Evelyn B. Byrne [ed]; Otto M. Penzler [ed]

Attacks of Taste

New York, Gotham Book Mart, 1971. Cloth. A signed limited edition of this collection of essays by a host of popular authors such as Agatha Christie and J. R. R. Tolkien on their early literary influences, with this copy being presented to the celebrated queen of crime, Agatha Christie. A limited edition, with this being number 23 out of 100. The first edition was limited to 500 copies numbered and signed by the editors, with this being the smaller limitation of 100 copies, which were for presentation and not for sale. A brilliant association, with this copy being previously owned by the legendary crime writer, Agatha Christie. This work was presented to Christie, a contributor to this collection of essays, with "Agatha Christie's Copy" inscribed to the edition page to the rear by the editors. Agatha Christie's contribution for this work discusses her enjoyment in Stanley Weyman's historical novels and the Sherlock Holmes stories. Signed by both the editors to the edition page. This limited edition work features a collection of essays from popular literary figures and important individuals, discussing their early literary influences, and was edited by Evelyn Byrne and Otto Penzler. The work features contributions from the likes of J. R. R. Tolkien, Anthony Burgess, Tennessee Williams, Richard Nixon and Agatha Christie. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking plain dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth. Lacking plain dust wrapper. Externally excellent with slight fading to the spine and marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 931Z27D

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Signed Limited edition Evelyn Byrne Otto Penzler Limited edition Agatha Christie None

Byrne, Evelyn and Penzler, Otto. (ed.)

Attacks of Taste. Signed

New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Limited to 500 copies Signed by the Editors. A fine copy in beige cloth, paper label to the spine and front board in a near fine unprinted dustwrapper. 8vo. 63 pp. An eclectic selection of authors write about their favourite authors. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 26626

Catalogue: Electronic List TBCL

Keywords: FIRST EDITION SIGNED .

GRAFTON, SUE; OTTO PENZLER (EDITORS)

The Best American Mystery Stories 1998

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. 0395835852. 1. Soft Cover. ISBN: 0395835852. Publisher's glossy wraps. Volume shows mild shelf-wear, else fine. NEAR FINE.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xiv, (ii), 345 pp. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

Round Table Books, LLCProfessional seller

Book number: 23672

Catalogue: Mystery

Keywords: 0395835852 Mysteries Fiction; Literature; Short Stories Novels, Poetry & Literature Mystery & Suspense

Grafton, Sue; Penzler, Otto,

The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century.

Boston, Ma., Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000. 1st Printing. Hardcover., Vg (See Description), Vg/Vg Faint Edgewear to Dj. Dj in Mylar Wrap. Pages: 813.

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Book number: MASTER350343I

Catalogue: Mystery

Hillerman, Tony, ed.; Otto Penzler, series editor

The Best American Mystery Stories of the Century

New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny printed wrapper. Edited by Tony Hillerman, a fine collection of nearly 50 short mystery stories, spanning O. Henry (1903) and Willa Cather (1905) all the way nearly to the new millennium (Tom Franklin in 1998 and Dennis Lehane in 1999). Along the way you'll find stories from Dashiell Hammet to James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler to John Steinbeck, William Faulkner to Joyce Carol Oates. Preface by series editor Otto Penzler and then a lengthy Introduction by Tony Hillerman and with voluminous biographical notes. xviii, 813 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Near Fine,

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Book number: 359659

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: short stories mystery stories literature first edition Tony Hillerman Otto Penzler

HOROWITZ, ANTHONY & PENZLER, OTTO

Best Crime Stories of the Year Volume 04

Head of Zeus. 2024, First Edition, First Printing. (ISBN: 9781035909766). Hardcover. New hardcover with un-clipped jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Unread with no faults. New/New.

