- 1987
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- Paperback
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$25.00
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No. Hollywood: Arena/American Art Ent, 1987. Paperback. 189p., price stickers on cover else a very good reprint PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Power Force Series PF-119. Cops and bobbers! Mitch Stone's Hard Training is a reprint of Julian Mark's Special Duty (Gunn, p. 195). Mitch Stone was a House Name for various reprints from a variety… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
Blackmailed!
by Hastings, Banner, cover by Adam
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- Used
- Published
- 1977
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- Paperback
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$25.00
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Santee, CA: Blueboy Library, 1977. Paperback. 184p., price sticker on cover and lightly worn first printing PBO in original camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction . Blueboy Library 80050. A Private Dick helps accidental sleuth Clint track down the truth of his lover's apparent suicide. Gunn page 160. Item Price
$25.00
S & M Bike Cop
by Hardy, Tom [pseudonym of Gordon Hoban]
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- Used
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- 1978
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$15.00
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Santee, CA: Surree Ltd, 1978. Paperback. 186p.+ads, price-sticker on cover & very worn first printing PBO in original camp photo-illustrated wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Reading copy only, as is. Surree Stud Series SS039. According to Gunn page 258 (and a quick skim) this has nothing to do with S&M or motorcycle cops! Item Price
$15.00
The Glory Hole Murders
by Fennelly, Tony
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- Used
- Published
- 1986
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780881842708
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$15.00
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New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1986. Hardcover. 204p., very good first printing mass-market paperback edition in pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Fennelly's first mystery about gay New Orleans detective Matt Sinclair. Gunn page 144. Item Price
$15.00
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Grave Error
by Greenleaf, Stephen
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- Used
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- 1979
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$40.00
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New York: The Dial Press, 1979. Hardcover. 264p., hardbound in 8.5x6 inch pale grey boards with dark red backstrip lettered silverfoil, and enclosed in the dust jacket (unclipped). Mild hints of handling and age, a very good copy that is inscribed and signed by Greenleaf on the title page, to a bookdealer friend. Laid in are two typewritten letters… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00
Nightwork; a Dave Brandstetter mystery
by Hansen, Joseph
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- Used
- Published
- 1985
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780030036798
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$20.00
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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston owl Book, 1985. Paperback. 172p., very good first mass market paperback edition, first printing stated in pictorial wraps. An Owl Mystery. The seventh of Hansen's mysteries featuring the gay detective. Gunn page 156 (1st ed.). Item Price
$20.00
Final Cut
by Haddock, Lisa
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- Used
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- 1995
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$12.00
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Tallahassee: Naiad Press, 1995. Paperback. 189p., wraps, very good condition. A Carmen Ramirez Mystery, Book 2. Item Price
$12.00
Woman with Red Hair
by Brunel, Sigrid
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- Used
- Published
- 1991
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780934678308
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$12.00
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Norwich, VT: New Victoria Publishers, 1991. Paperback. 186p., wraps, very good condition. Magalie and Danielle fall in love while trying to solve the murder of Magalie's mother. Item Price
$12.00
Rough Trade (original title: Gay Detective)
by Rand, Lou [aka Lou Rand Hogan]
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- Used
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- 1965
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- Paperback
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$15.00
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New York: Paperback Library, 1965. Paperback. 160p., worn second paperback printing thus, camp pictorial wraps. Young 3194* Paperback Library 54-821. The cover shouts First Time in Paperback but originally published as The Gay Detective published by Saber in 1961 which was Young 3193* San Francisco PI Francis (Frank) Morley, former actor and boxing adept in a murder mystery. Gunn… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
The Running Man
by Stone, Jack, cover by Adam
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- Used
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- 1976
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- Paperback
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$25.00
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Santee, CA: The Blueboy Library, 1976. Paperback. 184p., old black marker price on cover else a very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Blueboy Library 80022. "New York courier Phil Evans, early 30s, in an action thriller..." Gunn page 222. Item Price
$25.00
Long day, come tomorrow
by Feast, Jim
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- Used
- Published
- 2017
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- Paperback
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$15.00
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New York: Autonomedia, 2017. Paperback. 169p., 6x9 inch pictorial wraps; as New. "Rasken Hasp is dying of AIDS, given only a few months to live. Then someone tries to kill him. Item Price
$15.00
The Secret of the Phallic Stone
by Lang, Raymond R. [pseudonym of William J. Lambert, III] cover by Cain
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- Used
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- 1977
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$30.00
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Santee: The Blueboy Library, 1977. Paperback. 184p.+ads, old black marker price on cover else a good first printing PBO in original camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Blueboy Library 80059. U.S. secret agent Peter Stort investigates homosexual alliances between Soviet and US scientists. Gunn page 186. Item Price
$30.00
Big Gun for Hire
by Anonymous
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- Used
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- 1988
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- Paperback
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$25.00
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New York: Star Dist, 1988. Paperback. 149p., very good first printing PBO in explicit camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Young Stallions YS-115. Gay Detective Petrovich Pasternak. Not in Gunn. Item Price
$25.00
Strange tales of an unreal west
by Tano, Trent
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- Used
- Published
- 2003
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- Paperback
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$15.00
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[San Francisco?]: Strangewest Productions, 2003. Paperback. 98p., + [10p., epilogue & ads], 4.5x7 inch wraps; in very good condition. Item Price
$15.00
Thompson the detective; a thrilling story of adventure
by Hempstead, Junius L.
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- Used
- Published
- 1902
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$55.00
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New York: The Abbey Press, 1902. Hardcover. [iii], 368p., green cloth boards, titling and decoration in white; cloth along top edge of front board appears to be slightly wrinkled from damp damage, rubbing on boards, corners a bit bumped and slightly exposed, minor pencil marginalia and bit of underlining, otherwise very good. Item Price
$55.00
Locked room murders; and other impossible crimes
by Adey, Robert
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- Used
- Published
- 1979
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$75.00
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London: Ferret Fantasy Ltd, 1979. Hardcover. 190p., revised and expanded version, originally published in 1979; price sticker on spine, slight dent on lower edge front board, otherwise in very good condition. Item Price
$75.00
Sweet Dreams
by Preston, John
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- Used
- Published
- 1984
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780932870575
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$15.00
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Boston: Alyson Publications, 1984. Paperback. 122p., old price sticker on front wrap, previous owner's label and bookplate on title page, else very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps, Mission of Alex Kane, #1. 'Destroyer'-type novel with a gay hero. Gunn page 208. Set in Boston. First in the series. Item Price
$15.00
