1964.
london: the crime club. 5 x 7.5 inches. 160 pages. hardcover. bound in crimson cloth-covered boards. book condition: library card to front free-end paper. heavy soiling and toning to block. bumping to spine. sticker residue to boards. very good. jacket condition: bumping to spine. light staining to.....
mass market paperback, 1960.
greenwich, connecticut: fawcett publications, inc. 7 x 4.15 inches. 126 pages. softcover. bound in pictorial paper wrappers. book condition: creasing to paper wrappers, heavy creasing to back wrapper, foot of foredge heavily creased. good++.
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second printings, 1995.
volumes 3, 6, 9, 10, and 11.
australian lesbian detective series from naiad press, a foundational publisher of lesbian literature in the United States.
down under: a detective inspector carol ashton mystery, book 3. alahassee, florida: the naiad press. 8.5 x 5.5 inches.....
first edition, 1992.
new york: alfred a. knopf. 5.5 x 9.5 inches. 523 pages. hardcover. bound in pictorial paper-covered boards. book condition: owner's inscription to pastedown, light bumping to spine. near fine. jacket condition: light scratches throughout. unclipped($23.00). near fine-.
first us edition, 1928. scarce.
published for the crime club, inc.
garden city, new york: doubleday, doran & company. 336 pages. 5 x 7.5 inches. hardcover. bound in black cloth-covered boards. book condition: small los to spine. mild shelfwear. light toning. very good--. jacket condition: notable shelfwear.....
signed first edition, 1979.
london: victor gollancz ltd. isbn: 0575025840. 5.25 x 8 inches. 157 pages. hardcover. bound in paper-covered boards. book condition: owner signature to front free-endpaper. near fine. jacket condition: unclipped (4.95) fine.
first american edition, 2018.
translated from the polish by antonio lloyd jones.
new york: riverhead books. isbn: 978-0-525-54133-2. 274 pages. 8.6 x 5.85". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: gentle shelfwear. near fine. jacket condition: unclipped($27.00). fine.
first edition, 1962.
this mystery novel was the final work of acclaimed american author shirley jackson (1916-1965). oft described as her "best book" and "masterpiece," "we have always lived in the castle" tells the story of a peculiar girl named merricat who lives with her small family in isolation.....
second paperback printing, 1992.
new york: alfred a knopf. isbn: 0-679-41032-5. 524 pages. 5.5x9.2". softcover. bound in paper wrappers. book condition: mild shelfwear throughout. crease to head of front cover. fine-.
signed first edition, 2013.
follows thirteen-year-old theodore decker whose life spirals out in unexpected ways after he survives a terrorist attack at the metropolitan museum of art which kills his mother. tartt's novel received polarizing reviews but nonetheless was the 2014 winner of the pulitzer prize for fiction and.....
first uk edition, 1958.
during her life the prolific horror and mystery writer shirley jackson published some six novels, two memoirs, and over two hundred short stories. this novel describes the experiences of twelve people in a mansion at the end of the world. jackson's book was first published.....
first edition, 1992.
a group of classics students at a liberal arts college in rural vermont grapple with the death of their friend under unusual circumstances.
tartt's debut novel was a quick bestseller. it is by-and-large considered the inspiration for the "dark academia" internet trend of the.....
first us edition, 1997.
with a phone call from a seductive voice, toru okada's mundane and ordinary existence gradually unravels into a surreal journey in search of his lost wife. diving into a realm of mystery, murakami crafts a tale of intrigue as he plumbs into the existential.....
first edition, 1937.
nancy drew was created in 1930 by publisher edward stratemeyer as the female counterpart to the successful hardy boys series. the amateur detective character appears in numerous books, movies, and in a television show. the books have been ghostwritten under the pseudonym carolyn keene. in this.....
first edition, 1961.
london: collins crime club. 5 x 7.5 inches. 256 pages. hardcover. bound in tomato cloth-covered boards. jacket condition: clipped.
first edition, scarce, 1970.
from the front flap:
"strippers, b-girls and naive bus station broads knew jack ruby best. two of the girls who worked for him--felt the sting of his insults and the childlike gentleness of his compassion for all living things--have given a fascinating account about.....
thriller book club edition, 1954. scarce.
christie's famous sleuth, miss marple, is conscripted to investigate the murder of rex fortescue, a wealthy businessman found dead in his counting house, with traces of grain in his pockets—a reference to the nursery rhyme "sing a song of sixpence." miss marple works.....
first paperback thus, 1970.
this mystery novel was the final work of acclaimed american author shirley jackson (1916-1965). oft described as her "best book" and "masterpiece," "we have always lived in the castle" tells the story of a peculiar girl named merricat who lives with her small family in.....
allen lane edition, 1973.
from infamous criminals to legendary figures, borges’ short story collection blends historical fact with fiction to describe a world where deception, crime and mystery intertwine.
london: allen lane. 146 pages. 5.5x9". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: negligible bumping to spine.....