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By: A. Conan Doyle
Price: $100.00
Publisher: New York, McClure, Phillips & Co: 1905
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 039589
Condition: Good
This is the First American Edition which preceded the first British edition by one month. Black cloth with red and yellow design and lettering. Spine worn and lettering mostly illegible. Spine cloth wrinkled. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Some penciling on Contents page. First few free end papers are loose from text-block. Inner hinges starting. 381pp. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: A. Conan Doyle
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1893
Edition: First American Edition, Second S
Seller ID: 059320
Condition: Very Good
Grey cloth cover with red lettering on front and spine and red decorative elements on front. 218 pp, with 2 additional pages of ads at end. Cover a bit dusty, spine a bit sunned. Top edge somewhat soiled with dust. Binding is tight. Previous owner's signature in front cover in pen. Light foxing throughout book, particularly near endpages. Text body is clean and free from underlining, highlighting, or notes. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Agatha Christie
Price: $20.00
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company: 1932
Edition: First American Edition
Seller ID: 042979
Condition: Very Good
First American Edition. Tan cloth. Previous owner's name written on front free end paper. 270pp. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Archibald Marshall and Horace A. Vachell
Price: $12.50
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Co: 1926
Edition: Second Printing
Seller ID: 005773
Condition: Very Good
Second Printing June 1926. View more info
By: Austin, Sherry
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Johnson City, TN, Overmountain Press: 2006
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by the author
Seller ID: 027738
ISBN: 157072315X
Condition: Near Fine
Dark green with silver lettering. Previous owner's name written inside front board. Author's gift inscription on half title page There is no other writing in the book. 170pp. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Bone, Patrick
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Overmountain Press: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by the author
Seller ID: 031985
ISBN: 1570721440
Condition: Near Fine
Inscribed by the author on title page. There is no other writing in the book. vi, 202pp. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Rare signed edition. View more info
By: Carolyn Wells
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, A. L. Burt Company: 1928
Seller ID: 019399
Condition: Very Good
Orange cloth with scarce original dust jacket. Covers show light wear and have buckled spine. Dust jacket shows significant wear with some chipping at top edge of spine. Ink name on inside pastedown - no other writing or marking in the book. Clean, crisp text pages. Binding tight. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Carolyn Wells
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott Co: 1913
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 039196
Condition: Good
Original red decorated cloth. Worn spine with all white lettering faded. Private library mark. Old bookseller's ticket inside front cover. Color frontispiece. 302pp. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Carolyn Wells
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott & Co: 1916
Seller ID: 039197
Condition: Good
Publisher's cloth. Color frontispiece. 333pp., with ads. Spine lettering all faded. Spine cocked. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Carolyn Wells
Price: $40.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Co: 1936
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 039203
Condition: Very Good -
First Edition. Original red cloth with black lettering on spine and front cover. Damp-stained on rear board (affecting dust jacket and 15-20 pages of text). Dust jacket is not price-clipped. Mylar cover. 311pp. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Cecil, Henry
Price: $17.50
Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall: 1948
Edition: First Ediition
Seller ID: 004678
Condition: Very Good
First edition of author's first book. No writing in book - not even an owners name. Binding tight. Spine heavily sunned. Minor whitish blemishes on back cover. View more info
By: Chester B. Himes
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Cutchogue, NY, Buccaneer Books: 1993
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 061360
ISBN: 156849422X
Condition: Fine
A crime fiction novel. Bound in dark blue cloth and titled in silver on spine. 159 pp. Lacking dust jacket. In fine condition. Nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Cohen, Daniel
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Dutton NY, Dutton Juvenile: 1996
Edition: Second Printing
Seller ID: 032999
ISBN: 0525652272
Condition: Very Good +
A collection of real-life spooky tales follow the stories of people who were warned of imminent danger or death, from the legend of ""the fetch,"" to the famous story of a man who was told by Death that his time had come. Black cloth with silver spine lettering. Illustrated. 64pp. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Corinee F. Gerwe
