![The Seville Communion [Signed]. Arturo PÉREZ-REVERTE, Sonia SOTO, novel, translation](/pictures/medium/27139.jpg?v=1529353525)
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998. First American Edition. Mystery novel set between Spain and the Vatican, centered around the race to save a crumbling church. First Printing. Octavo; dark yellow paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 375pp, [9]. Signed by the author on a...... More
![The Mummy Case [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]. Elizabeth PETERS, pseud. of Barbara Michaels /...](/pictures/medium/24617.jpg?v=1529353431)
New York: Congdon & Weed, 1985. First Edition. The author's third Amelia Peabody mystery written under this pseudonym. First Printing. Octavo; 3/4 orange paper over black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 313pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Tiny spot to top edge, small..... More
![The Night of Four Hundred Rabbits [Signed Bookplate Laid in]. Elizabeth PETERS, pseud. Barbara Mertz](/pictures/medium/24602.jpg?v=1529353430)
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1971]. First Edition. Octavo (21.25cm.); original half-cloth boards in pictorial dust jacket; [8],279pp. A few tiny chips to jacket extremities, spine a hint browned; endpapers and textblock fore-edge a bit foxed, else Very Good and sound. Bookplate signed by the author as her other..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1978]. First Edition. Octavo (21.25cm.); original cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket, blue topstain; [8],243pp. Jacket extremities rather rubbed with a few short closed tears, else Near Fine in About Very Good jacket. Bookplate signed by the author as her other pseudonym Barbara Michaels..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1981. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; brown cloth and pale green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 223pp. Gentle sunning to upper board edges, spine ends slightly nudged, else Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped, with light..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1979. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; beige cloth and green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 191,[1]pp. Faintest trace of foxing to text edges, else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped, with mild shelfwear and faint foxing to..... More
London: Macmillan, 1981. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo; hunter green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 220pp. Previous owners name and rubber-stamped to upper front endpaper, else Fine and clean throughout. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with one short tear and some trivial rubbing to upper corners;..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1984. Second Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); one quarter red cloth, with natural paper sides, in color pictorial dustwrapper; natural endpapers; 192pp. Spine mildly tanned; gentle shelf wear, edges slightly rolled and creased; yellowing at margins, plus spots of foxing on inner flaps. Front board yawning;..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1985. First American Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); one quarter blue cloth, with pale blue paper sides, stamped in foil, in color pictorial dustwrapper; 5-190pp. Front board slightly yawning. Dustwrapper mildly toned, with gentle handling wear and bumps to edges; small abrasion to front panel;..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1984. First American Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); one quarter white cloth, with grey paper sides, spine stamped in gilt, in color pictorial dustwrapper; red endpapers; 5-190pp. Dustwrapper shows mild toning and surface wear, with rubbing to extremities; heel and crown of spine slightly bumped;..... More
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1983. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm); one quarter dark blue cloth, with bright blue paper sides, stamped in gilt; color pictorial dustwrapper; 7-220pp, frontispiece (map). Dustwrapper sunned, with toning to white portions; mild shelf wear, scuffs and soiling; heel and crown of spine..... More
London: Macmillan, [1970]. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original simulated cloth in pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; 292pp. Light dust-soil to jacket, just a hint of wrinkling to rear panel, last leaf of textblock gently foxed, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Mystery novel featuring Inspector George Felse. HUBIN, p...... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1978. First American Edition. The first of the author's Cadfael series, considered to be one of the best historical mystery novels of all time according to The Wall Street Journal (2010) and is featured on the list the Top 100 Crime Novels of All..... More
London: Macmillan, [1977]. First Edition. The first of the author's Cadfael series, considered to be one of the best historical mystery novels of all time according to The Wall Street Journal (2010) and is featured on the list the Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time issued by the Crime..... More
Philadelphia: George Barrie & Sons, n.d., ca. 1905. Later printing. Slim folio (30cm.); original brown cloth, unadorned spine; [6]&17,[1] leaves in facsimile. Spine ends a bit rubbed, else Very Good and sound. BAL 16234. More
New York: Edward J. Clode Publisher, [1908]. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's red pictorial cloth embossed in black, white, and gilt; vi,302pp. Extremities a bit rubbed, corners gently bumped, front hinge starting to crack but holding, else a Very Good, bright copy. The author's third collection of stories featuring the..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. First Edition. Wrapper issue (no priority known). Small octavo (17.25cm.); publisher's mustard yellow decorative wrappers; xv,[3],284,[2](ads)pp. Some light toning to wrapper extremities, minor shelf wear, else Very Good or better. Forms part of the Hudson Library series. West Virginia author's second collection of short..... More
Boston: Chapman & Grimes, 1939. First Edition. Fictionalized (but highly detailed & accurate) account of "Uncle Sam's secret agents in tracking down dealers in marijuana, cocaine, and other debasing drugs." Not in Hanna, presumably because it is a "crime novel," though the content reads more like an occupational novel than..... More
![A Good Hanging and Other Stories [Signed]. Ian RANKIN](/pictures/medium/33761.jpg?v=1529353740)
London: Century, 1992. First Edition. Collection of 12 short stories featuring Inspector John Rebus. First Impression. Octavo; purple paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],218pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Tiny bump to lower board edges, else very Near Fine in a Fine..... More
London: The Bodley Head, [1987]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial, partially price-clipped dust jacket; [6],169pp. Jacket a bit wrinkled and lamination shows some crinkling, textblock evenly but lightly toned. A Very Good or better copy though still shows the usual signs of having been read. The..... More
London: Orion, 1992. First Edition. The fifth Inspector John Rebus mystery, issued simultaneously in the UK in hardcover and paperback. First Impression, wrappered issue. Octavo; illustrated card wrappers; 269pp. Pinpoint wear to extremities, tiny bump to upper right corner of crown, else Near Fine. More
![Watchman [Signed with Original Drawing]. Ian RANKIN](/pictures/medium/33534.jpg?v=1529353732)
London: The Bodley Head, [1988]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; ix,[1],214pp. Very light soil to top textblock edge, else Near Fine. Signed by the author with a tic-tac-toe drawing on title page, presumably in reference to the dust jacket art of his previous novel..... More
![Wolfman: A John Rebus Novel [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]. Ian RANKIN](/pictures/medium/33758.jpg?v=1529353740)
London: Century, 1992. First Edition. Sharp copy of the third novel in Rankin's series featuring Inspector John Rebus. First Impression. Octavo; purple paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [viii],197pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced 14.99). More
Garden City: Crime Club / Doubleday & Company, 1950. Reprint. Octavo (20.25cm.); original cloth in white pictorial dust jacket printed in black and purple; 222pp. Jacket extremities rubbed with a few shallow losses, including one measuring approximately one inch at top edge of upper panel, purple spine lettering rather faded..... More
![Road Rage [Limited Edition, Signed]. Ruth RENDELL, Val MCDERMID, novel, appreciation](/pictures/medium/33594.jpg?v=1529353734)
Blakeney: Scorpion Press, 1997. First, Limited Edition. Handsome edition of the 17th Inspector Wexford mystery. With an appreciation by author Val McDermid. One of 99 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.50. Octavo; marbled paper over hunter green leather, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; green..... More
