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The Red Thumb Mark: A Dr. Thorndyke Mystery

Freeman, R. Austin · 2016 · The Wild Muse

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Skyhorse First edition, trade softcover. Published NY: Skyhorse, 2016, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, vi+236pp. Fine. Before Kathy Reichs's Temperance Brennan and Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta, there was Dr. Thorndyke, the first ever fictional forensic scientist. The onl...

The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Professor Moriarty: 37 Short Stories about the Secret Life of Sherlock Holmes's Nemesis

Jakubowski, Maxim · 2016 · The Wild Muse

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Skyhorse First edition, trade softcover. Published NY:Skyhorse, 2016, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, xiii+577pp. Fine, crisp copy. While "the Napoleon of crime" appeared in only two of Conan Doyle's original stories, Moriarty's enigma is finally revealed in this diverse antho...

Refiner's Fire: The Life and Adventures of Marshall Pearl, a Foundling

Helprin, Mark · 1990 · The Wild Muse

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Harcourt Trade softcover. Published NY: Harcourt, 1990, sixth printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", 373pp. As new. Marshall Pearl is orphaned at birth on an immigrant ship off the coast of Palestine in 1947, then brought to americanca. His experiences take him from the Hu...

Life on the Mississippi (Illustrated Classic): 100th Anniversary Collection

Twain, Mark · 2018 · The Wild Muse

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

SeaWolf Press First edition thus, trade softcover. Published Orinda, CA: SeaWolf Press, 2018, first printing. 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9", xii+475pp., with illustrations taken from the 1883 first edition. As new. A beautiful edition with the formatting and more than 300 illustrat...

The Great Prince Shan

Oppenheim, E. Phillips · 2015 · The Wild Muse

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Leopold Classic Library Leopold Classic Library reprint. Trade softcover. Published Middletown, DE: Leopold Classic Library, 2015. 8vo. printed wrappers, 6" x 9", 228pp. As new. As New No Jacket, As Issued 1st Edition 1st Printing Middletown, DE 8vo

The Listening House [Popular Library Mystery #69]

Seeley, Mabel · 0 · Barter Books Ltd

£12.60 (€15.11 | $16.65 | ¥2,659)

G: in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Pages browned. Inner hinges starting New York Popular Library First Edition thus 190mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 219pp.

Beloved Traitor

Janson, Hank [Frances, Stephen D] · 1960 · Barter Books Ltd

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Spine creased. Pages age-toned London Roberts & Vinter Ltd First Edition 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). 159pp.

The God with Four Arms and Other Stories. Signed copy

Bousfield, H T W · 1939 · Barter Books Ltd

£68.00 (€81.52 | $89.85 | ¥14,350)

VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown London Arthur Barker Ltd First Edition 190mm x 140mm (7" x 6"). 248pp. Signed and dedicated on the fep by the author Bousfield is noted for dark, macabre stories which frequently in...

FEAR BOOK

Byrne, John L. · 1988 · Books from the Crypt

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Very Good- First Edition Warner NY 1st printing, Mar. 1988. Cover art by Mark and Stephanie Gerber. Paperback original. Corner and edge wear; pages tanned; creasing.

LLANA OF GATHOL

Burroughs, Edgar Rice · 1948 · Books from the Crypt

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Very Good+ No Jacket First Edition Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Tarzana [1st printing](1948). Blue cloth lettered on front and spine in red; illustrated by John Coleman Burroughs; 317pps. Corner wear; minor soiling; slight wrinkle to front cloth; tanning.

SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES: January, Jan. 1939

Spicy Adventure Stories (Lew Merrill - aka Victor Rousseau; Jose Vaca - aka Edwin Truett Long; Robert Leslie Bellem; E. Hoffman Price; Clayton Maxwell - aka Max Plaisted; Colby Quinn; Clark Nelson; Jerome Severs Perry - aka Robert Leslie Bellem; William B · 1937 · Books from the Crypt

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

Good+ to Very Good- First Edition Culture Publications West Newton. MA Vol. 9, no. 3. Pulp magazine. Cover art by Harry Lemon Parkhurst (used on Bob Dylan's "Knocked Out Loaded" album). Includes "Sea Raiders" by Lew Merrill [Victor Rousseau]; "Hunter of Men" by Jose Vaca [Edwi...

THE ROBERT E. HOWARD READER

Schweitzer, Darrell (Editor) · 2024 · Books from the Crypt

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Near Fine First Edition Wildside Press [Reprint] Photo cover. Upper foredge corner bumped.

HIGH ADVENTURE No. 75 (Spine Incorrectly States #74)(Double Detective; May 1940)

High Adventure (John Gunnison, Editor)(Richard Foster; H. W. Corley; Hugh B. Cave; Prentice Agnew; John Earl Davis; Fredric Brown; Robert Wallace) · 2004 · Books from the Crypt

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Fine First Edition Adventure House Silver Spring, MD [1st printing] Mar. 2004. Cover art by Emmett Watson. Includes "Croesus of Murder" by Richard Foster; "The Thumb Tack Mystery" by H. W. Corley; "Murder Me Him" by Hugh B. Cave; "A Dick's Duty" by Prentice Agnew; "Little Gun"...

THE SHADOW #19: VOODOO TRAIL & DEATH'S HARLEQUIN

Grant, Maxwell [Walter B. Gibson] (Shadow) · 2008 · Books from the Crypt

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Fine First Edition Nostalgia Ventures Encinitas, CA 1st printing, June 2008. Pulp-sized paperback. Cover art by George Rozen. 2 complete Shadow novels with illustrations by Edd Cartier.

The Rag Nymph. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

COOKSON Catherine · 0 · Island Books

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Bantam, [1991]. 8vo., First Edition; olive green cloth, gilt back, patterned endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

The Flame Trees of Thika. Memories of an African Childhood. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

HUXLEY Elspeth · 1959 · Island Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

Chatto & Windus, 1959. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, top lightly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at fold-ins and on (pre...

Oryx and Crake [with] The Year of the Flood [with] Maddaddam. [First UK Editions.] THE MADDADDAM TRILOGY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

ATWOOD Margaret · 20030913 · Island Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

Bloomsbury, [2003-09-13]. 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus; pictorial boards/black cloth/green cloth respectively, coloured endpapers, first and second volumes with ribbon markers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The trilogy comprises: Oryx and Crake (2003); The Yea...

The Great Jowett. 525 COPIES WERE PRINTED

GREENE Graham · 0 · Island Books

£320.00 (€383.63 | $422.84 | ¥67,529)

The Bodley Head, [1981]. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in glassine dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 525 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Written originally as a radio play for the BBC, produced and narrated by Stephen Potter, ...

The Eagle has Landed. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

HIGGINS, pseud. Jack · 0 · Island Books

£220.00 (€263.74 | $290.70 | ¥46,427)

Collins, [1975]. 8vo., First Edition, with front and rear endpaper maps; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Barry Glynn. This meticulously-researched novel of WWII is the basis of John Sturges' hugel...

Diaries and Letters. Edited by Nigel Nicolson. THE DIARIES AND LETTERS COMPLETE IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS

NICOLSON Harold · 1966 · Island Books

£124.00 (€148.66 | $163.85 | ¥26,168)

Collins, 1966-68. 3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 3 portrait frontispieces, very numerous plates, and pedigree on rear endpapers of third volume ; yellow buckram, gilt backs, blue tops, tops mildly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrappe...