‎Biography‎

‎Williams, Sydney‎

‎THE DRURY CLUB CASE‎

‎N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap 1927. 1st G&D edition February 1927 a month after originally published. Light wear along edges pages browning and lightly spotted else a very nice tight copy of hard to find title. Williams was born in Maine; was a reporter literary editor drama critic on newspapers in Maine Boston and Philadelphia. This copy although not marked as such comes from the George Cloos collection of detective fiction. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Book. Grosset & Dunlap‎

Bookseller reference : 020366

‎Gorman, Ed‎

‎TICKET TO RIDE‎

‎N.Y.: Pegasus Books 2009. 1st edition November 2009 so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in near fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. "Smalltown small-mindedness drives Gorman's entertaining eighth mystery to feature lawyer Sam McCain after 2007's Fools Rush In. As the Vietnam war escalates during the summer of 1965 Lou Bennett the socially prominent father of a slain soldier interrupts a protest demonstration in Sam's hometown of Black River Falls Iowa. When Bennett's murdered that night the stupid and prejudiced local police chief arrests an obnoxiously mouthy protester. Sam soon learns that the crime may actually be related to Bennett's shady business dealings and his involvement in the murder of a lower-class young woman he considered unworthy of his son. Besides getting the pop culture of the period right Gorman captures the baffled frustration of provincial folk who don't want to believe that things are more complicated than they look that it's sometimes a mistake to trust people in authority. Readers will be left wondering whether it's time for Sam to grow up and leave home." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Book. Pegasus Books‎

Bookseller reference : 020293 ISBN : 1605980706 9781605980706

‎Sellon, Capt. Edward‎

‎THE UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE: A FRAGMENT LIMITED EDITION‎

‎Miami Beach: FL: Dennis McMillan 1987. 1st American Edition December 1987 so stated. LIMITED to 400 copies; 374 bound in cloth and 26 lettered copies bound in goatskin. A fine unread copy still in shrinkwrap. Red cloth lettered in gold on the spine panel decorated endpapers. Contains 8 colour reproductions of the original plates from the first edition. Introduction and Postscript by C. J. Scheiner. First published in London in 1867. It is the rarest erotic autobiography known. Only a single extant copy of the 1867 first edition is known and that is in a private collection inaccesable to the general public. The text of this edition is an edited version of the first two printings of the text originally published in 1867 correcting misspellings and obvious grammatical and syntactical errors found. Dustjacket and endpapers were designed by Joe Servello. . 1st American Edition. Cloth. New/As New. Illus. by Servello Joe. Book. Dennis McMillan Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 020315

‎Leonard, Charles L. pseudonym of M. V. Heberden,‎

‎TREACHERY IN TRIESTE‎

‎Garden City New York: Crime Club Doubleday 1951. 1st edition so stated. A near fine copy in dust jacket unclipped $2.50 price intact. Spine edges rubbed pages age toned damp stain at rear a few small nicks. "When private detective Paul Kilgerrin conferred with British and American intelligence officers in Venice he found himself in the middle of a hotbed of a Facist and Communist intrigue." Doubleday Crime Club Compendium 1928-1991 by Ellen Nehr; Offspring Press 1992. This copy although not marked as such comes from the Otto Penzler collection. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book. Crime Club Doubleday‎

Bookseller reference : 020325

‎Pawel, Rebecca‎

‎DEATH OF A NATIONALIST‎

‎N.Y.: Soho Crime 2003. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. Tiniest reminder dot at bottom of pages. 1939 Spain. "The immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War provides the bleak setting for Pawel's stirring first novel. Madrid in 1939 is filled with bomb craters desecrated churches and nearly abandoned streets while black markets are just about the only markets with anything to sell. The hatreds and atrocities shared by the Nationalists supported by the fascists and the Republicans supported by the Communists still simmer and erupt in sporadic violence. The Guardia Civil has the responsibility to maintain authority-and their enthusiasm and ruthlessness for enforcing order terrorizes the citizens. The intertwined fates of Sergeant Tejada Alonzo y Leon of the Guardia Civil and that of Gonzalo Llorente a wounded Republican in hiding are handled with unusual skill and subtlety. When Tejada arrives at the scene where a murdered comrade lies he leaps to a conclusion about the killer's identity. He must follow a tortuous path to find the real killer and ultimately redemption. Gonzalo has lost his love as well as his hope for any kind of future. His one aim is for a small measure of vengeance before he dies. Pawel is unsparing in her depiction of the casual brutalities spawned by the war but also offers evidence of the power of little civilities and kindnesses in a novel that easily transcends the formulaic crime story." -- Publishers Weekly. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Remainder. Soho Crime Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 020261 ISBN : 1569473048 9781569473047

‎Lady Holland; Mrs Austin (ed)‎

‎A Memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith‎

‎Longmans Green and Co 1869. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. 8vo red marbled boards 1/2 brown leather. Gilt lettering in black label on backstrip. Gilt motif and design on backstrip. Raised bands with gilt design. Front cover detached but present. Backstrip torn in places. Bumped corners and chipped edges. Marbled page edges. Marbled end papers. Pages and text are clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item900grams ISBN: Longmans Green and Co hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 9262020

‎Hawthorne, N.‎

‎Passages from the French and Italian Note-Books of Nathaniel Hawthorne Volume 2‎

‎Strahan & Co Publishers 1871. Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. 8vo blue leather binding. Blindstamping on front and back covers. Gilt lettering and stamp bands on backstrip. White library sticker and pen on backstrip. Shelf wear and lightly bumped corners. Wear to top of backstrip and some staining on both covers. Unfinished page edges. Front and back hinges split. Very light foxing. Section of page block from page 81-144 loose but intact via some threads. Pages are clean and text is clear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN: Strahan & Co Publishers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 9264124

‎Reed, Mary & Eric Mayer‎

‎ONE FOR SORROW SIGNED COPYFIRST BOOK‎

‎Scottsdale: AZ: Poisoned Pen Press 1999. 1st edition so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine unread copy in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. Authors 1st book. and 1st book in the series. SIGNED COPY. Signed by both authors. "Painting an enticing picture of sixth-century Byzantium Reed and Mayer ably evoke court intrigue and the conflict of religious beliefs in the Christian capital of Constantinople. The sleuth is John the Eunuch lord chamberlain to Emperor Justinian. When the body of Leukos the Keeper of the Plate is found in a filthy alley behind a house of ill repute the emperor asks John to investigate. John obliges because as Leukos's friend he can't imagine what a devout Christian such as Leukos was doing in a whorehouse or who would have wanted to murder the kindly man. The obvious suspect is an old itinerant soothsayer. But again John can't fathom why his friend would be courting pagan practices such as having his fortune told. Oddly after John talks to him the old man vanishes rumored to have drowned in the sea while trying to flee the city. Another suspect is a knight from King Arthur's court on a quest for the Holy Grail. After the soothsayer disappears however Emperor Justinian seems suddenly cool to John's efforts to pursue evidence against other possible culprits. John's investigations are further hampered by the sudden appearance of his ex-wife and a daughter he did not know he had: years earlier John had been captured and sold into slavery forever separated from his wife and emasculated by barbarians. the authors gracefully intertwine John's personal history and the traffic in holy artifacts with the early history of Christianity. " -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book. Poisoned Pen Press‎

Bookseller reference : 020164 ISBN : 1890208191 9781890208196

‎Farrer, Katharine‎

‎THE MISSING LINK A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery‎

‎Lyons Colorado U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press 2004. 1st prtg. A fine unread copy. A gypsy woman's vision puts a gentleman copper on the trail of a kidnapper in the streets gardens and halls of Oxford. When two month-old Perdita Link goes missing from her pram in an Oxford don's garden Inspector Richard Ringwood is asked to interrupt his courting to track her down. It's a very perplexing case. There are almost as many suspects as leads including a gypsy woman a mysterious foreign intruder an observing young thug a conscientious nanny and even an eccentric don or two. All Inspector Ringwood knows for sure is that his chances of finding young Perdita alive lessen with each passing hour. With the help of his fiancée Claire Liddicote and Sam Plummer a resourceful if plodding Oxford policeman Richard explores every corner of this ancient university town from its academic halls to nearby gypsy encampments. An Oxford graduate himself Richard is equally at home trading witticisms in Latin with the dons as he is in using his limited Romany book-learned he has no idea how the words are pronounced to converse with an old gypsy woman. He's taken aback when she goes into a trance and tells him he is to deal with "a single loss a double find." Written by the w ife of Austin Farrer described by the Archbishop of Canterbury as "'possibIy the greatest Anglican mind ol the twentieth century" this very cleverly titled 1952 traditional English mystery offers up a marvelous portrait ot life in Oxford where the Farrers were intimate friends to CS. Lewis Charles Williams .J.R.R. Tolkien and Dorothy L. Sayers. While there's plenty ot attention paid to the coming and goings of the dons much of it with tongue firmly planted in cheek Farrer also depicts the daily doings of their families as well as the townspeople. with an insider's quiet humor. The action comes to a head during a very avant garde performance of Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale' leading to Richard's gripping fnial battle with a most fiercesome adversary. 192 pages. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Illus. by Pudim Rob. Trade Paperback. Rue Morgue Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 020148 ISBN : 0915230720 9780915230723

‎Jecks, Michael‎

‎THE TRAITOR OF ST. GILES SIGNED COPY‎

‎London England: Headline 2000. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. SIGNED signature only by the author on the title page. Ninth book in the medieval mystery series featuring Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock; A Medieval West Country Mystery "In this medieval romp the ninth in the series Belladonna at Belstone etc. Sir Baldwin de Furnshill keeper of the king's peace in Crediton and his old friend Bailiff Simon Puttock join the throngs gathering at Lord Hugh de Courtenay's castle in Tiverton to celebrate the midsummer feast of St. Giles. Trouble is afoot. Hugh Despenser King Edward II's corrupt favorite is attracting nobles to his ignoble cause and threatening civil war. Someone murders Sir Gilbert de Carlisle Despenser's ambassador to Lord Hugh while he's carrying a chest of gold to the king. The head and body of outlaw Philip Dyne are found nearby. Harlewin le Poter coroner of Tiverton announces that Dyne killed Sir Gilbert; two upright citizens then beheaded Dyne as he was trying to escape. Meanwhile St. Giles Fair is in full swing. Its festivities provide a delightful picture of everyday life in the Middle Ages. Everything from dress to living accommodations to common speech especially the curses rings true. This is a crowded tapestry of a book peopled with well-developed villains of every stripe. One of the most difficult aspects of solving the case is the sheer number of suspects. It seems that everyone had some excuse to be in the forest glade where Dyne and Sir Gilbert were killed. Set upon by footpads and cutthroats Sir Baldwin and Simon realize that the truth behind the murders is far more sinister and complex than the coroner imagines." --- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Book. Headline Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 020066 ISBN : 0747274037 9780747274032

‎Burns William J. & Isabel Ostrander‎

‎THE CREVICE‎

‎N.Y.: W.J Watt and Company 1915. 1st edition. British title: The Lawton Mystery. Nash 1917. Only book by Burns who was a detective Secret Service agent founder of Burns Detective Agency; and head of FBI 1921-1924. Some light rubbing and soiling to covers pages tanned and some wear along edges spine head and foot soiled else a very good copy of a scarce title. Now in homemade acetate dust wrapper. Frontispiece with tissue protector and 3 sets of double plates two pages . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Grefe Will. Book. W.J Watt and Company Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 020002

‎Monroe, Steve‎

‎'46 Chicago‎

‎N.Y.: Miramax Books 2002. 1st ed. A fine copy of the Advance Uncorrected Proof. Chicago cop Gus Carson was bad crooked and dangerous before he went to war. But having survived a Japanese submarine attack in the Pacic he returns a changed man. So it is plain lousy luck that hes with a pretty hooker in a brothel when a gunman murders two people there. Old habits die hard and Carson takes the gunman down saving the state of Illinois the cost of a trial.and gets suspended from the police department for his good deed. Now with few prospects and no cash Carson accepts a job that smells fishy from the start: an aspiring politician hires him to find a kidnapped black racketeer. The hunt will send Carson on a dangerous ride through the city where his life soon isn't worth the price of a beer. And for those who don't remember the 1940s thats five cents. A page-turning noir detective story 46 Chicago proves Monroe to be a new master of the genre. 1st Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Miramax Books Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 020043 ISBN : 0786867310 9780786867318

