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GOLD OF THE GODS: THE MYSTERY OF THE INCAS SOLVED BY CRAIG KENNEDY -- SCIENTIFIC DETECTIVE.
New York: Hearst's International Library, 1915. Octavo, First edition. A Craig Kennedy novel. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 642. Reginald 12097. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978). Hubin (1994), p. 672. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 R-136.
WEIRD TALES.
Indianapolis, IN: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover by Margaret Brundage, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. A posthumous H. P. Lovecraft contribution, "Beyond the Wall of Sleep". Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 727-736.
THE CHIC CHICK SPY.
New York: Belmont Books, [1966]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Belmont B50-718. Absurd spy thriller of which many were written during this time. Second book in a series.
WANTED: SOMEONE INNOCENT AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: Stamford House, [1946]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Pony Book 56. Collects the title story and three others, "The Sexton's Wife," "'Tis Not Hereafter," and "He Was Asking After You."
CELLINI SMITH DETECTIVE.
Stamford, CT: Stamford House, [1946]. Small octavo, cover by Hoffman, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Pony Book 54. Detective novel.
DONOVAN'S BRAIN.
New York: Bantam Books, [1950]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 819.
THE FAR CRY.
New York: Bantam Books, [1953]. Small octavo, cover by James Avati, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 1133. Hardboiled mystery novel.
DEATH HAS MANY DOORS.
New York: Bantam Books, [1952]. Small octavo, cover by Barye Phillips, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 1040. Hardboiled mystery novel.
NIGHT OF THE JABBERWOCK.
New York: Bantam Books, [1952]. Small octavo, cover by Skemp, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 990. Hardboiled mystery novel.
HERE COMES A CANDLE.
New York: Bantam Books, [1951]. Small octavo, cover by Earl Mayan, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 943. Hardboiled mystery novel.
THE SCREAMING MIMI.
New York: Bantam Books, [1950]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 831. Hardboiled mystery novel.
A PLOT FOR MURDER.
New York: Bantam Books, [1949]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 735. Published in hardcover as Murder Can Be Fun. Hardboiled mystery novel.
THE DEAD RINGER.
New York: Bantam Books, [1949]. Small octavo, cover by Robert Stanley, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 361. Hardboiled mystery novel with a Carny setting.
THE DAY HE DIED.
New York: Bantam Books, [1948]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 306. Mystery novel, one of two using the Padgett pseudonym.
THE UNEXPECTED.
New York: Bantam Books, [1948]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Bantam Books 502. Collects twenty stories by John Collier, O. Henry, Ambrose Bierce, Lord Dunsany, Dorothy L. Sayers, Robert Bloch and others.
SHOT IN THE DARK.
New York: Bantam Books, [1950]. Small octavo, cover by H. E. Bischoff, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Bantam Books 751. Collects twenty-three stories by Theodore Sturgeon, Robert A. Heinlein, Stephen Vincent Benet, H. G. Wells, Jack London, and others.
FOOTPRINTS ON THE CEILING.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, n.d., [1946]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Dell 121. A mapback edition. A Great Merlini novel.
A MAN CALLED SPADE AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., n.d. [1950]. Small octavo, cover by Robert Stanley, pictorial wrappers. Later paperback edition. Dell 452. A mapback edition (reprinting Dell #411). Collects the following stories, A Man Called Spade, They Can Only Hang You Once, Too Many Have Lived, The Assistant Murderer, and His Brother's Keeper. Introduction by Ellery Queen. (This collection first appeared in the Dell line as Dell #90).
THE CONTINENTAL OP.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., n.d., [1946]. Small octavo, cover by Gerald Gregg, pictorial wrappers. Paperback edition. Dell 129 A mapback edition. Previously published in paperback in the digest sized Bestseller Mystery series. Collects the following stories, Fly Paper, Death on Pine Street, Zigzags of Treachery and The Farewell Murder. Introduction by Ellery Queen.
SIX TIMES DEATH.
New York: Popular Library, [1948]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First trade paperback edition. Popular Library 137. First published in hardcover as After Dinner Story, published in an Armed Services edition in softcover, this is the first trade paperback edition, also first with this new title.
THE DANCING DETECTIVE.
New York: Popular Library, [1951]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Popular Library 309. Collects eight stories which first appeared in pulp magazines. This is the only paperback printing of this title.
SIX NIGHTS OF MYSTERY.
New York: Popular Library, [1950]. Small octavo, cover by Rudolph Belarski, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Popular Library 258. Paperback original. Collection of six stories, all from pulps, three from Argosy, three from Black Mask, several with title changes. Hubin, p. 431.
THE AARDVARK AFFAIR.
New York: Zebra Books, [1975]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. The Big Brain No. 1. Planned before birth, Colin Garrett is an off the charts genius, working for a secret government organization.
HAVE WIFE WILL TRADE.
[Chicago, IL: Newstand Library, 1960]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Newstand Library 523. Paperback original.
THE UNDOING OF JENNY.
[New York]: A Midwood-Tower Publication, [1962]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Midwood 171. Paperback original.