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
Mystery
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. More
Behind That Curtain
Indianapolis (1928): The Bobbs-Merrill Company. First Edition. Octavo, publisher's yellow cloth, pictorial dust jacket, with price of $2.00 on front flap. Light wear to hinges, first printing with bow and arrow on clpyright page. Light chipping and a couple of closed tears to dust jacket. Detective Charlie Chan (p. 30)..... More
The Black Camel
New York (1929): Grosset & Dunlap. First Edition. The first Grosset & Dunlap printing of the 4th Charlie Chan mystery. Publisher's green cloth, printed in black, in the striking pictorial dust jacket by Mach Tey, with fiction titles printed on reverse side of dust jacket. Top edges stained green, 312..... More
The Black Camel (Inscribed)
Indianapolis (1929): Bobbs-Merrill Company. early printing, without "First Edition" on the copyright page; INSCRIBED in the year of publication, to fellow author Joseph C. Lincoln [Together with] an early printing (1911) of "Cap'n Warren's Wards" in a very good+ dust jacket, by Mr. Lincoln. Publisher's gray cloth, printed in orange..... More
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
CHARLIE CHAN CARRIES ON
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. Stated First Edition. Bound in gold cloth with blue lettering. Price $2.00 on dust jacket. Dust jacket by Mary Briggs. Illustrated with 4 photographs from the movie. A very good+ copy with slight soil and wear covers in..... More
The Chinese Parrot
Indianapolis (1926): Bobbs-Merrill Company. First Edition. first printing, in about very good dust jacket, with price of $2.00 on front flap; a lovely, fine copy, internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. Dust jacket with chip at head of spine and a rather large closed tear on..... More
The House Without a Key (Inscribed)
Indianapolis (1925): Bobbs-Merrill Company. First Edition. first printing (without the bow & arrow on copyright page), publisher's tan cloth, printed in green. INSCRIBED in the year of publication to Tod Ford, III, with his name stamp on FEP. Light wear at extremities, small light stain, barely visible, at top of..... More
KEEPER OF THE KEYS. A Charlie Chan Story
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. Stated first edition. Price $2.00 on dust jacket front flap. Bound in black cloth with red lettering, pictorial endpapers. A near fine copy with owner name ffep in a very good- dust jacket with minimal fading spine, short..... 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 near fine copy in near fine, unclipped dust jacket;..... 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
SALVAGE FOR THE SAINT
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Beautiful copy. 191 pp. + Ad. The 50th Saint novel. More
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..... More
AFTER THE FUNERAL
London: The Crime Club, 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Octavo. Dated 1953 on page 191. First English Edition. Bound in red cloth. Very good+ with mild fading spine in a very good dust jacket with chips, short closed tears, and slight age darkening. 191 pp. 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
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 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. 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