Black’s Fine Books & Manuscripts: Mystery
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Meet Me in Darkness [Sam King Lives It Up at Hotel Homicide - Complete with Corpses Under Foot and Blondes Under Beds]; a Sam King Suspense Novel
Toronto, Popular Giant Library, 1960. Popular Giant G495. Softcover. pp. 142. 12mo. measuring 18 cm. Light rubbing to covers, contents clean and unmarked in mass market paperback; very good+. At time of cataloguing, only one listing (preserve copy) on AMICUS. .
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 498
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 38.5 | £UK 33.5 | JP¥ 6644]
Catalogue: Mystery
Keywords: pulp; pulp fiction; mytery; crime; drama; art; literature; canadian literature; canadiana; ART; MEXICO; MASS MARKET PAPERBACK; EXPORT PUBLISHING ENTERPRISES
John le Carre: Selected Works, Complete and Unabridged The Spy Who Came in From the Cold; Call for the Dead; A Murder of Quality; The Looking-Glass War; A Small Town in Germany
London, Peerage Books, 1986. Hardcover. pp. 816. Thick 8vo. Publisher's maroon leatherette over boards, gilt lettering to the spine and front board. Remarkably well-preserved. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; fine and housed in fine, unclipped, dustjacket. .
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 4857
USD 29.00 [Appr.: EURO 24.75 | £UK 21.75 | JP¥ 4282]
Catalogue: Mystery
Keywords: thriller; media; cold war; spy
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
London, Collector's Library, 2004. Hardcover. pp. 202. 16mo. Maroon cloth over boards, gilt lettering to the spine; all edges gilt, maroon silk ribbon-marker. Bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in near fine dustjacket. Charming, small-format title in near fine condition. .
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 3304
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.25 | £UK 15 | JP¥ 2953]
Catalogue: Mystery
Keywords: litearture; british literature; history
The Mystery of the Hushing Pool
New York, Hillman-Curl Inc. 1938. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 287. 8vo. Terracotta cloth over boards with black lettering and illustration of skull on tail of spine; untrimmed pages edges, publisher's navy-blue topstain. Lightest rubbing to the extremities, surface abrason/remnants of sticker to the front pastedown otherwise internally remains clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Overall, very good+. Scarce in commerce. .
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 1624
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 64 | £UK 55.75 | JP¥ 11073]
Catalogue: Mystery
Keywords: occult; horror; murder mystery; "and sudden death"; literature; pulp fiction; fiction;
Nightmares: A Collection of Uneasy Tales
London, Philip Allan & Co. Ltd. | Printed in Great Britain by M.F. Robinson & Co. Ltd. at the Library Press, 1933. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 255, [1]. Small 8vo. Navy-blue cloth over boards, black lettering and rules to the spine. Lightest edgewear, light sunning and slight slant to spine. Contents bright, clean, and entirely unmarked with tight, sound binding. Unusually well-preserved and handsome copy of this increasingly scarce title. Exceedingly rare in commerce. A collection of twelve short stories forming part of the popular "Quakes, Horrors, Terrors, Shudders, Shivers, and Creeps" series.
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 1718
USD 395.00 [Appr.: EURO 336.5 | £UK 293.5 | JP¥ 58318]
Catalogue: Mystery
Keywords: literature; pulp fiction; elizabeth gaskell; british literaure; true crime; horror;
Original Sin (Signed)
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, The Franklin Library, 1995. First edition. Leather Bound. pp. 416. Royal 8vo. Bound in full lovely teal leather with elaborate gilt decoration and lettering to the spine and boards; three compartments, two raised bands to spine. Gilt foredges, lovely marbled endpapers and green silk ribbon marker. Colour frontispiece illustration specially commisioned for this edition by Richard Parisi. Appears unread; as new. SIGNED in ink by P.D. James to the limitation page. As New .
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 703
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 55.5 | £UK 48.5 | JP¥ 9597]
Catalogue: Mystery
Keywords: leatherbound; rare; scarce;
Sherlock Holmes: The Man and His World; with 136 Illustrations.
