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BEHOLD THIS WOMAN
by Goodis, David
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- About Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1947
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$500.00
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New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1947. 281 pages. First printing of the first book by Goodis. It is a noir novel sometimes called his "revenge novel" because the primary female character is based on the wife who had just left him. The portrait of her is unflattering, but she is the prototype for the women in… Read more about this item Item Price
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JOE PHENIX--PRIVATE DETECTIVE: Or the League of the Skeleton Keys
by Aiken, Albert W.
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1908
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$95.00
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Cleveland, Ohio: The Arthur Westbrook Company, 1908. 256 pages. The second in a series of mystery novels featuring a detective named Joe Phenix (sometimes mistakenly listed on the cover as Joe Phoenix). It was first published in 1884 by Beadle and Adams--scarce in any edition! Although Arthur Westbrook reprinted this book over a number of years, the rear cover provides… Read more about this item Item Price
$95.00
A VERY PRIVATE PLOT: a Blackford Oakes Novel
by Buckley, William F., Jr.
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- Used - Collectible-Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780688127954
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$50.00
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1994. 272 pages. First printing of the tenth Blackford Oakes thriller. SIGNED by the author, without inscription, on a tipped-in leaf for members of Kroch's & Brentano's First Edition Circle, whose bookmark is laid in. The unread book is clean and tight, with some foxing on edges of the text-block.… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
DEATH IN THE OFF-SEASON: A Merry Folger Mystery
by Mathews, Francine
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- Used - Collectible- Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780688134433
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$30.00
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1994. 318 pages. The author's debut novel and the first book in the Merry Folger series of mysteries. Mathews also has written the Jane Austen mystery series under the name Stephanie Barron. This book is SIGNED, without inscription, by the author on the title page. Both book and dust… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
A TOUCH OF MORTALITY
by Granger, Ann
- Condition
- Used - Collectible- Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First U. S. Edition
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- 1996
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312152314
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$30.00
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996. 249 pages. The ninth novel in the Mitchell and Markby series of mysteries by Ann Granger. This book is SIGNED, without inscription, by the author on the title page. The book and the dust jacket, are in virtually as-new condition.. SIGNED. First U. S. Edition. Hardcover. Collectible- Fine/Fine. 8vo… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
FIFTY-TWO PICKUP
by Leonard, Elmore
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- Used - Collectible-Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780436146107
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$50.00
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London: Secker & Warburg, 1974. 254 pages. The first printing of the British edition of the novel that first put Elmore Leonard on the map as a writer of crime fiction. The book is clean and tight, with the usual faint toning of pages; minmal discoloration on the top and fore edges of the text block. The… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
THE PUTT AT THE END OF THE WORLD [Signed]
by Abbott, Lee K., Dave Barry, Richard Bausch, James Crumley, James W. Hall, Tami Hoag, Tim O'Brien, Ridley Pearson, and Les Standiford
- Condition
- Used - Collectible-Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780446526005
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$37.50
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New York: Warner Books, 2000. 242 pages. Following the trail blazed by NAKED CAME THE STRANGER and NAKED CAME THE MANATEE, nine major writers at the top of their game contribute chapters to this comic thriller based upon over-the-hill golfers in a charity pro-am combined with an FBI agent out to stop international terrorists. The book… Read more about this item Item Price
$37.50
I COULD GO ON SINGING
by MacDonald, John D.
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- Used - Collectible-Very Good++
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1963
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$40.00
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Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal Books, 1963. 173 pages. Gold Medal k1291. First printing of this paperback original by the author of the Travis McGee mysteries. The book is a novelization of the film starring Judy Garland. Our copy of the book is clean, bright, and tight with a very minor reading crease near the spine and… Read more about this item Item Price
$40.00
JUDGE ME NOT
by MacDonald, John D.
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- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1951
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- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$25.00
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Greenwich, CT: Gold Medal Books, 1951. 173 pages. First printing of this paperback original by the author of the Travis McGee mysteries. The book is in good condition: clean and tight with minor reading creases near spine, minor edgewear with a 1/4 inch tear at bottom of spine, a name & date written in pencil on first page, and… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
THE HARDY BOYS: THE SECRET OF THE CAVES
by Dixon, Franklin W.
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- Used - Collectible-Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Collectible-Good
- Edition
- Early Printing
- Published
- 1937
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$125.00
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. Frontispiece, (1), title, (2), Contents, (iii-iv), 210 pages, (6) pages of ads. Book and dust jacket have all the points for Carpentieri 1937B-14. The book is clean and tight, with minor edgewear; some foxing in margins of frontispiece and adjacent leaves; pages are uniformly toned. The dust jacket has a reasonably… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
"C" IS FOR CORPSE
by Grafton, Sue
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780030018886
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$155.00
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New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1986. 243 pages. Sue Grafton's scarce third Kinsey Millhone mystery. First edition, first printing with number line including "1". This copy is clean and tight in an attractive dust jacket that is clean and has the $14.95 price intact on the front flap. A previous owner has written her name… Read more about this item Item Price
$155.00
THE CASE OF THE BARKING CLOCK
by Keeler, Harry Stephen
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- Used - Collectible-Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1947
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$350.00
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New York: Phoenix Press, 1947. 255 pages. 12mo. Scarce first printing of the second of Keeler's webworkian novels featuring crime analyst Tuttleton T. Trotter, a character loosely based on Sherlock Holmes. The plot is typical for Keeler--a deliberately convoluted web of strangely connected people and objects. Keeler was a prolific, though far from successful, writer,… Read more about this item Item Price
$350.00
"Cop Probe", in ARGOSY, Vol. 359, No. 4 (October 1964)
by MacDonald, John D.
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- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1964
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$15.00
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Dayton, Ohio: Popular Publications, Inc., 1964. First appearance of this short story by one of the masters of American mystery fiction. This copy is clean, square and tight with a mailing label scrape at bottom of front cover and heavy rubbing at foot of spine.. First Edition. Paper. Very Good-. Illus. by Darrel Greene. 4to - over 9¾" -… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
ALLAN'S WIFE
by Haggard, H. Rider
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 2005
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
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$65.00
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Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2005. 190 pages. Nicely bound edition of this novel in the Allan Quartermain series. Full brown leather binding that is highly decorated in gilt; satin endpapers; all edges gilt. Beautiful example of the fine quality leather used by Easton Press. The book is in virtually as-new condition.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine/No… Read more about this item Item Price
$65.00