Kent Anderson: “Sympathy For The Devil” Doubleday 1987. First Edition. SIGNED with EPIGRAPH. Author’s first book. Harrowing and brilliant Viet Nam war novel. First in the Hansen trilogy. F/F $275.00
Kent Anderson: “Night Dogs” McMillan 1996. First Edition, True First Issue. SIGNED with EPIGRAGH. Hansen, doomed to survive Viet Nam, becomes a cop on the violent, dangerous streets of Portland. Brilliant, literate, lyrical mystery. Lovely copy. F/F $275.00
Kent Anderson: “Night Dogs” Bantam 1998. First Edition. Hansen, doomed to survive Viet Nam, becomes a cop on the violent, dangerous streets of Portland. Brilliant, literate, lyrical mystery. SIGNED with EPIGRAPH: “Night dogs patrol the darkness & they can smell fear”. Lovely copy. F/F $75.00
Francis Beeding: “Death Walks in Eastrepps” Mystery League 1931. First Edition HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. Fisher town terrorized by a Viking ghost. Slight chips. (pos) Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $225.00
Nicholas Blake: “The Beast Must Die” UK: Collins 1938. London. First Edition, True First Issue. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. Brilliant mystery of revenge and murder, investigated by Nigel Strangeways. Cecil Day Lewis, distinguished academic and Poet Laureate, wrote superb mysteries as Nicholas Blake. (elegant bookplate) Slightest chips. Nice copy. nF/nF $1500.00
Nicholas Blake: “The Beast Must Die” Harpers 1938. First Edition. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. Brilliant mystery of revenge and murder. Slight chips, closed tears. Nice copy. nF/nF $750.00
Lawrence Block: “Time to Murder and Create” UK: Hale 1979. London. First Edition, True First Hardcover of 1977 US Paperback Original. Second Matt Scudder mystery. Nice copy. virtually F/F $2250.00
Lawrence Block: “A Stab in the Dark” Arbor House 1981. First Edition. Matt Scudder mystery. SIGNED. REVIEW COPY with review materials laid in. Nice copy. F/F $875.00
Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac: “The Woman Who was No More” Rinehart 1954. First Edition. A forceful man’s wife and his lover conspire to kill him. Filmed as the classic suspense noir “Les Diaboliques” starring Simone Signoret, and filmed again starring Sharon Stone. The first work of these brilliant collaborators to be published in the US. Minor chips, closed tears. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $750.00
Ernest Bramah: “Max Carrados” UK: Methuen 1914. London. First Edition, Second State Ads. SIGNED and INSCRIBED association copy: “Josephine Mary Cockill, with love from Ernest and Maisie, Aug 15 1918" HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE, QUEEN’S QUORUM. Introduces blind, coin collecting, detective Max Carrados. Without the very rare dustjacket, Fine $2250.00
Ernest Bramah: “Short Stories of To-Day and Yesterday” UK: Harrap 1929. London. First Edition, True First Issue. Wonderful short stories of Max Carrados, Kai Lung, and others. Lovely copy. F/F $475.00
Fredric Brown: “The Fabulous Clipjoint” Dutton 1947. First Edition. EDGAR AWARD WINNER. Author’s first book. Introduces Ed Hunter and his Uncle Am as they hunt for the murderer of Ed’s father. Slight invisible tape, minor chips, closed tears. Nice copy. VG/VG $475.00
Walter C. Brown: “Laughing Death” Lippincott 1932. First Edition. The second Inspector Stephen Harper mystery. Lovely copy. F/F $275.00
Howard Browne writing as John Evans: “Halo in Blood” Bobbs Merrill 1946. First Edition. SIGNED. Author’s first mystery. Introduces private detective Paul Pine. A seeming routine case lead Pine to investigate murders. Closed tears. Nice copy. nF/nF $750.00
Howard Browne writing as John Evans: “Halo for Satan” Bobbs Merrill 1948. First Edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED association copy: ”For Bruce Taylor, also known as the ‘man who’, Howard Browne”. Paul Pine is hired by a Bishop to investigate a manuscript thought to be written by Christ. (pos) Lovely copy. Virtually F/F $750.00
Howard Browne writing as John Evans: “Halo in Brass” Bobbs Merrill 1949. First Edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED:”To Olga, with love”. Paul Pine investigates the disappearance of a woman. Literate lesbian murder mystery. Lovely copy. nF/nF $750.00
Howard Browne: “The Taste of Ashes” Simon and Schuster 1957. First Edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED association copy to renowned mystery author Dorothy Hughes with her ownership signature: ”To Dorothy, with love, Howard Browne”. Author’s important mystery novel, often compared favorably with Chandler. Private detective Paul Pine investigates the death of a colleague, and is embroiled with the wealthy Delastone family. Nice copy. nF/nF $875.00
Howard Browne: “Pork City” St Martins 1988. First Edition. SIGNED. Brilliant mystery novel of the murder of Jake Lingle, reporter in the Chicago of Al Capone. REVIEW COPY with material laid in. Nice copy. F/F $125.00
Ken Bruen: “The McDead” UK: The Do Not Press 2001. London. First Edition, True First Issue. SIGNED. Inspector Roberts’ estranged brother is murdered. A brilliant novel of revenge, betrayal and dark humor. Final novel in the White trilogy. Bruen’s first hardcover book. Lovely copy. F/F $475.00
Ken Bruen: “London Boulevard” UK: The Do Not Press 2001. London. First Edition, True First Issue. SIGNED. Mitchell wanders into the Holland Park mansion of a fading movie star. His violent past is quickly with him. Smart and edgy. Lovely copy. F/F $375.00
