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Velma Clinton Books

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	ARMSTRONG, CHARLOTTE The Gift Shop . Greenwich CT Fawcett Crest Third FC Printing 1967. . (c. 1966) 224pp. Almost 7" Tall. Paperback PAPERBACK MYSTERY FICTION . Covers are almost like new. Paper is lightly age-browned, o/w clean and unmarked. VG + .. USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3.25 \| JP¥ 430] Book number: 12137 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	NO AUTHOR The Avengers: The Bird Who Knew Too Much Vhs Video Hollywood, CA: Hollywood Select Video, c. 1987. Hardcover. Video plays as new. The number 7 is written on one of the cardboard case's sides, else case is clean with very minor wear. ; VHS video. NTSC Format (US & Canada Only) . MYSTERY. Starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. Recorded at standard speed. Color video, approx. 53 minutes in length. "An agent is killed carrying a bag of bird seed...another is discovered in a block of cement...and the third is shot just before Steed and Mrs. Peel arrive. And Captain Crusoe...who is he...? ? Like all of the Avengers films...the chase is all the fun. ". VG+ . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 26766 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	NO AUTHOR Great American Mystery Stories of the 20th Century Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library, 1989. Full-Leather. Illustrated by Frontispiece Created by John Ward. MYSTERY. Black leather binding with gold lettering and gold accents, 3 raised bands on spine. Full-color illustration glued on front cover which also has gold lettering and design. All edges are gilt. Two-page full-color frontispiece. Minor marks on gilt edges, o/w binding and contents are almost like new. No DJ. ; 9" Tall. VG . USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1720] Book number: 13637 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BEGIEBING, ROBERT J. The Strange Death of Mistress Coffin . Chapel Hill NC Algonquin Books C. 1991. Hardcover. BCE 184pp. Almost 8-1/2" Tall. Hardcover. Black and light tan boards, black lettering . MYSTERY. "Discard" stamped on bfep, o/w binding, DJ and contents are almost like new. VG + / FINE .. USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 774] Book number: 13385 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BLOCK, LAWRENCE The Burglar on the Prowl NY: William Morrow, c. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0060198303. Binding, DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; Olive-green boards, light blue spine, bright red lettering (it gives me a stomach ache just to look at it) . MYSTERY. Antiquarian bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr "...is minding his own business when he's asked for a favor - a neat, uncomplicated bit of vengeful larceny that will reap a tidy profit - an offer the intrepid thief can't refuse. " But then a restless prowl "...lands Bernie in a poile of trouble that includes four murders and the burglary of his own home. "; 9-1/4" Tall; 293 pages. NF/NF . USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 26688 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BLOCK, LAWRENCE The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams . NY: Dutton, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0525938079. Minor edge wear to clean DJ. Binding and contents are nearly like new. Fine / VG . ; 258pp. Tall 8vo . Hc. Black cloth spine, purple boards, bright gold lettering . MYSTERY. A Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery .. F/VG . USD 5.99 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 515] Book number: 10778 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BLOCK, LAWRENCE, EDITOR Master's Choice, Volume Ii Mystery Stories By Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them NY: Berkley Prime Crime, c. 2000. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0425176762. Binding, DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; Ivory and dark blue boards, bright silver lettering. MYSTERY. Block asked a wide rane of authors to select not only their personal best, but also the one stokry by a fellow luminary that stirred the imagination, stimulated, provoked, and enteratained them, and most of all, the single story that served as an inspiration in shaping their own unique literary worlds. Tkhis resulting collection is a rich and diverse showcase of the best of the best. ; 9-1/4"Tall; 369 pages. NF/NF . USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 602] Book number: 17919 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BLOCK, LAWRENCE A Walk Among the Tombstones . NY: Wm. Morrow, c. 1992. Third Printing. ISBN: 0688103502. Binding, DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; Red cloth spine, bright gold lettering. MYSTERY. Matt Scudder, ex-cop, sober alcoholic, wields his own brand of guerrilla justice when a drug dealer's wife is returned to him in pieces by kidnappers. