701. The Amethyst Cross. London: Cassell and Co, 1909.
First Edition. Mystery novel. Very Good pictorial cloth binding with bumping to spine ends and corners,general shelf wear, and scattered pages with faint pencil under lineing. Item #15860
First Edition. Mystery novel. Very Good pictorial cloth binding with bumping to spine ends and corners,general shelf wear, and scattered pages with faint pencil under lineing. Item #15860
Early Printing, circa 1914. D. D. dustjacket art. Contemporary mystery novel by the author of The Mystery of the Hansom Cab. Very Good, small moisture stain at top rear panel, in Very Good modestly soiled dustjacket, quarter sized chip at top spine end. Item #25267
First Edition. A likely candidate for being an actual First American edition of this mystery title, with purple cloth, with ad for title published in 1901 at rear. Very Good bright and tight copy, spine modestly faded, flecking to lettering at spine, front cover illustration still bright. Item #17161
First Edition. A likely candidate for being an actual First American edition of this mystery title, with purple cloth, with no ads at rear. Very Good, modest cocking and fading to spine. Item #19059
First Edition, in dustjacket with ads for titles published in 1913. D. D. dustjacket art. Hubin listed mystery novel of intrigue involving a World War One veteran using an alias so others do not recognize him as a lord. Scarcely found in original illustrated dustjacket. Very Good, soiling to page edges, small stain to some fore-edge page margins, in Good dustjacket, chipped at top front panel and front spine edge, several closed tears, lower spine end with inch and half chip. Item #22934
First Edition. Original blue cloth, cover illustration in white and gold, spine lettering in white. Hubin listed mystery by the author of The Mystery of a Hanson Cab. A Near Fine bright copy. Item #5377
First Edition. Author's only mystery, one which tells the tale of gangland violence in the American west. The author was a Denver detective. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few nicks and closed tears. Item #41452
Reprint Edition, first published by Vanguard. Murder mystery involving "Alan Miller, that oddity among detectives, a Chief of Police in a suburban town whose wholesomeness and normalcy are a refreshing contrast to the prevalent crop of supersensitive sleuths". This copy nicely inscribed and signed by the author at front endpaper: "My love - & book / to Louise / Peter / Mar. 1944". Uncommon signed. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips. Item #22179
Reprint Edition, first published by Vanguard. Murder mystery involving "Alan Miller, that oddity among detectives, a Chief of Police in a suburban town whose wholesomeness and normalcy are a refreshing contrast to the prevalent crop of supersensitive sleuths". Near Fine but for tread like patterns to pages from acidity of paper, in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips. Item #27062
First Edition stated. Brewster dustjacket art. "Who is the mysterious hooded terror who haunts and eludes the Chief Inspector of Scotland yard and his assistants? Who is the invisible power forcing National Medical Supplies, Ltd., to deal illegally in narcotics?" Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping at spine ends and few flap corners, vertical crease at spine, closed tear at lower front panel. Item #21454
First Edition. Illustrated with photographic scenes from the play starring Alice Brady which opened at the Greenwich Village Theatre. Drama that is "thoroughly American". The story is set in a small rural community "during the progress of one of the religious revivals so "characteristic of our countryside." The focus is on a young woman who becomes an Evangelist hostess and enters into a love affair with the revivalist that leads to a path of adultery, murder, and madness. Not found in Hubin. Hurlbut co-screen wrote Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket but for narrow chipping along lower few inches of both flap folds, shallow chipping to spine ends. Item #19100
First Edition. H. dustjacket art. A departure for Hurst into something of a murder mystery with the accused not remembering what happened. Basis for the 1926 black and white silent film directed by James Cruze and starring Alice Joyce, Warner Baxter and Dolores Costello. Near Fine, in Very Good plus dustjacket, few nicks at spine ends, pink at spine and front panel somewhat faded. Item #7579
First Edition. Author’s first book published in America. Mystery thriller involving a journalist on vacation in Cornwall and his discovery of a wartime secret. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket with shallow chipping to spine ends, shallow edge wear. Item #18828
First Edition. Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard Appleby murder mystery set on a small tropical island of a group of survivors of torpedo attack of the coast of Australia. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #29094
