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Badge of Evil
First Edition
London: W. H. Allen, 1956. 200 pages. The novel on which Orson Wells loosely based the 1958 film Touch of Evil starring Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Marlene Dietrich and Zsa Zsa Gabor. Masterson is a pseudonym for the American writing partnership of Bob Wade and H. Bill Miller. ISBN: 281AIB1046023.
First British edition (first printing). Red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Near fine in a dust jacket with a short closed tear to the cover and a short snag to the rear panel and spine head.
Book ID: 243628More details Price: $1,200.00 -
The Man Who Murdered Goliath
First Edition
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1938. 274 pages. Daniel Mainwaring (1902-1977) writing as Homes wrote a series of mystery novels before going on to a career as Hollywood screenwriter for films including The Big Steal, This Woman is Dangerous (starring Joan Crawford) and the original version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. ISBN: 281AIB1050609.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in black cloth with yellow lettering. Edge wear along lower spine. Some tanning in gutters. In a dust jacket with light fading to the spine and some loss at the head not affecting text, tear to the flap fold and a 2-inch tear at top of front edge.
Book ID: 267225More details Price: $400.00 -
Self-Portrait: Ceaselessly into the Past [Signed and Numbered]
First Edition
Santa Barbara: Capra Pres, 1981. 129 pages. An autobiography by the author of the Lew Archer series of hardboiled detective novels. 1 of 250 signed and numbered copies, there were also 26 slipcased lettered copies; a total edition of 276 copies signed by the author and Eudora Welty (who wrote the foreword) on the limitation page. There was also a trade edition. ISBN: 281AIB1043375.
First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. This being copy number 240.
Book ID: 218963More details Price: $250.00 -
Self-Portrait: Ceaselessly into the Past [Signed and Numbered]
First Edition
Santa Barbara: Capra Pres, 1981. 129 pages. An autobiography by the author of the Lew Archer series of hardboiled detective novels. 1 of 250 signed and numbered copies, there were also 26 slipcased lettered copies; a total edition of 276 copies signed by the author and Eudora Welty (who wrote the foreword) on the limitation page. There was also a trade edition. ISBN: 281AIB1043375.
First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. This being copy number 33.
Book ID: 218965More details Price: $250.00 -
The Place at Whitton
First Edition
New York: Walker and Company, (1964). 219 pages. The authors first book. ISBN: B0007ENR72.
First edition (first printing). Tanned pages else Near fine; in a dust jacket with a 1 inch closed tear to the front flap else near fine. Signed by the author on the title page dated 1995.
Book ID: 209173More details Price: $125.00 -
Death Before Bedtime
First Edition Thus
(New York): Armchair Detective Library, 1991. 213 pages. Originally published in 1953. Limited edition. Published simultaneously in trade, Limited and Collector editions, with a new 5-page introduction by the author. ISBN: 9780922890927.
First Armchair Detective Library edition (first printing, with number line including the 1). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. In a fine slipcase. One of 26 lettered copies. This is copy "W." Signed by the author as Gore Vidal on the limitation page.
Book ID: 175399More details Price: $125.00 -
Death in the Fifth Position
First Edition Thus
(New York): Armchair Detective Library, 1991. 221 pages. Originally published in 1952. Limited edition. Published simultaneously in trade, Limited and Collector editions, with a new 5-page introduction by the author. ISBN: 9780922890620.
First Armchair Detective Library edition (first printing, with number line including the 1). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. In a fine slipcase. One of 26 lettered copies. This is copy "J." Signed by the author as Gore Vidal on the limitation page.
Book ID: 175401More details Price: $125.00 -
Death Likes it Hot
First Edition Thus
(New York): Armchair Detective Library, 1990. 212 pages. Originally published in 1954. Limited edition. Published simultaneously in trade, Limited and Collector editions, with a new 5-page introduction by the author. ISBN: 9781562870010.
First Armchair Detective Library edition (first printing, with number line including the 1). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket, as issued. Minor scuffing to slipcase, else fine. Signed twice by the author, both as Edgar Box and Gore Vidal. One of 26 lettered copies. This is copy "I."
Book ID: 175400More details Price: $125.00 -
To the Bright and Shining Sun
(Huntington Beach, CA): (James Cahill Publishing), (1992). 241 pages. Illustrated by Joe Servello. One of 400 signed and numbered copies with a new introduction by Burke. Signed by Burke and Servello on a tipped in page. ISBN: B077LX89FR.