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 318 pages. VG+/VG+ . USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 774] Book number: 14356 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BLOCK, LAWRENCE A Walk Among the Tombstones . NY: Wm. Morrow, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0688103502. 2" taped tear in DJ's front panel's top edge, otherwise minor DJ wear and soil. Binding is clean and sound, with very minor wear. Contents are clean. VG / G + . ; First Printing . 318pp. Tall 8vo . HC. Red cloth spine, light gray boards, bright gold lettering . MYSTERY. A hot, fresh look at the Big Apple's dark side. Matt Scudder .. VG/G+ . USD 5.99 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 515] Book number: 10398 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BRAUN, LILIAN JACKSON The Cat Who Said Cheese . NY: Putnam, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0399140751. Binding, DJ and contents are almost like new. VG + / VG + . ; First Printing . 245pp. Over 8-1/2" Tall. HC. Purple cloth spine, bright purple metallic lettering . MYSTERY.. VG+/VG+ . USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 11696 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BRAUN, LILIAN JACKSON The Cat Who Saw Stars . NY: Putnam, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0399144315. Very minor edge wear on clean DJ. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Page 158 has 4 small smudges (chocolate) , p. 159 has one small smudge, o/w contents are almost like new. VG- / VG . ; First Printing . 227pp. Over 8-1/2" Tall . Hc. Purple cloth spne, yellow lettering . MYSTERY.. VG-/VG . USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 11697 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	CLARK, MARY HIGGINS Moonlight Becomes You . Audio Cassettes NY: Audioworks, c. 1996. Other. Each of the two audio cassettes has its own hard plastic case, the cases being enclosed in a cardboard case. The cassetttes and plastic cases are almost as new and the cardboard case has minor wear. ; Two audio cassettes. An abridgement on twocassettes, with a running time of approx. 3 hours. Read my Megan Gallagher. MYSTERY / AUDIO CASSETTES. "Set in Newport, Rhode Island, MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU has at its center Maggie Holloway, an independent young woman who has put personal tragedy behind her and become one of the fashion world's most successful photographers. ". VG+ . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 26622 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	COMFORT, B. A Pair for the Queen . NY Foul Play Press/ Norton C. 1998. Hardcover. ISBN: 0393046273. First printing. 221pp. Almost 8-1/2" Tall. Hardcover. Tan and medium brown boards, bright gold lettering . MYSTERY. Lofton, Vermont's, picture-perfect serenity is shattered when events at a local dog show turn murderous. Tish investigates some very odd developments . Very minor edge wear on clean DJ. Binding and contents are almost like new. VG + / VG + .. USD 17.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 \| £UK 10.5 \| JP¥ 1462] Book number: 13401 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	COULTER, CATHERINE Blow out an Fbi Thriller NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0399151877. Other than a very slightly cocked binding, book and DJ are almost as new. ; Blue boards, black spine, bright silver lettering. MYSTERY. FBI agent Savich encounters a woman who pleads to him to help her; it turns out she has been dead for 30 years. In the middle of that puzzle, a Supreme Court judge is savagely murdered and Savich and his FBI agent wife, Sherlock, are called in to handle the investigation. ; 9-1/4" Tall; 386 pages. VG/VG+ . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 25928 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	DOUGLAS, CAROLE NELSON Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit, a Midnight Louie Mystery . NY Tom Doherty Assoc. C 1999. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312868170. First Printing . 399pp. Approx. 8-1/2" Tall . HC. Black boards, bright silver lettering . MYSTERY. Minor wear to top edge of DJ, o/w binding, DJ and contents are almost like new. Fine/ VG + .. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2150] Book number: 11262 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	DOYLE, A. CONON The Complete Sherlock Holmes the A. Conan Doyle Memorial Edition, Two Volumes Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1930. Hardcover. Both volumes have anl area on the top edge, near the spine, that is damp stained. There is a faint trace of the stain on the top margins of a few pages. Very small (1-1/2" x 1") bkpl inside both front covers. Moderate wear to corners and top/bottom of spine, else minotr wear, very minor soil on the sound bindings. Contents are lightly age-yellowed, more-so in the margins. Good .2 Vols. ; Pages are numbered in such a way it is very difficult to determine their actual count. Approx. 1000 pages in TWO VOLUMES. 