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Anything for a Quiet Life

Avery, A. A. · 1946

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,747)

New York, Bantam Books, 1946. First Edition. Paperback. Bantam Books 38. First paperback publication. Covers are a bit wavy. A bright very good+ copy. Cover art by Bill English. ; Small octavo. .

Having Wonderful Crime

Rice, Craig · 1946

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.17 | ¥3,831)

New York, Pocket Books, Inc, 1946. Paperback. Pocket Books 289. A Helene and Jake Justus mystery. A bright very good+ copy. ; Small octavo. .

The Judas Window

Dickson, Carter (John Dickson Carr) · 1943

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,945)

New York, Pocket Books, Inc, 1943. First Edition. Paperback. Pocket Books 231. First paperback publication. A Sir Henry Merrivale mystery. A bright near fine copy. Cover art by Manso. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. ; Small octavo. .

A Prospect of Vengeance. (Signed Copy)

Price, Anthony · 1990

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,705)

New York, The Armchair Detective Library, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 100 numbered copies, this being #100. 251pp. Cloth. Signed by Anthony Price on the limitation page. A fine copy in fine slipcase. ; Octavo; Signed by Author. .

A Long Line of Dead Men

Block, Lawrence · 1994

$48.00 (€43.55 | £36.33 | ¥7,663)

New York, William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 285pp. Cloth backed boards. Signed by Lawrence Block on the title page. A Matthew Scudder novel. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

A Catskill Eagle

Parker, Robert B. · 1985

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,705)

New York, Delacorte Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 311pp. Cloth backed boards. A Spenser novel. Bruised spine head. A near fine copy in fine dustjacket with a small sticker on the front flap and a faint crease to rear panel. ; Octavo. .

Crossroad Blues: A Nick Travers Mystery

Atkins, Ace · 1998

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,705)

New York, St. Martin's Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 226pp. Boards. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with some faint creases. ; Octavo. .

Leavin' Trunk Blues: A Nick Travers Mystery

Atkins, Ace · 2000

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,705)

New York, Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Minotaur, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 322pp. Boards. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. .

White Butterfly

Mosley, Walter · 1992

$54.00 (€48.99 | £40.87 | ¥8,620)

New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 272pp. Cloth backed boards. The third mystery featuring Easy Rawlins. A fine copy in near fine price-clipped dustjacket with a short scar on rear panel. ; Octavo. .

Penance

Housewright, David · 1995

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

Woodstock, VT, Foul Play Press / The Countryman Press, 1995. First US Edition. Hardcover. 295pp. Cloth backed boards. The first Holland Taylor mystery. 1996 Edgar Award winner for best first novel. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. .

Sandman

Janes, J. Robert · 1996

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,705)

New York, Soho Press, 1996. First US Edition. Hardcover. 261pp. Boards. A Jean-Louis St-Cyr and Hermann Kohler mystery. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. .

Green for Danger

Brand, Christianna · 1978

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

San Diego, University of California, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. The Mystery Library Edition. Originally published in 1944. xiv, 270pp. Boards. With introduction and annotated bibliography by Otto Penzler. Basis for the 1946 Sidney Gilliat movie featuring Alastair Sim and ...

Green for Danger

Brand, Christianna · 1978

$90.00 (€81.65 | £68.12 | ¥14,367)

San Diego, University of California, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. The Mystery Library Edition. Originally published in 1944. xiv, 270pp. Boards. With introduction and annotated bibliography by Otto Penzler. Basis for the 1946 Sidney Gilliat movie featuring Alastair Sim and ...

White Butterfly

Mosley, Walter · 1992

$90.00 (€81.65 | £68.12 | ¥14,367)

New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 272pp. Cloth backed boards. The third mystery featuring Easy Rawlins. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. .

Così Fan Tutti

Dibdin, Michael · 1996

$54.00 (€48.99 | £40.87 | ¥8,620)

New York, Pantheon Books, 1996. First US Edition. Hardcover. 247pp. Boards. An Aurelio Zen mystery. ; Octavo. .

The Dying of the Light

Dibdin, Michael · 1993

$54.00 (€48.99 | £40.87 | ¥8,620)

London, Faber and Faber, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 151pp. Boards. Toning to pages. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. .

Penance

Housewright, David · 1995

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,578)

Woodstock, VT, Foul Play Press / The Countryman Press, 1995. First US Edition. Hardcover. 295pp. Cloth backed boards. The first Holland Taylor mystery. 1996 Edgar Award winner for best first novel. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. .

The Black Tower

James, P. D. · 1975

$90.00 (€81.65 | £68.12 | ¥14,367)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. First US Edition. Hardcover. 271pp. Cloth. An Adam Dalgliesh mystery. Mild spine slant. A near fine copy in near fine dustjacket with some shelf wear. ; Octavo. .

Fallen Into the Pit

Peters, Ellis · 1994

$42.00 (€38.11 | £31.79 | ¥6,705)

New York, The Mysterious Press, 1994. First US Edition. Hardcover. 324pp. Cloth backed boards. The first Inspector George Felse mystery. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. .

Halo Parade

James, Bill · 1991

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,747)

Woodstock, VT, A Foul Play Press Book / The Countryman Press, 1991. First US Edition. Hardcover. 175pp. Cloth backed boards. Review copy with publisher's letter and photo laid in. A Detective Colin Harpur novel. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; Octavo. .