New York: DC Comics, 1989-1990. A collection of ten original comics featuring Doc Savage, published by DC, all SIGNED by writer Mike W. Barr on the front wrappers. Doc Savage was featured by DC Comics beginning with a four-issue mini-series in 1987, followed by twenty-four issues, including an annual issue. Other characters throughout the run included Doc's love interest Monya...
New York: Congdon and Lattes, Inc. / St. Martin's Press, 1981. First Edition. 1982 Edgar Award winner and the first Bayer novel to feature NYPD lieutenant Frank Janek, the author's favored protagonist. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket has a single, small closed tear at the top of the each panel, a faint, two inch scratch...
Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1953. Final Draft script for the 1953 film. The twelfth installment in the "Jungle Jim" series, based on the comic strip character created by Alex Raymond in 1934. Rather than a wild man like Tarzan, Jungle Jim is a hunter, and the action is set in Asia rather than Africa. Jim brings justice to the...
New York: Walker and Company, 1988. First Edition. Book two in Rachel Hennings mystery series, this one detailing the Los Angeles bookseller and amateur sleuth's involvement in the murder of a popular 1930's crime writer. Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket flaps lightly toned, with a touch of rubbing to front panel.
Los Angeles: Jack Stewart and Associates, Circa 1950. Original radio script for "The Dead Are Never Lonely," episode 474 of season 10 (Sept. 25, 1950) of the popular radio program, "Inner Sanctum Mystery." The series aired from January 7, 1941 to October 5, 1952, and was created by producer Himan Brown. A total of 527 episodes were broadcast, most of...
Belen, New Mexico: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1985. First Edition. One of 350 numbered copies (this being No. 135) SIGNED and numbered by the author and his son, Allen Browne, the artist for the dust jacket. A Paul Pine mystery novel. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Some very faint foxing to the page edges and boards. Jacket lightly...
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1957. First Edition. The fourth Paul Pine novel, the previous three written under the pseudonym John Evans. Near Fine in a Vert Good dust jacket. Jacket spine lightly faded, with light chipping and soil.
London: Collins, 1971. First Edition, no US equivalent. The third Detective-Inspector Leric mystery. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket. Only a touch of soil at the top page edges to note. An attractive copy.
London: Quality Press, 1946. First Edition. The seventeenth John Piper mystery. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket, with a few nicks at the spine ends and extremities. A bright, clean copy.
New York: Scibner, 1995. First Edition. The second Cliff Janeway mystery novel. Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket heel and crown lightly rubbed.
New York: Scribner, 2006. First Edition. Book Five and the conclusion of the Cliff Janeway series of crime novels. Lower board corners lightly tapped, else Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. A very bright, attractive copy.
London: Quality Press, 1946. First Edition. The second Inspector Ghent and Sergeant Paul Dean mystery. Near Fine in a solid Very Good dust jacket. Pages toned as usual. Jacket has a price sticker affixed to mid-spine noting a price of "2 -," with some rubbing and a small chip to the crown (titling not affected).
London: MacDonald, 1947. First Edition. The twelfth Chief Inspector Sir John Meredith mystery. Jacket design by Stein. About Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Book is clean but with the slightest lean. Jacket minutely rubbed at the corners, with a couple of short closed tears. A bright, clean copy.
New York: Macmillan, 1933. First Edition. The last Francis Galt novel, set in New York City. Very Good in a Good dust jacket. Light rubbing, three-inch split to rear hinge. Large chips to the jacket extremities, large dampstain, and sunning to the jacket spine.
New York: Macmillan, 1929. First Edition. The second Francis Galt novel, set in New York City. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Light bumps at the extremities, offsetting to the endpapers. Jacket spine fold professionally repaired on the verso, small chips at the extremities.
New York: Rinehart, 1954. First Edition. A Johnny Fletcher mystery. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Bruising to the front flap affecting a small portion of the text, else Near Fine with a lightly faded spine.
New York: Henry Holt, 1940. First Edition. The third Michael Shayne novel, basis for the 1946 film "Murder is My Business," directed by Sam Newfield, and starring Hugh Beaumont as Shayne. Scarce. Very Good plus lacking the dust jacket. Slight lean, with light rubbing to the extremities.
