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
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
Career in C Major
New York: Avon, 1945. Softcover pocket edition, #22. 132 pages. 12mo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Avon, (1954). More
Mildred Pierce
New York: Penguin Books, 1946. Softcover mapback pocket edition. 191 pages. 12mo, pictorial wrappers. London: Penguin Book 591, (1946). First edition. Near fine, tight binding, pages slightly toned. More
Finger Man
New York: Avon Publishing Co., 1950. Softcover pocket edition. 153 pages + 5 pages of ads. 12mo, printed wrappers. New York: Avon Publishing, Co. (1950). In very good condition, pages toned and some have minor chips. More
The High Window
New York: Pocket Books Inc., 1965. Softcover pocket edition, #50118. 186 pages. 12mo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Pocket Books, (1965). Near fine, shrink wrapped. More
The Little Sister
New York: Pocket Books Inc., 1950. Softcover pocket edition. 258 pages + 5 ad pages. 12mo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Pocket Books, Inc. (1950). In very good(+) condition, chip to corner of rear cover, page 248 dog-eared. More
Pick-Up on Noon Street
New York: Pocket Books Inc., 1965. Softcover pocket edition. 196 pages + 6 pages of ads. 12mo, printed wrappers. New York: Pocket Books, Co. (1965). 7th Printing. In very good(+) condition, pages toned. The four novelletes in "Pick-Up on Noon Street" were taken from "The Simply Art of Murder" More
The Simple Art of Murder
New York: Pocket Books Inc., 1953. Softcover pocket edition. xi + 194 pages. 12mo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Pocket Books, Co. (1953). In very good(+) condition, minor shelf wear to covers, pages toned. Cover illustration by George Mayers. More
No Orchids for Miss Blandish
New York: Avon Publishing Co., 1951. Softcover pocket edition. 189 pages, 12mo, pictorial wrappers. New York: Avon Publishing, Co. (1951). In very good(-) condition, with some creasing and wear to covers, starting front hinge, minor toning to pages, and page 17 dog-eared. Specially revised and edited Reprint edition, published after the 1948 film adaptation with the same title.1948 and 1949 editions of this book were published under the title "The Villain and the Virgin." 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
Criminal Convictions: Errant Essays on Perpetrators of Literary License.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1994. xiv + 155 pages, thin 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Boston: David R. Godine, (1994). First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. 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
Blood Money
New York: Dell Publishing Inc., 1947. Softcover mapback pocket edition. 189 pages. 12mo, pictorial wrappers. London: Dell Book 486, (1951). In good condition, creases to cover and chip to lower spine. More
The Continental Op
New York: Dell Publishing Inc., 1947. Softcover mapback pocket edition. 192 pages. 12mo, pictorial wrappers. London: Dell Book 129, (1945). In very good condition, Introduction by Ellery Queen. More
The Creeping Siamese
New York: Dell Publishing Inc., 1950. Softcover mapback pocket edition. 160 pages. 12mo, pictorial wrappers. London: Dell Book 538, (1950). In very good(+) condition, some wear to lower spine. With an introduction by Ellery Queen. More