First Edition. Ancona dustjacket art. "Robbery and murder on an ocean liner, American gangster troubles and Charles Duke Bancroft, glib society Raffles". Would be Very Good, but small puncture hole to lower front cover and lower margin of first 37 pages, in Very Good dustjacket, couple of small internal chips at lower front panel. Item #35005
First American Edition. Gene dustjacket art. Hubin listed mystery novel involving diamonds and a criminal known as Funny Toff. Very Good, some modest soiling and rubbing to cloth, in Fine example of the dustjacket. Item #40905
First American Edition. Gene dustjacket art. Hubin listed mystery novel involving diamonds and a criminal known as Funny Toff. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, chipping at top spine end affecting lettering, darkening to white of spine. Item #17007
First American Edition. Gene dustjacket art. Hubin listed mystery novel involving diamonds and a criminal known as Funny Toff. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, few nicks, small stain at top rear panel. Item #17181
First Edition. Gene dustjacket art. Hubin listed Scotland Yard mystery. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some darkening to rear panel, few nicks and wear to spine ends, top spine end with centimeter sized chip. Item #17208
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. Crime Club Mystery. Very Good copy of this cheaply produced murder mystery, in Very Good plus bright dustjacket, with chips at top spine end, tiny chip and rubbing lower spine end, few short closed tears and nicks. Item #17086
First Edition. Hubin listed collection of mystery stories by a medical doctor and concerning the exploits of a physician detective. A scarce Hubin title published by this obscure Chicago publisher. A Very Good plus tight copy, spine lettering flecked away, some flecking to white lettering and border at front cover. Item #7077
First Edition stated. "The story is of a man and two women mixed up in some dirty business in a small American city". Very Good, mild cocking, in Very Good dustjacket, mild soiling. Item #28460
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 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. Near Fine in Good-Very Good dustjacket, shallow chipping to spine ends and top edge of front panel, some surface wear and few short closed tears. Item #5843
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 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 Good-Very Good dustjacket, small spine end and flap corner chips, few scotch tape pieces at outer spine and front panel. Item #9796
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 #17194
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. Ancona dustjacket art. Murder mystery solved by a reporter. An uncommon title. Good, with vertical spine creases, surface wear to cloth and soiling, in Very Good dustjacket, spine very lightly faded, small chips at spine ends and flap corners. Item #9477
First Edition. Hawkins dustjacket art and endpapers. Long Island New York murder mystery. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, vertical crease at spine, few nicks. Item #39624
First Edition, Advance Review Copy in original wrappers. Hubin listed mystery novel of a young American woman, alone in Paris, who finds herself involved in the mysterious case of Madame Bender. Horror aspects. Very Good, some nicking at spine ends, modest wear. Item #41044
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
Early Printing, without 'first edition' statement, but F-C code indicating a 1928 publication. Goodhead dustjacket artwork. Uncommon Bleiler listed fantasy novel set on a "god-forsaken West Indian Island... of native magic and mystery... the spell that native superstition weaves about the invading white man" who marries "a half-breed wife". Not found in Hubin despite the jacket's blurb: "Thrilling mystery melodrama on a West Indian island". Near Fine in dustjacket with several inch closed tear at front panel mended at verso with a long piece of paper tape, else Very Good, some edge chipping, masking tape shadows at verso. Item #22015
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
Second Printing before publication. New York City set contemporary novel of three young women who experience love, the criminal underground, and Greenwich Village life. This copy with card laid in with typed: "With The Compliments of the author" Courtesy of Eli Grombecker (in ink). Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, modest edge wear, shallow chipping at spine ends and flap corners, narrow chip to lower front flap edge. Item #16967
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
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First Edition. J. A. Cahill dustjacket art and illustrations. Scarce Hubin listed mystery novel set in San Francisco's Chinatown. Author had several silent films made from his stories, this is his only mystery. Near Fine in uncommon illustrated dustjacket with some small edge chips, top front panel with quarter sized chip, lower edge with chip half inch deep and few inches wide. Item #8710
