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378 MUIR, AGUSTUS. The Shadow on the Left. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1928. First American edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slightly faded spine, nicks on spine, and some small faint lettering along top edge of dust jacket. "It starts with a bang, keeps up the thrilling racket and ends with a crash. There is enough plot to furnish forth a dozen ordinary novels. The suspense, as the comic song used to say, is awful". $85.00
379 MURPHY, ROBERT. Murder in Waiting. New York: Scribners, 1938. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with some slight fading on spine. "Any number of people - both men and women - were ready to murder Craig. He had dominated, and ruined, so many lives in the opulent rural valley where he held sway that matters had reached the breaking point". $100.00
380 MURRAY, DAVID CHRISTIE. In His Grip. London: Long, 1907. First edition. Name on copyright page and page edges soiled and lightly foxed otherwise fine in pictorial blue cloth-covered boards with gold-stamped titles on spine. Made into a silent film in 1921. "In an austere house in and austere street in the austerest quarter of wealthy Glasgow lived Sir Donald MacVeigh, a man of wealth and standing, a pillar of the Church, and a liberal subscriber to all good works". $200.00
381 ODLUM, JEROME. Nine Lives Are Not Enough. New York: Sheridan House, 1940. First edition. The 1941 Warner Brothers motion picture featuring Ronald Reagan, Howard da Silva, James Gleason and Faye Emerson was taken from this novel. Odlum also wrote Each Dawn I Die which was made into the 1939 James Cagney-George Raft motion picture. Fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at spine ends and at corners. $500.00
382 OPPENHEIM, E. PHILLIPS. The Double Traitor. New York: A.L. Burt, n.d. Reprint edition. Name and address on front endpaper otherwise fine in dust jacket. $75.00
383 OPPENHEIM, E. PHILLIPS. The Kingdom of the Blind. Boston: Little Brown, 1916. First edition. Precedes English edition. Page edges lightly spotted and slightly darkened otherwise fine in fine A.L. Burt reprint dust jacket. $85.00
384 OPPENHEIM, E. PHILLIPS. The Pawns Court. Boston: Little Brown, 1918. First American edition. Name and date on front endpaper otherwise near fine in fine A.L. Burt reprint dust jacket. $85.00
385 OPPENHEIM, E. PHILLIPS. The Evil Shepherd. Boston: Little Brown, 1922. First edition. Precedes English edition. Spine slightly darkened otherwise near fine fine in fine A.L Burt reprint dust jacket with a short crease-tear on spine. $85.00
386 OPPENHEIM, E. PHILLIPS. The Great Prince Shan. Boston: Little Brown, 1922. First American edition. Spine slightly darkened otherwise near fine in fine A.L. Burt reprint dust jacket with long rubbed streak on spine. Basis for the 1924 Stoll Picture Productions motion picture featuring Sessue Hayakawa, Ivy Duke, and Tsuru Aoki. $75.00
387 OPPENHEIM, E. PHILLIPS. The Mystery Road. Boston: Little Brown, 1923. First edition. Precedes English edition. Originally a screenplay by Oppenheim for the 1921 British motion picture featuring Dave Powell, Pardoe Woodman, Mary Glynn and Ruby Miller which was released by Paramount in the U.S. Subsequently novelized and published by Little Brown in 1923 and by Hodder and Stoughton in England in 1924. Spine slightly darkened otherwise near fine in fine A.L. Burt reprint dust jacket. $85.00
388 OPPENHEIM, E. PHILLIPS. Matorini's Vineyard. Boston: Little Brown, 1928. First American edition. Name-stamp on front endpaper otherwise very good in very dust jacket with crease on back panel. $100.00
389 OURSLER, WILL. Folio on Florence White. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $65.00
390 OURSLER, WILL. Murder Memo to the Commissioner: The Carl Houston Case. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1950. First edition. Very good in soft covers with light wear at corners. $45.00
391 PARETSKY, SARA. Bitter Medicine. New York: Morrow, 1987. First edition. Signed by Paretsky. Very fine in dust jacket. $100.00
392 PARKER, ROBERT B. The Widening Gyre. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1983. First edition. Signed by Parker. Very fine in dust jacket. $65.00
393 PARKER, ROBERT B. Backfire: Story for the Screen by Raymond Chandler with preface by Parker. Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa, 1984. First edition. One of 200 numbered copies bound in soft covers and signed by Parker. Very fine in wrappers. $165.00
394 PARKER, ROBERT B. The Private Eye in Hammett and Chandler. Northridge: Lord John, 1984. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Parker. Very fine without dust jacket as issued. $150.00
395 PARKER, ROBERT B. Valediction. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1984. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy. Fine in printed wrappers. $65.00
396 PARKER, ROBERT B. A Catskill Eagle. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1985. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Parker on publisher's bookplate. Very fine in printed wrappers. $50.00
397 PARKER, ROBERT B. A Catskill Eagle. New York: Delacorte/Seymour Lawrence, 1985. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
398 PARKER, ROBERT B. Introduction to Raymond Chandler's Unknown Thriller: The Screenplay of Playback. New York: Mysterious Press, 1985. First edition. One of a very few copies printed for copyright purposes. A 10-page pamphlet bound in stapled printed wrappers. Very fine. $200.00
399 PARKER, ROBERT B. Taming a Sea-Horse. New York: Delacorte, 1986. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $35.00
