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1 ADAMS, HERBERT. The Secret of Bogey House. London: Methuen, 1924. First edition. Tiny wear on top edge front cover otherwise fine without dust jacket. Author's first novel, a golf mystery. $450.00
2 ADCOCK, THOMAS. Dark Maze. New York: Pocket Books, 1991. First edition. Paperback original. A very fine unread copy in wrappers. Winner of Mystery Writers of America Edgar award for best paperback original of 1991. $45.00
3 ALLINGHAM, MARGERY. The Oaken Heart. Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1941. First American edition. Very good in dust jacket with chips at spine ends and along top edges of front and back panels. $100.00
4 ALLINGHAM, MARGERY. Tether's End. Garden City: Doubleday, 1958. First American edition. First published in England as Hide My Eyes. Fine in dust jacket. $65.00
5 ALLINGHAM, MARGERY. Cargo of Eagles. London: Chatto & Windus, 1968. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $85.00
6 AMBLER, ERIC. Passage of Arms. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First American edition. Fine in advance copy dust jacket which is darkened at spine and is chipped at top of spine and along top edge of front panel. This jacket differs from the two trade jackets in that it is not pictorial. $75.00
7 AMBLER, ERIC. The Ability to Kill. London: Bodley Head, 1963. First edition. The second issue with the James Hanratty essay. Fine in dust jacket. $85.00
8 AMBLER,ERIC. The Intercom Conspiracy. New York: Atheneum, 1969. First edition. Precedes English edition. Fine in dust jacket. $65.00
9 (ANTHOLOGY). The Black Cap: New Stories of Murder & Mystery compiled by Cynthia Asquith. London: Hutchinson, (1928). First edition. Some slight fading along cover edges, offsetting on endpapers, and some scattered spotting on top of page edges otherwise very good in dust jacket with closed tear at base of spine and attendant internal tape mends that have been removed, and a small stain on front panel. Contains the first publication of stories by Sir J.M. Barrie, Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, W. Somerset Maugham, Barry Pain, W.B. Maxwell, Hugh Walpole, D.H. Lawrence, Edgar Wallace, Elizabeth Bowen, Arthur Machen, L.P. Hartley, Oliver Onions, Shane Leslie, and Lady Cynthia Asquith. $500.00
10 ASHTON, HERBERT. The Locked Room: A Comedy Mystery in Three Acts. New York: Samuel French, 1934. First edition. Fine in soft covers with nicks at top of spine and small corner-chips on back cover. $125.00
11 ASIMOV, ISAAC. The Death Dealers. New York: Avon, 1958. First edition. Paperback original Avon no. T-287. Near fine in wrappers. Author's first mystery. $65.00
12 ASIMOV, ISAAC. Asimov's Sherlockian Limericks illustrated by Gahan Wilson. New York: Mysterious Press, 1978. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with a couple of closed tears. $45.00
13 ASIMOV, ISAAC. The Union Club Murders. Garden City: Doubleday, 1983. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with light wear at spine ends and at corners. $65.00
14 ASIMOV, ISAAC. Hound Dunnit edited and introduction by Asimov. London: Robson, 1988. First English edition. Also edited by Martin H. Greeenberg and Carol-Lynn Rossel Waugh. Very fine in dust jacket. A canine anthology including The Sleeping Dog by Ross Macdonald, Silver Blaze by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Emergency Exit Affair by Michael Gilbert, Captain Leopold Goes to the Dogs by Edward Hoch, A Dog in the Daytime by Rex Stout, et al. $45.00
15 BABCOCK, DWIGHT V. Murder for Hannah. London: Robert Hale, 1941. First English edition. Published in the U.S. as Homicide for Hannah. Some light spotting on page edges and fading on covers otherwise fine in lightly soiled dust jacket. $150.00
16 BAGBY, GEORGE. The Corpse with the Purple Thighs. New York: Doubleday Crime Club, 1939. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with some tiny wear at spine ends and at corners. $200.00
17 BAGBY, GEORGE. Dead Wrong. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1957. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with some light rubbing at base of spine and along bottom edge of front panel. $45.00
18 BAILEY, H.C. Mr. Clunk's Text. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1939. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket with some light stains on back panel and tiny wear at base of spine. $100.00
19 BAILEY, H.C. Meet Mr. Fortune. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1942. First edition. Contains the complete novel, The Bishop's Crime and 12 short stories. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with some fading on spine and scattered nicks along edges. $125.00
20 BAILEY, H.C. Dead Man's Effects. London: Macdonald, 1945. First English edition. Fine in dust jacket. $125.00
21 BARDIN, JOHN FRANKLIN. The Case Against Butterfly by Gregory Tree. New York: Scribners, 1951. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $85.00
22 (BASEBALL MYSTERY). Wild Pitch by A.B. Guthrie Jr. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $65.00
23 (BASEBALL MYSTERY). The Plot to Kill Jackie Robinson by Donald Honig. New York: Dutton, 1992. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $40.00
24 (BASEBALL MYSTERY). Caught Looking by Randy Russell. New York: Doubleday, 1992. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
25 (BASEBALL MYSTERY). Murder at Fenway Park by Troy Soos. New York: Kensington, 1994. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $135.00
26 (BASEBALL MYSTERY). Hunting a Detroit Tiger by Troy Soos. New York: Kensington, 1997. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
27 (BASEBALL MYSTERY). The Cincinnati Red Stalkings by Troy Soos. New York: Kensington, 1998. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
28 (BASEBALL MYSTERY). The Spoiler by Domenic Stansberry. New York: Atlantic Monthly, 1987. First edition. Signed by Stansberry. Very fine in dust jacket. $80.00
29 BAYER, OLIVER WELD. An Eye for an Eye. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1945. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. "The French waiter (who was not a waiter) was in the grip of a cold control now that he was at last about to commit murder. For the final time he studied his victim and rehearsed his long-laid plan". $65.00
30 BIGGERS, EARL DERR. Seven Keys to Baldpate. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d. Reprint edition. Small labels removed from front endpapers and pages darkened otherwise near fine in dust jacket with several short closed tears and minor fraying at top of spine. $65.00
31 BIGGERS, EARL DERR. The Chinese Parrot. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, n.d. Reprint edition. An early reprint with three very small holes along front joint of red cover otherwise fine in bright unfaded dust jacket with some scattered rubbing on spine and a short closed tear. An exceptional copy. $200.00
32 BIGGERS, EARL DERR. Behind That Curtain. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1928. Later edition. A later printing without the bow-and-arrow symbol on the copyright page. Fine in very good dust jacket with two-inch piece missing from back panel, chipping at spine ends, and several short closed tears. $150.00
33 BIGGERS, EARL DERR. Charlie Carries on. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1930. First edition. Name on front endpaper otherwise near fine in dust jacket with a closed tear on back panel and crease along edge of spine. $700.00
34 BLOCH, ROBERT. The Skull of the Marquis de Sade. London: Robert Hale, 1975. First hardcover edition. Fine in dust jacket. $130.00
35 BLOCH, ROBERT. The Undead in The Book Sail 16th Anniversary Catalogue. Orange, CA: McLaughlin, 1984. First edition. A horror short story signed by Bloch specially commissioned for probably the most unusual rare book catalogue ever published. One of 100 copies reserved for presentation by the publisher numbered in Martian numerals. The front cover displays a 3-D portrait of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, who has signed the first page. Also signed by: Rowena on the opposing page to her illustration, Sorceress; Ray Bradbury on his foreword, A Journey of Books; and by William F. Nolan on his short story, The Dandelion Chronicles, included in a separate publication in a pocket on the rear pastedown. Extensively illustrated containing an outstanding number of horror, science fiction, fantasy, and art items. Bound in red and black cloth. Very fine without dust jacket as issued. $350.00
36 BLOCH, ROBERT. Screams. San Rafael: Underwood Miller, 1989. First edition. One on 300 numbered copies signed by Bloch. Contains first hardcover appearances of The Will to Kill, Firebug and The Star Stalker. Fine in dust jacket with tiny rubbing on spine with slipcase. $125.00
37 BLOCK, LAWRENCE. Writing the Novel: From Plot to Print. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest, 1979. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $100.00
38 BLOCK, LAWRENCE. Spin Me a Web: Lawrence Block on Writing Fiction. Cincinnati: Writer's Digest, 1988. First edition. Signed by Block. Fine in dust jacket. $75.00
39 BLOCK, LAWRENCE. Even the Wicked. London: Orion, 1996. First edition. Precedes American edition. Publisher's bookplate signed by Block laid in. Very fine in dust jacket. $300.00
