Mystery
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.
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.
THE PENNY FERRY.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. The second Doc Adams mystery.
THE WHALE'S FOOTPRINTS.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. The fifth Doc Adams mystery.
BOSTON BLACKIE.
Boston: Gregg Press, 1979. Octavo, cloth. First Gregg Press edition. Text offset from the 1919 edition. New introduction by Edward Hoch. Includes twelve pages of stills from the Boston Blackie films.
KATASTROPHE.
[New York]: HarperCollins Publishers, [2000]. Octavo, boards. First edition. In regressing a person to a past life, he channels Adolf Hitler. The author's first book.
AN EYE FOR AN EYE.
Garden City, New York: Published For The Crime Club By Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo, boards. First edition. Psychological thriller in which a lawyers wife is kidnapped by the violent ex-husband of a woman who was his client in a divorce case. This book became the basis for the television series Markham. Hubin, p. 93.
AN EYE FOR AN EYE.
Garden City, New York: Published For The Crime Club By Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo, boards. First edition. Psychological thriller in which a lawyers wife is kidnapped by the violent ex-husband of a woman who was his client in a divorce case. This book became the basis for the television series Markham. Hubin, p. 93.
AN EYE FOR AN EYE.
Garden City, New York: Published For The Crime Club By Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo, boards. First edition. Psychological thriller in which a lawyers wife is kidnapped by the violent ex-husband of a woman who was his client in a divorce case. This book became the basis for the television series Markham. Hubin, p. 93.
AN EYE FOR AN EYE.
Garden City, New York: Published For The Crime Club By Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo, boards. First edition. Psychological thriller in which a lawyers wife is kidnapped by the violent ex-husband of a woman who was his client in a divorce case. This book became the basis for the television series Markham. Hubin, p. 93.
AN EYE FOR AN EYE.
Garden City, New York: Published For The Crime Club By Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Octavo, boards. First edition. Psychological thriller in which a lawyers wife is kidnapped by the violent ex-husband of a woman who was his client in a divorce case. This book became the basis for the television series Markham. Hubin, p. 93.
NO GOOD FROM A CORPSE.
[New York: Quinn Publishing Company, Inc., 1944]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Handi-Book #30. This is the author's first mystery novel.
NO GOOD FROM A CORPSE.
[Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications], 1999. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects the author's crime fiction, eight pieces written between 1943-45 and one from 1957. Introduction by Ray Bradbury, afterword by Michael Connelly.