400 PARKER, ROBERT B. Pale Kings and Princes. New York: Delacorte, 1987. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Parker on publisher's bookplate. Very fine in printed wrappers. $65.00
401 PARKER, ROBERT B. Pale Kings and Princes. New York: Delacorte, 1987. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $35.00
402 PARKER, ROBERT B. Poodle Springs. New York: Putnam, 1989. First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Signed by Parker. Very fine in pictorial wrappers. $75.00
403 PARKER, ROBERT B. The Professional. New York: Putnam, 2009. First edition. Signed by Parker. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
404 PATRICK, CHANN. The House of Retrogression. New York: Jacobsen, 1932. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. A $5000 prize contest mystery story for writing the last chapter. The author's solution is present with the seal unbroken. $300.00
405 PAUL, ELLIOT. Hugger-Mugger in the Louvre. New York: Random House, 1940. First edition. Some darkening on pastedowns otherwise fine in dust jacket. $200.00
406 PELECANOS, GEORGE P. A Firing Offense. New York: St. Martin's, 1992. First edition. Signed by Pelecanos. Very fine in dust jacket with a tiny tear. $275.00
407 PELECANOS, GEORGE P. Nick's Trip. New York: St. Martin's, 1993. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket with tiny nick at top of spine. $500.00
408 PELECANOS, GEORGE P. Shoedog. New York: St. Martin's, 1994. First edition. Signed by Pelecanos. Very fine in dust jacket. $500.00
409 PELECANOS, GEORGE P. The Big Blowdown. New York: St. Martin's, 1996. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $75.00
410 PELECANOS, GEORGE P. Right as Rain. Boston: Little Brown, 2001. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $40.00
411 PELECANOS, GEORGE P. Hell to Pay. Tucson: Dennis McMillan, 2002. First edition. One of 350 numbered copies signed by Pelecanos. Very fine in dust jacket with slipcase. $150.00
412 PELECANOS, GEORGE P. Hard Revolution. Tucson: Dennis McMillan, 2004. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Pelecanos. Very fine in dust jacket with slipcase. $150.00
413 PELECANOS, GEORGE P. The Turnaround. New York: Little Brown, 2008. First edition. Signed by Pelecanos. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
414 PELECANOS, GEORGE P. The Cut. New York: Little Brown, 2011. First edition. Signed by Pelecanos. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
415 PERRY, ANNE. Resurrection Row. New York: St. Martin's, 1981. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $250.00
416 PETERS, ELLIS. Death Mask. London: Collins Crime Club, 1959. First edition. Near fine in dust jacket with light wear and tiny tears at spine ends. $175.00
417 PETERS, ELLIS. Death to the Landlords! London: Macmillan, 1972. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $350.00
418 PETERS, ELLIS. One Corpse Too Many. London: Macmillan, 1979. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Second Cadfael. $650.00
419 PETERS, ELLIS. The Marriage of Meggotta by Edith Pargeter. London: Macmillan, 1979. First edition. Some light spotting on page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket. $75.00
420 PETERS, ELLIS. Monk's-Hood. London: Macmillan, 1980. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Third Cadfael. $500.00
421 PETERS, ELLIS. Saint Peter's Fair. London: Macmillan, 1981. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Fourth Cadfael. $400.00
422 PETERS, ELLIS. The Leper of Saint Giles. London: Macmillan, 1981. First edition. Page edges slightly darkened otherwise fine in price-clipped dust jacket. Fifth Cadfael. $350.00
423 PETERS, ELLIS. The Virgin in the Ice. London: Macmillan, 1982. First edition. Pages slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket. Sixth Cadfael. $300.00
424 PETERS, ELLIS. The Sanctuary Sparrow. London: Macmillan, 1983. First edition. Pages slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket. Seventh Cadfael. $250.00
425 PETERS, ELLIS. The Devil's Novice. London: Macmillan, 1983. First edition. Signed by Peters. Very fine in dust jacket. Eighth Cadfael. $375.00
426 PETERS, ELLIS. Dead Man's Ransom. London: Macmillan, 1984. First edition. Pages slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket. Ninth Cadfael. $200.00
427 PETERS, ELLIS. The Pilgrim of Hate. London: Macmillan, 1984. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Tenth Cadfael. $200.00
428 PETERS, ELLIS. An Excellent Mystery. London: Macmillan, 1985. First edition. Pages slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket. Eleventh Cadfael. $200.00
429 PETERS, ELLIS. The Rose Rent. London: Macmillan, 1986. First edition. Pages slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket. Twelveth Cadfael. $85.00
430 PETERS, ELLIS. The Hermit of Eyton Forest. London: Headline, 1987. First edition. Pages slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket. Thirteenth Cadfael. $85.00
431 PETERS, ELLIS. The Heretic's Apprentice. London: Headline, 1989. First edition. Pages slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket. Fifteenth Cadfael. $85.00
432 PETERS, ELLIS. The Summer of the Danes. London: Headline, 1991. First edition. Pages slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket. Seventeenth Cadfael. $85.00
433 PRICE, ANTHONY. The Labyrinth Makers. London: Gollancz, 1970. First edition. Some tiny staining on fore-edge otherwise fine in very good soiled dust jacket with scrapping at lower part of spine, chipping at base of spine and at corners, and some staining on front panel. The first David Audley. $200.00
