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Robert O. Greer: “The Devil’s Hatband” Mysterious 1996. First Edition. Author’s first book. SIGNED. Introduces Denver investigator and fixer CJ Floyd. Stylish debut mystery. Lovely copy. F/F $65.00
Jean Hager: “The Grandfather Medicine” St Martin’s 1989. First Edition. Author’s first book. SIGNED. Police chief Mitchell Bushyhead investigates the murder of a local Indian artist, with the help of some fellow Cherokee. Excellent debut mystery. Lovely copy. F/F $175.00
Dashiell Hammett: “The Glass Key” UK: Knopf 1931. London. First Edition, True First Issue. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. Brilliant hardboiled mystery. Murder, seduction, gangland intrigue and corruption. Filmed several times, and of great inspiration to “Miller’s Crossing” Lacking the extremely rare dustjacket. In custom leather clamshell box. Lovely copy. virtually Fine $3750.00
Dashiell Hammett: “Hammett, Crime Stories and Other Writings” Library of America 2001. First Edition. Edited by Steven Marcus. 934 pages. Classic mystery stories, published for the very first time, with complete and un-edited text, as they appeared in "Black Mask" and other magazines, exactly as Hammett wrote them. When later published in anthologies and collections Hammett’s short stories had numerous textual changes, including alterations to titles, substantial verbal revision, and the omission of sentences and paragraphs.
Stories included here: “Arson Plus”, “Slippery Fingers”, “Crooked Souls”, “The Tenth Clew”, “Zigzags of Treachery”, “The House in Turk Street”, “The Girl with the Silver Eyes”, “Women, Politics and Murder”, “The Golden Horseshoe”, “Nightmare Town”, “The Whosis Kid”, “The Scorched Face”, “Dead Yellow Women”, “The Gutting of Couffignal”, “The Assistant Murderer”, “Creeping Siamese”, “The Big Knock-Over”, “$106,000 Blood Money”, “The Main Death”, “Fly Paper”, “The Farewell Murder”, “Woman in the Dark”, “Two Sharp Knives”, are published for the very first time in the original, definitive text. “This King Business” text is currently known only from the Spivak 1950 publication. Also included: “The Thin Man: An Early Typescript” 65 pages Hammett began before diverted to writing “The Glass Key”, and two articles Hammett wrote on Detective writing and fiction.
Very important volume, for the mystery genre, and for Hammett collectors. Lovely copy. F/F $95.00
Donald Hamilton: “The Menacers” UK: Hodder and Stoughton 1968. London. First Edition, First Hardcover. Matt Helm investigates espionage and flying saucers in Mexico. Superb hardboiled espionage and mystery. (pc) Nice copy. nF/nF $250.00
Kent Harrington: “Dark Ride” St. Martin’s Press 1996. First Edition. Author’s first book. SIGNED. F/F $55.00
HF Heard: “A Taste for Honey” Vanguard 1941. First Edition. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. Sherlockian mystery. (pos) Very slightest chips, closed tears. Nice copy. aF/aF $475.00
Patricia Highsmith: “A Suspension of Mercy” UK: Heinemann 1965. London. First Edition, True First Issue. American author in London plots murder for novel but finds reality threatening him. Nice copy. nF/nF $165.00
Patricia Highsmith: “Found in the Street” Atlantic Monthly 1986. First Edition. SIGNED. Mystery novel of sexual obsession. Nice copy. F/F $175.00
Tony Hillerman: “The Great Taos Bank Robbery and other Indian Country Affairs”
University of New Mexico 1973. Albuquerque. First Edition, First State Issue with single illustration. Wonderful short stories. Scarce in first state, and seldom seen nice. Exceptional copy. F/F $750.00
Tony Hillerman: “The Blessing Way” Harper 1970. First Edition. First State Issue. Author’s important first book. Introduces Navajo detective Lt. Joe Leaphorn. Slight closed tear. Very nice copy. aF/aF $1350.00
Tony Hillerman: “The Fly on the Wall” Harper 1971. First Edition. Hillerman’s second book. A lovely copy. aF/aF $1350.00
Tony Hillerman: “People of Darkness” Harper 1980. First Edition. SIGNED. Introduces Jim Chee of the Navajo Tribal police. Nice copy. F/F $475.00
Tony Hillerman: “The Ghostway” McMillan 1984. First Edition, True First Issue. Limited of 300 copies. Special publisher’s presentation copy letter A. SIGNED by author and publisher. Leaphorn & Chee of the Navajo Tribal police mystery. Dustjacket by Chista Cantu. Unique item. Nice copy. F/F $1750.00
Tony Hillerman: “A Thief Of Time” Harper 1988. First Edition. SIGNED. MACAVITY AWARD WINNER. Leaphorn & Chee of the Navajo Tribal police mystery. Lovely copy. F/F $75.00
Please note we have a large selection of SIGNED Hillerman first editions with renowned Navajo artist ERNEST FRANKLIN original drawings.
