Armstrong, Margaret.
Murder in Stained Glass (First Edition).
New York: Random House, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine a strong Very Good+, price-clipped dust jacket. Jacket is bright, with a few nicks at the extremities and light shelfwear. An attractive copy of the author's first book. [Book #110400]. (read more)

Barr, Nevada.
Track of the Cat (First Edition).
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Just a hint of toning at the page edges as usually found, else an unread copy. Author's first mystery. [Book #108217]. (read more)

Bentley, Edmund C.
The Woman in Black [Trent's Last Case] (First Editon).
New York: Century, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Published as "Trent's Last Case" in the UK. About Near Fine condition, lacking dust jacket. A lovely copy, with front board gilt exceptionally bright. A superb copy. [Book #108235]. (read more)

Biggers, Earl Derr.
Earl Derr Biggers Tells Ten Stories (First Edition).
Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Presumed First Edition, first printing. Near Fine or better in black cloth with blue and silver decoration and titles on the front board and spine, lacking the dust jacket. Owner name and address stamps on the front and rear flyleaves. Book shows a minor lean, else a sharp, attractive copy. [Book #98748]. (read more)

Blackburn, John.
Children of the Night (First Edition).
London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Extremely faint rubbing to the rear panel, else Fine in a Fine dust jacket, with no fading to the sensitive pink spine. Small owner name at the top of the front flyleaf. An exceptional copy of a scarce title. [Book #105509]. (read more)

Block, Lawrence.
The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep (Signed Limited Edition).
New York: Otto Penzler Books / Armchair Detective Library, 1994. First Edition. First printing of this edition, and first edition in hardcover. One of 100 copies (this being No. 44) bound in burgundy cloth with gilt titles and design, with a matching cloth slipcase. Fine condition. Originally published by Gold Medal in 1966 as a paperback original. [Book #102194]. (read more)

Brand, Max.
Dr. Kildare's Search (First Edition).
New York: Dodd Mead, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Bookplate to the front pastedown, completely hidden by front flap. Also includes "Dr. Kildare's Hardest Case." A collector's copy. [Book #77216]. (read more)

Brown, Fredric [Donald Westlake, introduction].
Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter: Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps, Volume 7 (Signed Limited Edition) .
Miami Beach: Dennis McMillan, 1986. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. one of 450 copies (this being No. 399) SIGNED by Donald Westlake, who provides the introduction. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. [Book #102406]. (read more)

Brown, Fredric; Elizabeth Brown (introduction).
Happy Ending: Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps, Volume 16 (Limited Edition).
Missoula, MT: Dennis McMillan, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket, one of 450 numbered copies (this being No. 338). The first hardcover collection of these pulp stories by Brown. Dust jacket art by Joe Servello, introduction by Elizabeth Brown. [Book #102405]. (read more)

Brown, Rita Mae.
The Hand That Cradles the Rock (Signed First Edition).
New York: New York University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Rita Mae Brown's very uncommon first book, a book of poetry which purports to be "the first book of poetry to be published in America by a feminist lesbian." A lovely copy of a book seldom found in this condition. [Book #109348]. (read more)

Burnett, W.R.
The Giant Swing (First Edition).
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. An attractive copy of this uncommon Burnett title, basis for the 1941 film, "Dance Hall," with Cesar Romero and Carole Landis. [Book #110496]. (read more)

Campbell, Harriette.
The Porcelain Fish Mystery (First Edition).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Backstrip lightly faded, owner initials on the front flyleaf, else book is clean and bright. Jacket is lightly shelfworn, with minute fray at the spine ends and a few short closed tears. An attractive copy. [Book #110402]. (read more)

Chesterton, G.K.
The Scandal of Father Brown (First Edition).
New York: Dodd Mead, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Slightest fading to the topstain, else a pristine copy, virtually as new. Chesterton's fifth Father Brown book, a collection of stories. [Book #110800]. (read more)