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Book number: 610531

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 9781035909766

Edited by Ellroy, James and Otto Penzler

The Best American Noir of the Century

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2010, First Edition/First Printing. (ISBN: 9780547330778) Hardcover. Book, A square solid tight unread copy. This copy has some light pagedge soil else fine.The priced jacket has a short scratch to the rear board, some light edgewear. Fiction by Tod Robbins, James M. Cain, Steve Fisher, Mackinlay Kantor, Day Keene, Dorothy B. Hughes, Howard Browne, Mickey Spillane, David Goodis, Charles Beaumont, Gil Brewer, Evan Hunter, Jim Thompson, Cornell Woolrich, David Morrell, Patricia Highsmith, Stephen Greenleaf, Brendan Dubois, James Ellroy, James Lee Burke, Harlan Ellison, Ed Gorman, James Crumley, Jeffery Deaver, Joyce Carol Oates, Tom Franklin, Lawrence Block, James W. Hall, Dennis Lehane, William Gay, F. X. Toole, Elmore Leonard, Scott Wolven, Christopher Coake, Thomas H. Cook, Andrew Klavan, Chris Adrian, Bradford Morrow, Lorenzo Carcaterra. Nice copy signed by Deaver and Ellroy. This copy includes a picture of Jeffery at the signing event. This copy includes a picture of James that I snapped at the signing event. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND WILL NOPRMALLY SHIP NEXT DAY. Fine/N-Fine. Signed Copy.

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Book number: 034882

Catalogue: Suspense Thriller

Keywords: 9780547330778 /

PENZLER, OTTO (EDITOR)(LL. T. MEADE & ROBERT EUSTACE; GRANT ALLEN; ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON; BRAM STOKER; ARTHUR MORRISON; E. W. HORNUNG; WASHINGTON IRVING; JACK LONDON; C. W. DOYLE; ARNOLD BENNETT; THOMAS W. HANSHEW; MAURICE LEBLANC; NEWTON MACTAVISH; +)

The Big Book of Rogues and Villains

NY, Vintage Crime - Black Lizard. 2017, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780525432487). Paperback. 1st printing (2017). Trade sized original. "Introduction" by Otto Penzler; "At the Edge of the Crater" by L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace; "The Episode of the Mexican Seer" by Grant Allen; "The Body Snatcher" by Robert Louis Stevenson; "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker; "The Narrative of Mr. James Rigby" by Arthur Morrison; "The Ides of March" by E. W. Hornung; "The Story of a Young Robber" by Washington Irving; "Moon-Face" by Jack London; "The Shadow of Quong Lung" by C. W. Doyle; "The Fire of London" by Arnold Bennett; "Madam Sara" by L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace; "The Affair of the man Who called Himself Hamilton Cleek" by Thomas W. Hanshew; "The Mysterious Railway Passenger" by Maurice Leblanc; "An Unposted Letter" by Newton MacTavish; "The Adventure of "the Brain" by Bertram Atkey; "The Kailyard Novel" by Clifford Ashdown; "The Parole of Gevil-Hay" by K. & Hesketh Prichard; "The Hammerpond Park Burglary" by H. G. Wells; "The Zayat Kiss' by Sax Rohmer; "The Infallible Godahl" by Frederick Irving Anderson; "The Caballero's Way" & "Conscience in Art" by O. Henry; "The Unpublishable Memoirs" by A. S. W. Rosenbach; "The Universal Covered Carpet Tack Company" by George Randolph Chester; "Boston Blackie's Code" by Jack Boyle; "The Gray Seal" by Frank L. Packard; "The Dignity of Honest Labor" by Percival Pollard; "the Eyes of teh Countess gerda" by May Edington; "The Willow Walk" by Sinclair Lewis; "A Retrieved Reformation" by O. henry; "The Burglar" by John Russell; "Portrait of a Murderer" by Q. Patrick; "Karmesin and teh Big Flea" by Gerald Kersh; "The Very raffles-Like Episode of Castor and Pollux, Diamonds De Luxe" by Harry Stephen Keeler; "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell; "Four Square Jane" by Edgar Wallace; "A Fortune in Tin" by Edgar Wallace; "The Genuine Old Master" by David Durham; "The Colonel Gives a party" by Everett Rhodes Castle; "Footsteps of Fear" by Vincent Starrett; "The Signed Masterpiece" by Frederick Irving Anderson; "The Hands of Mr. Ottermole" by Thomas Burke; "His Lady" to the Rescue" by Bruce Graeme; "On Getting an Introduction" by Edgar Wallace; "The Fifteen Murderers" by Ben Hecht; "The Damsel in Distress" by Leslie Charteris; "After-Dinner Story" by William Irish; "The Mystery of teh Golden-Skull" by Donald E. Keyhoe; "We Are All Dead" by Bruno Fischer; "Horror Insured" by Paul Ernst; "A Shock for the Countess" by C. S. Montanye; "A Shabby Millionaire" by Christoper B. Booth; "Crimson Shackles" by Frederick C. Davis; "The Adventure of the Voodoo Moon" by Eugene Thomas; "The Copper Bowl" by George Fielding Eliot; "The Cat-Woman" & "The Kid Stacks a Deck" by Erle Stanley Gardner; "The Theft from the Empty Room" by Edward D. Hoch; "The Shill" by Stephen Marlowe; "The Dr. Sherrick Commission" by Frank McAuliffe; "In Round Figures" & "The Racket Buster" by Erle Stanley Gardner; "Sweet Music" by Robert L. Fish; "The Ehrengraf Experience" by Lawrence Block; "Quarry's Luck" by Max Allan Collins; "The Partnership" by David Morrell; "Blackburn Sins" by Bradley Denton; "The Black Spot" by Loren D. Estleman; "Car Trouble" by Jas. R. Petrin; "Keller on the Spot" by Lawrence Block; "Boudin Noir" by R. T. Lawton; "Like a Thief in the Night" by Lawrence Block; "Too Many Crooks" by Donald E. Westlake. Minor handling wear. Fine.