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Mitchell: 2011
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021969
Condition: Fine
Black cloth with gold lettering, nice copy, folding frontispiece map, 333pp., Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
Price: $40.00
Publisher: London, The Crime Club: 1961
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 019398
Condition: Near Fine
Nice red cloth covers protected by original dust jacket. Dust jacket shows minimal edgewear/toning and has 1/2" closed tear at top corner of spine and front board. Previous owner's stamp on flyleaf - no other writing or markings. Clean, crisp text pages. Light foxing to endsheets and books edges. A tight, attractive copy. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Secaucus, NJ, Castle: 1980
Edition: Fourth Printing
Seller ID: 029052
ISBN: 0890093911
Condition: Near Fine
Red cloth with black spine lettering. Illustrated. No writing in the book. vi, 490pp. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Shelton, CT, First Edition Library:
Edition: Facsimile of First Edition
Seller ID: 062159
Condition: Very Good
This is an exact facsimile copy of the original first edition. It was produced by First Edition Library for its subscribers. Both jacket and book are exactly like the original first edition except the copyright page contains a mention that it is a facsimile and the jacket contains a FEL logo. It also comes in a slipcase-even though the original did not have a slipcase. First Edition Library also supplied its subscribers with a card giving details about the book and issue points for first editions. That card is laid in. The book would be graded fine but for a few brown spots on the fore edge. ... View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Philadelphia and New York, J. B. Lippincott Company: 1971
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by the author
Seller ID: 032357
Condition: Very Good +
Rare inscribed copy. Author's gift inscription on front free end paper. Two toned cloth with white spine lettering. Dust jacket is price clipped. Illustrations by Paul Frame. 176pp. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Ellery Queen
Price: $125.00
Publisher: Shelton, CT, First Edition Library:
Edition: Facsimile of First Edition
Seller ID: 057912
Condition: Fine
This is an exact facsimile copy of the first edition of The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen which was first published in 1929. Both the book and the jacket are precise copies of the original. The only indicators that they are facsimiles are the "FEL" on the right flap of the jacket and a small block of explanation on the copyright page. First Edition Library published this book for its members who bought it by subscription. The book comes in a handsome slipcase (though the original did not) and the slipcase has pastedowns of the front and back of the dustjacket on its sides. First Ed... View more info
By: Frederick Knott
Price: $40.00
Publisher: New York, Random House: 1953
Edition: First Printing
Seller ID: 042756
Condition: Near Fine
First Printing. Publisher's cloth. Photo paste-down on front cover. Dust jacket is price clipped. Mylar cover. 182pp. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: George F. Eliot
Price: $75.00
Publisher: New York, Dodge Publishing Co: 1937
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by the author
Seller ID: 027755
Condition: Very Good
Navy cloth with silver lettering. Author's gift inscription on front free end-paper. There is no other writing in the book. Mild foxing. 251pp. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Helen Monsell
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Indianapolis and New York, Bobbs-Merrill Company: 1936
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 020511
Condition: Very Good
Teal cloth, spine a bit darkened, gift inscription on ffep. in a nice hand, there is no other writing in the book, binding tight, Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Ian Fleming
Price: $130.00
Publisher: Norwalk, CT, The Easton Press: 1990
Seller ID: 060581
Condition: Like New
This book is from an Easton series which appears to be an espionage series. We do not know the name of the series, but the identifying point is the end sheets. They are not silk, but rather a repeating pattern of an image of crosshairs over a globe. Collector's Edition. Color frontispiece. Full dark red leather with gilt decoration and page edges. Hubbed spine, silk ribbon bookmark. 253 pp. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: John L. Young
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Windy Knoll Productions: 2004-01-01
Seller ID: 017605
ISBN: 0967463319
Condition: Near Fine
Former owner's gift inscription on title page, otherwise book is in fine condition. View more info
By: John le Carre
Price: $80.00
Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 2010
Edition: First Folio Society Edition
Seller ID: 059884
Condition: Like New
Very nice copy. Bound in grey buckram, blocked with a design by Laing in dark red and orange-brown. Titled in silver on spine. Dark grey end sheets. 11 plates of black-and-white illustrations by Laing, including frontispiece. 500 pp. Grey slip case. Books and slip case in Like New condition. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
Price: $75.00
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.: 1941
