New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1970. First edition. The seventh Evan Tanner novel. Signed by Block on the title page. Octavo. Original tan buckram binding, with... More about ME TANNER, YOU JANE
London: Heinemann, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. The author's first novel, a mystery set in the Welsh hill village of Bryncoed. Original red buckram binding, with gilt titles. The dust jacket is a trifle browned along... More about THE VALLEY AND THE SHADOW
Northridge, California: Lord John Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 275 numbered copies signed by the author. This copy is signed by Burke on the half-title and unnumbered on the colophon. This short piece... More about TEXAS CITY, 1947
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. This skillfully edited selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of Chandler's last Philip Marlowe... More about RAYMOND CHANDLER SPEAKING: Edited by Dorothy Gardiner and Kathrine Sorley Walker
London: Michael Joseph, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. The author's third novel of psychological suspense. From the library of acclaimed American crime novelist Raymond Chandler (1888-1959), with his ink La Jolla, California address stamp and a.... More about ACCIDENT TO ADELINE
Blue Island, Illinois: The Grosvenor Square Press, 1992. First edition. Soft cover. 123 p. Foreword by John Bennett Shaw. Signed by Davis on the title page. Original paper wrappers. Near fine. Signed by Author. More about AMUSING, HOLMES!
London: Blackie, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket art by John Bolton. London: Blackie, 1980. First edition. The fifth case of The Baker Street Irregulars. Small octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More about THE CASE OF THE GHOST GRABBERS
Eugene, Oregon: Bruin Books, 2016. Trade paperback. This copy is inscribed by Randal S. Brandt, who wrote the introduction. Original pictorial paper wrappers. A near fine copy. More about CARAMBOLA
New York: Magico Magazine, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 98 p. Introduction by Jack Tracy, with all new illustrations by J. Decker. Octavo. Original green leatherette binding, with gilt titles. Issued without a dust jacket. Just... More about REFLECTIONS ON A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929. Hardcover. An early reprint, which reproduces the dust jacket art of the Doubleday, Doran first edition. The literary debut of "The American Agatha Christie" and the debut of Nurse... More about THE PATIENT IN ROOM 18
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. The second in a trilogy of novels featuring LAPD robbery-homicide detective Lloyd Hopkins. Inscribed by Ellroy on the front flyleaf: "burn down the night in a.... More about BECAUSE THE NIGHT
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. The first in a trilogy of novels featuring LAPD robbery-homicide detective Lloyd Hopkins. Inscribed by Ellroy on the front flyleaf: "feel the heat of the slasher's... More about BLOOD ON THE MOON
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. The third in a trilogy of novels featuring LAPD robbery-homicide detective Lloyd Hopkins. Inscribed by Ellroy on the front flyleaf: "...and death was a thrill on... More about SUICIDE HILL
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1995. Trade paperback. Octavo. Original paper wrappers. A fine copy - as new, still sealed in the original shrink wrap. More about CONVERSATIONS WITH CHESTER HIMES
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by John Gardner on the title page. Review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. A Scotland Yard procedural with the New... More about THE CORNERMEN
London: Victor Gollancz, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. The eighth thriller by the British crime writer who also published under the pseudonyms Charles Drummond and Edmund McGirr. Small octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles... More about A DEATH IN THE CHURCH
Santa Barbara, California: Helan Halbach, Publisher, 1974. Hardcover. This edition is limited to 1000 copies. Of 250 numbered copies, with inserts, this is No. 73. With an Introduction by Vincent Starrett. Preface to this edition... More about SHERLOCK HOLMES: A Play
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Calabash Press, 1998. Soft cover. 190 p. Original paper wrappers. A very good copy. More about SIDELIGHTS ON HOLMES
Ashcroft, British Columbia: Calabash Press, 1998. Soft cover. Original paper wrappers. A crisp and clean copy. More about SIDELIGHTS ON HOLMES
London: John Murray, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 105 p. Ten illustrations. From the library of Luther L. Norris, a member of The Baker Street Irregulars, with his Sherlockian bookplate to the front pastedown. Small octavo... More about MY LIFE WITH SHERLOCK HOLMES: Conversations in Baker Street
Privately printed, 1976. Soft cover. Introduction by John Bennett Shaw, B.S.I. N.p. First edition, #21 of 100 copies. Inscribed by both editors to the fellow Sherlockian Luther Norris on the first leaf. Original spiral-bound printed... More about CRIME SCENE SKETCHES: Reproduced in Fac-Simile from the Pen and Ink Drawings in the Note Book of...
Boston: The Writer, Inc., 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 149 p. An American novelist and short story writer, Highsmith (1921-95) is best known for her acclaimed series about murderer Tom Ripley. Small octavo. Original blue cloth... More about PLOTTING AND WRITING SUSPENSE FICTION
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. The plot of this murder mystery unfolds in a lordly castle on the Isle of Wight. Dedication copy, inscribed by the author on the dedication page... More about DEATH AND THE DOWAGER
New York: Magico Magazine, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 65 p. With illustrations by Ira Blutreich. Octavo. Original burgundy leatherette binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. More about SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE SILVER VENGEANCE
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 384 p. The author's first novel, concerning a beautiful young wife accused of killing her business tycoon husband. Inscribed by Lange, a longtime evening news anchor... More about The Trophy Wife