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Book number: PAD27

Catalogue: Mystery Hardcovers

Keywords: Mystery Pulp Anthology Hardboiled Noir Pulp Fiction Mystery Anthologies 9780525432487

PENZLER OTTO

The Armchair Detective Fall 1988 Volume 21 Number 4

New York, The Mysterious Press. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0892963409) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (500 gram rate) light wear, card wrappers, A4 size, various articles. Very Good/No Jacket.

Fortuna BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 006235

Catalogue: Crime & Thriller Fiction

Keywords: Crime Thriller Murder Mystery Detective Fiction Fan Magazine Periodical Journal 0892963409

PENZLER OTTO

The Armchair Detective Winter 1989 Volume 22 Number 1

New York, The Mysterious Press. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0892963417) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (500 gram rate) light wear, card wrappers, A4 size, various articles. Very Good/No Jacket.

Fortuna BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 006236

Catalogue: Crime & Thriller Fiction

Keywords: Crime Thriller Murder Mystery Detective Fiction Fan Magazine Periodical Journal 0892963417

PENZLER OTTO

The Armchair Detective Spring 1989 Volume 22 Number 2

New York, The Mysterious Press. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0892963417) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (500 gram rate) light wear, card wrappers, A4 size, various articles. Very Good/No Jacket.

Fortuna BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 006237

Catalogue: Crime & Thriller Fiction

Keywords: Crime Thriller Murder Mystery Detective Fiction Fan Magazine Periodical Journal 0892963417

PENZLER OTTO

The Armchair Detective Summer 1989 Volume 22 Number 3

New York, The Mysterious Press. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0892963417) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (500 gram rate) light wear, card wrappers, A4 size, various articles. Very Good/No Jacket.

Fortuna BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 006238

Catalogue: Crime & Thriller Fiction

Keywords: Crime Thriller Murder Mystery Detective Fiction Fan Magazine Periodical Journal 0892963417

edited by Penzler, Otto and Westlake, Donald E.

The Best American Mystery Stories 2000

U.S.A. Mariner Books. 2000, First Edition/First Printing. (ISBN: 0395939186) Trade Paperback. Book, A square solid tight clean unread copy. arc with publisher's material laid in. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY. PBO. Fine.

Pat Cramer, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 037476

Keywords: 0395939186 /

Penzler,Otto

The 50 Greatest Mysteries of All Time

Los Angeles, Dove Books. 1998, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 0787109630) Hardcover. Book, A solid tight square copy that has some very minor pagedge soil and a gift inscription. Includes fiction by Edgar Allan Poe.Aldous Huxley,Robert Bloch,Mickey SpillaneStephen King,Elmore Leonard,Sara Paretsky,Ruth Rendell,Harlan Ellison,James Ellroy and many others. N-Fine/Fine.

Pat Cramer, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 016944

Catalogue: Anthology

Keywords: 0787109630 Edgar Allan Poe,Aldous Huxley,Robert Bloch,Mickey Spillane,Stephen King,Elmore Leonard,Sara Paretsky,Ruth Rendell. Harlan Ellison,James Ellroy Female Mystery Author Suspense Thriller