40 BLOCK, LAWRENCE. The Scoreless Thai. Boston: Subterranean, 2000. First hardcover edition. Signed by Block. Very fine in dust jacket. Originally published in paperback under the title Two for Tanner. $100.00
41 BLOCK, LAWRENCE & ERNIE BULOW. After Hours. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1995. Limited edition. One of 350 numbered copies signed by both Block and Bulow. Very fine in dust jacket. $75.00
42 BOX, C.J. Blood Trail. New York: Putnam, 2008. First edition. Signed by Box. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
43 BOX, EDGAR. Death Likes It Hot. London: Heinemann, 1955. First English edition. Signed by Box and Gore Vidal. Fine in dust jacket with small punch tear on spine, nicks at spine ends and small chips at corners. $200.00
44 BOX, EDGAR. Three by Box. New York: Random House, 1978. Omnibus edition. Contains Death in the Fifth Position, Death Before Bedtime and Death Likes It Hot. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
45 BOYER, RICK. Billingsgate Shoal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with tiny wear at lower corners. Winner of Mystery Writers of America Edgar award for best novel of 1982. $75.00
46 BRADBURY, RAY. Long After Midnight. New York: Knopf, 1976. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with crease-tear on back panel. $125.00
47 BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD. Willard and His Bowling Trophies. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $100.00
48 BRAUTIGAN, RICHARD. Dreaming of Babylon. New York: Delacorte, 1977. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $100.00
49 BROWN, DAN. The Da Vinci Code. New York: Doubleday, 2003. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. The first issue with "skitoma" on page 243, line 25. $400.00
50 BROWN, FREDRIC. The Far Cry. New York: Dutton, 1951. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with tiny rub at base of spine. An exceptional copy. $400.00
51 BROWN, FREDRIC. The Office. New York: Dutton, 1958. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with some slight spine fading. $250.00
52 BROWN, FREDRIC. Knock Three-One-Two. New York: Dutton, 1959. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $400.00
53 BROWN, FREDRIC. The Freak Show Murders. Belen: Dennis McMillan, 1985. First edition. Volume 5 of collected short stories. One of 350 numbered copies signed by the author of the introduction, Richard Lupoff. Very fine in dust jacket. $150.00
54 BUCHAN, JOHN. Sick Heart River. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941. First edition. Some spotting on front cover otherwise very good in price-clipped dust jacket with internal tape mends and spotting on back panel. $85.00
55 BURKE, JAMES LEE. Heartwood. New Orleans: B.E. Trice, 1999. First edition. One of 150 numbered specially bound copies signed by Burke. Very fine in slipcase without dust jacket as issued. $150.00
56 BURKE, JAMES LEE. Purple Cane Road. London: Orion, 2000. First edition. Precedes American edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
57 BUSH, CHRISTOPHER. The Perfect Murder Case. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1929. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket. "In his first letter to Scotland Yard `Marius' announced that he was going to commit a perfect murder. In his second letter he announced the time he would commit it. In the third letter he announced the place. The authorities took every precaution. But at 7:37 P.M. the Perfect Murder was accomplished fact". $500.00
58 CAIN, JAMES M. The Postman Always Rings Twice (Facsimile edition). New York: Otto Penzler, 1996. First edition. An exact facsimile of the Alfred A. Knopf first edition published in 1934. Very fine in dust jacket still in the original shrinkwrap. $100.00
59 CARR, JOHN DICKSON. It Walks by Night. New York: Harpers, 1930. First edition. Scrape at base of front pastedown and small holes on front endpaper and first prelim otherwise very good without dust jacket. Author's first novel. $150.00
60 CARR, JOHN DICKSON. Death-Watch. New York: Harpers, 1935. First edition. Fine without dust jacket. $185.00
61 CHANCELLOR, JOHN. The Dark God. New York: Century, 1928. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at corners and several tiny tears. "From the moment Jane Dace heard Satan whispering in her ear, coming home through the park from that fancy dress ball, and she had said, `I would sell my soul for a thousand pounds,' and a sinister voice had cried `Done!' the mystery had begun". $200.00
62 CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Red Wind. Cleveland: World, 1946. First edition. Pages darkened otherwise very good in dust jacket with internal tape mends, chips at spine ends and along edges, wear and tears along folds, and several short closed tears. $50.00
63 CHANDLER, RAYMOND. The Finger Man and other stories. New York: Avon, 1946. First edition. Paperback original Murder Mystery Monthly no. 43. Contains Finger Man, The Bronze Door, Smart Aleck-Kill and The Simple Art of Murder. Name and address on title page otherwise very good in wrappers. $150.00
64 CHANDLER, RAYMOND. The Little Sister (Facsimile edition). New York: Otto Penzler, 1996. First edition. An exact facsimile of the Hamish Hamilton first edition published in 1949. Very fine in dust jacket still in the original shrinkwrap. $100.00
65 CHANDLER, RAYMOND. The Simple Art of Murder. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950. First edition. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine in dust jacket with some spine fading, a short closed tear and tiny wear at corners. $1250.00
66 CHANDLER, RAYMOND. The Long Goodbye. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954. First American edition. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a couple of creases at top corner of front panel, tiny wear at spine ends and at corners, scattered wear along spine-fold, and a short closed tear. $850.00
67 CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Playback. London: Hamilton, 1958. First edition. Some darkening on endpapers otherwise fine in dust jacket with some slight spine fading and tiny wear at base of spine. $300.00
68 CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Raymond Chandler Speaking edited by Dorothy Gardiner & Kathrine Sorley Walker. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1962. First edition. Precedes American edition. Fine in dust jacket with lightly soiled back panel, slightly faded spine and tiny wear at corners. $125.00
69 CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Killer in the Rain. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1964. First edition. Precedes American edition. Some light spotting on top of page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket with some slight darkening on spine. $500.00
70 CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Killer in the Rain. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket with several short closed tears and some scattered rubbing. $350.00
71 (CHANDLER, RAYMOND). Raymond Chandler and Film by William Luhr. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1982. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
72 CHARTERIS, LESLIE. The Last Hero. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1930. First edition. Spine soiled otherwise very good with out dust jacket. $250.00
73 CHARTERIS, LESLIE. The Avenging Saint. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1931. First American edition. Previous owner's stamps on endpapers and spotting on top of page edges otherwise a fine bright copy without dust jacket. $75.00
74 CHARTERIS, LESLIE. The Saint on Guard. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1944. First edition. Pages slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket with slightly faded and rubbed spine. $300.00
75 CHARTERIS, LESLIE. Call for the Saint. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1948. First edition. Pages darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket with some slight spine fading, a couple of short closed tears, and tiny wear at corners. $200.00
76 CHARTERIS, LESLIE. The Saint on the Spanish Main. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1955. First edition. Inscribed by Charteris "For Grace Campbell with all good wishes - Sincerely Leslie Charteris." The inscription also has The Saint logo and is dated 2.16.60. Some darkening on endpapers and small light stain on top of spine otherwise near fine in very good dust jacket with a closed three-inch tear on front panel that has had an internal tape repair removed but has bled through, a couple of other internal tape repairs with tape removed, and some wear along folds. $350.00
77 CHARTERIS, LESLIE. Senor Saint. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1958. First edition. Fine in lightly soiled dust jacket with short closed tear. $125.00
78 CHARTERIS, LESLIE. The Saint to the Rescue. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1959. First edition. Page edges slightly darkened otherwise near fine in dust jacket with faint stain on front panel, a short closed tear, and minor wear at spine ends. $100.00
