Search Results: Mystery from Dave Shoots, Bookseller

N.Y.: McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie, 1928 Book. Illus. by Uncredited Front.. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original red cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Cover faded. Odd spots throughout, but easily readable and holding together quite well. This aged series is surprisingly riveting, threatening to lure me into reading fiction again. Title of this one is a reference to a BBC Radio station opened in London in 1922. 251 pp..

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931 Book. Illus. by Paramount Photoplay. Good. Hardcover. Second Printing Before Publication. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth lettered in black on boards. It's a big game between University and State College. The score is tied at the start of the third quarter. When Demuth, the ball carrier for State, collapses as he is hauled down in the end zone, bedlam ensues. Demuth doesn't get up. So ends the first chapter, which the reader must fathom by the broadcaster's arcane commentary. The book itself has seen some rough treatment, too, for there are 21 date stamps from a local lending library. The cover looks as though it had been at the bottom of a pileup, for it has a small ding at thebottom edge and is permanently cocked. The last leaf is victim of a cracked joint, but is still attached. The Paramount photos are not affected. 265 pp..

London: John Murray, 1944 Book. Good to Very Good. Hardcover. Conan Doyle Uniform Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. DJ missing 1 1/2 inch strip across lower bottom of reverse, extending across base of spine and for a length of 1 1/2 inches into obverse. Twelve stories: A Scandal in Bohemia; The Red-Headed League; A Case of Identity; The Boscombe Valley Mystery; The Five Orange Pips; The Man with the Twisted Lip; The Blue Carbuncle; The Speckled Band; The Engineer's Thumb; The Noble Bachelor; The Beryl Coronet; and The Copper Beeches. 344 pp..

New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co., 1952 Book. Illus. by Sketch of Library. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One of more than 60 novels by Rmma Redington Lee Thayer. Published in 1952, it features red-haired detective Peter Clancy and Wiggar, his valet. No information on the story. First free endpaper is missing. Half-title has small ink scribble. 240 pp..

New York: Greenberg: Publisher, 1934 Book. Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Tan cloth on boards. 11 date stamps from local lending library-bookstore. This story won third place from 7000 entries in a contest sponsored by a national magazine. - Publisher's Preface. A doctor goes duck hunting, where circumstances convince him that he has shot a fellow hunter. 242 pp..

New York: Roy Publishers, 1955 Book. Illus. by Dustjacket By Edward Pagram. Very Good. Hardcover. First American. 5 x 7 1/2 Inches. Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial dustjacket by Edward Pagram features two men in conflict while a woman looks on in fear. Dustjacket is worn at edges and corners and has several short tears at top and bottom, as well as a crease at the top of front cover. This book is one of five detective novels written by Bernard Cronin under his "Eric North" pseudonym. The story takes place in Melbourne, Australia, and involves murder, drugs and organized crime. 208 pp..

N.Y.: McKinlay, Stone, and Mackenzie, 1928 Book. Illus. by Front. Drawing. Good Plus to Very Good. Hardcover. Fourth Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original red cloth on boards. A funny thing happened in the bookstore. I saw the previous owner's name scrawled in pencil and judged him to be of low-average intelligence. I wondered what had led him to buy this book, and to read it, presumably. I've told lots of people that I never read fiction since there are so many non-fiction books I want to read in the limited time I have allowed in my schedule. Out of pure curiosity I started to read, and soon came to the term, "costermonger." Since I didn't know the term, I told myself I might look it up later. The author then described Gilmartin, the detective protagonist, as "indolent," but "capable of extraordinary spurts of energy." I began to feel sorry for him because he was late, and pictured him as a roly-poly huffer-puffer… Read More

London: Clerke and Cockeran, 1951 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth on boards. First free endpaper removed. No other damage and no writing. Sterry Browning is one of several aliases of Leonard Gribble. No review found. 223 pp..

N.Y.: McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie, 1927 Book. Illus. by Uncredited Front.. Good Plus. Hardcover. Third Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original red cloth on boards with gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's name. Cover faded with splotches front and back. This was Masterman's second book of more than two dozen he eventually wrote. Spoiler alert - it has a happy ending! 287 pp..

Cleveland, OH: Goldsmith Publishing Co. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original green cloth showing steam yacht on boards. A novelist who is also a spy meets another spy. Title in Britain is Hidden Hands. No writing. Front hinge lightly cracked, so glued. 314 pp..

London: Collins, 1941 Book. Good. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original maroon cloth on boards. Minor ink scribbles not affecting text, and a few crinkled edges. Set in the Balkan state of Turbany before the Nazi invasion, the hero rescues a local girl from an Axis agent, and.... 252 pp..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906 Book. Illus. by Harvey T. Dunn. Good Plus. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original maroon cloth on boards. Hornung's best-known title. Three illustrations. Gutter strain glued. Top edges gilt. One minor bottom page tear. 262 pp..

London: R.E. King & Co. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Red cloth on boards. Cocked and hinges cracked. No date. No other copies found by this publisher. 316 pp. Might be in Clearance Library Series, 1901, as identified in internet listing..

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1941 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First ( No Additional printings). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.. Green cloth on boards. 14 date stamps from local lending library and bookstore. Cover shows normal wear and soil. Claudia Bethune brought it on herself. After inviting relatives and friends to her place she spikes their drinks with "truth serum." At four o'clock the next morning she is still at the table, alone and quite dead. 278 pp..

Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1948 Ex-Library. Fair. Hardcover. Presumed First. 5 x 8 Inches. Original grey cloth over boards with black logo on front cover and black and brown on spine. Front free endpaper missing. Library stamps, and dustjacket synopsis pasted inside front cover. Edges of text block spotted. A movie studio's Vice-President, Bill Lennox, gets embroiled in trouble when a starlet's husband ends up dead. This is one of four Ballard novels with Lennox as the hero. Set in Las Vegas. 190 pp..

London: Collins, 1940 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Original bright red cloth on boards. Book has no writing or damage. DJ missing small bits of word "at" on front cover and word "death" at head of backstrip. DJ torn 2 inches at bottoms of both joints and across upper right corner. Not repaired. Original price 8/3 on lower flap. Eight friends usually get together for darts, but tonight they join in an experiment, following which one of the party is no longer able to play. 284 pp. plus ads. Tiny bookshop sticker..

London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd. Book. Illus. by Map of Kiltalloch. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First free endpaper removed, which marks it as having come from a reader/collector of 50's mysteries. Clean and sound. No date. The protagonist, a marine biologist, gets a call from an old Navy buddy to come for a fortnight; "There is something of a mystery up here at the moment which I'd like to talk over with you. I can't discuss it in a letter...." Black cloth on boards. 232 pp..

New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1951 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Maroon cloth on boards. A Red Badge Detective story. Book shop and date stamps. Very clean. 276 pp. No reviews found..

New York: The Dial Press, 1936 Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 Inches. Original red cloth over boards with black lettering on spine. Waterspotting on cover. Back cover soiled. Two small punctures in cloth of spine. Binding tight and strong. The original British title of this book was "Courtier to Death." A has-been actor turns up dead on the train on the way to a new movie production. Scarce. 278 pp..

London: Heinemann, 1970 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Published 1970. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original grey paper boards. The first edition of Gadney's first novel. British Secret Service after Philby, understated, absolutely convincing. 186 pp..