Mystery / Thriller - Catalogue (by author: A - L)
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THADDEUS Mystery / Thriller - Catalogue (by author: A - L) July 12, 1997
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Books listed alphabetically in order by Author
1. (Adams Round Table). MISSING IN MANHATTAN: THE ADAMS ROUND TABLE. Stamford
CT, Longmeadow Press, 1992. 1st/2nd printing. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, Large
octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
New collection of short mysteries by members of the Adams Round Table,
bestselling authors concentrating on Manhattan & murder. 297
pages......$10.00
2. Amiel, Joseph. HAWKS. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1979. 1st. Hardcover
- 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in Lightly worn dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Light fading cover edges. Mystery &
airline sabotage. Good tight copy. 420 pages......$10.00
3. Ashley, Mike. THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF SHORT HORROR NOVELS. New York, Carroll &
Graf Publishers, 1988. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Very
light edgewear. Ten complete novelettes by Stephen King, Oliver Onions, Conan
Doyle, Algernon Blackwood & six others. Good tight copy. 518
pages......$12.00
4. Barnard, Robert. A HOVERING OF VULTURES: A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE. New York,
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. 1st American. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards,
octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. A Scribner
Crime Novel. Good tight copy. 231 pages......$12.50
5. Barnard, Robert. CORPSE IN A GILDED CAGE: A MYSTERY. New York, Charles
Scribner's Sons, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. "Not for
resale" stamp top page edges. Good tight copy. 211 pages......$10.00
6. Barnes, Trevor. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S KILLING: A MYSTERY (Introducing
Scotland Yard's Blanche Hampton). New York, William Morrow & Co, 1989. 1st
U.S. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Blance investigates the case of a headless &
savagely mutilated corpse. Good tight copy. 248 pages......$11.00
7. Berry, Carole. NIGHTMARE POINT. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1993. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly
chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Psychological suspense.
The story of one woman's desperate attempt to save her child. Good tight
copy. 264 pages......$10.00
8. (Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna) "H.P.B.". THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE: AND OTHER
FRAGMENTS FROM THE BOOK OF THE GOLDEN PRECEPTS (Translated & Annotated by
"H.P.B"). Los Angeles, United Lodge of Theosophists, 1920. Decorated cloth,
18mo/4"x 5 3/4". Very good condition. Light cover/edge wear. Front hinge just
starting. Black & white photo frontis. Translations (with notes) of sections
from the mystical "Book of the Golden Precepts" - Eastern Mystery
teachings... part of which are supposedly pre-Buddhistic, while others belong
to a later date. The book is "Dedicated to the Few". Main sections are: The
Voice of the Silence, The Two Paths, The Seven Portals, The Stanzas of Dyzan.
Tight well-bound copy. 107 pages + ads......$20.00
9. Brez, E. M. THOSE DARK EYES. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1984. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. A novel of suspense. Good tight
copy. 229 pages......$10.00
10. Card, Orson Scott. LOST BOYS. New York, HarperCollins, 1990. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in lightly
worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 448
pages......$10.00
11. Carnell, Jennifer. MURDER, MYSTERY AND MAYHEM. New York, Harper & Row,
1988. 1st U.S. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good
condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Castles & corpses
in this Agatha Christie style mystery. Good tight copy. 159 pages......$11.00
12. Chastain, Thomas. WHO KILLED THE ROBINS FAMILY: AND WHERE AND WHEN AND
HOW AND WHY DID THEY DIE. New York, William Morrow & Co, 1983. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition. Spine very
slightly faded. Owner's stamp half-title. Good tight copy. 151
pages......$10.00
13. Christie, Agatha. AGATHA CHRISTIA: FIVE COMPLETE MISS MARPLE NOVELS. New
York, Avenel Books, 1980. 1st Avenel edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Five complete
& unabridged Miss Marple novels. The Mirror Crack'd, A Caribbean Mystery,
Nemesis, What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw!, The Body in the Library. Good tight
copy. 650 pages......$15.00
14. Christie, Agatha. AGATHA CHRISTIE: FIVE CLASSIC MURDER MYSTERIES. New
York, Avenel Books, 1985. 1st Avenel edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very
good+ in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Five complete Agatha
Christie Mysteries - Complete and Unabridged. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,
The Secret Adversary, The Boomerang Clue, The Moving Finger, Death Comes as
the End. Tight well-bound volume. 667 pages......$15.00
15. Christie, Agatha. CURTAIN. New York, Dodd Mead, 1975. 1st. Hardcover -
