Mystery from Mare Booksellers

New York: The McClure Company, 1908. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. First edition. Orange illustrated cloth. 239 pp. First solo novel by Adams, an early mystery. Samuel Hopkins Adams, a prolific writer of fiction, was also known for his muckraking journalism. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading, soiling and edgewear. Text block toned.

London: Gryphon Books, 1956. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Fair. First edition, so stated. Blue cloth in unclipped jacket. 190 pp. A mystery/thriller novel involving smuggling, gunrunning, etc. FAIR/GOOD condition. Heavy chipping, tearing and creasing to the jacket along the extremities, with some loss. Minor soiling and scuffing. Rear panel toned. Several tears along the spine. Overall a very worn… Read more about this item

New York: Delacorte Press, 1985. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. First edition, stated first printing. Blue paper covered boards with brown cloth spine, in unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author, with a brief inscription, on the first endpaper. 311 pp. Another installment of this detective series featuring Parker's private eye, Spenser. GOOD condition. Minor soiling, scuffing and fading… Read more about this item

London: Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd. Cloth. Good/Poor. no date, perhaps 1920s. Red cloth in unclipped jacket. Viii, 278 pp. Price of 2/6 on the spine. Jacket art by Leo Bates. Presumed an early reprint. A spy/mystery novel set during World War I. POOR/FAIR jacket on a GOOD book. Jacket moderately stained and soiled, with general toning. Heavy scuffing… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1938. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. First edition, stated. Blue cloth. No jacket. 312 pp. A mystery set in a small town, incorporating the rise of fascism with a mystery, with archaeology and architecture used as means of solving the crime. By Stanley Casson, a British archaeologist. GOOD condition. Minor toning, rubbing and… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday and Company, 1952. Cloth. Fair/Fair. Greenish blue cloth in unclipped jacket. 220 pp. An award winning collection of mystery stories. FAIR/GOOD condition. Heavy chipping, creasing and tearing along the jacket edges, with some loss. General fading and toning to the jacket. Minor soiling. Rear jacket a bit stained. Lower corner of the rear jacket scuffed,… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. First American Edition. Good/Good. First US edition. Black cloth in unclipped dust jacket. 224 pp. mystery featuring Inspector Morse. GOOD+ condition. Minor fading and edgewear. Rear panel scuffed. Book faded and scuffed, with some soiling. Corners bumped.

London: Macmillan, 1989. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First edition in unclipped dust jacket. 200 pp. Signed by the author on the title page. A mystery featuring Inspector Morse. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor fading and edgewear.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. First US edition. Light beige cloth in price clipped jacket. 267 pp. Third novel featuring Highsmith's anti-hero Tom Ripley. GOOD+ jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Minor soiling and uneven fading to the jacket. Minor bumping and creasing along the extremities. Light fading and edgewear to the… Read more about this item

New York: Mysterious Press/Warner Books, 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. First edition, stated first printing. Paper covered boards in unclipped jacket. SIGNED on the title page, with a brief dedication, by the author. 325 pp. A Joe Gunther mystery. GOOD+ condition. Minor scuffing, wrinkling and fading to the jacket, with light creasing along the top edge. Small… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition. Cloth. Good. Stated first edition. Beige cloth. No jacket. 326 pp. A mystery novel by American journalist and novelist Elliot Paul, an author tangentially associated with Gertrude Stein and other Americans in Paris in the 1920s. GOOD condition. Small semicircular ring stain to the front cover. Minor toning and soiling. Light… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday and Company, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. Stated first edition. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. 189 pp. A murder mystery set in Arizona, and drawing on its local culture. GOOD condition. Some fading and toning to the jacket. Minor soiling, with dark scuffs to the rear panel. Jacket extremities scuffed and worn, with some creasing,… Read more about this item

New York: Phoenix Press, 1945. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Light olive cloth. No jacket. 256 pp. SIGNED by the author with date and a short inscription indicating this was the author's copy. A hard-boiled detective/mystery story set in Boston, Massachusetts and following the exploits of private detective Duke McCale. GOOD condition. Heavy browning to the cloth along the extremities… Read more about this item

New York: Fictioneers, Inc., Publisher, 1948. Wraps. Good. Color illustrated wraps. Approximately 10 by 7 ½ inches. 130 pp. A single issue of this mystery/crime pulp magazine, featuring the short novel by John D. MacDonald 'Come Die With Me,' as well as work by Ray Cummings, Shad Collins and others. GOOD condition. Heavy chipping, tearing and creasing along… Read more about this item

Boston: James H. Brigham, Publisher, 1880. Wraps. Poor. 1880 or perhaps later. Presumed late 19th century reprint of the Lee and Shepard American publication. Wraps (LACKING both front and rear). vi, 259, 8 pp. The 8 pages at the rear are specimen pages from a forthcoming work. A mystery/detective style novel set in late 19th century France and… Read more about this item

New York: Street and Smith, 1900. Wraps. Fair. Illustrated wraps. Digest sized. 318 pp. Victorian era novel, originally printed in 1891. FAIR condition. Moderate to heavy soiling, staining and darkening to the wraps. Minor chipping, creasing and tearing along the extremities, with some loss to the head and tail of the spine. A 2 inch piece MISSING from… Read more about this item

New York: Standard Magazines, Publisher, 1952. Wraps. Fair. Pulp magazine. 9 ½ by 7 inches. Featuring color vintage cover art of a woman and man struggling on a bed over a gun. 114 pp. With a few black and white illustrations in the interior. A single issue of this mystery/detective pulp magazine, featuring work by Robert Wallace, Philip… Read more about this item

New York: The Parlor Car Publishing Co, 1895. Original Wraps. Fair. First edition. Wraps. 106 pp, plus 17 pages of ads. With an illustrated title page. LACKING THE ORIGINAL WRAPS. A pulp novel featuring Cad Metti, a woman detective and her exploits with Dudie Dunne in foiling a counterfeit operation. FAIR condition, lacking the wraps. Moderate browning to… Read more about this item

Lowell, MA: C.I. Hood Company, 1914. Original Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps depicting four cowboys with guns aiming at a woman on a horse. 144 pages. A pulp novel reprint blending the genres of crime and westerns. GOOD condition. Moderate browning and faint spotting to the front cover, with general soiling and fading. A few faint, small dampstains present… Read more about this item

New York: Falcon Books, 1951. Original Wraps. Good. Original wraps. No. 15. 128 pages. With a few black and white photos within. Suggestive cover art. A pulp novel of romance, murder and mystery. In GOOD+ condition. General minor scuffing and minor creasing to the covers, more so along the extremities. Minor soiling with an area of faint staining… Read more about this item