8-1/4" Tall. Black cloth binding w/red lettering on spines and front covers. Top edge red. Memorial Edition. Mystery. Preface by Christopher Morley. STUDY IN SCARLET, THE SIGN OF FOUR, ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES , MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, THE VALLEY OF FEAR, THE TRAGEDY OF BIRLSTONE, THE SCOWRERS, HIS LAST BOW, THE CASE BOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.. G . USD 17.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 \| £UK 10.5 \| JP¥ 1462] Book number: 29617 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Secaucus NJ: Castle, 1989. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0890090572. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Name inside front cover, else binding and contents are almost as new. The DJ's spine is faded but the lettering is clear. Minor edge wear on clean, complete DJ. ; Brown boards, black lettering. MYSTERY. The original stories as they first appeared in the British magazine THE STRAND, printed in double-columns, with 350 original drawings that accompanied the stories. 37 short stories plus the complete novel THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. All stories are complete and unabridged. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 636 pages. VG+/VG- . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 22126 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	DOYLE, A. CONAN The Return of Sherlock Holmes . A Facsimile of the Stories As They Were First Published in the Strand Magazine, London, with Sidney Paget's Original Illustrations. NY: Platinum Press, 1996. Reprint. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 1879582139. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Contents are almost like new. DJ's spine is faded but lettering is clear. Four small tears on DJ's edges. Else very minor wear on the clean, complete DJ. ; 9-1/2" Tall, 193pp. Red boards, black spine, bright gold lettering. MYSTERY. The short stories in this facsimile edition were originally published between 1903 and 1905. Printed with two columns of type on each page. Numerous illustrations.. VG+/G+ . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 30902 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	DUNNING, JOHN The Bookman's Wake a Mystery with Cliff Janeway NY: Scribner, c. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0684800039. 3/4" cut in the cloth covering the front cover's joint, else very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are almost like new. Very minor edge wear on the clean, complete DJ. ; Golden tan cloth spine with title lettering in bright metallic red reverse plate . MYSTERY. Policeman turned rare bookman, Cliff Janeway, goes in search of a young woman fugitive and a rare 1969 Grayson Press edition of Poe's RAVEN. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 351 pages. G+/VG- . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1032] Book number: 26149 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	FORBES, STANTON But I Wouldn't Want to Die There Garden City: Crime Club, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. The color is worn from the top edges, else very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Very minor endpaper soil/foxing. Tiny tan spot on top edge. Contents are clean and unmarked. Top and bottom of DJ's spine are moderately worn, else minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; Back cloth, bright silver lettering. MYSTERY. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on ffep: "To Penny Sherred, with best, best wishes and a warm invitation to return to St. Martin - and Grand Case. Stanton Forbes. " "This suspenseful tale moves from a gloom-ridden Manhattan apartment to the exotic Caribbean island of St. Martin whose brilliant sunlight also provided the shadows that covered murder. " ; 8-1/2" Tall; 168 pages. G+/G . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2150] Book number: 29156 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	FRANCIS, DICK Break in NY G. P. Putnam's Sons Book Club Edition C 1986. Hardcover. 244pp . 8vo . Brown boards w/bright gold spine lettering. Mystery. Racetrack thriller. VG / VG - .. USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3.25 \| JP¥ 430] Book number: 2443 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	GRAFTON, SUE "K" Is for Killer . NY Henry Holt 1994. Hardcover. First Printing of Stated First Edition . 285pp. Tall 8vo . One-quarter Black cloth w/bright metallic-red spine lettering. Heavily embossed DW. Mystery. Kinsey Millhone. Black color has transferred from the book's spine onto the inside of the DW at both the top and bottom, fading the black coloring on the spine just a little at the top of the back cover, and fading the bottom considerably. Black coloring has also run just a very little bit onto the top edge, right at the spine, not penetrating to the surface of the paper. Minor DW edge wear. Good + / VG - .. USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 774] Book number: 2975 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	GRAFTON, SUE "J" Is for Judgment NY Henry Holt C. 1993. Hardcover. ISBN: 0805019359. First printing of the FIRST EDITION. 