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THE UNEXPECTED.
New York: Bantam Books, [1948]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Bantam Books 502. Collects twenty stories by John Collier, O. Henry, Ambrose Bierce, Lord Dunsany, Dorothy L. Sayers, Robert Bloch and others.
THE BLONDE DIED FIRST.
[New York: Quinn Publishing Company, Inc., 1944]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Handi-Book #22. Mystery novel. Precedes the Jonathan Press and Bestseller Mystery digest editions.
THE FINGER MAN: AND OTHER STORIES.
New York: Avon Book Company, [1946]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #43. Digest size format. Collects three stories, The Finger Man, The Bronze Door, Smart-Aleck Kill, and the essay The Simple Art of Murder. Hubin, p. 152.
FIVE SINISTER CHARACTERS.
New York: Avon Book Company, [1946]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Second paperback edition. Avon #88. Trade paperback. First published by Avon first as part of their Murder Mystery Monthly series. Story collection. Raymond Chandler: A Descriptive Bibiography-A6.2.
FIVE SINISTER CHARACTERS.
New York: Avon Book Company, [1945]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #28. Digest size format. Collects five stories, I’ll Be Waiting, The King in Yellow, Pearls Are a Nuisance, Red Wind, and Trouble Is My Business. Hubin, p. 152.
FIVE [5] MURDERERS.
New York: Avon Book Company, [1945]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Second paperback edition, first issue. Avon #63. Trade paperback. First published by Avon first as part of their Murder Mystery Monthly series. Story collection. Raymond Chandler: A Descriptive Bibiography-A5.2.
FIVE [5] MURDERERS.
New York: Avon Book Company, 1944. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Avon Murder Mystery Monthly #19. Digest size format. Collection of mystery stories which first appeared in Black Mask. Contents: Blackmailers Don’t Shoot, Goldfish,Guns at Cyrano’s, Nevada Gas, and Spanish Blood. Hubin, p. 152. Queen's Quorum 99.
THE LADY IN THE LAKE.
New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., n.d. [1945]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Armed Services #838. Philip Marlowe. Issued for military servicemen. Bruccoli: Raymond Chandler: A Descriptive Bibliography, A4.3.
MORD MIN ALSKLING (FAREWELL, MY LOVELY).
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, n.d. [1955?]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Swedish paperback edition. Zebra Books #9. Swedish paperback.
PICK-UP ON NOON STREET: FOUR STORIES FROM THE SIMPLE ART OF MURDER.
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., [1957]. Small octavo, cover by Robert Maguire, pictorial wrappers. Later printing. Pocket #2846.
PLAYBACK.
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., 1960. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Cardinal Edition #C-375. A Philip Marlowe novel.
THE SIMPLE ART OF MURDER.
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., [1952]. Small octavo, cover by George Mayers, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Pocket #916. Reprints partial contents of the hardcover edition, contains four stories plus the essay "The Simple Art of Murder." Bruccoli: Raymond Chandler: A Descriptive Bibliography, A9.3.
THE SAINT MYSTERY LIBRARY: LET HER KILL HERSELF by RUFUS KING.
New York: Saint Mystery Library Books, [1960]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Saint Mystery Library No. 11. GAP 128. Mystery anthology, the feature story first appeared in The Saint mystery magazine. The Harlan Ellison story, "Find One Cuckaboo" -a private eye mystery first appears in this volume.
SAINT OVERBOARD.
New York: Popular Library, [1943]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. paperback edition. Popular Library. This first volume in the popular library Mystery novel with the Saint.
MERCHANTER'S LUCK.
New York: DAW, [1982]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. DAW Books 488. Paperback original. Set in the author's Alliance-Union Universe. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-105.
WAVE WITHOUT A SHORE.
New York: DAW, [1981]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. DAW Books 444. Paperback original. Set in the author's Alliance-Union Universe. "Wave Without a Shore is an example of soft science fiction and is a philosophical story that takes place on the planet "Freedom" shared by humans and the alien "Ahnit" race which is native to the planet. Humans had been on Freedom for several hundred years and do not recognize the aliens, they do not see them, and instead use terms such as "invisibles" or "pilferage" when referring to the Ahnit. This idyllic life is shattered when a student confronts the situation and begins consorting with the aliens. As the protagonist begins noticing the Ahnit and even trying to speak about them, he finds, unwillingly, that he too becomes unmentionable. The story is an allegory of race/class/caste relations in modern society with the themes explored including alienation, invisibility, and metaphysics." - Wikipedia. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions.
DOWNBELOW STATION.
New York: Daw Books, Inc., [1981]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. DAW 420. Paperback original. Part of the author's Alliance-Union Universe future history series. Winner of the 1981 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-232.
MARCHANTER'S LUCK.
New York: Daw Books, Inc., [1982]. Small octavo, cover by Barclay Shaw, pictorial wrappers. First edition. DAW 488. Paperback original. Part of the author's Alliance-Union Universe future history series. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-105.
THE POCKET BOOK OF FATHER BROWN.
New York: Pocket Books, Inc., [1943]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Pocket Book #236. Collection of Father Brown stories from earlier books.
THE ELEMENTAL.
[London]: Fontana, [1974]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. The author's third story collection. Collects seven stories, the title story was used as part of the film From Beyond the Grave (1974). Pringle (ed), St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, pp. 135-137.
THE MONSTER CLUB.
[London]: New English Library, [1976]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Linked collection of five stories in which the monsters have their own private club in London. Filmed in 1981 with Vincent Price, Donald Pleasance and John Carradine (playing R. Chetwynd-Hayes). Pringle (ed), St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers, pp. 135-137.
NOBODY HEARD THE SHOT AN ALECK WEST DETECTIVE STORY.
Los Angeles: Bantam Publications, Inc., n.d., [1941]. Small octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Bantam No. 25. Front cover slug is "Authorized Abridged Edition," however this cataloger finds no record of a previous book publication. Perhaps abridged from a magazine publication? This is the author's only Hubin listed title, he is well known for his adventure fiction. Hubin, p. 162.
ANARCHAOS.
New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1967]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace F-421. Paperback original. Science fiction mystery novel. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 307.
ISLANDS IN THE SKY.
[New York]: A Signet Book / Published by the New American Library, [1960]. Small octavo, cover by Paul Lehr, pictorial wrappers. First U. S. paperback edition. Signet S1769.
PRELUDE TO SPACE.
New York: Gnome Press, Inc. with Ballantine Books, [1954]. Small octavo, cover art by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Ballantine Book 68. Clarke's first SF book. Text differs from those printed in the earlier World (1951) and Sidgwick and Jackson (1953) editions. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-103.