New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1950. First Edition. The Edgar Award-winning author's sixth novel, basis for Roy Ward Baker's 1952 film noir Don't Bother To Knock, starring Richard Widmark, Anne Bancroft in her film debut, and Marilyn Monroe in her first leading dramatic role. Hubin, p.14; The Dark Page, Vol.II, pp.4-5... More about MISCHIEF
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; rough brown cloth over boards, quarterbound in teal cloth, with titles and designed stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 186pp. Stamp of Edmund Grainger Productions on front endpaper, dated 1952, and likely from a production company involved... More about THE WAGES OF FEAR
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. / The Crime Club, 1980. First Edition. Attractive copy of the author's third collection of mystery short stories, featuring twelve tales which first appeared chiefly in the pages of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Hubin, p.16. First Printing, a Review Copy, with the publisher's... More about CASEBOOK OF THE BLACK WIDOWERS - REVIEW COPY, INSCRIBED
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New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1957. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original. Octavo (16.25cm); illustrated wrappers; yellow edge-staining; 161; 127pp. Pinpoint wear to extremities, some tanning to text edges, with a very faint rectangular rubber-stamp to upper edge of textblock; Very Good+ to Near Fine. Hubin, p.18. More about THE CASE OF THE BOUNCING BETTY [BOUND TOGETHER WITH] THE CASE OF THE BOUNCING VIRGIN
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965. First Edition. First novel featuring Ball's African American homicide detective Virgil Tibbs, who finds himself immersed in racial conflict after a murder takes place in a small Southern town. Winner of the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1966, and basis for... More about IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
New York: The Mystery League, Inc., 1931. First American Edition. Sharp copy of this Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title and early serial killer novel that author Vincent Starrett magnanimously cited as "one of the ten greatest detective novels ever written." Hubin, p.28; Pronzini & Muller, p.52. First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); black cloth... More about DEATH WALKS IN EASTREPPS
New York: Targ Editions, 1982. First Edition. An interesting bit of Sherlockiana. Toledano B68. One of 250 copies signed by the author, with signed frontispiece illustration by Gorey tipped onto verso of half-title page. Small octavo (15.75cm); purple cloth, with titles stamped in ivory on spine; illustrated glassine dustjacket; [vi],42,[4]pp... More about IRENE, GOOD-NIGHT - SIGNED
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. / The Crime Club, Inc., 1929. First American Edition. Attractive copy of this Haycraft-Queen cornerstone title and Berkeley's fifth novel featuring detective Roger Sherringham. A Crime Club offers to crack a case which has stumped Scotland Yard, involving an accidental death by poisoned... More about THE POISONED CHOCOLATES CASE
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1937. First American Edition. "A terminally ill man decides to murder someone evil, but an innocent man is accused of the crime. The well-meaning killer tries to prove his guilt (aided by Ambrose Chitterwick), and hires a lawyer to prosecute himself" (Bourgeau, p.118)... More about TRIAL AND ERROR
Paris: Denoël, 1952. First French Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in a Very Good+ example of the rare dustjacket. The jacket has one shallow chip at the crown of the spine, with a light rubbing and a several short closed tears to the extremities. The French crime fiction duo's..... More about CELLE QUI N'ETAIT PLUS... (DIABOLIQUE
London: Hutchinson & Co., 1959. First Edition. The fifth book by the French crime fiction duo, collecting two long stories written in their disturbing, suspenseful style - "The Evil Eye" and "The Sleeping Beauty". Among the authors' scarcer titles, with no corresponding American release. Hubin, p.39. First Impression. Octavo (19cm);... More about THE EVIL EYE
Paris: Denoël, 1957. First French Edition. First Printing. Near Fine in illustrated wrappers, a lovely copy of the French crime fiction duo's sixth book. Light rubbing along the hinges, a few glue ridges along the spine panel, and a some light browning to the text edges. This is a French..... More about LES MAGICIENNES (DOUBLE DECEPTION) - REVIEW COPY, INSCRIBED TO ALEXANDRE VIALATTE
Paris: Éditions Denoël, 1953. First French Edition. The second novel by the by the celebrated French crime fiction duo. The novel centers around an inventor who, while determined to develop the perfect lightbulb, is blinded during a freak lab accident and suffers a nervous breakdown. Though he is convinced he..... More about LES VISAGES DE L'OMBRE (FACES IN THE DARK) - REVIEW COPY, INSCRIBED BY BOTH AUTHORS
London: Hutchinson, 1956. First British Edition. Preceded only by the wrappered French First, the British Edition was the first in hardcover and the first to be translated into English. Basis for the 1958 film noir 'Vertigo,' directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring James Stewart and Kim Novak. The Dark Page... More about THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
London: Cassell & Co. Ltd., 1934. First Edition. First edition of the only novel to feature Bramah's wildly popular blind detective, Max Carrados. The plot centers around a criminal enterprise led by the evil Julian Joolby, who plans to flood the money markets with forged banknotes, with the goal of... More about THE BRAVO OF LONDON
New York: Greenberg, Publisher, Inc., 1927. First American Edition. Novel centering around a Paris doctor, a Jekyll and Hyde character acting as a "medical monster" in his clinic, exercising euthanasia and killing off poor victims with ghoulish powers. An attractive example of the Art Deco dustjacket designed by Paul A.... More about DR. MOREL
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New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1959. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original. Octavo (16.25); illustrated wrappers; yellow edge-staining; 125; 131pp. Pinpoint wear to extremities, faint vertical crease to left edge of Stranglehold, with a faint rubber-stamp to upper edge of textblock; Very Good+. Hubin, p.48. More about SCREAM STREET [BOUND TOGETHER WITH] STRANGLEHOLD
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1949. First Edition. The author's fifth mystery novel, basis for Gerd Oswald's 1958 film noir starring Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Harry Townes. The Dark Page, Vol.II, p.16-17. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); yellow textured paper-overed boards, with titling and publisher's logo..... More about THE SCREAMING MIMI
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1932. First Edition. A superb copy of the second Detective Stephen Harper mystery, a "yellow peril" novel set in New York City. The novel has everything going for it: death, dope, detection, and torture, all set in the streets of Chinatown. And for the record (we'll... More about LAUGHING DEATH
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1932. First Edition. A group of interconnected stories featuring Buchan's character Edward Leithen, centered around the adventures of a group of professional men who have been given a glimpse at the future; unable to share their secret knowledge, the characters attempt to either forestall or fulfill... More about THE GAP IN THE CURTAIN
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First Edition. Third novel featuring Royal Thai Police detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep. Dustjacket designed by Chip Kidd. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); black and blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 305, [5]pp. Signed by the author on the title page, dated... More about BANGKOK HAUNTS - SIGNED
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in plain orange wrappers. Burdett's third novel featuring Thai detective Sonchai Jitpleecheep; this copy has been signed by the author on the title page. More about BANGKOK HAUNTS - SIGNED UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2007. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in pictorial wrappers, a Dave Robicheaux novel set in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina. Uncommon in any sort of advance format. More about THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN - ADVANCE READING COPY
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [2008]. First Edition Thus. Handsome edition of the 16th Dave Robicheaux novel. Octavo (23.75cm); full dark brown leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; [x],373pp. Signed by the author on a special limitation page. A.... More about THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition. Scarce advance copy of one of Burnett's best-known novels, the story of a hardened criminal just out of prison, a heist gone bad, and a stand-off with police high in the snow-capped Sierra's. Basis for two superb adaptations: the 1941 film noir... More about HIGH SIERRA - ADVANCE COPY