1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in edgetorn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Spine lightly scuffed. Hercule Poirot's last
case. Good tight copy. 238 pages......$12.50
16. Christie, Agatha. ELEPHANTS CAN REMEMBER. New York, Dodd Mead, 1972. 1st.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Owner signature front endpaper. Hercule Poirot &
the double suicide of General & Lady Ravenscroft. Good tight copy. 243
pages......$15.00
17. Christie, Agatha. POSTERN OF FATE. New York, Dodd Mead, 1931. 1st/3rd
printing. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good condition in
lightly chipped/edgetorn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Gift
inscription halftitle. Good tight copy. 310 pages......$10.00
18. Clancy, Tom. CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons,
1989. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good+ in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Tight well-bound volume. 656
pages......$12.00
19. Clancy, Tom. PATRIOT GAMES. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1987. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in
lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Upper corners
bumped. Good tight copy. 540 pages......$12.00
20. Clancy, Tom. THE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons,
1988. 1st U.S. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Slight cover wear. Good tight
copy. 543 pages......$12.00
21. Cook, Robin. THREE COMPLETE NOVELS: OUTBREAK, MORTAL FEAR, MUTATION. New
York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. 1st collected. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards,
Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. Tiny ink mark on cover. 3 Hi-tech/futuristic medical
horror/thrillers. Good tight copy. 718 pages......$15.00
22. Coonts, Stephen. FINAL FLIGHT. New York, Doubleday, 1988. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 387 pages......$12.50
23. Crichton, Michael. JURASSIC PARK. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Lower edges lightly bumped. 2nd
printing before publication. Good tight copy. 400 pages......$11.50
24. Cross, John Keir. THE OTHER PASSENGER. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott,
1946. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. very good/torn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Corner wear/bumping. Light blistering front
cover. Two sections: Portraits - Mysteries. "The 4th dimension of the mind
brought to light in stories of horror/humor". Hard to find. Tight copy. 320
pages......$14.00
25. Curtis, Jack. MIRRORS KILL: A NOVEL. New York, Crown Publishers, 1995.
1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, Large octavo. very good+ in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Thriller by Curtis. Good tight copy. 359
pages......$10.00
26. David, Richard Harding. IN THE FOG. New York, R.H. RUSSELL, 1901. 1st.
Decorated cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition. Light cover/edge wear.
Lightly bumped. Inscription endpaper. Color & Black & white illustrations.
One loose illustration. A mystery. Color paste-down title drawing.
Illustrated by Thomas Mitchell Pierce & F.D. Steele. Well-bound. 155
pages......$22.50
27. Dean, S.F.X.. IT CAN'T BE MY GRAVE: A PROFESSOR NEIL KELLY MYSTERY. New
York, Walker & Co, 1984. 1st. Boards, Small octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edge mark. "A long-lost 16th
century play, a cast of eccentric London theatre & publishing people - and
brutal murder."Good tight copy. 222 pages......$12.50
28. Eden, Matthew. THE MURDER OF LAWRENCE OF ARABIA: A NOVEL. New York,
Thomas Y. Crowell, Publisher, 1979. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards,
octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. The last 11 weeks of Lawrence's life - speculation on how
his "accidental" death was in reality a murder. Good tight copy. 271
pages......$12.50
29. Fleetwood, Hugh. THE REDEEMER. New York, Atheneum, 1980. 1st American.
Engraved cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 156 pages......$11.00
30. Follett, Ken. A DANGEROUS FORTUNE. New York, Delacorte Press, 1993. 1st.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Decorated endpapers. A mystery set
amid the wealth and decadence of Victorian England. Good tight copy. 533
pages......$13.50
31. Forsyth, Frederick. THE FOURTH PROTOCOL: A NOVEL. New York, Viking Press,
1984. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 389
pages......$14.00
32. Francis, Dick. STRAIGHT. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. 1st.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 323
pages......$11.00
33. Gardner, Erle Stanley. THE CASE OF THE HORRIFIED HEIRS. New York, Walter
J. Black, 1964. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition in
worn/chipped/edge-torn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corners
bumped. The death of two widows. & Perry Mason starring in two brillaint
courtroom scenes. Good tight copy. 171 pages......$10.00
34. Gardner, John. BROKEN CLAW. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. 1st.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. James Bond meets the formidable Fu-Chu Lee. Good
tight copy. 304 pages......$10.00
35. Gardner, John. MAESTRO. New York, Otto Penzler Books, 1993. 1st American.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 610