‎Monfredo, Miriam G.‎

‎BLACKWATER SPIRITS: A Glynis Tryon Historical Mystery SIGNED COPY‎

‎N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press 1995. 1st edition February 1995 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. SIGNED by the author at title page. ".Monfredo's third historical mystery featuring Glynis Tryon librarian in Seneca Falls N.Y. in the mid-18th century. Glynis and the newly arrived doctor a young Jewish woman from New York City overhear a farmer voice fears for his life to Constable Cullen Stuart. Soon the farmer is fatally poisoned and Cullen enlists Glynis's aid in talking to the farmer's angry widow who suggests her husband's murder will be followed by others. Soon three more men have died. Suspicion focuses on Cullen's former deputy Jacques Sundown known to be present at each murder site. When he is arrested for the murder of a woman Glynis who has a strong attachment to the quiet younger man now living with his mother's people on the Black Brook reservation resolves to prove his innocence.this novel includes a section of historical notes at the end which provide more detail on the names places and situations mentioned in the story. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book. Saint Martin's Press‎

Bookseller reference : 019960 ISBN : 031211754x 9780312117542

‎Hardwick, Michael‎

‎PRISONER OF THE DEVIL: Sherlock Holmes & the Dreyfus Case‎

‎NY: Proteus 1980. 1st edition 2nd Printing September 1980. light edgewear page edges lightly spotted else near fine in rubbed dust jacket light wear at head and foot not price clipped $9.95 in protective mylar cover. 1895 France. "The case is one of the most notorious in European history -that of the French Jew Alfred Dreyfus.In 1895 Dreyfus a mild and somewhat unprepossessing man was carving out a modestly successful career in the French military and was employed on the General Staff when he was accused of trying to sell military secrets to the Germans .He was tried "in camera" and found guilty on the flimsiest of evidence being sentenced to life imprisonment on the notorious Devil's Island near the coast of South Americathe widespread view of his supporters and other interested parties being that his social isolation and religionhe was Jewishmade him an ideal scapegoat for the misdeeds of other better placed people . Holmes is approached by Dreyfus' brother Matthieu but he refuses to become involved until he is asked to do so by none other than Queen Victoria who is worried that the case may be exploited by those anxious to drive a wedge between Britain and Germany.Under cover as a journalist he travels to the area sneaks onto the Island and meets Dreyfus and is persuaded of his innocence .Holmes uncovers the truth -that Dreyfus is indeed a victim of wider European power struggles .His brother Mycroft warns Holmes off the case claiming his involvement threatens the stability of Europe and throws a number of obstacles in the path of a wholly satisfactory resolution to the case". First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Proteus Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 019825 ISBN : 0906071119 9780906071113

‎Jeffreys, JG. J. G.‎

‎SUICIDE MOST FOUL: A Bow Street Runners Mystery‎

‎N.Y.: Walker 1981. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in very lightly soiled dust jacket one closed tear at rear panel sunned at spine and lightly soiled not price clipped with protective mylar cover. June 1815 finds Jeremy Sturrock of the Bow Street Runners and his horrible little clerk Maggsy at the Battle of Waterloo. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Walker Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 019765 ISBN : 0802754309 9780802754301

