Our shop has been called a "fiction-free zone" since literature, fiction and mysteries are not areas that we normally stock. But here are 152 good mysteries that are on our shelves in Walpole, New Hampshire as of September 1, 2007.  We also have separated out the Sherlock Holmes titles on a separate page, so follow this Sherlock Holmes Link. Enjoy browsing through, and feel free to place an order at any time.

1. Barnard, Robert, THE MASTERS OF THE HOUSE: A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1994) 1st ed, 214pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0684197286, (Order No: 10214 ), $4.00

2. Baroness Orczy, THE TRIUMPH OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, George H. Doran Company, New York, (1922), 314pp, good+, cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 36390 ), $25.00

3. Barrett, Neal, DEAD DOG BLUES, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1994) 1st ed, 312pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312109636, (Order No: 8574 ), $8.50

4. Bell, H. W., SHERLOCK HOLMES AND DR WATSON: THE CHRONOLOGY OF THEIR ADVENTURES, The Baker Street Irregulars, New York, 1953, 133pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) embossed spine title label, A new edition, done for Baker Street Irregulars everywhere in 350 copies, of which this is copy number 84. Contents include: I. THE EARLY PERIOD; II. THE PARTNERSHIP, TO DR. WATSON'S FIRST MARRIAGE; III. FROM DR. WATSON'S FIRST MARRIAGE TO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES; IV. FROM HOLMES'S RETURN TO DR. WATSON'S SECOND MARRIAGE; V. THE PERIOD OF DR. WATSON'S SECOND MARRIAGE; VI. FROM DR. WATSON'S RETURN TO BAKER STREET TO HIS THIRD MARRIAGE; VII. THE LAST PERIOD; VIII. THE TWO LATER CASES; APPENDIX., (Order No: 46091 ), $100.00

5. Bell, H. W. (edited by) (contributors Dorothy L. Sayers; Helen Simpson; Vernon Rendall; Vincent Starrett; S. C. Roberts; et al), BAKER-STREET STUDIES, The Baker Street Irregulars, Morristown, NJ, 1955, 223pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) embossed spine title label, A new edition, done for Baker Street Irregulars everywhere in 350 copies, of which this is copy number 98. Contents include: INTRODUCTORY NOTE; EXPLANATION; HOLMES' COLLEGE CAREER; MEDICAL CAREER AND CAPACITIES OF DR. J. H. WATSON; THE LIMITATIONS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES; THE SINGULAR ADVENTURES OF MARTHA HUDSON; THE MYSTERY OF MYCROFT; MR. MORIARTY; SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE FAIR SEX; THE DATE OF THE SIGN OF FOUR; NOTE ON DOCTOR WATSON'S WOUND. Card signed by Edgar W. Smith of the Baker Street Irregulars is laid in., (Order No: 46092 ), $100.00

6. Blakeney, T. S., SHERLOCK HOLMES: FACT OR FICTION?, The Baker Street Irregulars, Morristown, NJ, 1954, 134pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) embossed spine title label, A new edition, done for Baker Street Irregulars everywhere in 350 copies, of which this is copy number 74. Contents include: Mr. Sherlock Holmes; Holmes and Scotland Yard; The Literature Relating to Sherlock Holmes; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III., (Order No: 46089 ), $70.00

7. Brennan, Joseph Payne (introduction by Frank Belknap Long), THE CHRONICLES OF LUCIUS LEFFING, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, West Kingston, RI, 1977 1st ed, ill. by John Linton, 253pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Eight of the further exploits of Lucius Leffing, psychic investigator and private detective, are presented here for the first time in book form., (Order No: 46169 ), $20.00

8. Brown, Humphrey, OUT OF SEASON - A NEW ENGLAND MYSTERY AND ADVENTURE, Audenreed Press, Brunswick, ME, (1997), 20000, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) signed by author, ISBN 1879418835, (Order No: 49372 ), $7.50

9. Chandler, Raymond and Parker, Robert B., POODLE SPRINGS, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1989) 1st ptg, 268pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0399134824 When Raymond Chandler died in 1959, he left behind the first four chapters of a Philip Marlowe thriller. Now, thirty years later, this book is published as a full-length work because of the man considered the foremost interpreter of the Chandler tradition--Robert B. Parker., (Order No: 21836 ), $5.00

10. Christie, Agatha, THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN, Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1928 3rd ptg, 306pp, very good, blue cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Nice clean and tight, seldom read copy., (Order No: 52050 ), $17.50