First American Edition. When mad recluse, Ranald Guthrie, the laird of Erchany, falls from the ramparts of his castle on a wild winter night, Appleby discovers the doom that shrouded his life, and the grim legends of the bleak and nameless hamlets, in a tale that emanates sheer terror and suspense. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Scarce title. Very Good bright copy, in Good dustjacket, chipped at spine ends and flap corners, front flap edge worn, modest soiling and wear to panels. Item #27089
Reprint Edition. Max J. Spero illustrations. Hubin listed murder mystery set in New York City. Near Fine with weak front hinge and pages with minor foxing in Very Good dustjacket with minor foxing, shallow chipping to spine ends, several inch closed that extends half across rear panel, shallow chipping to top rear edge and rear spine edge. Item #15178
Early reprint edition. Unusual Hubin listed murder mystery set in New York City with an ex-medium on the case. Near Fine in scarce illustrated dustjacket, light spine end chips, few closed tears, spine with light but noticeable water spotting to spine. Item #8425
First Edition. George Brent dustjacket art, W. B. King illustrations and color frontis. Hubin listed mystery of business intrigue, underhanded Chinatown deals, and theft. Basis for two early black and white silent films, a 1916 Universal feature directed by Jack Conway and a 1923 version under the direction of Robert F. Hill. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, small edge chips, shallow chips at lower spine end and top flap corners. Item #16525
First Edition. Scotland Yard's Chief Inspector Barnard investigates horrible experiments being conduction on live human specimens. Almost Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, spine colors a bit faded. Item #41088
First Edition. Manso dustjacket art. Hubin listed mystery and adventure novel of a female pilot held captive by a desperate group of gangsters hiding on a Caribbean island. A scarce title. Almost Near Fine, some spotting to cloth, few pages with top corner darkened, in Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, colors mildly faded at spine, few edge chips. Item #24673
First Edition. Charles K. Stevens dustjacket art. "Arizona to the swift moving, colorful life of New York's younger set, where Jinny Gregory, learns to know a new phase of existence, and incidentally takes an unexpected hand in the intrigues of a band of international jewel thieves and smugglers." This copy inscribed by author Elsie Janis at front endpaper. Very scarce title. Ohio author. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, modest soiling and wear, chipped at top spine end and upper flap corners. Item #29088
First Edition. A scarce Bleiler listed psychological thriller. "Mrs. Jarrett subtly interweaves her strange psychological detail with the absorbing progress of her unusual narrative. She writes definitely of emotions beyond the normal; of elements in life which the reader recognizes with a shudder as being more normal than he, perhaps, cares to admit." Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #25362
First Edition. Scarce Hubin listed mystery by this obscure publisher of a man "so merciless that he can coldly and deliberately set about killing the soul of his greatest enemy by striking terrible blows at the innocent ones who stand in the way". Near Fine in Very Good plus attractive dustjacket. Item #28999
First Edition. Gordon dustjacket art. Listed in Hubin as a marginal mystery. At the death of his uncle, Lord Garthoyle falls heir to Garthoyle Gardens. Since this means a decided addition to his income the young man is ready to congratulate himself but he finds that there are conditions. Garthoyle Gardens, a group of model houses, have been his uncle's pride. He has wished to transfer his interest in them to his nephew and has left them to him on condition that he manage them himself and act as his own house agent. This book is made up of the amusing experiences encountered in the fulfillment of his duty. The first of them is an encounter with a charming young girl who is masquerading as a ghost. It is this girl Alice Devine and the mystery of her masquerade that give unity to a collection of more or less unrelated episodes. Almost Near Fine bright copy in Very Good dustjacket, shallow loss at spine ends, light stain at lower front flap edge. Item #26273
First Edition. Hornung dustjacket art. Emerald quest adventure and mystery novel. "Hannibal vanquishes some fascinating and devilish skeleton monks from China [before] the tiger rests safely in the palm of his beloved Esther". Very scarce Jepson title. Near Fine, coin sized stain at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, few small edge chips and tears. Item #25403