DAVISSON POST, Melville

Monsieur Jonquelle: Prefect of Police of Paris

McClelland & Stewart, 1923. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket) . 1923 1st Canadian edition - original with pages 62 and 63 transposed; orange cloth cover with orange lettering standing out on black background; black areas worn, especially spine; page edges and orange areas of cover discoloured, especially spine. Binding neatly repaired. Internally, front free endpaper removed; outer pages lightly foxed; a few discolouration marks on other pages; otherwise, a readable copy. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_69615_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS292315I

DAVISSON POST, MELVILLE (AUTHOR); CRISPIN, EDMUND (INTRODUCTION)

Uncle Abner: Master of Mysteries

London, Tom Stacey Ltd. 1972, First Thus. (ISBN: 9780854681310). Hardcover. Used, Very good condition First Thus edition hardcover, with an introduction by Edmund Crispin, in unclipped dust jacket. Jacket is sunned, and edges are creased and nicked. Spine is slightly cocked, and page block is lightly tanned. Pages are clear and unmarked throughout. LW. Very Good/Very Good.

PsychoBabel BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 541535

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 9780854681310

ELLERY QUEEN MYSTERY (CARTER DICKSON/ JOHN DICKSON CARR; HARRY MULHEIM; VIRGINIA JONES; RICHARD HARDING DAVIS; BARRY PEROWNE; MELVILLE DAVISSON POST; JOHN D. HESS; Q. PATRICK; BUDD SCHULBERG; STEVE FISHER; STANLEY ANTON)

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine: March, Mar. 1956

NY, Mercury Publications. 1956. Single Issue Magazine. Vol. 27, no. 3 (Whole No. 148). Cover art by Frayoas. Includes "The Man Who Explained Miracles" by Carter Dickson (John Dickson Carr); "The Dusty Drawer" by Harry Mulheim; "the Compleat Murderess" by Virginia Jones; "Van Bibber's Burglar" by Richard Harding Davis; "Jack of Diamonds" by Barry Perowne; "Of More Value Than Sparrows" by Melville Davisson Post; "Banks Are Never Wrong" by John D. Hess; "On the Day of the Rose Show" by Q. Patrick; "Murder on the Waterfront" by Budd Schulberg; "Lucky Cop" by Steve Fisher; "To Bury a Friend" by Stanley Anton; "Detective Directory' by Robert P. Mills; "Winners' Names in $250 Contest". Tanning; edge and corner wear; minor tears at spine heel; minor nicks and chips at lower rear cover foredge corner.. Very Good.

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Book number: PR2072

Catalogue: Magazines

Keywords: Mystery Mystery Magazines

ELLERY QUEEN MYSTERY (MICHAEL GILBERT; CLARK HOWARD; BRIAN GARFIELD; MELVILLE DAVISSON POST; JOHN F. SUTER; JOYCE HARRINGTON; NANCY PICKARD; WILLIAM BANKIER; SIMON BRETT; JACK RITCHIE; EDWARD D. HOCH; R. E. PORTER & CHRIS STEINBRUNNER)

Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: December, Dec. 2, 1981

NY, Dell Magazines. 1981. Single Issue Magazine. Vol. 78, No. 6, Whole No. 460. Edited by Eleanor Sullivan. Includes "The Last Reunion" by Michael Gilbert; "Second Jeopardy" by Clark Howard; "The Shopping List" by Brian Garfield; "The Marriage Contract" by Melville Davisson Post; "The Power of the Tongue" by John F. Suter; "Honeymoon Home" by Joyce Harrington; "A Man Around the House" by Nancy Pickard; "A Fierceness Deep Inside" by William Bankier; "Playing It Cool" by Simon Brett; "The Message in the Message" by Jack Ritchie; "The Theft of the Picture Postcards" by Edward D. Hoch; "Mystery Newsletter"; R. E. Porter & Chris Steinbrunner; "The Jury Box" by Jon L. Breen; "Index to Volume 78". Creasing; minro bumps and dings; tanning; minor waviness to fornt foredge. Good to Very Good-.

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Book number: PS555

Catalogue: Magazines

Keywords: Mystery Mystery Magazines

POST, Melville Davisson

The Bradmoor murder: including the remarkable deductions of Sir Henry Marquis of Scotland Yard

NY, J.H Sears & Company, 1929. Used - Acceptable. Ex lib hardback (no dust jacket) 1st edition. 1st US edition, in grey cloth with red lettering. Blind-stamp on front free end paper; small library stamp on contents page; trace of labels on back end paper; class-mark on spine. Cloth on spine a little browned, with fraying at head & foot; some colour-loss & marks on boards Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_95360_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS317509I

Post, Melville Davisson,

Corpus Delicti.