pages......$12.50
36. Gardner, John. NO DEALS, MR. BOND. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1987.
1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good condition
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Upper edge very lightly
bumped. New James Bond adventure. Good tight copy. 317 pages......$10.00
37. Girard, Sonny. BLOOD OF OUR FATHERS (A NOVEL OF LOVE AND THE MAFIA). New
York, Pocket Books, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large
octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Tight well-bound volume. 405 pages......$10.00
38. Godfrey, Thomas (Editor). ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE MURDERS: TALES OF
PERFIDIOUS ALBION. New York, THE MYSTERIOUS PRESS, 1989. 1st/4th printing.
Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Owner initials front
endpaper. 22 British mysteries by Christie, Marsh, Sayers, Rendell, Carr,
Chesterton, Collins, Orczy, Doyle, Wodehouse, James & more. Bright tight
copy. 348 pages......$13.50
39. Grant-Adamson, Lesley. WILD JUSTICE. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1987.
1st U.S. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Fleet Street mystery. Rain Morgan investigating
the murder of Hal MacQuillan, owner of London's Daily Post. Good tight copy.
217 pages......$10.50
40. Gray, A. W. SIZE. London, Michael Joseph, 1990. 1st edition. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Near fine in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Tight well-bound volume. 215 pages......$12.00
41. Green, Gerald. KARPOV'S BRAIN. New York, William Morrow & Co, 1983. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in
lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. KGB thriller,
set entirely in Russia. Good tight copy. 316 pages......$15.00
42. Grippando, James. THE PARDON: A NOVEL. New York, HarperCollins, 1994. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 311
pages......$10.00
43. Hal, Patricia. THE DEAD OF WINTER: A YORKSHIRE MYSTERY. New York, St.
Martin's Press, 1995. 1st U.S. edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 250
pages......$11.00
44. Harrison, Payne. THUNDER OF EREBUS. New York, Crown Publishers, 1991. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, Large octavo. Fine in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. New-age technology & an Antartic battle between
the superpowers. Good tight copy. 496 pages......$12.00
45. Hartov, Steven. THE HEART OF RAMADAN. New York, Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. The world of
international counter-terrorism. Political thriller as told by an insider.
Good tight copy. 513 pages......$11.00
46. Higging, Jack. NIGHT OF THE FOX. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1986. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Decorated endpapers. Good tight
copy. 316 pages......$11.00
47. Higgins, Jack. A SEASON IN HELL. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1989. 1st.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 333
pages......$10.00
48. Hillerman, Tony. COYOTE WAITS. New York, Harper & Row, 1990. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in lightly
chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 292
pages......$11.00
49. Hillerman, Tony. TALKING GOD. New York, Harper & Row, 1989. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 239
pages......$12.00
50. (Hitchcock, Alfred). ALFRED HITCHCOCK: THE BEST OF MYSTERY (63 SHORT
STORIES CHOSEN BY THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE). New York, Galahad Books, 1980. 2nd
Galahad edition. Boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. 65 spine-tingling tales originally appearing
in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. Authors include: Hoch, Slesar,
Davidson, Block, Ritchie, Hillary Waugh, McBain, Highsmith, Stark, Kate
Wilhelm & many more. Good tight copy. 636 pages......$15.00
51. Holton, Leonard. A PACT WITH SATAN (A Red Badge Mystery Novel). New York,
Dodd Mead, 1960. 1st Red Badge. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn, chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. An appalling murder, diabolical plot. Father Bredder & Lieut.
