Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine: October 1959

Bronxville, NY, Richard E. Decker, 1959. Paperback. 130p. A softcover book in good condition. Corners bent, bottom of spine torn, and small closed tear on edge of front cover. Pages tanned with age; otherwise clean and tight. The October 1959 issue of ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, containing the stories "Perfect Shot" by Lawrence Treat and "Pousse-Cafe" by Robert Sheckley, and several other selections. Good .

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Book number: 192147

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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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Eric Ambler

Intrigue: Four Great Spy Novels of Eric Ambler

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. 2nd edition, 1st printing. Hardcover. 631p. A hardcover book in very good condition. Small dent at bottom of front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is price-clipped and mildly worn, but otherwise intact. Includes JOURNEY INTO FEAR, A COFFIN FOR DIMITRIOS, CAUSE FOR ALARM, and BACKGROUND TO DANGER. Features an introduction by Alfred Hitchcock. This is the first printing of the 1960 reissue. Very Good .

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Book number: 191415

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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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Earl Derr Biggers

Charlie Chan Omnibus: The House without a Key - Behind That Curtain - Keeper of the Keys

New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. 1st Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 307p. Red cloth. A hardcover book in very good condition. Former owner's name else clean and unmarked. Binding tight. First edition of this omnibus edition of three previously published Charlie Chan detective novels. .

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Book number: 300008

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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

Catalogue: Mystery & Detective Fiction

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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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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James M. Cain

The Postman Always Rings Twice

New York, Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. 9th printing. Hardcover. 188p. A red cloth hardcover book in good condition. Minor shelfwear; dampstaining on top foredge and spine darkened. Text clean and binding tight. An early vintage printing of this classic crime novel. .

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Book number: 180857

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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

To Wake the Dead

New York, Books, Inc, 1945. Midnite Mysteries edition. Hardcover. 274p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a good dustjacket. The jacket is damspatined and edgeworn. Due to the dampstaining, bits of the jacket have stuck to the cover of the book. Margins lightly tanned. Otherwise, the book is unmarked and securely bound. An early reprint of this scarce Gideon Fell mystery. .

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Book number: 176463

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