Category: Mystery

The World's Best One hUndred Detective Storeis (In Ten Volumes)

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Funk & Wagnalls : 1929

Seller ID: 1792

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

All 10 volumes in very good condition with light edgewear and some fading of block edges. Vol. 10's dust jacket is torn, creased and missing most of spine section. Remaining 9 jackets are complete except for minor chipping and in good to very good conditon.
View More...

The Porcelain Mask A Detective Story

By: Chichester, John Jay

Price: $22.00

Publisher: New York, Chelsea House : 1924

Seller ID: 3007

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Front hinge is tender; Volume shows general light wear, though is otherwise clean with no markings, book plates, etc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages
View More...

The Venus Deal

By: Kuhlken, Ken

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's Press : 1993

Seller ID: 6946

ISBN-13: 9780312089184

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Flat signed by the author on the title page. Also, jacket front is signed with name only by jacket artist, John Dawson. Light general wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages; Signed by Author
View More...

Old Sleuth's Triumph or The Great Bronx Mystery (Adventure Series No. 68)

By: Old Sleuth

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cleveland, OH, The Arthur Westbrook Co.

Seller ID: 1204

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Poor

Front cover detached. Rear and spine cover missing. Frontis page loose. Block shows some soiling and is slightly brittle.
View More...

Shoot if You Must

By: Powell, Richard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Simon & Schuster : 1946

Seller ID: 2753

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Poor dust jacket

Covers show light to average wear, mostly at corners. Binding is sound but just a little loose. Light toning to endpages. Acid staining from laid in newsprint (now removed) on pp 72-73. Overall this book is just not quite very good condition. Jacket is missing over half of the spine portion as well as a few small tears and chipping to edges. Jacket is also soiled. ; An Inner Sanctum Mystery; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 214 pages
View More...

Death in the Morning

By: Radley, Sheila

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons : 1979

Seller ID: 6751

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

There is a single dark spot along the fore edge of the block. Otherwise, as new. Jacket has very light rubbing at edges and a single 1/8" closed tear near the bottom spine edge of the front cover ; Douglas Quantrill Series; Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pages
View More...

Black Orchids

By: Stout, Rex

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Cleveland, The World Publishing Company : 1945

Seller ID: 6494

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket

A Tower Mystery reprinting of Black Orchids together with Cordially Invited to Meet Death. Covers show light general wear. Text is toned though well bound and free from marks. Jacket is worn at all edges with a few chips and tears as well as a very small amount of loss at the top of the spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 271 pages
View More...

If Death Ever Slept

By: Stout, Rex

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Viking : 1957

Seller ID: 6420

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Yellow cloth covers lightly soiled with wear at edges, mostly at the corners and spine ends. Former owner's signature, in red pen, on ffep. Otherwise, unmarked text. Binding remains in excelent conditon. Jacket has several creases, tears and chips at edges with a number of small pieces missing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages
View More...

Prisoner's Base

By: Stout, Rex

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, The Viking Press : 1954

Seller ID: 7369

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Covers are rubbed at corners and the spine ends are curling. Slight spine lean. Marks on the endpages are the only markings found in the book. ; A Nero Wolfe Novel; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages
View More...

The Rubber Band

By: Stout, Rex

Price: $400.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar & Rinehart : 1936

Seller ID: 7198

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Near Fine dust jacket

True first printing with the publisher's colophon present on CP. Covers mottled with wear at edges including rubbed through corners and curled spine ends. There is a heavy spine lean and the binding is strained at the title page, feeling a bit loose when handling. There is an assembly error near the end of the text. The third from last signature (page 253 through page 268) is missing and has been replaced with a second copy of the final signature (page 293 to the end of the text). There are rust markings from a removed metal clip on the first and last pages of the error signature. Otherwise, t...
View More...

Triple Jepardy: a Nero Wolfe Threesome

By: Stout, Rex

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, The Viking Press : 1952

Seller ID: 6562

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket

Collects 3 titles: Home to Roost, The Cop-Killer, and The Squirt and the Monkey. Cover corners are a bit worn. Light even toning to text. Former owner's name penned on ffep. Jacket worn at all edges and folds but mostly along top edge where there are several small tears, creasing, and minor loss. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 185 pages
View More...

The Second Mystery Book (One Full-Length Novel, One Story and Four Novelettes)

By: Stout, Rex; Abbot, Anthony; Wylie, Philip; Ford, Leslie; Frome, David and Mary Roberts Rinehart

Price: $70.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar & Rinehart : 1940

Seller ID: 7206

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in New dust jacket

Cover corners and spine ends worn with loss of color. Binding remains fairly clean. The text is also fairly clean with a few creases and smudges scattered throughout. Facsimile dust jacket is in as new condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 471 pages
View More...

The Second Mystery Book (One Full-Length Novel, One Story and Four Novelettes)

By: Stout, Rex; Abbot, Anthony; Wylie, Philip; Ford, Leslie; Frome, David and Mary Roberts Rinehart

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Farrar & Rinehart : 1940

Seller ID: 7323

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair in New dust jacket

Cover corners and spine ends worn. External hinges worn with a split along the rear hinge about half of the length of the spine in each direction. The spine head is also split. Internally, the binding is broken and held by the mull at the title page. Binding is otherwise sound and functional. Several small stains and signs of repeat readings found throughout the text. Facsimile dust jacket is in as new condition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 471 pages
View More...

The Annulet of Gilt

By: Taylor, Phoebe Atwood

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Norton & Co. : 1938

Seller ID: 242

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Stated First. Tan/faded green cloth with red printing shows some scratching with heavier scratching to spine. Spine faded, spine edges curled. Name and old price penciled on front endpapers. Block edges yellowed. Front hinge loose but attached. Block shows some scattered foxing. Rear pastedown has paste marks from a now removed tipped in paper.
View More...

The Tinkling Symbol

By: Taylor, Phoebe Atwood

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Norton & Co. : 1935

Seller ID: 241

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Stated First. Ex Library with usual markings. Black cloth covers with yellow printing shows heavy scratching. DJ front flap pasted to front pastedown. Block edges have some foxing. Hinges still tight. Block shows some scattered foxing.
View More...