Minardi try to rescind a bargain with the devil. Good tight copy. 181
pages......$11.00
52. Hyde, Christopher. BLACK DRAGON. New York, William Morrow & Co, 1992. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Fine in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Thriller - World-wide conspiracy linked to the
Black Dragon International Crime Syndicate. Good tight copy. 272
pages......$12.00
53. Ives, John. THE MARCHAND WOMAN. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1979. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Suspense thriller of pursuit &
revenge. Good tight copy. 245 pages......$12.50
54. Jacquemard-Senecal. THE BODY VANISHES. New York, Dodd Mead, 1980. 1st
English edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good
condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Tiny nick front cover. Mystery by the authors of The Eleventh Little Indian -
set in Strasbourg, headquarters of the European Parliament. Tight copy. 179
pages......$12.00
55. Jordan, Jennifer. MURDER UNDER THE MISTLETOE. New York, St. Martin's
Press, 1988. 1st U.S. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Christmas, murder & mystery in a
small English country hotel. Good tight copy. 186 pages......$11.00
56. Kahn, Joan (Editor) With Foreword by Nash, Ogden and Introduction by
Welty, Eudora. HANGING BY A THREAD: A NEW TREASURY OF SUSPENSE FACT AND
FICTION: EDITED BY JOAN KAHN. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1969. 1st printing.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Marvelous, unique anthology. A delightfully
gruesome mixture (36 items) of true crime and mystery/suspense fiction.
Authors include: Hammett, Crouse, James, Camus, Roughead, Stephen Crane,
Dunsany, Dylan Thomas, Dahl, Bulwer-Lytton, Budrys, Gorky, Wilkie Collins, H.
G. Wells, Alan Paton, Tacitus, Thurber, John D. MacDonald, Borges & many
more. With Biographical Notes. Scarce. 604 pages......$30.00
57. Kaye, M. M. DEATH IN ZANZIBAR. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1983. 1st
U.S. edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good condition
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 270
pages......$12.00
58. Keene, Day. BYE, BABY BUNTING. New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1963.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Mystery, intrigue. One of the most
macabre & original murder plots every devised. Good tight copy. 222
pages......$15.00
59. Kellerman, Jonathan. SELF-DEFENSE: AN ALEX DELAWARE NOVEL. New York,
Bantam Books, 1995. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight
copy. 390 pages......$11.00
60. Kemelman, Harry. TUESDAY THE RABBI SAW RED. New York, Arthur Fields
Books, 1973. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy.
276 pages......$12.50
61. Kenrick, Tony. THE 81ST SITE. New York, New American Library, 1980. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good condition in
lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy.
145 pages......$10.00
62. King, Stephen. GERALD'S GAME. New York, Viking Press, 1992. 2nd.
Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 332 pages......$10.50
63. King, Stephen. NIGHTMARES & DREAMSCAPES. New York, Viking Press, 1993.
2nd. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. 2 Black & white plates. King's latest
collection of short stories. Good tight copy. 816 pages......$14.00
64. King, Stephen. THE TOMMYKNOCKERS. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1987.
1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edges/corners slightly bumped. Good
tight copy. 558 pages......$10.50
65. Kisner, James. NERO'S VICE. New York, Beufort Books, 1981. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Murder mystery surrounding a book of ancient Roman
pornography compiled by none other than the Emperor Nero. Good tight copy.
160 pages......$11.00
66. Langley, Bob. HOUR OF THE ARGENTINE. New York, Walker and Co, 1983. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 229
pages......$11.00
67. Le Carre, John. SMILEY'S PEOPLE. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. 1st
trade edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Owner stamp/signature endpaper.
Tight well-bound volume. 374 pages......$10.00
68. Le Carre, John. TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY. New York, Alfred A. Knopf,
1974. Engraved cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. 2nd printing before publication. Good tight copy.
355 pages......$12.50
69. LeCarre, John. THE SECRET PILGRIM. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Near fine in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Tight well-bound volume. 335 pages......$11.00
70. Leonard, Elmore. BANDITS. New York, Arbor House, 1987. 1st trade edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition. Good tight copy.
345 pages......$12.00
71. Livingston, Jayson. POINT BLANK: A MYSTERY. New York, St. Martin's Press,
1990. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Assault & murder of a beautiful
aerobics instructor. The only clue - a mysterious French coin. Good tight
copy. 248 pages......$10.50
72. Lovesey, Peter. BERTIE AND THE SEVEN BODIES. New York, The Mysterious
Press, 1990. Boards, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Upper edge lightly bumped. A Victorian Mystery
Novel featuring The Price of Wales. Good tight copy. 196 pages......$11.00
73. Lucke, Margaret. A RELATIVE STRANGER. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1991.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Introduction of Jessica Randolph, Private
Investigator. Hair-raising mystery ride through the streets of San Francisco.