11. Cody, Liza, UNDER CONTRACT: AN ANNA LEE MYSTERY, Charles Scibner's Sons, New York, (1987) 1st Amer, 262pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684187809 In the binding of this copy the rear board was trimmed even with the book block - "the rare incorrectly bound copy.", (Order No: 9537 ), $12.00

12. Cornwell, Patricia, PREDATOR, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (2005) 1st ptg, 406pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0399152830 PREDATOR is the terrifying new Dr. Kay Scarpetta crime novel., (Order No: 47263 ), $10.00

13. Crumley, James, THE LAST GOOD KISS: A NOVEL, Random House, New York, (1978) 1st ed, 261pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) - remainder mark, signed, A novel about obsessions and deadly passions. Inscribed by the author on the title page., (Order No: 31739 ), $85.00

14. Dancer, Rex, POSTCARD FROM HELL - AN ANDY DERAIN NOVEL, Simon & Schuster, New York, (1995) 1st ed, 297pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684803623 An Andy Derain Novel. Review slip and review press release (printed on heavy stock with dustjacket reproduced on one side) are both laid in., (Order No: 9726 ), $10.00

15. De Waal, Ronald Burt, THE WORLD BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SHERLOCK HOLMES AND DR. WATSON, Bramhall House, New York, (1974), B&W illustrations, 526pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517217597 A Classified and Annotated List of Materials Relating to Their Lives and Adventures. This bibliography is a comprehensive record of the various appearances in periodicals, newspapers, and books of the Canonical tales and Apocrypha written by Doyle between 1887 and 1927, together with the translations of these tales into fifty languages, the higher criticism, or writings about the Writings, the films, musicals, plays, radio and television programs, phonograph records, parodies and pastiches, and a multitude of other items., (Order No: 22122 ), $10.00

16. Deere, Dicey, THE IRISH COTTAGE MURDER, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1999) 1st ed, 232pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 031220552X, (Order No: 48168 ), $12.50

17. Derleth, August (with an introduction by Vincent Starrett), "IN RE: SHERLOCK HOLMES": THE ADVENTURES OF SOLAR PONS, Mycroft and Moran, Sauk City, WI, 1945 1st ed, 239pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, In these pastiches of the Sacred Writings, written when he was 19 and 20, August Derleth has recreated the London of Sherlock Holmes. It does not matter that the familiar name has become Solar Pons, or that the familiar Baker Street has become Praed Street--something of the nostalgic charm and fascination, of the remembered quickening of the pulse and the familiar settings of the original London of Sherlock Holmes has been recaptured in these pages., (Order No: 33361 ), $75.00

18. Derleth, August (foreword by Vincent Starrett) (monography by Michael Harrison), THE CASEBOOK OF SOLAR PONS, Mycroft & Moran: Publishers, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1965 1st ed, 281pp, near fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Exceptionally nice one owner copy., (Order No: 39096 ), $75.00

19. Derleth, August, THE ADVENTURE OF THE UNIQUE DICKENSIANS, Mycroft & Moran, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1968 1st ed, ill. by Frank Utpatel, 38pp, fine, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 46430 ), $25.00

20. Derleth, August, THE ADVENTURE OF THE ORIENT EXPRESS, The Candlelight Press, New York, 1965 1st ed, ill. by Henry Lauritzen, 60pp, fine, wraps (softcover) w/very good+ dustjacket, (Order No: 46455 ), $200.00

21. Dibdin, Michael, THE LAST SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY, Pantheon Books, New York, (1978) 1st Amer, 192pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394500652 Dibdin's account of episodes in the life of Sherlock Holmes., (Order No: 39228 ), $12.50

22. Doyle, A. Conan, THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Platinum Press, Inc., New York, 1996, B&W illustrations, 156pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1879582147 A facsimile of the stories as they were first published in THE STRAND MAGAZINE, London, with Sidney Paget's original illustrations., (Order No: 19578 ), $5.00

23. Doyle, A. Conan (with an introduction by Christopher Morley; edited and with a bibliographical note by Edgar W. Smith), THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE, The Baker Street Irregulars, New York, 1948, blue-toned illustrations, 64pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), THE BLUE CARBUNCLE, which is the seventh in the original series of THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, has everything a great detective story should have: it has atmosphere, plot, action, deductive tours de force, and a dramatic climax and denouement., (Order No: 46133 ), $10.00

24. Doyle, Adrian Conan (preface by General Sir Hubert Gough), THE TRUE CONAN DOYLE, John Murray, London, (1945) 2nd ptg, B&W illustrations, 24pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 46431 ), $30.00

