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Franklin Cente, PA: The Franklin Library, 1989. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Fine/Issued Without Jacket. The Franklin Library's collectors' edition of this Gardner mystery, originally published in 1937. Known worldwide for his legendary defense attorney, Perry Mason, Gardner also wrote nine novels featuring Doug Selby, Madison County, CA, district attorney. This book, with Selby leading the investigation into the mysterious death of a clergyman, was the first in the series. Issued without a dustjacket the covers and spine are decorated with an abstract design in gold; the edges of the text are silver-gilded. Both covers and text are clean, tight, square, with no chipping, tearing or significant flaws.
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THE D.A. CALLS IT MURDER
by Gardner, Erle Stanley
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THE D. CASEor The Truth About The Mystery Of Edwin Drood
by Dickens, Charles; Fruttero, Carlo & Lecentini, Franco
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. This is a treat for readers who like their mysteries with a dash of wit and humor. At a hotel in Rome, a forum on unfinished works of music and literature has been convened to bring closure to Charles Dickens last and uncompleted novel, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." Participants at the conference include such legendary detectives as Nero Wolfe, Father Brown, Jules Maigret, Hercule Poirot, Lew Archer, Philip Marlowe and, of course, Sherlock Holmes. Dickens' story is read chapter by chapter, the sleuths deliberate, consult computers and mediums and suggest solutions more and more extravagant as the authors mix the complete text of Dickens' novel, genuine literary scholarship and impressive knowledge of Rome, and both the mystery and science fiction genres to create a good-humored and offbeat satirical work that may or may not bring closure to Drood and/or Dickens. Boards and…
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THE DAIN CURSE
by Hammett, Dashiell
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New York: Pocket Books, 1961. First Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Good to Good Plus. Vintage Paperback, Permabook M4198; one of Hammett's classic mysteries that set the standards for hard-boiled detective fiction; First Printing of the First Permabook Edition; text is age-tanned; inside front cover and front end page stained; covers show reading crease, some edgewear.
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DAMASCUS GATE
by Stone, Robert
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New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The award-winning Stone's sixth novel is a complex masterwork set in the tension and intrigue of the Middle East and featuring American journalist Christopher Lucas, who uncovers a conspiracy to bomb the Temple Mount. Collectable.
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DAMASCUS GATE
by Stone, Robert
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The sixth novel from National Book Award-winner Stone, often described as the contemporary novelist most capable of combining intellectual depth with superb narrative skills, features expatriate American journalist Christopher Lucas stumbling upon a terrorist plot to bomb the Temple Mount in Jerusalem; lower corner of back cover slightly bumped, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only minor surface and edgewear.
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DAMASCUS GATE
by Stone, Robert
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. The seventh book from National Book Award winner Stone, an adventure-thriller that rises above the genre. It features expatriate American journalist Christoper Lucas unraveling a fanatical terrorist plot to bomb the Temple Mount in Jerusalem; text edges slightly soiled, bottom of spine shows minor wear; dustjacket edgeworn and rubbed, back panel has several small scratches.
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DAME AGATHA ABROAD
by Christie, Agatha
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Garden City, NY: Mystery Guild An omnibus edition of three of Christie's best: "Murder on the Orient Express," "Murder In Mesopotamia," and "They Came To Bagdad." Book Club edition, no indication of number of printings. About 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, 568 pages bound in black paper boards with gold lettering on spine. Boards show only minor surface and edge wear, no significant flaws or damage. A small address sticker from previous owner on inside front cover. Text is clean, complete, and unmarked. No highlighting or underlining, no creasing, bumping or tearing. Dustjacket's graphic design shows stylized diesel engine against blue mountains and white clouds on front panel, plain black back panel. Author's name in white, title in yellow on spine. Some minor edgewear including tiny 1/8th inch tear at top of spine, o/w dj is near fine. A very nice reading copy showcasing Christie at her best.
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THE DAMSEL
by Stark, Richard (Donald E. Westlake)
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New York: New American Library, 1969. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good to Near Fine. Vintage paperback, Signet P3874; The Richard Stark mystery that doesn't feature Parker, the stone-cold holdup man. This time it's Parker's sometime partner Grofield, who uses robbery to finance his acting career. Text is clean, tight, lightly age-tanned with a slight spine lean in white pictorial wrappers showing only minor surface and edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.
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DANCE WITH THE DEAD
by Prather, Richard S.
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Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1960. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Good to Good Plus. Vintage Paperback, Gold Medal S990; a crime-thriller from Prather's over-the-top mystery series featuring Los Angeles private detective Shell Scott, this time scrutinizing a year's worth of calendar models' derrieres in search of a clue to murder. Paperback Original, First Printing of the True First Edition. Text somewhat rolled, o/w clean, tight; pictorial wrappers show some minor wear and soiling. Scarce.
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DANCERS IN THE DARK
by Dodson, Daniel B.
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1983. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. From the author of "Looking For Zoe," comes this novel of a competitive friendship, begun at Princeton and rekindled at an Army Air Corps training camp during World War II, then continued in the business world after the war until ending in an explosion of rage, violence and death; upper corner of a dozen pages lightly creased, o/w text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows chipping at the top of spine, some minor rubbing and edgewear, o/w clean and whole.
