Tight Shot
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. 262 pages, 8vo, black boards, dust wrapper with mylar cover. New York: St. Martin's Press, (1995). First edition. Near fine. Signed in full by the author on the title page. More
MYSTERY
Aunt Dimity and the Duke
New York: Viking, 1994. 290 pages, 8vo, black cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper with a mylar cover. New York: Viking, (1994). Fine. Signed in full by the author on the title page. More
Aunt Dimity Digs In
New York: Viking, 1998. 275 pages, 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Viking, (1998). Fine. Signed in full by the author on the flyleaf. More
East of A.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1999. 211 pages, small 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper with a mylar cover. New York: Ballantine Books, (1999). First Edition. Near fine. Signed on the title page: "Dangerously yours, Russell Atwood." More
A Catalogue of Crime.
New York: Harper, 1971. 831pp. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. chipped, otherwise very good. New York: Harper,& Row, (1971). Presentation copy from Jacques Barzun to Shirley (Hazzard) and Francis (Steegmuller). More
The Mystery of Georges Simenon.
Illustrated, 160pp, 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Beaugort Books, 1983. Very good in very good dust jacket. More
The New Black Mask Quarterly, Nos. 1-6
New York: A Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985. NUMBERS 1-6. 8vo, pictorial wrappers; No. 2 is dampstained throughout in the outer margins. New York: A Harvest/HBJ Book, 1985-1986. Books are very good(+) excepting No. 2 which is dampstained. Features pieces by John Le Carre, Raymond Chandler, Georges Simenon, and others. More
A Fine Set of Teeth
Royal Oak, Michigan: Jan Burke, 1997. One tipped in black-and-white plate by Phil Parks, tipped in color photographic frontis of author. Introduction by Michael Connelly. 34pp., slim 8vo, printed yellow silk moire with inlaid plate on front cover, decorative endpapers; very minor rubbing. Royal Oak, Michigan: Jan Burke, (1997). Internally fine, a near fine copy. 14 of 200 numbered copies, signed by the author, Tim Burke, Michael Connelly and Phil Parks. More
Serie Agatha Christie.
Paris: Emmanuel Proust Editions, 2003. Series of 13 volumes in full-color cartoon format. Text in French. Slim 4tos, pictorial boards. Paris: Emmanuel Proust Editions, 2003-2006. A fine set (one corner of one volume lightly bumped). More
Typed Letter Signed
1936. T.L.S. 8vo. 1 page, on personal stationary, Guildford, Surry, July 16th 1936. Written to fellow mystery writer Dennis Wheatley, thanking him for his gift of a copy of "Murder Off Miami". In part: "...The splendor of your idea for the book overwhelms me. It really is a quite thrilling scheme and I am sure will meet with enormous success. The execution also seems to me entirely worthy of the idea. The reproductions are extraordinarily good. Please accept my hearty..... More
The Best of Sherlock Holmes
Franklin Center: Franklin, 1977. Illustrated by Ben F. Stahl in black and white with a color frontispiece. 643 pages. Thick 8vo, gilt-stamped black leather, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers. Franklin Library, 1977. Fine. Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series. More
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Norwalk: Easton, 1981. A Definitive Text, Corrected Edited by Edgar W. Smith. Illustrated with a selection of the originals by Steele, Paget, and others. 764 pages. Thick 8vo, gilt-stamped black leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1981). Fine. [Single Volume Edition] containing: A Study in Scarlet; The Sign of the Four; The Twelve Adventures, originally published as "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" and the Twelve Adventures originally published as "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" More
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Later Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holms
Norwalk: Easton, 1980. Illustrated with a selection of the originals by Steele, Paget, and others. 3 volumes. Thick 8vos, gilt-stamped black leather, a.e.g. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1980). Very near fine. Collector's Edition. A Definitive Text, Corrected Edited by Edgar W. Smith. More
Houdini and Conan Doyle; The Story of a Strange Friendship
New York: Albert and Charles Boni, 1922. Frontis. 249 pages. 8vo, stamped brown cloth, dust wrapper; wrapper chipped and edge-worn with some staining at spine, lettering rubbed at spine. New York: Albert and Charles Boni, (1922). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a good-only wrapper. Inscribed by Beatrice Houdini on half-title: "Compliments of Beatrice Houdini to J.M. Carey June 9-32" More
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
New York: Penguin, 2012. 260 pages. 8vo, black pictorial-stamped boards, dust wrapper. New York: Penguin, (2012). A fine copy. More
Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China
New York: Penguin, 2012. Pictorial endpapers, 8vo, 260 pages, black cloth with red metallic stamped dragon, dust wrapper. New York: Penguin, (2012). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The World of Raymond Chandler.
New York: A&W Publishers, 1978. With a few b/w illustrations. 190pp. 8vo, red cloth, d.w.; chipped and torn. New York: A&W Publishers, (1978). A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
The Sherlock Holmes Scrapbook; Fifty Years Of Occasional Articles, Newspaper Cuttings, Letters, Memoirs, Anecdotes, Pictures, Photographs And Drawings Relating To The Great Detective.
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1974. Illustrated. 128 pages. 4to, stamped brown cloth, lightly edge-worn dust wrapper. N.Y: Clarkson Potter, 1974. First edition, second printing. A near fine copy in a very good(+) wrapper. More
The Murder Book; An Illustrated History of the Detective Story.
Illus. 191pp. 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y., 1971. More
The Murder Book: An Illustrated History of the Detective Story.
New York: Herder, 1971. Foreword by Julian Symons. Frontis. illustration, many illustrations throughout, some in color, 191pp., large 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (chipped). New York: Herder and Herder, (1971). Very good. More
Mozart's Last Year: 1791
New York: Schirmer Books, 1988. 38 Illustrations. 240 pages, 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Schirmer Books, 1988. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Russia House.
353pp., 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1989. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Perfect Murder: A Study in Detection.
242pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: The Free Press, (1989). Very good. More
The Queen's Head
London: Bantam Press, 1988. 236 pages, 8vo, black cloth, dust wrapper with a mylar cover. London: Bantam Press, (1988). Fine. Signed in full by the author on the title page. More