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2Oth CENTURY GHOSTS.
[New York]: William Morrow, [2007]. Octavo, cloth. First U. S. edition. The author's first story collection. Collects fifteen stories. This edition includes an additional story not published in the 2005 edition. Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for best collection (2005), British Fantasy Award (2006) for best collection, includes "Voluntary Committal" which won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novella.
FALLEN ANGEL.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1945. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Mystery novel. Source for a film noir of the same title, directed by Otto Preminger with Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Bruce Cabot and John Carradine.
COSMIC EXODUS.
[London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1953]. Octavo, cover by Ronald Turner, pictorial wrappers. First edition. "Tit-Bits Science-Fiction Library." Following a civil war in 1971, England is a dystopia controlled by a ruthless dictator whose fiendish schemes include turning cadavers into robots with the help of Dr. Azimov of Vienna. But the dictator's plans pale before those of Brenda Norcross, a brilliant and beautiful female industrialist (who is actually a bioengineered Martian super scientist in disguise) who plans to enslave the entire planet to provide breeding stock for the dying Martian race (the Martian survivors have left Mars and are currently hiding out in the interior of Uranus). Harbottle and Holland A118. Reginald 05293.
ONE OF US IS WRONG.
New York: Tor, 1986. Octavo, printed wrappers. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition. First book under this pseudonym which is also the name of the lead character.
BUILD MY GALLOWS HIGH.
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1946. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Basis for the classic noir film Out of the Past, directed by Jacques Tourneur from a script by the author. The film starred Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas.
THE DOCTOR DIED AT DUSK.
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1936. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-303 [304-306: blank], original black cloth, front and spine stamped in light green, top edge stained green. First edition. The author's second mystery novel. Features newspaperman Robin Bishop. "Between 1936 and 1946, Homes published 12 detective and suspense novels set primarily in the valleys and foothills of north-central California. Each is distinguished by clever plotting, semi-hard-boiled realism, fast-paced action, witty and remarkably good dialogue, and some of the finest and most vivid descriptive passages in mystery fiction."- Pederson (ed.): St. James Guide To Crime and Mystery Writers (4th ed.), p 533.
FINDER'S KEEPERS.
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1940. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-279 [280-282: blank], original yellow cloth, spine stamped in brown, top edge stained red. First edition. The author's seventh mystery novel. Features Humphrey Campbell. "Between 1936 and 1946, Homes published 12 detective and suspense novels set primarily in the valleys and foothills of north-central California. Each is distinguished by clever plotting, semi-hard-boiled realism, fast-paced action, witty and remarkably good dialogue, and some of the finest and most vivid descriptive passages in mystery fiction." - Pederson (ed.): St. James Guide To Crime and Mystery Writers (4th ed.), p 533.
FORTY WHACKS.
New York: William Morrow And Company, 1941. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-246 [247-248: blank], original light green cloth, spine stamped in black and red, top edge stained red. First edition. The author's eighth mystery novel. Features Humphrey Campbell. Basis for the 1944 film "Crime by Night," starring Jane Wyman and Jerome Cowan. "Between 1936 and 1946, Homes published 12 detective and suspense novels set primarily in the valleys and foothills of north-central California. Each is distinguished by clever plotting, semi-hard-boiled realism, fast-paced action, witty and remarkably good dialogue, and some of the finest and most vivid descriptive passages in mystery fiction."- Pederson (ed.): St. James Guide To Crime and Mystery Writers (4th ed.), p 533.
THE MAN WHO DIDN'T EXIST.
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1937. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-276 [277-280: blank], original black cloth, front and spine stamped in red, top edge stained red, fore-edge rough cut. First edition. The author's third mystery novel. Features newspaperman Robin Bishop. "Between 1936 and 1946, Homes published 12 detective and suspense novels set primarily in the valleys and foothills of north-central California. Each is distinguished by clever plotting, semi-hard-boiled realism, fast-paced action, witty and remarkably good dialogue, and some of the finest and most vivid descriptive passages in mystery fiction."- Pederson (ed.): St. James Guide To Crime and Mystery Writers (4th ed.), p 533.
THE MAN WHO DIDN'T EXIST.