288pp. Over 9" Tall. HC. Black cloth spine, bright metallic-orange lettering . MYSTERY. Very light 1" (coffee? ) stain on fore edge with stain appearing on the margin of one page, o/w binding, DJ and contents are almost like new. VG + / Fine. VG/NF . USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 774] Book number: 12418 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	GREEN, TIM The Letter of the Law NY: Warner Books, c. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0446522996. Small, attractive address label inside front cover, else binding and contents are almost as new. Very minor wear on the clean, complete DJ. ; Brown boards, black spine, bright gold lettering. MYSTERY. "A hunger drives attorney Casey Jordan to be the best - and she has both the brains to pull it off and the looks to close the deal...For the first time in her career, Casey will find herself torn between her sworn duty as a legal advocate and her desire to see true justice served. Then, just when she is tempted to use her privileged information to discover the truth, more bodies turn up - and Casey Jordan realizes hers could be next. "; 9-1/4" Tall; 341 pages. VG/VG . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 26322 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	HAILEY, J. P. The Anonymous Client NY: Donald I. Fine, Inc, c. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 155611124X. Front cover's bottom fore corner is moderately bumped, minor bumping of top & bottom of spine, otherwise very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Previous owner's name & date on front free endpaper. The outer margins are very lightly age-yellowed, otherwise contents are clean and unmarked. Small, light stain on both back endpapers. The protective plastic film on the DJ is roughened in two small areas near the bottom edge of the back panel, resulting in a 3/4" x 1/16" area where the surface color of the DJ is missing, otherwise Minor wear and rubbing on clean, complete dust jacket. ; Blue boards, white lettering. MYSTERY. FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page: "J. P. Hailey" This is the sequal to THE BAXTER TRUST, continuing the story of New Yorker Steve Winslow, a lawyer with only one client. ; 8-1/2" Tall; 297 pages. VG-/G+ . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2150] Book number: 19872 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.

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	ARMSTRONG, CHARLOTTE The Gift Shop . Greenwich CT Fawcett Crest Third FC Printing 1967. . (c. 1966) 224pp. Almost 7" Tall. Paperback PAPERBACK MYSTERY FICTION . Covers are almost like new. Paper is lightly age-browned, o/w clean and unmarked. VG + .. USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3.25 \| JP¥ 430] Book number: 12137 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	NO AUTHOR The Avengers: The Bird Who Knew Too Much Vhs Video Hollywood, CA: Hollywood Select Video, c. 1987. Hardcover. Video plays as new. The number 7 is written on one of the cardboard case's sides, else case is clean with very minor wear. ; VHS video. NTSC Format (US & Canada Only) . MYSTERY. Starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. Recorded at standard speed. Color video, approx. 53 minutes in length. "An agent is killed carrying a bag of bird seed...another is discovered in a block of cement...and the third is shot just before Steed and Mrs. Peel arrive. And Captain Crusoe...who is he...? ? Like all of the Avengers films...the chase is all the fun. ". VG+ . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 26766 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	NO AUTHOR Great American Mystery Stories of the 20th Century Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library, 1989. Full-Leather. Illustrated by Frontispiece Created by John Ward. MYSTERY. Black leather binding with gold lettering and gold accents, 3 raised bands on spine. Full-color illustration glued on front cover which also has gold lettering and design. All edges are gilt. Two-page full-color frontispiece. Minor marks on gilt edges, o/w binding and contents are almost like new. No DJ. ; 9" Tall. VG . USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12.25 \| JP¥ 1720] Book number: 13637 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BEGIEBING, ROBERT J. The Strange Death of Mistress Coffin . Chapel Hill NC Algonquin Books C. 1991. Hardcover. BCE 184pp. Almost 8-1/2" Tall. Hardcover. Black and light tan boards, black lettering . MYSTERY. "Discard" stamped on bfep, o/w binding, DJ and contents are almost like new. VG + / FINE .. USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 774] Book number: 13385 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BLOCK, LAWRENCE The Burglar on the Prowl NY: William Morrow, c. