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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.

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.

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.

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.

New York: Walker and Company, (1964). 219 pages. The authors first book. ISBN: B0007ENR72.

(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.

(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.

(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.

(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.

[New Orleans, LA]: B. E. Trice, 1996. 297 pages. Book 9 in the Dave Robicheaux series. Published using first edition sheets and specially bound; this is one of 175 signed, numbered copies (there were also 26 lettered copies).

This edition was bound from the sheets used for the true first edition, the ABA Collectors edition, given as a promotion to booksellers. Like the ABA edition, the Trice copies have an 8-page gathering in the seventh position (the copies sold to the public had the smaller gathering in sixth position).

This copy is bound in blue cloth with a color illustration mounted on the front cover; issued in a matching slipcase. ISBN: B00FN9CUBU.

New York: Henry Holt, 1932. 278 pages. Translated from the German by Winifred Ray. A mystery novel. ISBN: B001N8IM1C.

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.

London: The Crime Club, 1965. 191 pages. By the prolific British crime writer. ISBN: 281AIB1047486.

London: The Crime Club, 1967. 224 pages. By the prolific British crime writer. ISBN: 281AIB1047487.

London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd, (n.d. but 1948). 192 pages. Early crime story by the British journalist and novelist. ISBN: 281AIB1047589.

London: Methuen & Co, 1945. Typed manuscript, 266 pages, presumed for a revised edition. Originally written in 1936. ISBN: 281AIB1050856.

(London): Allison & Busby, 1990. 429 pages. A collection of crime fiction stories, some previously unpublished. ISBN: 9780850319323.

(Burton, MI): Subterranean Press, 2007. 330 pages. One of 400 signed and numbered copies. ISBN: 281AIB1041562.

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.

London: Eyre & Spottiswoods, 1960. 191 pages. A thriller written by Stacton under one of his many pseudonyms. ISBN: 281AIB1049028.