25. Doyle, Arthur Conan, THROUGH THE MAGIC DOOR - CONAN DOYLE UNIFORM EDITION (3S. 6D.), John Murray, London, (1938), 274pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Exceptionally nice, clean and tight one owner copy with great dustjacket illustration., (Order No: 41635 ), $75.00

26. Doyle, Arthur Conan, DANGER! AND OTHER STORIES - CONAN DOYLE UNIFORM EDITION (3S. 6D.), John Murray, London, (1934), 246pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Exceptionally nice, clean and tight one owner copy with great dustjacket illustration., (Order No: 41640 ), $75.00

27. Doyle, Arthur Conan, THE MARACOT DEEP AND OTHER STORIES - CONAN DOYLE UNIFORM EDITION (3S. 6D.), John Murray, London, (1934), 310pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Exceptionally nice, clean and tight one owner copy with a great dustjacket illustration., (Order No: 41641 ), $65.00

28. Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan (with an introduction by Julian Symons), HIS LAST BOW: SOME REMINISCENCES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Leopard, London, (1996), 212pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) closed tear on jacket, ISBN 0752903888 The Sherlock Holmes Collected Edition. Contents include; The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge, The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, The Adventure of the Red Circle, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, The Adventure of the Dying Detective, The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, The Adventure of the Devil's Foot, and, His Last Bow., (Order No: 23707 ), $7.50

29. Drexler, Rosalyn, STARBURN: THE STORY OF JENNI LOVE, Simon and Schuster, New York, (1979) 1st ptg, 204pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 067122493X, (Order No: 12236 ), $8.00

30. Dvorkin, David, TIME FOR SHERLOCK HOLMES: A NOVEL, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, (1983) 1st ed, 200pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0396081754 Holmes and Watson embark upon the most difficult and dangerous case of their careers--a case that begins with the murder of Britain's prime minister. In this tale, the tool of Moriarty's evil is the legendary Time Machine, an all-too-real invention that Moriarty stole years ago from H.G. Wells's time traveler., (Order No: 21644 ), $20.00

31. Emerson, Kathy Lynn, FACE DOWN BEFORE REBEL HOOVES: AN ELIZABETHAN MYSTERY FEATURING SUSANNA, LADY APPLETON, St. Martin's Minotaur, New York, (2001) 1st ed, 261pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author, ISBN 031228036X In the sixth installment of this series, Emerson seamlessly combines politics, history, and suspense as she follows Susanna, Lady Appleton, on her latest adventure., (Order No: 45817 ), $10.00

32. Fish, Robert L. (with an introduction by Anthony Boucher), THE INCREDIBLE SCHLOCK HOMES, Simon and Schuster, New York, (1966), 217pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Nowhere in the annals of crime will you find plots more astounding or master criminals more nefarious than in these 12 stories from Bagel Street. There are no cases in the history of deduction more curious or more bizarre, no problems more impenetrable--and no logic anywhere remotely like the dazzling displays of deductive dexterity which explode with pyrotechnical brilliance in the mind of Schlock Homes., (Order No: 46084 ), $50.00

33. Gash, Joe, PRIESTLY MURDERS: A CHICAGO POLICE MYSTERY, Holt, Rinehard and Winston, New York, (1984) 1st ed, 163pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0030705436 A sequel to the Edgar Award winning PUBLIC MURDERS., (Order No: 38260 ), $6.00

34. Gash, Jonathan, THE GRACE IN OLDER WOMEN - A LOVEJOY NOVEL, Century, London, (1995), 279pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) signed by author, ISBN 071267537X, (Order No: 42111 ), $25.00

35. Gash, Jonathan, THE TARTAN SELL - A LOVEJOY NOVEL OF SUSPENSE, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1986) 1st ed, 227pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 031278614X, (Order No: 42115 ), $10.00

36. Gash, Jonathan, THE VERY LAST GAMBADO - A LOVEJOY NOVEL OF SUSPENSE, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1990) 1st ed, 275pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312051751, (Order No: 42116 ), $5.00

37. Gash, Jonathan, JADE WOMAN - A LOVEJOY NOVEL OF SUSPENSE, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1989) 1st ed, 273pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) signed by author, ISBN 0312022247, (Order No: 42117 ), $12.50

38. Gibson, John Michael and Green, Richard Lancelyn (compiled and with an introduction by), 33 BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: CLASSIC STORIES BY THE CREATOR OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Avenel Books, New York, (1986), 456pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517625431 This volume brings together thirty-three of Doyle's lesser-known stories, ten of them never previously identified as the work of Doyle., (Order No: 39110 ), $11.50

