201. Grave Without Grass. New York: Henry Holt and Co., (1940).
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
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202. The Seven Stabs. Garden City, New York: doubleday, Doran and Co. for The Crime Club Inc., 1930.
First Edition stated. M. M. dustjacket art. Inspector Fleming of Scotland Yard investigates international intrigue and murder. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket. Item #41468
203. Murder In Paris. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, (1930).
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
204. Ithuriel's Hour. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1932.
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
205. The Devil's Jest. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1928.
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
206. No Stone Unturned. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1939.
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
207. See How They Run. New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, (1929).
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
208. The Tell-Tale Clock Mystery [FOOTBALL MYSTERY]. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1936.
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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209. The Night Tide. New York: H. K. Fly Co., (1920).
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
210. The Man Who Could Not Shudder. New York: Harper and Brothers, (1940).
First Edition stated (this copy oddly in remainder binding with Grosset & Dunlap at spine). Dr. Fell investigates a murder at a country house with supernatural elements. Agatha Christie blurb at rear flap. Near Fine in Very Good unfaded (price-clipped) dustjacket. Item #41757
211. Death Comes By Post. London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, (1940).
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
212. Nice Lady. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1940).
First Edition. C. A. dustjacket art. Period fiction set in a little town of the southwest, involving a misunderstood and ambitious woman who gets herself into and out of trouble with her scheming and ruthlessness, including shooting a bandit, fainting at opportune moments, and social manipulation. Near Fine in a dustjacket split along front flap edge, mended with archival tape at verso, modest edge wear and closed tears with creases, else Very Good. Item #18928
213. Under the 4-H Flag. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co., (1927).
Second Impression stated at half title. Frank Eltonhead dustjacket art and illustrations. Young adult mystery novel revolving around 4-H activities, fairs and sports. Very uncommon title. Near Fine in lovely Near Fine dustjacket. Item #39640
214. Cambodian Quest. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1931).
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
215. Cambodian Quest. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. (1931).
Early or First Edition, lacking statement at copyright page. Murder and intrigue mystery novel set in Saigon. Near Fine, with quarter sized abrasion at front free endpaper, where a bookplate was likely removed, in Very Good plus dustjacket, few nicks and light wear, sticker price abrasion at front flap. Item #9479
216. The Secret of the Bungalow. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1930).
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
217. The Affair of the Gallows Tree. Garden City, New York: doubleday, Doran and Co. for The Crime Club Inc, 1930.
First Edition stated. Klondike set murder mystery. Almost Near Fine, some signs of use to cloth, in Near Fine dustjacket, some creases and wrinkles to front flap. Item #40885
218. The Coast of a Chance. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., (1908).
First Edition. Clarence F. Underwood illustrations and dustjacket art. Very scarce mystery novel of a famous stolen ring, The Chatworth Ring' and set in San Francisco, California. Near Fine in nearly Very Good dustjacket, chipping at edges, front panel with surface wear that modestly obscures the illustration. Item #37771
219. The Silver Cord. New York: G.P Putnam's Sons. 1927.
First Edition. Haiti set Hubin listed mystery novel involving Voodoo. Near Fine with florist card and envelope taped to front free endpaper in Very Good to Near Fine dustjacket with minor edge wear, tiny chip to rear front flap edge, and mild spine end wear. Item #12610
220. In Secret. New York: George H. Doran and Co., 1919.
First Edition. Hubin listed mystery of a woman who discovers a letter vital to the American Secret Service. Very Good tight copy with some spotting at lower covers, front free endpaper mildly roughly opened at bottom of page, in Good dustjacket, small chips along top edge and spine ends, v-shaped chip at front panel mended with archival tape at verso. Excellent dustjacket art. Item #6114
221. The Mystery Lady. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, (1925).
First Edition. Hubin listed mystery novel of a band of crooks searching for a hidden treasure. Unusual Grosset and Dunlap true first edition. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some spotting to spine, shallow spine end chips. Item #31453
222. Bright Star of Danger. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1940.
First Edition. Nautical murder mystery in which the captain of a yacht goes overboard. Very Good, top rear cover mildly bumped, modest cocking, in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some clear tape mends at verso, piece of scotch tape at top spine end, shallow loss at top spine end. Item #31182
223. The Coast of Intrigue. Cleveland: International Fiction Library. (1928).
Reprint Edition. Hubin listed novel of intrigue and adventure, in which a former college football star goes to Latin America to find his fortune. Near Fine, lacking front free endpaper, in sharp Near Fine dustjacket. Item #9797
224. Dog Eat Dog. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. for The Crime Club, Inc, 1938.
First Edition stated. Mystery novel of three murders. "what connection could there be between the murder of a drunken runner for a bailbond broker and Serge Melnikoff, wealthy importer of Oriental 'objets d'art'?" Very Good, modest wear, in Good only price-clipped dustjacket, chipped at spine ends, some scotch tape residue to spine area, wear to spine edges. Item #23194
225. The Lady in the Lake. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943.
First Edition. Chandler's classic hard-boiled mystery novel that served as the basis for the 1947 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film directed by George Haight and starring Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter and Lloyd Nolan. A lovely, Near Fine or Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket, some shallow loss at top spine end and top front jacket panel, tiny chips at lower spine end and flap corners, few crease lines at mid-spine. Item #23933
