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Hear the Stripper Scream
by Peter Cagney
- Condition
- Used - Collectible; Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, USA
- Item Price
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CA$138.55
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New York: Roy Publishers, 1960. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The 1960 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with just a touch of wear at the spine ends and light soiling to the rear panel. 12mo, 176 pgs. "A new slant on an age-old racket! Mike Strang strikes a fresh note in… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$138.55
Deadly Honeymoon
by Lawrence Block
- Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, USA
- Item Price
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CA$69.27
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New York: Macmillan, 1967. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1967 stated 1st printing. Tight and VG (with light wear at the rear panel's top-edge) in a bright, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 189 pgs.
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CA$69.27
The Woman Chaser
by Charles Willeford
- Condition
- Used - Collectible; Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1960
- Binding
- Original Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, USA
- Item Price
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CA$138.55
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Chicago: Newsstand Library Incorporated, 1960. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A clean, very solid copy of the 1960 1st edition. Crisp, bright and Near Fine, with one microscopic chip at the spine. Pocketbook NSL U137. "The chase was furious--the capture was rapacious--the prize was luscious!"
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CA$138.55
The Fourteenth Key
by Carolyn Wells
- Condition
- Used - Collectible; Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1924
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, USA
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CA$138.55
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The September 1924 4th printing, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges. Thick 12mo, 334 pgs.
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CA$138.55
The Pasha's Web
by Howard Bradshaw
- Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1921
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, USA
- Item Price
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CA$692.75
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New York: W.J. Watt & Co, 1921. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1921 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ (with light offsetting at the gutters) in a bright, price-intact, VG example of the George Gage-illustrated dustjacket, with light soiling at the rear panel and spine and very light chiiping to the top-edges.… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$692.75
Love Is a Deadly Weapon (Puzzle for Fiends)
by Patrick Quentin
- Condition
- Used - Collectible; Fine
- Published
- 1949
- Binding
- Original Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, USA
- Item Price
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CA$692.75
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New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1949. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. NICELY INSCRIBED BY PATRICK QUENTIN (AND SIGNED ADDITIONALLY AS HIS ALIAS "RICHARD WEBB") on the verso of the title page. A beautiful copy to boot of the 1949 1st paperback edition, which was originally published in hardback by Simon and Schuster in 1946 as "Puzzle for Fiends". Bright… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$692.75
70,000 Witnesses: A Football Mystery
by Cortland Fitzsimmons
- Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1931
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, USA
- Item Price
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CA$138.55
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New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1931. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1931 second printing before publication of this wild "football mystery". Solid and VG in a bright, price-intact ($2.00) example of the wonderful pictorial dustjacket. Light wear at the spine ends, otherwise very sharp. 12mo, 265 pgs.
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CA$138.55
Kai Lung's Golden Hours
by Ernest Bramah
- Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1923
- Binding
- Decorative Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, USA
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CA$69.27
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1923. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1923 1st edition. VG- in its pictorial cloth, with light rubbing at the panelsand mild darkening at the spine and chipping along the spine label. Internally, very clean, with no writing or markings of any kind. Octavo, 333 pgs.
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CA$69.27
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Midnight at Mears House: A Detective Story
by Harrison Jewell Holt
- Condition
- Used - Collectible; Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1912
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, USA
- Item Price
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CA$692.75
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New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1912. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1912 1st edition, IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light wear at the spine and rear panel edges. 12mo, 337 pgs. A crisp example of the dramatic 1912 dustjacket.
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CA$692.75
Charlie Chan 1938-1939
by Earl Derr Biggers
- Condition
- Used - Collectible; Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Cloth
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, USA
- Item Price
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CA$69.27
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Futuropolis, 1980. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. The 1980 1st French edition of a number of the serialized late 1930s Charlie Chan stories. Translated from the original Earl Derr Biggers text. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine pictorial dustjacket. Quarto, panelled comic strips, which include the wonderful original Alfred Andriola illustrations.
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CA$69.27