Good tight copy. 295 pages......$11.00
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23. Cores, Lucy. THE MISTY CURTAIN. New York, Harper & Row, 1964. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good condition in
very lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Mystery by
Lucy Cores. Good tight copy. 214 pages......$12.00
24. Cornwell, Patricia. FROM POTTER'S FIELD. New York, Scribner, 1995. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good+ in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 412
pages......$11.00
25. Crichton, Michael. JURASSIC PARK. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Lower edges lightly bumped. 2nd
printing before publication. Good tight copy. 400 pages......$11.50
26. Cross, John Keir. THE OTHER PASSENGER. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott,
1946. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. very good/torn dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Corner wear/bumping. Light blistering front
cover. Two sections: Portraits - Mysteries. "The 4th dimension of the mind
brought to light in stories of horror/humor". Hard to find. Tight copy. 320
pages......$14.00
27. Curtis, Jack. MIRRORS KILL: A NOVEL. New York, Crown Publishers, 1995.
1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, Large octavo. very good+ in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Thriller by Curtis. Good tight copy. 359
pages......$10.00
28. David, Richard Harding. IN THE FOG. New York, R.H. RUSSELL, 1901. 1st.
Decorated cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition. Light cover/edge wear.
Lightly bumped. Inscription endpaper. Color & Black & white illustrations.
One loose illustration. A mystery. Color paste-down title drawing.
Illustrated by Thomas Mitchell Pierce & F.D. Steele. Well-bound. 155
pages......$22.50
29. Dean, S.F.X.. IT CAN'T BE MY GRAVE: A PROFESSOR NEIL KELLY MYSTERY. New
York, Walker & Co, 1984. 1st. Boards, Small octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edge mark. "A long-lost 16th
century play, a cast of eccentric London theatre & publishing people - and
brutal murder."Good tight copy. 222 pages......$12.50
30. Eden, Matthew. THE MURDER OF LAWRENCE OF ARABIA: A NOVEL. New York,
Thomas Y. Crowell, Publisher, 1979. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards,
octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. The last 11 weeks of Lawrence's life - speculation on how
his "accidental" death was in reality a murder. Good tight copy. 271
pages......$12.50
31. Fleetwood, Hugh. THE REDEEMER. New York, Atheneum, 1980. 1st American.
Engraved cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 156 pages......$11.00
32. Follett, Ken. A DANGEROUS FORTUNE. New York, Delacorte Press, 1993. 1st.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Decorated endpapers. A mystery set
amid the wealth and decadence of Victorian England. Good tight copy. 533
pages......$13.50
33. Forsyth, Frederick. THE FOURTH PROTOCOL: A NOVEL. New York, Viking Press,
1984. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 389
pages......$14.00
34. Francis, Dick. STRAIGHT. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. 1st.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 323
pages......$11.00
35. Gardner, Erle Stanley. THE CASE OF THE HORRIFIED HEIRS. New York, Walter
J. Black, 1964. Hardcover - cloth, 12mo. Very good condition in
worn/chipped/edge-torn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Corners
bumped. The death of two widows. & Perry Mason starring in two brillaint
courtroom scenes. Good tight copy. 171 pages......$10.00
36. Gardner, John. BROKEN CLAW. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. 1st.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good+ in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. James Bond meets the formidable Fu-Chu Lee. Good
tight copy. 304 pages......$10.00
37. Gardner, John. MAESTRO. New York, Otto Penzler Books, 1993. 1st American.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 610
pages......$12.50
38. Gardner, John. NO DEALS, MR. BOND. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1987.
1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good condition
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Upper edge very lightly
bumped. New James Bond adventure. Good tight copy. 317 pages......$10.00
39. Girard, Sonny. BLOOD OF OUR FATHERS (A NOVEL OF LOVE AND THE MAFIA). New
York, Pocket Books, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large
octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Tight well-bound volume. 405 pages......$10.00
40. Godfrey, Thomas (Editor). ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE MURDERS: TALES OF
PERFIDIOUS ALBION. New York, THE MYSTERIOUS PRESS, 1989. 1st/4th printing.
Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition. Owner initials front
endpaper. 22 British mysteries by Christie, Marsh, Sayers, Rendell, Carr,
Chesterton, Collins, Orczy, Doyle, Wodehouse, James & more. Bright tight
copy. 348 pages......$13.50
41. Grant-Adamson, Lesley. WILD JUSTICE. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1987.
1st U.S. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Fleet Street mystery. Rain Morgan investigating
the murder of Hal MacQuillan, owner of London's Daily Post. Good tight copy.
217 pages......$10.50
42. Gray, A. W. SIZE. London, Michael Joseph, 1990. 1st edition. Hardcover -
cloth, octavo. Near fine in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Tight well-bound volume. 215 pages......$12.00
43. Green, Gerald. KARPOV'S BRAIN. New York, William Morrow & Co, 1983. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in
lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. KGB thriller,
set entirely in Russia. Good tight copy. 316 pages......$15.00
44. Grippando, James. THE PARDON: A NOVEL. New York, HarperCollins, 1994. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 311
pages......$10.00
45. Hal, Patricia. THE DEAD OF WINTER: A YORKSHIRE MYSTERY. New York, St.
Martin's Press, 1995. 1st U.S. edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good+
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 250
pages......$11.00
46. Harrison, Payne. THUNDER OF EREBUS. New York, Crown Publishers, 1991. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth, Large octavo. Fine in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. New-age technology & an Antartic battle between
the superpowers. Good tight copy. 496 pages......$12.00
47. Hartov, Steven. THE HEART OF RAMADAN. New York, Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. The world of
international counter-terrorism. Political thriller as told by an insider.
Good tight copy. 513 pages......$11.00
48. Higging, Jack. NIGHT OF THE FOX. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1986. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Decorated endpapers. Good tight
copy. 316 pages......$11.00
49. Higgins, Jack. A SEASON IN HELL. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1989. 1st.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 333
pages......$10.00
50. Hillerman, Tony. COYOTE WAITS. New York, Harper & Row, 1990. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in lightly
chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 292
pages......$11.00
51. Hillerman, Tony. TALKING GOD. New York, Harper & Row, 1989. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 239
pages......$12.00
52. (Hitchcock, Alfred). ALFRED HITCHCOCK: THE BEST OF MYSTERY (63 SHORT
STORIES CHOSEN BY THE MASTER OF SUSPENSE). New York, Galahad Books, 1980. 2nd
Galahad edition. Boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. 65 spine-tingling tales originally appearing
in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. Authors include: Hoch, Slesar,
Davidson, Block, Ritchie, Hillary Waugh, McBain, Highsmith, Stark, Kate
Wilhelm & many more. Good tight copy. 636 pages......$15.00
53. Holton, Leonard. A PACT WITH SATAN (A Red Badge Mystery Novel). New York,
Dodd Mead, 1960. 1st Red Badge. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good
condition in lightly worn, chipped dust jacket with protective plastic
wrapper. An appalling murder, diabolical plot. Father Bredder & Lieut.
Minardi try to rescind a bargain with the devil. Good tight copy. 181
pages......$11.00
54. Hyde, Christopher. BLACK DRAGON. New York, William Morrow & Co, 1992. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Fine in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Thriller - World-wide conspiracy linked to the
Black Dragon International Crime Syndicate. Good tight copy. 272
pages......$12.00
55. Ives, John. THE MARCHAND WOMAN. New York, E.P. Dutton, 1979. 1st edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Suspense thriller of pursuit &
revenge. Good tight copy. 245 pages......$12.50
56. Jacquemard-Senecal. THE BODY VANISHES. New York, Dodd Mead, 1980. 1st
English edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good
condition in lightly chipped dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper.
Tiny nick front cover. Mystery by the authors of The Eleventh Little Indian -
set in Strasbourg, headquarters of the European Parliament. Tight copy. 179
pages......$12.00
57. Jordan, Jennifer. MURDER UNDER THE MISTLETOE. New York, St. Martin's
Press, 1988. 1st U.S. Hardcover - cloth, Small octavo. Very good condition in
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Christmas, murder & mystery in a
small English country hotel. Good tight copy. 186 pages......$11.00
58. Kahn, Joan (Editor) With Foreword by Nash, Ogden and Introduction by
Welty, Eudora. HANGING BY A THREAD: A NEW TREASURY OF SUSPENSE FACT AND
FICTION: EDITED BY JOAN KAHN. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1969. 1st printing.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly chipped dust jacket
with protective plastic wrapper. Marvelous, unique anthology. A delightfully
gruesome mixture (36 items) of true crime and mystery/suspense fiction.