434 QUEEN, ELLERY. The Dragon's Teeth. New York: Stokes, 1939. First edition. Staining on covers otherwise very good in dust jacket with internal tape mends, an external tape mend at lower corner of front panel, several closed tears, and nicks at base of spine. $200.00
435 QUEEN, ELLERY. The Female of the Species: The Great Women Detectives and Criminals edited by Ellery Queen. Boston: Little Brown, 1943. First edition. Bookplate on front endpaper. Fine in dust jacket with slightly faded spine and several short closed tears. $85.00
436 QUEEN, ELLERY. The King is Dead. Boston: Little Brown, 1952. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with internal tape mends and a couple of crease-tears on front panel. $85.00
437 QUEEN, ELLERY. The Detective Short Story: A Bibliography with a new introduction by the author. New York: Biblow and Tannen, 1969. Second edition. Very fine in dust jacket. One of 1000 copies. $50.00
438 QUINNELL, A.J. The Mahdi. London: Macmillan, 1981. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $65.00
439 QUINNELL, A.J. Siege of Silence. New York: Dutton, 1986. First American edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
440 QUINNELL, A.J. In the Name of the Father. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1987. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
441 REDMOND, PATRICK. The Wishing Game. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $85.00
442 REEVE, ARTHUR B. Craig Kennedy Listens in. New York: Harper, 1923. First edition. Page edges and endpapers darkened otherwise very good in dust jacket with small chips at spine ends and at corners. $100.00
443 (REFERENCE). Murder in Print: A Guide to Two Centuries of Crime Fiction by Melvyn Barnes. London: Barn Owl, 1986. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
444 (REFERENCE). Detective Fiction: The Collector's Guide by John Cooper & B.A. Pike. Aldershot, Hants: Scolar, 1994. Second edition. Substantially expanded over first edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $85.00
445 (REFERENCE). Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life by Philip Jose Farmer. Garden City: Doubleday, 1973. First edition. Page edges slightly darkened and spotted otherwise fine in dust jacket. $75.00
446 (REFERENCE). Crime Fiction Criticism: An Annotated Bibliography edited by Timothy W. Johnson & Julia Johnson. New York: Garland, 1981. First edition. Very fine without dust jacket as issued. $45.00
447 (REFERENCE). The Woman Detective: Gender & Genre by Kathleen Gregory Klein. Urbana: University of Illinois, 1988. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
448 (REFERENCE). The Murder Book: An Illustrated History of the Detective Story by Tage la Cour & Harald Mogensen. New York: Herder & Herder, 1971. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket with minor wear at spine ends. $45.00
449 (REFERENCE). Mystery Fiction: Theory and Technique by Marie F. Rodell with introduction by John W. Vandercook. New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1943. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $75.00
450 (REFERENCE). Saint with a Gun: The Unlawful American Private Eye by William Ruehlmann. New York: New York University, 1974. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with short wrinkling at base of spine. $45.00
451 (REFERENCE). Blood in Their Ink: The March of the Modern Mystery Novel by Sutherland Scott with foreword by A Beverley Baxter. London: Stanley Paul, 1953. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $65.00
452 (REFERENCE). Paperbacks, U.S.A. by Piet Schreuders. San Diego: Blue Dolphin, 1981. First American edition. Very fine in stiff cardboard covers. Handsomely illustrated. $50.00
453 (REFERENCE). ...And Always a Detective: Chapters on the History of Detective Fiction by R.F. Stewart. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1980. First edition. Some tiny light spotting on page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket. $45.00
454 REICHS, KATHY. Devil Bones. New York: Scribner, 2008. First edition. Signed by Reichs. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
455 RHODE, JOHN. The Venner Crime. London: Odhams, 1933. First edition. Front cover mottled otherwise fine in dust jacket with small chip at top corner of spine and at top corner of front panel. $75.00
456 RHODE, JOHN. The Robthorne Mystery. Toronto: Dodd Mead, 1934. First Canadian edition. Name stamp on front endpaper otherwise fine in very good dust jacket with chipped and frayed spine ends, chips at corners and wear along edges. $150.00
457 RHODE, JOHN. Death at Breakfast. New York: Dodd Mead, 1936. First American edition. Covers and page edges spotted otherwise very good in dust jacket with internal and external tape mends, large chips at spine ends and along edges, and heavy wear along folds. $65.00
458 RHODE, JOHN. The Tower of Evil. New York: Dodd Mead, 1938. First American edition. Published in England as The Bloody Tower. Name and address on front endpaper otherwise very good in dust jacket with frayed spine ends and a couple of short closed tears. $250.00
459 RHODE, JOHN. Death Invades the Meeting. London: Collins Crime Club, 1944. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at spine ends and tiny closed tears. $400.00
460 RHODE, JOHN. Open Verdict. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1956. First edition. Page edges darkened and lightly spotted otherwise very good in dust jacket with nicks at spine ends, small chip at lower corner front panel and some faint stains on inner flaps. $175.00
461 RHODES, HENRY T. The Craft of Forgery (True crime). London: John Murray, 1934. First edition. Very good in fine price-clipped dust jacket. "A remarkable study of the methods, failures and successes of forgery and notable forgers of the past". $150.00
