Search Results: Titles starting with D from Murder By The Book

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1989. 1st of this edition (originallu published in 1937). Deluxe edition, in the Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces. Fine, in decorated leatherette binding and gilt lettering; all edges gilt; no dust jacket, as issued. The frontispiece by David Tamura was specially commissioned by the Franklin Library for this edition. Doug Selby starred in nine novels, beginning with this one "The D.A.Calls it Murder" which traces Selby's investigation into the mysterious death of a clergyman at the Madison Hotel. Selby suspects foul play although the signs point to suicide. A beautifully produced collector's edition bound in gilt-stamped leatherette. Part of the Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces series.. Reprint/1st. Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Book.

Harcourt 1992 1st ed. Fine in dj. An international conference convenes with the Agenda being the Drood Case. Among the participants are Sherlock Holmes, Lew Archer, Father Brown, Jules Maigret, Philip Marlowe, Nero Wolfe and Hercule Poirot. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Harper 1962 1st A. ex-lb, o/w very clean in lightly soiled dj.(Brit. title: Investigations are Proceeding). Ashford's 2nd title and 1st Det. Ins. Don Kerry..

London: UK: William Heinemann Ltd, 1988. 1st edition. Pages age toned, as usual, else fine in dust jacket. Private Eye Jimmy Jenner. In this, his third adventure, a Hollywood star-turned-author hires him to find his teenaged daughter. Not surprisingly, Daddy's Little Girl has got herself into a sticky situation across the channel in Paris. While tracking her down, Jenner winds up a suspect in a political assassination case.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. The 3rd book in the series. "Boyer won an Edgar for Billingsgate Shoal and praise for The Penny Ferry, novels introducing the raunchy, adventure-seeking Boston dentist Doc Adams. In this, third in the series, Adams recounts his latest gaudy swashbuckling escapades, this time instigated by his buddy Liatis Roantis. Leader of the Daisy Ducks, a team of commandos in Vietnam, Roantis had stashed a fortune in Kowloon at the war's end. He wants Adams to help him retrieve the loot, but before they can plan the trip, the veteran is almost a dead Duck from a sniper shot. While Roantis recuperates, the dentist acts on suspicions that his friends' former comrades are guilty of the attack. Adams meets them all and they are gathered together at the book's furious, blood-chilling climax, even Roantis (well again) and the… Read More

N.Y.: Morrow, 1992. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover 3rd PI Jack Kyle title; Dallas. Review Copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Review Copy.

N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1996. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. HAMMETT AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel. "Mountainous Stanley Moodrow, hero of five N.Y.C. crime thrillers (A Piece of the Action, etc.), makes a welcome return?as does Solomita's gritty sensibility. Both the series and ex-cop Moodrow (turning 60 and recovering from a prostate infection) make concessions to age here. Moodrow takes on a partner, young Guinevere Gadd, whose computer skills complement his street smarts. Pitted against the pair is a typically ferocious Solomita villain: crazed killer Jilly Sappone, a minor mafioso who, upon his unexpected release from prison, kidnaps his four-year-old daughter in order to avenge himself against his estranged wife. Hired to find the little girl, Moodrow and Gadd fail tragically, pushing them onto their own path of vengeance?against not only Sappone but also the feds who sprang him to further another case.… Read More

N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1986. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. A HAMMETT AWARD FINALIST for Best Novel.. "Mountainous Stanley Moodrow, hero of five N.Y.C. crime thrillers (A Piece of the Action, etc.), makes a welcome return?as does Solomita's gritty sensibility. Both the series and ex-cop Moodrow (turning 60 and recovering from a prostate infection) make concessions to age here. Moodrow takes on a partner, young Guinevere Gadd, whose computer skills complement his street smarts. Pitted against the pair is a typically ferocious Solomita villain: crazed killer Jilly Sappone, a minor mafioso who, upon his unexpected release from prison, kidnaps his four-year-old daughter in order to avenge himself against his estranged wife. Hired to find the little girl, Moodrow and Gadd fail tragically, pushing them onto their own path… Read More

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 racket in town, and private detective Max Keene decided it was in his own best interest to find out who the big boss was. Not that he didn’t care about breaking the back of an organized theft ring, but when one of the ring’s gorgeous young female operatives wound up dead in a sexually charged homicide and Max got fingered, it gave him an added “incentive” to bring the killer to justice. However, standing in the way was a seemingly endless maze of mis-turns and half-clues, all interwoven with a long parade of low-life characters. What Max Keene hadn’t expected, though, was to be smitten by the charms… Read More

N.Y.: Signet, 1955. 1st paperback printing, September 1955, so stated. Signet #1233, Vintage Paperbeack [.25 cover price]. Robert Maguire cover. Listed in Gary Lovisi's book: Dames, Dolls & Delinquents: A Collector's Guide to Sexy Pulp Fiction Paperbacks 1950s noir paperback first printing graced by the sensational cover art of Robert Maguire, arguably the one of greatest illustrator of Good Girl Art of his generation. Couple of cover creases, lightly rubbed along spine edges and one small nick, a very good near fine, tight copy with bright cover. Scarce. 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 to them when the book is removed.. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Illus. by Maguire, Robert (cover). Vintage Paperback.

NY: Morrow, 1991. 1st ed. Advance reading copy of the uncorrected bound galleys. EDGAR AWARD Winner.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine.

