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Dr. Sam: Johnson, detector being, a light-hearted collection of recently reveal'd episodes in the career of the great lexicographer narrated as from the pen of James Boswell. Including: the unmasking of the flying highwaymen; the singular episode of the Monboddo ape boy; the recovery of Prince Charlie's vanisht ruby ...and the macabre affair of the wax-work cadaver. New York, A.A. Knopf, 1946. First edition, small 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 257; frontispiece; jacket with one small tape repair on verso, jacket slightly rubbed and with piece of scotch tape (not mending a tear) on blank back panel of jacket; very good. A series of mysterious episodes presented to and solved by Dr. Johnson, as told by Boswell in the stylized prose of the 18th century. Queen's Quorum, 100; Goldstone 786. Book number: 16353 USD 93.75 [Appr.: EURO 74.75 | £UK 60 | JP„ 7458]
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Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector. Narrated As from the Pen of James Boswell. New York, Knopf, 1946. First edition / First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Highly entertaining historical whodunit casebook featuring the Good Doctor. Has bred many imitators mining other periods. A Queen's Quorum title. Anthony Boucher calls it "A permanent classic of criminology, and a unique treat for everyone from the historical sociologist to the ardent whodunit fan". Other comments by Vincent Starrett and Joseph Wood Krutch ("..reads like fiction but, except for the hypothetical solution, invents nothing.") ~A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with minor rubbing and some nicking. Book number: 2050 USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 24 | £UK 19.25 | JP„ 2386] Catalogue: Book
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 | DR. SAM: JOHNSON, DETECTOR. Inscribed New York, Alfred A. Knopf. 1946, 1st Edition. First Edition of this Queen's Quorum 100 title Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. 'Cordially inscribed to Mae Carruthers, with the admiration and affection of many years, by Yours to command, Lillian de La Torre, November, 1746'. A fine copy in cinnamon cloth, gilt titles and decorations in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper with the slightest of use and one restored tiny chip to the spine crown. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights. Barnes, Muder In Print. The most desirable of 1746 inscriptions. Signed by Author. Book number: 28061 USD 750.00 [Appr.: EURO 598 | £UK 478.5 | JP„ 59660] Catalogue: Electronic List TBCL
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Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense : The Dancing Detective; Help Wanted Male; Twenty One Good Men and True; the Nuggy Bar; the Homesick Buick; the Parker Shotgun; Qutters Inc; Lucky Penny; Never Shake a Family Tree; Have a Nice Death Garden City, New York: Doubleday Book & Music Clubs, Inc, 1988. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. 2-tone hardcover (black spine/grey boards) w/gilt spine title,light wear/soil,pgs clean/bright; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good with no dust jacket.  -- BG MediaBook number: 45529 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 16 | £UK 13 | JP„ 1591] Catalogue: Mystery
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 | Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine July 1978 (Vol 72 No 1) Davis Publications, 1978. Paperback. Very Good. light rubbing and creasing of edges() Includes Birthday Killer by Hugh Pentecost: The young Runners by James Holding: The Missing Money by R. L. Stevens: The Great Blueberry Pie Heist by Charles Peterson: Mrs. Henerson Talks to God by Libby MacCall: Milady Bigamy by Lillian de la Torre: hard Luck Story by Richard A. Moore: The Shredded Rose by Lynwood Sawyer: message from a Dead man by Robert Cittadino: Inspector Wexford on Hooliday by Ruth Rendell: And Then Ther Was One by Caryl Brahms & S. J. Simon: The Last of the Rossiters by Thomas Walsh: We Interrupt This Magazine by Alice Laurance: The Problem of the Old Oak Tree by Edward D. Hoch: etc. ID: mon0000095636 .  -- KbooksBook number: mon0000095636 USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 6.5 | JP„ 795]
Keywords: Subjects, Paperback, Printed Books, Hoch, Edward D., Rendell, Ruth Miscellaneous | In shopping cart More information |
âElizabeth Is Missing'; Or, Truth Triumphant: An Eighteenth Century Mystery. Being a true and complete Relation of her Mysterious Disappearance with her low and distrest State upon returning to her Friends, her fixing upon Enfield Wash as the Place of Michael Joseph, 1st edn, 1947 267p, frontispiece and 8 plates, hardback (original green cloth, the upper cover decorated with silver and black motif), free end-papers browned - otherwise VG+ (no dustwrapper) Book number: 82795 GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 14.11 | JP„ 1122] Catalogue: MISCELLANEOUS
