Hammett to Bebe Daniels
The Maltese Falcon
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Later edition, seventh printing. Hammett to Bebe Daniels. An extraordinary association copy... Read More about The Maltese Falcon
Price: $25,000
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The Mask of Dimitrios.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, [1939]. First edition. One of Ambler’s most celebrated novels and the basis for the 1944 film, A Coffin for Dimitrios, starring Peter Lorre, Sidney Greenstreet, and Zachary Scott. Rare. Read More about The Mask of Dimitrios
Price: $850
The Schirmer Inheritance.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First American edition. Read More about The Schirmer Inheritance
Price: $150
"Self-discipline is the professional writer's primary need"
Typed Letter Signed ("Eric Ambler") to Westley S. Hartley, in response to the latter's question regarding the value of Ambler's...
London: 1 November, 1957. "Self-discipline is the professional writer's primary need" Interesting letter from Ambler, in answer to the question, "How important to you was your high school education, and is college experience necessary for creative writing?" Ambler points out that in England "there is no real equivalent of 'high school'..... Read More about Typed Letter Signed ("Eric Ambler") to Westley S. Hartley, in response to the latter's...
Price: $500
Typed Letter, Signed, To Mr. Edwin Knopf, of Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
16 Pelham Crescent, London: 1st April, 1955. Writing, in part, “Your letter of February 15th has only just reached me. Unfortunately, I left the house to which it was addressed eight years ago. Reading your letter now makes me even sadder that I was before at the way things worked..... Read More about Typed Letter, Signed, To Mr. Edwin Knopf, of Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Price: $400
Typed Letter, Signed, To Mr. T. Roy Pitts, sending autograph.
Los Angeles: December 10, 1962. Read More about Typed Letter, Signed, To Mr. T. Roy Pitts, sending autograph
Price: $250
The James Bond Dossier.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1965]. First edition. Read More about The James Bond Dossier
Price: $650
The Queen Anne's Gate Mystery. A Novel.
London: F.V. White & Co, 1889. First edition. Read More about The Queen Anne's Gate Mystery. A Novel
Price: $185
Early James Baldwin
"The Outing". Published in "NEW STORY" The Monthly Magazine for the Short Story, Vol. 1 - No. 2, April 1951...
Paris: [Gargoyle Press], 1951. First edition. Early James Baldwin. This short story preceeds publication of Baldwin's first novel which was published in 1953. Other authors in this volume include William Demby, Leslie Schenk, Lurie, petrina, Roskolenko, Sohmers, Yorck and Lucey. Read More about "The Outing". Published in "NEW STORY" The Monthly Magazine for the Short...
Price: $125
The Instrument of Destiny. A Detective Story.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, [1928]. First edition. Read More about The Instrument of Destiny. A Detective Story
Price: $90
Kai Lung's Golden Hours.
New York: George H. Doran, [1923]. First American Edition. Inscribed on the half-title: "Not that I assume to select your reading- Merely a thought that you would enjoy these delightful stories, and the quaint form of their telling. Cordially Will Bradley July '23"... Read More about Kai Lung's Golden Hours
Price: $350
We All Killed Grandma.
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1952. First edition. Read More about We All Killed Grandma
Price: $150
Corrected Typescript of a George Bruce “Dr. Corrigan” Detective Story
“Claim of the Little Red Bugs. A Doctor Corrigan Story”: Original typescript of this detective story, heavily corrected in pencil...
n.p: Ca. 1936. Corrected Typescript of a George Bruce “Dr. Corrigan” Detective Story. One of a series published in the magazine: a pencilled note advises: “Get build-up of Dr. Corrigan from first story and insert in proper place.”. Read More about “Claim of the Little Red Bugs. A Doctor Corrigan Story”: Original typescript of this...
Price: $1,500
Queen's Quorum
Limehouse Nights: Tales of Chinatown.
London: Grant Richards Limited, 1916. First edition. Queen's Quorum. Refused by 12 publishers before Grant Richards accepted it. These are the first published tales by Burke of London's East End. Read More about Limehouse Nights: Tales of Chinatown
Price: $400
By Order of the Brotherhood. A Story of Russian Intrigue By Le Voleur.
London: Macmillan, 1895. Macmillan's Colonial Library. Read More about By Order of the Brotherhood. A Story of Russian Intrigue By Le Voleur
Price: $200
‘about as unobtrusive as a tarantula on a slice of angel-food’
Killer in the Rain. With an introduction by Philip Durham.
London: Hamish Hamilton, [1964]. First edition. ‘about as unobtrusive as a tarantula on a slice of angel-food’. The first posthumous collection of Chandler's early stories, with Durham's pioneering appreciation of Chandler's art and technique. Read More about Killer in the Rain. With an introduction by Philip Durham
Price: $500
The Long Good-Bye.
London: Hamish Hamilton, [1953]. First edition. A fine copy of the first edition of the sixth Philip Marlowe novel, published the year before the American edition. Read More about The Long Good-Bye
Price: $1,750
Enter the Saint.
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, [1930]. First Edition. The third book featuring Simon Templar as "The Saint" Read More about Enter the Saint
Price: $600
The Law & The Lady. A Novel.
London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, 1875. First edition. Read More about The Law & The Lady. A Novel
Price: $1,200
French Strikes Oil. [An Inspector French Novel].
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1952]. First English edition. Read More about French Strikes Oil. [An Inspector French Novel
Price: $300
“In Re: Sherlock Holmes” The Adventures of Solar Pons. With an Introduction by Vincent Starrett.
Sauk City, Wisconsin: Mycroft and Moran, 1945. First edition. One of 3000 copies. Read More about “In Re: Sherlock Holmes” The Adventures of Solar Pons. With an Introduction by Vincent Starrett
Price: $225
The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
London: George Newnes, 1905. First English edition. Read More about The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Price: $750
The Second Sherlock Holmes Novel
The Sign of Four.
London: Spencer Blackett, 1890. First edition, first issue binding with “Spencer Blackett’s Standard Library” on spine bound in. The Second Sherlock Holmes Novel. An attractively re-bound copy of the first edition of the second Sherlock Holmes novel. Read More about The Sign of Four
Price: $5,500
The Second Sherlock Holmes Novel
The Sign of Four.
London: George Newnes, Limited, 1893. Third Edition. The Second Sherlock Holmes Novel. Read More about The Sign of Four
Price: $750
Lettered Copy, Signed by the Author
The Dark Fantastic.
New York: The Mysterious Press, [1983]. Copy lettered F, signed by the author, from a stated edition of 250 copies. Lettered Copy, Signed by the Author. Read More about The Dark Fantastic
Price: $150
Inscribed to Ronald Colman, Bull Dog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond Stands Fast.
London: Hodde & Stoughton, [1947]. First edition. Inscribed to Ronald Colman, Bull Dog Drummond. "For Ronnie ' One Drummond to another!' Gerard Fairlie 1947." Colman played the part twice in the movies. Read More about Bulldog Drummond Stands Fast
Price: $1,250