Christie, Agatha.
Poirot Loses a Client (First Edition).
New York: Dodd Mead, 1937. First Edition. First American Edition, first printing. Fine in a dust jacket that is Very Good or better. Jacket has small chips at corners, a few short closed tears and a minute, nearly imperceptible tape repair at the verso. A Hercule Poirot mystery. [Book #61263]. (read more)

Clinton-Baddeley, V. C.
My Foe Outstretch'd Beneath the Tree (First UK Edition).
London: Victor Gollancz, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition and true first, Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket with slight toning to the spine panel and one tiny closed tear to the top of the same. A very bright copy of the author's second thriller. [Book #81514]. (read more)

Cross, Amanda.
The James Joyce Murder (First Edition).
New York: Macmillan, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dust jacket. A collector's copy. [Book #77222]. (read more)

Davidson, Lionel.
A Long Way to Shiloh (First UK Edition).
London: Victor Gollancz, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition, first printing. and true first, Fine in orange cloth with gilt titles to the spine in Near Fine bright yellow jacket with a very slight fade to the spine. The jacket shows one tiny closed tear to the bottom edge of the rear panel with minor rubbing to the tips, else as new. A sharp copy. From the library of Bruce Kahn. [Book #82105]. (read more)

Day, Dianne.
The Strange Files of Fremont Jones (Signed First Edition).
Garden City: Doubleday, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Head of spine a little bumped, else Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. [Book #109373]. (read more)

Deighton, Len.
Funeral in Berlin (First Edition).
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. A bright copy with mild bumping to the extremities of the spine in a lightly soiled jacket with a bit of rubbing to the extremities and a few impressions to the top edge of the rear panel. Basis for the third of the three classic Deighton film adaptations (this being in 1966) starring Michael Caine as Harry Palmer. [Book #86752]. (read more)

Ellroy, James.
Because the Night (First UK Edition).
London: Mysterious Press, 1987. First Edition. First UK Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Book and jacket are Fine but for a small dampstain to the heel. [Book #44864]. (read more)

Ellroy, James.
White Jazz (First UK Edition).
London: Century, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. The UK edition of this title, like the others from this period, has become quite scarce. Fourth book in the L.A. Quartet. [Book #105635]. (read more)

Ford, G.M.
Cast in Stone (Signed Limited Edition).
New York: Walker and Company, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED and DATED in the year of publication by the author on the title page. One of 200 copies (this being no. 176) with a limitation page from the premiere signing at the Seattle Mystery Bookshop laid in (i.e. not attached). Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. The second Leo Waterman mystery. [Book #108059]. (read more)

Ford, G.M.
Who in the Hell is Wanda Fuca (Signed Limited Edition).
New York: Walker and Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. One of 200 numbered copies (this being no. 197) SIGNED and DATED in the year of publication by the author on the title page with a specially designed jacket for the premiere signing at Seattle Mystery Bookshop over the publisher's jacket. Fine and unread, both dust jackets Fine. The first Leo Waterman mystery. [Book #108058]. (read more)

Francis, Dick.
Blood Sport (First Edition).
New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First Edition. First American Edition, first printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. A very presentable copy, with a touch of soil to the top page edges, and light wear to the jacket crown. [Book #107897]. (read more)

Francis, Dick.
Break In (First UK Edition, Signed).
London: Michael Joseph, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition (and correct first), first printing. SIGNED by the author on the title page (with the non-personal inscription, "Hi!"). Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket, with a touch of the inevitable toning to the page edges, and neat cello tape reinforcement along the top and bottom edge of the jacket verso. Bookplate of noted collector Rolland Comstock at the front pastedown. [Book #104681]. (read more)

French, Tana.
In The Woods (First Edition).
New York: Viking Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. [Book #109038]. (read more)

Gardner, Erle Stanley.
The Case of the Sulky Girl (First Edition).
New York: William Morrow, 1933. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine lacking the rare dust jacket. An exceptionally bright, fresh copy, with only some offsetting to the endpapers and a couple of small blemishes to the topstain to note. Haycraft Queen cornerstone. [Book #110499]. (read more)

