West Drayton: Penguin Books. [1948]. First Paperback edition. Paperback. First Paperback Edition, originally issued by Michael Joseph in 1941. Small octavo, original printed wrappers. [173] pp. Issued as Penguin Books No. 630. Small erasure to front cover, a very good copy. More about DEATH AND MARY DAZILL
London: Penguin Books. [1953]. First Paperback edition. Paperback. First Paperback Edition, originally issued by Nicholson and Watson in 1936. Small octavo, original printed wrappers. [192] pp. Issued as Penguin Books No. 941. Small price sticker on front cover (50¢), else fine. ¶ Not every woman can collect her dethroned lovers... More about THREE SISTERS FLEW HOME
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers. [1928] [i.e., slightly later]. Early Edition. Hardcover. Reprint, first issued by Knopf in 1921. Octavo, original gray cloth stamped in red. 305 pp + [7] pp ads at rear. Private residence library label on front paste-down, squiggle (signature?) in pencil on front fly else... More about THE BOROUGH TREASURER
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original green cloth titled & with a pictorial device in black on front panel, titled in black with publisher's device on spine, publisher's device on rear panel. 311 pp + [6] pp ads at rear. A very... More about FALSE SCENT
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, No Date [1931]. Second Printing. Hardcover. Reprint, the second printing. Octavo, original orange cloth titled & ruled in black on front panel, titled in black with publisher's device on spine, publisher's device on rear panel. [313] + [6] pp ads at rear. Small erasure from front... More about THE MATHESON FORMULA
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, No Date [circa 1930]. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Reprint, the fourth printing. Octavo, original sage green cloth titled & with a pictorial device in dark green on front panel, titled in dark green with publisher's device on spine, publisher's device on rear panel. 312 pp + [8]... More about THE SAFETY PIN
New York: Dodd Mead and Company. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. First regularly published book edition. The third of three printings all dated 1897, this being the issue with the word 'Train' added to the title page and the last line of p. 164, being just : lady!". See BAL 6213... More about THE GREAT K & A TRAIN ROBBERY
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. 1929. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint, first issued in 1911. Octavo, original purple cloth titled in green. Spine panel somewhat faded. a few pages roughly opened towards the rear of the book; otherwise a very good copy, lacking the dust wrapper. ¶ A Dr. Thorndyke detective... More about THE EYE OF OSIRIS. A Detective Story
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. 1929. First American Edition. Hardcover. First American edition. Octavo, original black cloth titled & decorated in green. 358 pp. A few small stains but a very good clean copy, lacking the dust wrapper. ¶ A Dr. Thorndyke detective novel, one of the great detectives... More about A SILENT WITNESS
New York: Bookfinger, 1974. Re-Issue. Hardcover. Re-issue, first published in 1914. Octavo, original black cloth titled in gilt on spine. 296 pp. A near fine copy without dust jacket, as issued. Scarce. ¶ Episodic macabre mystery featuring Humphrey Challoner, "criminal anthropologist", who collects abnormal skeletons of animals - and the... More about THE UTTERMOST FARTHING. A Savant's Vendetta
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company. [1912]. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, later issue. Octavo, original pictorial gray cloth stamped in black, white and gold. 332 pp + [4] pp ads at rear. Frontispiece portrait of the author. This is the later issue; an earlier issue exists which bears the frontispiece... More about MY LADY'S GARTER
London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., No Date [1930's]. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint. Small format H&S 2/ series. Small octavo, original red boards decorated in blind, titled in black on spine. 283 pp. Minor dampstains, very good copy in dust wrapper. ¶ Mystery novel, translated from the French. More about THE HONOUR OF THE NAME
London: Hodder & Stoughton. No Date [circa 1920]. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint, the first English edition was Routledge, 1888. Small octavo, original red cloth boards decorated in blind and titled in black. Issued as a volume in Hodder & Stoughton's 2 /- Novels. Mild browning to text block, small tear at... More about OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY
London: Hammon, Hammond & Co. Ltd., 1957. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Original Wraps. Advance copy (Uncorrected Proof) of the first British Edition. Octavo, original tan printed wrappers. 192 pp. Small snag to the spine, a few short tears; very good. ¶ Issued earlier in the USA under the title 'What Crime... More about THE CASE OF THE HULA CLOCK
New York: William Morrow and Company. 1963. 1st edition. Minute bumps to cornrs; a fine copy in a very slightly rubbed, price-clipped dust wrapper. An attractive copy of the true 1st edition. More about THE CASE OF THE AMOROUS AUNT
New York: William Morrow and Company. 1983. First edition. Octavo, original boards with cloth spine. 324 pp. A fine bright copy in a fine dust wrapper. A collection of 'rip-roaring western stories' culled from the pages of ARGOSY magazine in the 1930's, here first collected. More about PAY DIRT And Other Whispering Sands Stories of Gold Fever and The Western Desert. Edited by...