79 CHESBRO, GEORGE C. Shadow of a Broken Man. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. First edition. Page edges slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket. The first Mongo. $100.00
80 CHESBRO, GEORGE C. The Beasts of Valhalla. New York: Atheneum, 1985. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $150.00
81 CHESTER, GEORGE RANDOLPH. Young Wallingford. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1910. First edition. Some light foxing on top of page edges and shelf-wear along bottom cover edges otherwise fine in blue cloth-covered boards with gold-stamped titles and decorations. $85.00
82 CHILD, LEE. The Affair. New York: Delacorte, 2011. First edition. Signed by Child. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
83 CHRISTIE, AGATHA. The Secret of Chimneys. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1925. First edition. Spine darkened, covers soiled, and page edges darkened and soiled otherwise very good without dust jacket. $400.00
84 CHRISTIE, AGATHA. The Seven Dials Mystery. London: Collins, 1929. First edition. Stamp on title page and spine lightly faded otherwise very good without dust jacket. $300.00 85 CHRISTIE, AGATHA. The Body in the Library. London: Collins Crime Club, 1942. First edition. Bookseller's small label on front pastedown. Spine slightly faded and lightly soiled otherwise near fine in very good restored dust jacket which has been entirely backed with plain white paper. $450.00
86 CHRISTIE, AGATHA. Towards Zero. London: Collins Crime Club, 1944. First edition. Name on front endpaper otherwise near fine in price-clipped dust jacket with darkened spine and nicks at corners. Golf mystery. $250.00
87 CHRISTIE, AGATHA. Death Comes as the End. London: Collins Crime Club, 1945. First English edition. Near fine in very good slightly darkened dust jacket with an internal tape mend, nicks at spine ends, and wear along folds. $200.00
88 CHRISTIE, AGATHA. The Hollow. London: Collins Crime Club, 1946. First edition. Small faded area at top of spine otherwise near fine in very good price-clipped dust jacket with faded spine, chipping at spine ends, and wear along folds. $100.00
89 CHRISTIE, AGATHA. The Labours of Hercules. London: Collins Crime Club, 1947. First edition. Some tiny fading at top of spine otherwise fine in very good dust jacket with chip at top of spine, light wear at spine ends, and wear at corners of front panel. $200.00
90 COBB, BELTON. Double Detection. London: Longmans Green, 1945. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with several short closed tears. $150.00
91 COBEN, HARLAN. No Second Chance. New York: Dutton, 2003. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
92 COBEN, HARLAN. Caught. New York: Dutton, 2010. First edition. Signed by Coben. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
93 COLES, MANNING. The Fifth Man. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1946. First edition. Some tiny light spotting on page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at corners. $75.00
94 COLES, MANNING. The Man in the Green Hat. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955. First edition. Goldstone bookplate on front pastedown. Some light stains on endpapers otherwise fine in dust jacket with an internal tape mend at base of spine and one on back panel which have bled trough, and some light rubbing on spine. $65.00
95 COLES, MANNING. The Far Traveller by Francis Gaite. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1957. First edition. Near fine in dust jacket with internal tape mends, nicks at spine ends, some staining along flap-folds and slightly darkened spine. $75.00
96 COLES, MANNING. A Knife for the Juggler. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1964. First edition. Some light spotting on top of page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket with a couple of tiny tears. $65.00
97 CONNELLY, MICHAEL. Trunk Music. Boston: Little Brown, 1997. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $65.00
98 CONNELLY, MICHAEL. Angel's Flight. Boston: Little Brown, 1999. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
99 CONNELLY, MICHAEL. Chasing the Dime. New York: Little Brown, 2002. First edition. Signed by Connelly. Very fine in dust jacket. $60.00
100 CONNELLY, MICHAEL. The Overlook. New York: Little Brown, 2007. First edition. Signed by Connelly. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
101 CONNELLY, MICHAEL. Nine Dragons. New York: Little Brown, 2009. First edition. Signed by Connelly. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
102 CONNELLY, MICHAEL. The Reversal. New York: Little Brown, 2010. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
103 CONNELLY, MICHAEL. The Drop. New York: Little Brown, 2011. First edition. Signed by Connelly. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
104 CONNOLLY, JOHN. The Killing Kind. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001. First edition. Signed by Connolly. Very fine in dust jacket. $75.00
105 COOK, THOMAS H. The Orchids. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. First edition. Signed by Cook. Very fine in dust jacket. $90.00
106 COOK, THOMAS H. Places in the Dark. New York: Bantam, 2000. First edition. Signed by Cook. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
107 COOK, THOMAS H. The Interrogation. New York: Bantam, 2002. First edition. Signed by Cook. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
108 COOK, THOMAS H. Peril. New York: Bantam, 2004. First edition. Signed by Cook. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
109 COOK, THOMAS H. Master of the Delta. New York: Harcourt, 2008. First edition. Signed by Cook. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
110 COOK, THOMAS H. The Fate of Katherine Carr. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2009. First edition. Signed by Cook. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
111 CORNWELL, PATRICIA D. All That Remains. London: Little Brown, 1992. First edition. Precedes American edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $125.00
112 CORNWELL, PATRICIA D. The Body Farm. New York: Scribners, 1994. First edition. Signed by Cornwell. Very fine in dust jacket. $100.00
113 COXE, GEORGE HARMON. Four Frightened Women. New York: Knopf, 1939. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket with chip at top of darkened spine and some scattered nicks on front panel. Kent Murdock. $135.00
114 CRAIS, ROBERT. Lullaby Town. New York: Bantam, 1992. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with very slightly faded spine. $450.00
115 CRAIS, ROBERT. Demolition Angel. New York: Doubleday, 2000. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
116 CRAIS, ROBERT. The Forgotten Man. New York: Doubleday, 2005. First edition. Signed by Crais. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
117 CRAIS, ROBERT. The Watchman. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007. First edition. Signed by Crais. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
118 CRAIS, ROBERT. Chasing Darkness. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2008. First edition. Signed by Crais. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
119 CRAIS, ROBERT. The First Rule. New York: Putnam, 2010. First edition. Signed by Crais. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
120 CRAIS, ROBERT. The Sentry. New York: Putnam, 2011. First edition. Signed by Crais. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
121 CRAIS, ROBERT. Taken. New York: Putnam, 2012. First edition. Signed by Crais. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
122 CRICHTON, MICHAEL. Binary by John Lange. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $85.00
123 CRUMLEY, JAMES. The Last Good Kiss. New York: Random House, 1978. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $125.00
124 CRUMLEY, JAMES. The Collection with an introduction by Crumley. London: Picador, 1991. Omnibus edition. Contains The Wrong Case, The Last Good Kiss, and Dancing Bear. Inscribed by Crumley. Very fine in dust jacket. $150.00
125 CRUMLEY, JAMES. The Mexican Tree Duck with appreciation by Maxim Jakubowski. Bristol: Scorpion, 1993. Limited edition. One of 75 numbered copies bound in quarter-leather with marbled boards and signed by Crumley. Very fine in acetate dust wrapper with nick at top of spine. $250.00
126 CRUMLEY, JAMES. Bordersnakes. Tucson: Dennis McMillan, 1996. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Crumley. Very fine in dust jacket with slipcase. $200.00
127 CRUMLEY, JAMES. The Final Country. Tucson: Dennis McMillan, 2001. First edition. One of 400 numbered copies signed by Crumley. Very fine in dust jacket with slipcase. $125.00
128 CUSSLER, CLIVE. Pacific Vortex! Mission Viejo: James Cahill, 2000. Limited edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Cussler and the dust jacket illustrator, David Monette. Very fine in dust jacket with slipcase. $400.00
129 DAVIDSON, LIONEL. A Long Way to Shiloh. London: Gollancz, 1966. First edition. Lower corners slightly bumped otherwise fine in price-clipped dust jacket with closed tear on back panel and small chips at corners. $75.00
130 DAVIDSON, LIONEL. Making Good Again. London: Cape, 1968. First edition. Corner-creasing on front endpaper otherwise fine in dust jacket with a couple of short closed tears. $100.00
