Trial and Error

Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Co.. 1938. Hardcover, 8 vo. Book, yellow cloth, 351 pages, spine is faded, wear at corners and spine ends, end paper are toned,as are the endpapers, 2 line in ink on front free endpaper,Originally published: London: Doubleday, 1937, CONTENTS: Prologue: Symposium -- Picaresque: Mr Todhunter in search of victim -- Transpontine: The murder in the old barn -- Detective: The too-perfect murder case -- Journalistic: Scene in court -- Gothic: Dungeon cell -- Epilogue, Shy and retiring Lawrence Todhunter decides to make one final contribution to humanity before he is claimed by a fatal heart disease - he will eliminate the most obnoxious person he can find. He commits the murder, but then an innocent man is arrested for the crime. Horrified by this unexpected outcome, Todhunter is forced to turn detective to prove to the authorities that they have got the wrong man. Fair/No Dust Jacket.

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Book number: 11257906

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction. Detective and Mystery Stories. Murder -- Investigation. Fiction

PINKERTON. ALLAN

THE RAILROAD FORGER AND THE DETECTIVES

Toronto, J.S. Robertson & Brothers. 1886. Hardcover. Book, green cloth,gilt spine, 174 pages, illustration, frontis. 5 full page b & w illustrations, text pages toned, corners lightly bumped, light wear at corners, the author, Allan Pinkerton ( 1819 - 1884) Scottish American detective and spy, created the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, the first detective agency of the United States. I cannot find a Canadian library that holds this particular title published by this publisher. Size: 12mo. Very Good.

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Book number: 1123533

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Fiction, Railroads, Allan Pinkerton, Detectives, Forgery, Law Enforcemen,Crime Americana Railroads/Transportation

ALLINGHAM,MARGERY

LOOK TO THE LADY

Harmondsworth UK, Penguin Books. 1953, Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Book, Penguin Books 773, 2/, 1953, slight spine lean, minor soil, very light edge wear. Very Good.

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Book number: 1123383

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Mystery Crime, Detective Fiction, Allingham Margery,

ALLINGHAM, MARGERY

TETHER'S END

New York, Doubleday. 1958, Doubleday Book Club. Hardcover. Ill.: d.j. painting by Claus Hoie. Book, pp. 215, light wear at spine ends, small closed tear to d.j. at top of spine, light wear to d.j. corners, light soil to back panel of d.j. cover art is bright, in mylar protective d.j. Size: 8 Vo.. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 00147

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: D.J. Painting By Claus Hoiecrime Novels Allingham Margery Suspense

ALLINGHAM, MARGERY

THE TIGER IN THE SMOKE

New York, Doubleday. 1952, Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover, 8 vo. Book, black cloth, 254 pages, dust jacket, An Albert Campion detective story light spine fade, else, a very good copy, in a v.g. dust jacket. Eerie London fog complicates detective work for Albert Campion as he sets out to put an end to the activities of the "Tiger" and his evil mob. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 11257067

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Campion, Albert (Fictitious Character) -- Fiction. Private Investigators -- England -- Fiction. Campion, Albert (Fictitious Character) Private Investigators. Fiction

AMBLER,ERIC

BACKGROUND TO DANGER

New York, DelL Publishing Co. 1958, First Dell Printing,Sept. 1958. Paperbound. Ill.: Cover Design By Seymour Chawst. Book, Dell Great Mystery Library Nimber 18, 35 cent cover-price,published in England under the title, "Uncommon Danger", a tight, bright copy. Fine.

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Book number: 1123385

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Cover Design By Seymour Chawstcrime Mystery, Suspence Fictio, Eric Ambler, Espionage, Spys,

BARTLETT, ALLISON, HOOVER

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story Of A Thief, A Detective And A World Of Literary Obsession

Toronto, Viking. 2009, 1st Edition. (ISBN: 9780670067992) Soft cover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, paper, 274 pages, uncorrected, unpublished proofs confidential (at head of title on front cover) Unrepentant book thief John Charles Gilkey has stolen a fortune in rare books from around the county. Yet unlike most thieves, who steal for profit, Gilkey steals for the love of the books. Perhaps equally obsessive, though, is Ken Sanders, the self-appointed "bibliodick" driven to catch him. Sanders, a lifelong rare book collector and dealer turned amateur detective, will stop at nothing to catch the thief plaguing his trade. New.