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0060198303. Binding, DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; Olive-green boards, light blue spine, bright red lettering (it gives me a stomach ache just to look at it) . MYSTERY. Antiquarian bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr "...is minding his own business when he's asked for a favor - a neat, uncomplicated bit of vengeful larceny that will reap a tidy profit - an offer the intrepid thief can't refuse. " But then a restless prowl "...lands Bernie in a poile of trouble that includes four murders and the burglary of his own home. "; 9-1/4" Tall; 293 pages. NF/NF . USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 26688 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BLOCK, LAWRENCE The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams . NY: Dutton, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0525938079. Minor edge wear to clean DJ. Binding and contents are nearly like new. Fine / VG . ; 258pp. Tall 8vo . Hc. Black cloth spine, purple boards, bright gold lettering . MYSTERY. A Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery .. F/VG . USD 5.99 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 515] Book number: 10778 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BLOCK, LAWRENCE, EDITOR Master's Choice, Volume Ii Mystery Stories By Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them NY: Berkley Prime Crime, c. 2000. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0425176762. Binding, DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; Ivory and dark blue boards, bright silver lettering. MYSTERY. Block asked a wide rane of authors to select not only their personal best, but also the one stokry by a fellow luminary that stirred the imagination, stimulated, provoked, and enteratained them, and most of all, the single story that served as an inspiration in shaping their own unique literary worlds. Tkhis resulting collection is a rich and diverse showcase of the best of the best. ; 9-1/4"Tall; 369 pages. NF/NF . USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.75 \| £UK 4.25 \| JP¥ 602] Book number: 17919 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BLOCK, LAWRENCE A Walk Among the Tombstones . NY: Wm. Morrow, c. 1992. Third Printing. ISBN: 0688103502. Binding, DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; Red cloth spine, bright gold lettering. MYSTERY. Matt Scudder, ex-cop, sober alcoholic, wields his own brand of guerrilla justice when a drug dealer's wife is returned to him in pieces by kidnappers. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 318 pages. VG+/VG+ . USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 774] Book number: 14356 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BLOCK, LAWRENCE A Walk Among the Tombstones . NY: Wm. Morrow, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0688103502. 2" taped tear in DJ's front panel's top edge, otherwise minor DJ wear and soil. Binding is clean and sound, with very minor wear. Contents are clean. VG / G + . ; First Printing . 318pp. Tall 8vo . HC. Red cloth spine, light gray boards, bright gold lettering . MYSTERY. A hot, fresh look at the Big Apple's dark side. Matt Scudder .. VG/G+ . USD 5.99 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 515] Book number: 10398 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BRAUN, LILIAN JACKSON The Cat Who Said Cheese . NY: Putnam, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0399140751. Binding, DJ and contents are almost like new. VG + / VG + . ; First Printing . 245pp. Over 8-1/2" Tall. HC. Purple cloth spine, bright purple metallic lettering . MYSTERY.. VG+/VG+ . USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 11696 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	BRAUN, LILIAN JACKSON The Cat Who Saw Stars . NY: Putnam, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0399144315. Very minor edge wear on clean DJ. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Page 158 has 4 small smudges (chocolate) , p. 159 has one small smudge, o/w contents are almost like new. VG- / VG . ; First Printing . 227pp. Over 8-1/2" Tall . Hc. Purple cloth spne, yellow lettering . MYSTERY.. VG-/VG . USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 11697 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	CLARK, MARY HIGGINS Moonlight Becomes You . Audio Cassettes NY: Audioworks, c. 1996. Other. Each of the two audio cassettes has its own hard plastic case, the cases being enclosed in a cardboard case. The cassetttes and plastic cases are almost as new and the cardboard case has minor wear. ; Two audio cassettes. An abridgement on twocassettes, with a running time of approx. 3 hours. Read my Megan Gallagher. MYSTERY / AUDIO CASSETTES. "Set in Newport, Rhode Island, MOONLIGHT BECOMES YOU has at its center Maggie Holloway, an independent young woman who has put personal tragedy behind her and become one of the fashion world's most successful photographers. ". VG+ . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 26622 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	COMFORT, B. A Pair for the Queen . NY Foul Play Press/ Norton C. 1998. Hardcover. ISBN: 0393046273. First printing. 