N.Y.: Random House, 1996. 1st ed. Top of pages lightly soiled else near fine in dust jacket. Native American Jane Whitefield returns in this her 2nd book. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. "As usual, Perry (The Butcher's Boy) cuts to the chase. In the opening scene of this riveting mystery thriller, Jane Whitefield, an expert at helping people in danger disappear, slugs it out with three brawny hoodlums in an L.A. courthouse. At that point, she has traveled across half the country trying to protect Timmy Phillips, an eight-year-old heir to millions, from the stop-at-nothing professional killers on their trail. The same criminals, led by a powerful ex-cop named Barraclough, murdered Timmy's adoptive parents. Now they want Mary Perkins, a fugitive savings-and-loan fleecer who also asks Whitefield for help. Perry launches a complex pursuit, during which Whitefield relies on her Seneca heritage for insight and on friends for crucial assistance. A love interest… Read More

N.Y.: Random House, 1996. 1st ed. Top of pages lightly soiled else near fine in dust jacket. Native American Jane Whitefield returns in this her 2nd book. "As usual, Perry (The Butcher's Boy) cuts to the chase. In the opening scene of this riveting mystery thriller, Jane Whitefield, an expert at helping people in danger disappear, slugs it out with three brawny hoodlums in an L.A. courthouse. At that point, she has traveled across half the country trying to protect Timmy Phillips, an eight-year-old heir to millions, from the stop-at-nothing professional killers on their trail. The same criminals, led by a powerful ex-cop named Barraclough, murdered Timmy's adoptive parents. Now they want Mary Perkins, a fugitive savings-and-loan fleecer who also asks Whitefield for help. Perry launches a complex pursuit, during which Whitefield relies on her Seneca heritage for insight and on friends for crucial assistance. A love interest highlights the personal price Whitefield pays for doing her… Read More

N.Y.: Armchair Detective Library, 1991. 1st ed. LIMITED EDITION. One of 100 numbered copies [this being copy #5] SIGNED BY HILLERMAN. Very fine in slipcase w/o dj as issued. 2nd Lt. Joe Leaphorn title. EDGAR AWARD WINNER for Best Novel.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine. Limited Edition.

Cleveland: Ohio: World Publishing Co., 1942. First Tower Printing, September 1942. Adey #751 / Locked Room-Impossible Crime. Pages age toned and a small stain on a few of the first pages, covers rubbed, corners bumped, small synopsis pasted at inside front cover, overall very good copy in a home-made acetate jacket.. 1st Prtg. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Book.

London: UK: Severn House, 2009. 1st ed. Fine in fine dust jacket. Newly returned from an eventful mission to Scotland - and eager to be reunited with his family - Roger the Chapman is far from pleased when Timothy Plummer, Spymaster General to the King, commands him to undertake another mission. He is to accompany the beautiful but manipulative Eloise Gray on a special journey to Paris, pretending to be her husband. Though Plummer is reluctant to reveal the motive behind this appointment, Roger understands that the French king is making overtures to the Duke of Burgundy on behalf of the Dauphin - a move which could wreck the relationship with England's staunch ally and most important customer for her wool exports.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

N.Y.: Dodd, 1948. 1st Am. light staining at page edges & spine, else near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped ($2.95 price intact), light chipping at spine head & foot, a few nicks, VG. Private detective Caryl Wylde O’Hara becomes drawn into a case involving a man and his heroin-addicted wife.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book.

London: UK: Collins, 1947. 1st ed. , Publishers yellow cloth lightly soiled, spine is darkened else very good in dust jacket, not price clipped, worn along edges, 1" piece out at spine foot, rubbed along spine edges, pages age toned Previous owner's inscritption at front endpaper "To Pop, Xmas 1947". Private detective Caryl Wylde O’Hara becomes drawn into a case involving a man and his heroin-addicted wife.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-Near Fine/Very Good. Book.

N.Y.: Popular Library, 1951. 1st pbaperback printing. Popular Library #309. Vintage Paperback. Cover illustration uncredited but probably Rudolph Belarski. reading crease, a few tiny creases fairly minor page edge toning. Still fresh and bright with no chipping or tears. A very attractive collectable copy of a fairly uncommon title in any condition.. A collection of eight stories from a master of the sinister and the macabre. One of the stories "Two Men in a Furnished Room" was gthe basis for the Noir Film "The Guilty" , Directed by John Reinhardt, written by Robert Presnell Sr., and Cornell Woolrich and starring Bonita Granville, Don Castle, and Regis Toomey. Two guys sharing an apartment meet twin girls (both Bonita Granville). One's sweet, the other a major piece of bad news. The nice one is murdered and her boyfriend is accused of the crime. The wrong man/wrong victim plot strikes again. . First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Illus. by Belarski, Rudolph (?). Vintage Paperback.

Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2003. 1st prtg. (Originally published in 1947 in England, this is the first American edition). The fourth and final title in the Lady Lupin Quartet. Fine, unread copy of this trade size paperback. Lady Lupin Lorrimer Hastings is the young, lovely, scatterbrained and kindhearted newlwed wife to the vicar of St. Marks in Glanville, Sussex. Her old society pals, Tommy and Duds Lethbridge, first met in "Who Killed the Curate?", try to erase the memories of WWII by throwing an old-fashioned Christmas party in a manor house the've recently inherited. "Dancing with Death" is a marvelous portrait of the postwatr austerity in Britian, in addition to being perhaps the best plotted book in the series. The party does not go well from the start and on New Year's morning one of Dud's pretty twin cousins is found dying in her bed. Lady Lupin is called in and chaos soon follows.. First US Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Trade Paperback.