A fine copy; no jacket as issued. Slipcape a bit scuffed. No. 27 of 400 signed and numbered copies.
Book ID: 204755More details Price: $100.00 -
The Trial of Gregor Kaska
First Edition
New York: Henry Holt, 1932. 278 pages. Translated from the German by Winifred Ray. A mystery novel. ISBN: B001N8IM1C.
First American edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. A bit of chipping to spine ends, but an attractive copy of an uncommon book.
Book ID: 116608More details Price: $93.75 -
Faceless Killers
First Edition
London: The Harvill Press, 2000. 280 pages. The first Kurt Wallender mystery. This UK edition, published nine years after the Swedish first and three years after the American edition, was issued in both hardcover and paperback at the same time. This is the scarcer hardcover. ISBN: 9781860467806.
First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. With a label signed by Mankell laid in (not affixed).
Book ID: 210504More details Price: $50.00 -
Tough Guys Don't Dance [Franklin Library]
First edition
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1984. 229 pages. Bound in full leather, decorated in gilt, with gold edges, a silk bookmarker, and marbled endpapers. Issued simultaneously with the first trade edition. With a special message from the author. A murder mystery by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
First edition (first printing). Spotting to top edge gilt thus a near fine leatherbound copy. Signed by the author.
Book ID: 267570More details Price: $50.00 -
Ninth Life
First Edition
London: The Crime Club, 1965. 191 pages. By the prolific British crime writer. ISBN: 281AIB1047486.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a very good jacket with a few short creased snags to the edges. Former seller's small stylized sticker on front pastedown. Signed by the author on the title page.
Book ID: 262064More details Price: $50.00 -
Zero at the Bone
First Edition
London: The Crime Club, 1967. 224 pages. By the prolific British crime writer. ISBN: 281AIB1047487.
First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in a dust jacket with short tear at the spine fold and toning to the verso. Former seller's small stylized sticker on front pastedown. Signed by the author.
Book ID: 262065More details Price: $50.00 -
Blueprint for Murder
First Edition
London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, (n.d. but 1948). 192 pages. Early crime story by the British journalist and novelist. ISBN: 281AIB1047589.
First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket that is chipped and worn and the spine ends and corners. Spotting to page edges.
Book ID: 262179More details Price: $50.00 -
The Collected Stories of Chester Himes
First Edition
(London): Allison & Busby, 1990. 429 pages. A collection of crime fiction stories, some previously unpublished. ISBN: 9780850319323.
First edition (first printing). Minor edgewear and top-edge spotting, thus near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 161190More details Price: $50.00 -
Lost Echoes [Signed & Numbered]
First Edition
(Burton, MI): Subterranean Press, 2007. 330 pages. One of 400 signed and numbered copies. ISBN: 281AIB1041562.
First edition (first printing). Boards a bit splayed else a fine copy; in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the limitation page.
Book ID: 209177More details Price: $40.00 -
Freezer Burn [Signed & Numbered]
First Edition
Holyoke, MA: Crossroads Press, 1999. 245 pages. Illustrated by George Pratt. A bungling burglar hides out with the denizens of a traveling freak show. Classic Lansdale weirdness.
The trade edition was issued by the Mysterious Press. This is the limited edition of 400 numbered copies (there were also 26 lettered limiteds), all signed by the author. ISBN: 281AIB1044799.
First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author.
Book ID: 231014More details Price: $40.00 -
Wish Me Dead
First Edition
London: Eyre & Spottiswoods, 1960. 191 pages. A thriller written by Stacton under one of his many pseudonyms. ISBN: 281AIB1049028.
First edition (first printing). A very good copy in illustrated paper over board covers. Mild edge and corner wear. Inked price on front free endpaper. No dust jacket.
Book ID: 264487More details Price: $40.00 -
The Bright Nemesis
First Edition
London: Martin Secker, 1932. 314 pages. The author's second novel, a murder mystery set in a remote Balkan country named Corisco. ISBN: 281AIB1029679.
First British edition (first printing). A very good copy in orange cloth covers with bright gold lettering. Mild edge wear. Foxing to endpapers. Dust jacket mildly soiled and tanned with edge wear.
Book ID: 135481More details Price: $37.50