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THE LONG GOODBYE **EDGAR AWARD WINNER**

by Chandler, Raymond

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Later Edition
Published
1992
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Paperback
ISBN
9780394757681
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Vintage Books, 1992. 5th Vintage printing. Very light wear at edges, else a tight, clean and square paperback. Chandler's sixth novel finds Marlowe constanly on the move with a case involving a war-scarred drunk and his nymphomaniac wife. 1955 EDGAR AWARD Winner. Selected by the Mystery Writers of America as one of… Read more about this item
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MURDER IS MY BUSINESS: A Michael Shayne Mystery
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MURDER IS MY BUSINESS: A Michael Shayne Mystery

by Halliday, Brett

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Used - Good
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First Printing
Published
1947
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Paperback
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N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1947. 1st paperback printing, September 1947. Dell Mapback #184, Vintage Paperback. [ no price]. Front cover by Gerald Gregg. Back cover map of "El Paso, Juarez and Vicinity/ Scene of Murder". Map by Ruth Belew. Spine edges heavily rubbed, cover creases. Ten years ago, private eye Mike Shayne… Read more about this item
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ARMCHAIR IN HELL: A Peter Chambers Murder Mystery
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ARMCHAIR IN HELL: A Peter Chambers Murder Mystery

by Kane, Henry

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First Printing
Published
1949
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Paperback
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N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1949. 1st paperback printing, July 1949. Dell Mapback #316. Vintage Paperback. Front cover Illustration by Gerald Gregg. Back cover map of section of "Manhattan Island / Scene of Rough and Bloody Action" Very lightly soiled, spine edges rubbed, else about fine. When a lush brunette turns up unexpectedly dead in a… Read more about this item
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DUPE **AWARD WINNER** DEBUT NOVEL**

by Cody, Liza

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Used - Fine
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Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780684171531
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N.Y.: Scribners, 1981. 1st Amerucan edition, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in near fine dust jacket with rear cover lightly soiled, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. The 1st Anna Lee title and Cody's debut novel. JON CREASY AWARD WINNER and EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE. Private detective Anna… Read more about this item
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THE TASTE OF ASHES **INSCRIBED COPY**
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THE TASTE OF ASHES **INSCRIBED COPY**

by Browne, Howard

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Used - Very Good-Near Fine
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Very Good
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1957
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N.Y.: Simon and Schuster: An Inner Sanctum Mystery, 1957. First Edition.. Quarter grey buckram with red paper on the boards, spine lettered in black, illustrated dust jacket, not price clipped, $2.95 intact. In jacket designed by Robert Shore. Light wear and creasing to jacket, chips along edges; faint soiling to cloth; minor worm damage at… Read more about this item
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HELL HATH NO FURY: A Searing Gangster Classic
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HELL HATH NO FURY: A Searing Gangster Classic

by Bounds, Sydney Writing as Rex Marlowe

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New
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As New
Edition
First Edition
Published
1996
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Paperback
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Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.: Gryphon Books, 1996. 1st American Edition, so stated. [Pub. in England by John Spencer & Co., 1951] Volume #3 in Gryphon Gangster Novel Series. 114 pages. Introduction by Philip Harbottle. Trade size paperback with colorful dust jacket over paper covers which depicts the original cover of the British paperback. A… Read more about this item
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A DAME CALLED MURDER
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A DAME CALLED MURDER

by Saber, Robert O. pseudonym of Milton K. Ozaki

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First Edition
Published
1955
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Paperback
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N.Y.: Graphic Publishing Company, 1955. 1st edition, Graphic Original (so stated) #111. Paperback Original. Cover illustration by Walter Popp, GGA. Listed in Gary Lovisi's book: Dames, Dolls & Delinquents: A Collector's Guide to Sexy Pulp Fiction Paperbacks Vintage Paperback [.25 cover price]. Reading crease else a near fine, tight copy. There was some kind of new… Read more about this item
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PLAYMATES **SIGNED COPY**

by Parker, Robert B.