Ken Bruen: “Vixen” UK: The Do Not Press 2003. London. First Edition, True First Issue. SIGNED. Inspector Roberts hunts a woman who blows up her victims, terrorizing South London. Lovely copy. F/F $150.00
Charles Neville Buck: “Marked Men” Doubleday 1929. First Edition. A Kentucky Mountaineer solves a New York City murder mystery. Slightest chips, a truly lovely copy. F/F $275.00
James Lee Burke: “Heaven's Prisoners” Holt 1988. First Edition. SIGNED. Second Robicheaux mystery. Filmed starring Alec Baldwin and Teri Hatcher. F/F $275.00
James Lee Burke: “Black Cherry Blues” Little Brown 1989. First Edition. SIGNED. EDGAR AWARD WINNER. Robicheaux mystery. F/F $250.00
James Lee Burke: “A Morning for Flamingos” Little Brown 1990. First Edition. Dave Robicheaux mystery. F/F $150.00
Thomas Burke: “Limehouse Nights” UK: Grant Richards 1916. London. First Edition. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. QUEEN’S QUORUM. SIGNED card: “Author’s compliments Thomas Burke” laid in. Stories of the Opium, the Occult and mystery in London’s Chinatown. In custom leather slipcase. Ex Jean Hersholt collection with his signed bookplate. Without the extremely rare dustjacket. Lovely copy. Fine. SOLD
Richard Burke: “Chinese Red” Putnam 1942. First Edition. The third Quinny Hite mystery. (pos) Slight chips, Nice copy. aF/aF $250.00
James M. Cain: “The Postman Always Rings Twice” Knopf 1934. First Edition. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. Classic hardboiled mystery of murder, sex and greed. Classic noir film starring John Garfield and Lana Turner, and filmed again starring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange. Minor chips, closed tears. Slight professional restoration. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $1750.00
Paul Cain: “Fast One” Doubleday Doran 1933. First Edition. Kells arrives in Los Angeles and makes a play to take over the rackets. Filmed as “Gambling Ship” starring Cary Grant. George Sims, who wrote Hollywood screenplays as Peter Ruric, wrote mysteries for Black Mask magazine as Paul Cain. This is his only novel, an important and classic hardboiled mystery. A gem, admired by Dashiell Hammett. The rare dustjacket is seldom seen without damage or wear, this example benefits from expert professional restoration and is exceptionally attractive. F/F $8750.00
Paul Cain: “Fast One” Doubleday Doran 1933. First Edition. Kells arrives in Los Angeles and makes a play to take over the rackets. Filmed as “Gambling Ship” starring Cary Grant. George Sims, who wrote Hollywood screenplays as Peter Ruric, wrote mysteries for Black Mask magazine as Paul Cain. This is his only novel, an important and classic hardboiled mystery. A gem, admired by Dashiell Hammett. Lovely copy. without the rare dustjacket, Fine $975.00
Raymond Chandler: “The Big Sleep” Knopf 1939. First Edition. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. Author’s first novel. Philip Marlowe protects an elderly millionaire and his wayward daughters, and is immersed in blackmail and murder. Filmed by Howard Hawkes with a William Faulkner-Leigh Brackett screenplay, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Filmed again starring Robert Mitchum. Very slightest chips. Lovely copy. nF/nF $16,500.00
Raymond Chandler: “Farewell My Lovely” Knopf 1940. First Edition. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. Author’s second novel. Philip Marlowe searches for a missing girl, finds murder. Filmed starring George Saunders as “The Falcon Takes Over”. Filmed again by Edward Dmytyrk as classic noir “Murder My Sweet” starring Dick Powell and Claire Travor. Filmed again starring Robert Mitchum. Minor closed tears, slightest chips. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $4500.00
Raymond Chandler: “The Long Goodbye” UK: Hamish Hamilton 1953. London. First Edition, True First Issue. EDGAR AWARD WINNER. Philip Marlowe mystery. Filmed by Robert Altman starring Elliot Gould. Nice copy. nF/nF $1650.00
Raymond Chandler: “The Simple Art of Murder” UK: Hamish Hamilton 1950. London. First Edition. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. Brilliant mystery stories. Minor chips, closed tears. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $675.00
Leslie Charteris: “Prelude For War” UK: Hodder and Stoughton 1938. First Edition, True First Issue. Simon Templar, ‘The Saint’ encounters murder and espionage as the spectre of European war looms. Slightest chips. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $1650.00
Leslie Charteris: “The Happy Highwayman” Doubleday Doran 1939. First Edition, True First Issue. Adventure and mystery with Simon Templar, ‘The Saint’. Nice copy. virtually F/F $975.00
Lee Child: “Killing Floor” Putnam 1997. First Edition, True First Issue. SIGNED. ANTHONY AWARD WINNER. Author’s first book. Introduces Jack Reacher, ex military policeman. Murder and counterfeiting in rural America. Superb debut thriller. Lovely copy. F/F $175.00
Lee Child: “Die Trying” UK: Bantam 1998. London. First Edition, True First Issue. SIGNED. Second Jack Reacher thriller. Lovely copy. F/F $125.00
Lee Child: “Tripwire” UK: Bantam 1998. London. First Edition, True First Issue. Third Jack Reacher thriller. Lovely copy. F/F $75.00
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