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First English Translation edition first printing of the first novel in the Commissario Simona Tavianello series. Translated from French. In fine / fine unread condition.

Advance Proof of this author's only crime novel. Light reading creases to the front and back covers and to the spine. In very good condition.

First edition first printing of this stand alone thriller novel. In fine / fine condition.

First edition first printing of the second novel in the Ellery Queen mystery series. Has 1930 on the copyright page and MCMXXX (1930) on the title page. Edge wear all the fabric on the corners is worn to the boards. There is a inch long tear on the back edge of the spine. Both tips of the spine are frayed. A few of the pages have spots of soiling. No dust jacket. In good condition.

First edition first printing of the twenty seventh novel in the Ellery Queen series. There is a inch long closed tear to the bottom edge of the dustjacket right at the front corner for the spine. Light edge wear. Price clipped otherwise in very good / good condition.

First edition first printing of this collection of short stories by 13 of the best mystery writers. Included are Agatha Christie, John Dickson Carr, Ben Hecht, Dorothy Sayers, Charlotte Armstrong, Rex Stout, Cornell Woolrich, Fredric Brown, Craig Rice, Hugh Pentecost, Louis Golding, Arthur Miller and Ellery Queen. The book has been bumped and has a frayed flap at the top of the spine. In very good condition.

First edition first printing of this collection of short stories. In grey boards and with "First Modern Library Giant Edition" on the publishers page. Moderate edge wear Shallow indents to rear board. Grubby from being handled. Earlier owners signature and date on the first free end page. In good condition.

First edition, first printing of this anthology of 25 short stories by various mystery authors. Featured are Goodbye to Francie by Robert Twohy, A Goodbye Sound by Florence V Mayberry, A Good Neighbor by Jeffry Scott, The Cross of Lorraine by Isaac Asimov, Point of No Return by Ursula Curtiss, The Good Companion by Dana Lyon, The Sound of Women Weeping by L E Behney, Old Friends by Dorothy Salisbury Davis, The Kind and Considerate Murderer by Luna Wolf, The Betrayers by Stanley Ellin, Adventure of the Disappearance of Whistler's Mother by Robert L Fish, The House That Nella Lived In by Mabel Seeley, Homecoming by Veronica Parker Johns, The Disappearance of Mrs. Standwick by Nedra Tyre, Something Like Growing Pains by Eleanor Sullivan, The Wedding Dress by Louis Bromfield, This Is the Life by Shirley Jackson, Driver's Seat by Ellery Queen, The Gun by Kathryn Gottlieb, They Didn't Deserve Her Death by Holly Roth, "Thou Still Unravished Bride" by Avram Davidson, "What Have You Been Doing All Day?" by… Read More

First appearance first printing of this collection of short stories. There are twelve stories in total plus one Detective Directory. Collected are the following: Detective Novelette: An End of Fear by Hugh Pentacost. Crime Stories: Cottage for August by Thomas Kyd, Two Deaths of Dr. Kang by Victor Canning, The French Key by Avram Davidson, The Dog that Came to the Funeral by John Collier, The Portuguese Instructor by Michael Forrestier. Detective Stories: To Remember You By - by Rufus King, Paid In Full by Rose Finnegan, Never the Twain by Andrew Salmond, Galdstone's Candlestick by Edmond Crispin, What's the Percentage? by William Holder. The Black Mask reprinted story: Driving Lesson by F.L. Wallace. Detective Directory by Robert P. Mills. Light edge wear. First 8 pages have a small moisture mark at the top outside corner. In good condition.

First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 13 Short Stories. Featured are: The Gourmet Kidnaper by Jack Ritchie, A Place of Her Own by Joyce Harrington, Invitation to Murder by Rex Stout, Black Wind by Bill Pronzini, The Fastidious Bank Teller by Richard Roesberg, The Abominable Ad Man by Amy Crossley, The Mysterious Attorney by Vyvyan McAmis Bretz, Cattle Call by William Bankier, The Adventure of the Common Code by Robert L Fish, The Marked Man by David Ely, Queentessential Poepourri by Gerald Tomlinson, The Man Who Stirred Champagne and The Spy Who Was Alone by Edward D Hoch. In Very Good Condition.

