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. More
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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... More
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... More
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. More
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... More
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. More
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. More
THE MIRROR CRACK'D FROM SIDE TO SIDE (Uncorrected Advance Proofs)
London: Collins, The Crime Club, 1962. First Edition. Original Wraps. Small Octavo. Uncorrected Advanced Proofs. Bound in red wrappers with printed lable front cover. Title in ink spine, cover edge and fore edge wear, minimal stains covers, owner name front cover and fep. Housed in leather and cloth custom made... More
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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. More
THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. 1926. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. 306pp., bound in original decorative cloth depicting a question mark in orange with lettering in black, decorative spine in black and orange. A very good + copy, internally clean; neat previous owner's name on FEP. More
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
London: For the Crime Club, Collins, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo. With "Copyright, 1934" on copyright page; 254pp., 2pp. of ads at rear; bound in orange cloth lettered in black; spine lightened ever so slightly, black lettering is bold and bright. Internally, very clean and bright, with no owner... More
THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. 1928. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. 306pp., bound in blue cloth pictorially stamped in blind depicting a train, lettering red, some fraying to spine ends and corners; in unclipped, edge worn and chipped dust jacket with damp staining noticeable only... More
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. More
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. More
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. More
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. More
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. More
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... More
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. More
THE REMINISCENCES OF SOLAR PONS
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Limited to 2000 + copies, with an introduction by Anthony Boucher and A chronology by Robert Pattrick, 199pp., bound in black cloth, spine stamped in silver; a fine copy in a fine, unclipped pictorial dust jacket. More
WISCONSIN MURDERS
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft & Moran, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. Limited to 2000 copies. 222 pp. Bound in black cloth, spine gilt. An enquiry into Mayhem and Homicide in the Midwest. A fine copy in fine unclipped dust jacket. Text clean and binding tight. More
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... More
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Two Volumes
New York: Harper & Brothers. S. Paget. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Small Octavo. TWO VOLUMES. dated 1892/1894. Second issue of both volumes, without "The Cardboard Box." Pictorial blue cloth, lettered in gilt; light shelf wear at foot of spine of both volumes; neat owner's name on front pastedown; a.... More
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
London: George Newnes, 1892. First Edition. Hard Cover. Large Octavo. First issue, with "Miss Violent" uncorrected on p. 317 and no name on the street sign on the front panel. 317 pages, all edges gilt; original blue cloth, decorated in black and gilt; olive colored floral end papers. An extremely... More
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. More