Mystery & Detective Fiction from Lippincott Books

New York: Knopf, 1936. First American Edition . Hardcover. [viii], 324 pp. Orange cloth. Golf mystery. Small chip out of outer margins p.69-70, toning some pages - common to this edition, else VG

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1943. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Author's first mystery. Very Good copy with slight edge wear. In VG dust jacket with some tiny nicks and tears, edge wear at spine and corners.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. First English Edition . Hardcover. GVG/Near Fine. Spine slant else VG in Near Fine dust jacket.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1974. First English Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

New York: E P Dutton, 1946. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/GVG. 252 pp. Author's first book. Blue cloth stamped in red. Unclipped dustjacket, with art by Maurer, has edge wear, light soiling. "Behind all the surface frivolity and social intrigue the author has worked out with astonishing skill an emotional drama… Read more

New York: Harper & Row, 1964. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. [viii], 248 pp. Black cloth over orange boards. Spine slant, light wear at lower edges. Price-intact dustjacket has wear at corners and spine edges, light soiling to rear panel. Author's first book. Jacket design and map of Concord, Massachusetts end papers… Read more

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1924. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. [iv], 316 pp. Blue cloth, titles stamped in orange. Illustrated dustjacket is lightly sunned, has edge wear with a chip at lower spine. "...a vivid narrative, an unusual story of sordid scheming, sincere devotion, dramatic incident, in a setting of exotic cosmopolitan life." … Read more

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 236, [1] pp. Leslie serves up a fine Conch stew, mixing equal parts of sunken treasure, a sexually addicted policeman, a judge with an indiscretion, and seasoning it all with a murdered girl from an escort service.

New York: Soho Press, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A Grijpstra & DeGier Mystery. 280 pp. Dark gray paper-covered boards, black cloth spine stamped in silver. "A new Amsterdam Cops novel, the 14th in this successful series of Zen mysteries.

New York: Scribner's, 2003. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 282 pp. 2nd book in the Maggie Summer series. Summer is an antique print dealer, as is the author, and much of the book revolves around her knowledge and dealings in the trade.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 266 pp. Blue cloth, silver stamped title on spine. Price intact dustjacket has small, closed tear. NF/NF

Tuscon, Arizona: Dennis McMillan, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Joe Servello. 288 pp. Pictorial end papers.

New York: Viking Press, 1989. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. xl, 240 pp. First American Edition. Author's first " Matteesie" Kitologitak mystery. Unpriceclipped dustjacket, with the gloss finish worn in places. NF/VG