Edison, New Jersey, Castle Books, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 160. 8vo. Black boards, gilt lettering to the spine. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white drawings, photographic reproductions, illustrations, etc. Near fine and housed in near fine dustjacket. .
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 3003
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 | £UK 11.25 | JP¥ 2215]
Catalogue: Mystery
The Bolshevik's Revenge, a Sam Klein Mystery
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Great Plains Publications, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 244. 8vo. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. .
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 2454
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.25 | £UK 15 | JP¥ 2953]
Catalogue: Mystery
Keywords: canadian literature; pulp; fiction; canadiana; manitoba; local history
The Bolshevik's Revenge, a Sam Klein Mystery
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Great Plains Publications, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. 244. 8vo. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. .
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 6069
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 17.25 | £UK 15 | JP¥ 2953]
Catalogue: Mystery
Keywords: canadian literature; pulp; fiction; canadiana; manitoba; local history
The Ravager
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Export Publishing Enterprises, 1948. Softcover. pp. 184. 12mo. measuring 17x11 cm. Light rubbing to the covers in mass market paperback; very good+. Cover art depicts man in outer darkness with red-tinged eyes/teeth/cigarette leering at impossibly narrow-waisted woman, who is bathed in light. Rare Canadian edition; at time of cataloguing, only one copy listed on AMICUS and no listing by this publisher on WorldCat. Copyright 1947. "Second printing, 1948" stated on copyright page. Series: News Stand Library #03. "A News Stand Library pocket edition"; "A News Stand Library best-seller". .
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 497
USD 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 170.5 | £UK 148.75 | JP¥ 29528]
Catalogue: Mystery
Keywords: pulp; pulp fiction; mytery; crime; drama; art; literature; canadian literature; canadiana; ART; MEXICO; MASS MARKET PAPERBACK; EXPORT PUBLISHING ENTERPRISES
The Only Security; [Cover Title: Death Is the Only Security... ]
London, Macmillan, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. pp. 189. 8vo. Fine terracotta cloth boards with black lettering to spine. No detectable flaws; fine and housed in fine dustjacket bearing the image of a skeleton in dirt. Overall, fine. Fine .
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 957
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 21.5 | £UK 18.75 | JP¥ 3691]
Catalogue: Mystery
Keywords: literature; magic and occult; history; british publications; crime; drama;
The Thirst [Signed]
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Random House of Canada, 2017. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. pp. 461, [1]. 8vo. Publisher's black boards, red lettering to the spine, untrimmed pages edges. No detectable flaws: extremities and contents without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; fine and housed in fine, unclipped, dustjacket. As new. Bobldy SIGNED by Nesbo to the title page.
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 5472
USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 72.5 | £UK 63.25 | JP¥ 12550]
Catalogue: Mystery
Keywords: thriller; literature
A Better Man: A Novel
New York, Minotaur Books, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 437. 8vo. Pictorial endpapers. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; as new, and housed in fine dustjacket. Appears unread; as new. Signed boldly to the front cover.
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 1804
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 34.25 | £UK 29.75 | JP¥ 5906]
Catalogue: Mystery
Keywords: literature; signed books;
A Better Man: A Novel
New York, Minotaur Books, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 437. 8vo. Pictorial endpapers. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; as new, and housed in fine dustjacket. Appears unread; as new. Signed boldly to the title page by the author.
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 2073
USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 34.25 | £UK 29.75 | JP¥ 5906]
Catalogue: Mystery
Keywords: literature; signed books;
The Eurasian Virgins [Cover Title: Teenage girls were being sold by the pound on the Far-East flesh market. Curt Stone disapproved - and when Stone disapproves - look out!".]
New York, Belmont / Tower Books, March, 1973. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. pp. 168. 12mo. Illustrated card covers. Very faint, light crease to the spine. Bright, clean, and unmarked; near fine. .
Black’s Fine Books & ManuscriptsProfessional sellerBook number: 2932
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 13 | £UK 11.25 | JP¥ 2215]
Catalogue: Mystery
Keywords: science fiction; pulp fiction; literature; crime; drama; law