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The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern

By: Braun, Lilian Jackson

Price: $325.00

Publisher: Dutton: 1967

Seller ID: k191109a

Condition: Near Fine

1st edition in dustjacket. A nice association copy inscribed by Braun to her sister Florence, with the stamped paw print of cat KoKo. Near fine: some age-toning to top edge; lightly cocked to right; otherwise fine. Dustjacket is very good; has some light edge wear and age-toning. Not price-clipped.
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The Cat Who Turned On and Off.

By: Braun, Lilian Jackson.

Price: $265.00

Seller ID: k105

Braun, Lilian Jackson. The Cat Who Turned On and Off. NY: E.P. Dutton, 1968. 1st ed., 8vo, blue cloth. 3rd book in the ‘cat’ series. An association copy, inscribed by Braun to her proof-reader Florence. Very good in d/w.
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Poirot's Last Case

By: Christie, Agatha

Price: $275.00

Publisher: London, Collins: 1975

Seller ID: 31702

UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOFS to first ed. 8vo, red wrappers, 221 pp. Fine copy with just a tiny, light smudge to front cover.The proof was issued under the original title 'Poirot's Last Case' whereas the published book was called 'Curtain'.
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The Mask [Masque] of the Red Death / in Graham's Magazine, 1842

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Price: $750.00

Publisher: Boston, Graham's Magazine: 1842

Seller ID: s200408c

Condition: Very good

The Mask of the Red Death - A Fantasy; in Vol. 20 of Graham's Magazine. A remarkably clean and tight copy of the classic tale’s first appearance. Contains four other works by Poe, including Life in Death and To One Departed. The Mask begins on page 257. ##### Condition: Very good overall in half-cloth/leather binding, gilt rules and titles, ribbed spine. Covers: good, with noticeable surface wear, edges and corners rubbed. Very minor crack to front paste-down; foxing to fore-edge. Interior: title page has minor damp-stain to margins and a vintage blind-stamp from an old Library at top. Re...
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All Grass Isn't Green / a Donald Lam/Bertha Cool Mystery

By: Fair, A.A. (Erle Stanley Gardner)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: William Morrow: 1970

Seller ID: k190817d

Condition: Fine

1st ed., 8vo, black boards. A fine, virtually pristine copy with some very light wear to bottom edge of spine only. In fine d/w with mylar protected jacket -- not price-clipped.
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The Case of the Irate Witness; a Perry Mason Mystery and Other Stories.

By: Gardner, Erle Stanley

Price: $250.00

Publisher: William Morrow: 1975

Seller ID: k190817a

Condition: Fine

1st ed., 8vo, black boards, white titles. Published posthumously, an unusually scarce Gardner title -- especially in this condition. The title story is the only short story Gardner wrote featuring his most famous character Perry Mason. Other: The Jeweled Butterfly, Something Like a Pelican, and A Man is Missing) A fine, as-new copy in fine, mylar protected jacket -- not price-clipped.
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The Case of the Postponed Murder a Perry Mason Mystery / A New Perry Mason Novel

By: Gardner, Erle Stanley

Price: $65.00

Publisher: William Morrow: 1973

Seller ID: k190817b

Condition: Fine

William Morrow and Company, New York, 1973. 1st ed., 8vo, black boards, gilt titles. A fine, pristine copy in fine, mylar protected jacket -- not price-clipped.
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The Case of the Nervous Accomplice / A Perry Mason Mystery

By: Gardner, Erle Stanley

Price: $75.00

Publisher: William Morrow: 1955

Seller ID: k190817c

Condition: Fine

1st Edition. 8vo, green boards, black titles. A fine, virtually pristine copy with just a hint of wear at bottom edge of spine. In near-fine d/w with 1/4” closed ear at upper right front; ½” closed tear at lower front flap, slight surface wear.
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The Bay Psalm Book Murder [inscribed with added ALS]

By: Harriss, Will

Price: $125.00

Publisher: New York, Walker and Company: 1983

Seller ID: 121310

Fine, nearly new copy in fine d/w, inscribed by author Harriss on the front endpaper. Accompanied by three signed letters, 1984-1985 by Harris to former Los Angeles book dealer Joan Perkal. One letter on Harris’s embossed stationary is typed, two are holographic. Also a fourth signed penciled note. All commenting on books he purchased or is trying to obtain.
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Deadline at Dawn

