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Detective Short Story, The.
by Queen, Ellery
- Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Published
- 1942
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sacramento, California, USA
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$150.00
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Ground breaking bibliography in the field of detective fiction; the first bibliography of the detective short story.
One of 1060 copies of which 1000 were offered for sale. Several closed tears in dust jacket edges and spine; otherwise a nice clean copy. Item Price
$150.00
A Handbook on Hanging: Being a Short Introduction to the Fine Art of Execution....
by Charles Duff
- Condition
- Used - Very good
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Published
- 1929
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sacramento, California, USA
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$62.50
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Hale, Cushman & Flint, New York. Very good. 1929. 1st edition. FULL TITLE: A Handbook on Hanging: Being a Short Introduction to the Fine Art of Execution, and Containing Much Useful Information on Neck-Breaking, Throttling, Strangling, Asphyxiation, Decapita tion and Electrocution; As Well as Data and Wrinkles for Hangmen, an Account of the Late MR. Berry's Method… Read more about this item Item Price
$62.50
Tomorrow I Die
by Mickey Spillane
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Special edition; limited.
- Published
- 1984
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sacramento, California, USA
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$150.00
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Mysterious Press. Fine. 1984. Special edition; limited.. Inscribed by author on half-title page . Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author, thi s being copy J. Octavo burgundy cloth in pictorial dust jacket, s lipcase; xv,[1],234pp. Signed on the colophon page, as normal, b ut with an added signature on the title page and an… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
Poirot's Last Case
by Christie, Agatha
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- Used
- Published
- 1975
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sacramento, California, USA
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$275.00
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London: Collins. 1975. UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOFS to first ed. 8vo, red wrappers, 221 pp . Fine copy with just a tiny, light smudge to front cover.The pro of was issued under the original title 'Poirot's Last Case' where as the published book was called 'Curtain'. . Item Price
$275.00
Chicago
by Watkins, Maurine
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First ed.
- Published
- 1927
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Sacramento, California, USA
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$750.00
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Alfred A. Knopf. 1927. First ed.. 1st ed., 12mo, decorated boards. . rical play that was the basis for several popular Broadway produc tions and films about sex, murder, and âRoxie Hartâ -- including the 2002 Oscar winning production with Richard Gere and Renee Zellweger. . First book in the New Theater series edited by George Jean… Read more about this item Item Price
$750.00
The Black Path of Fear
by Woolrich, Cornell
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First ed.
- Published
- 1944
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sacramento, California, USA
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$275.00
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Doubleday Doran & Co: Crime Club. 1944. First ed.. First edition. Basis for the 1946 film noir The Chase, starring R obert Cummings and Peter Lorre. Johnson, The Dark Page, p. 296. A very good copy; clean and tight with no damage other than very light rubbing to lower corners and a small rectangle of paper/glu e… Read more about this item Item Price
$275.00
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern
by Braun, Lilian Jackson
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Published
- 1967
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Sacramento, California, USA
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$325.00
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Dutton. Near Fine. 1967. 1st ed.. Inscribed by Braun to her sister Florence. . 1st edition in dustjacket. A nice association copy inscribed by B raun to her sister Florence, with the stamped paw print of cat Ko Ko. Near fine: some age-toning to top edge; lightly cocked to ri ght; otherwise fine. Dustjacket is very good; has some… Read more about this item Item Price
$325.00