39. Godfrey, Thomas (editor), MURDER FOR CHRISTMAS, Avenel Books, New York, (1989), ill. by Gahan Wilson, 465pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517690403 26 tales of seasonal malice by Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, Woody Allen, Ellery Queen, Rex Stout, Robert Louis Stevenson, and others., (Order No: 11444 ), $5.00

40. Goodrum, Charles, THE BEST CELLAR - MURDER AND MYSTERY AT THE WERNER BOK LIBRARY, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1987) 1st ed, 218pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, ISBN 0312000081 The popular sleuthing team of Crighton Jones, Steve Carson, and Edward George is on the trail of another scholarly crime, this one involving rare books, Thomas Jefferson, and the Library of Congress -- and murder., (Order No: 49263 ), $8.00

41. Gores, Joe, DEAD MAN: A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE, The Mysterious Press, New York, (1993), 260pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 089296541X A brilliantly paced tale of suspense and violence that ranges from Northern California to the Louisiana bayous., (Order No: 21577 ), $2.00

42. Gottlieb, Samuel Hirsh, OVERBOOKED IN ARIZONA: A NOVELLA, Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 1994 1st ed, ill. by Joe Servello, 95pp, fine, wraps (softcover) signed letter from author laid in, ISBN 0963996606 Contents include: Out of Control; The Incident; Incarcerated; The Trial; The Aftermath; Epilogue., (Order No: 49721 ), $7.50

43. Grant, Maxwell (Gibson, Walter B.), EYES OF THE SHADOW, Street & Smith Publications, New York, (1931), 252pp, very good, pictorial paper covered boards (hardcover), Only three titles issued in this format. Hardcover published without dustjacket. Colorful and bright front cover, clean and tight copy. Scarce., (Order No: 10501 ), $425.00

44. Grant, Maxwell (Gibson, Walter B.), THE LIVING SHADOW, Street & Smith Publications, New York, (1931), 245pp, very good, pictorial paper covered boards (hardcover), Only three titles issued in this format. Hardcover published without dustjacket. Colorful bright front cover, clean and tight copy. Scarce., (Order No: 10502 ), $425.00

45. Greene, Hugh (edited and introduced by), THE CROOKED COUNTIES: FURTHER RIVALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, The Bodley Head, London, (1973), 318pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0370014901 So here we have sin in Yorkshire, Cheshire, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Cornwall, Dorset, and in other unidentified parts of the country--on internal evidence the Home Counties seem to be well represented., (Order No: 46102 ), $30.00

46. Greene, Hugh (edited and introduced by), THE AMERICAN RIVALS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, The Bodley Head, London, (1976) 1st ed, 349pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0370106105 For this new anthology, Sir Hugh Greene has turned to the New World. The stories were all published in the period between Sherlock Holmes's first appearance in 1891 and the beginning of the First World War., (Order No: 46131 ), $15.00

47. Greenwald, Ken, THE LOST ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES: BASED ON THE ORIGINAL RADIO PLAYS BY DENNIS GREEN AND ANTHONY BOUCHER, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, (1993), B&W illustrations, 200pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1566195403 Radio scripts from shows aired in 1945 and 1946., (Order No: 39098 ), $4.50

48. Hale, Clarence E., THE STONE HOUSE MURDER AND OTHER NEW ENGLAND TALES, The Pequot Press, Chester, CT, (1977), B&W ill. by Buff Elting, 178pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0871060906 In this book you will "taste the flavor of rural New England life in the 1890s and the tang of Yankee temperament. Your host on this delightful reading journey writes from first hand knowledge.", (Order No: 15611 ), $7.50

49. Hale, T. J. (edited by), GREAT FRENCH DETECTIVE STORIES, The Bodley Head, London, (1983), 284pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 037030568X The intention of this anthology is partly historical, but partly too to introduce an English-speaking audience to some Continental writers of detective stories who have been unfairly neglected in this country since the Second World War., (Order No: 23232 ), $7.50

50. Hammer, David L., FOR THE SAKE OF THE GAME: BEING A FURTHER TRAVEL GUIDE TO THE ENGLAND OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Gasogene Press, Ltd., Dubuque, IA, (1986), B&W illustrations, 275pp, very good+, maroon "leatherette" (hardcover) author inscribed, ISBN 0938501003 The authors' sentimental journeys into the England of Sherlock Holmes. Inscribed by the author in 1987., (Order No: 20917 ), $15.00

