Mystery
DEAD MOON ON THE RISE.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed. A Milt Kovak mystery.
FUNNY AS A DEAD COMIC.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Review materials laid in. A Kimmey Kruse mystery.
FUNNY AS A DEAD COMIC.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed. A Kimmey Kruse mystery.
FUNNY AS A DEAD RELATIVE.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Review materials laid in. The second Kimmey Kruse mystery.
FUNNY AS A DEAD RELATIVE.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed. Promotional sheet with Me-Maw's Cajun recipes laid in. The second Kimmey Kruse mystery.
HICKORY DICKORY STALK.
New York: Avon, 1996. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. The second E. J. Pugh mystery.
HOUSTON IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. The second Milt Kovak mystery.
HOUSTON IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed. The second Milt Kovak mystery.
THE MAN IN THE GREEN CHEVY.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Author's first book. A Milt Kovak mystery.
THE MAN IN THE GREEN CHEVY.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed, review slip laid in. Author's first book. A Milt Kovak mystery.
ONE, TWO, WHAT DID DADDY DO?
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Review materials laid in.
ONE, TWO, WHAT DID DADDY DO?
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed.
THE DIVERSIONS OF DAWSON.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, [1924]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [1-3] 4-301 [302-306: blank], original dark blue cloth, front and spine stamped in gold, fore edge uncut, bottom edge rough cut. First U. S. edition. Story collection with Chief Inspector Dawson of Scotland Yard. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 28. Hubin, p. 189.
THE DIVERSIONS OF DAWSON.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, [1924]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi [1-3] 4-301 [302-306: blank], original dark blue cloth, front and spine stamped in gold, fore edge uncut, bottom edge rough cut. First edition. Story collection with Chief Inspector Dawson of Scotland Yard. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 28. Hubin, p. 189.
THE AIR KILLER.
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [1941]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-[vi-viii] 9-254 [255-256: ads], original orange cloth, front, spine and rear panels stamped in black. First edition. SF thriller featuring "The Bat," a psychotic aerial terrorist. Reginald 03415. Hubin (1994), p. 189. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978).
THE AIR KILLER.
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [1941]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-[vi-viii] 9-254 [255-256: ads], original orange cloth, front, spine and rear panels stamped in black. First edition. SF thriller featuring "The Bat," a psychotic aerial terrorist. Reginald 03415. Hubin (1994), p. 189. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978).
VAMPIRE OF THE SKIES.
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [1932]. pp. [i-vi] vii [viii] [9-10] 11-282 [283-288: ads], original orange cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, publisher's monogram stamped in black on rear panel. First edition, first printing with "First Printing, 1932" on copyright page. Weird detective thriller of man on drugs who becomes a blood drinking killer. Hubin (1994), p. 189. Bleiler (1948), p. 84. Reginald 20577. Not in Bleiler (1978). Carter, The Vampire in Literature (1989), p. 60. Not in Cox.
WHEN DEATH WALKS.
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [1939]. pp. [i-iv] v [vi] [7-8] 9-254 [255-256: ads], original orange cloth, front, spine and rear panels stamped in black. First edition. Horror thriller and occult detective story in which a brilliant scientist promises to come back from the dead, unfortunately he does return and appears possessed by a deceased maniacal killer. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 189.
WHEN DEATH WALKS.
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [1941]. pp. [i-iv] v [vi] [7-8] 9-254 [255-256: ads], original orange cloth, front, spine and rear panels stamped in black. First edition, first printing. Horror thriller and occult detective story in which a brilliant scientist promises to come back from the dead, unfortunately he does return and appears possessed by a deceased maniacal killer. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 189.
WHEN DEATH WALKS.
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, [1939]. pp. [i-iv] v [vi] [7-8] 9-254 [255-256: ads], original orange cloth, front, spine and rear panels stamped in black. First edition. Horror thriller and occult detective story in which a brilliant scientist promises to come back from the dead, unfortunately he does return and appears possessed by a deceased maniacal killer. Not in Bleiler (1948; 1978) or Reginald (1979; 1992). Hubin (1994), p. 189.
ALL THAT REMAINS.
New York: Scribner's, 1992. Wrappers. First U.S. edition. Signed. Advance reading copy (proof). The third Kay Scarpetta novel.
ALL THAT REMAINS.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First U.S. edition. Signed inscription by Cornwell on the half title page. The third Kay Scarpetta novel.
THE BODY FARM.
New York: Scribner's, 1994. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Signed inscription by Cornwell. The fifth Kay Scarpetta novel.
BODY OF EVIDENCE.
New York: Scribner's, 1990. Wrappers. First edition. Signed. Advance uncorrected reading copy (proof).
BODY OF EVIDENCE.
New York: Scribners, 1991. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. The second Kay Scarpetta mystery.