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 015669
Condition: Very Good
Dust jacket spine sunned, 306pp. View more info
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.: c. 1930
Seller ID: 015670
Condition: Very Good
Inside flap of dust-jacket separated, 310pp. No writing in the book - not even an owners name.Binding tight. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Leslie Charteris
Price: $50.00
Publisher: New York, Doubleday, Doran & Co.: 1940
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 030570
Condition: Very Good -
A Crime Club selection published for the Crime Club. A full-length Saint novel. Light blue cloth with black lettering and design on front cover and spine. No writing in the book. viii, 299pp. Tail of spine a bit soiled (or age-toned). Mylar cover. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart: 1929
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 008616
Condition: Very Good
First edition with F&R on copyright page. Light greed covers which are slightly dirtyish. Not ex-library. Binding tight. No writing in the book - not even an owners name.Binding tight. View more info
Price: $12.50
Publisher: Mercier Press: 2003
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 032333
ISBN: 1856354245
Condition: Near Fine
Bizarre tales of murder and investigation in the drumlins, valleys and towns of Monaghan in the nineteenth century, based upon a casebook just recently discovered that has never been lodged in any archive anywhere. This is new information and highlights such cases as: The Illegitimate Half-Sisters Of Oscar Wilde - Emily and Mary Wilde died tragically at Drumaconner House while dancing by the fire - their deaths are kept quiet so as not to shame Sir William Wilde. The Legend Of The Sleepwalking Nun - Sister Mary Keogh is discovered drowned in the Convent lake near the Crannog - to this day, loc... View more info
By: Mickey Spillane
Price: $140.00
Publisher: Shelton, CT, First Edition Library:
Edition: Facsimile of First Edition
Seller ID: 057911
Condition: Fine
This is an exact facsimile copy of the first edition of I-the Jury by Mickey Spillane which was first published in 1947. Both the book and the jacket are precise copies of the original. The only indicators that they are facsimiles are the "FEL" on the right flap of the jacket and a small block of explanation on the copyright page. First Edition Library published this book for its members who bought it by subscription. The book comes in a handsome slipcase (though the original did not) and the slipcase has pastedowns of the front and back of the dustjacket on its sides. First Edition Li... View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, The Book League of America, Inc.: 1937
Seller ID: 014219
Condition: Very Good
Red cloth covers show minimal wear/fading. Penciled name on flyleaf - no other writing in the book. Deckled fore edge. Endleaves tanned; text is bright with occasional light foxing around page edges. Crack in textblock but all pages tightly bound. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
Price: $10.00
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown,: 1940
Edition: First Edition (stated)
Seller ID: 004389
Condition: Near Fine
Nice copy. Owners name on first front end paper. Binding tight. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Pachita Crespi and Jessica Lee
Price: $35.00
Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1945
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by the author
Seller ID: 032358
Condition: Good +
Rare signed copy. One author's signature (Crespi) on front free end paper (facing title page). Illustrated cloth. Mylar cover. Dust jacket is not price clipped. 164pp. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Perigee Trade: 1990
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 058214
ISBN: 0399516166
Condition: Like New
This book contains a collection of new Philip Marlowe stories by twenty three of the world's most renowned mystery writers. This book is like new in quality.Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Raymond Chandler
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Shelton, CT, First Edition Library:
Edition: Facsimile of First Edition
Seller ID: 062158
Condition: Fine
This is an exact facsimile copy of the first edition of The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler which was first published in 1949. The book is a precise copy of the original. The only indicator that the book is a facsimile is a small block of explanation on the copyright page and FEL on the right dust jacket flap. First Edition Library published this book for its members who bought it by subscription. The book comes in a handsome slipcase (though the original did not) and the slipcase has pastedowns of the front and back of the dustjacket on its sides. First Edition Library inserted a card tha... View more info
By: Rober Sullivan
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Boston and Toronto, Little, Brown and Company: 1971
Edition: Second Printing
Seller ID: 032708
Condition: Very Good
Two toned cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Illustrated. No writing in the book. xiv, 241pp., index. Dust jacket price-clipped. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Roderic Jeffries
Price: $50.00
Publisher: London, Collins Clear-Type Press: c.1963
Seller ID: 015666
Condition: Very Good
