401. The Happy Harvest. New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1940.
First Edition. Hubin listed murder mystery set in 19th Century England. Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine dustjacket, spine ends with light wear. Item #7745
First Edition. Hubin listed murder mystery set in 19th Century England. Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine dustjacket, spine ends with light wear. Item #7745
First Edition. A. I. Keller frontispiece. Romance and intrigue novel listed in Hubin as a marginal mystery set during a single summer on an English farm. Basis for the 1920 black and white silent film directed by Fred Paul and starring Mrs. Patrick Campbell and Gordon Craig. Near Fine in dustjacket with signs of a stain at spine and lower front panel, less than an inch loss at lower spine end, top front panel with top edge torn away with a depth of a few centimeters to an inch. Item #21929
First Edition. Adventure and marginal listed Hubin mystery set in Jacobite era England. Near Fine but for contemporary gift inscription and stamp at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, some short closed edge tears. Item #29565
First Edition. Marginal mystery novel listed in Hubin set in 18th Century England. Near Fine in Very Good-Near Fine dustjacket, few nicks to spine ends. . Item #9113
True First Printing, and First Photoplay Edition, illustrated with scenes from the United Artists film starring Dolores Del Rio and Edmund Lowe. Marseilles set romance and crime novel (with stills of characters in a courtroom and prison) of an American seaman "conqueror of the fair sex, who for once finds he is up against his equal in 'The Bad One'." A very scarce photoplay title, the first copy we have come across. Near Fine but for a zealous contemporary bookseller who has stamped in large letters at the title page "Gimbels will not be undersold", in Very Good dustjacket, few nicks and short closed tears, wear at front flap edge. Item #21743
First Edition (First Issue and First Issue dustjacket). A Hubin listed mystery, Faulkner's Sanctuary was also made into a 1960 Fox Film starring Lee Remich and Bradford Dillman. A novel some critics say Faulkner wrote to shock the American people by frank use of murder, rape and lynching. Almost Near Fine, some mild darkening to spine, in Good dustjacket, shallow edge chipping, half dollar sized chip at top front panel, inch sized piece of old scotch tape at upper front panel. Item #27479
First Edition. Author's second book and first mystery. 'A tensely told story of passion and crime in an artist's colony. Very Good, bit of a gap between text block and spine (from top view), Previous owner name and date (1985) at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, small chips at spine ends and flap corners, spine with some splash stains, some creases and wear at edges. Item #41821
First Edition. Allen dustjacket art and Gardner Rea illustrations. Author's only Hubin listed mystery novel and predecessor to Van Gulik's China set mysteries. Near Fine in Good only dustjacket, several closed tears at lower front panel mended at verso with archival tape, quarter sized chip at top front panel, edges with small chips. Item #13642
First Edition. Secret Service thriller and mystery novel in which a suspect is chased through England and Wales to the ancient island monastery of St. Emlyn's. Near Fine but for speckling to page edges and contemporary gift inscription at front endpaper in Very Good dustjacket, square inch clipped from spine (price clipping), some nicking and wear. Item #29716
True First American Edition. Original printed and decorative wrappers. "Romance of the 'West Countree', and novel of some violence and intrigue based on the chapter headings. Listed in Hubin as a marginal mystery. Scarce Fenn title, especially so in wraps. Very Good plus attractive copy in complete wrappers, darkening to spine and some cover edges. Item #10351
First Edition. Politzer dustjacket art. A woman with a husband living a double life disappears and the rumors spread. 'Gruesome discoveries and baffling clues make the story of this woman an absorbing mystery'. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, top spine end chipped centimeter deep, soiling to rear panel. Item #37363
First Edition. Hubin listed mystery novel based on the true events leading up to and following one of the most notorious murder cases in France. Basis for the 1940 black and white film directed by Anatole Litvah and starring Bette Davis and Charles Boyer. Fine in a sharp Near Fine dustjacket. Item #7168
First Edition. G. Hartmann dustjacket art. Rare mystery novel of “gun-fire and airships, of love and revenge,” involving a pilot who sets out to avenge his father’s death by finding the five men responsible. Very Scarce first edition by this pseudonym of Raoul Whitfield, especially so in dustjacket. Near Fine but for signs of dampstain at fore-edge of front cover, in dustjacket with stain to right quarter of front panel, few small edge chips. Item #37728
First Edition. Calman dustjacket art. Inspector Pointer mystery. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, nickel sized chip at lower spine end, some wear and edge nicks. Item #34959
