Search Results: Mystery from Book Happy Booksellers

Silver Spring, MD: Adventure House, 1998. First Trade Paperback Edition. Softcover. Very Good+. 232pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Collection of pulp detective stories by John K. Butler. Edited with an introduction by John Wooley.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. 259pp; No DJ, orange cloth boards with black titling to front & spine, blindstamped decoration to front, slight forward slant, boards slightly edgeworn, previous owner's name to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG- condition. Vintage murder mystery.

New York: Berkley Books, 1959. Paperback. Very Good-. Berkley #G-214; 175pp; Covers clean & bright, pages slightly age-toned, spine lightly creased, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Vintage mystery novel.

New York: Dembner Books, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Hardcover in DJ; 192pp; A few nicks to DJ, boards clean & square, text unmarked, binding is tight, Fine/VG condition. Publisher's "review copy" leaflet laid in. Medical mystery novel set in the near future.

Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Hardcover in DJ; 224pp; DJ clean, bright, slightly edgeworn, with chipping to base of spine & protected by mylar sleeve, boards square, clean & bright, previous owner's blindstamp to FFEP, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG-/VG- condition. Vintage mystery novel. A Captain Heimrich Mystery. Main Line Mysteries series.

New York: New American Library/Signet, 1952. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good+. Signet #966; 144pp; Covers clean & bright, pages age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG+ condition. Scarce, vintage mystery/thriller about murder and corruption in Kansas City. Racy cover art.

New York: Red Circle Magazines, Inc., 1943. Softcover. Very Good. CNS #6; 128pp; Covers clean & bright with minor creasing, slight wear to spine ends, pages age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Scarce, vintage mystery novel. Crime Novel Selection #6. Originally published as "Death Paints the Picture.

Portland, OR: West Coast Crime, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 224pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author. Mystery satire involving James Earl Ray, Elvis Presley and a CIA plot to kill Jimmy Carter.

New York: Quinn Publishing Co., 1944. Paperback. Good. 143pp; Slight insect damage to one corner of book (doesn't affect text), pages age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Detective novel. Handi-Book Mystery no. 23.

New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1933. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. 308pp; No DJ, black cloth boards with green titling to front & spine, minor staining to boards, label remnant to front endpaper, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Vintage crime novel. From title page: "Through London and Africa the tangled chain of crime and passion led to the veranda of a tiny bungalow -- and the secret of death which lay within the sinister green pack.

Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc., 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 311pp; No DJ, black cloth boards with orange titling to front & spine, original decorated endpapers, previous owner's name & sticker to front pastedown, slight forward slant, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage mystery thriller. From title page: "Edgar Wallace says of this thriller: 'I think it is the best I have written.' A story of danger, mystery, and detection... of the sinister Trigger's Transactions, and the black trail of crime behind them.

New York: Alliance Book Corporation, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 306pp; No DJ, black cloth boards with white titling to spine, white emblem to front board, boards square, clean & bright with a minor scuffing, bookplate to FFEP, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG condition. Vintage novel involving British espionage during World War Two. An Alliance Fingerprint Mystery.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1929. The Weirdmoor Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. 333pp; No DJ, pink cloth boards with black titling & illustrations to front & spine, slight forward slant, light ring stain to front board, decorated endpapers, bookstore label to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG- condition. Vintage mystery novel.

New York: Alyson Books, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 233pp; Covers clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, as new, Fine condition. Signed by Author. Mystery story of a gay high school drama teacher who become embroiled in a struggle to find the truth behind a genetic laboratory's shady dealings. A Ray O'Brien Mystery.

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1926. First US Edition. Hardcover. Good+/None. 256pp; No DJ, gray cloth boards with black titling to front & spine, spine age-toned with slight wear to spine ends, stain to rear board, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Vintage mystery novel. Frontispiece illustration by George W. Gage.

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in DJ; First Edition; 246pp; DJ clean & bright, boards square, clean & bright, text unmarked, binding is tight, VG/VG condition. Signed by Author. Mystery novel featuring gay sleuths. A Tom & Scott Mystery.

New York: Pocket Books Inc., 1944. Sixth Printing. Paperback. Good. Pocket Books #219; 221pp; Covers creased, slightly edgeworn & lightly soiled, wear to base of spine, pages slightly age-toned, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good condition. Scarce, vintage paperback mystery. A Sir Henry Merrivale Mystery.

New York: The Mystery League, Inc., 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/None. 286pp; No DJ, black cloth boards with green titling to front & spine, minor staining to boards, decorated endpapers, slight forward slant, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG- condition. Vintage mystery novel. Also includes first chapter of The Gutenberg Murders by Gwen Bristow and Bruce Manning at rear.