Binding tight,dust-jacket has a few small tears, 192pp., Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: S. S. Van Dine
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Shelton, CT, First Edition Library:
Edition: Facsimile of First Edition
Seller ID: 057914
Condition: Fine
This is an exact facsimile copy of the first edition of The Dragon Murder Case by S. S. van Dine which was first published in 1933. Both the book and the jacket are precise copies of the original. The only indicators that they are facsimiles are the "FEL" on the right flap of the jacket and a small block of explanation on the copyright page. First Edition Library published this book for its members who bought it by subscription. The book comes in a handsome slipcase (though the original did not) and the slipcase has pastedowns of the front and back of the dustjacket on its sides. First... View more info
By: Selman, Robert
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, William Morrow: 1947
Edition: First Ediition
Inscription: Inscribed by the Author
Seller ID: 004662
Condition: Near Very Good
Inscribed by the Author Nicely inscribed "To Betty Mandeville who has saved my life so often. Bob Selman" There is a chip at the top of the spine that removes the first name of the author. On the front cover there is a patterned stain. For more info on Betty Mandeville google her. View more info
By: Shallit, Joseph
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, Avon: 1947
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 004850
Condition: Near Fine
No writing in the book - not even an owners name.Binding tight. Original price 25 cents. Avon 558. Great cover art. View more info
By: Shuman, M. K.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, St Martins Press: 1989
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 032610
ISBN: 0312026080
Condition: Near Fine
Faced paced and interesting. A wonderful whodunit. Black cloth with gold spine lettering. No writing in the book. 246pp. Solid copy. Dust jacket is price clipped. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Delacorte Press: 1991
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed
Seller ID: 019083
Condition: Near Fine
Paper dust jacket.Minimal foxing on text block. First edition,Signed.Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Symons, Julian
Price: $10.00
Publisher: London, Victor Gollancz LTD: 1954
Seller ID: 004685
Condition: Near Fine
Second Impression June 1954. Red cloth. Spine is sunned. No writing - not even an owners name. View more info
Price: $60.00
Publisher: Baltimore, MD, PublishAmerica: 2010
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 024078
ISBN: 1448947839
Condition: Fine
Paperback, author's signature on title page, there is no other writing in the book, 237pp., Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Victoria Lincoln
Price: $35.00
Publisher: London, Souvenir Press: 1989
Seller ID: 021608
ISBN: 0285629220
Condition: Near Fine
Near fine paperback. Exterior of the book looks new. Former owner's name written in blue ink on the half title page. Pages are slightly age toned.Stock photo does not match the cover of our book. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: W. R. Burnett
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Shelton, CT, First Edition Library:
Edition: Facsimile of First Edition
Seller ID: 057910
Condition: Fine
This is an exact facsimile copy of the first edition of Little Caesar which was first published in 1929. Both book and jacket are precise copies of the original. The only indicators that they are facsimiles are the "FEL" on the right flap of the jacket and a small block of explanation on the copyright page. On the copyright page it says "Copyright-1929" just like the original. First Edition Library published this book for its members who bought it by subscription. The book comes in a handsome slipcase (though the original did not) and the slipcase has pastedowns of the front an... View more info
By: Weller, Philip; Roden, Christopher; Illustrated [Illustrator]
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, Bracken Books: 1994
Edition: Reprint Edition
Seller ID: 032929
ISBN: 1858911060
Condition: Near Fine
This book introduces the reader to the major cases that Holmes and Watson grappled with. Brown cloth with silver spine lettering. Over 230 illustrations in color and black & white. 144pp. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: Wilkie Collins
Price: $30.00
Publisher: New York, Books, Inc: 1945
Edition: Second Printing
Seller ID: 022938
Condition: Very Good
Black cloth with gold lettering, no writing in the book, 389pp., Full refund if not satisfied. View more info
By: William Irish
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Shelton, CT, First Edition Library:
Edition: Facsimile of First Edition
Seller ID: 057913
Condition: Fine
This is an exact facsimile copy of the first edition of Phantom Lady by William Irish which was first published in 1942. Both the book and the jacket are precise copies of the original. The only indicators that they are facsimiles are the "FEL" on the right flap of the jacket and a small block of explanation on the copyright page. First Edition Library published this book for its members who bought it by subscription. The book comes in a handsome slipcase (though the original did not) and the slipcase has pastedowns of the front and back of the dustjacket on its sides. The book- jacket... View more info
