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HIDDEN DEATH.
New York, Toronto, London: Bantam Books, [1970]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Bantam H4884. A Shadow novel, original pulp publication was September 1, 1932.
VAMPIRE DETECTIVES.
New York: DAW Books, Inc., [1995]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. DAW No. 983. Original anthology.
THE CIPHER OF DEATH.
New York: Parsee Publications, [1946]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Hangman's House 15. The author's first mystery novel.
WHO'S WHODUNIT.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1969. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Pseudonym index for writers of detective, mystery and crime fiction.
SLOW RIVER.
New York: A Del Rey Book, Ballantine Books, [1995]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First U.S. trade paperback edition. "In this intense, near-future novel, heiress Lore Van de Oest is kidnapped and left for dead when her family refuses to pay her ransom. Taken in by a woman named Spanner, who makes her living as a thief on the Net, Lore abandons her well-to-do lifestyle, becomes Spanner's lover, and finds a job in a high-tech sewage disposal plant. Transformed by her experiences, she eventually returns to her family in order to uncover some of their more unsavory secrets." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-469. Winner of the 1996 Nebula award for best novel.
CAIN'S GIRL FRIEND bound with UNEASY LIES THE HEAD.
Ace Books, Inc., [1957]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Double #D-203. Paperback original.
THE BUFFALO BOX.
New York: Bantam Books, [1946]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First paperback edition. Bantam 50. A Simon Lash mystery.
PLANET OF JUDGMENT.
New York, Toronto, London: Bantam Books, [1977]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Inscribed and signed on the title page on on the next page which has a quote he has crossed off the printed entry and correctly attributed it to J.B.S. Haldane.
HEADS YOU LOSE.
[New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1958]. Small octavo, cover by Robert Stanley, printed wrappers. First paperback edition. Dell 987. A Mike Shayne detective novel. First paperback edition was title "BLOOD ON THE BLACK MARKET," Dell 64, this is a revised edition with a new title.
STRANGER IN TOWN.
[New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1956]. Small octavo, printed wrappers. First paperback edition. Dell 914. A Mike Shayne detective novel.
WHEN DORINDA DANCES.
[New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1953]. Small octavo, printed wrappers. First paperback edition. Dell 723. A Mike Shayne detective novel.
GUILTY AS HELL.
[New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1967]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. A Mike Shayne detective novel. Hubin, p. 365.
MURDERER'S ROW.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett/Gold Medal, 1962. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. Matt Helm #5.
ON GUNS AND HUNTING.
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1970. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Fawcett # T2299. Paperback original. From the author of the Matt Helm books, a collection of the authors own stories on hunting, most first published in magazines.
BLOODY BONES.
New York: Ace Books, [1996]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Paperback original. An Anita Blake, vampire hunter novel.
$106,000 BLOOD MONEY.
[New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, n.d., [1943]. Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-126 [127-128], pictorial wrappers. First edition. Bestseller Mystery, No. B40. Digest size magazine format, paperback original. This volume consists of The Big Knockover and $106,000 Blood Money collected together as a novel. First book publication. Both stories first appeared in Black Mask. Layman A9.1.
THE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE AND OTHER STORIES.
[New York]: Lawarence E. Spivak, Publisher, [1944]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Bestseller Mystery #B-50. Original wrappers, digest size format. Author's first book of short fiction. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Collects seven fictions, three that feature Sam Spade. Hubin p. 369. Layman A11.1a.
THE BIG KNOCKOVER.
[New York: Jonathan Press, Inc.] n.d., [1948]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Jonathan Press No. J36. Digest size magazine format. First published by Spivak publications as $106,000 BLOOD MONEY. This volume consists of The Big Knockover and $106,000 Blood Money collected together as a novel. Both stories first appeared in Black Mask. Hubin, p. 369. Laymon A9.4.
BLOOD MONEY.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., n.d. [1951]. Small octavo, cover by Robert Stanley, pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Dell 486 A mapback edition. (First published by as the Bestseller mystery B40 in 1943). This volume consists of The Big Knockover and $106,000 Blood Money collected together as a novel. (First Dell edition was #53).
THE CONTINENTAL OP.
[New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher, [1945]. Octavo, printed wrappers. First edition. Bestseller Mystery, No. B-62. Digest size magazine format, paperback original. Collects the following stories originally published in Black Mask, Fly Paper, Death on Pine Street, Zigzags of Treachery and The Farewell Murder. First book publication for the second and third stories. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Hubin, p. 369. Layman A12.1.
THE CONTINENTAL OP.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., n.d., [1946]. Small octavo, cover by Gerald Gregg, pictorial wrappers. Paperback edition. Dell 129 A mapback edition. Previously published in paperback in the digest sized Bestseller Mystery series. Collects the following stories, Fly Paper, Death on Pine Street, Zigzags of Treachery and The Farewell Murder. Introduction by Ellery Queen.
THE CREEPING SIAMESE.
[New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher [The Jonathan Press, Inc., 1950]. Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-127 [128], pictorial wrappers. First edition. Jonathan Press No. J48. Digest size magazine format, paperback original. Collects the following stories, "The Creeping Siamese," "The Man Who Killed Dan Adams," "The Nails in Mr Cayterer," "The Joke on Eloise Morey," "Tom, Dick or Harry," and "The King of Business." First book publication for all stories except Tom, Dick or Harry. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Layman A17.1.
THE CREEPING SIAMESE.
[New York]: Lawrence E. Spivak, Publisher [The Jonathan Press, Inc., 1950]. Small octavo, pp. [1-2] 3-127 [128], pictorial wrappers. First edition. Jonathan Press No. J48. Digest size magazine format, paperback original. Collects the following stories, "The Creeping Siamese," "The Man Who Killed Dan Adams," "The Nails in Mr Cayterer," "The Joke on Eloise Morey," "Tom, Dick or Harry," and "The King of Business." First book publication for all stories except Tom, Dick or Harry. Introduction by Ellery Queen. Layman A17.1.
THE CREEPING SIAMESE.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., n.d. [1951]. Small octavo, cover by Robert Stanley, pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Dell 538. A mapback edition. First Dell edition. Collects the following stories, The Creeping Siamese, The Man Who Killed Dan Adams, the Nails in Mr Cayterer, The Joke on Eloise Morey, Tom, Dick or Harry, and The King of Business. Introduction by Ellery Queen.
HAMMETT HOMICIDES.
New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., nd. [1948]. Small octavo, covver by Gerald Gregg. pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Dell 223. A mapback edition. First Dell edition. Collects the following stories, The House on Turk Street, The Girl With the Silver eyes, Night Shots, The Main Death (all Continental Op stories), Two Sharp Knives and Ruffian's Wife. Introduction by Ellery Queen.