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If He Hollers Let Him Go
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1945. First edition. Signed. Signed by the author on the front flyleaf... Read More about If He Hollers Let Him Go
Price: $2,000
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Uncommon early detective fiction
The Young Detective; Or, Which Won?
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1870. First edition, issued as the fifth book in the 'Rosa Abbott Stories'. Uncommon early detective fiction. Uncommon; early mystery/detective fiction. Read More about The Young Detective; Or, Which Won?
Price: $200
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..... 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. 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
Signed by Borges, from His Library
Frequent Hearses. A Detective Story.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1950. First edition. Signed by Borges, from His Library. Borges was an attentive and discriminating reader of detective fiction, and in April 1952 lectured on “The detective novel from the origins to the present day” at the Asociación Argentina de Cultura Inglesa. Read More about Frequent Hearses. A Detective Story
Price: $5,000
Signed by Borges
Thunder of the Roses. A Detective Novel Introduced by Jorge Luis Borges. Translated by Donald A. Yates.
New York: Herder and Herder, [1972]. First edition. Signed by Borges. Detective novel, originally published as El Estruendo de las Rosas (1948), translated by Donald A. Yates, scholar and translator of Jorge Luis Borges, who has contributed an introduction. Signed by Borges on the title page, and with a loosely..... Read More about Thunder of the Roses. A Detective Novel Introduced by Jorge Luis Borges. Translated by Donald A....
Price: $750
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La muerte y la brújula.
Buenos Aires: Emecé Editores, [1951]. First edition, revised and corrected by the author, with a new Prólogo dated 9 August 1951. Signed. Collection of his most celebrated tales, including Hombre de la esquina rosada, El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan, and La muerte y la brújula (Death and the..... Read More about La muerte y la brújula
Price: $2,500
With agreement signed by H. Bustos Domecq
[Typescript agreement to reprint “Los doce figuras del mundo” by H. Bustos Domecq in Latin Blood, signed by Borges and...
Buenos Aires: Herder and Herder, October 5, 1971. With agreement signed by H. Bustos Domecq. Both members of the collective pseudonym H. Bustos Domecq have signed this agreement for the appearance in Latin Blood. The Best Crime and Detective Stories of South America, an excellent anthology edited by Donald A...... Read More about Typescript agreement to reprint “Los doce figuras del mundo” by H. Bustos Domecq in Latin...
Price: $2,000
AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK INSCRIBED TO ROBIN WINKS
The Giant Rat of Sumatra.
London: W. H. Allen, 1977. First English edition of author's first book. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK INSCRIBED TO ROBIN WINKS. Inscribed by Richard L. Boyer, on the title page, to Edgar Award winning author, Robin Winks: "For Robin Winks- With appreciation, and all Best Wishes! X-Mas, 1985. Rick Boyer" [Robin Winks..... Read More about The Giant Rat of Sumatra
Price: $400
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
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
‘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 Lady in the Lake.
Stockholm/London: Zephyr Books, [1943]. Zephyr Books. Library of British and American Authors Vol. 162. Read More about The Lady in the Lake
Price: $50
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: $2,500
Taken at the Flood.
London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1948. First edition. Front panel states: "A full-length Poirot Novel" Read More about Taken at the Flood
Price: $300
The Haunted Hotel. A Mystery of Modern Venice.
Toronto: Rose-Belford Publishing Company, 1878. First edition, preceding the English edition. Published in October, 1878. Collins’ novel of intrigue and experimental chemistry was serialized in Belgravia from June to November 1878. This Canadian printing precedes the Chatto & Windus edition, published in two volumes in 1879. Read More about The Haunted Hotel. A Mystery of Modern Venice
Price: $1,500
"I Say No" or the Love Letter Answered.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884. A mystery with an heroine becoming a detective, telling the true story of her father's death. The plot relies heavily on coincidence and, as in The Law and the Lady, a supposed murder turns out to have been suicide. Read More about "I Say No" or the Love Letter Answered
Price: $75
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
Beautiful Copy of a Classic
The Hound of the Baskervilles.
London: George Newnes, 1902. First edition. Beautiful Copy of a Classic. “Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!” A beautiful copy of the rare first edition of the most famous of the Sherlock Holmes novels. Read More about The Hound of the Baskervilles
Price: $7,500
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