First Edition. Cobbledick dustjacket art. Rare early murder mystery by this well-known screenwriter and author of pulp and hard-boiled fiction. "She had been a great actress on the American stage. But now the inexorable march of years had caught up with her. Life had become dull, barren and incredibly stupid, and she had become obsessed with the idea of death. So she decided to commit a murder!" Very Good, some soiling and few drip spots to cloth, in Very Good dustjacket, nickel sized chip at top spine end, modest wear at edges and flap folds, few nicks. Item #22553
First Edition. Cobbledick dustjacket art. Rare early murder mystery by this well-known screenwriter and author of pulp and hard-boiled fiction. "She had been a great actress on the American stage. But now the inexorable march of years had caught up with her. Life had become dull, barren and incredibly stupid, and she had become obsessed with the idea of death. So she decided to commit a murder!" Near Fine, short gift inscription at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, half inch chip at lower spine end, few small edge chips and closed tears, small chip at mid-front flap edge. Item #24645
First Edition. Homicide Johnny West had been called in to solved the murder of Harry Waters whose newspaper columns had ruined many men. A very scarce hard-boiled mystery novel by Fisher writing under the pseudonym of Gould. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, shallow chips at flap corners, spine ends chipped more deeply. Item #39454
First Edition. Crime novel missed by Hubin of a 19th century criminal ring which controls New York's politicians and frames the only man willing to take them on for murder. Near Fine in fragile dustjacket with few small spots at spine, quarter sized chip at top and bottom spine edge, narrow chip at lower rear flap fold. Item #8727
First Edition. Martinot dustjacket art. Hollywood set murder mystery listed in Anthony Slide's 'The Hollywood Novel'. "A smart antique shop is but a cover for notorious but elegant gambling rooms in the rear. Martinique, cold-blooded and ruthless, is the owner; his manager and his fish-eyed secretary are as unsavory as he. But Martinique makes a mistake when he draws into a diabolical plot a lovely young girl and her fiancé". Near Fine, some foxing to page edges in Very Good dustjacket, modest wear. Item #24628
First Edition. J. F. dustjacket art. Uncommon mystery to be found in original publisher's dustjacket and not the remainder Grosset and Dunlap jacket. "Against an eerie background of the past, in an old house, haunted because of a witch woman's curse, he tells a modern story of a group of sophisticates caught in the meshes of a weird and horrible crime. But it was no ghost who plunged the knife into Phil Ryder's back in the very midst of a gay party of sixteen". Near Fine but for 'drip' spot at top page edge, in Very Good dustjacket, couple short closed tears, tiny chips and nicks at edges. Item #26825
First Edition. J. F. dustjacket art. Uncommon mystery to be found in original publisher's dustjacket and not the remainder Grosset and Dunlap jacket. "Against an eerie background of the past, in an old house, haunted because of a witch woman's curse, he tells a modern story of a group of sophisticates caught in the meshes of a weird and horrible crime. But it was no ghost who plunged the knife into Phil Ryder's back in the very midst of a gay party of sixteen". Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some chipping at spine ends, piece of scotch tape at top spine end. Item #39651
First Edition. Murder mystery "set in the glittering background of an ultra-modern night club in San Francisco, peopled by famous stars". Almost Near Fine, spotting to cloth, modest foxing to endpapers, in Very Good dustjacket, few shallow edge chips. Item #24622
First Edition. Mrs. Briggs, the jewelry buyer, was strangled as she sat in her office. How to find a murderer in a crowded department store? It was too much for detective Peter Conklin. But not for the indefatigable Miss Ethel. Very Good, some foxing at endpapers, ink number at top front endpaper, in lovely Fine dustjacket, that had been stored separately from the book all these many years. Item #34946
First Edition. Mrs. Briggs, the jewelry buyer, was strangled as she sat in her office. How to find a murderer in a crowded department store? It was too much for detective Peter Conklin. But not for the indefatigable Miss Ethel. Very Good, small bookplate removed from page listing author's other books, some wear and stress to spine, some webbing showing at inner hinges, in lovely Fine dustjacket, that had been stored separately from the book all these many years. Item #35602
First Edition. George W. Gage dustjacket art. London set detective novel and mystery that includes a crooked house and a trail of corpses. Very uncommon title. Near Fine in Good dustjacket, split along front spine edge (and mended at verso with small stickers), two large chips at lower front panel (and lower spine end), some smaller chips and closed tears. Item #39761