Mystery
SHADOWS IN BRONZE.
New York: Crown, 1990. Octavo, Hardcover. First U.S. edition. The second Didius Falco mystery.
SHADOWS IN BRONZE.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1990]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The second mystery novel set in ancient Rome featuring Marcus Didius Falco, private investigator.
THE SILVER PIGS.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1989]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Author's first book and the debut of Didius Falco, private investigator. Mystery set in ancient Rome, AD 70.
THE SILVER PIGS.
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, [1989]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first book and the debut of Marcus Didius Falco, private investigator. Mystery set in ancient Rome, AD 70.
THREE HANDS IN THE FOUNTAIN.
London: Century, [1997]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Mystery novel set in ancient Rome featuring Marcus Didius Falco, private investigator.
TIME TO DEPART.
London: Century, [1995]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Davis on the title page. Mystery novel set in ancient Rome featuring Marcus Didius Falco, private investigator.
TWO FOR THE LIONS.
London: Century, [1998]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Davis on the title page. Mystery novel set in ancient Rome featuring Marcus Didius Falco, private investigator.
VENUS IN COPPER.
London, Sydney, Auckland, Johannesburg: Hutchinson, [1991]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Davis on the title page. The third mystery novel set in ancient Rome featuring Marcus Didius Falco, private investigator.
OH, MURDERER MINE.
New York: Quinn Publishing Co., 1946. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Handi-Book No. 54. Paperback original. Digest sized. A Doan and Carstairs adventure.
SALLY'S IN THE ALLEY.
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1943. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-224, cloth. First edition. The second Doan and Carstairs novel. "Norbert Davis was among the most talented writers who specialized in pulp fiction in the Thirties and early Forties." and "Davis...was one of the few writers to successfully blend the so-called hard-boiled story with farcical humor" - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 189-190. Hubin, p. 218.
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN.
New York: Walker, 1991. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Author's first mystery.
KINDRED CRIMES.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Signed on the title page. Author's first novel.
DR. SAM: JOHNSON, DETECTOR.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The first collection of Sam Johnson tales. Queen's Quorum #100. See Pronzini and Muller: 1001 Midnights, pp. 195-96.
THE RETURN OF DR. SAM: JOHNSON, DETECTOR.
New York: International Polygonics Library, 1985. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON.
New York and London: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, [1978]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first hardcover.
BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON.
New York and London: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, [1978]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first hardcover.
BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON.
New York and London: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, [1978]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first hardcover.
CATHEDRAL.
New York: Delacorte Press, [1981]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. IRA terrorists in New York.
THE WORLD BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SHERLOCK HOLMES AND DR. WATSON.
Boston: The New York Graphic Society, 1974. Large octavo, cloth. First edition.
MURDER ON SHARK ISLAND.
New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation, [1941]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-328, original gray cloth, front and spine stamped in green, top edge stained green. First edition. Private detective searches for a kidnapped man on an island off the Florida coast. Hubin, p. 233.
AZRAEL.
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1987. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Sequel to Cronus and Snark.
KILLED IN THE RATINGS.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1978. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Author's first book, Edgar award winner. The first Matt Cobb mystery.
KILLED ON THE ROCKS.
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1990. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition. Matt Cobb.
THE MANX MURDERS.
New York: Otto Penzler Books, 1994. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition.
MURDER ALL KINDS.
Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2003. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects eleven stories. Two of which are Sherlock Holmes pastiches and it includes a previously unpublished stories.