‎Johnson, W. Bolingbroke pseud of Bishop, Morris‎

‎THE WIDENING STAIN: A Comic 1940s Mystery Set at an Ivy League Library‎

‎Binghampton: NY: The Cornell University Library Associates 1976. 1st. edition thus. This is a facsimile edition published by The Cornell University Library Associates for its members and for friends of Cornell University very low print run. Top of page edges spotted else near fine in dust jacket. A debonair English professor with a penchant for limericks turns sleuth when bodies show up in the stacks at an Ivy League library . Professor Parry was tall blond and handsome. His only flaws were his thinning hair and an uncontrollable urge to inject original limericks into every conversation. When a black -haired black-eyed professor of French whose accent was said to take on the flavor of garlic when she got excited is found dead in the college library Parry has personal reasons to look into her death. Set at a thinly disguised version of Cornell University The Widening Stain was written by a Cornell professor of romance literature later its provost who frequently contributed short humor pieces to The New Yorker Saturday Evening Post and Life. He pubished his only mystery under a pseudonym and denied at least in jest authorship. A copy of the book was found in the Cornell Library with the following limerick scribbled on the flyleaf: A cabin in northern Wisconsin / Is what I would be for the nonce in / To be rid of the pain / Of The Widening Stain / And W. Bolingbroke Johnson . But the only pain readers will suffer will come from laughing so hard their sides might split. Published in 1942 the book was an immediate hit going into several printings. . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Kauffer E. McKnight. Book. The Cornell University Library Associates‎

Bookseller reference : 019743

‎MacShane, Frank‎

‎THE LIFE OF RAYMOND CHANDLER EDGAR AWARD FINALST‎

‎Boston MA U.S.A.: G.K. Hall & Co. 1986. 1st ed. 16 pages of photographs. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE. 306 pages incl. "Chandler's Publications" Notes and Index. Page edges lightly dust else a fine unread copy. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book. G.K. Hall & Co. Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 019663 ISBN : 0839829051 9780839829058

‎Carr, John Dickson‎

‎THE CROOKED HINGE A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery‎

‎Boulder CO U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press 2008. 1st prtg. A fine unread copy of the trade paperback originally published in 1938. Twenty-five years ago John Farnleigh the heir to the baronetcy of Mallingford and Sloane then a young and wild boy exiled to America survived the sinking of the Titanic. It's now 1937 two years after he returned to England to claim his inheritance. Only is he really the heir Another man has just shown up also claiming to be John Farnleigh explaining that as boys the two men switched identities as the ship was sinking. The key to solving the mystery lies with an old set of fingerprints taken by young Farnleigh's tutor. But before the two men's fingerprints can be compared one member of the household has his throat cut in plain sight by an unseen hand. Everyone is pretty certain the crime isn't the work of a ghost. Odder yet the victim is the last person one would expect to be murdered. Fortunately Dr. Gideon Fell an amateur sleuth with a knack for solving impossible crimes happens to be staying at the local pub. First published in 1938 The Crooked Hinge is considered one of the best books by the acknowledged master of the locked room and impossible crime. . 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. As New. Illus. by Pudim Rob. Trade Paperback. Rue Morgue Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 019659 ISBN : 1601870205 9781601870209

‎Peters Elizabeth‎

‎THE GOLDEN ONE : A Novel of Suspense. AWARD FINALIST‎

‎New York NY U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon 2002. First edition so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in lightly worn dust jacket. An AGATHA AWARD Finalist. It is 1917 and The Great War shows no sign of abating. Answering the siren call of Egypt once more Amelia Peabody and her family arrive at their home in Luxor to learn of a new Royal Tomb that has been ransacked by thieves. Soon the intrepid clan of archaeologists are confronted by an even more disturbing outrage: the discovery of a freshly and savagely slain corpse of a thief defiling the ancient burial sight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Morrow/Avon Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 019613 ISBN : 0380978857 9780380978854

‎De La Torre, Lillian‎

‎Dr. Sam: Johnson Detector IPL Library of Crime Classics‎

‎N.Y.: International Polygonics LTD 1983. 2nd printing October 1987. Pages lightly age toned else a fine tight copy. In eighteenth-century England Dr. Johnson and his biographer James Boswell investigate nine mysteries which involve highwaymen hidden treasure and murder. These delightful cerebral mysteries which have more in common with Sherlock Holmes. The stories are related by James Boswell the real life biographer of Dr. Samuel Johnson. Some are based upon actual events with Johnson and Boswell added by literary license. In all of the stories the language and surroundings ring true to the period. 2nd Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Illus. by Sweny Stephen. Book. International Polygonics, LTD Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 019448 ISBN : 0930330080 9780930330088

