Mystery
CASE WITH FOUR CLOWNS.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1939. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-313 [314], original green cloth, front and spine stamped in black. First U.S. edition. A Sergeant Beef novel. "His subtlety is outstanding, and his efforts at misdirection are worthy of Agatha Christie" - Pederson (ed.), St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, (4th ed.), pp. 117-120.
BLACKLASH.
New York: Pyramid Books, [1969]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U. S. edition. Pyramid T-2107. Issued in the U. K. as A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR CAUSES. Jamaican born Max Curfew is former spy who gets involved in an adventure set in Africa. Hubin, p. 113.
GOOD MEN DO NOTHING.
New York: Pyramid Books, [1971]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U. S. edition. Pyramid T-2443. Jamaican born Max Curfew is former spy, this adventure is set in Greece. Hubin, p. 113.
WEAR THE BUTCHERS' MEDAL.
New York: Pocket Books, 1965. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Mystery novel set in Europe.
INTENT TO KILL.
[New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1956]. Small octavo, cover by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Dell #88. Paperback original. Mystery novel.
MURDER IN MAJORCA.
[New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1957]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Dell #A 145. Paperback original. Mystery novel.
THE THIRTY-NINE STEPS.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1915. Octavo, [1-9] 10-253 [254: Ads], original blue cloth, front and spine stamped in dark blue. First edition. The first Richard Hannay novel. Filmed memorably by Alfred Hitchcock. Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989), p. 81. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone. Hubin, p. 114. McCormick and Fletcher, Spy Fiction: A Connoisseur's Guide, pp. 40-41. Smith and White, Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.), p. 10.
ADVENTURERS ALL...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. Octavo, cloth. First edition of this collection. Includes three novels, HUNTINGTONTOWER, JOHN McNAB and THE THREE HOSTAGES. The last of the three is a Richard Hannay novel.
THE MOON ENDURETH: TALES AND FANCIES.
New York: Sturgis & Walton Company, 1912. Octavo, p. [1-4: blank] [i-ix] x-xii [1-3] 4-298 [299-304: blank], original brownish-green cloth, stamped in dark brown and silver to front cover, stamped in dark brown to spine. First U.S. edition. Story collection. This copy stamped "sample copy" on the title page. This is a variant cloth binding of brownish-green as opposed to the usually observed blue cloth, no priority established. The U.S. edition collects eight stories and a poem. The U.K. edition collected 10 stories and 10 poems, the U.S. edition drops the stories "Streams of Water in the South," "The Riding of the Ninemileburn," and "The Rime of True Thomas" and adds the story "Fountainblue" as well as dropping two of the poems. Two of the stories included here "Space" and " The Grove of Ashtoroth" are considered by Bleiler in his Guide to Supernatural Fiction (#292) "among Buchan's very best work."
MOUNTAIN MEADOW.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-xlviii [xlix-xlx] 1-276 [277] [278: blank], jacket painting by Rockwell Kent, original light green flecked cloth, front and spine stamped in dark green and red, top edge stained orange, fore and bottom edges rough cut. First U. S. edition. Published in the U. K. as SICK HEART RIVER (1941). The last adventure of Sir Edward Leithen, who leaves London and comes to America to search for a missing banker. The trail leads to Canada and the Artic Circle. Long introduction by Howard Swiggett of which Kirkus Review writes - "...a tribute to Buchan's contribution to literature, an analysis of the stories and their sources, and enough outline of character and plots to give the reader, newcomes to Buchan's work, not only thorough comprehension of Mountain Meadow, but the urge to go back to the earlier books." Hubin, p. 114.
HIGH JINX.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1986. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
LAST CALL FOR BLACKFORD OAKES.
Orlando, Austin, New York, San Diego, Toronto, London: Harcourt, 2005. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
MARCO POLO, IF YOU CAN.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1982. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
MONGOOSE R.I.P.
New York: Random House, 1987. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
THE STORY OF HENRI TOD.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
A VERY PRIVATE LOT.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1994. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
WHO'S ON FIRST.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
THE ANIMAL FACTORY.
New York: The Viking Press, [1977]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. A novel of prison life. Made into a feature film.
DOG EAT DOG.
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1996]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Crime novel involving an armed robbery crew.
BLACK CHERRY BLUES.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1989. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. The third Dave Robicheaux novel. Edgar award winner for best novel, 1989.
CADILLAC JUKEBOX.
New York: Hyperion, [1996]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Special American Bookseller Association collector's edition, this is a first edition hardcover with a special dust jacket with promotional material on the flaps given away at the ABA convention.
CIMARRON ROSE.
[London]: Orion, [1997]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Edgar award winner for best novel.
HALF OF PARADISE.
Boston: The Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's first book.
HEAVEN'S PRISONERS.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1988]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. The second Robicheaux novel.