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DANCERS IN THE SCALP HOUSE
by Eastlake, William
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New York: The Viking Press, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The fourth of Westlake's novels featuring the conflict between modern white America and the Native American and arguably his most accomplished in which the cunning savage has at long last decided to fight back against the Four Corners Power Plant and the nearly finished Atlas Dam. Aided by a rancher's daughter who takes over the learning hogan and teaches the Navaho some very unorthodox lessons and by Tom Charlie, an Indian who went to university, studied science and is building a "gift" from the red man to the white man, there may yet be a chance before all is surrounded and swallowed up by the Great White Reservation. Remainder mark on bottom edge of text, minor soiling on other text edges, some mild fading to lettering on lower spine, o/w only normal edge and surface wear. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. Dustjacket shows only light wear at edges and…
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DANCING WITH THE VIRGINS
by Booth, Stephen
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. The second novel in Booth's highly-praised police procedural series featuring North England Police Detectives Ben Cooper and Diane Fry, this time trying to find a killer who left his victim's body inside a prehistoric ring of stones known as the Nine Virgins; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.
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DANCING AFTER HOURS
by Dubus, Andre
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New York: Knopf, 1996. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. This collection of short stories is the ninth book of fiction from Dubus, the winner of the Pen/Malamud and Jean Stein Awards; First Printing of the First Edition Thus; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket soiled along edges with some minor damage to back panel where bar code sticker was pulled off.
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DANCING IN THE DARK
by Kaminsky, Stuart M.
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New York: Mysterious Press, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/About Very Good. It is the middle of World War II in this 19th book in Edgar Award-winning Kaminsky's long-running mystery series featuring Toby Peters, middle-aged Los Angeles private detective, who's made a career of saving Hollywood's stars from themselves. This time Peters is hired to convince a vainglorious gun moll and her ex-mobster boy friend to leave Fred Astaire alone. In no time at all, Toby finds himself onstage with Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth while trying desperately to keep himslef and Astaire alive and in one piece. Boards and text are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket shows light scratching on both front and back panels, with other minor surface and edgewear but no major tears, chipping or creasing. Not price-clipped.
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DANCING WITH THE VIRGINS
by Booth, Stephen
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The second book in Booth's mystery-crime series featuring British police detectives Ben Cooper and Diane Fry, this novel was a Gold Dagger nominee; text is clean, tight, square in near-perfect dustjacket showing very minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.
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DANGER IS MY LINE
by Marlowe, Stephen (Milton Lesser)
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Greenwich, CN: Fawcett Publications, Inc., 1960. First Edition, First Printing. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. vintage paperback, Gold Medal k1527; an early entry in the Edgar Award-winning Marlowe's mystery series featuring Washington, D.C., private detective Chester Drum; cover art by Barye Phillips; Paperback Original, First Printing of True First Edition; text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned in pictorial wrappers showing minimal surface and edgewear. Scarce. Collectable.
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DANGER MONEY
by Eberhart, Mignon G.
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New York: Random House, 1974. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. One of the Grand Masters of the Mystery Writers of America presents a story involving a world famous financier, blackmail and murder; remainder mark on bottom edge of text, o/w boards and text are clean, tight with slight gap top of spine; dustjacket shows almost no surface and edgewear; Very Good/Fine. Collectable.
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THE DANGEROUS SUMMER
by Hemingway, Ernest
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. In 1959, Hemingway returned to Spain to watch a series of bullfights by two great rival matadors, Ordonez and Dominguin. He had been commissioned by Life magazine to write a short piece on his trip and instead wrote a book-length report on the dramatic competition between the pair of bullfighters. It was his last major literary work and remained unpublished for nearly fourteen years after his death in 1961; illustrated with black & white photos; text is clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows minor rubbing and edgewear, no chips or tears. Scarce. Collectable.
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DANGEROUS WOMEN
by Penzler, Otto, Editor
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New York: Mysterious Press, 2005. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Another of Penzler's collections of original mystery short stories, written especially for this particular volume around the theme of "dangerous women" by some of the best of today's mystery writers including Connelly, Cook, Jance, Leonard, McBain, Mosley, Oates, Perry, Rankin and Rozan.
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DANGLING MAN
by Bellow, Saul
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New York: Signet/New American Library, 1965. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage Paperback, Signet P2625; one of the early works from the award-winning Bellow, this novel, set in 1942 Chicago, features Joseph, a young man who has cut himself off from his wife, his work, his family and friends, who has gone to live in a boardinghouse, as he waits to be drafted and tries to confront what seems to be an empty future; front end page has bookseller's stamp and previous owner's name, o/w text is clean, tight, square, lightly age-tanned; red pictorial wrappers show a nickel-sized square of black marker ink in upper corner of the front cover, with the previous owner's address sticker in the same corner on the obverse side of the cover, o/w very minimal surface and edgewear. Lack of a reading crease and tight binding indicates it may have remained unread since its original purchase over 40 years ago. Collectable.
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