By: Irish, William

Price: $235.00

Publisher: New York, Lippincott Story Press Book: 1944

Seller ID: 022008

Good+ copy; clean and sound except for upper corners of binding rubbed and frayed. No toning or staining to pages or boards. Jacket has a ½”x2” open tear and several smaller tears along top front; similar tears on back cover and a 1”x3/4” open tear at bottom of spine. Some edgewear to jacket along spine and lower edge. Suspense thriller taking place in one evening, young couple races against the clock to find a murderer and lest they be accused of the crime. Subject for 1946 Film Noir classic of the same name starring Susan Hayward and Paul Lukas.
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Dead Man Blues

By: Irish, William (Cornell Woolrich)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: 1948, J. B. Lippincott Company / Story Press Book:

Seller ID: k190719d

Condition: Very Good-Near Fine

8vo, 1st ed. [stated on copyright page], green boards. A collection of seven noir suspense stories, previously published between 1937-1947 in different periodicals. "Guillotine", "The Earring", "If the Dead Could Talk", "Fire Escape", "Fountain Pen", "You Take Ballistics", and "Funeral" Several were the bases for successful film noir productions. Near fine in fair d/w. The book itself is very good-near fine: a clean, square copy with a hint of wear to spine ends and browning to end papers. The dustjacket is not price-clipped. No major tears but numerous small nicks along top and bottom edg...
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Unnatural Causes

By: James, P. D.

Price: $235.00

Publisher: NY, Charles Scribners Sons: 1967

Seller ID: 081407

1st U.S. edition, signed by P.D. James on the title page. A fine, nearly pristine copy in dust jacket. The only defect is a bit of dust-discoloration on the top edge. The signature was added later, in 1990.
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The Pavilion

By: Lawrence, Hilda

Price: $29.50

Publisher: Simon and Schuster: 1946

Seller ID: k18022607

Condition: Near fine

1st ed. 12mo, black cloth. An Inner Sanctum Mystery. A bright, near-fine copy with typical age-toning to page edges; no tears or chips; not brittle. Printed label of the author’s management agency on front end paper. Jacket is good+-very good: not price clipped ($2.00) and no significant tears, but small chips at corners, top of spine, bottom edge.
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Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler / A Checklist and Bibliography of Their Paperback Appearances

By: Lovisi, Gary (ed.)

Price: $65.00

Seller ID: 040306

Brooklyn: Gryphon Books, 1994. 8vo, wrappers. 84 pp. Pristine copy; 1st edition of this indispensable reference for Hammett and Chandler collectors. limited to only 500 copies. As-new.
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The Fog Comes

By: Mary Collins

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Charles Scribners Sons: 1941

Seller ID: cr180613a

12mo, decorated blue cloth. First ed; with publisher’s logo and ‘A’ on copyright page. The murder of a Californian woman who indulged in blackmail, and whose murder puts several relatives under suspicion. Very good; a clean, tight copy very lightly cocked; end papers toned; contemporary bookstore seal inside back cover. Inscribed May 17, 1941 on ffep to Edward Crussell, Sacramento bookseller. Dustjacket is good with wear to edges, some nicking and chipping at spine ends, age toning to spine and back cover.
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The Black Path of Fear

By: Woolrich, Cornell

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Garden City / New York, Doran and Company / Crime Club: 1944

Seller ID: 121304

1st Edition, so stated. This bears the ''First Edition'' statement on the copyright page and a 1944 date on the title page. A wartime edition, with a wartime compliance statement on the synopsis page, and a Buy Bonds ad on the rear flap of the jacket. Gray cloth. Good+ with a Fair dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact. There appears to be the remnant of a gummed label on the front endpaper; no other reportable defects to the book. Jacket has a one-inch open tear at bottom of spine and numerous smaller chips and tears along edges.
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Times Square

By: Woolrich, Cornell

Price: $200.00

Publisher: New York, Horace Liveright: 1929

Seller ID: 121305

First Edition with matching dates of 1929 and no subsequent printings. Black cloth stamped brightly in white on the front boards and the spine. No dustjacket. Very good. Prior owner’s stamped name inside front cover and owner’s name and address embossed on title page. Label of ‘The Satyr Book Shop’ (Hollywood) inside front cover.
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The Black Path of Fear

By: Woolrich, Cornell

Price: $275.00

Publisher: Doubleday Doran & Co: Crime Club: 1944

Seller ID: cr180613b

First edition. Basis for the 1946 film noir The Chase, starring Robert Cummings and Peter Lorre. Johnson, The Dark Page, p. 296. A very good copy; clean and tight with no damage other than very light rubbing to lower corners and a small rectangle of paper/glue residue on ffep possibly from a prior bookplate removal. [1/2”x1”] Dust jacket is fair only; not price-clipped but with significant chipping to edges and corners and 1” closed tear at bottom of spine.
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