462 RICE, CRAIG. The Big Midget Murders. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. First edition. Page edges slightly darkened otherwise near fine in dust jacket with nicks at top of spine, and crease-tear and split with attendant one-inch narrow piece missing along spine-front panel-fold. $200.00
463 RICE, CRAIG. The Sunday Pigeon Murders. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at spine ends and at corner, a small slightly faded area at lower corner of front panel and a closed tear. $200.00
464 ROURKE, THOMAS. The Scarlet Flower. London: Ivor Nichlson & Watson, 1934. First English edition. Fine in dust jacket. "The story is set in a small republic smouldering with political disaffection, and it tells how an easygoing, sober-minded resident engineer for the United States is drawn into an idealistic revolutionary movement by the fanaticism of the woman he loves". $375.00
465 ROWAN, RICHARD WILMER. Spy and Counter-Spy: The Development of Modern Espionage (True espionage). New York: Viking, 1928. First edition. Spine and page edges darkened otherwise very good in fine dust jacket. "Spies, master-spies, and counter-spies; traitors, mercenaries, and patriots; codes, ciphers, and invisible inks; censorship, propaganda, and blackmail;--the whole glorious history of deceit is rescued out of an unjust oblivion...". $135.00
466 SHIMER, R.H. Squaw Point. New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First edition. Small light stain on fore-edge otherwise fine in dust jacket. Winner of Mystery Writers of America Edgar award for best first novel of 1972. $50.00
467 SHIMER, R.H. The Cricket Cage. New York: Harper, 1975. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
468 SIMENON, GEORGES. Maigret Travels South. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1940. First American edition. Bookplate on front endpaper. Some scattered tiny spotting on fore-edge otherwise fine in dust jacket with nicks at spine ends and a couple of tiny tears. $350.00
469 SPILLANE, MICKEY. My Gun is Quick. New York: Dutton, 1950. First edition. Some light spotting on endpapers and small stain on back cover otherwise fine in dust jacket with a couple of closed tears and tiny wear at spine ends. The second Mike Hammer. $2000.00
470 SPILLANE, MICKEY. The Big Kill. New York: Dutton, 1951. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket with two chips at top of spine and wear along folds and at corners. $650.00
471 SPILLANE, MICKEY. Kiss Me, Deadly. New York: Dutton, 1952. First edition. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at spine ends. $1250.00
472 STABENOW, DANA. A Cold Day for Murder. New York: Berkley, 1992. First edition. Paperback original. A very fine unread copy in wrappers. Winner of Mystery Writers of America Edgar award for best paperback original of 1992. $45.00
473 STANSBERRY, DOMENIC. Manifesto for the Dead. Sag Harbor: Permanent, 2000. First edition. Inscribed by Stansberry. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
474 STARK, RICHARD. The Score. London: Allison & Busby, 1985. First hardcover edition. Fine in dust jacket. $65.00
475 STARRETT, VINCENT. Persons from Porlock. Chicago: Bookfellows, 1923. First separate edition. Signed by Starrett. Back page darkened otherwise fine in string-tied printed wrappers. $85.00
476 STARRETT, VINCENT. Oriental Encounters. Chicago: Normandie House, 1938. First edition. One of 249 numbered copies signed by Starrett. Fine in acetate dust wrapper. $150.00
477 (STARRETT, VINCENT). The Last Bookman by Peter Ruber with introduction by Christopher Morley. New York: Candlelight, 1968. First edition. Large format. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing and wear along edges. $45.00
478 STEEL, KURT. Madman's Buff. Boston: Little Brown, 1941. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $165.00
479 STOKER, BRAM. The Jewel of Seven Stars. New York: Harpers, 1904. First American edition. Very good in later (1920's) dust jacket with internal tape mends and wear along folds. $350.00
480 STOUT, REX. Fer-De-Lance. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1934. First edition. Spine lettering faded otherwise very good without dust jacket. $400.00
481 STOUT, REX. Fer-De-Lance (Facsimile edition). New York: Otto Penzler, 1996. First edition. An exact facsimile of the Farrar & Rinehart first edition published in 1934. Very fine in dust jacket. $200.00
482 STOUT, REX. The League of Frightened Men. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1935. First edition. Spine lettering slightly faded otherwise fine without dust jacket. $500.00
483 STOUT, REX. The Red Box. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. First edition. Darkening along internal hinges and faint stains on fore-edge otherwise very good without dust jacket. $250.00
484 STOUT, REX. Some Buried Caesar. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. First edition. Staining along front cover hinge and along internal hinges, spine slightly darkened, and stamp on front endpaper otherwise very good without dust jacket. $150.00
485 STOUT, REX. Not Quite Dead Enough. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1944. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with some tiny nicks at spine ends, several short closed tears, and a crease along spine. $850.00
486 STOUT, REX. The Silent Speaker. New York: Viking, 1946. First edition. Very good in dust jacket with label removed from base of spine, chipping at top of spine, darkened spine, and wear along front-flap fold. $200.00
487 STOUT, REX. The Second Confession. New York: Viking, 1949. First edition. Very good in dust jacket with internal tape mends, chips at base of spine and at corners, slightly faded spine, several short closed tears, scrape on spine, and wear along folds. $90.00