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The Detections of Dr. Sam: Johnson , Told as if By James Boswell New York, International Polygonics. 1984, Reprint. (ISBN: 0-9330330-9) Pbk. Eight baffling mysteries unravelled by the inimitable Doctor, as narrated by Boswell - all authentic 18th.C style and places - a light delight for Johnsonian readers.(Contains : Tontine Curse; Stroke of Thirteen; Viotti Stradivarius; Black Stone of Dr. Dee; Frantick Rebel; Saint-Germain the Deathless; Missing Shakespeare Manuscipt; Triple-Lock'd Room.) Pbk 192p. Fine. Book number: 23715 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 16 | £UK 13 | JP„ 1591] Catalogue: Mystery Fiction
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The Detections of Dr. Sam: Johnson. Garden City:, Doubleday / Crime Club,, 1960., First Edition, Hardcover. Octavo, about 8.5 inches tall, in light green cloth. 190 pages. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE HALF-TITLE. Sort of a Holmes and Watson pastiche featuring Johnson and Boswell in prose meant to resemble Boswell's. Eight short stories set in the 18th century. A couple of spots of fading on the lower front and lower spine and modest rubbing to the top edge of the front cover; inside clean and soundly bound with the usual light toning. The jacket is untorn and complete, but there is minor loss of surface color at the spine ends. Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dustjacket. Book number: 13430 USD 113.60 [Appr.: EURO 90.75 | £UK 72.5 | JP„ 9037] Catalogue: Mystery
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The Detections of Dr. Sam: Johnson New York, Crime Club by Doubleday & Company. 1960, First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo. pp. [15] 190.Dust jacket price clipped. Very Good/Very Good. Book number: 109958 CAD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 27.25 US$ 34.07 | £UK 21.75 | JP„ 2710] Catalogue: Literature
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The Detections of Dr. Sam: Johnson. Garden City, New York: Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday, 1960. (JOHNSON, SAMUEL) 8vo. . Light green cloth. Inscribed by the author on the fly leaf "- Sir, y'r attached Lillian de la Torre Christmas, 1960" Recipients name obliterated in black ink, else fine in near fine dust jacket. Book number: 216807 USD 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.75 | £UK 64 | JP„ 7955]
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DR. SAM: JOHNSON,DETECTOR N.Y. Alfred A.Knopf. 1946, First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book, Being,a Light-Hearted Collection of Recently Reveal'd Episodes in the Career of the Great Lexicographer Narrated as from the Pen of James Boswell. Very Good/No Jacket. Book number: 061138 USD 16.20 [Appr.: EURO 13 | £UK 10.5 | JP„ 1289] Catalogue: Fiction::general
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Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector, being, a Light-Hearted Collection of Recently Reveal'd Episodes in the Career of the Great Lexicographer Narrated as from the Pen of James Boswell London, Macmillan. 1986, Reprint. Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo. Classic of detective fiction, first pub. in 1946, 259pp. Some grubby marks to bottom edge. Very Good/Very Good.  -- Pend BooksBook number: 11283 GBP 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 15 US$ 18.81 | JP„ 1496]
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DR SAM: JOHNSON, DETECTOR New York City, Alfred A Knopf 1946, HB cloth. Ill.: Colour frontispiece. Cl. bds. mod. soiled & rubbed; else g/vg. 8vo no dj pp. xi, 257. "..being, a light-hearted Collection of Recently reveal'd Episodes in the Career of the Great Lexicographer.." Book number: 010173 USD 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 6 | £UK 5 | JP„ 597] Catalogue: Literature
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Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector Alfred A. Knopf. [1946], reprint. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. Pseudonym of Lillian McCue. (Mystery). Book number: 126404 USD 19.49 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 | £UK 12.5 | JP„ 1550] Catalogue: Crime Fiction
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Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector - Being a Light-Hearted Collection of Recently Reveal'd Episodes. . . From the Pen of James Boswell. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Hardcover., Vg- in Light Blue Boards with Gilt Lettering. No Dj. Pages: 257. Light Edgewear. Pages Lightly Toning. Text Block Clean & Tight. Book number: MASTER189607I USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 | £UK 14.25 | JP„ 1750] Catalogue: Old Fiction
