First Edition. Mach Tey dustjacket art. Chicago set mystery and romance novel of a young woman caught in the net of Racketeers. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small stain at spine, chip at top rear panel. Item #25241

Second Printing. W. S. dustjacket art. Novel exposing the rise and fall of a New York City judge corrupted by the machine of politics. Near Fine in Very Good plus attractive dustjacket, small chip at top spine end. Item #13613

First Edition. Hubin listed mystery novel and psychological study of what havoc could be wrought in our disjointed times by one powerful, conscienceless man. Uncommon. Near Fine, bookplate at front pastedown, vintage previous owner signature at front endpaper in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow chips along top edge, modest shelf wear. Item #40795

First Edition Thus, previously published by Macrae Smith Co. Politzer dustjacket art. Scotland Yard detective novel with narcotics smuggling. Near Fine but for a small sticker price abrasion at front endpaper, in a Very Good dustjacket, few short closed tears to edges. Item #20779

First Edition. "The Novel of the Famous Play". Uncommon novelization of the mystery play that ran for 857 performances in London and served as the basis for the 1935 black and white talking film directed by Bernard Vorhaus and starring Phillips Holmes and Aileen Marson. "Ten-Minute Alibi, which shows every minute a perfect crime and its consequences". Very Good but for much discoloration to cloth due to moisture exposure, in Very Good dustjacket, couple of shallow edge chips and wear, some modest foxing or soiling to panels. Item #27255

First Edition. Hubin listed mystery novel and fantasy novel missed by Bleiler of a young Prince from fabled Atlantis who is blackmailed for his dalliances with too many beautiful women. Great dustjacket art of a bi-plane crashing into the ocean. Near Fine in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, small chips at spine ends. Item #37323

First American Edition. Translated from the Russian by Gilbert Cannan. Flato dustjacket art. Crime novel missed by Hubin of "an illicit love, its aftermath of murder and its strange consequences not only on the protagonist, but on all the people of the community". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with crease line length of front panel and spine, quarter size chip to spine ends, mild fading of green to spine ends, and moderate surface wear to panels. Item #16270

First Edition, Advance Review Copy with slip laid in, and with 'File Copy Do Not Remove / From the Sample Room' stamped at all page edges. Lina Lee was shot through the head by an old army .38 in the office of Felix Penton, playboy publisher, Spike Tracy investigates. What did the purple onion in Lee's luxurious apartment mean? Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Item #32958

First Edition. Jacks dustjacket art. Hubin listed marginal mystery set in a small mid-Western town about a woman who is adored by all men but who may be a murderess. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket with nickel size chips to top spine end and lower front edge, a couple of short closed tears to bottom spine end and top rear edge, and two dime size pen ink smears to rear panel. Item #13368

First Edition. Beth Morris dustjacket art. Very scarce Hubin listed mystery by Atkey, of which jacketed copies are essentially unknown. "Smiler Bunn - genial, fat, kindly, shrewd, unscrupulous, implacable, successful, - joins the ranks of Sherlock Holmes, Raffles, Rouletabille, Secret-Service Smith, and the rest of that gallant company of intellectuals who live in fiction and subsist on crime. Like Holmes himself, the Smiler is immortal". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, fairly shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, spine lightly darkened. Item #21239

First Edition. Lois Clarke dustjacket design. Mystery novel set on a college campus and of a young professor who investigates the startling events. Near Fine in an almost Near Fine dustjacket but for a few small abrasions at front panel and tiny chip at top rear flap corner. Item #20116