488 STOUT, REX. Trouble in Triplicate. New York: Viking, 1949. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket with a few nicks along edges, a couple of short closed tears, and some slight spine fading. $150.00
489 STOUT, REX. Three Doors to Death. New York: Viking, 1950. First edition. Very good in dust jacket with internal tape mends, chips at base of spine and at corners, several closed tears, and wear along folds and along edges. $80.00
490 STOUT, REX. Murder by the Book. New York: Viking, 1951. First edition. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine in dust jacket with very slightly faded spine. $200.00
491 STOUT, REX. Before Midnight. New York: Viking, 1955. First edition. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine in dust jacket with nicks and tiny wear at top of spine. $250.00
492 STOUT, REX. Homicide Trinity. New York: Viking, 1962. First edition. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine in dust jacket with crease-tear at lower edge of front panel and tiny wear at spine ends. $200.00
493 STOUT, REX. Death of a Doxy. New York: Viking, 1966. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $150.00
494 (STOUT, REX). The Game of Croquet by Horace Elisha Scudder with foreword by Stout. New York: Abercrombie & Fitch, 1968. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket with nicks at spine ends, several closed tears, and light wear along folds and at corners. $125.00
495 TAPPLY, WILLIAM G. Death at Charity's Point. New York: Scribners, 1984. First edition. Signed by Tapply. Very fine in dust jacket. $200.00
496 TAPPLY, WILLIAM G. Follow the Sharks. New York: Scribners, 1985. First edition. Signed by Tapply. Very fine in dust jacket. $65.00
497 TAPPLY, WILLIAM G. The Marine Corpse. New York: Scribners, 1986. First edition. Signed by Tapply. Very fine in dust jacket. $65.00
498 TAPPLY, WILLIAM G. Dead Meat. New York: Scribners, 1987. First edition. Inscribed by Tapply. Very fine in dust jacket. $65.00
499 TAPPLY, WILLIAM G. Close to the Bone. New York: St. Martins, 1996. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $40.00
500 TAPPLY, WILLIAM G. Muscle Memory. New York: St. Martins, 1999. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $35.00
501 TAYLOR, ALISON G. Simeon's Bride. London: Hale, 1995. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $250.00
502 THOMAS, ROSS. The Seersucker Whipsaw. New York: Morrow, 1967. First edition. Name on front endpaper and small label removed from same otherwise fine in dust jacket. Author's second novel. $400.00
503 THOMAS, ROSS. Cast a Yellow Shadow. New York: Morrow, 1967. First edition. Signed by Thomas. Fine in dust jacket. The second McCorkle and Padillo. $250.00
504 THOMAS, ROSS. The Singapore Wink. New York: Morrow, 1969. First edition. Signed by Thomas. Fine in dust jacket with crease on front and rear flap. $300.00
505 THOMAS, ROSS. The Brass Go-Between by Oliver Bleeck. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1970. First English edition. Signed "Oliver Bleeck aka Ross Thomas." Fine in dust jacket with nicks at spine ends and along lower edge of front panel. The first Philip St. Ives. $150.00
506 THOMAS, ROSS. Protocol for a Kidnapping by Oliver Bleeck. New York: Morrow, 1971. First edition. Signed "Oliver Bleeck a.k.a. Ross Thomas Nov. 4, 1990." Very fine in dust jacket. $400.00
507 THOMAS, ROSS. The Backup Men. New York: Morrow, 1971. First edition. Signed by Thomas. Fine in dust jacket with a tiny closed tear at top of spine. The third McCorkle and Padillo. $200.00
508 THOMAS, ROSS. The Fools in Town Are on Our Side. New York: Morrow, 1971. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket. $200.00
509 THOMAS, ROSS. The Procane Chronicle by Oliver Bleeck. New York: Morrow, 1972. First edition. Signed "Oliver Bleeck aka Ross Thomas Oct. 7, 1987." Very good in dust jacket with considerable internal dampstaining, some staining and wrinkling on back panel, chipped spine ends, some short closed tears, and wear at corners. Basis for the 1976 Warner Brothers motion picture, St. Ives, featuring Charles Bronson, Harry Guardino, John Houseman, and Jacquelin Bisset. $85.00
510 THOMAS, ROSS. If You Can't Be Good. New York: Morrow, 1973. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $150.00
511 THOMAS, ROSS. The Highbinders by Oliver Bleeck. New York: Morrow, 1974. First edition. Inscribed by Thomas. Fine in dust jacket. $175.00
512 THOMAS, ROSS. The Money Harvest. New York: Morrow, 1975. First edition. Small spot on bottom of page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket with a short closed tear. $90.00
513 THOMAS, ROSS. No Questions Asked by Oliver Bleeck. New York: Morrow, 1976. First edition. Signed "Oliver Bleeck a.k.a. Ross Thomas Oct. 7, 1987." Fine in lightly soiled dust jacket with tiny staining at top of spine. $150.00
514 THOMAS, ROSS. Yellow-Dog Contract. New York: Morrow, 1977. First edition. Signed by Thomas. Fine in dust jacket. $150.00
515 THOMAS, ROSS. Briarpatch. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Winner of Mystery Writers of America Edgar award for best novel of 1984. $65.00
516 THOMAS, ROSS. Twilight at Mac's Place. New York: Mysterious Press, 1990. First edition. One of 26 lettered specially bound copies signed by Thomas. Very fine in slipcase without dust jacket as issued. $100.00
517 THOMPSON, JIM. King Blood with introduction by James Ellroy. New York: Armchair Detective, 1993. First hardcover edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Ellroy. Very fine in slipcase without dust jacket as issued. $100.00