131 DAVIDSON, LIONEL. The Chelsea Murders. London: Cape, 1978. First edition. Pages darkened otherwise fine in price-clipped dust jacket with publisher's price-sticker. $65.00
132 DEAVER, JEFFERY WILDS. Mistress of Justice. New York: Doubleday, 1992. First edition. Signed by Deaver. Very fine in dust jacket. $300.00
133 DERLETH, AUGUST. Sentence Deferred. New York: Scribners, 1939. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at corners and at base of spine. $350.00
134 DERLETH, AUGUST. Mischief in the Lane. New York: Scribners, 1944. First edition. Inscribed by Derleth. Fine in dust jacket. "Odd things were happening at the Bensiner place in Sac Prairie. Nocturnal vandals had rooted up the garden, left dead crows on the threshold of the front door, broken the windows of the hot-bed, cut down half the flowers, and otherwise despoiled the place." Judge Peck mystery. $350.00
135 DERLETH, AUGUST. In Re: Sherlock Holmes. Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1945. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $200.00
136 DERLETH, AUGUST. Three Problems for Solar Pons. Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1952. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at spine corners. $300.00
137 DERLETH, AUGUST. The Return of Solar Pons. Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1958. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $175.00
138 DERLETH, AUGUST. The Reminiscences of Solar Pons. Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1961. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $140.00
139 DERLETH, AUGUST. The Casebook of Solar Pons. Sauk City: Mycroft & Moran, 1965. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $165.00
140 DEWEY, THOMAS B. Hue and Cry. New York: Jefferson House, 1944. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with nicks at spine ends, a short internal tape repair and a couple of short closed tears. Author's first mystery. $135.00
141 DEWEY, THOMAS B. Honeylou. New York: Dell, 1962. First edition. Paperback original. A very fine unread copy in wrappers. $50.00
142 DEWEY, THOMAS B. Only on Tuesdays. New York: Dell, 1964. First edition. Paperback original. A very fine unread copy in wrappers. $45.00
143 DEWEY, THOMAS B. The Girl in the Punch Bowl. New York: Dell, 1964. First edition. Paperback original. A very fine unread copy in wrappers. $45.00
144 DEWEY, THOMAS B. Deadline. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1966. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
145 DICKSON, CARTER. He Wouldn't Kill Patience. New York: Morrow, 1944. First edition. Bookplate of front endpaper. Top page edges lightly soiled and small scrapes on spine otherwise fine in dust jacket with some tiny closed tears and light wear at spine ends and along folds. $200.00
146 DICKSON, CARTER. My Late Wives. New York: Morrow, 1946. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with tiny fraying at spine ends and wear at corners. $250.00
147 DICKSON, CARTER. Behind the Crimson Blind. London: William Heinemann, 1952. First English edition. Page edges slightly darkened otherwise fine in very good dust jacket with nicks at spine ends and along edges and several short closed tears. $60.00
148 DICKSON, CARTER. The Cavalier's Cup. New York: Morrow, 1953. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket with wrinkling on back panel, nicks and tears on spine ends, wear at corners, and several short closed tears. $75.00
149 DOBYNS, STEPHEN. Saratoga Swimmer. New York: Atheneum, 1981. First edition. Advance review copy with review slip laid in. Very fine in dust jacket. $75.00
150 DOBYNS, STEPHEN. Saratoga Headhunter. New York: Viking, 1985. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
151 (SHERLOCKIANA). The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette with introduction by Vincent Starrett. Chicago: Abramson, 1955. First edition. Fine with out dust jacket as issued. Also included is publisher's flyer announcing publication. $85.00
152 (SHERLOCKIANA). Seventeen Steps to 221b with introduction by James Edward Holroyd. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1967. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at spine ends and along edges. $150.00
153 (SHERLOCKIANA). Dining with Sherlock Holmes by Julia Carlson Rosenblatt & Frederic H. Sonnenschmidt. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1976. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $100.00
154 (SHERLOCKIANA). West by One and by One by The Scowrers and Molly Maguires of San Francisco. San Francisco: Privately published, 1965. First edition. Laid in is a program for the Twentieth Anniversary Dinner for The Scowrers and Molly Maguires at the Leopard Cafe in San Francisco in May, 1964. Fine in dust jacket. $200.00
155 (SHERLOCKIANA). Leaves from the Copper Beeches by The Sons of the Copper Beeches. Philadelphia: Baker Street Irregulars, 1959. First edition. Short tear along bottom edge of back cover otherwise fine without dust jacket as issued. $125.00
156 (SHERLOCKIANA). The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes by Vincent Starrett. New York: Macmillan, 1933. First edition. Inscription on front pastedown otherwise near fine in very good price-clipped dust jacket with dampstaining on back panel and at base of spine, darkened spine, and wear along edges and at corners. $150.00
157 (SHERLOCKIANA). Holmes and Watson by June Thomson. London: Constable, 1995. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $90.00
158 EGGLESTON, EDWARD. The Mystery of Metropolisville illustrated by Frank Beard. New York: Judd, 1873. First edition. Corner torn from front endpaper and pages darkened otherwise very good in soiled cloth-covered boards. $100.00
159 ELLIN, STANLEY. The Eighth Circle. New York: Random House, 1958. First edition. Pages darkened as usual and name on front endpaper otherwise near fine in fine unfaded dust jacket. Winner of Mystery Writers of America Edgar award for best novel of 1958. $250.00
160 ELLIN, STANLEY. The Panama Portrait. New York: Random House, 1962. First edition. Inscribed by Ellin "August, 1962 - Dear Ed and Elinor, I'm sure that in all your travels you've still never done Santo Stefano. So here it is, delivered right to your doorstep with warmest regards. Stan." Fine in dust jacket with darkened spine. $65.00
161 ELLIN, STANLEY. The Blessington Method and Other Strange Tales. New York: Random House, 1964. First edition. Small spot on fore-edge and on bottom of page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket with some light wear at spine ends. $65.00
162 ELLIN, STANLEY. The Bind. New York: Random House, 1970. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $40.00
163 ELTON, BEN. Popcorn. London: Simon and Schuster, 1996. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Winner of Crime Writers Association of Great Britain Gold Dagger award for best novel of 1996. $75.00
164 FAIRLIE, GERARD. Bulldog Drummond Attacks. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939. First edition. Some darkening on endpapers and scattered light spotting on fore-edge otherwise near fine in lightly soiled dust jacket with slightly darkened spine and internal tape mends. $250.00
165 FAIRLIE, GERARD. Captain Bulldog Drummond. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1945. First edition. Some scattered spotting on page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket. $65.00
166 FAIRSTEIN, LINDA. Final Jeopardy. New York: Scribners, 1996. First edition. Signed by Fairstein. Very fine in dust jacket. $65.00
167 FAIRSTEIN, LINDA. Death Dance. New York: Scribner, 2006. First edition. Signed by Fairstein. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
168 FAIRSTEIN, LINDA. Lethal Legacy. New York: Doubleday, 2009. First edition. Signed by Fairstein. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
169 FLEMING, IAN. Casino Royale. New York: Macmillan, 1954. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at spine ends and some very slight spine fading. $2000.00
170 FLEMING, IAN. Doctor No. New York: Macmillan, 1958. First American edition. Some offsetting on endpapers otherwise fine in near fine dust jacket with small chips and wear at corners and some scattered very light wear along folds. $450.00
171 FLEMING, IAN. Thunderball. London: Cape, 1962. First edition. Bookplate on front pastedown. Tiny spot on top of page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket with tear on back panel and tiny wear at base of spine. $900.00
172 FLEMING, IAN. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. London: Cape, 1963. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with small spot on front panel and light soiling on back panel. $650.00
173 FLEMING, IAN. The Property of a Lady in The Ivory Hammer: The Year at Sotheby's. London: Longmans, 1963. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with some darkening along edges and tiny wear at spine ends. $175.00
174 FLEMING, IAN. Thrilling Cities. London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with small light burn mark on back panel. $150.00
175 FLEMING, IAN. You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First edition. The first state of the first edition without the month on the copyright page. Lower corners slightly bumped and some very light spotting on page edges otherwise fine in price-clipped dust jacket with tiny wear at corners. $400.00
