Mystery
TANNER'S TWELVE SWINGERS.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1967]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Fawcett Gold Medal d1869. Paperback original. An Evan Tanner novel. Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 86-88.
A TICKET TO THE BONEYARD.
New York: Morrow, 1990. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. A Matt Scudder novel.
THE TOPLESS TULIP CAPER.
London: Allison & Busby, 1984. Octavo, Hardcover. First hardcover edition. Signed by the Block. First published in paperback in 1975 under the pseudonym Chip Harrison.
TWO FOR TANNER.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc., [1968]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Fawcett Gold Medal d1896. Paperback original. An Evan Tanner novel. Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 86-88.
A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES.
New York: William Morrow & Co., 1992. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. A Matt Scudder novel.
THE QUESTS OF PAUL BECK.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1910. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] ix [x] xi [xii] [1] 2-307 [308: printer's statement], frontispiece and seven inserted illustrations, original pink cloth, front and spine stamped in black. Second Impression. Collects twelve Paul Beck detective stories. Hubin, p. 610, Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 12.
SINGAPORE.
Chicago: Century Publications, [1947]. Small octavo, two publicity photos and fifteen film stills, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Century Mysteries No. 37. Digest sized format. Photoplay edition. Novelization of the film SINGAPORE from the screenplay written by Seaton I. Miller and Robert Thoeren from an original story by Seaton I. Miller. Cover depicts Fred MacMurray and Ava Gardner. Stills from the film throughout. Hubin, p. 83.
CHOICE CUTS.
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1966. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Novel by the scriptwriters of Vertigo and Diabolique. "A very sophisticated, black funny novel." - Barron (ed.) Horror Literature 4-50. Basis for the film "Body Parts."
A MODERN DELILAH.
London: Mellifont Press, Limited, nd. [1943]. Small octavo, pp. [1-3] 4-96. pictorial wrappers. First edition. Digest sized paperback novel. Delilah is a beautiful dancer who is also spy for the Japanese. Worldcat shows two holdings.
HOUSE OF MIST.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1947. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. Author's first book. Listed in Hubin.
A BID FOR FORTUNE.
New York: D. Appleton, 1895. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. The first Dr. Nikola novel. Bleiler: Science Fiction: The Early Years #240.
WATER HAZARD.
[New York]: Delacorte Press, [1995]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first novel. Signed inscription by Borg to a mystery publisher and bookseller. Psychological thiller. "Sexual debauchery and twisted identities reign in an intricately descriptive first novel, a thriller that reads like North by Northwest re-scripted by Joe Eszterhas and Franz Kafka." - Kirkus Review, 1/1/95.
BEST DETECTIVE STORIES OF THE YEAR: 19th ANNUAL COLLECTION.
New York: E.P Dutton & Co., Inc., 1964. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collection of seventeen stories. Includes "The Gracious, Pleasant Life of Mrs. Afton" by Patricia Highsmith and "Mistake" by Fredric Brown.
BEST DETECTIVE STORIES OF THE YEAR: 22nd ANNUAL COLLECTION.
New York: E.P Dutton & Co., Inc., 1967. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collection of thirteen stories. Includes "The Adventure of the Red Leech" by August Derleth, a Solar Pons story and "They Do Not Always Remember" by William Burroughs.
GREAT AMERICAN DETECTIVE STORIES.
Cleveland & New York: World Publishing, 1945. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Includes stories by Hammett, Woolrich, Chandler, Rice, Boucher, Palmer, Gruber and others. First hardcover appearence of the Hammett and Woolrich stories.
THE MULTIPLE MAN.
Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., [1976]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed inscription by Bova on the title page. Review slip and promotional flyer laid in. Suspense novel.
SPECIMAN SONG.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. The second Gabriel Du Pre mystery.
LET THE DOG DRIVE.
New York and London: New York University Press, 1992. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Signedby Bowman. The author's first novel.
DEATH BEFORE BEDTIME.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1953. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's second mystery. Washington, D.C. setting.
DEATH IN THE FIFTH POSITION.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1952. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's uncommon first mystery.
THE GIANT RAT OF SUMATRA.
[New York]: The Armchair Detective Library, [1991]. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. hardcover edition. A Sherlock Holmes pastiche.
THE GIANT RAT OF SUMATRA.
New York: Warner Books, 1976. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Author's first book. Sherlockiana.
BILLINGSGATE SHOAL.
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1982. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Edgar award for best first novel, 1982.
THE DAISY DUCKS.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. The third Doc Adams mystery.
GONE TO EARTH.
New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1990. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. A Doc Adams mystery.