First appearance first printing of this collection of fifteen short stories. Collected are the following: The Theft of the Thanksgiving Turkey by Edward D. Hoch, The Theft That Wasn't a Theft by J.F. Peirce, A Lady of Refinement by Jane Speed, The Shades of Death by John F. Suter, Blue Noir by T.M. Adams, Evocation of Evil by John C. Boland, Human Interest Angle by Hal Charles, The Missing Mystery Writer by Joyce Segal, I Want My Lawyer by Nicholas Snow, The Mysterious Messenger Hope Raymond, The Ringer by John Abbott, Murder Lock'd In by Lillian de la Torre, Occupant Box 253 by Marilyn Pribus, The Wedding Gig by Stephen King, Value for Money by Julian Symons. The Stephen King story was later collected in the compilation Skeleton Crew. Address label. Light edge wear. In very good condition.

First edition first printing of this collection of Japanese short mystery stories. Edited by Ellery Queen. Light edge wear. Price clipped otherwise in near fine / near fine condition.

First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 14 Short Stories. Featured are: Jode's Last Hunt by Brian Garfield, The Final Twist by William Bankier, The Spirit of the '76 by Lillian de la Torre, To Be Continued by Barbara Collahan, C as in Crooked by Lawrence Treat, "Twas the Plight before Christmas by Herschel Cozine, After the Storm by LG Kerrigan, A Pair of Gloves by Richard E Hutton, With More Homage to Saki by Isak Romun, The Thumbtack Puzzle by Robert C Schweik, Raffles and the Shere Khan Pouch by Barry Perowne, Please Don't Help the Bear by Ron Goulart, Etiquette for Dying by Celia Fremlin, and the Problem of the Christmas Steeple by Edward D Hoch. Someone earlier has written a price in pen on teh front cover then crossed it out and written a different prince in grease pencil. In very good Condition.

First appearance first printing of this collection of short stories. 10 new stories 5 reprinted stories. Collected are the following: Detective Short Stories: Mom and the Haunted Mink by James Yaffe, Miss Marple and the Golden Galleon by Agatha Christie, The Adventure of Abraham Lincoln's Clue by Ellery Queen, The Jolly Jugglers, Retired by Richard Deming, The Monster of Lakeview by Hugh Pentecost, The Pair of Gloves by Charles Dickens, Inspector Maigret Directs by George Simenon, Mr. Strang Gives a Lecture by William Brittain. Crime and Mystery Short Stories: The Sweetest Man in the World by Donald E. Westlake, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, A Stranger's Tale by Joseph Mathewson, Bubble Bath No. 3 by Margery Allingham, The Strange Adventure of Charles Homer by Frank Sisk, Third Act Curtain by Princess Zawadsky, Mystery, Movie Style by Joan Kapp. The Christie, Queen, Dickens, Gilman are reprints, The Allingham was originally published under the title "Bluebeard's Bathtub." The… Read More

First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 12 Short Stories. Featured are: The Treasure of Jack the Ripper by Edward D Hoch, Challenge for Charlie by Brian Garfield, May the Worst Man Win by Carol Cail, The Lady of the Dark Glasses by Jeffry Scott, Found on the Cookbook Shelf by Dorothy A Collins, All Thumbs by Patricia Moore, Death Between Dances by Cornell Woolrich, Back for a Funeral by Nedra Tyre, No Wider Than a Nickel by Jack Ritchie, When in Rome by Patricia Highsmith, The Other Runner by John Lutz and Chambrun Corrects and Imperfection by Hugh Pentecost. Earlier owners address label on the front cover. In Very Good Condition.

First edition second printing of this collection of award winning short stories from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Light sun fading to the dustjacket's spine. There are 2 one inch tears to the top edge of the dustjacket's front panel. One is closed the second has paper scaring around the tear. In near fine / very good condition.

First Pocket Book edition first printing # 471 of the eleventh novel in the Ellery Queen series. The lamination at the edges of the covers is starting to lift. A date is rubber stamped on the titles page. In very good condition.

First Signet edition first printing # Q5608 of this stand alone mystery / thriller. Light edge wear. Reading creases to the front cover next to the spine. In very good condition.

First Signet edition first printing # T4086 of the seventh novel in the Ellery Queen series. Light edge wear. In near fine condition.

First edition first printing # 7845 of this novel. A paperback original. Stand alone thriller. A hint of shelf wear. There is a light crease that runs down the center of the front cover. In near fine condition.