‎De La Torre, Lillian‎

‎THE DETECTIONS OF DR:SAM JOHNSON Ipl Library of Crime Classics‎

‎N.Y.: International Polygonics LTD 1984. Light soiling at spine else near fine copy. Eight short stories written in the richly ornate style of Boswell in which the sage of Fleet Street and his biographer devote their prodigious learning to the detection of 18th century crime and chicanery. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Illus. by Sweny Stephen. Book. International Polygonics, LTD Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 019450 ISBN : 0930330099 9780930330095

‎Adams, Herbert‎

‎THE GOLDEN APE‎

‎Philadelphia: Lippencourt 1930. First Edition. Book has yellow cover cloth which is lightly soiled blue lettering is lightly faded but very legible. Dust jacket is solid has some slight nicks small chips and lightly soiled. Dust jacket is not clipped $2.00 price is intact and in mylar protector. Uncommon in this condition with dust jacket. Features Jimmy Haswell. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Book. Lippencourt Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 019421

‎Abbot, Anthony (Fulton Oursler)‎

‎THE SHUDDERS: A Thatcher Colt Police Mystery‎

‎New York and Toronto: Farrar and Rinehart 1943. First edition. Light blue cloth with light foxing on page edges and darkening on inner hinges from glue residue bleeding through else near fine in dust jacket chipped at spine head sunned scratch at front and wear at folds. Jacket design by Robert Graves. Rear panel has plea from Oursler on the necessity of buying War Stamps and Bonds. Also on rear flap a great plug for the book by none other than J. Edgar Hoover himself! LOCKED ROOM./ IMPOSSIBLE CRIME "Locked Room Murders" by Robert Adey #5. Thatcher Colt New York City Police Commissioner has been responsible for the conviction of a villain who poisoned his boss and mentor and made off with two million never-located dollars. The evening he is to be executed the poisoner asks Colt to visit with him. He warns Colt that an even greater villain -- a Dr. Baldwin --who kills for sport and who kills undetectably is lurking about ready to do untold damage. The poisoner is executed with Colt looking on and then Colt begins an unsuccessful three-year search for Baldwin. One day the former warden of the prison at which the poisoner was executed rushes into Colt’s office to tell him that he has met Dr. Baldwin that the poisoner’s executioners are dying off and that the warden is to be next. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Graves Robert. Book. Farrar and Rinehart Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 019383

‎Thomas, Donald‎

‎The Ripper's Apprentice‎

‎N.Y.: St Martins Press 1989. 1st US edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in dust jacket not price clipped with protective mylar cover. Remainder dot at top of page edges remains of previous store label at front end paper. The truth in this tale about a poisoner who roamed London's Lambeth area in 1891-92 giving "medicine" to prostitutes and dooming them to slow agonizing deaths is more interesting than the fiction. Based on well-researched historic records Thomas's version of the madman hoping to rival Jack the Ripper is unfortunately flawed by its very accuracy. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. St Martins Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 019294 ISBN : 0312034202 9780312034207

‎Bowen, Rhys‎

‎For the Love of Mike: A Molly Murphy Mystery AWARD WINNER‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Minotaur Books 2003. First edition December 2003 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket not price clipped with protective mylar cover. Both an ANTHONY & a BRUCE ALEXANDER AWARD WINNER & a MACAVITY AWARD NOMINEE. Molly Murphy is starting to think the cards are stacked against her. She's determined to be a private detective but hampering her investigations is the fact that she's finding many places in turn-of-the-century New York City where women are not welcome something that's as frustrating to her fiery Irish pride as it is to her rapidly emptying pocketbook. Then two business opportunities pop up simultaneously. An aristocratic family in Dublin fears their daughter has fled to the New World with her unsavory boyfriend and they hire Molly to track the two down and send the young woman back home. Before she has time to consider her good luck she's asked to go undercover as a piece worker in the garment business and investigate a potential case of industrial espionage. Now if she can only solve both cases without the help of Daniel Sullivan the police captain who claims he loves her but who is engaged to someone else. Full of the rich detail of New York's teeming immigrant community and the colorful historical personalities of the age "For the Love of Mike" is the third installment in Rhys Bowen's Award-winning series. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Minotaur Books Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 019257 ISBN : 0312313004 9780312313005