221pp. Almost 8-1/2" Tall. Hardcover. Tan and medium brown boards, bright gold lettering . MYSTERY. Lofton, Vermont's, picture-perfect serenity is shattered when events at a local dog show turn murderous. Tish investigates some very odd developments . Very minor edge wear on clean DJ. Binding and contents are almost like new. VG + / VG + .. USD 17.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 \| £UK 10.5 \| JP¥ 1462] Book number: 13401 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	COULTER, CATHERINE Blow out an Fbi Thriller NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0399151877. Other than a very slightly cocked binding, book and DJ are almost as new. ; Blue boards, black spine, bright silver lettering. MYSTERY. FBI agent Savich encounters a woman who pleads to him to help her; it turns out she has been dead for 30 years. In the middle of that puzzle, a Supreme Court judge is savagely murdered and Savich and his FBI agent wife, Sherlock, are called in to handle the investigation. ; 9-1/4" Tall; 386 pages. VG/VG+ . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 25928 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	DOUGLAS, CAROLE NELSON Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit, a Midnight Louie Mystery . NY Tom Doherty Assoc. C 1999. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312868170. First Printing . 399pp. Approx. 8-1/2" Tall . HC. Black boards, bright silver lettering . MYSTERY. Minor wear to top edge of DJ, o/w binding, DJ and contents are almost like new. Fine/ VG + .. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2150] Book number: 11262 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	DOYLE, A. CONON The Complete Sherlock Holmes the A. Conan Doyle Memorial Edition, Two Volumes Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1930. Hardcover. Both volumes have anl area on the top edge, near the spine, that is damp stained. There is a faint trace of the stain on the top margins of a few pages. Very small (1-1/2" x 1") bkpl inside both front covers. Moderate wear to corners and top/bottom of spine, else minotr wear, very minor soil on the sound bindings. Contents are lightly age-yellowed, more-so in the margins. Good .2 Vols. ; Pages are numbered in such a way it is very difficult to determine their actual count. Approx. 1000 pages in TWO VOLUMES. 8-1/4" Tall. Black cloth binding w/red lettering on spines and front covers. Top edge red. Memorial Edition. Mystery. Preface by Christopher Morley. STUDY IN SCARLET, THE SIGN OF FOUR, ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES , MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, THE VALLEY OF FEAR, THE TRAGEDY OF BIRLSTONE, THE SCOWRERS, HIS LAST BOW, THE CASE BOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.. G . USD 17.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 \| £UK 10.5 \| JP¥ 1462] Book number: 29617 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN The Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Secaucus NJ: Castle, 1989. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0890090572. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. Name inside front cover, else binding and contents are almost as new. The DJ's spine is faded but the lettering is clear. Minor edge wear on clean, complete DJ. ; Brown boards, black lettering. MYSTERY. The original stories as they first appeared in the British magazine THE STRAND, printed in double-columns, with 350 original drawings that accompanied the stories. 37 short stories plus the complete novel THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. All stories are complete and unabridged. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 636 pages. VG+/VG- . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1290] Book number: 22126 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	DOYLE, A. CONAN The Return of Sherlock Holmes . A Facsimile of the Stories As They Were First Published in the Strand Magazine, London, with Sidney Paget's Original Illustrations. NY: Platinum Press, 1996. Reprint. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 1879582139. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Contents are almost like new. DJ's spine is faded but lettering is clear. Four small tears on DJ's edges. Else very minor wear on the clean, complete DJ. ; 9-1/2" Tall, 193pp. Red boards, black spine, bright gold lettering. MYSTERY. The short stories in this facsimile edition were originally published between 1903 and 1905. Printed with two columns of type on each page. Numerous illustrations.. VG+/G+ . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 30902 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	DUNNING, JOHN The Bookman's Wake a Mystery with Cliff Janeway NY: Scribner, c. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0684800039. 