Adele J. Haft, Jane G. White, and Robert J. White

The Key to the Name of the Rose

Harrington Park, NJ, Ampersand Associates, Inc, 1987. Paperback. 190p. A softcover book in very good condition. A couple of light creases in the cover, and owner's stamps inside. Text clean and binding tight. A companion to the historical murder-mystery novel THE NAME OF THE ROSE by Umberto Eco. Very Good .

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Book number: 183312

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Benjamin Appel

Sweet Money Girl

New York, Gold Medal Books, 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. Paperback original. Very slight slant to covers. Very good condition. Very good .

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Book number: 1258268

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Isaac Asimov

Murder at the Aba

New York, Fawcett Crest, 1989. 9th Fawcett Crest printing. Paperback. 269p. A softcover book in very good condition. Spine creased and pages lightly tanned. Otherwise clean and tight. A murder-mystery novel by the acclaimed science fiction author. Very Good .

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Book number: 191519

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George Baxt

The Dorothy Parker Murder Case

New York, International Polygonics, Ltd, 1986. 1st IPL printing. Paperback. 284p. A softcover book in good condition. Spine creased and edges dampstained; otherwise unmarked and tight. Good .

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Book number: 191824

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Francis Beeding

The League of Discontent

London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1929. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Original blue cloth stamped in black. A hardcover book in near fine condition. Former owner's name on front endpaper else clean, tight, and unmarked. Scarce mystery novel by "Francis Beeding", the pseudonym of authors John Leslie Palmer and Hilary St. George Saunders. Very Good .

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Book number: 300477

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Earl Derr Biggers

Keeper of the Keys: A Charlie Chan Story

New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. Vintage reprint. Hardcover. 307p. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket. Old signature of former owner on front endpaper. BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THIS VINTAGE CHARLIE CHAN MYSTERY. G&D reprint issued in the same year and same format as the first edition. A gorgeous example which appears virtually new despite being almost a century old!. Very Good .

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Book number: 300211

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Benjamin Black

Wolf on a String

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2017. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 309p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. A murder-mystery novel set in late 16th-century Prague. .

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Book number: 180048

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[Wyatt Blassingame]

The Body in the Bayou: Promotional Poster

THE AMERICAN Magazine, 1953. Paperback. A 16" x 11" poster printed on cardstock. Very good condition. Corners creased (most visibly the top right), one tiny closed tear on left side, and two tiny closed tears on right side. Previous owner's notation "Not for Sale," at bottom of the front. Edges are barely toned with age; otherwise a vivid, eye-catching image with plenty of vintage charm. A poster advertising a horror-mystery story by pulp writer Wyatt Blassingame, "The Body in the Bayou," published in the November 1953 issue of THE AMERICAN. This poster would likely have been hung in the window of a bookstore or at a newsstand. Very Good .

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Book number: 187958

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Thomas Boyle

The Cold Stove League [Uncorrected Proof]

Chicago/New York, Academy Chicago/Writer's House, Inc, 1983. Uncorrected proof. Paperback. 228p. A softcover book in very good condition. The word "Murders" has been scribbled out, and the word "League" written over it, on both the front cover and title page. Otherwise clean and tight. Uncorrected proof of Boyle's first mystery novel, originally titled THE COLD STOVE MURDERS but eventually titled THE COLD STOVE LEAGUE upon publication. Very Good .

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Book number: 191604

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Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning

The Gutenberg Murders

New York, The Mystery League, Inc, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 286p. A black cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Very faint drip stains on back cover. Equally faint circular stains on front cover. Otherwise, interior clean and tightly bound. First edition of this rare murder-mystery novel. .

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Book number: 171281

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Russell Brown

Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde - Based on and Incorporating Writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. 176p. A glossy softcover book in very good condition, with corners very slightly worn and a thin crease at the bottom of the spine. Text clean and binding tight. Very Good .

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Book number: 212039

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John Buchan

John Burnet of Barns

London, Thomas Nelson, 1951. Hardcover. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket. Red cloth stamped in gilt with red/white dustjacket. 1951 reprint edition measuring 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches. Clean and tight. Adventure fiction by the author of THE 39 STEPS. As new .

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Book number: 107672

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Keywords: Fiction

John Buchan

The Man from the Norlands

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936. Hardcover. 292p. A beige cloth hardover book in good condition. Covers dampstained (more heavily on the back than the front) and owners' inscriptions on front endpaper. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. Early American printing of this Richard Hannay adventure-mystery novel, published in England under the title THE ISLAND OF SHEEP. Good .

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Book number: 193317

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John Dickson Carr

The Corpse in the Wax Works

New York, Grosset and Dunlap, 1932. Vintage reprint. Hardcover. SCARCE EARLY JOHN DICKSON CARR MYSTERY IN THE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. A near-fine hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. Faint discoloration on the front endpaper else the book is clean, tight, and unmarked with bright, fresh covers. The jacket is lightly worn along its edges with a finger-nail size chip at the top of its spine. The dustjacket is original, NOT a facsimile. An early John Dickson Carr mystery and the fourth book in his Inspector Bencolin series. This 1932 reprint dates from the same year as the first printing and is issued in the same format and dustjacket art. Very good .

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Book number: 1274079

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John Dickson Carr

Poison in Jest

New York, Harper and Brothers, 1932. Hardcover. 275p. Ex-library hardcover book in original cloth. Edges worn, some buckling in the spine, and binding is slanted (but still tight). Though this is an ex-library copy, there are no markings on the exterior; check-out slip and dustjacket clipping pasted to endpapers, and small crayon marking on front endpaper. Spotty stains on several main pages, none affecting the legibility of the text. One of the earliest mystery novels by the author of THE HOLLOW MAN. Fair .

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Book number: 319571

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