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Book number: 1125558917

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: 9780670067992 Bibliomania. Bibliomanie, Bibliophiles E?Tats-Unis Biographies Bibliophilie, Biographies, Book Collecting, Book Collecting Book Collectors, Book Collectors United States Biography Book Thefts, Gilkey, John, 1968-, Sanders, Ken, United States

BECHTEL, JOHN;

THE SHANGHAI MYSTERY;

Grand Rapids,, Wm B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. 1945, 1st Amer. Pict. Cloth. Book, pp. 88, illustrated, text illustrations, title-page vignette, half the front free end-paper missing, light soil and minor edge tears in d.j. A Chinese mystery story for young people from the author of Harrison Road Mystery, The Chicken Devil Mystery and The Dragon Boat Mystery. Size: 8 Vo.. Good/Very Good.

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Book number: CM_0115

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Mystery, Fiction, Juvenile Literature, Bechtel John

DE BEKKER, JAY

GUTTER GANG

N.p., Beacon Books. 1954, Canadian Edition. Paperback. Ill.: Cover Art by Walter Popp. Book, paperback, # B165, Canadian printing, cover price 35 cents, a bright clean copy. " It's time the public opened its eyes to the naked , shocking story of teen-age lust, dope and prostitution." from the front cover Size: 12 mo.. Very Good.

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Book number: 1125116

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Cover Art By Walter Poppfiction, Dope, Prostitution, Specials

BLAKE,NICHOLAS

THE WIDOW'S CRUISE

London, Collins,Fontana Books. 1961, First Edition. Paperbound. Book, first edition in paperback,first published for Collins Crime Club 1959, a Nigel Strangeways thriller, small ink sig on first page, moderate edge wear, 50 cent sticker over cover-price, Fontana Books number 495. Very Good.

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Book number: 1123386

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Crime, Detective Fiction, Nicholas Blake,Nigel Strangeways,

CHAMBERS, WHITMAN

MURDER FOR A WANTON

New York, Caxton House. 1939. Hardcover. Book, green cloth, pictorial spine, 289 pages, 4 line ink insciption on front free endpaper, light wear and chipping to spine ends and corners, small area of creasing to lower edge of d.j. at front panel (see scan) in mylar protective jacket Size: 8 Vo.. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 00169

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Crime Murder Fiction Novels Chambers Whitman

CHARTERIS, LESLIE

THIEVES' PICNIC A New Saint Novel

Garden City, The Crime Club, Inc. 1938. Hardcover. Book, black cloth, pict. spine, top edges red, 306 pages, some unobtrusive soil to covers, light wear at extremities, sound, tight, clean copy Size: 8vo. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

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Book number: 00167

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Crime Charteris Mystery Club Fiction Novels

AGATHA CHRISTIE

Une me´moire D'e´le´phant

Paris, Librairie des Champs-e´lyse´es. 1972, Series Title: Livre de poche, 6175. (ISBN: 2253038571) Paperbound, 17cm. Book, printe paper covers, 186 pages,Titre original : Elephants can remember. edges slightly dark, else, very good. Postage will be reduced. Very Good.

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Book number: 112557362

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: 2253038571 Mystery-Crime, Fiction, Agatha Christie Agatha Christie

COLES, MANNING;

THEY TELL NO TALES;

New York, The Book League of America. 1942, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, black cloth, gilt spine, pp. viii, 296, very top and bottom of spine sunned two line ink inscription on front free endpaper, some soil & light foxing to pastedowns and front free endpaper, edge chips and tears to d.j. with some loss at spine ends, back panel of d.j. is toned, slight sign of moisture to d.j. at foot of spine, in protective mylar d.j. A Crime Club selection Size: 8 Vo.. Very Good/Fair.

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Book number: 00145

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Crime Detective Novels Coles Manning Mystery Fiction Fiction

COLES, MANNING;

WITHOUT LAWFUL AUTHORITY;

Toronto, Musson Book Co. 1944, First Edition. Hardcover. Book, black cloth, pp.279, book plate of former owner inside front cover, light edge wear, corners lightly bumped, binding slightly cocked, (slanted), edge wear to d.j. some small losses at spine ends of d.j. fom chipping. light spine fade to d.j. Size: 8 Vo.First Canadian Edition. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 0140

Catalogue: Crime & Mystery

Keywords: Crime, Mystery Coles Manning First Editions Crime Writers Fiction