Detective Short Stories
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Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
by James, Jr Tiptree
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever is a collection of Science fiction and fantasy stories by author James Tiptree, Jr.. It was released in 1990 by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 4,108 copies and was the author's second book published by Arkham House.
The Trials Of Rumpole
by John Mortimer
John Mortimer is a playwright, novelist, and former practicing barrister who has written many film scripts as well as stage, radio, and television plays, the Rumpole plays, for which he received the British Academy Writer of the Year Award, and the adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. He is the author of twelve collections of Rumpole stories and three acclaimed volumes of autobiography.
The Adventures Of Romney Pringle
by R Austin Freeman Ad Dr John James Pitcairn Writing As Clifford Ashdown
Detective Short Stories Books & Ephemera
Field Of Thirteen
by Francis, Dick
A superbly crafted collection of thirteen tightly plotted tales that treats readers to murder, mystery, and mayhem in the world of horseracing.
THE PHANTOM WHITE HARE AND OTHER STORIES
by DUMAS, Alexander
Edinburgh: Canongate, 1989. FINE condition in FINE covers. Edinburgh. Canongate. SOFTCOVER. 1989. FIRST TRADE PAPERBACK EDITION. AS NEW, bound in original green glossy stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine creasing. Five stories originally published 1854 to 1859. Translated by Douglas Munro. Cover design and illustrated by Janet Pontin. Stored in Archival sleeve.. First Trade Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.
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CA$27.73
1st Culprit
by Liza Cody and Michael Z. Lewin (editors)
Worldwide Library NY 1994. 314 pages. First Thus Edition Good condition with wear and rubbing, readers creases and minor toning. See photos. Cel/PB2
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CA$14.97
Zigzag: A Nameless Detective Collection
by Pronzini, Bill
New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book. As New in As New dust jacket. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Black boards and spine with spine imprinted in metallic green with title and author. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. 271 pages. Four novellas that involve "Nameless" in cases of murder, missing persons, occultism, and fate. .
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CA$19.39
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON ~ The Complete Shorter Fiction
by STONELEY, Peter ~ Edited By
NY: Carroll & Graf, 1991. FINE condition in NEAR FINE dust jacket. NY. Carroll & Graf. HARDCOVER. 1991. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. AS NEW, bound in neon blue with gold titles in cloudy yellow pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Dust jacket has small, invisible slit to front cover. A hefty 664 pages, contains all Stevenson's stories under 50,000 words.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.
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CA$69.32
THE SIMPLE ART OF MURDER
by CHANDLER, Raymond
NY: Pocket Books, 1952. VERY GOOD condition in VERY GOOD original pictorial paper wraps. SOFTCOVER. FIRST PAPERBACK PRINTING 1952. Pocket Book No. 916. Crease at hinge, some scuffing of covers, age toning to interior and light edgewear. Short story collection includes: Pearls Are A Nuisance, Spanish Blood, The King In Yellow, I'll Be Waiting and Chandler's essay on writing The Simple Art Of Murder. Stored in Mylite sleeve with archival backing board.. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover....
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine December 1952
by Edited by Ellery Queen with stories by MacKinlay Kantor , Craig Rice, W.Somerset Maugham and others
New York, Ny,: The American Mercury. American Mercury , NY , 1952 First Edition 144 page Digest Sized magazine Edited by Ellery Queen with stories by MacKinlay Kantor , Craig Rice, W.Somerset Maugham and others A very good copy with light edge wear, light dust soiling , Text lightly toned. See Photos
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CA$13.86
THE SPLENDID OUTCAST ~ Beryl Markhan's African Stories
by LOVELL, Mary S ~ Compiled By
CA: North Point Press, 1987. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. CA. North Point Press. Hardcover. 1987. FIRST EDITION. Compiled and Introduction by Mary S Lovell. AS NEW, bound in maroon cloth with gold gilt titles in yellow pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Eight biographical short stories by Beryl Markham.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.
