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Archangel
by Harris, Robert
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First edition first printing
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0091779243
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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$20.00
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First edition first printing of the third novel by this author. A bibliomystery. A hint of shelf wear. In near fine / near fine condition. Item Price
$20.00

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The Key to Rebecca
by Follett, Ken
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First US edition first printing
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688037348
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$15.00
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First US edition first printing of this historical World War II biblio thriller. A hint of shelf wear. Price clipped otherwise in near fine / near fine condition. * Referenced in Otto Penzler's Bibliomysteries page 53. * Item Price
$15.00

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Casual Slaughters
by Carter, Robert A.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Paperback edition first printing
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Mass Market
- ISBN 10
- 0446403024
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$12.00
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First paperback edition, first printing of this author's first mystery. A bibliomystery. Light edgewear. Faint tanning to pages. In Near Fine Condition. Item Price
$12.00

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Baffled in Boston
by Provost, Gary
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First edition first printing
- Published
- 1996
- Binding
- Mass Market
- ISBN 10
- 0425151832
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$12.00
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First edition, first printing of this author's first and only mystery novel. A paperback original. Light tanning to pages. In Near Fine Condition. Item Price
$12.00

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The Sign of the Book
by Dunning, John
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First edition first printing
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0743255054
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$20.00
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First edition first printing of the fourth novel in the Cliff Janeway series. A bibliomystery. SIGNED by the author on the page tipped in by the publisher. In fine / fine condition. Item Price
$20.00

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Wilderness
by Parker, Robert B.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Paperback edition later printing
- Published
- 20.00
- Binding
- Mass Market
- ISBN 10
- 0440193281
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$20.00
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First Dell paperback edition, second printing of this author's stand-alone novel. SIGNED by Parker on the summary page. Slight edgewear. Light tanning to pages. In Near Fine Condition. Item Price
$20.00

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The Bay Psalm Book Murder
by Harriss, Will
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Paperback edition first printing
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Mass Market
- ISBN 10
- 0523424515
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$15.00
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First paperback edition, first printing of this author's first book featuring "Cliff Dunbar" English Professor turned Private Investigator. A bibliomystery. Won the 1983 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. In Near Fine Condition. * Referenced in Otto Penzler's Bibliomysteries page 73. * Item Price
$15.00

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Death on the Page
by Lang, Essie aka Linda Wiken
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First edition first printing
- Published
- 2020
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1643852949
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$20.00
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First edition first printing of the second novel in the Shelby Cox / Castle Bookshop series. A bibliomystery. In fine / fine condition. Item Price
$20.00

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The Ghost
by Harris, Robert
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Paperback edition later printing
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Mass Market
- ISBN 10
- 0099514664
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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$12.00
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First paperback edition, tenth printing of this author's stand-alone novel. Made into the 2010 movie The Ghost Writer starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Bronson. Winner of the 2008 Thriller Award for Best Novel. Light tanning to pages. In Near Fine Condition. Item Price
$12.00

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The Case of the Missing Books
by Sansom, Ian
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First edition first printing
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Oversized Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0007206992
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$20.00
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First edition, first printing of this author's first novel featuring "Israel Armstrong" and the Mobile Library mysteries. In Fine Condition. Item Price
$20.00

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Chance Awakening
by Markstein, George
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Paperback edition first printing
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Mass Market
- ISBN 10
- 0330255770
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$12.00
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First paperback edition first printing of this bibliomystery / spy thriller. In near fine condition. * Referenced in Otto Penzler's Bibliomysteries page 100. * Item Price
$12.00

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The Goering Testament
by Markstein, George
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Paperback edition first printing
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Mass Market
- ISBN 10
- 0330258559
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
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$12.00
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First paperback edition first printing of this bibliomystery / thriller. A thriller based on the documents left by Hermann Goering. Faint reading crease to the spine. In near fine condition. Item Price
$12.00

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That Sleep Of Death
by King, Richard
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First edition first printing
- Published
- 2002
- Binding
- Mass Market
- ISBN 10
- 0888822294
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$12.00
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First Edition, First printing of this author's first mystery novel. A bibliomystery. Slight tanning of the pages. In Near Fine Condition. Item Price
$12.00

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Mystery Man: Murder, Mayhem & Damn Sexy Trousers
by Bateman, Colin
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First edition first printing
- Published
- 2009
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0755346734
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$30.00
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First edition first printing of the first novel in the Man With No Name / No Alibis series. A bibliomystery in the sense the main character is a mystery bookshop owner. Light shelf wear. In near fine / near fine condition. Item Price
$30.00

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Magpie Murders
by Horowitz, Anthony
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First US edition first printing
- Published
- 2017
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0062645226
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$250.00
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First US edition first printing of the first novel in the Susan Ryeland series. A bibliomystery. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Made into the 2022 television series of the same name starring Lesley Manville. Faint shelf wear. In fine / near fine condition. Item Price
$250.00

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Operation Pax aka The Paper Thunderbolt
by Innes, Michael
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First edition first printing
- Published
- 1951
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$25.00
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First edition first printing of the twelfth novel in the John Appleby series. A bibliomystery. There is a large inch wide by an inch deep chunk missing from the dustjacket's front panel. Light toning to the dustjacket's spine. Earlier owners gift message on the first free end page. In very good / fair condition. * Referenced in Otto Penzler's Bibliomysteries… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00

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Night of the Jabberwock
by Brown, Fredric
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Mass Market
- ISBN 10
- 0688031501
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$20.00
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First Quill edition first printing of this stand alone bibliomystery. Light sun fading to the spine. In near fine condition. Item Price
$20.00

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Come Back, Alice Smythereene!
by McLver, N.J.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First edition first printing
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 031215092X
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$10.00
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First edition second printing of this mystery author's first novel. N.J. McIver is a pseudonym. A bibliomystery in the sense of a unsuccessful poet turns to writing romance under the name Alice Smythereene. A model is hired for photos and Alice becomes hugely successful. Then the model disappears and bodies start turning up. Price clipped otherwise in fine / fine… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00

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The Bat Flies Low
by Rohmer, Sax
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1935
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$65.00
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Reprint of this stand alone bibliomystery. Lincoln Hayes finds a chapter in the ancient Book of Thoth that he believes will lead him to a priceless Egyptian formula. But then the manuscript vanishes. Light edge wear. There is a 1/2 inch long sticker scar on the surface of the dustjacket's spine just above the publisher's name. Light sun fading to… Read more about this item Item Price
$65.00

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The Paper Chase aka Bogue's Fortune
by Symons, Julian
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First edition first printing
- Published
- 1956
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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St. Catharines, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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$20.00
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First edition first printing of stand alone novel. A bibliomystery in which a mystery author tries to solve a mystery. Also published under the title Bogue's Fortune in the US. There are two 2 inch tears to the dustjacket's rear panel the area between the two tears is wrinkled and creased. No price on the inside flap means this copy… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00