New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in blue decorative dust jacket; [8],343pp. Jacket extremities rubbed with a few short closed tears, spine crown verso reinforced; Very Good and sound. Novel of a man plotting "the perfect crime--against an unsuspecting victim" (upper jacket panel). More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); orange boards titled in black on the spine; decorated lines stamped in black on cover. Heel of spine is pushed, else a Fine copy; The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00) and has several small chips and tears, with..... More

New York: Crime Club / Doubleday, 1949. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo. (20.5cm); red simulated cloth titled in white on spine; dustjacket; 219pp. Shallow loss to spine ends; rubbing/bump to top corners; tanning to text edges; tiny chip to the foredge of the first 10 pages; and upper right corners..... More

London: Hutchinson, 1988. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); dark brown paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and author's facsimile signature at lower front cover; dustjacket; [viii],72pp, with black & white illustrations by Janet Woolley. Signed by the author on the title page..... More

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Tan cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 292pp. Small (ca 1/2" dia) faint stain at upper corner of front board, else a tight, Very Good or better copy. In the original W.A. Dwiggins dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.00 on front flap) with..... More

Aliso Viejo: James Cahill, 1996. First, Limited Edition. First Printing. Signed, limited to 200 copies, this being letter "R" of 26 lettered, specially bound copies. Octavo (22.5cm); black cloth stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 160pp; (4)pp. A Fine copy in publisher's slipcase. "The Specialists are five ex-soldiers, all trained..... More

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. First American Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's vivid golden yellow boards titled in orange to spine and front board. 354pp. Very minor wear and scuffing to extremities and spine ends, a little darkening to the cloth of the spine and perhaps some very light..... More

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); original orange cloth lettered in black, orange topstain; [6],227pp. A hint of shelf-wear, else a Fine copy lacking the scarce dust jacket, topstain still brilliant. Features the popular fictional character Dr. Kildare, who would inspire a number of television..... More

New York: The Mystery League, 1932. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19,5cm); black cloth covered boards titled in green on the cover and spine; dustjacket; 268pp. Spine ends gently pushed; Near Fine. The dustjacket shows chipping and tears to the extremities; rear flap is nearly detatched; shallow loss at crown..... More

Berlen, NM: Dennis McMillan, 1985. First, Limited Edition. First Printing. Signed by Richard Lupoff, Ltd. #325 of 350 Octavo (19cm.); brown cloth stamped in gilt on cover and spine; dustjacket; illustrated endpapers; 206pp. A Fine copy in an illustrated wrap around dustjacket, also Fine. Fredric Brown Pulp Detective Series, Vol..... More

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1961. First Edition. Duodecimo (19.5cm.); pink boards stamped in black on spine; 185pp. Dustjacket; light rubbing to rear cover; spine ends gently pushed, else a Fine copy; unclipped (priced $2.95) light edgewear including short tears and a few chips at crown. Very Good+. More

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1949. First Edition. Basis for Gerd Oswald's 1958 film noir, starring Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey, and Gypsy Rose Lee. HUBIN, p.54. First Printing. Octavo; yellow paper-covered boards, with titling and publisher's logo stamped in black to spine and front cover; dustjacket; 248, [8]pp. Slight..... More

Boston: The Writer Inc., 1945. First Edition. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. 237pp. Slight bumping and some minor wear to spine ends and extremities, mostly presenting as scuffing of the cloth. A very good, clean copy, strong and durable. Internally clean, with..... More