Recent Arrivals from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Fall River Press, 2011 This is a 937-page omnibus of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, including 44 short stories and four novels (A Study In Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and The Valley of Fear). Third Printing of this Fall River Press edition. Blue paper-covered boards with black spine with… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow, 2006 Pearl's second novel is a fitting successor to "The Dante Club," his best-selling debut novel. In "The Poe Shadow," a young Baltimore lawyer, Quentin Clark, puts his own career and reputation at risk in his attempt to salvage Poe's, now dead and buried in an unmarked grave. First Printing, first edition stated,… Read more about this item

New Yokr: Little Brown/Hachette Book Group, 2022 This is a harrowing thriller set on a private islandf full of murderous inhabitants. Suddenly separated from her husband, Heather Baxter must save and protect her new husband's four children who are unhappy with and hostile to their stepmother. About 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches, 370 pages in black… Read more about this item

New York: Wings Books, 1991 A collection of three 'Golden Age" novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, part-time socialite and master sleuth ("Strong Poison," 1930; "Have His Carcase", 1927; and Unnatural Death," 1932.). This copy is a first edition as such with a numberline ending in "1. Black paper-covered boards with blue cloth backstrip with silver lettering on spine.… Read more about this item

New York: The Mysterious Bookshop, 2022 During the Christmas holidays in 1993, Otto Penzler's The Mysterious Bookshop on Warren Street in NYC commissioned a short story from mystery writer Donald E. Westlake. The only conditions were that the story was set at Christmas time and that at least part of the story took place in the bookstore. In… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam Books, 2022 A free-standing novel from the author of the best-selling series featuring Kate Martinelli and Mary Russell invites the reader to discover the secrets hidden at the Gardener Estate, one of the most storied and beloved tourist sites in California. First edition, first printing ,with complete numberline. About 6 1/2 x 9 … Read more about this item

New York: Pegasus Books Ltd., 2022 The 15th novel in Rozan's award-winning mystery series set in NYC and featuring private detectives Bill Smith and Lydia Chin are called on to help find the 15-year-old son of the mayor, who has apparently run away. First edition, first printing, with complete numberline. About 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 280… Read more about this item

New York: Chatham River Press, 1983 The Chatham River Press edition of Dickinson's poems from the first collections of her poetry edited by Todd and Higginson, contemporaries of the poet, in the 1890s after her death in 1886. This edition appears to be a first thus.There is an "alphabet line" on the copyright page running h to a that… Read more about this item

New Yokr: The Mysterious Bookshop, 2022 During Christmas holidays in 1993, Otto Penzler's The Mysterious Bookshop on Warren Street in NYC commissioned a short story from mystery writer Donald E. Westlake. The only conditions were that the story was set at Christmas time and that at least part of the story took place in the bookstore. In 2023,… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2022 "The Maze" is the 8th novel in the award-winning DeMille's thriller-suspense series featuring John Corey, former NYPD homicide detective and former Federal investigator, becomes a private detective to investigate a series of sex crime murders on Long Island. First edition, first printing with complete numberline. About 6 1/4 x 9 1/4… Read more about this item

New York: HarperCollins. The second novel in Burke's mystery-thriller series featuring NYC homicide detective Elie Hatcher. Hatcher is after a psychopathic serial killer who murdered his latest victim in an exclusive City club. First edition, first printing (with complete numberline). About 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches, 342 pages including author's note at end. Bound in black… Read more about this item

Macon, Georgia: Mercer University Press. Author and photographer Griliches uses some 130 photographs taken by her over a 30-year period to illustrate and teach about photography not only as an art form but in its relationship to science, ethics, social responsibility, etc. First edition. 158 pages. 11 x 9 3/4 inches in heavy card, French style wrappers. … Read more about this item

New York: Knopf. "Mickelsson's Ghosts" is the last novel before Gardner's death in a motorcycle accident in 1982. First edition, first printing. About 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, 589 pages bound in white cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on front board and spine. Dustjacket's graphic design in grey and white appears to be a gravestone… Read more about this item

New York: Emily Bestler Books/Atria. This book is the fourth in Hunter's Earl Swagger history- thriller series featuring a WWII enlisted Marine. It is also the long=anticipated Swageger "origin" story that finds Sgt. Swagger, Pacific war hero, auddenly assigned to the European theater to counter a secret SS operation that was tipping off German snipers causing heavy Allied… Read more about this item

New York: The Mysterious Press. A stand-alone novel from Thomas Perry, the award-winning author of "The Old Man." Set in the midwest, it features ex-cop Harry Duncan investigating a crime wave that has suddenly flourished in several small cities. First edition, first printing. Signed by Perry on the title page. About 6 1/4 x 9 1/4… Read more about this item

New York: Rand McNally & Company. An early 20th century American history text, written for primary school students, fourth through sixth grade, by Syracuse University Professor of History, Mace. Mace teaches American history from discovery and colonization of North & South America to the Spanish-American War telling the stories of the political and military leaders of the U.S. through… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. The second published work by Davis, a prominent popular Ameerican novelist and journalist of the late 19th, early 20th century whose writing is credited with aiding Teddy Roosevelt's political career. This is a collection of seven short stories with illustrations by Charles Dana Gibson. First edition, early but not first printing (1911). About… Read more about this item

This is Ambler's sixth and final novel prior to the start of World War II. Its protagonist is a British armaments engineer, about to leave Turkey, who finds himself a target by opposing international forces, trying to either kill him or protect him. Originally published in England in 1940 and later that same year by Knopf in the… Read more about this item

New York: Lyons Press/Salamander Books LTD. A collection of almost 300 photographs taken bu Civil War photographer Mathew Brady and his assistants during the war, often under very difficult conditions , depicting the battlefields, weapons, officers and troops, uniforms, the sick and wounded and the devastation of war. First edition, first printing. About 10 3/4 X 11 1/4… Read more about this item

New York: Whitney Museum of American Art. The catalog issued in conjunction with the major exhibition of Grant Woods' art at the Whitney in 2018. First edition, first printing. About 9 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches, 271 pages bound in green cloth-covered boards with gold lettering on front cover and spine. The dustjacket's front panel and… Read more about this item