518 TODD, MARILYN. I, Claudia. London: Macmillan, 1995. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $65.00
519 TODD, MARILYN. Virgin Territory. London: Macmillan, 1996. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $55.00
520 TRAIN, ARTHUR. Tut, Tut! Mr. Tutt. New York: Scribner's, 1923. First edition. Inscribed and dated Nov. 8, 1923 by Train. Near fine in very good heavily chipped and internally mended dust jacket with 2-inch piece missing at base of spine. $175.00
521 TRAIN, ARTHUR. Mr. Tutt Finds a Way. New York: Scribner's, 1945. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $75.00
522 TWAIN, MARK. A Double-Barrelled Detective Story. New York: Harper, 1902. First edition. One of seven plates missing, spine slightly darkened, and small stain on back cover otherwise near fine in red cloth-covered boards with gilt top page edges. $250.00
523 TYLER, W.T. The Man Who Lost the War. New York: Dial, 1980. First edition. Advance reading copy. Fine in wrappers. One of the best Cold War espionage novels. $50.00
524 TYLER, W.T. The Ants of God. New York: Dial, 1981. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
525 TYLER, W.T. Rogue's March. New York: Harper, 1982. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
526 TYLER, W.T. Shadow Cabinet. New York: Harper, 1984. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $40.00
527 UPFIELD, ARTHUR W. Murder Down Under. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1943. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket with some very slight spine fading, some short closed tears, and wear at top corners. $500.00
528 UPFIELD, ARTHUR W. Wings Above the Claypan. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1943. First American edition. Page edges slightly darkened otherwise fine in very good dust jacket with internal tape, slightly faded spine, chipping at top of spine and at top edge of front panel, and several short closed tears. $250.00
529 UPFIELD, ARTHUR W. The Mystery of Swordfish Reef. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1943. First American edition. Very good in dust jacket with half-inch piece missing at top of spine, chipping at base of spine, at corners and along edges, internal tape mends, numerous closed tears, and wear along folds. $80.00
530 UPFIELD, ARTHUR W. Death of a Swagman. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1945. First edition. Precedes English and Australian editions. Fine in near fine dust jacket with internal tape reinforcing, minor color restoration at base of spine, several short closed tears, and a crease on back panel. An attractive unfaded copy. $350.00
531 UPFIELD, ARTHUR W. The Bone is Pointed. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1947. First American edition. Very good in dust jacket with internal tape mends, numerous short closed tears, and chipping at spine ends and at corners. $100.00
532 UPFIELD, ARTHUR W. The Bachelors of Broken Hill. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1950. First edition. Precedes English and Australian editions. Fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at spine ends, at corners and along folds. $400.00
533 UPFIELD, ARTHUR W. The Battling Prophet. London: Heinemann, 1956. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with a short closed tear. $150.00
534 UPFIELD, ARTHUR W. Bony and the Black Virgin. London: Heinemann, 1959. First edition. Name on front endpaper. Top of page edges slightly spotted otherwise fine in dust jacket with lightly soiled back panel and a couple of short closed tears. $100.00
535 VACHSS, ANDREW. Flood. New York: Fine, 1985. First edition. Signed by Vachss. Very fine in dust jacket. Author's first mystery. $125.00
536 VACHSS, ANDREW. Strega. New York: Knopf, 1987. First edition. Inscribed by Vachss. Very fine in dust jacket. $90.00
537 VACHSS, ANDREW. Blue Belle. New York: Knopf, 1988. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
538 VACHSS, ANDREW. Hard Candy. New York: Knopf, 1989. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
539 VACHSS, ANDREW. Blossom. New York: Knopf, 1990. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
540 VACHSS, ANDREW. Batman. New York: Warner, 1997. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
541 VACHSS, ANDREW. Pain Management. New York: Knopf, 2001. First edition. Signed by Vachss. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
542 VALIN, JONATHAN. Final Notice. New York: Dodd Mead, 1980. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $125.00
543 VALIN, JONATHAN. Dead Letter. New York: Dodd Mead, 1981. First edition. Signed by Vachss. Fine in dust jacket with tiny rubbing on spine. $75.00
544 VALIN, JONATHAN. Day of Wrath. New York: Congdon & Lattes, 1982. First edition. Advance review copy with review slip and photo laid in. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
545 VALIN, JONATHAN. Life's Work. New York: Delacorte, 1986. First edition. Inscribed by Valin. Publisher's excerpts pamphlet laid in. Fine in dust jacket. $50.00
546 VALIN, JONATHAN. Fire Lake. New York: Delacorte, 1987. First edition. Inscribed by Valin. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
547 VALIN, JONATHAN. The Music Lovers. New York: Delacorte, 1993. First edition. Signed by Valin. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
548 VAN DE WETERING, JANWILLEM. The Corpse on the Dike. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976. First American edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $40.00
549 VAN DE WETERING, JANWILLEM. Inspector Saito's Small Satori. New York: Putnam, 1985. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $40.00