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.,Inc. 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, original brown boards blocked in silver. 223 pp. A very good copy in a slightly worn dust jacket, a few small closed tears at edges, some stains to front panel, price clipped. Overall, quite decent... More about THE BLOODY BOKHARA
London and Manchester: A Cherry Tree Book. No Date [1940's]. First Paperback edition. Paperback. First Paperback Edition. Small octavo, original wrappers. 256 pp. Issued as Cherry Tree Book No. 41. A nearly fine copy in the original dust jacket which has a few short closed tears. A nice copy. More about RED ROPE
Toronto: Collins White Circle. 1944. First Canadian Edition. Paperback. First Canadian Edition. Small octavo, original printed wrappers. 192 pp. Issued as Collins White Circle Novel No. 203 (25¢). Covers quite creased, a good to VG copy. An Anthony Cook Mystery Novel. More about THE CASE OF THE TEA-COSY'S AUNT
New York: The Macmillan Company. 1933. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original black cloth stamped in white. Mild browning to endpapers, a clean, nearly fine copy in the original pictorial dust wrapper which has mild tanning to the spine panel. The price corner is clipped and there... More about THE CURTAIN OF STORM
New York: Grosset & Dunlap. [1928] [i.e., slightly later]. [1928] [i.e., slightly later]. Reprint. Reprint. Octavo, original red cloth stamped in black. Mild browning to endpapers, cloth worn at spine head; a very good copy in the original pictorial dust wrapper with some mild wear at edges. More about THE PORTRAIT INVISIBLE
New York: The Macmillan Company. 1929. Second printing. Hardcover. Second printing, November, 1929, one month after the first. Octavo, original black cloth stamped in yellow. Very good clean copy in a reprint Grosset & Dunlap dust wrapper, very good but with small chips and tears to the edges. The dust... More about THE SUBTLE TRAIL. Another Goldfish Story
New York: Pyramid Books, [1977]. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. First Edition. Small octavo, original pictorial wrappers. 144 pp. Issued as Pyramid Book No. V4206 ($1.25). A fine copy. Skull cover art. ¶ Classic pulp fiction. Skull Cover Art. Note: We have many other SHADOW paperbacks available in fine condition, please enquire. More about THE CREEPING DEATH. From The Shadow's Private Annals, as told to Maxwell Grant. Pyramid Books...
New York: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers. [1911] [i.e., slightly later]. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint edition, first issued by Dodd, Mead in 1911; this edition dates from circa 1919. Octavo, original red cloth embossed in blind and titled in dark blue. 356 pp + [10] pp publishers ads & [10] blank pages... More about INITIALS ONLY. With Frontispiece in Colors by Arthur I. Keller
New York: A.L. Burt Company, Publishers. [1910] [i.e., slightly later]. Early Edition. Hardcover. Early Reprint, 1st issued by Putnams in 1910. Octavo, original publisher's green cloth titled and decorated in red and dark green. 425 pp, frontispiece. Two names in pencil on front endpapers (the same name, twice); a very... More about THE HOUSE OF THE WHISPERING PINES