Goldman, William.
The Thing of It Is… (First Edition, Review Copy).
New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. REVIEW COPY, with publisher's slip tipped-in at the front pastedown. Owner bookplate to front flyleaf. An exceptional copy, uncommon thus. [Book #41015]. (read more)

Grafton, Sue.
E is for Evidence (First Edition, Signed in the year of publication).
New York: Henry Holt, 1988. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket, INSCRIBED by the author in 1988 (the year of publication) on the title page. [Book #56823]. (read more)

Grafton, Sue.
A is for Alibi (First UK Edition).
London: Macmillan, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition, first printing. Very Good+ in a Fine dust jacket. Binding cocked, with a bit of the usual toning at the page edges, else an attractive copy. [Book #108386]. (read more)

[Grisham, John] Verich, Thomas (compiled by).
Grisham: An Exhibition (Signed First Edition).
University of Mississippi Libraries, 1994. First Edition. First Edition, and only printing. SIGNED by John Grisham and inscribed: "To Diana / All best wishes / John Grisham." An exhibition catalog for the exhibit commemorating Grisham's success, held between April 10 and August 10, 1994, circa the release of "The Client." The front wrapper features the front panel of Grisham's scarce first book, "A Time to Kill" (published by Wynwood Press in 1989), as well as a blurb by the noted Southern writer Willie Morris. Compiled by Thomas Verich, Curator of Special Collections,The University of Mississippi. Fine in full-color, stapled wrappers as issued, with errata slip bound in. [Book #107246]. (read more)

Highsmith, Patricia.
The Cry of the Owl (First Edition).
New York: Harper, 1962. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. (and correct first), Near Fine in a Near Fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Neat contemporary owner name at the verso of the front flyleaf; jacket spine panel lightly toned. Basis for the 1987 film directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Christopher Malavoy and Mathilda May. A lovely copy. [Book #106657]. (read more)

Hobhouse, Adam.
The Hangover Murders (First Edition).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Very Good or better dust jacket, with small chips and shallow creasing at the extremities. Photo-illustrated jacket showing a woman screaming at the discovery of a man lying on the floor--though whether he is dead or just passed out is not clear. A very presentable copy. [Book #109993]. (read more)

Huch, Ricarda.
The Deruga Trial (First Edition).
New York: Macaulay (Macauley), 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition in English, Near Fine in a bright, Very Good+ dust jacket. Slight chipping at spine extremities, light wear at corners. Translated from the German by Lorna Dietz. Extremely scarce in dust jacket. [Book #18934]. (read more)

Hunter, Stephen.
The Master Sniper (First UK Edition).
London: William Heinemann, 1980. First Edition. First UK Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket, SIGNED by the author on the title page. The popular author's first book. Closed tear to top of front panel at hinge. [Book #60648]. (read more)

Kaminsky, Stuart.
Never Cross a Vampire (First Edition).
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Light rubbing to the extremities of the book and jacket with one tiny bruise and crease to the bottom edge of the jacket front panel. A lovely copy of the fifth Toby Peters mystery, featuring Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula, and William Faulkner, as Hollywood Screenwriter. From the library of Bruce Kahn. [Book #82144]. (read more)

Latimer, Jonathan.
Black Is The Fashion For Dying (First Edition).
New York: Random House, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. A murder mystery set in Hollywood. A bright lovely copy. [Book #86667]. (read more)

Leon, Donna.
Death at La Fenice (Signed First Edition).
New York: Harper Collins, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. SIGNED by the author on a Palm Beach Literary Society bookplate tipped-in at the front flyleaf. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. Spine ends very slightly tapped. Dust jacket has tiny scratch to the rear panel. Author's first novel, introducing Guido Brunetti. [Book #105836]. (read more)

