Mystery
MISS BRACEGIRDLE AND OTHERS.
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-332 [333-334: blank], original brown cloth, front and spine stamped in black. First U. S. edition. Collects thirteen stories, several crime, two of which were used as film sources. Aumonier was a highly regarded short fiction writer, praised by John Galsworthy and James Hilton. Hubin, p. 37. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 7.
THE CASE OF THE BOUNCING BETTY bound with THE CASE OF THE VIOLENT VIRGIN.
New York: Ace Books, [1957]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace double D-259. Paperback original. Two Ed Noon novels, first book publication for both. Jaffery, S., Double Trouble: A Bibliographic Chronicle of Ace Mystery Doubles, pp. 55-57. Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction, pp. 31-32.
DEAD GAME.
New York: Permabooks, [1955]. Small octavo, cover by James Meese, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Perma Books #m-3012.
THE FEBRUARY DOLL MURDERS.
New York: Signet, 1967. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. The first Ed Noon detective novel.
LITTLE MISS MURDER.
New York: Signet/New American Library, 1971. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. An Ed Noon novel.
THE LIVING BOMB.
London: W.H. Allen, 1963. Octavo, boards. First edition. An Ed Noon novel. Inscribed association copy (on the dedication page): "For Leo & Cylnia-who do too, in their superb editorial way. Mike." The Leo is Leo Margulies editor and publisher.
THE LIVING BOMB.
New York: Curtis Books, 1972. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. edition. A Ed Noon novel.
MEANWHILE BACK AT THE MORGUE.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1960. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Ed Noon.
MISSING!
New York: Signet/New American Library, 1969. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original.
SHOOT IT AGAIN, SAM.
New York: Curtis Books, 1972. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. An Ed Noon novel.
THE TALL DOLORES.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1953]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Inscribed: "For--/all the best,/ all ways/ Michael Avallone." Author's first book and first Ed Noon mystery.
THE ULTIMATE CLIENT.
London: Robert Hale, 1971. Octavo, Hardcover. First hardcover edition. An Ed Noon adventure. First published as a paperback original under the title of Little Miss Murder (New American Library, 1971). Ed clients are the President of the United States and the New York Mets.
ALL THE WAY.
[New York]: A Midwood (Tower) Publication, [1960]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Midwood #60. Paperback original. An original novel.
HOUR OF THE MANATEE.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition.
THE GORGEOUS GHOUL.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The second Hannah Van Doren mystery. Babcock was a Black Mask author.
THE KISS OF DEATH.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Octavo, Hardcover. First edition.
A REAL GONE GOOSE.
London: T.V. Boardman, 1960. Octavo, Hardcover. First British edition. Mystery in the world of the 'Beatnik Generation.'.
THE APPREHENSIVE DOG ...
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1942. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vii [viii] [1-2] 3-294, original terra cotta cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained terra cotta, fore and bottom edges rough-trimmed, white endpapers. First U.S. edition. A Reggie Fortune novel. Published in the UK as NO MURDER (1942). Hubin (1994), p. 41.
BLACK LAND WHITE LAND.
Garden City, New York: Published for the Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1937. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. edition. A Reggie Fortune novel.
THE CAT'S WHISKER ...
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1944. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-223, original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, fore-edge untrimmed. First edition. A Reggie Fortune novel. Published in the UK in 1945 by Macdonald as DEAD MAN'S EFFECTS. Mr. Fortune investigates murder and sabotage during World War II. Hubin (1994), p. 41.
HONOUR AMONG THIEVES.
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1947. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7-191 [192: blank], original gray boards, front and spine panels stamped in black, fore-edge untrimmed. First U.S. edition. A novel featuring shyster lawyer Joshua Clunk. Hubin (1994), p. 41.
THE LIFE SENTENCE ...
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946. Octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-4] 5-6 [7-9] 10-250 [251-252: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original red boards, front and spine panels stamped in black, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First U.S. edition. A Reggie Fortune novel. Hubin (1994), p. 41.
MEET MR. FORTUNE: A REGGIE FORTUNE OMNIBUS.
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1942. Octavo, pp. [1-12] [1] 2-546 [547-548: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original black cloth, spine panel stamped in red, fore-edge untrimmed. First edition. An omnibus volume collecting a novel, THE BISHOP'S CRIME (1940) and twelve stories featuring Reggie Fortune, plus "Mr. Fortune," an essay by Bailey introducing his fictional sleuth. Barzun and Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime 2336. Hubin (1994), p. 41.
MR. FORTUNE FINDS A PIG.
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1943. Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-269 [270: blank], original blue gray cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, cream endpapers. First U.S. edition. A Reggie Fortune novel. Mr. Fortune investigates a mysterious outbreak of typhus fever in a remote village in Wales during World War II. Hubin (1994), p. 41.
ORPHAN ANN.
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1941. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] [1] 2-307 [308-310: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, top edge stained blue, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed, cream endpapers. First U.S. edition. A novel featuring shyster lawyer Joshua Clunk. Published in the UK as THE LITTLE CAPTAIN (1941). Hubin (1994), p. 41.