Sax Rohmer

Moon of Madness

Garden City, Doubleday Page & Co, 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Orange cloth. Covers lightly soiled. Interior is clean, tight, and unmarked. A hardcover book in very good condition. Mystery adventure by the author of the Fu Manchu series. Very good .

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Book number: 1258332

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Sax Rohmer

The Quest of the Sacred Slipper

New York, A.L. Burt, 1914. Vintage reprint. Hardcover. Early reprint by Burt in the same format as the original publisher's edition. Green decorated cloth. Text clean, tight, and unmarked. A hardcover book in very good condition. Mystery adventure by the author of the Fu Manchu series. Very good .

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Book number: 1258325

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Dorothy L. Sayers

Murder Must Advertise and Hangman's Holiday

New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. Hardcover. 344p; 282p. A black cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine ends lightly worn, but text clean and binding tight. The 1944 edition, combining two previously published mysteries in one book. .

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Book number: 179411

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Dorothy L. Sayers

Strong Poison

New York, Brewer & Warren Inc, 1930. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 344p. A decorated red cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Faint soiling on back cover, and spine slightly faded. 1" closed tear at top of page 41-42. Scattered fingerprint smudges and age-related blemishes, but otherwise, text clean and binding tight. The second printing of this Lord Peter Wimsey mystery novel (the title page states "second printing before publication"). Very Good .

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Book number: 182982

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R.T.M. Scott

Aurelius Smith - Detective

New York, Dutton, 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Advance review copy with publisher's slip. A fine hardcover book in a very good, lightly edgeworn dustjacket. The jacket is whole and intact with a short closed tear at the crown of its spine and a dime-size chip at the heel. Early detective novel by the creator the famed Spider pulp magazine hero. Very good .

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Book number: 1262939

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Christopher Short

The Big Cat

New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 249p. Ex-library. A hardcover book in god condition with dustjacket. Tape residue on edges of cover, and library marks inside. Text clean and binding secure. The jacket is fully intact but has a sticker on the spine. A sturdy reading copy. A Red Badge Detective novel. .

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Book number: 176361

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Mickey Spillane

The Killing Man

New York, Dutton, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st printing of the trade edition. A fine hardcover book in a like dustjacket. Remainder mark on lower edge else unread. .

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Book number: 1246946

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Vincent Starrett

The Blue Door

Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 345p. A hardcover book in very good condition. Spine slightly cockeyed and hinges shaken, though all pages are still securely bound. Interior clean. No dustjacket. A mystery novel published for the Crime Club, Inc. .

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Book number: 171268

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Rex Stout

Forest Fire

New York, Grosset and Dunlap, 1933. Vintage reprint. Hardcover. A hardcover book and dustjacket in very good condition. The book itself is near fine - clean, tight, unmarked save for an old gift inscription dated 1934. The dustjacket is clean and bright but lacks a 1x2 inch chip off the lower left of the back panel. Early Rex Stout novel, published a year before the first Nero Wolfe mystery. Stout's second book, this is a psychological thriller set in Montana. This is a vintage G&D reprint issued in 1933, the same year as the first edition. Very good .

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Book number: 1273822

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Rex Stout

The Mother Hunt

New York, The Viking Press, 1963. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 182p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Spine slightly cockeyed; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly tanned and edgeworn, but otherwise intact. An early vintage copy of this Nero Wolfe mystery from the same year as its first publication. .

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Book number: 172733

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Rex Stout

The Nero Wolfe Cookbook

New York, The Viking Press, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 203p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a very good dustjacket. The book is clean and tight. The jacket is faintly tanned and has just a touch of edgewear. A very nice copy overall! A cookbook inspired by Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe mystery series. .

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Book number: 202068

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Anonymous (Rex Stout)

The President Vanishes

New York, Grosset and Dunlap, 1934. Vintage reprint. Hardcover. A hardcover book and dustjacket in very good condition. The book itself is near fine - clean, tight, unmarked, and unblemished save for some mild chafing to its spine. The dustjacket is whole and intact with only some mild wear to the top of its spine. An attractive copy! Early Rex Stout novel, published the same year as the first Nero Wolfe mystery. Published under the name of "Anonymous", this is a thriller about the President of the United States being apparently kidnapped. This is a vintage G&D reprint issued in 1934. Very good .

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Book number: 1273821

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Rex Stout

A Right to Die

New York, The Viking Press, 1964. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 182p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Spine slightly cockeyed; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is lightly tanned and edgeworn, but otherwise intact. An early vintage copy of this Nero Wolfe mystery novel. .

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Book number: 172734

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Julian Symons

A Criminal Comedy

New York, Penguin Books, 1987. Paperback. 220p. A softcover book in very good condition. Very faint crease in the spine. Edges rubbed and pages tanned; otherwise clean and tight. Very Good .

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Book number: 191821

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Alice Tilton (Phoebe Atwood Taylor)

Cold Steal

New York, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 287p. A beige cloth hardcover book in good condition. Cloth lightly soiled and spine a bit cockeyed. Lacks blank front free endpaper. Half-inch closed tear at the bottom of pages 15-18. Scattered small stains and fingerprint smudges, but otherwise, interior unmarked. Binding secure though clearly much-used. First edition of this Leonidas Witherall mystery novel. .

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Book number: 173989

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