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Price: $3.50
Publisher: NY, Rinehart & Co.: 1957
Edition: Later Printing
Seller ID: 0503003876
Condition: Good +
442 pp. Previous owner's name on endpaper, plus "good books all three stories" in pencil. No other markings. Light foxing on endpapers. Half-in tear in spine at bottom, rubbing and light creasing at top and foot of spine. An anthology of three stories, republished as Rinehart completed 50 years of writing. A 2-page foreword gives background of each story. View more info
By: Roscoe, Theodore
Price: $5.00
Publisher: NY, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1959
Seller ID: 001944
Condition: Very Good
241 pp., Corners dented, spine rubbed, pages lightly toned. else fine, no markings. Subtitled: The Story of a Gaslight Crime. Roscoe says in his introduction the novel is based on an actual unsolved case of a former state senator accused of killing his mother. View more info
By: Shagan, Steve
Price: $4.00
Publisher: NY, William Morrow: 1979
Edition: 5th Printing
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 002649
ISBN: 0688035329
Condition: Good
359 pp. Soil on cloth, rubbing, large chips missing on spine of d, front cover lightly bowed outward, foxing on fore edge. Inscribed on front endpaper in black ink "For Lucille, Best wishes, Steven Shagan, L.A. 1/80" A detective thriller about the search for a formula for converting coal to oil, with action that begins in Nazi Germany and continues to 1978 in Beverly Hills, where a former police chief is found murdered. View more info
By: Stephen Lewis
Price: $6.00
Publisher: Boston, Alyson Books: 1985
Edition: 1st Paperback Edition.
Seller ID: 010045
ISBN: 0932870643
Condition: Very Good
271 pp. Diagonal crease on front cover, otherwise close to new. Text clean, no marking. Binding uncreased. Gay detective Jake Lieberman gets an assignment to help a rodeo competitor find his missing younger lover. A paperback original. Size: 8vo -- 8.24 in. View more info
By: Stewart, Michael
Price: $5.00
Publisher: NY, HarperCollins: 1994
Seller ID: 001355
ISBN: 0060177675
Condition: Near Fine
325 pp. Crisp. Slight tear on rear upper corner of dj, otherwise near new. No markings. A thriller about a clothing designer who uses the ID of a dead model for a romantic fling, setting up a compulsion to immerse herself more deeply into the alternate identity. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Stribling, T.S.
Price: $8.00
Publisher: NY, Dover Publications Inc.: 1976
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 010076
ISBN: 0486232271
Condition: Very Good
217 pp. Light thumbing and superficial vertical creasing on boards. Text clean. Binding sturdy. Spine uncreased. A collection of 15 of the best yarns about Dr. P., a psychologist/detective based at Ohio State. Some are set in Florida cities. Size: 8vo --8.5 In View more info
By: Stribling, T.S.
Price: $4.00
Publisher: NY, Dover Publications: 1978
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 010197
ISBN: 048623486X
Condition: Very Good
314 pp., plus Dover booklist at rear. Stiff glossy wraps, lightly read, slight spine slant. Text clean. Republication of the original 1929 edition. Collection of 5 detective stories set in the Caribbean islands where Prof. Poggioli is spending a sabbatical. Size: 8vo -- 8.5 In Tall View more info
Price: $5.00
Publisher: NY, Penguin Books: 1984
Edition: First Thus.
Seller ID: 009956
ISBN: 0140067396
Condition: Very Good
378 pp. Vertical crease front cover along the spine, light toning, else lightly used. Sticker remains on rear cover. No markings. Binding firm. A collection of 25 short crime stories. Writers represented include Ambrose Bierce, John Dickson Carr, Agathie Christie, Graham Greene, Ellery Queen, Dorothy Sayers, William Faulkner, Arthur Conan Doyle, Roald Dahl, many more. Size: 8vo -- 8 in. Tall View more info
By: Thor, Brad
Price: $7.00
Publisher: NY, Emily Bestler/Atria: 2015
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 010259
ISBN: 147671715X
Condition: Very Good +
360 pp. Small initials pencil in corner of endpaper. No other markings Slight bowed textblock. A snippet of video captured and transmitted to Washington DC gives counterrorist Scott Harveth a challenging assignment. Size: 8vo -- 9.5 In View more info
By: Walsh, Haley
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Albion, New York, MLRPress: 2014
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 009686
Condition: Fine
217 pp. Virtually new, no markings or creases. A gay mystery in which an out English teacher goes off to Palm Springs with friends for a weekend and encounters a murder on the dance floor. The plot involves the Agua Caliente band of Cahuilla Indians near Palm Springs and their attitudes toward two-spirit men. Size: 8mo -- 8 in Tall View more info
By: Watson, Clarissa
Price: $3.00
Publisher: NY, David McKay Co.: 1977
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Seller ID: 001346
Condition: Very Good
204 pp. Dj chipped. No markings in text. A flamboyant artist dies in a suspicious drowning on a Long Island estate, prompting socialite Persis Willum to investigate misdeeds in the art dealer's world. A dust jacket blurb by Judith Crist praises the heroine as "my kind of female detective: a grown-up gal with brains, charm and attractive foibles." View more info
By: Waugh, Carol-Lynn Rossel, et al, Eds.