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Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1989
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ISBN
9780399134258
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N.Y.: Putnam, 1989. 1st edition, May 1989 with complete number line beginning with 1. Very light spotting at page edges else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. SIGNED by author at half-title page. "Boston private eye Spenser returns to investigate rumored cheating by Taft University's star basketball team in… Read more about this item
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HARD TRADE **AWARD FINALST**

by Lyons, Arthur

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Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1981
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780030536212
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N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. A pristine copy. A SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEE. Asch is hired by a troubled woman with a commonplace domestic case-- she needs to know the truth about the man… Read more about this item
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TRADE-OFF: A Deliliah West Mystery **SIGNED COPY**

by O'Callaghan, Maxine

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Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1994
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312110819
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NY: St Martins Press, 1994. 1st edition, June 1994, with complete number line beginning with 1. Light wear at edges, a few early pages wrinkled at top else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, lightly rubbed at folds, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED by author at title page. A P.I. Delilah West title.… Read more about this item
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CRIMSON JOY

by Parker, Robert B.

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Used - Near Fine
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Fine
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1988
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ISBN
9780385296519
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N.Y.: Delacorte Press, 1988. 1st edition, June 1988, with complete number line beginning with 1. Very minor age spotting at top of pages else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Publishers sheet laid in. ..." Boston private eye Spenser tells his 15th story, this time about events that affect him… Read more about this item
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CRIMSON JOY

by Parker, Robert B.

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Fine
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1st Edition
Published
1988
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9780385296519
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N.Y.: Delacorte Press, 1988. 1st edition, June 1988, with complete number line beginning with 1. Very minor age spotting at top of pages else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. ..." Boston private eye Spenser tells his 15th story, this time about events that affect him personally as well… Read more about this item
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Pale Kings and Princes (Spencer Mystery Ser.)

by Parker, Robert B.

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Used - Near Fine
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Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1987
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780385295383
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1987. 1st ed. Light foxing to page edges else fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket. Spenser. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.
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SET-UP FOR MURDER: Slim Callaghan, Private Eye
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SET-UP FOR MURDER: Slim Callaghan, Private Eye

by Cheyney, Peter

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First Printing
Published
1950
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Paperback
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N.Y.: Pyramid Books, 1950. First printing, originally titled "It Couldn't Matter Less". Pyramid #16, GGA, front cover has creases, reading crease but still bright. Rear cover has large chip out (see photos). All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks… Read more about this item
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STARDUST

by Parker, Robert B.

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Used - Near Fine
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Fine
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1990
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ISBN
9780399135378
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N.Y.: Putnam, 1990. 1st edition, July 1990 with complete number line beginning with 1. Page edges show some spotting else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. "Parker adds another winner to his tried-and-true series with this electrifying story told in the familiar low-voltage style of Spenser, Boston private eye. Spenser's love, psychologist… Read more about this item
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VALEDICTION: A Spenser Novel

by Parker, Robert B.

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Used - Near Fine
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Near Fine
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1984
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ISBN
9780385293303
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N.Y.: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1984. 1st edition, 1st printing, so stated. About fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket, unclipped, $12.95 price intact.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.
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THE BIG KNOCKOVER: Selected Stories and Short Novels

by Hammett, Dashiel; Edited with an Introduction By Lillian Hellman

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Used - Near Fine
Edition
1st Prtg
Published
1989
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780679722595
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N.Y.: Vintage Crime, 1989. First Vintage books edition, July 1989. Light soiling at page edges else about fine. Editied by Lillian Hellman and with a 23 page introduction by her. Nine short stories, many featuring the Continental Op. Includes the unfinished novel, Tulip. 451 pages. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Book.
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FROM A HIGH PLACE; A Mystery Introducing Dan Roman

by Mathis, Edward

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Used - Fine
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Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1985
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780684184920
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N.Y.: Scribners, 1985. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. The first Dan Roman. title. Texas locale. A very nice copy of this author's first book. After P.I. Dan Roman visits his home town of Butler Wells, Texas, for a much needed… Read more about this item
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THE MOODY MAN: A Jimmy Jenner Mystery

by Milne, John

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Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Edition
1st Edition
Published
1988
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780670817283
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N.Y.: Viking Penguin, 1988. 1st American edition. Fine in dust jacket. "Jimmy Jenner, a London private investigator who was a policeman until he lost his leg in a terrorist explosion , is summoned from his home on a rainy night by a call from a long-lost friend, also a former cop. What he discovers when he arrives at… Read more about this item
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DIAMOND ROCK

by Schorr, Mark

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Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1985
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780312199197
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N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1985. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover.Schorr brings back the Don Quixote of hard boiled P.I.'s, Simon Jaffe AKA Red Diamond one last and regrettably final time. The split personality detective is back in New York to deal with his divorce… Read more about this item
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