Results for: Mystery
He Could Not Have Slipped!
Beeding, Francis.
New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1939.
Red cloth with black lettering. Slight wear to edges and corners of baords, though lower corners and head and heel of spine are bumped. Small dent in edge of both boards. Page edges a bit soiled. A few lower corners have small creases. Dj is soiled and heavily chipped with a number of tears, most closed, though not all. Largest chip is a long 1/2 inch by 2.5 inch strip at top, cutting off "By the author of MUR -". Flaps are intact, and "Price / $2.00" remains on first flap. Pencil notes to last flap. A scarce first American printing of this mystery novel, which is rather uncommon in any edition. Beeding was the pseudonym of Hilary Aiden Saint George Saunders (1898-1951) writing in conjuction with his best friend John Palmer (1885-1944). Saunders later became a popular historian of World War II writing for the British Government and after the war was librarian of the House of Commons. The pair wrote over 30 novels under this name. Their best known works were "House of Dr. Edwarddes" adapted into Hitchcock's "Spellbound" and "Death Walks in Eastrepps".
Price: $250.00
Poppy Done to Death.
Harris, Charlaine.
New York, NY: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003.
Octavo. Light wear to edges of boards. Dj has light wear along edges with a crease along front inner flap and some minor scuffing to covers. 230 pages. An Aurora Teagarden mystery. A work by the author of the popular Sookie Stackhouse Vampire series.
Price: $30.00
A Study in Surmise: The Making of Sherlock Holmes.
Harrison, Michael.
Bloomington: Gaslight Publications, 1984..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in gold binding with red decorations without dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards with bumping on heel and head of spine. Slight scuffing to covers. 274 pages with illustrations, footnotes, 4 appendices, and index.
Price: $15.00
Spotlight on a Simple Case or Wiggins, Who Was That Horse I Saw With You Last Night?
Morgan, Robert S. decorations by Edgar W. Smith. Frontispiece by Arthur Josephson.
New York, NY: Magico Magazine, [1984].
Slight wear to edges and corners. Light scuffing to covers. 51 p. w/illustrations. Morgan makes a case that Holmes was dressed as a horse and pulling a cab while conducting surveillance during events in the Study in Scarlet.
Price: $20.00
The Bodies in the Bessledorf Hotel.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.
New York, NY: Atheneum, 1986.
Light wear to edges of boards with light bumping to heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges and minor scuffing to covers. Previous owner's name written on front free endpaper. Inscribed by author to previous owner on title page. 132 pages. A Bernie Magruder mystery.
Price: $20.00
The Harry Chronicles.
Pedrazas, Allan.
St. Martins:1995..
1st printing. Fine in very good dust jacket. Dj has some shelf wear to edges and corners. An Edgar Award nominee for Best First Novel, this novel introduces the Florida private eye Harry Rice. Novel also won the Private Eye Writers of America/St. Martins Press contest for best first private eye novel.
Price: $18.00
Problems Solved.
Pronzini, Bill, and Barry N. Malzberg.
Norfolk: Crippen & Landru, 2003..
Limited edition, signed by both authors on the front fly page. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards. The dj has light wear along the edges and slight scuffing to the covers. 165 pages. A collection of the collaborations between Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg.
Price: $35.00
Lifeblood.
Rudolph, Penny.
Scottsdale, AZ: Poison Pen Press, 2007.
Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of dj. SIGNED by the author on title page, name only. 316 p. A mystery set in downtown Los Angleles with a struggling and alcoholic Hispanic protaganist, Rachel Chavez, and 2 missing Mexican boys, one dead and the other alive.
Price: $25.00
Sherlock Holmes by Gas-Lamp: Highlights from the First Four Decades of The Baker Street Journal.
Shreffler, Philip A., editor.
New York, NY: Fordham University Press, 1989.
Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear to edges of covers with minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Dj has light wear along edges and slight scuffing to covers. 423 pages with notes, illustrations, and select bibliography.
Price: $20.00
