London; 2020: Orenda Books. First Edition. Octavo. First edition in English. Limited and signed by the author. Limited to 750 copies. The present copy is # 736. 304 pages. Winner of the Blackbird Award for Best Icelandic Crime Novel, and the John Creasy Award in 2020. A haunting book of..... More
Tucson, Arizona: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1996. First Edition. Octavo. 522pp. Signed by the author. A harrowing search for morality and ethnic balance in the dirty work of inner city police. The author writes a brutal series of truths in fact, gathered from the street and leavened with black humor.A near..... More
(Dennis McMillan Publications, Tucson), 1996. First Edition. Octavo. Author's second book, limited to 100 copies number and signed by the author and by James Crumley who wrote the foreword. 522pp., specially bound in 1/4 black morocco over marbled paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt, black endpapers pictorially stamped with a...... More
Aliso Viejo, Ca: James Cahill Publishing, 1996. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 200 copies signed by the author on a special limitation page tipped in, 160pp., (4)pp. afterword, bound in a dark heavy grained cloth(simulating crushed morocco) A fine as new copy in as new dust jacket in publisher's green..... More
New York, New York, U.S.A. Otto Penzler Books, 1994. Cloth/hard Cover. Ocatvo. 198p. Original maroon slipcase. No. 99 of 100, signed by the author on the limitation page. More
New York: Macmillan & Co., 1951. First Edition. Cloth Hard Cover. 8vo. 222p. pictorial dust jacket with some light wear at extremities and one small chip from lower front panel. First American edition, first printing (so stated]. Ludovic Travers is a character like the author, a Cambridge man... More
Royal Oak, Michigan: Np, 1997. First Edition. Small Quarto. Limited to 150 copies, signed by Margaret Coel and James D. Doss who has written the introduction, and Phil Parks who has produced the four illustrations which are tipped in and finally a handwritten Arapaho word written by Coel for "thou..... More
New York: Doubleday & Co., 1954. First Edition. Octavo. A Crime Club Selection, 189pp., Tommy Hambledon finds that a case of breaking and entry with violence is international dynamite when top secret designs vanish and four Berlin thugs try to fleece the M.V.D.'s. Bound in gray paper covered boards, spine..... More
New York: Doubleday & Co., 1955. First American. Octavo. 190pp., Tommy Hambledon takes on Italy's vicious underworld and intrigue-ridden upper world, bound in light green cloth, spine lettering white, some fading to boards, in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with chipping to head and corners. More
New York: Doubleday & Co., 1952. First American. Octavo. A Crime Club Selection. Tommy Hambledon, is in a perilous adventure of dual identities, torture, murder, and a blood-chilling chase along the water front of London. 192pp., bound in blue gray cloth, spine lettering white, leaves toned, in unclipped pictorial dust..... More
London; (1951): Hodder & Stoughton, First Edition. Octavo. The thirteenth triumph of Britain's most famous intelligence agent, Tommy Hambledon. 224pp., bound in maroon cloth, spine lettering black, some warping to boards, off-setting to endpapers, a good copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket showing some edge wear, some rubbing or staining..... More
(Dennis McMillian Publications, Tucson, AZ), 2001. Limited Edition. Octavo. one of only 400 copies numbered and signed by the author, 347pp., illustrated by Michael Kellner, bound in black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, a fine fresh copy in as new pictorial dust jacket also designed by Michael Kellner, housed in..... More
Baltimore: Publish America, 2007. First Edition. 213 pages. Inscribed by the author: "To Richard of Alcuin Books, "the original lost sheep" with best regards, Bettie Anne Doebler. 4/24/08". Laid in is the original two typed pages of her novel that originally was to be entitled "Back to the Books" with..... More
New York; (1957): Random House. First Edition. Octavo. 240pp. Mystery of atmosphere and suspense, set in Florida's Lake District. Bound in gray cloth stamped in black, spine lttered and decoratd in black and gilt. A very nice clean copy in unclipped pictorial dust jacket with just a bit of toning..... More
Bloomington, Illinois; (1949): McKnight and McKnight. First Edition. Octavo. x, 182 pages, illustrations. Inscribed by the author to Tom Coll, FBI spokesman in1970's "to Tom Coll, the Innocent Bystander" James S. Eiseman, 1972. Eiseman was in Military Intelligence. As Robert H. Scott, Police Sciences, Michigan State wrote: "important for government..... More
New York (1995, 1996 and 1997: Walker and Co. First Edition. Octavo. Author's first book, second and third books, each signed on the title page. Leo Waterman Mysteries. Leo, a note completely-rehabilitated hippie turns private eye and does things...in his own way and on his own terms. All books fine..... More
New York; (1969): Harper & Row. First American Edition. Octavo. Winner of the Edgar Award, First printing, 247pp., bound in pictorial orange paper covered boards depicting horses racing backed in lime green cloth, spine lettering black, near fine in lightly rubbed, unclipped pictorial dust jacket lettered in orange and black..... More
New York; (1994): Harper Collins. First Edition. Octavo. 375 pages. The uncorrected proof signed by Tony Hillerman. Besides the helpful summaries of his first twelve books (omitting the conclusions for the fan who wants to discover the end for himself), there is an important self-effacing interview with Hillerman by Jon..... More
New York; (1978): Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. In 1973, armed soldiers dragged Charles Horman from his home in Santiago, Chile. This is a chronicle of his final days. It is the moving and disturbing story of his family's ongoing search for the truth about his death..... More
New York; (2001): G. P. Putman's Sons. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 418pp. This is a collection of Miami Herald columns, written with a satiric wit and biting humor. He writes about the fat cat politicians to migrating mobsters, drowning dolphins to stray chads. He even takes on the 2000..... More
New York; (1975): Penzler Books. First Edition. Octavo. Limited to 250 copies numbered and signed by the author. Ther present copy is #54. 229(1) pp. A collection of short stories each told about a different animal (or sometimes set of animals) that will be responsible for hurting or killing humans..... More
New York; (1985): Penzler Books. First American Edition. Octavo. First printing. Limited to 250 copies signed by the author. The present copy is number 242. 327 pages. The author introduces the Alderman family as they descend into moral crisis. She weaves a powerful tale about blind faith and the peculiar..... More
Chicago; (1906): Rand, McNally & Co. Octavo. 324pp., An early 20th century novel, a sort of mystery with a murder but not a murder mystery. Bound in maroon cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A very nice copy. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First Edition. Octavo. 220 pages. First printing. An Inner Sanctum mystery. The Crossroads was a little town with everything a traveler could want, two restuarants, an acre of cabins, a drive in movie, trucker's garage and more. The Crossroads is a smoothly managed oasis..... More