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1937. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-276 [277-280: blank], original black cloth, front and spine stamped in red, top edge stained red, fore-edge rough cut. First edition. The author's third mystery novel. Features newspaperman Robin Bishop. "Between 1936 and 1946, Homes published 12 detective and suspense novels set primarily in the valleys and foothills of north-central California. Each is distinguished by clever plotting, semi-hard-boiled realism, fast-paced action, witty and remarkably good dialogue, and some of the finest and most vivid descriptive passages in mystery fiction."- Pederson (ed.): St. James Guide To Crime and Mystery Writers (4th ed.), p 533.
NO HANDS ON THE CLOCK.
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1939. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed inscription by Mainwaring on the front free endpaper: "To Mitchell- / affectionately / Daniel Geoffrey Homes / Mainwaring." A Humphrey Campbell private detective novel. Writing of his three fictional detective characters, "... Campbell is probably the best realized of the three, certainly his cases are Home's most intricate and satisfying detective puzzles." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 378. Filmed in 1941 with Chester Morris in the lead.
FRIGHT.
New York: Rinehart & Co., 1950. Octavo, boards. First edition.
JULIAN GRANT LOSES HIS WAY.
London: William Heinemann Ltd, [1933]. Octavo, pp. [1-8] [1-2] 3-332 [note: first leaf is a blank], original black cloth, front and rear panels stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in red. First edition. Signed by Oldfield as "Claude Houghton" on front free endpaper. "A posthumous fantasy whose protagonist's unpleasant life, of which he is forced to relive bits, mirrors Houghton's sense of the decadence of England between the World Wars." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 479. "Psychological novel, moral in intention, mystical in framework... An interesting work." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 845. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-179. Bleiler (1978), p. 103. Reginald 07441.
SECRET AGENT X: CURSE OF THE MANDARIN'S FAN.
[San Diego: Corinth Publications:, 1966]. Small octavo, cover art by Robert Bonfils, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Corinth number CR130. Book 3 in the paperback reprint series from the pulp magazines. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 567-568. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 475-476.
SECRET AGENT X: SERVANTS OF THE SKULL.
[San Diego: Corinth Publications:, 1966]. Small octavo, cover art by Robert Bonfils, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Corinth number CR126. Book 2 in the paperback reprint series from the pulp magazines. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 567-568. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 475-476.
SECRET AGENT X: THE TORTURE TRUST.
[San Diego: Corinth Publications:, 1966]. Small octavo, cover art by Robert Bonfils, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Corinth number CR122. Book 1 in the paperback reprint series from the pulp magazines. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 567-568. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 475-476.
A CASE OF NEED.
New York and Cleveland: An NAL Book, The World Publishing Company, [1968]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Author's first book of fiction. Edgar award winner for best first novel. Filmed in 1972 as "The Carey Treatment," directed by Blake Edwards, starring James Coburn. Hubin, p. 420.
APPLEBY INTERVENES: THREE TALES FROM SCOTLAND YARD.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1965]. Octavo, boards. First combined edition. Collects three novels: ONE-MAN SHOW (1952), A COMEDY OF TERRORS (1940) and THE SECRET VANGUARD (1940).
THE BLOODY WOOD.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1966. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. Review slip laid in. A Sir John Appleby mystery novel. Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1974) 1212. Hubin (1994), p. 430.
CHRISTMAS AT CANDLESHOE.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1953]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. A non-Appleby mystery. Basis for "Candleshoe," a 1977 Disney film starring David Niven, Helen Hayes (her last film performance), and Jodie Foster. Hubin (1994), p. 430.
DEATH ON A QUIET DAY.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1957]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. A Sir John Appleby mystery novel. Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1974) 1218. Hubin (1994), p. 430.
THE MAN FROM THE SEA.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1955]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. A non-Appleby Cold War suspense thriller. "A departure for Innes and a good one ... an inversion of the defector theme ..." - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1974) 1223 Hubin (1994), p. 430.
ONE-MAN SHOW.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1952]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. A Sir John Appleby mystery novel. Published in the UK as A PRIVATE VIEW (1952). "Innes' undoubted masterpiece." - Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1974) 1227. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, p. 397. Hubin (1994), p. 430.
THE PAPER THUNDERBOLT.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1951]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. edition. A Sir John Appleby mystery novel. Published in the UK as OPERATION PAX (1951). A suspense thriller concerning the theft of a secret formula which ultimately is discovered hidden in a book in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Hubin (1994), p. 430.
DEAD MAN BLUES.
New York: The American Mercury / Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, n.d., [1949]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. A Mercury Book, No. 135. Digest size magazine format. Abridged.