Chester Himes: “A Rage in Harlem” UK: Allison & Busby 1985. London. First Edition, First Hardcover of US 1957 Paperback Original “For Love of Imabelle”. Swindled man neatly stings his exploiters. Filmed starring Forest Whitaker and Danny Glover. Nice copy. F/F $125.00
Chester Himes: “The Crazy Kill” UK: Allison & Busby 1985. London. First Edition, First Hardcover of US 1959 Paperback Original. Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson mystery in Harlem. Nice copy. Virtually F/F $125.00
Chester Himes: “The Real Cool Killers” UK: Allison & Busby 1985. London. First Edition, First Hardcover of US 1959 Paperback Original. Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson mystery in Harlem. Nice copy. Virtually F/F $125.00
Chester Himes: “Cotton Comes to Harlem” Putnam 1965. First Edition. Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson hunt hijackers and a large bale of cotton. Film written and directed by Ossie Davis starring Godfrey Cambridge and Raymond St Jacques. Nice copy. virtually F/F $675.00
Roy Huggins: “The Double Take” Morrow 1947, First Edition. Author’s first book. Introduces detective Stuart Bailey. Creator of 1958 TV series “77 Sunset Strip” starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr. starring as Stuart Bailey . Filmed with author’s screenplay as “I Love Trouble” starring Franchot Tone. (pc) Slightest chips. Lovely copy. nF/nF $375.00
Roy Huggins: “Too Late for Tears” Morrow 1947, First Edition. Author’s second book. Filmed starring Lizabeth Scott. Lovely copy. Virtually F/F $295.00
Dorothy B. Hughes: “The So Blue Marble” Duell, Sloan & Pearce 1940. First Edition. Author’s first book. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. (pos) Jacket part backed. Slight chips, closed tears. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $550.00
Dorothy B. Hughes: “The Fallen Sparrow” Duell, Sloan & Pearce 1942. First Edition. Nightmares from the Spanish Civil War haunt Kit McKittrick on his return to New York, where he finds spies and murder. Brilliant Noir film starring John Garfield and Maureen O’Hara. SIGNED and INSCRIBED to the writer of “I Love a Mystery”: “For Carlton E Morse- from an admirer” Wonderful association copy. (pc) Minor chips, closed tears. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $1250.00
Michael Innes: “Lament for a Maker” Dodd Mead 1938. First Edition. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. Murder and mystery in the castle Glen Erchany. Minor closed tears. Nice copy. nF/nF $1250.00
Wallace Irwin: “The Julius Caesar Murder Case” Appleton-Century 1935. First Edition. Early historical mystery. Caesar’s assassination related as a hardboiled murder in gangland parlance. Very amusing. Rear flap detached. Lovely copy. virtually F/F $675.00
Harry Stephen Keeler: “The Voice of the Seven Sparrows” UK: Hutchinson 1924. London. First Edition, First Colonial Issue. SIGNED by the author: “My own copy (of the paper edition)”. Author’s first book. Mystery novel of the weird and mystic, of a journalist’s pursuit and romance of a wife. As issued, in wraps. Nice copy. VG+ $975.00
Philip Kerr: “March Violets” UK: Viking 1989. London. First Edition, True First. First in the Bernie Gunther saga. Superb mystery. F/F $275.00
Philip Kerr: “The Pale Criminal” UK: Viking 1990. London. First Edition, True First Issue in correct jacket. SIGNED. Second in the Bernie Gunther Berlin trilogy. Superb mystery. F/F $375.00
Philip Kerr: “Dead Meat” UK: Chatto & Windus 1993. London. First Edition, True First Issue. Blackmarket meat in Moscow, murder and intrigue. Hardboiled noir spiced with humor. Nice copy. F/F $65.00
Laurie M. King: “The Beekeeper's Apprentice” St. Martin’s Press 1994. First Edition. First book in the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series. SIGNED. F/F $375.