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CA$76.25
Tis The Season For Murder
by Fred W. Hunter
Worldwide Library NY 1998. 508 pages. First Thus Edition Fine unread condition. See photos. Cel/PB2
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CA$14.97
GREAT DETECTIVES ~ A Century Of The Best Mysteries From England And America
by MCCULLOUGH, David Willis ~ Edited By
NY: Pantheon, 1984. NEAR FINE condition in NEAR FINE dust jacket. NY. Pantheon. HARDCOVER. 1984. FIRST EDITION. AS NEW, bound in gray boards and pale gray cloth spine with gold titles in gray pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Some foxing to page edges. Dust jacket has light edge wear. Jacket illustration by Alain Gauthier. Fourteen short stories, one novella, two novels. A hefty 725 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
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CA$62.38
THE BLACK HOUSE
by HIGHSMITH, Patricia
NY: Mysterious Press, 1988. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Mysterious Press. SOFTCOVER. 1988. UNCORRCTED PAGE PROOFS as issued by Publisher for Hardcover Edition. AS NEW, bound in original orange printed stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine creasing. Eleven short stories. Stored in Archival sleeve.. Uncorrected Advance Proofs. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.
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CA$38.82
EASTERN SKIES WESTERN SEAS ~ Two Complete Novels and Six Short Stories
by CONRAD, Joseph
NY: Carroll & Graf, 1990. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Carroll & Graf. SOFTCOVER. 1990. FIRST Carroll & Graf Edition. AS NEW, bound in original black glossy pictorial stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease. Cover design by Roy Colmer. 527 pages. Includes two novels -- Almayer's Folly and The Secret Agent plus six short stories. Great gift. Stored in Archival sleeve.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.
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CA$48.52
GREAT MODERN POLICE STORIES ~ Tales of Mystery and Suspense From the Fictional Files of the Law
by PRONZINI, Bill and Martin H Greenberg ~ Edited By
NY: Walker, 1986. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Walker. SOFTCOVER. 1986. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing. AS NEW, bound in original black glossy pictorial stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine creasing. Cover design by Laurie McBarnette. Stored in Archival sleeve.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.
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CA$30.50
ALFRED HITCHCOCK MYSTERY MAGAZINE
by HUTTER, Ernest M ~ Editor
NY: HSD Publications, 1973. VERY GOOD condition in FAIR original green pictorial paper wraps. Digest size magazine / periodical, Volume 18, No. 10, October 1973. Age toning to pages. Covers have overall age toning and soiling with chips and tears to spine plus wrinkles to bottom corner. Contributors: Frank Sisk, Helen Nielsen, Donald Olson, Edward D Hoch, Virginia Long, William Brittain, Jack Ritchie, Edward Wellen, Bryce Walton, Gary Brandner, Arthur Moore, Richard O Lewis, Stephen Wasylyk, Pauline...
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Murder At The Movies (Worldwide Mystery)
by Weir & Baxt & Ocallaghan
Worldwide NY 1999 508 pages. First thus. Very good condition with light readers creases and edge wear, light toning to pages. See photos. 22-24
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CA$14.97
ENGLISCHER SOMMER
by CHANDLER, Raymond
Zurich: Diogenes Verlag, 1980. NEAR FINE condition in NEAR FINE covers. Zurich. Diogenes Verlag. SOFTCOVER. January 1, 1980. AS NEW, bound in original black and yellow pictorial stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine creasing. Light rubbing to back panel, see image. German language. Stored in Archival sleeve.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine Original Wraps.
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CA$27.73
Murder Ink: Revived, Revised, Still Unrepentant Perpetrated by Dilys Winn
by Dilys Winn
Workman 1984 1st ed. Trade Paperback 398pp Fine unread condition. clph
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CA$13.86
MASTERPIECES OF MYSTERY ~ THE GOLDEN AGE I
by QUEEN, Ellery ~ Selected By
NY: Davis Publications, 1977. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Davis Publications. HARDCOVER. 1977. FIRST EDITION, Thus. AS NEW, bound in red leatherette with gold gilt lettering, cover design and page edges, with red endpapers and red ribbon marker. No dust jacket, as issued. Square and tight, UNREAD. Twelve short stories featuring authors from the Golden Age 1920-1940. Includes black and white photographs of the authors. Nicely packaged. Nice gift. Stored in Archival sleeve.. First...