176 FLEMING, IAN. You Only Live Twice. London: Cape, 1964. First edition. Second state of the first edition with "March 1964" on copyright page. Some light staining on page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at corners and some slight darkening. $200.00
177 FLEMING, IAN. The Man with the Golden Gun. London: Cape, 1965. First edition. Small scrape on front endpaper otherwise fine in dust jacket. $350.00
178 FLEMING, IAN. James Bond in Facsimile - 14 Vols. Shelton, Connecticut: First Edition Library, 1990. Facsimile editions. All 14 James Bond volumes identical to the first editions published by Jonathan Cape with their original bindings, typography and dust jackets. All are as new in slipcases with eight of the fourteen still shrinkwrapped. $2500.00
179 (BONDIANA). The World Is Not Enough 007 by Raymond Benson. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. First edition. Based on the screenplay by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. Signed by Benson. Very fine in dust jacket. $150.00
180 (BONDIANA). License Renewed by John Gardner. New York: Marek, 1981. First American edition. Inscribed by Gardner to a noted Sherlockian. Very fine in dust jacket. Also included is the publisher's press release folder heralding "Bond Is Back!" The folder's front cover has the front panel of the book's dust jacket attached. It contains a photo of Gardner, a three-page interview, a two-page biography, and a two-page summary of the novel. All are very fine. $150.00
181 FRANCIS, DICK. Dead Cert. London: Michael Joseph, 1964. Fourth edition. Signed by Francis. Tiny spot on fore-edge otherwise fine in dust jacket. $400.00
182 FRANCIS, DICK. Nerve. London: Michael Joseph, 1964. First edition. Some scattered tiny spotting on page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket with some very slight spine fading and some scattered stains on back panel. $1000.00
183 FRANCIS, DICK. Nerve. New York: Harper, 1964. First American edition. Fine in very good rubbed price-clipped dust jacket with wrinkled back panel and tiny fraying at spine ends. $200.00
184 FRANCIS, DICK. For Kicks. London: Michael Joseph, 1965. First edition. Very good in price-clipped dust jacket with three-quarter-inch pieces missing at spine ends, chips at corners and several closed tears. $200.00
185 FRANCIS, DICK. Odds Against. London: Michael Joseph, 1965. First edition. Some light spotting on top of page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket with some light soiling on back panel. $500.00
186 FRANCIS, DICK. Odds Against. New York: Harper, 1966. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket. $250.00
187 FRANCIS, DICK. Blood Sport. New York: Harper, 1968. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket with some slight spine fading. $150.00
188 FRANCIS, DICK. Flying Finish. New York: Harper, 1967. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket. $175.00
189 FRANCIS, DICK. Bonecrack. London: Michael Joseph, 1971. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with some light staining on inner flaps. $200.00
190 FRANCIS, DICK. Smokescreen. London: Michael Joseph, 1972. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $200.00
191 FRANCIS, DICK. Slay-Ride. London: Michael Joseph, 1973. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with slightly faded spine. $100.00
192 FRANCIS, DICK. Knock Down. London: Michael Joseph, 1974. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $150.00
193 FRANCIS, DICK. High Stakes. London: Michael Joseph, 1975. First edition. "Xmas 1975" written on front endpaper otherwise fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $100.00
194 FRANCIS, DICK. In the Frame. London: Michael Joseph, 1976. First edition. Inscription and date on front endpaper otherwise fine in dust jacket. $90.00
195 FRANCIS, DICK. Risk. London: Michael Joseph, 1977. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $100.00
196 FRANCIS, DICK. Bolt. London: Michael Joseph, 1986. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $65.00
197 FRANCIS, DICK. Under Orders. London: Michael Joseph, 2006. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $60.00
198 GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY. The Case of the Drowsy Mosquito. New York: Morrow, 1943. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket with chipped and frayed spine ends, wear and nicks along edges and at corners, and a couple of closed tears. $125.00
199 GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY. The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde. New York: Morrow, 1944. First edition. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine in dust jacket. $250.00
200 GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY. The Case of the Gold-Diggers Purse. New York: Morrow, 1945. First edition. Date on front pastedown otherwise fine in dust jacket with some tiny wear at corners. $200.00
201 GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY. The Case of the Lazy Lover. New York: Morrow, 1947. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with chip at top corner of spine. $165.00
202 GARFIELD, BRIAN. Death Sentence. New York: Evans, 1975. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
203 GARFIELD, BRIAN. Fear in a Handful of Dust by John Ives. New York: Dutton, 1978. First edition. Inscribed by Garfield "For..with warm memories of that passionate night in Marrakesh - or something." Fine in dust jacket. $60.00
204 GARSTON, GUY. The Champagne Mystery. London: Muller, 1935. First edition. Very good in dust jacket. $100.00
205 GIBSON, WALTER B. Looks that Kill! New York: Atlas, 1948. First edition. Page edges darkened otherwise fine in wrappers. $100.00 206 GILBERT, ANTHONY. The Murder of Mrs. Davenport. New York: Dial, 1928. First American edition. Very good in very fine as new dust jacket. $150.00
207 GILBERT, ANTHONY. No Dust in the Attic. London: Collins Crime Club, 1962. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with an internal tape mend and lightly soiled back panel. $75.00
208 GISCHLER, VICTOR. Gun Monkeys. Los Angeles: Ugly Town, 2001. First edition. Signed by Gischler. Very fine in soft covers. "I turned the Chrysler onto the Florida Turnpike with Rollo Kramer's headless body in the trunk and all the time I'm thinking I should have put some plastic down". $45.00
209 GORDON, IAN. The Burden of Guilt. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951. First edition. A limerick written in ink and signed by Gordon on the front endpaper. Fine in dust jacket. "It started out like a sordid, routine case of murder". $65.00
210 GRAFTON, C.W. The Rat Began to Gnaw the Rope. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1943. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with short crease-tears at spine ends, nicks at corners and along edges, and tears along flap-folds. $350.00
211 GRAFTON, SUE. "A" is for Alibi. New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1982. First edition. Signed by Grafton. Very fine in dust jacket. $2500.00
212 GRAFTON, SUE. `A' is for Alibi. London: Macmillan, 1986. First English edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $500.00
213 GRAFTON, SUE. "B" is for Burglar. New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1985. First edition. Inscribed by Grafton. Library labels removed from endpapers and library stamp on copyright page where a small label has been removed otherwise fine in dust jacket. $150.00
214 GRAFTON, SUE. `B' is for Burglar. London: Macmillan, 1986. First English edition. Signed by Grafton. Pages slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket. $300.00
215 GRAFTON, SUE. "C" is for Corpse. New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1986. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy. Signed by Grafton. Fine in wrappers. $150.00
216 GRAFTON, SUE. "C" is for Corpse. New York: Holt, 1986. First edition. Signed by Grafton. Very fine in dust jacket. $750.00
217 GRAFTON, SUE. "D" Is for Deadbeat. New York: Holt, 1987. First edition. Signed by Grafton. Very fine in dust jacket. $350.00
218 GRAFTON, SUE. "F" is for Fugitive. New York: Holt, 1989. First edition. Inscribed by Grafton. Fine in dust jacket. $75.00
219 GRAFTON, SUE. V is for Vengeance. New York: Putnam, 2011. First edition. Signed by Grafton. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
220 GRAHAM, CAROLINE. The Envy of the Stranger. London: Century, 1984. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $185.00
221 GRAHAM, CAROLINE. Murder at Maddingly Grange. London: Mysterious Press, 1990. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $90.00
222 GRAHAM, CAROLINE. Fire Dance. London: Severn House, 1995. First hardcover edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $75.00
223 GRANT, MAXWELL. Norgil the Magician. New York: Mysterious Press, 1977. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Gibson and Grant. Very fine in dust jacket with slipcase. $200.00
224 GRANT, MAXWELL. Norgil: More Tales of Prestigitection. New York: Mysterious Press, 1979. First edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Gibson and Grant. Very fine in dust jacket with slipcase. $125.00