550 VAN DE WETERING, JANWILLEM. Rattle-Rat. New York: Pantheon, 1986. First American edition. Inscribed by Van de Wetering. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
551 VAN DE WETERING, JANWILLEM. Seesaw Millions. New York: Ballantine, 1988. First edition. Fine in soft covers. $50.00
552 VAN DE WETERING, JANWILLEM. Mangrove Mama. Tucson: Dennis McMillan, 1995. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
553 VAN GULIK, ROBERT. The Chinese Bell Murders. London: Michael Joseph, 1958. First English edition. Some darkening on endpapers otherwise fine in dust jacket with nicks at corners and tiny wear at top of spine. $300.00
554 VAN GULIK, ROBERT. The Chinese Gold Murders. London: Michael Joseph, 1959. First English edition. Darkening on endpapers and small scrape on front endpaper otherwise very good in dust jacket with soiled back panel, wear at corners, and nicks at spine ends. $150.00
555 VAN GULIK, ROBERT. The Chinese Lake Murders. London: Michael Joseph, 1960. First English edition. Fine in dust jacket with several closed tears one of which on the back panel is about an inch-and-a-half in length. $200.00
556 VAN GULIK, ROBERT. The Lacquer Screen. London: Heinemann, 1964. First English edition. Small stain on top of page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket with very slightly faded spine. $200.00
557 VAN GULIK, ROBERT. Vier Vingers (Four Fingers). Amsterdam: The Netherlands Society, 1964. First edition. Although originally written in English and titled The Morning of the Tiger, the story first appeared in Holland in Dutch under the above title. Subsequently published in England along with The Night of the Tiger under the title The Monkey and the Tiger. Fine in soft covers with short crease at corner and tiny wear at corners. $100.00
558 VAN GULIK, ROBERT. The Monkey and the Tiger. London: Heinemann, 1965. First English edition. Name and address stamped on front endpaper otherwise near fine in dust jacket with some tiny tears and wear. $90.00
559 VAN GULIK, ROBERT. Judge Dee at Work. London: Heinemann, 1967. First English edition. Fine in dust jacket with light wear at corners and a couple of tiny closed tears. $175.00
560 VANCE, JOHN HOLBROOK. The Fox Valley Murders. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1966. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with a couple of closed tears. $150.00
561 WALSH, THOMAS. The Eye of the Needle. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First edition. Advance review copy with review slip laid in. Fine in lightly soiled dust jacket with a short closed tear. $45.00 562 WALSH, THOMAS. The Tenth Point. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
563 WALSH, THOMAS. A Thief in the Night. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $40.00
564 WALTERS, MINETTE. The Scold's Bridle with an appreciation by Andrew Taylor. Bristol: Scorpion, 1994. First edition. One of 75 specially bound numbered copies signed by Walters. Very fine. $200.00
565 WARDEN, FLORENCE. Miss Ferriby's Clients. London: Laurie, 1910. First edition. Page edges darkened and spotted otherwise near fine in green pictorial cloth-covered boards. $150.00
566 WARREN, JOSEPH. Revenge. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. First edition. Endpapers slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket with nicks and small chips at spine ends, a couple of closed tears and wear at corners. Novelization of the 1928 United Artists motion picture starring Dolores Del Rio. Illustrated with stills from the motion picture. $150.00
567 WASHBURN, ROBERT COLLYER. The Jury of Death. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1930. First edition. Name and address on front endpaper and top corner slightly bumped otherwise fine in very fine as new dust jacket. $200.00
568 WATSON, COLIN. `Whatever's Been Going on at Mubmlesby?'. London: Methuen, 1982. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $50.00
569 WEST, ELLIOT. The Night is a Time for Listening. London: Gollancz, 1966. First English edition. Fine in dust jacket. "He had been told to stand at three P.M. in the entrance to Breite Strasse facing Marx-Engels Platz, where a taxi would pick him up. Not just any taxi - a very special one, whose driver wouldn't need to be given instructions but merely told: `My face is frozen stiff'." Authors's first spy novel. $50.00
570 WEST, ELLIOT. These Lonely Victories. London: Gollancz, 1973. First English edition. Fine in dust jacket with some sight spine fading. "Colman, an Intelligence agent in Berlin, refuses to surrender an innocent girl, Adele, as part of a prisoner swap. She is the wife of an East German agent, but is frantic that she should not be sent back to East Germany". $40.00
571 WHISHAW, FRED. The Diamond of Evil. London: Long, 1902. First edition. Endpapers darkened and page edges spotted otherwise fine in red pictorial cloth-covered boards with gold-stamped titles on spine. $175.00
572 WHITE, MICHAEL G. Brother's Blood. New York: Harper Collins, 1996. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Edgar nominee. $85.00
573 WHITE, RANDY WAYNE. Captiva. New York: Putnam, 1996. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy. Fine in slick pictorial wrappers. $65.00
574 WHITE, RANDY WAYNE. North of Havana. New York: Putnam, 1997. First edition. Signed by White. Very fine in dust jacket. $75.00
575 WHITTEN, LESLIE H. Moon of the Wolf. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1967. First edition. Name on front endpaper otherwise fine in dust jacket with slightly darkened back panel. $85.00