London: Constable, 1955. First Edition. Third volume in the author's "Gorse" series. Jacket design by Gross-Andre. Near Fine in a Very Good plus jacket. Jacket shows a bit of fray to the spine ends, else quite nice.
New York: Henry Holt, 1986. First Edition. A Dave Brandstetter mystery novel. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1984. First Edition. The seventh installment in the Dave Brandsetter mystery series, featuring the aforementioned openly gay private insurance investigator. Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Some light rubbing overall, with a faint sticker residue on the front panel, and a few light scratches at the rear.
New York: Putnam, 1965. First American Edition. A Coffin Ed Johnson and Gravedigger Jones mystery, basis for the 1970 film directed by Ossie Davis and starring Godfrey Cambridge. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Owner name stamps to the front and rear pastedowns, in both cases partially obscured by the flaps. Jacket has a one inch closed...
Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press, 1995. First Edition. Book one in the Holland Taylor mystery series and the 1995 Edgar Award winner for Best First Novel. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket, with Edgar Award winner sticker on the front panel.
London: Robert Hale, 1981. First Edition. The fourteenth of the author's fifteen novels in the Inspector Anders police procedural series. No US equivalent. Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, about Near Fine dust jacket.
New York: Henry Holt, 1995. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. A sardonic murder mystery set in the affluent though often volatile world of art dealing. First installment in the "Fred Taylor" mystery series. Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed, with a faint, three-quarter inch scratch on the rear panel.
London: Macdonald, 1961. First Edition, no US equivalent. The first Adam Gifford mystery. Jacket design by Stein. Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. A superb copy.
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1966. First Edition. A Power Boys Adventure mystery. Near Fine with no dust jacket as issued. Slight lean, with a touch of laminate lift and light rubbing at the spine.
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1964. First Edition. The second Power Boys Adventure mystery. Near Fine with no dust jacket as issued. A touch of laminate lift and light rubbing at the spine and extremities.
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1964. First Edition. A Power Boys Adventure mystery. Very Good with no dust jacket as issued. Owner name on the front endpaper, with some laminate lift at the spine, and light rubbing to the board edges.
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1965. First Edition. A Power Boys Adventure mystery. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Some mild rubbing overall, and a touch of laminate lift at the spine and extremities.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1962. First Edition. The eighth Inspector Fadiman Wace mystery. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket. Price of 15s net present at the bottom of the front flap. A superb copy.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1962. First Edition. The sixth Inspector Fadiman Wace mystery. Jacket design by Jenifer Armour. Owner name and address label on the front flyleaf, else Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket with a couple of small, shallow chips at the spine ends, and a bit of rubbing here and there.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1938. First UK Edition, preceding all others. A Roderick Alleyn mystery. Very Good plus lacking the dust jacket. Slight lean, with offsetting to the endpapers.
New York: Ballantine / Del Rey, 1979. First Edition in hardcover. Preceded by a paperback original, also published by Ballantine Books in 1971. The second installment in Anne McCaffrey's prolific and celebrated "The Dragon Riders of Pern" series. Notable for its shift towards a feminine perspective in science fiction, basically unheard of prior to McCaffrey's influence. "Dragonflight," the first novel...
London: Minnow Press, 2005. First printing of this edition. Originally published by Michael Joseph in 1940. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1957. First Edition. A Wilderness Mystery Series installment. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Some laminate lift at the spine and light rubbing to the spine and extremities.
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1954. First Edition. A Wilderness Mystery Series installment. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Very slight lean, with some mild rubbing overall, and a touch of laminate lift at the spine and extremities.
London: Fox Film Corporation, 1996. First UK Edition, preceding all others. An art world-based crime novel. Book six in the Jonathan Argyel mystery series. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket. Tiny tap to the bottom of spine panel.
