Search Results: Authors starting with B from Murder By The Book

New York, NY, U.S.A.: International Polygonics, Limited, 1989. 1st ed. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Behind the scenes at a succesfull soap opera until the producer is murdered.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Walker & Co, 1985. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Review slip laid in. New England setting.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Review Copy.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Walker & Company, 1981. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. London newspaper setting. Review copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Review Copy.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Walker & Company, 1984. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Review copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Review Copy.

St. Martin 1976 1st A. Fine in dj, short closed tear, very lightly rubbed. 1st A. Fine in dj, short closed tear, very lightly rubbed..

Walker 1980 1st A. Fine in dj. REVIEW COPY..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Walker & Company, 1986. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Fashion industry.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Review Copy.

N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1991. 1st US edition, February 1991, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. A few pages opened roughly else Near Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. As Hope Bradstone tries to smuggle her young nephew out of Europe, she is tailed by a nosy reporter who wants a story about her dying millionaire grandfather. But others folow her as well--and they want a corpse. . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book.

LYLE STUART, 1989. 1st ed. S.F. private eye Jeremiah St. John's 2nd case.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Knopf 1946 1st ed. slight spine slant, o/w near fine in dj, small piece out at lower corner. Author's 1st solo book, he collaborated with Hannah Lees on Death in the Doll House..

NY: Doubelday Crime Club, 1976. 1st ed. remainder spray at bottom of pages else near fine in dust jacket, a couple of closed tears, lightly rubbed. Inspector Schmidt.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Geneva: Edito-Service,S.A., 1981. 1st thus., small (8x4 3/4) part of uniform series published. Bright red covers with gold-leaf design and yellow ribbon marker. Frontispiece portrait by Sheilagh Noble. Page edges very lightly dusty else near fine w/o dj as issued.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Noble, Sheilagh.

Garden City, New York,: Doubleday, 1970. 1st. Ed. VG/G - DJ shows nicks to bottom & top of spine ans a half-inch tear on back, remainder spray at bottom of pages.. 1st Ed. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Remainder.

Garden City, New York,: Doubleday Crime Club, 1930. 1st edition. Very minor wear to cloth else a near fine copy. The first book in the series featuring hymn-singing criminal lawyer Joshua Clunk, who investigates stolen industrial secrets and a string of murders on the palatial estate of the Garston family and in the surrounding villages. This copy, although not marked as such, comes from the George Cloos collection of detective fiction.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Book.

Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2008. 1st prtg. (Originally published in 1934). This is the 1st full-length Mr. Fortune novel. Foreward by Tom & Enid Schantz. Lady Rosnay has insisted that Reginald Fortune attend her fancy dress ball, but the merriment is disrupted when the old lady takes a tumble down the stairs and loses her diamond tiara. She is strangely unruffled by the incident, which intrigues Reggie, who is also almost certain she was pushed. But the mischief is just getting under way. Two murders follow, and Reggie, along with his friend Lomas, head of Scotland Yard's C.I.D., begin investigating in earnest. Their suspects include Simon Osmond, a rising young politician whose plans to marry Lady Rosnay's niece, Alix Lynn, have been vetoed by the imperious old lady, as well as the headstrong Alix herself. Reggie, a country doctor whose languid demeanor conceals a sharp intellect and keenly observant eye, is certain that some very deadly mischiefmakers are at work… Read More

Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2008. 1st printing. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. Old bones plus new bones require the attention of Mr. Fortune. "Black land, white land, always at strife." So goes the old saying in Durshire, where the people who once owned the black land were pushed off it ages ago to the white land, the barren chalk hills above the fertile alluvial plains. And history seems to be repeating itself as rich newcom~rs still continue to usurp the black-land holdings of impoverished landowners. Reginald Fortune, who's summoned to Durshire by his eccentric friend General Duddon, is thrust into this age-old conflict when the general's discovery of ancient giant's bones turns out to include the rather recent bones of a boy who disappeared some ten years ago. Reggie stubbornly searches for the lad's murderer, undeterred by bitter family feuds and the uncooperative and incompetent Superintendent Bubb, who takes over the case when his chief… Read More

NY: Lippincott, 1937. 1st ed. Brught yellow cloth has small stain at rear and a 1/2 cut at front panel else very good in dust jacket, worn at extremeties, chipped at spine ends and moderately soiled. A mystery about a Robin Hood who steals from crooks and returns the stolen items back to the victims all the while leaving a calling card of a Green Arrow.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Book.

New York, NY,: McGraw-Hill, 1985. 1ST. Ed. NF/NF - shows some shelf wear.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

N.Y.: The Viking Press, 1950. 1st edition, August 1950, so stated. Very light fading to cloth else near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, $ 3.00 price intact, in protective mylar cover. Author's first book. (Listed in Hubin in the electronic version) Train setting. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by English, Bill. Book.

NY: Scribners, 1973. 1st ed. Page edges and cloth starting to fox else near fine in price clipped dj. Set on Martha's Vineyard. Mystery by this famed Biographer of Hemingway.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.