Little, Constance and Gwyneth.
The Black Shrouds (First Edition).
Garden City: Doubleday, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fair to Good in a like dust jacket. Backstrip toned, brief staining to the boards, faint mottling to endpapers. Jacket is complete, but is tired, with small chips, creasings, and closed tears. [Book #110396]. (read more)

Lovesey, Peter.
The Detective Wore Silk Drawers (First UK Edition).
London: Macmillan, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK Edition (and correct first), first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Author's second book, and the second Sgt. Cribb and Constable Thackeray mystery, set in the 1880's. [Book #99543]. (read more)

MacDonald, John D.
A Tan and Sandy Silence (First Hardcover Edition).
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1979. First Edition. First Edition in hardcover, Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket, with a touch of fading to the brown on the jacket spine panel. A lovely, unread copy of a book normally found with condition issues. [Book #102729]. (read more)

[MacDonald, John D.] Corley, Donald.
The Haunted Jester (First Edition, John D. MacDonald's copy, signed).
New York: Robert M McBride, 1931. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Very Good+ lacking dust jacket. Author John D. MacDonald's copy, with his signature to the front pastedown and his stamp to the front flyleaf. A very slight lean, else a Near Fine copy. [Book #38686]. (read more)

[MacDonald, John D.] Roughead, William; Alexander Woolcott (introduction).
The Murderer's Companion (Hardcover, John D. MacDonald's copy).
New York: Press of the Reader's Club, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition, with a new introduction by Alexander Woolcott, Near Fine lacking dust jacket. Author John D. MacDonald's copy, with his stamp at the top of the front flyleaf. Includes Malice Domestic or The Balham Mystery, Poison in the Pantry or Dr. Pritchard Revisited, The Wolves of the West Port or A Tale of Terror, the Sandyford Mystery or Which Was the Murderer, The Shadow on Shandy Hall or What Love Costs an Old Man, The Slatter Case: A Retrospect. [Book #38680]. (read more)

MacDonald, Philip.
The Crime Conductor: An Adventure of Colonel Anthony Gethryn (First Edition, Review Jacket).
Garden City: Doubleday Doran Crime Club, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Publisher's review jacket, slightly taller than that of the trade edition. Faint, barely discernible vertical crease to jacket spine. A collector's copy of MacDonald's fourteenth book, and seventh Colonel Anthony Gethryn mystery. Subscriber's edition. [Book #76883]. (read more)

MacDonald, Philip and A. Boyd Correll.
The Dark Wheel (First Edition, Review Copy).
New York: William Morrow, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. REVIEW COPY, with publication date stamped on the front flap of the jacket: "Publication Date / Feb 11 1948." Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket, with a very faint vertical fold crease at the left edge of the front panel. A superior copy of this easily-worn title. [Book #110475]. (read more)

MacDonald, Ross.
The Instant Enemy (First Edition).
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Very Good+ in a Near Fine dust jacket. Slight lean to the binding, lightest corner rubbing to the jacket. A Lew Archer mystery. [Book #68373]. (read more)

Maling, Arthur.
The Rheingold Route (First Edition).
New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. [Book #81498]. (read more)

Mankell, Henning; Laurie Thompson (translator).
The White Lioness (Signed First Edition, Review Copy).
New York: New Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition, first printing. Fine in Fine dust jacket, SIGNED by the author on the title page. REVIEW COPY with publisher's review materials laid in. The author's second mystery featuring Inspector Kurt Wallander. [Book #80961]. (read more)

McCarry, Charles.
Shelley's Heart (First Edition).
New York: Random House, 1995. First Edition. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. McCarry's least common title, published late in his career and never reprinted. A mystery involving a Supreme Court Justice. [Book #86716]. (read more)

Millar, Kenneth.
Trouble Follows Me (First Edition).
New York: Dodd Mead, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, first printing. Fine and unread lacking the dust jacket. A lovely copy. [Book #76803]. (read more)