3/4" cut in the cloth covering the front cover's joint, else very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Contents are almost like new. Very minor edge wear on the clean, complete DJ. ; Golden tan cloth spine with title lettering in bright metallic red reverse plate . MYSTERY. Policeman turned rare bookman, Cliff Janeway, goes in search of a young woman fugitive and a rare 1969 Grayson Press edition of Poe's RAVEN. ; 9-1/2" Tall; 351 pages. G+/VG- . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1032] Book number: 26149 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	FORBES, STANTON But I Wouldn't Want to Die There Garden City: Crime Club, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. The color is worn from the top edges, else very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Very minor endpaper soil/foxing. Tiny tan spot on top edge. Contents are clean and unmarked. Top and bottom of DJ's spine are moderately worn, else minor wear and soil on the complete DJ. ; Back cloth, bright silver lettering. MYSTERY. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on ffep: "To Penny Sherred, with best, best wishes and a warm invitation to return to St. Martin - and Grand Case. Stanton Forbes. " "This suspenseful tale moves from a gloom-ridden Manhattan apartment to the exotic Caribbean island of St. Martin whose brilliant sunlight also provided the shadows that covered murder. " ; 8-1/2" Tall; 168 pages. G+/G . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2150] Book number: 29156 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	FRANCIS, DICK Break in NY G. P. Putnam's Sons Book Club Edition C 1986. Hardcover. 244pp . 8vo . Brown boards w/bright gold spine lettering. Mystery. Racetrack thriller. VG / VG - .. USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3.25 \| JP¥ 430] Book number: 2443 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	GRAFTON, SUE "K" Is for Killer . NY Henry Holt 1994. Hardcover. First Printing of Stated First Edition . 285pp. Tall 8vo . One-quarter Black cloth w/bright metallic-red spine lettering. Heavily embossed DW. Mystery. Kinsey Millhone. Black color has transferred from the book's spine onto the inside of the DW at both the top and bottom, fading the black coloring on the spine just a little at the top of the back cover, and fading the bottom considerably. Black coloring has also run just a very little bit onto the top edge, right at the spine, not penetrating to the surface of the paper. Minor DW edge wear. Good + / VG - .. USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 774] Book number: 2975 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	GRAFTON, SUE "J" Is for Judgment NY Henry Holt C. 1993. Hardcover. ISBN: 0805019359. First printing of the FIRST EDITION. 288pp. Over 9" Tall. HC. Black cloth spine, bright metallic-orange lettering . MYSTERY. Very light 1" (coffee? ) stain on fore edge with stain appearing on the margin of one page, o/w binding, DJ and contents are almost like new. VG + / Fine. VG/NF . USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6 \| £UK 5.5 \| JP¥ 774] Book number: 12418 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	GREEN, TIM The Letter of the Law NY: Warner Books, c. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 0446522996. Small, attractive address label inside front cover, else binding and contents are almost as new. Very minor wear on the clean, complete DJ. ; Brown boards, black spine, bright gold lettering. MYSTERY. "A hunger drives attorney Casey Jordan to be the best - and she has both the brains to pull it off and the looks to close the deal...For the first time in her career, Casey will find herself torn between her sworn duty as a legal advocate and her desire to see true justice served. Then, just when she is tempted to use her privileged information to discover the truth, more bodies turn up - and Casey Jordan realizes hers could be next. "; 9-1/4" Tall; 341 pages. VG/VG . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6.25 \| JP¥ 860] Book number: 26322 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.
	HAILEY, J. P. The Anonymous Client NY: Donald I. Fine, Inc, c. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. ISBN: 155611124X. Front cover's bottom fore corner is moderately bumped, minor bumping of top & bottom of spine, otherwise very minor wear and soil on the sound binding. Previous owner's name & date on front free endpaper. The outer margins are very lightly age-yellowed, otherwise contents are clean and unmarked. Small, light stain on both back endpapers. The protective plastic film on the DJ is roughened in two small areas near the bottom edge of the back panel, resulting in a 3/4" x 1/16" area where the surface color of the DJ is missing, otherwise Minor wear and rubbing on clean, complete dust jacket. ; Blue boards, white lettering. MYSTERY. FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page: "J. P. Hailey" This is the sequal to THE BAXTER TRUST, continuing the story of New Yorker Steve Winslow, a lawyer with only one client. ; 8-1/2" Tall; 297 pages. VG-/G+ . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2150] Book number: 19872 Click here to order or inquire at Velma Clinton Books.