First Edition. Author’s scarce first book published in America. “Rapid-fire thriller” involving gangsters across the South of England looking to kidnap a rich young girl who has a penchant for gambling and low company. Near Fine in dustjacket with square inch chip to top front panel, quarter of rear panel torn and reattached using scotch tape at both exterior and verso. Item #19212
First Edition. Uncommon Chelsea house published mystery novel. "Sanderson was in handcuffs - a thousand miles from his accomplice, speeding on an express toward prison. Then a desperate break, and Sanderson had escaped again, calling upon his limitless ingenuity to hide his betraying hands". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends. Item #23741
First Edition. Uncommon murder mystery in which a banker, a railroad president, and automobile manufacturer, and their chauffeur disappear. 'Detective Irish had to start with a tiny speck of a green feather. Later, the warm corpse of an ex-queen of burlesque...' Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, spine faded, chipped at top spine end, some clear tape mends at verso. Item #39858
First Edition stated. Hubin listed mystery novel of "a beautiful woman and three men who want to marry her and who mysteriously vanish, one after the other. This rapid-fire tale of intrigue, crime, suspense and expiation, unfolds for us in the strange story of Brena Selcoss whose life was shadowed by this inexplicable horror". Near Fine in nearly Very Good, modestly edge chipped, dustjacket. Item #22864
First Edition. Hanley dustjacket design. Scarce gangster-land thriller by this author of only two Hubin listed mysteries. Very Good, some minor remnants of black tape at covers and pastedowns presumably from an early and poorly designed dustjacket protector, in Very Good dustjacket, tiny spine end chips, shadows from some black tape remnants at verso. Item #13628
First Edition. Mystery missed by Hubin. “A delightful story of love and adventure, somewhat tinged with the intrigues of a complex political tension,” involving a ship “whose sole business is to embroil the rabble against organized society and to gloat over the spoils,” and the “barbaric splendor, licentious entertainments of voluptuous dancing beauties, [and] snares and pitfalls of political plotters” which add to the danger and adventure. Near Fine with light spotting to spine and covers, in a Very Good plus dustjacket with modest foxing, inch closed tear to top edge of front panel near spine and dime sized chip to lower rear flap corner, few smaller nicks. Item #19817
Early Reprint Edition, no date, gift inscription at front pastedown dated 1930. Part of Collins' Popular Fiction 1' shilling series. Retains original artwork from the very illusive first edition of this title also published by Collins in 1926. Very Good, cloth nicked at top spine end, in Good dustjacket, shallow edge chips, quarter sized chip at lower rear panel, verso of edges with vintage wide archival tape reinforcement. Item #39987
Reprint Edition. Original red cloth and illustrated dustjacket. Jewel theft at an English manor. Uncommon Christie title. This is presumably the first Grosset edition. A Good copy, front endpaper removed, cloth with modest soiling and wear (as well as some small stains), some top page corners dog-eared, married to a lovely (original) dustjacket that has been stored separate from the book all these many years, Near Fine. Item #41189
First Edition. California author's first book. Photographer who takes pictures of corpses for the police discovers vital clue to murder. Uncommon title. Would be Very Good but for remnants of archaic jacket protector which has left tape shadow strips at front and rear endpapers and pastedowns, thin tape marks at covers, coin sized stain to page fore-edge, in Very Good dustjacket, nicking and edge wear, partial splitting at front flap edge. Item #41119
First Edition. George Brehm dustjacket art and illustrations. Upper class murder mystery. Scarce title. Very Good in Good dustjacket, strip torn away from lower front panel, perhaps two square inches, previous owner name stamp at front flap. Item #34968
First Edition. F. Graham Cootes dustjacket art and illustrations. Author's first Hubin listed mystery. Served as the basis for the 1918 film directed by Herbert Blache, and starring Frank Keenan and Florence Billings. Near Fine in Good only dustjacket, nickel sized chip at top spine end and top front panel, shallow chipping along top rear panel edge, lower spine end with few inch chip. Item #23095
First Edition. Uncommon underworld mystery novel by the author of Louis Beretti and Millie. "This is no book for sour-pusses, viewers with alarm, gentlemen who cling to the old-fashioned nightshirt, and persons with weak hearts." Near Fine (but for couple small ink drip spots at top page edge) in Very Good dustjacket, short closed tear at lower rear panel. Item #32875
