New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1947. First Edition. First Printing, with (1) following final paragraph. Octavo (22cm); gray cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in dark purple on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-503,[1]pp. Tiny indentation to upper front board edge, some trivial dustiness to pastedowns, else a fresh, Near..... More

Gladestry: Scorpion Press, 2005. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Signed, Limited #60 of 80 copies. Octavo (22.5cm); blue leather spine over blue marble paper covered boards; blue topstain; 330pp.; Fine. More

New York: Warner Books, 1996. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; black and yellow paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in red foil on spine; dustjacket; 359pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket. The second Sonny Baca mystery. More

Philadelphia: Oswald Train, 1969. First Edition. Collection of six Romney Pringle stories, pseudonymously-written by R. Austin Freeman and John Pitcairn. With an introduction by August Derleth. HUBIN, p.15. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-216,[8]pp. Base of spine gently nudged, else Fine..... 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

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1926. Octavo (19.5cm); blue cloth-covered boards, with titling and ruling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; fore-edge untrimmed; 248pp. Spine-tanned, with shelf-soil, and light rubbing to spine ends and board edges; Very Good. Lacking dustjacket. Bailey's detective short story collection, with six..... More

New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1903. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); original blue gilt-lettered cloth, vi,312pp. Some rubbing to cloth extremities, dampstain to top textblock edge, else Very Good. NCBEL III 515. More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1993. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22.25cm); black and green paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [7],8-238,[2]p. Signed by the author on the title page. Crown gently nudged, else Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $19.95). Barr's first mystery novel..... More

Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 2003. First, Limited Edition. Deluxe issue; Letter "F" of 26 lettered copies, signed on colophon by both Barre and Robert Crais. Octavo; pictorial cloth in burgundy slipcase; Fine and unread. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. First American Edition. Bentley's follow-up to his 1913 novel Trent's Last Case, co-written with his friend H. Warner Allen. HUBIN, p.31. First Printing. Octavo; orange cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; 324pp, [2]. Hint of darkening..... More

New York: Random House, Inc., 1964. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); gray cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in purple on spine, and decoration stamped in purple on front cover; purple topstain; dustjacket; [xvi],[2],3-137,[7]pp; illus. A Near Fine copy. Dustwrapper, designed by Robert Giusti, unclipped (priced $3.95), lightly spine-tanned, with..... More

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications / Gold Medal Books, 1961. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original novel. Octavo (18cm); pictorial card wrappers; yellow edge-staining; [6],7-159,[1]pp ads. Bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Shallow loss to crown, light wear to extremities, with a small scratch to uper right..... More

Aliso Viejo: James Cahill, 1996. First, Limited Edition. First Printing. Signed, limited to 200 copies, this being #125. Octavo (22.5cm); black cloth stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 160pp.,(4); a Fine copy. Still sealed in shrinkwrap. "The Specialists are five ex-soldiers, all trained in jungle warfare, each with a deadly..... More