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Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories, Vol. 6, No. 1, August 1957 (First Edition)
by Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, H.C. Early, B.W. Scott, Warner Austin, Elton Webster, D.L. Hyde, Basil Wells, Edard A. Dieckmann, James Hines (contributors); Robert A. W. Lowndes (editor)
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Holyoke, MA: Columbia Publications, 1957. First Edition. First Edition, a paperback original. A collection of mystery stories.
One of Harlan Ellison's earliest crime detective pulp novels, and the first appearance of the second novel in the Jerry Killian trilogy-the other two being "The Golden Virgin" and "They Killed My Kid!"
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Naked Came the Manatee (First Edition, inscribed by Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, and Dave Barry)
by Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, Dave Barry (contributors)
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- 1997
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the title page by Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, and Dave Barry: "To Bob / a great fan! / Carl Hiaasen / Elmore Leonard / Dave Barry."
Fine in an about Fine dust jacket. Item Price
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Clue: A Guide to Mystery (Volume 1, Number 1)
by Clayton Rawson (editor, contributor); Dashiell Hammett, Brett Halliday, Helen McCloy, John Dickson Carr, Anthony Boucher, Eleazar Lipsky, Lawrence Blochman, George Harmon Coxe, Lester Dent, Leslie Charteris, Brett Halliday, Craig Rice, Judson Pentecost Ph
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- 1948
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Mamaroneck, NY: Clue Publishing, 1948. Volume 1, No. 1 (May 1948). Two holdings noted in OCLC.
Featuring a cover photograph of Eleanor Parker from Peter Godfrey's 1948 film noir "The Woman in White," based on Wilkie Collins' 1860 novel.
8.25 x 11 inches. 26 pages, side-stapled. Very Good plus. Item Price
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Mysterious Press Fall 1987 Sampler (First Edition, inscribed by James Ellroy, Aaron Elkins, Julie Smith, and Peter Lovesey)
by James Ellroy, Aaron Elkins, Peter Lovesey, Bill Pronzini, Eric Ambler (contributors)
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- 1987
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New York: Mysterious Press, 1987. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED by contributors James Ellroy, Julie Smith, Aaron Elkins, and Peter Lovesey. Collects excerpts from nine mystery novels.
Near Fine in perfect bound wrappers. Item Price
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Mystery Tribune: Supplement Issue, No. 7, Fall 2018 (First Edition)
by Reed Farrell Coleman (contributor); Ehsan Ehsani (editor)
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New York: Mystery Tribune, 2018. First Edition. First Edition. Supplement to issue No. 7 of the quarterly mystery anthology. Features an original short story, "The Devil Always Knows," by Reed Farrell Coleman.
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The Blue Religion: New Stories about Cops, Criminals, and the Chase (Original printer's proof for the dust jacket of the first edition)
by Michael Connelly (editor)
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- 2008
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New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2008. Original printer's proof for the jacket of the first edition, published by Little, Brown and Company in 2008. Laid in is an autograph letter signed from Little, Brown and Company Senior Editor Asya Muchnick, on Little, Brown and Company letterhead, to a "Barry" [Barry Zeman] asking his opinion of the cover.
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Boston Noir (Signed Limited Edition, copy No. 1)
by Dennis Lehane (editor, contributor); Stewart O'Nan, John Dufresne, Don Lee, Jim Fusilli, et al (contributors)
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- 2009
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New York: Akashic Books, 2009. First Edition. First Edition, one of 100 copies (this being No. 1) SIGNED and numbered by Dennis Lehane on the title page.
A collection of stories, each set in a different Boston neighborhood. One of the stories in this book, "Animal Rescue," is the basis for the 2014 neo-noir film "The Drop," directed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Great Detective Stories, Volume Two: From Dickens to Gaboriau (First Edition, Scofield Thayer's copy)
by Joseph Lewis French (editor); Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Eile Gaboriau (contributors)
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- 1924
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New York: Lincoln MacVeagh / The Dial Press, 1924. First Edition. First Edition. 16mo., sextodecimo. Copy belonging to Scofield Thayer, notable poet, publisher, and art collector, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Thayer was publisher and editor of the American literary, political, and art magazine, "The Dial," from 1920 to 1929, his health deteriorating and the magazine eventually… Read more about this item Item Price
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