First Edition. Gene dustjacket art. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Hubin listed Scotland Yard mystery featuring Desmond Merrion and Inspector Young. This is the first Burton book and Merrion's first appearance. Almost Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, rubbing at spine ends and flap corners, inch closed tear at top rear panel. Item #32702

First Edition. Original gray cloth, stamped in dark red. Classic of hard-boiled detective novel of a man who sets out to destroy the Los Angeles underworld and includes narcotic content. Author's only novel. A nearly Very Good copy, general soiling to cloth, jacket flaps are adhered to pastedowns, some smudges to half-title and few other pages, small pharmacy stamp at front endpaper, but binding and hinges firm. Item #32427

First Edition. A courtroom drama where the judge is forced to pass judgment on a woman with whom he had an affair. The dustjacket copy asks the questions: "Shall he remain true to his oath of office or save the girl?" and "Shall he go the way of the world or accept punishment by confession and renunciation?". Basis for the 1924 black and white silent film directed by Victor Sjostrom and starring Mae Busch and Conrad Nagel. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicks and cm sized chip at top spine end, short closed tear at rear panel. Item #6962

First Edition. A courtroom drama where the judge is forced to pass judgement on a woman with whom he had an affair. The dustjacket copy asks the questions: "Shall he remain true to his oath of office or save the girl?" and "Shall he go the way of the world or accept punishment by confession and renunciation?". Basis for the 1924 black and white silent film directed by Victor Sjostrom and starring Mae Busch and Conrad Nagel. Very Good plus in Very Good dustjacket with spine mildly faded, shallow chipping to spine ends, and light surface abrasions to rear panel. Item #16023

First Edition. A courtroom drama where the judge is forced to pass judgment on a woman with whom he had an affair. The dustjacket copy asks the questions: "Shall he remain true to his oath of office or save the girl?" and "Shall he go the way of the world or accept punishment by confession and renunciation?". Basis for the 1924 black and white silent film directed by Victor Sjostrom and starring Mae Busch and Conrad Nagel. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few tiny chips. Item #20454

First Edition. "The body of Seymour Periton, atheist, Don Juan, mischief maker, is found in a stream a long way above the spot on the bank on which the murder obviously took place. The whole book centers round this mysterious behavior of the corpse. A poet, a vicar, a naturalist, an Armenian millionaire with his exotic daughter, a stockbroker, an ex spy with a penchant for blackmail, are all involved in the story". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, nicked at spine ends and flap corners, modest soiling to spine, small nick at mid spine panel. Item #32302

First Edition stated. Crime novel missed by Hubin of Sir Clement Vyse, a sporting English gentleman, who "sets out to climb an unscaled peak of the Himalayas and comes back home the triumphant explorer to every one except his crushed, sensitive son and the woman he is to marry. Miss Cannan has drawn the fascinating and frightful picture of a murderer". Near Fine but for a "Rental Library" stamp at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, some nicking and short closed tears to edges, soiling to spine. Item #22650

First Edition. Novel of romance and murder in contemporary expatriate Europe. Near Fine in Very Good plus dustjacket, few nicks and rubbing at lower spine end. Item #14879

First Edition. Nat Falk dustjacket art. Stonewall Rountree's first case. "A sleepy little southern mountain resort, a chain of murder that is solved by one of the most likable solvers, an ex All American football tackle". Very Good, soiling to page edges, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, modest soiling to panels, some short closed tears and small edge chips. Item #29124

First Edition. Murder mystery involving a man found drowned in a river and is deemed a suicide by the police. Uncommon title. Good, soiling to page edges, marker slash at lower page edge, cloth with soiling and discoloration (perhaps from moisture exposure), in Very Good dustjacket, few tiny edge chips and shelf wear. Item #34887

First Edition. Mystery novel set in the Orient of international intrigue, gun-running, and embezzling. Near Fine but for lacking front free endpaper, in Good dustjacket, spine ends and flap corners chipped, modest shelf wear and rubbing, few closed tear, few thin half moon abrasions at front panel. Item #8119

First Edition stated. 'The super racketeer, who owned the bungalow, has disappeared. Was it murder or suicide?' Uncommon title. Near Fine, small bookplate at front pastedown (Adrian Homer Goldstone), in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow edge chips and shelf wear. Item #35647