New York: Walker and Company, 1963. First American Edition. Le Carré's second novel, the only one of his novels placing George Smiley in a setting outside the espionage community. Basis for Gavin Millar's 1991 film of the same name, starring Denholm Elliott, Glenda Jackson, and a young Christian Bale. Hubin..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1962. First American Edition. Le Carré's debut novel, which introduced the world to master spy George Smiley. Basis for Sidney Lumet's 1967 neo noir The Deadly Affair, starring James Mason, Simone Signoret, and Maximilian Schell. Hubin, p.243; Barzun & Taylor 2141. First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm);..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1964. First American Edition. Le Carré's third and best-known novel, one that changed the direction of modern espionage fiction. The novel is "not so much concerned with the machinations of espionage as with the machinations of the minds of those in the profession; not so much..... More
New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., [1951]. First Edition. Slim octavo (16.25cm); pictorial card wrappers, stapled; [64]pp. Contemporary owner's name and date to title page, with some pinpoint wear, a few faint creases to extremities, and light wear along the spine-fold; Very Good+. First separate appearance of this story about..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1936. First Edition. Greene's seventh novel, published in the UK under the title A Gun for Sale. "A hired gunman (English underprivileged youth) murders a socialist minister on the Continent and almost plunges Europe into war. Insp. Mather trails him, but M.'s own..... More
London: Philip Allan, 1934. First Edition. Anthology of ten stories, issued as ninth of the fourteen-volume Creeps series published between 1932-36. Notable for containing the first appearance in book format of Lord Dunsany's story "The Two Bottles of Relish." "The story, an unqualified tour de force, has an interesting and..... More
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1926. First Edition. The native Jamaican author's first novel, and the first of three mystery novels he would go on to write between 1926-35. Walter Adolphe Roberts (1886-1962) was an author of mixed-racial heritage, whose Haunting Hand is generally credited as being the first mystery..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. First American Edition. A psychologically complex family tragedy, and the first of four novels that took Ellery Queen beyond Manhattan to the a quiet hamlet called Wrightsville. "Needing a place to stay where he can write a novel, he rents a house from Wrightsville's..... More
London: Arthur Barker Ltd., 1934. First U.K. Edition. Hammett's fifth and final novel, a commercial success upon publication, selling more than 30,000 copies within a few months of its release on 8 January, 1934. The UK edition followed Knopf's four months later, with portions of the text revised by Hammett..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1956. First Edition. The 54th Perry Mason novel, centered around a temp typist who runs out of Mason's office in a hurry, after which he and Della Street discover a clutch of diamonds stuck to the bottom of her desk with chewing gum. Her..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1947. First Edition. Sharp copy of the 29th Perry Mason novel, beginning with a hit-and-run accident in California's Imperial Valley. The plot centers around two attractive fan dancers sharing the same name, two bloody ostrich fans, a samurai sword, and a horse with an..... More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1930. First Edition. Grim underworld novel centered around 20 year-old Harry Pyler, a bank robber and embezzeler convicted and sentenced to hard labor. Upon escaping from prison, he refuses to reform his old ways, joins up with a gang of bank robbers, and..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. First American Edition. The first of 26 novels in the writing duo's successful series featuring British Intelligence agent Tommy Hambledon - a gritty, realistic tale of espionage set during the end of World War I. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title. Barzun & Taylor 869; Hubin..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1926. First Edition. Biggers's second Charlie Chan novel, in which a string of pearls holds the key to the death of a mysterious millionaire. Chan travels from Hawaii to California and goes undercover in the desert to find the answer to a clue spoken in Chinese..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1976. First Edition. Patterson's first book, a novel of racism and murder in the American South, the ensuing manhunt for the killer. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery. Hubin, p.312. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black and blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1929. First American Edition. The author's eighth pseudonymous novel featuring Dr. Eustace Hailey, a Harley Street mental health practitioner and amateur sleuth. Hubin, p.435. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); beige cloth, with titles stamped in pink on spine and front cover; pink topstain; dustjacket; [4],5-303,[1]pp. Spine ends..... More
Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company Publishers, 1940. First Edition. Apparently the only published novel by the Iowa-born Stimson (1897-1946), a mystery set in a California town that provides realistic details on marijuana trafficking by sea. The Hubin-listed novel and its enigmatic author are little-referenced, though a generous synopsis was provided by..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. / The Crime Club, Inc., 1929. First Edition. A well-preserved copy of this elusive, early Crime Club title, and the only mystery novel published by Nebraska author Sherlock Bronson Gass (1878-1945). "A tap on the shoulder dramatically summons young Dr. Stoughton to..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1930. First American Edition. An early novel by Jepson (1863-1938), in which a serial killer stacks up a pretty healthy body-count as he works through the guest list of a dinner party thrown by a wealthy businessman and war profiteer. The cast of characters..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1963. First Edition. Le Carré's third and best-known novel, one that changed the direction of modern espionage fiction. The novel is "not so much concerned with the machinations of espionage as with the machinations of the minds of those in the profession; not so much what..... More
New York: Various Publishers, 1975-2005. First Editions. Significant association copies of Crumley's complete novels featuring down-and-out detectives Milo Milodragovitch and C.W. Sughrue, set in fictional Meriwether, Montana. "Both are alcoholics and cocaine addicts; both are divorced war veterans who are fond of firearms, military tactics, and fistfights over small matters;..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition. Chandler's third novel, set largely in Pasadena, with a complex plot involving counterfeiting, blackmail, and the theft of a rare and valuable American coin. Basis for John Brahm's 1947 film noir The Brasher Doubloon, starring Nancy Guild, Conrad Janis, Roy Roberts, Fritz..... More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905. First American Edition. A sharp copy of this significant collection, featuring the resurrection of Sherlock Holmes after his fictional death in "The Final Problem" (1893). By 1906 McClure, experiencing financial difficulties, had transferred rights to the popular edition to Doubleday, Page & Co..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1923. First American Edition. A well-preserved copy of Freeman's fifth Dr. Thorndyke book, first published in 1912 by Hodder & Stoughton. "The Singing Bone consists of five novelettes, averaging a bit over fifty pages each: "The Case of Oscar Brodski," "A Case of Premeditation,"..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1913. First American Edition. Sharp copy of the fifth novel in Maurice LeBlanc's series featuring gentleman burglar Arsène Lupin, first serialized in Le Journal as Le Bouchon de Cristal (1912). "Arsène Lupin is baffled at every turn by a bestial député who commits..... More