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Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector: being, a light-hearted Collection of Recently reveal'd Episodes in the Career of the Great Lexicographer narrated as from the Pen of James Boswell........ Alfred A. Knopf 1945. Cloth, dust-wrapper. Pp 257, with coloured frontispiece of Johnson and Boswell. Book number: 576 USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.5 | £UK 5.25 | JP„ 636] Catalogue: English literature
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Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector. New York. Knopf. 1946. 12mo. 257 pp. Cloth boards. Very good lacking dust jacket. Remnants of dust jacket (flaps) taped onto endpapers. Light soiling to top edge and bump at head of spine. ¶ A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone title. Being, a light-hearted collection of recently revel'd episodes in the career of the Great Lexicographer narrated as from the pen of James Boswell. Book number: 9711 USD 9.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP„ 756] Catalogue: Mystery
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Dr Sam: Johnson, Detector Narrated as From the Pen of James Boswell. Macmillan, 1985. Hard Cover, 259pp, the edges browning a little with age, complete dustjacket. A couple of spots of light foxing to flyleaf, otherwise a clean, Near Fine copy. Dr Johnson solves 9 crimes!.. Very Good /Fine. -- Hessay BooksBook number: 11407 GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 US$ 15.68 | JP„ 1247] Catalogue: Literature A - F
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Dr. Sam Johnson, Detector. New York, KNOPF, 1946. Book Club Edition, 12MO, 257 pp. VG+/Fair ¶ Being a light-hearted collection of recently reveal'd in the career of the great lexicographer as revealed from the pen of James Boswell Nice copy in very worn jacket with several tears and a large piece missing on spine. Book number: 9675 USD 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 | £UK 4.5 | JP„ 557] Catalogue: Mystery
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Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Book; blue cloth binding with gilt printing on spine and gilt embossed image on front cover; book is straight and tight, pages are clean and tight without marks or tears; there is wear to lower edges and some fading to front edges. Dust jacket is price clipped, it is clean and bright; it has light wear and chipping at spine edges along with rubbing of back panel. Book is made up of a series of episodes including robbery, murder and mayhem, all solved by Sam Johnson himself. 7 1/2" x 5"; 257 pages. VG/VG. Book number: 4298 USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 16 | £UK 13 | JP„ 1591]
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Dr. Sam: Johnson, detector NY, Alfred A.Knopf, 1946. VG hardback in Good price-clipped dustjacket. 1st US ed.. Gilt lettering on spine oxydised; dust jacket worn at edges. Book number: BOOKS023360I GBP 16.67 [Appr.: EURO 21 US$ 26.13 | JP„ 2079]
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Dr. Sam Johnson, Detector : Being, a Light-Hearted Collection of Recently Reveal'D Episodes in the Career of the Great Lexicographer Narrated As from the Pen of James Boswell London, Macmillan, 1985, First of this edition. (ISBN: 0333398823) Hardcover . Octavo, red boards. Tidy ink owner name at top margin of front free endpaper, with ink date on the other side, text paper slightly toned, shallow bump at foot of spine and lower inner inner of front cover, else fine in nearly fine jacket, flap price intact. First published NY, 1946. Queen's Quorum 100 - "the finest series of historical detective stories ever written - in scholarship, humor, flaor, and compelling detail." . Book number: 34850 USD 20.35 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 | £UK 13 | JP„ 1619] Catalogue: Crime and Suspense Fiction
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Dr. Sam: Johnson, Detector Book Club. [1946]. (Hardcover) Very good in dust jacket. Pseudonym of Lillian McCue. (Mystery). Book number: 186461 USD 16.08 [Appr.: EURO 13 | £UK 10.5 | JP„ 1279] Catalogue: Crime Fiction
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Elizabeth is Missing Alfred Knopf, 1945. Hardback no dj. Slight soiling of cover o/w good condition. Book number: 101746 USD 5.49 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 | £UK 3.75 | JP„ 437] Catalogue: Fiction D
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