Kessinger Publishing, Undated. Reprint. Hardcover., Vg in Paper-Covered Boards. Prev. Owner Bookplage Inside. Pages Clean & Tight. Pages: 30.

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Book number: MASTER276031I

Catalogue: Mystery

Melville Davisson Post

Dwellers in the Hills

New York and London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1901. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this early novel from American writer Melville Davisson Post. First edition. An exciting tale of boyish adventure and the journey to manhood. This tale of horses and cattle is interspersed with myth, philosophy, and Biblical allegory. Written by Melville Davisson Post, an American writer. Although his name is not immediately familiar to those outside of specialist circles, many of his collections are still in print. He is best known for creating the character of Uncle Abner, a mystery solving, justice dispensing West Virginian backwoodsman. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 949T61

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: Dwellers Hills Post Hills None

Melville Davisson Post

The Methods of Uncle Abner Edited and Introduced by Tom & Enid Schantz)

Aspen Press 1974 First Edition First Printing. Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and page edges lightly marked else Fine book in like Dust Jacket. .
¶ The Mystery at Hillhouse; The God of the Hills; The Dark Night; the Devil's Track. Limited to 1500 copies. ''... first truly great American detective. Dupin, after all, was a Frenchman... ''"

Porcupine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 116268

POST, Melville Davisson

Randolph Mason: the strange schemes

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) . Reissue 1922. Foxing on page edges and endpapers. Tiny notation at top of front free endpaper. Binding tight. Grey-blue cloth a little yellowed on boards; brown lettering on front board and spine partially worn away but legible. A little wear to corners and spine head/foot. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_73380_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS295903I

Melville Davisson Post

The Revolt of the Birds

New York, D. Appleton & Company, 1927 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Melville Davisson Post's chilling tale about an island overrun with mutated insects. The first edition, first impression, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.This atmospheric tale is places on an island in the China Sea that is entirely without birds, as they have been scared away by swarms of seemingly mutated insects.The novel climaxes with two survivors being rescued by the few surviving birds, who use their open wings to create sails to fly a sampan.The publisher describe this as 'a story of supernatural beauty, a strange, unusual tale for the lover of romance&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Dust wrapper back strip age toned. Closed tear to tail of front wrap. Two closed tears to head of rear wrap. Closed tears and minor loss to back strip head. Internally, firmly bound. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 903F12

Catalogue: Modern Fiction

Keywords: science fiction mutant birds horror mutant birds None

Post, Melville Davisson,

Sleuth of St. James Street.

Kessinger Publishing, Undated. Reprint. Trade Paperback., Vg in Wraps. Prev. Owner Bookplate Inside. Pages Clean & Tight. Pages: 237.

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Book number: MASTER276030I

Catalogue: Mystery

POST, Melville Davisson

The Sleuth of St. James's Square

NY, D. Appleton & Co, 1920. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dust jacket) . Early reprint, 1921, in green cloth with black & green. Page fore-edge browned; text generally clean. Some wear at board edges & corners; spine worn & stained, with repair to front joint Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_73089_jpg.jpg.

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Book number: BOOKS295688I

Post, Melville Davisson

The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason

New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1901. 8vo. 280 pp. Very Good, Black Decorative Cloth with sun-fading, minor stains, edge wear, & rubbing; spine slanted; shelf wear. Provenance: John Ruyle. Previous owner's signature on FFEP. Important Early Mystery Collection. .

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Book number: 15-3918

Catalogue: Books

Melville Davisson Post

Uncle Abner Master of Mysteries

Tom Stacey 1972 First Edition in the UK First Printing. Slightly bumped at top and bruised at base of spine and page edges lightly browned and slightly marked else Fine book in like Dust Jacket. .
¶ Introduction by Edmund Crispin and 18 Uncle Abner mysteries. ''... We are taken back to the hills of Virginia in the early days of the American republic, when there were no police and remote communities had to find their own justice. Abner... protects the innocent and exposes the evil doer... ''"

Porcupine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 116266

Post, Melville Davisson

Uncle Abner.

Tom Stacey, 1972. New edition. Hardcover. Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with one 3 line inked inscription and some pencilled marginalia, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. 252 pages, 18 short stories. Fair in Very Good dust jacket.

Aucott & ThomasProfessional seller

Book number: 64793

Catalogue: Fiction:: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Crime and mystery fiction