New York: Scribner, 1994. First American Edition. Book five in the Jonathan Argyll mystery series. A very faint scratch to the jacket's front panel, else Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1993. First American Edition. Originally published in 1991 by Victor Gollancz Ltd. Book two in the Flavia Di Stefano mystery series. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Crown lightly tapped. Jacket has a small crease along the top edge of the rear panel, with mild rubbing overall.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. First Edition. A Norma and Alexander Gold mystery. Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. A light offsetting from a small sticker on front endpaper. Jacket is lightly rubbed at the spine and extremities.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1989. First UK Edition, preceding all others. SIGNED and dated in the year of publication by the author on the title page. Book three in the Augustus Maltravers mystery series. Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
London: William Heinemann, 1980. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The first Ballantyne novel. Near Fine, with a slight lean, in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket spine lightly faded, with a short closed tear the the bottom front flap fold, and light rubbing and edgewear.
London: Macmillan, 1993. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The first Egyptian novel. Near Fine, with some light soil, in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dust jacket.
London: William Heinemann, 1977. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The third Courtney novel. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Top page edge lightly foxed, slight lean. Jacket lightly rubbed, with minor edgewear, and light foxing to flaps edges and jacket verso.
London: William Heinemann, 1977. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The third Courtney novel. Very Good plus in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Faint foxing to the top page edge, small bruise to the front pastedown. Jacket Light fading to the spine, shallow diagonal crease to the front flap, and faint foxing to the same.
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1927. First UK Edition, preceding all others. Book two in the Clinton Driffield mystery series. Very Good lacking the dust jacket. Vintage bookstore label to the rear pastedown. Fading to the spine titling, with a little splitting to the front hinge, and rubbing to the board edges.
New York: Viking Press, 1997. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Book two in the Streeter mystery series. Near Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket.
New York: Viking Press, 1996. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. The first book in the Streeter mystery series, and the author's first published work overall. Fine and unread in a Near Fine dust jacket. A touch of fading to the jacket spine.
New York: Viking Press, 1998. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Third book in the Streeter mystery series. Near Fine in a Fine dust jacket. Slight lean, with light rubbing overall.
New York: Viking Press, 1999. First Edition. The fourth Streeter mystery novel. Jacket heel has a tiny bit of rubbing, else Fine and unread in a Fine dust jacket.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1936. First American Edition. Book twenty-three in the Dr. Priestley series of mystery novels, this one involving the murder by poisoning of the wealthy Victor Harleson. Very Good lacking the dust jacket. Faint, partially erased owner name and additional faint pencil notations to the front pastedown. Slight lean and light rubbing overall.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1938. First American Edition. Published the same year in England. A Dr. Priestley detective story, and a Red Badge Mystery. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Light rubbing to the extremities, faint foxing. Jacket spine slightly sunned, light rubbing overall, with a few small chips and dampstains.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1955. First Edition. The sixth Abercrombie Lewker mountain murder mystery, set in Nepal. Near Fine in a Near Fine, price clipped dust jacket. Small, neat owner name on the front flyleaf. An attractive copy.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1963. First Edition. The twelfth Abercrombie Lewker mountain mystery, set in Norway. Near Fine in a Near Fine, price clipped dust jacket.
New York: Ives and Washburn, 1959. First American Edition. The ninth Abercrombie Lewker mountain murder mystery, set in Wales. Jacket design by Bob Ritter. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket rubbed, particularly at the corners, with a couple of short closed tears and a small splash at the top left corner of the rear panel. A....
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1952. First American Edition. The fourth Abercrombie Lewker mountain murder mystery, set in Wales. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Neat owner name on the front flyleaf. Jacket rubbed, and with a few nicks and short closed tears. A very nice copy overall.
London: Michael Joseph, 1971. First Edition. The sixth and final Timothy Herring mystery. Jacket design by John Storey. Fine in a bright, Near Fine dust jacket.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First Edition. A Philo Vance story. Basis for the 1934 film starring Warren William as Philo Vance. Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket lightly chipped, with cello tape reinforcements to the verso, and light rubbing to the flap folds, but otherwise bright and unfaded.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First Edition. Basis for the 1939 film, directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Gracie Allen, Warren William, and Ellen Drew. A Philo Vance mystery. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Bookplate to the front pastedown, covered completely by jacket flap. Jacket is lightly rubbed, with a few short closed tears...
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Company, 1961. First Edition. A Brains Benton mystery novel. Very Good plus with no dust jacket as issued. Slight lean, with light rubbing to the spine and extremities.