225 GREENE, GEORGE DAWES. The Caveman's Valentine. New York: Warner, 1994. First edition. Signed by Greene. Very fine in dust jacket. Winner of Mystery Writers of America Edgar award for best first novel of 1994. $65.00
226 GREENE, GRAHAM. It's a Battlefield. Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1934. First American edition. Page edges darkened otherwise fine in very good dust jacket with chipping at spine ends and at corners, several tiny closed tears, and light wear along edges and folds. $500.00
227 GREENE, GRAHAM. A Burnt-Out Case. London: Heinemann, 1961. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with a short closed tear. $150.00
228 GREER, ROBERT. The Devil's Hatband. New York: Mysterious Press, 1996. First edition. Signed by Greer. Very fine in dust jacket. The first CJ Floyd, Denver black P.I. $65.00
229 GREER, ROBERT. The Devil's Backbone. New York: Mysterious Press, 1998. First edition. Signed by Greer. Very fine in dust jacket. $40.00
230 GRIFFITHS, MAJOR ARTHUR. Ford's Folly, Ltd. London: Macqueen, 1900. First edition. Near fine in brown pictorial cloth-covered boards. $180.00
231 GRIMES, MARTHA. The Man with a Load of Mischief. Boston: Little Brown, 1981. First edition. Page edges and gutters slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket with darkened spine. Author's first mystery. $200.00
232 GRIMES, MARTHA. The Anodyne Necklace. Boston: Little Brown, 1983. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $100.00
233 GRIMES, MARTHA. Jerusalem Inn. Boston: Little Brown, 1984. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $50.00
234 GRIMES, MARTHA. The Dirty Duck. Boston: Little Brown, 1984. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $75.00
235 GRIMES, MARTHA. The Old Silent. Boston: Little Brown, 1989. First edition. Signed by Grimes. Very fine in dust jacket. $65.00
236 GRUBER, FRANK. The Laughing Fox. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1940. First edition. Very good in dust jacket with faded spine, chips at spine ends and on front panel, and a couple of closed crease-tears. $50.00
237 GRUBER, FRANK. The Silver Jackass by Charles K. Boston. New York: Reynal Hitchcock, 1941. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket with scraping on front panel, light wear at spine ends and several short closed tears. $200.00
238 GRUBER, FRANK. The Talking Clock. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. First edition. Very good in dust jacket with large chips at spine ends, one-inch piece missing from back panel, and wear at corners. $50.00
239 HALL, ADAM. The Volcanoes of San Domingo. London: Collins, 1963. First edition. Top corners slightly bumped otherwise fine in dust jacket with small scrape on spine, several short closed tears and chips at corners. Author's first novel. $150.00
240 HAMILTON, BRUCE. Too Much of Water. London: Cresset, 1958. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $75.00
241 HAMMETT, DASHIELL. Modern Tales of Horror introduction and selected by Hammett. London: Victor Gollancz, 1932. First English edition. Published in the U.S. under the title Creeps by Night. Page edges slightly darkened otherwise fine in very good dust jacket with some internal tape reinforcing and repair, strip clipped from internal rear flap, and a couple of short closed tears. "A woman is sitting alone in a house. she knows she is alone in the whole world: every other living thing is dead. The doorbell rings". $450.00
242 HAMMETT, DASHIELL. The Glass Key. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1933. Reprint edition. Pages darkened and covers lightly soiled otherwise near fine in dust jacket with a couple of closed tears, a small chip at top corner of back panel, and nicks at corners. The dust jacket is illustrated with images from the 1942 Paramount motion picture with Brian Donlevy, Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. $150.00
243 (HAMMETT, DASHIELL). Stirring It Up: Dashiell Hammett and the Tradition of the Detective Story in The Armchair Detective 1987 Vol. 20 no. 1 by Walter Raubicheck. New York: Mysterious Press, 1987. First Appearance. A six-page article on his works with emphasis on the short stories of the 1920's. Very fine. $45.00
244 HEARD, H.F. Murder by Reflection by Gerald Heard. London: Cassell, 1945. First English edition. Tiny light spotting on page edges and name on front endpaper otherwise near fine in dust jacket with tiny tears at spine ends and wear along folds and edges. "Mrs. Heron was a very wealthy woman, and when she met Arnoldo Signorli she found someone who could sympathise in her own tastes in old furniture and old ways. So she took him out of poverty, gave him all he wanted, and only asked that he should live the life of a gentleman of a hundred years ago. And then he killed her". $65.00
245 HEBERDEN, M.V. That's the Spirit. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1950. First edition. Pages darkened otherwise near fine in dust jacket with faint crease on spine. $65.00
246 HEYER, GEORGETTE. Detection Unlimited. London: Heinemann, 1953. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $100.00
247 HIAASEN, CARL. Tourist Season. New York: Putnam, 1986. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $250.00
248 HILLERMAN, TONY. The Blessing Way. New York: Harper & Row, 1972. Fifth edition. Signed by Hillerman. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with some slight spine fading. $200.00
249 HILLERMAN, TONY. Dance Hall of the Dead. New York: Harper & Row, 1973. First edition. Signed by Hillerman. Very fine in dust jacket with a tiny scrape on front panel. $1500.00
250 HILLERMAN, TONY. The Great Taos Bank Robbery. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1973. First edition. Small label removed from front endpaper otherwise fine in dust jacket with tiny nick at top of spine. First state with grayish cloth-covered boards and a single picture of Shiprock on the back panel of the jacket. $350.00
251 HILLERMAN, TONY. Listening Woman. New York: Harper & Row, 1978. First edition. Signed by Hillerman. Pages slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket. $650.00
252 HILLERMAN, TONY. People of Darkness. New York: Harper & Row, 1980. First edition. Signed by Hillerman. Tiny nick on bottom edge of back cover otherwise fine in dust jacket. $650.00
253 HILLERMAN, TONY. The Dark Wind. New York: Harper & Row, 1982. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $250.00
254 HILLERMAN, TONY. The Ghostway. San Diego: Dennis McMiilan, 1984. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Hillerman, this being copy no. 28. Very fine in dust jacket. $600.00
255 HILLERMAN, TONY. The Mystique of the Land in New Mexico Magazine January 1987, Vol. 65 no. 1. Santa Fe: Sani, 1987. First appearance. Seventy-fifth anniversary issue of the magazine. Laid in is a photograph of Hillerman. Very fine. $45.00
256 HILLERMAN, TONY. Chee's Witch in Native Peoples magazine Fall 1988, Vol. 2 no. 1. Phoenix: Media Concepts, 1988. Later appearance. Originally appeared in The New Black Mask Quarterly, but here illustrated with paintings by Ernest Franklin. Very fine. $45.00
257 (HILLERMAN, TONY). Tony Hillerman's Indian Country Map & Guide. Mancos, Colorado: Time Traveler Maps, 2003. Second edition. Colorful folded map. The second edition has been revised to include locations and descriptions from all 15 Hillerman mysteries through Wailing Wind. Very fine in folder. $45.00
258 HILLERMAN, TONY. Skeleton Man. New York: Harper Collins, 2004. First edition. Signed by Hillerman. Very fine in dust jacket. $55.00
259 HIMES, CHESTER. A Case of Rape. Washington: Howard University, 1984. First trade edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
260 HIMES, CHESTER. The Real Cool Killers. London: Allison & Busby, 1985. First hardcover edition. Fine in dust jacket. $100.00
261 (HIMES, CHESTER). A Life by James Sallis. New York: Walker, 2000. First edition. Signed by Sallis. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
262 HOCKING, ANNE. Death Disturbs Mr. Jefferson. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1950. First edition. Pages darkened otherwise fine in fine bright dust jacket with faint crease on spine. $65.00
263 HOMES, GEOFFREY. And Then There Were Three. New York: Morrow, 1938. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket with light wear at spine ends, and wear along folds and edges. $185.00
264 HOUGHTON, CLAUDE. Three Fantastic Tales with preface by Clemence Dane, frontispiece by John Farleigh. London: Frederick C. Joiner, 1934. Limited edition. One of 275 numbered copies signed by Houghton. Fine without dust jacket as issued. $125.00
265 HOUGHTON, CLAUDE. This Was Ivor Trent. London: Heinemann, 1935. First edition. Inscribed by Houghton. Fine in very good dust jacket with chips at top of spine and at corners and several short closed tears. Book Society wraparound intact. $150.00
266 HOWES, ROYCE. Death on the Bridge. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1935. First edition. Scrape on spine otherwise fine in near fine dust jacket with scrape on front panel and long narrow stain on front panel. $250.00
267 HUNTER, STEPHEN. The Day Before Midnight. New York: Bantam, 1989. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $85.00
268 HUNTER, STEPHEN. The 47th Samurai. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2007. First edition. Signed by Hunter. Very fine in dust jacket.
269 INNES, MICHAEL. What Happened at Hazelwood. London: Gollancz, 1946. First edition. Slight fading at base of spine otherwise fine in dust jacket with short closed tear. $300.00
270 JACKSON, CHARLES ROSS. Quintus Oakes. New York: G.W. Dillingham, 1904. First edition. Near fine in pictorial brown cloth covers with gold-stamped titles on spine. $150.00
271 JACKSON, JON A. The Blind Pig. New York: Random House, 1978. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $200.00
272 JACKSON, JON A. Dead Folk. Tucson: Dennis McMillan, 1995. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies signed by Jackson. Very fine in dust jacket with slipcase. $150.00
273 JOSS, MORAG. Funeral Music. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $200.00
274 JOSS, MORAG. Fearful Symmetry. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $65.00
275 KERNAHAN, COULSON. Captain Shannon. London: Ward Lock, 1897. First edition. Name on front endpaper otherwise near fine in black cloth-covered boards. $165.00
276 KING, RUFUS. Design in Evil. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1942. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with nicks at spine ends and at corners, several short closed tears, and light wear along edges. $125.00
277 KING, STEPHEN. Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King edited by Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller with foreword by King. San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1982. First edition. Introduction by Peter Straub and afterword by George A. Romero. Fine in dust jacket. $75.00
278 KING, STEPHEN. Big Jim Thompson: An Appreciation in Now and on Earth by Jim Thompson. Belen, New Mexico: Dennis McMillan, 1986. Reprint edition. One of 400 numbered copies. Very fine in dust jacket. $150.00
279 KING, STEPHEN. The Ideal Genuine Man by Don Robertson with introduction by King. Bangor: Philtrum, 1987. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Robertson and King. Very fine in dust jacket. $150.00 280 KLAVAN, ANDREW. The Trapdoor by Keith Peterson. New York: Bantam, 1988. First edition. Paperback original. A very fine unread copy in wrappers. $45.00
281 KLAVAN, ANDREW. The Scarred Man by Keith Peterson. New York: Doubleday, 1990. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $50.00
282 KLAVAN, ANDREW. Don't Say a Word. New York: Pocket Books, 1991. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
283 KLAVAN, ANDREW. The Animal Hour. New York: Pocket Books, 1993. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
284 KLINGSBERG, HARRY. Doowinkle, D.A. New York: Dial, 1940. First edition. Paged darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at spine ends. $135.00
285 KOONTZ, DEAN R. Hanging on. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1974. First English edition. Fine in dust jacket with nicks at top of spine and at corners and a small chip at bottom edge of back panel. $250.00
286 KOONTZ, DEAN R. The Face of Fear by Brian Coffey. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1977. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $250.00
287 LANSDALE, JOE R. By Bizarre Hands illustrations by Jay K. Potter & Mark A. Nelson. Shingletown: Mark V. Ziesing, 1989. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Lansdale, Potter and Nelson. Very fine in dust jacket with slipcase. $75.00
288 LANSDALE, JOE R. Night Visions 8 with afterword by Robert R. McCammon. Arlington Heights: Dark Harvest, 1990. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
289 LANSDALE, JOE R. Batman in Terror on the High Skies illustrations by Edward Hannigan & Dick Giordano. Boston: Little Brown, 1992. First edition. Signed by Lansdale. Very fine in soft covers. $50.00
290 LANSDALE, JOE R. Mucho Mojo. New York: Mysterious Press, 1994. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
291 LANSDALE, JOE R. Mucho Mojo illustrations by Mark A. Nelson. Baltimore: CD Publications, 1994. Limited edition. One of 400 numbered copies signed by Lansdale and Nelson. Very fine in dust jacket. $85.00
292 LANSDALE, JOE R. Tarzan: The Last Adventure by Edgar Rice Burroughs, adapted and expanded by Lansdale. Milwaukie: Dark Horse, 1995. First edition. In four parts. Very fine in soft covers. $100.00
293 LANSDALE, JOE R. Rumble Tumble. New York: Mysterious Press, 1998. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
294 LANSDALE, JOE R. Freezer Burn. New York: Mysterious Press, 1999. First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Very fine in pictorial wrappers. $45.00
295 LANSDALE, JOE R. The Bottoms. New York: Mysterious Press, 2000. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
296 LATIMER, JONATHAN. Solomon's Vineyard. Santa Barbara: Neville, 1982. First American edition. One of 26 lettered copies bound in full leather and signed by Latimer. Very fine without dust jacket as issued. $300.00
297 LAWSON, MIKE. The Second Perimeter. New York: Doubleday, 2006. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
298 LEBLANC, MAURICE. Arsene Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes. New York: Ogilvie, 1910. First American edition(?). Soft covers. No. 59 Railroad Series. Very good in soiled pictorial wrappers with some chipping to page edges and scrape on front cover. $100.00
299 LEBLANC, MAURICE. The Confessions of Arsene Lupin. Garden City: Doubleday Page, 1913. First American edition. Corners rubbed otherwise near fine without dust jacket. $125.00
300 LEBLANC, MAURICE. The Golden Triangle. New York: Macaulay, 1917. First American edition. Name on front endpaper otherwise very good without dust jacket. $85.00
301 LEBLANC, MAURICE. The Tremendous Event. New York: Macaulay, 1922. First American edition. Fine without dust jacket. $50.00
302 LE CARRE, JOHN. A Murder of Quality. New York: Walker, 1963. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket with slightly faded spine. An exceptional copy of Le Carre's second novel which is normally found with substantial fading to the entire jacket. $2300.00
303 LE CARRE, JOHN. A Perfect Spy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. First American edition. Signed by Le Carre. Very fine in dust jacket. $150.00
304 LE CARRE, JOHN. The Night Manager. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1993. First edition. Signed by Le Carre. Very fine in dust jacket. $175.00
305 LE CARRE, JOHN. Our Game. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995. First edition. The first English edition was exported overseas and was not available for sale in the UK. This is the correct first edition. It has a different dust jacket than the subsequent edition available in the UK. Very fine in dust jacket. $300.00
306 LE CARRE, JOHN. The Tailor of Panama. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. First edition. Signed by Le Carre. Very fine in dust jacket. $100.00
307 LE CARRE, JOHN. Single & Single. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. Uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers. $100.00
308 LE CARRE, JOHN. Absolute Friends. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2003. First edition. Signed by Le Carre. Very fine in dust jacket. $125.00
309 LEHANE, DENNIS. Sacred. New York: Morrow, 1997. First edition. Advance Reading Copy. Signed by Lehane. Very fine in pictorial wrappers. $60.00
310 LEHANE, DENNIS. Prayers for Rain. New York: Morrow, 1999. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy. Signed by Lehane. Very fine in slick pictorial wrappers. $60.00 311 LEHANE, DENNIS. Mystic River. New York: William Morrow, 2001. First edition. Inscribed by Lehane. Very fine in dust jacket. The 2003 Clint Eastwood directed motion picture featuring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon and Lawrence Fishburne was based on this novel. Penn and Robbins won Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Male Supporting Actor, respectively, for their performances. $65.00
312 LEHANE, DENNIS. Shutter Island. New York: Morrow, 2003. First edition. Signed by Lehane. Very fine in dust jacket. The 2010 Martin Scorsese directed motion picture featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer and Mark Ruffalo was based on this novel. $50.00
313 LEONARD, ELMORE. The Switch. London: Secker & Warburg, 1979. First hardcover edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with small tear at lower corner of rear flap. $300.00
314 LEONARD, ELMORE. City Primeval. New York: Arbor House, 1980. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $90.00
315 LEONARD, ELMORE. La Brava. New York: Arbor House, 1983. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy. Very fine in printed wrappers. Winner of Mystery Writers of America Edgar award for best novel of 1983. $85.00
316 LEONARD, ELMORE. Bandits. New York: Mysterious Press, 1987. First edition. One of 26 specially bound lettered copies signed by Leonard. Very fine in slipcase without dust jacket as issued. $125.00
317 LEONARD, ELMORE. Killshot. New York: Arbor House, 1989. First edition. Signed by Leonard. Fine in dust jacket with some scattered light rubbing on front panel. $45.00
318 LEONARD, ELMORE. Sprinkled with Ruby Dust by H.N. Swanson with introduction by Leonard. New York: Warner, 1989. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $45.00
319 LEONARD, ELMORE. Maximum Bob. New York: Delacorte, 1991. First edition. One of 200 numbered specially bound copies signed by Leonard. Very fine in slipcase without dust jacket as issued. $200.00
320 LEONARD, ELMORE. Djibouti. New York: Morrow, 2010. First edition. Signed by Leonard. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
321 LESLIE, JOAN. Two Faced Murder. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1946. First edition. Some faint spotting on endpapers otherwise fine in fine bright dust jacket with faint crease on spine. $65.00
322 LITTLE, CONSTANCE & GWENYTH. The Black Piano. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1948. First edition. Pages darkened otherwise very good in fine price-clipped dust jacket with a couple of closed tears and tiny wear at top of spine. $100.00
323 LONGSTRETH, T. MORRIS & HENRY VERNON. Murder at Belly Butte. New York: Century, 1931. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with nicks at base of spine, a couple of short closed tears and light wear along folds. $125.00
324 LYONS, ARTHUR. The Dead Are Discreet. New York: Mason & Lipscomb, 1974. First edition. Fine in rubbed dust jacket. The first Jacob Ash. $200.00
325 MCBAIN, ED. See Them Die. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First edition. Pages slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket. $300.00