Price: $4.40
Publisher: New York, Dembner Books: 1988
Edition: First Thus.
Seller ID: 005064
ISBN: 0934878986
Condition: Very Good +
258 in. , gift inscription on fep. No other markings. Light spine slant. Numerous brownish spots on rear panel of dust jacket. Otherwise very clean. Co-editors are Martin H. Greenberg and Frank McSherry Jr. A collection of 11 detective tales all set in the Windy City. Writers include Sara Paretsky, Ray Russell, Craig Rice, Dorothy B. Hughes, Frederic Brown, James M. Ullman, Edw. D. Hoch, Howard Browne, Jon L. Breen and Richard Connell. Size: 8vo -- 8.75 in. Tall View more info
Price: $4.00
Publisher: NY, Prime Crime (Berkley): 1999
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 005157
ISBN: 0425170640
Condition: Very Good
294 pp. Slight spine slant, light crasing of spine, very tight, no markings. A collection of 16 recent short mysteries with a link to Route 66. Writers include Earlene Fowler, John Lutz, Dick Lochte, Les Roberts, Barbara D'Amato, Gary Phillips, David August, J.A. Jance, Carolyn Hart, Carolyn Wheat et al. View more info
Price: $85.00
Publisher: Houston, Texas, Busted Flush Press: 2006
Edition: Reprint -- Limited Edn.
Inscription: By Author and Editors
Seller ID: 009120
ISBN: 0976715740
Condition: Fine
135 pp. in white leatherette, no jacket as issued. White leatherette slipcase. No. 55 of a 200-copy limited edition. Signed by author and by Tim and Enid Schantz, co-editors of the introduction. A reprint of an adventure yarn first published in 1981 by Signet, with White writing as Randy Striker Size: 8mo --8.75 in Tall View more info
Price: $2.00
Publisher: NY, Ballantine Books: 1989
Edition: 7th Printing.
Seller ID: 009997
ISBN: 0345320166
Condition: Good
215 pp., spine slant, some chipping. Text toned but clean. A Hoke Mosely detective story in which the suspect is pursed through Miami's both plush and impoverished districts. Size: 12mo -- 6.75 in. View more info
Price: $4.00
Publisher: NY, Ballantine Books: 1988
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 009962
ISBN: 0345349474
Condition: Good
279 pp. Light chipping of covers, spine slant, text toned. Spine creased but binding firm. No markings in text. Miami police detective Hoke Moseley tries to get away from it all by semi-retiring to Singer Island, but finds himself drawn back into police work after he befriends a psychopath. Third in the Hoke Mosely series. Size: 12mo -- 6.75 in Tall View more info
By: Wilson, Barbara
Price: $3.50
Publisher: Seattle, Seal Press: 1990
Edition: 3rd Printing.
Seller ID: 009216
ISBN: 093118889X
Condition: Very Good +
172 pp. Clean, no markings, stiff, close to new. A case of cross-dressing confusion set in Barcelona amid the architecture of Antoni Gaudi. Part of the Cassandra Reilly mystery series. Cover blurb: "From the seedy bars of Barcelona's red light district to the dreamlike gardens of Gaudi's Parc Guell, Cassandra chases people of all persuasions and motives in this madcap caper where appearances are always deceptive." Winnder of a British Crime Writers' Association Award for best mystery set in Europe and a Lambda Literary Award for best lesbian mystery. Size: 8vo -- 8.25 in View more info
By: Wilson, Barbara
Price: $9.00
Publisher: Seattle, The Seal Press: 1984
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 009255
ISBN: 0931188237
Condition: Very Good
181 pp. Previous owner's name on inside cover. Spine creasing and diagonal crease on lower right corner of front cover. Text clean. A feminist mystery in which Best Printing, a collective, gets a proposal to merge with lesbian-owned B. Violet Typesetting. The heroine is Pam Nilsen of Best Printing. Size: 8vo -- 8.5 In View more info
By: Wood, Bari and Geasland, Jack
Price: $5.00
Publisher: NY ., G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1977
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC).
Seller ID: 002438
Condition: Very Good
282 pp. Moderate edge wear, chipping and water staining on dust jacket. Spine rubbed at top and bottom. No markings in text, binding firm. A murder mystery centering on the death of twin doctors with obsessive, incestuous attractions for each other. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Wood, H.F.
Price: $8.00
Publisher: NY, Dover Publications: 1977
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 010208
ISBN: 0486235238
Condition: Very Good
295 pp. Light wear, rough corners, no marking, binding sturdy. Second edition (facsimile republication) of the original 1888 edition. A popular detective story in which Detective Byde investigates a jewel theft. Introduction by E.R. Bleiler, with commentary on the book's importance in the mystery genre. Size: 8vo -- 8 in Tall View more info
