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London: Macdonald, 1955. 1st edition. Uncorrected proofs bound in plain brown paper, publishers proof stamp on front wrap, with projected price inked on. Minor age toneing else about fine. Rare - from back in the day when proofs were meaningful.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., 1939. - (Not in Hubin) - hard-boiled crime novel surrounding the tough world of the 1930's long distance trucking, with dirty tricks, the murder of rivals, etc. - Very good in very good pictorial dust jacket - chipped at spine tips, a one inch tall narrow chip at spine edge, but a great pictorial dj… Read more about this item

Toronto: Clarke Irwin, 1981. first edition - SIGNED AND INSCRIBED IN THE YEAR OF PUB. TO TORONTO FRIEND AND AUTHOR - DOUG FETHERLING - Sleuth of BS reception for release and party card - laid in - very fine in very fine dj .. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. 1st edition. 3rd Dido Hoare bibliomystery - London bookseller gets offered Her Majesty's private library. Signed by the author. Fine / fine dust jacket, like new copy - Canadian author, the X of Antiquarian bookdealer - the crusty Erik Korn. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: M. Evans & Co, 1975. 1st edition. * Inscribed & * signed by Westlake. Very good in very good dust jacket with a repaired sticker scar on the front cover; bright & fresh at the spine.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth.

Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1937. - East Indian scare / scourge fiction - light use, little nick at fold - very scarce Canadian mystery novel, with detective Richard North at the helm & a cast with a sinister East Indian Brahmin & a ruthless collector of Indian antiquities - Canadian author who enjoyed some American success.. First Edition. Cloth.… Read more about this item

Don Mills, Ontario: Collier MacMillan Canada, 1985. Toronto: Collier Macmillan, 1985. 1st edition. Inscribed to his daughter & her boyfriend Pete. Fine in fine price-clipped dust jacket. - his third detective novel set in a small Muskoka town on Rosseau Lake. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984. 1st edition. 2nd mystery. Inscribed * to his daughter; with a reference to Reid's German shepherd, 'Sam'. 'To Anne, my daughter who trained 'Sam' & has always been a delight & to Pete who is a good guy,; Ted Wood.' - fine / in fine price-clipped dust jacket -great family association that… Read more about this item

Toronto: Macmillan Co., 1979. 1st edition. *1st book by mystery writer, L. R. Wright. - fine in fine dj.- see scans.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Constable & Co.,, 1936. 1st edition. The sequel to "Trent's last Case" - also a Golf mystery - faint spine fade else a fine copy without dust jacket, - spine & covers have the distinctive typographic sense of many other Constable books of it's day.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999. 1st edition. 3rd Dido Hoare bibliomystery - London bookseller gets offered Her Majesty's private library - Fine / fine dust jacket. - Canadian author, the X of Antiquarian bookdealer - the crusty Erik Korn. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Constable & Co., 1981. 1st edition. Bibliomystery concerning the savage murder of a successful romantic novelist in Suffolk - Very fine / very fine dust jacket. Scarce in the British edition. This copy signed by the author.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Toronto: Pan Books , 1982. - the first Canadian edition, was issued as a paperback original here, no hardbound issue - rarely found signed - the title page reads " Hi ! Dick Francis " - tiny tics down the list of titles indicating the titles the former owner had read o/w a very nearly fine copy in pictoral… Read more about this item

Nt: Doubleday, 1976. - "A Detective Superintendent Aveyard novel " - detective involved in illegal drug trade - rm spray else bright clean copy, minor wear to dj, near fine.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1976. - Shapiro and Cook and death of a right wing journalist - little offset on ep's else fine, dj small tear minor use.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, Eng.: Allison & Busby, 1986. - beautiful copy in crisp dj without nick or tear - [ not quite perfect, faint surface rub to the black patina ] of this " caper " novel.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Severn House, 1979. - Soviet cold war thriller - KGB - CIA - first hardcover edition of the Sphere pocketbook ed. - vg in vg dj, vertical crease on front flap else very nice, near fine.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1966. - Siragusa, a Federal narc infiltrated world-wide Mafia gangs to track down heroin, cocaine, & marihuana smugglers and told his story to crime writter Robert Wiedrich - this copy is inscribed by Siragusa to Fred Leach " Assistant Attorney General, our former Chief Council, a helluva fine lawyer, and my dear friend "… Read more about this item

Toronto: Copp Clark Co., 1933. - first Canadian edition, in the Coleman dj depicting menacing natives from the Indo-China jungle - a novel with crimineous elements, adventure .. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Ralph Pallen Coleman. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Nicholson & Watson, 1944. - pseudonomous spy thriller involving the detection of a German spy cell on Black Down - His rare first book - Fine / fine dust jacket - price increase sticker, faintly dusty on white rear panel, but otherwise fresh & crispy - Hubin notes it as pseudonomous, but undisclosed.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo… Read more about this item