326 MCBAIN, ED. The Heckler. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. First edition. Pages slightly darkened otherwise fine in dust jacket with small chip at top of spine and a couple of closed tears along folds. $150.00
327 MCBAIN, ED. Ten Plus One. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $300.00
328 MCCOY, HORACE. Scalpel. New York: Appleton, 1952. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at corners. $135.00
329 MACDONALD, JOHN D. Three for McGee. Garden City: Doubleday, 1967. Omnibus edition. Contains Nightmare in Pink, A Purple Place for Dying and The Deep Blue Good-By. Fine in dust jacket with nicks at spine ends and at corners. The first American hardcover appearance of these novels. $200.00
330 MACDONALD, JOHN D. No Deadly Drug. Garden City: Doubleday, 1968. First edition. Fine in lightly soiled dust jacket with a couple of short closed tears. $45.00
331 MACDONALD, JOHN D. Dress Her in Indigo. London: Hale, 1971. First English edition. Fine in dust jacket with with a short closed tear and a crease on front and rear flap. $300.00
332 MACDONALD, JOHN D. A Tan and Sandy Silence. London: Hale, 1973. First hardcover edition. Fine in dust jacket. $300.00
333 MACDONALD, JOHN D. S*E*V*E*N. London: Robert Hale, 1974. First hardcover edition. Fine in dust jacket with some slight spine fading. $75.00
334 MACDONALD, PHILIP. Warrant for X. Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1938. First American edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with lightly frayed spine ends, wear along front panel-fold and some light stains on back panel. Published originally in England as The Nursemaid Who Disappeared and filmed there under the same title in 1939. Subsequently filmed in the U.S. in 1956 under the title Twenty-Three Paces to Baker Street featuring Van Johnson and Vera Miles. $350.00
335 MACDONALD, ROSS. The Drowning Pool by John Ross Macdonald. New York: Knopf, 1950. First edition. Cover edges slightly darkened otherwise very good in dust jacket with internal tape mends along flap-folds, tears along folds, and wear along spine folds and at corners. The second Lew Archer. The 1975 Warner Brothers motion picture featuring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward was based on this novel. $375.00
336 MACDONALD, ROSS. Find a Victim. New York: Knopf, 1954. First edition. Fine in lightly soiled dust jacket with several short closed tears. $500.00
337 MACDONALD, ROSS. The Barbarous Coast. New York: Knopf, 1956. First edition. Some discoloring along top of page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket with a couple of short closed tears, light wear at corners, and a faint stain on back panel. $300.00
338 MACDONALD, ROSS. The Chill. New York: Knopf, 1964. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at spine ends and lightly soiled back panel. $200.00
339 MACDONALD, ROSS. Archer in Hollywood. New York: Knopf, 1967. First omnibus edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. Contains The Moving Target, The Way Some People Die, and The Barbarous Coast. $100.00 340 MACDONALD, ROSS. The Goodbye Look. London: Collins Crime Club, 1969. First English edition. Fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at corners and a tiny tear. $65.00
341 MACDONALD, ROSS. The Instant Enemy. London: Collins Crime Club, 1969. First English edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $85.00
342 (MACDONALD, ROSS). Kenneth Millar/Ross Macdonald: A Checklist by Matthew J. Bruccoli. Detroit: Gale Research, 1971. First edition. Very fine without dust jacket as issued. $90.00
343 MACDONALD, ROSS. On Crime Writing. Santa Barbara: Capra, 1973. First edition. Very fine in soft covers. $45.00
344 MACDONALD, ROSS. A Collection of Reviews. Northridge: Lord John, 1979. First edition. Unbound uncorrected flat-page proof with two pages to a sheet. Very fine. $250.00
345 MACDONALD, ROSS. Archer in Jeopardy. New York: Knopf, 1979. Omnibus edition. Contains The Doomsters, The Zebra-Striped Hearse, and The Instant Enemy. Fine in dust jacket with slight spine fading. $75.00
346 (MACDONALD, ROSS). Ross Macdonald: A Bibliography by Matthew J. Bruccoli. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 1983. First edition. Very fine without dust jacket as issued. $100.00
347 MACLEAN, ALISTAIR. The Last Frontier. London: Collins, 1959. First edition. Bookplate on front pastedown. Fine in dust jacket. Basis for the 1961 motion picture, The Secret Ways, with Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann, Charles Regnier, Walter Rilla and Senta Berger. $100.00
348 MACLEAN, ALISTAIR. Where Eagles Dare. Garden City: Doubleday, 1967. First American edition. Fine in dust jacket with nicks at base of spine and at lower spine corners. The 1969 MGM motion picture featuring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood was based on this novel. $45.00
349 MACLEAN, ALISTAIR. Force 10 from Navarone. London: Collins, 1968. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with slightly faded spine. Basis for the 1978 Columbia motion picture with Robert Shaw, Edward Fox, Franco Nero, Harrison Ford, Barbara Bach and Richard Kiel. $65.00
350 MACLEAN, ALISTAIR. Bear Island. London: Collins, 1971. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Basis for the 1979 Columbia motion picture featuring Vanessa Redgrave, Donald Sutherland and Richard Widmark. $50.00
351 MACLEAN, ALISTAIR. Seawitch. London: Collins, 1977. First edition. Bookseller's stamp on rear endpaper otherwise fine in price-clipped dust jacket. $45.00
352 MACLEAN, ALISTAIR. River of Death. London: Collins, 1981. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. The 1990 motion picture with Michael Dudikoff, Robert Vaughn, Donald Pleasence and Herbert Lom was based on this novel. $50.00
353 MACVICAR, AGNUS. Greybreek. London: Paul, 1947. First edition. Some tiny light spotting on page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket with tiny wear at top of spine. $100.00
354 MACVICAR, AGNUS. The Canisbay Conspiracy. London: Long, 1966. First edition. Inscribed by MacVicar. Fine in dust jacket with slight spine fading and a short closed tear. $85.00
355 MAITLAND, BARRY. The Marx Sisters. London: Hamilton, 1994. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with crease on inner rear flap. $500.00
356 MANN, LEONARD. Murder in Sydney. Cape: London, 1937. First edition. Page edges spotted otherwise very good in dust jacket with frayed spine ends, soiled back panel, wear along folds, and a couple of short closed tears. Australia mystery. $100.00
357 MARSH, NGAIO. Vintage Murder. London: Bles, 1937. Later edition. Signed by Marsh. Name and address on half-title page and some scattered spotting on page edges otherwise fine in red cloth-covered boards with black titles. $200.00
358 MARSH, NGAIO. Overture to Death. New York: Furman, 1939. First American edition. Advance review copy with review slip tipped in on front endpaper. Some slight darkening on pastedowns otherwise fine in dust jacket with light soiling on spine and nicks at top of spine. $600.00
359 MARSH, NGAIO. Surfeit of Lampreys. London: Collins Crime Club, 1941. First edition. Some staining on spine and spine slightly faded otherwise very good in dust jacket with staining at base of spine, wear at corners and along spine ends, and a couple of short closed tears. $650.00
360 MARSH, NGAIO. Final Curtain. London: Collins Crime Club, 1947. First edition. Page edges lightly soiled otherwise fine in near fine dust jacket with slightly faded spine, wear along spine-fold, and nicks at base of spine. $185.00
361 MARSH, NGAIO. Singing in the Shrouds. London: Collins Crime Club, 1959. First English edition. Some tiny spotting and darkening on page edges otherwise fine in dust jacket with some spotting on back panel and tiny wear at corners. $90.00
362 MARSH, NGAIO & DR. HENRY JELLETT. The Nursing Home Murder. New York: Sheridan House, 1941. First American edition. Some wear along cover edges otherwise near fine in very good dust jacket with internal tape mends, an external tape mend at base of spine, chipping at base of spine, chipped lower corner of front panel, and wear along folds. $250.00
363 MARTELL, DOMINIC. Gitana. London: Orion, 2001. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $85.00
364 MARTIN, J. WALLIS. A Likeness in Stone. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1997. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Author's first novel. $250.00
365 MASON, A.E.W. The Three Gentlemen. Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1932. First American edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket with tiny wear along edges. $125.00
366 MILLER, WADE. Pop Goes the Queen by Bob Wade and Bill Miller. New York: Farrar Straus, 1947. First edition. Some light spotting on covers otherwise near fine in dust jacket with small chips and nicks at spine ends and a couple of tears. $65.00
367 MILLER, WADE. Fatal Step. London: Sampson Low, 1949. First English edition. Page edges spotted otherwise fine in dust jacket. $50.00
368 MILLER, WADE. Devil May Care. New York: Fawcett, 1950. First edition. Paperback original Gold Medal no. 108. Library stamp on title page otherwise a fine unread copy in wrappers. $75.00
369 MILLER, WADE. Stolen Woman. New York: Fawcett, 1950. First edition. Paperback original Gold Medal no. 139. Back cover lightly spotted otherwise a fine unread copy in wrappers. $50.00
370 MILLER, WADE. Tiger's Wife. New York: Fawcett, 1951. First Edition. Paperback original Gold Medal no. 173. A fine unread copy in wrappers. $50.00
371 MOSLEY, WALTER. Devil in a Blue Dress. New York: Norton, 1990. First edition. Signed by Mosley. Very fine in dust jacket. The correct first state dust jacket with price of $18.95. $150.00
372 MOSLEY, WALTER. White Butterfly. New York: Norton, 1992. First edition. Signed and dated 7/30/92 by Mosley. Very fine in dust jacket. $150.00
373 MOSLEY, WALTER. Black Betty. New York: Norton, 1994. First edition. Signed by Mosley. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
374 MOSLEY, WALTER. RL's Dream. New York: Norton, 1995. First edition. Signed by Mosley. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
375 MOSLEY, WALTER. A Little Yellow Dog. New York: Norton, 1996. First edition. Signed by Mosley. Very fine in dust jacket. $50.00
376 MOSLEY, WALTER. Gone Fishin'. Baltimore: Black Classic, 1997. First edition. Signed by Mosley. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
377 MOSLEY, WALTER. All I Did Was Shoot My Man. New York: Riverhead, 2012. First edition. Signed by Mosley. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00
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