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CA$55.45
Bottled in Blonde The Peter Kane Detective Stories
by Hugh B.Cave
Minneapolis: F & B Mystery [Fedogan & Bremer] 2000. Hardcover. 1878252496 . First edition. Introduction by Don Hutchison Copy #40/100 numbered copies signed by the author and the illustrator Collects nine stories [plus a Foreword] by Hugh B. Cave. 241+ pages. New copy in Dust Wrapper and slipcase LR3/2E
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CA$69.32
THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF SHORT HORROR NOVELS
by ASHLEY, Mike ~ Edited By
NY: Carroll & Graf, 1988. NEAR FINE condition in NEAR FINE original red pictorial stiff paper wraps. NY. Carroll & Graf. SOFTCOVER. 1988 FIRST EDITION. AS NEW, square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine creasing. Light toning to pages and light edge wear. Cover illustration by Bob Marchant. Ten short novels by Stephen King, Lucius Shepard, Russell Kirk, T E D Klein, David Case, John Metcalfe, Oliver Onions, A C Benson, Arthur Conan Doyle, Algernon Blackwood. Stored in Archival sleeve.. First...
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Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine September 1965
by Edited by Ellery Queen
New York, Ny,: Davis Publishing. Davis Publishing , Ny, 1965 , First edition 162 page digest sized magazine with stories by Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, Christianna Brand and others . See Photos for Contents page. A very good copy with edge wear, light dust soiling. See Photos bx 236
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CA$13.86
THE NEW BLACK MASK QURTERLY ~ NUMBER 7
by BRUCCOLI, Matthew J & Richard Layman ~ Edited By
CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. FINE condition in FINE covers. CA. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. SOFTCOVER. 1986. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing. AS NEW, bound in original gray pictorial stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine creasing. Stored in Archival sleeve. Eleven stories ~Featuring the Best from the Modern Masters of Detective, Intrigue, Suspense, and Mystery Fiction ~. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.
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CA$29.11
Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories, The
by Clark, Mary Higgins
New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc. BOOK: Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled. DUST JACKET: Repaired; Moderately Creased; Moderately Chipped; Moderate Moisture Damage; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. ALSO KNOWN AS: "Lucky Day," copyright 1986 by Mary Higgins Clark. Originally published in Murder in Manhattan, edited by Bill Adler. The following stories originally appeared in Woman's Day: "Terror Stalks the Class...
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CA$24.95
AMERICAN MURDERS ~ 11 Rediscovered Short Novels from The American Magazine 1934 - 1954
by BREEN, Jon L and Rita A Breen
NY: Garland, 1986. NEAR FINE condition in NEAR FINE boards. NY. Garland. HARDCOVER. 1986. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED by Authors. AS NEW, bound in orange with black titles. No dust jacket, as issued. Square and tight, UNREAD. Small push to top front edge and dirt smudge on top page edges. Includes Introduction and The American Magazine mystery novel checklist. SIGNED ~ INSCRIBED by Authors on front-free endpapers. Stored in Archival sleeve. No additional shipping charges for multiple titles.....
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CA$34.66
Field of Thirteen
by Francis, Dick
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected with a removable Brodart cover. Green boards decorated with horse and rider silhouettes with red spine imprinted in black with title and author; red endpapers. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 . . 287 pages. A brilliant collection of suspenseful racing stories from the Grand Master. .
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CA$15.94
ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE MURDERS
by GODFREY, Thomas ~ Editor
NY: Mysterious Press, 1988. NEAR FINE condition in NEAR FINE covers. NY. Mysterious Press. SOFTCOVER. 1988. UNCORRECTED PROOF as issued by Publisher for Hardcover Edition December 1988. AS NEW, bound in blue stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease. Wrinkle to front cover top point, see image. Bend to top point first ten pages, else FINE. Nineteen short stories. Stored in Archival sleeve.. Uncorrected Advance Proofs. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine Original Wraps.
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CA$27.73