Jonathan Latimer: “Headed for a Hearse” Doubleday Doran 1938. First Edition. SIGNED association copy to legendary collector: “John McLauglin, The story was written while I was ghost-writing in Washington DC for Harold Jakes Interior Secretary for Roosevelt”. Author’s second mystery. Detective Bill Crane has six days to free Westland before his execution. Filmed as “The Westland Case” starring Preston Foster. Minor chips, closed tears. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $1650.00
Jonathan Latimer: “The Lady in the Morgue” Doubleday Doran 1936. First Edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “John McLaughlin- All the best”. Author’s scarce third mystery. Detective Bill Crane investigates a disappearing corpse, murder and wild goings on in this brilliant, witty, black comedy. Filmed by Otis Garrett starring Preston Foster. Slight chips, closed tears. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $1650.00
Jonathan Latimer: “The Dead Don’t Care” Doubleday Doran 1938. First Edition. SIGNED. Author’s fourth mystery. Detective Bill Crane investigates mystery and murder on a Florida estate in this brilliant, witty, black comedy. (pc) Slight chips, closed tears. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $1250.00
Jonathan Latimer: “Red Gardenias” Doubleday Doran 1939. First Edition. SIGNED. Bill Crane mystery. Slight chips. Nice copy. VG+/VG+ $975.00
Maurice LeBlanc: “The 8 Strokes of the Clock” Macaulay 1922. First Edition. HAYCRAFT-QUEEN CORNERSTONE. QUEEN’S QUORUM. Arsene Lupin mysteries. Slight chips, closed tears. Nice copy. nF/nF $875.00
John Le Carre: “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold” UK: Gollancz 1963. London. First Edition. EDGAR AWARD WINNER. GOLD DAGGER AWARD WINNER. George Smiley espionage thriller. Filmed by Martin Ritt starring Richard Burton. Nice copy. nF/nF $1250.00
Elmore Leonard: “The Moonshine War” Doubleday 1969. First Edition. Son Martin battles corrupt Prohibition agents after his father’s cache of vintage whiskey. Filmed starring Patrick McGoohan & Alan Alda. Nice copy. F/F $875.00
Ted Lewis: “Jack’s Return Home” Doubleday 1970. First Edition. Brilliant English gangster novel. Filmed as “Get Carter” starring Michael Caine, and remade by Sylvester Stallone. Nice copy. aF/aF $675.
Jeff Lindsay: “Darkly Dreaming Dexter” Doubleday 2004. First Edition, True First Issue preceding all other editions. Author’s first book. Brilliantly dark, brisk and oddly humorous narrative of Dexter Morgan, raised by his perceptive police detective foster father to focus his serial killer compulsion toward other killers. Basis for the daring Emmy and Golden Globe award winning TV series ‘Dexter’. Nice copy. F/F $175.00
John D. MacDonald: “A Flash of Green” Simon and Schuster 1962. First Edition. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “For Robert”. Mystery novel of small town corruption. Filmed starring Ed Harris and Blair Brown. Nice copy. virtually F/F $1250.00
John D. MacDonald: “The Deep Blue Good-Bye” UK: Hale 1965. London. First Edition, True First Hardcover Issue of 1964 US Paperback Original, preceding the US Hardcover by 10 years. First Travis McGee mystery. Lovely copy. Virtually F/F $1750.00
John D. MacDonald: “Nightmare in Pink” UK: Hale 1966. London. First Edition, True First Hardcover Issue of 1964 US Paperback Original, preceding the US Hardcover by 10 years. Second Travis McGee mystery. Slightest scuff at spine. Lovely copy. F/F $975.00
John D. MacDonald: “The Quick Red Fox” UK: Hale 1966. London. First Edition, True First Hardcover Issue of 1964 US Paperback Original, preceding the US Hardcover by 8 years. Fourth Travis McGee mystery. Travis McGee protects a blackmailed, libidinous moviestar. Nice copy. nF/nF $875.00
John D. MacDonald: “Darker Than Amber” UK: Hale 1968. London. First Edition, True First Hardcover Issue of 1966 US Paperback Original, preceding the US Hardcover by 7 years. Travis McGee mystery. Filmed starring Rod Taylor. Nice copy. nF/nF $2750.00
John D. MacDonald: “A Tan and Sandy Silence” UK: Hale 1973. London. First Edition, True First Hardcover Issue of 1972 Paperback Original, preceding the US Hardcover by 6 years. Travis McGee mystery. Slight closed tear. Nice copy. F/F $475.00
John D. MacDonald: “The Turquoise Lament” Lippincott 1973. First Edition, True First Issue with all correct points. Price clipped at publisher as expected. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “For Clay Kimball, best regards” First Travis McGee mystery originally published in Hardcover edition the series. Murder and adventure in Hawaii. Lovely copy. nF/nF $2250.00
John D. MacDonald: “The Empty Copper Sea” Lippincott 1978. First Edition. SIGNED. Travis McGee mystery. Nice copy. virtually F/F $750.00
John D. MacDonald: “Free Fall in Crimson” Harper 1982. First Edition. SIGNED. Travis McGee mystery. Nice copy. virtually F/F $475.00
John D. MacDonald: “Cinnamon Skin” Harper 1982. First Edition. SIGNED. Travis McGee mystery. Nice copy. virtually F/F $475.00
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