First Edition. Novel of romance and intrigue concerning a neglected and childless wife who obtains a newborn baby by fraud and poses as its mother, fiercely guarding her secret while the child grows older. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some fairly shallow edge chips, few spot stains to rear panel, small abrasion at spine. Item #14885
First Edition. Rookie policeman solves a murder case. Great art-deco dustjacket artwork. Near Fine but for tiny bit of fraying at top spine end, in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips and closed tears. Item #40983
First Edition. Boris Artzybasheff dustjacket art. The last book to feature Prof. Theoritus Lucious Westborough, a scholar specializing in Roman history. It's another locked room case involving rare jade. Very Good, bookplate at front pastedown, some minor cloth discoloration, in Very Good dustjacket, couple of pieces of scotch tape at verso of spine ends, some nicks and light wear to edges, lower corner of front flap inexplicably clipped. Item #27301
First Edition. Boris Artzybasheff dustjacket art. Murder mystery set in South Carolina. Almost Near Fine, bookplate at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, couple of pieces of scotch tape at verso, some nicks and light wear to edges. Item #27283
First Edition. Jazz Age romance novel of a young aristocratic Englishman whose only interest in life is to write a hit song, that is until he meets the beautiful American girl named Gloria. He soon finds himself in New York caught up in Broadway dealings, wanted by the police, and the owner of a night club. Very Good plus with discoloration to edges of cloth in Very Good plus dustjacket, with spine darkened, spine end wear and shallow chipping, shallow and minor chipping to top front edge, darkening along flap edges, and general shelf wear. Item #14320
First Edition. R. H. dustjacket art. Basis for the 1939 black and white film directed by Michael Powell and starring Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket with half dollar sized chip to lower-mid spine, shallow chipping to edge and light scraping to front panel. Item #19818
First Edition. "Mr. Grimes was brought up on the Shavian philosophy. As a footman, which is the vocation he chose, he is unique; and as a gentleman's valet he is superb. Only Mr. Grimes could have dared as he dared, and if his fall was great it was because he dared greatly. But even in his fall Mr. Grimes remains a splendid instance of that modern impudence which is the fine flower of Shavianistic teaching". Near Fine in Good edge chipped dustjacket, two chips at rear panel are nickel in size. Item #29553
First Edition. Collection of mystery 'plays' missed by Hubin, meant to be enacted in front of friends at dinner parties. "Last summer a new form of game swept like an epidemic over the beach and country club colonies of Long Island. It was a game of enacting a murder before an audience and having in each murder a number of obvious clues and then having the members of the audience test their intellect and observation by seeing how high a score each could register in answering twenty questions about those clues". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with fairly shallow chipping at edges, top rear panel with quarter sized chip. Item #22993
First Edition. ill. w/ B. Cory Kilvert dustjacket Art. Nice Jazz Age Hubin listed mystery by Cobb. Fine bright copy but for glue shadows at paste-downs, in Very Good dustjacket, with small chip and light stain to top front panel, few nicks and light edge wear. Item #6115
Reprint Edition. Mach Tey dustjacket art. Gangster themed mystery. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at spine ends. Item #41102
First Edition stated. Jean Carlu dustjacket art. Uncommon Coles title, the third Tommy Hambledon. World War Two set mystery novel. "The case of the sinking ships turned into the case of the murdered MacGregor, and Mr. Hambledon of the Intelligence functioned as a police officer as well as a government agent". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, light dampstain visible at verso of lower spine, top spine end rubbed and nicked. Item #25882
First Edition. Hubin listed mystery, a fictionalized account of a criminal case furnished by the New York Police Department. Near Fine in dustjacket lacking spine material, shallow chipping to edges. Item #24593
First Edition. E. Baron dustjacket art. San Francisco set murder mystery of young artists and their ramshackle studios. Very Good, some spotting to spine cloth, previous owner address at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, some tiny edge chips and wear. Item #39931