576 WILLEFORD, CHARLES. The Outcast Poets. Yonkers: Alicat Bookshop, 1947. First edition. Printed envelope containing loose sheets of poetry by various writers. Willeford's contribution is five poems on two sheets. In describing the contributors, Willeford is listed as having been sent to Japan by the Army "almost simultaneously with receipt of his mss. We don't know much about him, except that he's a Californian and young". Author's first publication. Fine. $150.00
577 WILLEFORD, CHARLES. Proletarian Laughter. Yonkers: Alicat Bookshop, 1948. First edition. Fine in stapled soft covers. Published in an edition of 1000 copies, the copyright reads "by Sgt. Charles Willeford U.S. Army". Poetry. $250.00
578 WILLEFORD, CHARLES. High Priest of California & Wild Wives. New York: Beacon, 1956. First edition. Paperback original Beacon no. 110. A fine unread copy in wrappers. With Willeford misspelled "Williford" on the cover. $400.00
579 WILLEFORD, CHARLES. The Burnt Orange Heresy. New York: Crown, 1971. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with some darkening along top edges. $250.00
580 WILLEFORD, CHARLES. Miami Blues. New York: St. Martin's, 1984. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with crease on inner front flap and some tiny rubbing on back panel. $275.00
581 (WILLEFORD, CHARLES). New Hope for the Dead. New York: St. Martin's, 1985. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with slightly faded spine. $150.00
582 WILLEFORD, CHARLES. Something About a Soldier. New York: Random House, 1986. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $65.00
583 WILLEFORD, CHARLES. Everybody's Metamorphosis. Missoula: Dennis McMillan, 1988. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies signed by Willeford. Very fine in dust jacket. $300.00
584 WILLEFORD, CHARLES. The Shark-Infested Custard. Novato, California: Underwood-Miller, 1993. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
585 WILLEFORD, CHARLES. The Difference. Tucson: Dennis McMillan, 1999. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $65.00
586 WILLEFORD, CHARLES. Deliver Me from Dallas. Tucson: Dennis McMillan, 2001. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $40.00
587 WILLEFORD, CHARLES. The Ubiquitous Roach Clip. Santa Barbara: Pride of Tacoma Press, 2003. First edition. A pamphlet designed and signed by Michael Kellner and published in an edition of 150 numbered copies. Very fine in printed envelope. $40.00
588 WILLIAMS, CHARLES. Aground. New York: Viking, 1960. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket with internal staining, several short closed tears, and, wear at spine ends, at corners and along folds. $100.00
589 WILLIAMS, VALENTINE. The Knife Behind the Curtain. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. First American edition. Spine lightly soiled otherwise very good in very fine as new dust jacket. $100.00
590 WINGFIELD, R.D. Winter Frost. London: Constable, 1999. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $100.00
591 WINSLOW, DON. The Trail to Buddha's Mirror. New York: St. Martins, 1992. First edition. Signed by Winslow. Fine in dust jacket. $200.00
592 WINWARD, WALTER. Rough Deal. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1977. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at corners. $75.00
593 WOOLRICH, CORNELL. Black Cargo in July 1937 Argosy Weekly. New York: Frank A. Munsey, 1937. First appearance. Small chip at base of spine otherwise very good. $75.00
594 WOOLRICH, CORNELL. Men Must Die in August 1939 English edition of Black Mask. London: Atlas, 1939. First appearance. Stamp on front cover otherwise near fine. $85.00
595 WOOLRICH, CORNELL. Strangler's Serenade by William Irish. New York: Rinehart, 1951. First edition. Some fain darkening on endpapers otherwise fine in very good dust jacket with tape mark on front and rear flaps and a three-quarter-inch strip missing at top of inner front flap. $150.00
596 WOOLRICH, CORNELL. Hotel Room. New York: Random House, 1958. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with a closed tear. $150.00
597 WOOLRICH, CORNELL. The Doom Stone. New York: Avon, 1960. First edition. Paperback original Avon no. T-408. A very fine unread copy in wrappers. $100.00
598 WOOLRICH, CORNELL. The Ten Faces of Cornell Woolrich with introduction by Ellery Queen. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with a couple of tiny tears. $200.00
599 WOOLRICH, CORNELL. Nightwebs. New York: Harper, 1971. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. A short story collection also containing a Woolrich-Irish-Hopley checklist. $100.00
600 WOOLRICH, CORNELL. Angels of Darkness. New York: Mysterious Press, 1978. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by the author of the introduction, Harlan Ellison. Very fine in dust jacket with slipcase. $150.00
601 (WOOLRICH, CORNELL). First You Dream Then You Die by Francis M. Nevins, Jr.. New York: Mysterious Press, 1988. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Biography and checklist. $65.00
602 WREN, PERCIVAL CHRISTOPHER. Mysterious Waye. New York: Frederick Stokes, 1930. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket with a short closed tear. $200.00
603 WRIGHT, L.R. The Suspect. Toronto: Doubleday, 1985. First Canadian edition. Name stamped on front endpaper otherwise fine in dust jacket. Winner of Mystery Writers of America Edgar award for best novel of 1985. $150.00
604 ZOCHERT, DONALD. Murder in the Hellfire Club. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. "When Ben Franklin arrives in London in 1757, he is intent upon little more than renewing old friendships, refurbishing his wardrobe, and conducting a bit of business with the Penn family on behalf of the Pennsylvania colony. Instead, he is drawn into the bizarre doings of London's notorious Hellfire Club". $45.00
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