Authors include: Hammett, Crouse, James, Camus, Roughead, Stephen Crane,
Dunsany, Dylan Thomas, Dahl, Bulwer-Lytton, Budrys, Gorky, Wilkie Collins, H.
G. Wells, Alan Paton, Tacitus, Thurber, John D. MacDonald, Borges & many
more. With Biographical Notes. Scarce. 604 pages......$20.00
59. Kaye, M. M. DEATH IN ZANZIBAR. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1983. 1st
U.S. edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good condition
in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 270
pages......$12.00
60. Keene, Day. BYE, BABY BUNTING. New York, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1963.
1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Mystery, intrigue. One of the most
macabre & original murder plots every devised. Good tight copy. 222
pages......$15.00
61. Kellerman, Jonathan. SELF-DEFENSE: AN ALEX DELAWARE NOVEL. New York,
Bantam Books, 1995. 1st. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very
good condition in dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight
copy. 390 pages......$11.00
62. Kemelman, Harry. TUESDAY THE RABBI SAW RED. New York, Arthur Fields
Books, 1973. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in
lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy.
276 pages......$12.50
63. Kenrick, Tony. THE 81ST SITE. New York, New American Library, 1980. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Small octavo. Very good condition in
lightly worn dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy.
145 pages......$10.00
64. King, Stephen. GERALD'S GAME. New York, Viking Press, 1992. 2nd.
Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 332 pages......$10.50
65. King, Stephen. NIGHTMARES & DREAMSCAPES. New York, Viking Press, 1993.
2nd. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, Large octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. 2 Black & white plates. King's latest
collection of short stories. Good tight copy. 816 pages......$14.00
66. King, Stephen. THE TOMMYKNOCKERS. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1987.
1st. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Very good condition in chipped dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Edges/corners slightly bumped. Good
tight copy. 558 pages......$10.50
67. Kisner, James. NERO'S VICE. New York, Beufort Books, 1981. 1st edition.
Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with protective
plastic wrapper. Murder mystery surrounding a book of ancient Roman
pornography compiled by none other than the Emperor Nero. Good tight copy.
160 pages......$11.00
68. Langley, Bob. HOUR OF THE ARGENTINE. New York, Walker and Co, 1983. 1st
edition. Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Good tight copy. 229
pages......$11.00
69. Le Carre, John. SMILEY'S PEOPLE. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. 1st
trade edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in lightly worn
dust jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Owner stamp/signature endpaper.
Tight well-bound volume. 374 pages......$10.00
70. Le Carre, John. TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY. New York, Alfred A. Knopf,
1974. Engraved cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. 2nd printing before publication. Good tight copy.
355 pages......$12.50
71. LeCarre, John. THE SECRET PILGRIM. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. 1st
edition. Hardcover - cloth, Large octavo. Near fine in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Tight well-bound volume. 335 pages......$11.00
72. Leonard, Elmore. BANDITS. New York, Arbor House, 1987. 1st trade edition.
Hardcover - 1/2 cloth/boards, octavo. Very good condition. Good tight copy.
345 pages......$12.00
73. Livingston, Jayson. POINT BLANK: A MYSTERY. New York, St. Martin's Press,
1990. 1st edition. Hardcover - cloth, octavo. Very good condition in dust
jacket with protective plastic wrapper. Assault & murder of a beautiful
aerobics instructor. The only clue - a mysterious French coin. Good tight
copy. 248 pages......$10.50
74. Lovesey, Peter. BERTIE AND THE SEVEN BODIES. New York, The Mysterious
Press, 1990. Boards, octavo. Very good condition in dust jacket with
protective plastic wrapper. Upper edge lightly bumped. A Victorian Mystery
Novel featuring The Price of Wales. Good tight copy. 196 pages......$11.00
75. Lucke, Margaret. A RELATIVE STRANGER. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1991.