Bedrooms Have Windows
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1949. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 250 pages; a lovely copy in a very good color pictorial dust jacket, by Charles Lofgren, with price of $2.50 on front flap.
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SHERLOCK HOLMES OF BAKER STREET. A Life of The World's First Consulting Detective
New York: Bramhall House, 1962. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Ocatvo. Early American edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 336 pp. Influential fictional biography by the noted Sherlock Holmes scholar. A must for any Sherlockiana collector.
CHARLIE CHAN CARRIES ON
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1930. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 334 pages, 8 pages of ads; original orange cloth, colorful dust jacket. Photoplay edition, issued to coincide with the film, starring Warner Oland. Reverse side of dust jacket is printed with Grosset & Dunlap titles. Dust jacket with...
LIKE A LAMB TO SLAUGHTER (Inscribed), with the Corrected Typescript of 10 of the Stories and with the Master Set of 1st Pass Proofs, Unbound
New York: Arbor House, 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LAWRENCE BLOCK to famed collector Walter Shirley. A fine copy in fine dust jacket together with a copy of the corrected typescript of 10 of the short stories in the above title. The...
The Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg (With Autograph Note By Author)
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1928. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED BY LOUIS BROMFIELD TIPPED-IN. Second Printing. In a very good dust jacket. A fine copy, in a very good dust jacket with 1/8" chip at spine head, and spine slightly faded.
HALF OF PARADISE
Boston: Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED BY JAMES LEE BURKE ON TITLE PAGE without personalization. 312pp. Author's first book. Bound in light brown cloth lettered in dark brown, spine lettering white over brown; a fine copy in very good, unclipped dust jacket with...
JOLIE BLON'S BOUNCE. A Novel
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JAMES LEE BURKE ON TITLE PAGE. Inscribed to bookseller Charles Parkhurst. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 349 pp.
THE SAINT ON THE SPANISH MAIN
New York: For the Crime Club By Doubleday & Co., 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 190pp. Bound in light green cloth, spine lettering yellow. Fine in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with very minor light wear to spine ends.
THE RIDDLE OF THE SANDS. A Record of Secret Service
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1944. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. With two maps and two charts. Bound in red cloth with black lettering spine. Near fine copy with off setting endpapers in a very good price clipped dust jacket with chips, short closed tears; fading spine. xiv, 355 pp.
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A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED [50th Mystery Novel]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1950. First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. Advance reading Copy of Christie's 50th mystery novel. 248pp., bound in pictorial wraps; a very good+ copy. A very nice, bright copy.
Poirot Loses a Client
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1937. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. Original orange cloth, printed in black. Internally clean and bright. No dust jacket. A very good copy, with light wear at extremities, a little fading at spine and a small scrape on front panel.
BLACK ECHO
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992. First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. Uncorrected Advance Proofs. A very good- copy bound in original black wrappers with gold and blue lettering. Tiny loss lower corner front cover and first few pages, mild creases rear cover. 375 pp.
THE BLACK ECHO
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED BY MICHAEL CONNELLY ON TITLE PAGE without personalization. Fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 375 pp.
THE BLACK ICE
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED BY MICHAEL CONNELLY ON TITLE PAGE without personalization. Edgar Award Winning Author. 322pp., bound in 1/4 red cloth over red boards, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy in fine unclipped dust jacket.
THE FINAL COUNTRY
Tucson: Dennis McMillan, 2001. LIMITED EDITION. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED BY JAMES CRUMLEY ON COLOPHON without personalization. First Edition LIMITED TO 400 SIGNED COPIES. THIS IS No.104. 347pp. Bound in black cloth, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy in fine dust jacket and publisher's slipcase.
THE FINAL COUNTRY
New York: Warner Books, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE BY JAMES CRUMLEY. Inscribed to bookseller Charles Parkhurst with his bookplate laid-in. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 310 pp.
The Final Country. Limited Edition
Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED ON COLOPHON PAGE BY JAMES CRUMLEY. ALSO SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO BOOKSELLER CHARLES PARKHURST BY CRUMLEY AND PUBLISHER DENNIS McMILLAN ON COLOPHON PAGE. Limited Edition of 452 copies. This is No. 95. Bound in Brillianta...
THE WRONG CASE
New York: Random House, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE BY JAMES CRUMLEY. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Author's second book and first crime novel. 272 pp.
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First Edition in Book Form. Hard Cover. Octavo. In first issue binding. [i-v]vi-vii[viii], [1]2-190, (2)pp. list of Dickens' works., 32pp. publisher's catalog, bound in publisher's first issue green cloth lettered and decorated in black and gilt, yellow endpapers, thirteen plates by Fildes, including the vignette.....
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1902. Hard Cover. Small Octavo. First American Edition, Second State, without the word "illustrated" on title page and with "published. March 1902, R" on copyright page. A very good+ copy bound in red cloth with white lettering spine and front cover. Lettering faded on...
BOOKED TO DIE a Mystery Introducing Cliff Janeway
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED BY JOHN DUNNING wihout personalization. First Cliff Janeway novel; 321pp., bound in 1/4 dark blue cloth over blue paper covered boards, spine lettering in foil blue; a fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
BOOKED TO DIE. A Mystery Introducing Cliff Janeway
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. First Edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED "BEST WISHES" AND DATED YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY JOHN DUNNING ON HALF TITLE PAGE without personalization. Uncorrected Advance Proof. Fine in original white printed wrappers. 321 pp.
The Black Dahlia
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. A fine copy in a fine dust Jacket. 325 pp.
OPENING CHAPTERS OF WHITE JAZZ. A Novel
New York: Knopf, 1992. Original Wraps. Octavo. SIGNED BY JAMES ELLROY ON TIPPED-IN BOOKPLATE without personalization. Avance Excerpts. Fine in original wrappers. 26 pp.
THE BLACK DAHLIA
New York/London: The Mysterious Press, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "BLOOD CRUD!" BY JAMES ELLROY ON TITLE PAGE without personalization. 325pp. Bound in 1/4 black cloth over light purple paper covered boards, spine lettering purple foil. A fine First Edition First Printing in...