Search Results: Mystery & Detective from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, n.y.. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy buckram. 120pp. Fine. Book club edition of this mystery classic.

New York: Scribner, 2002. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 283pp. Very good/near fine. Would rate higher, for it's tight and attractive, but for homely coffee-type speckling on outer page edges. First edition of this crime fiction involving Cape Cod district attorney "Marty" Nickerson -- signed handsomely by Connors in black ballpoint on the title page.

Brookline Village, MA: Kanthaka Press, 1974. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff red wrappers. 120pp, (16pp). Frontispiece, 3 illustrations. Near fine. Tight, nice second printing of this paperback which "examines the great detective's interest in Tantric Buddhism." Uncommon.

Golden Bridges, NY: Fibonacci Corporation, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 111pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and attractive, of this "Doorlock Homes" Sherlock Holmes parody.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. Paperback. 12mo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 123pp. Illustrations. Very good. Slightest bit of mild edgewear, else a tight and attractive first paperback edition of this movie spinoff based on the Gene Wilder screenplay, with a film scene of Wilder and Madeline Kahn on the front wrapper. "Now a hilarious motion picture!" screams the front wrapper. "Baker Street runs amuck in the wackiest case of sibling rivalry ever invented!" From the collection of published Sherlockiana buff and noted philatelic figure F. Burton Sellers (1918-2010).

Nashville: Cumberland House, 2000. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 254pp. Fine/fine. First edition -- tight, clean, handsome -- of this mystery involving Chicago criminal defense attorney Darcy Cole. Boldly signed and inscribed by the author in black marker on the title page: "To Maggy / Thanks for the / Great advice. / L Axelrood."

[New York]: Viking, 1991. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 423pp. Very good/near fine. A tight and handsome and lovely first edition of Freedman's first book, boldly inscribed and signed by him in black fineline on the half-title page: "To Had & Do -- / Love & Best Wishes / Jerry Freedman / 8-12-91."

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pale blue cloth with dark blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 215pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only; nonauthorial front flyleaf gift inscription. Super tight and handsome first edition of the second mystery involving L.A. private eye Johnny Marshall by this Dutch-American novelist (1908-89). Evocative jacket art.

[New York]: Dutton, 1999. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 417pp. Very good/very good. First edition of this murder mystery set in the San Francisco area, nicely inscribed and signed by the author in black fineline on the front flyleaf: "5/99 /To Sue Carmichael / With Best Wishes / John Martel."

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1988. Hardcover. Illustrations by William Cone. Small 4to. Dark green leatherette with gilt lettering and gilt and silver decorations. xix, 453pp. All edges gilt. Illustrations, decorative endpapers. Very good. Almost rates "Near fine," but spine gilt a bit rubbed. "The Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces" edition of this 1958 blockbuster, with illustrations done for this edition only.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 241pp. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Book club edition, tight and attractive.

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1986. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 230pp. Fine/fine. A superb, tight first edition of this police procedural novel featuring New York's Fifth Precinct detective Reardon.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1997. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine and red paper over boards, dust jacket. viii, 336pp. Near fine/near fine. A tight and handsome first edition of this crime novel involving a group of renegade New York cops, signed boldly in full by Carcaterra in black ballpoint on the title page.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine and purple paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 310pp. Near fine/very good. Slightest bit of faint jacket wear. Tight and handsome first edition of this international thriller by the late (1921-2004) prolific pulp writer of the '50s and '60s -- signed by him large and bold in black fineline on the front flyleaf and dated the year of publication.

Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and black flecked paper over boards, dust jacket. 327pp. Near fine/near fine. First edition, tight and attractive, of this World War Two thriller, signed large and bold by Davis in black marker on the title page.

N.p.: Paramount, 1980. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Stiff green wrappers bound with 3 metal prong-type clasps. 3 text pages (rectos only), 4 glossy black-and-white photographs (8" X 10"). Near fine. Interesting "Paramount Portfolio 2" press kit sent by the studio to network affiliates for the re-release of this 1950 murder mystery starring Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Jack Webb and Henry Morgan and directed by Lewis Allen. First text page consists of a cast list, the second page is a film synopsis and the third page the texts for on-the-air announcements for the affiliates' use.

New York: The Armchair Detective, 1987. Paperback. (Volume 20, Number 3). 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Pp. 114-224. Illustrations. Very good. Tight, clean copy of this whodunit quarterly.

New York: The Armchair Detective, 1986. Paperback. (Volume 19, Number 2). 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Pp. 114-224. Illustrations. Very good. Tight, clean copy of this whodunit quarterly.

New York: The Armchair Detective, 1987. Paperback. (Volume 20, Number 3). 4to. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Pp. 225-336. Illustrations. Very good. Tight, clean copy of this whodunit quarterly.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1970. Hardcover. 8vo. Red paper over boards, dust jacket. 243pp. Near fine/very good. Slight jacket edgewear; "Books by..." page opposite title page bears tiny inked checkmarks. Tight, attractive copy of this first reissue.