51. Hardwick, Michael and Hardwick, Mollie, THE MAN WHO WAS SHERLOCK HOLMES, John Murray, London, (1964), B&W illustrations, 92pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his immortal detective--a dual profile., (Order No: 45765 ), $10.00

52. Hardwick, Michael and Hardwick, Mollie (selected and introduced by), SHERLOCK HOLMES INVESTIGATES: STORIES BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, John Murray, London, (1963), illustrated by Sidney Paget, 232pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Here is the ideal book for the many readers, who on meeting Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for the first time, want to know immediately all about the lives of the immortal friends and about the gas-lit London that was their background., (Order No: 46085 ), $20.00

53. Hardwick, Michael, SHERLOCK HOLMES, MY LIFE AND CRIMES, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1984, B&W illustrations, 208pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385196547 The first totally convincing account of the great man's life., (Order No: 46096 ), $7.50

54. Hayes, John R., CATSKILL: A MYSTERY, Thomas Dunne Books/St Martin, New York, (2001) 1st ed, 258pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312281536 An extraordinary first novel., (Order No: 35788 ), $20.00

55. Haywood, Gar Anthony, GOING NOWHERE FAST, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, (1994) 1st ed, 192pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket - review press release laid in, ISBN 0399139176, (Order No: 8608 ), $7.50

56. Healy, Jeremiah, ACT OF GOD, Pocket Books, New York, (1994) 1st ed, 344pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0671795589 A John Cuddy Mystery., (Order No: 10217 ), $7.00

57. Healy, Jeremiah, RESCUE, Pocket Books, New York, (1995) 1st ed, 356pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0671898779 A John Cuddy Mystery., (Order No: 10219 ), $5.00

58. Hegarty, Frances, THE PLAYROOM, Pocket Books, New York, (1991) 1st ed, 295pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0671735829, (Order No: 8573 ), $7.50

59. Hill, Reginald, BONES AND SILENCE: A DALZIEL/PASCOE MYSTERY, Delacorte Press, New York, (1990) 1st ed, 332pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) few closed tears on dj, ISBN 0385301308, (Order No: 9725 ), $7.00

60. Holroyd, James Edward (edited and introduction by) (Baring, Maurice; Milne, A. A.; Knox, Ronald; Roberts, S. C.; et), SEVENTEEN STEPS TO 221B: A COLLECTION OF SHERLOCKIAN PIECES BY ENGLISH WRITERS, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, (1967), B&W illustrations, 182pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), In this context James Edward Holroyd has had the happy idea of assembling a representative selection of the tributes of affection which English writers have devoted to the legend of Baker Street in the past 50 years., (Order No: 45766 ), $30.00

61. Holroyd, James Edward, BAKER STREET BY-WAYS: A BOOK ABOUT SHERLOCK HOLMES, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, (1959), B&W illustrations, 159pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), This volume traces the phenomenal growth of the Sherlock Holmes legend. It begins with a profile of the master himself, discusses the illustrators and the true site of 221B and offers a fascinating portrait gallery of characters from the immortal saga touched in with knowledge, good-humor and affection., (Order No: 46087 ), $30.00

62. Izzi, Eugene, INVASIONS, Bantam Books, New York, (1990) 1st ed, 311pg, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0553057693 A High-Voltage Novel of Suspense., (Order No: 8564 ), $7.50

63. Jaffee, Irving L., ELEMENTARY MY DEAR WATSON: A SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THE GREAT DETECTIVE, AND SOME OTHERS, Theo. Gaus' Sons, Inc., Brooklyn, NY, (1965), B&W illustrations, 83pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Contents include: "The Final Problem"; Sherlock Holmes' Last Case; Sherlock Holmes--Ancestor; Famous Detectives of Fiction; "The Man with the Twisted Lip"; Sherlock Holmes Calling; "The Naval Treaty"; "The Boscombe Valley Mystery"; "The Sign of Four"; The Strange Story of Jonathan Small; He Finds Them; Eleven Days; So That Was Mike's Secret., (Order No: 46128 ), $25.00

64. Jakubowski, Maxim (edited by), LONDON NOIR, Serpent's Tail, London, (1994), 264pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 1852423080, (Order No: 32907 ), $5.00

65. Kennedy, Adam, THE DOMINO VENDETTA, W. H. Allen, London, 1982 1st ed, 190pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0491027486 A spine-chilling thriller. The seldom seen first UK edition., (Order No: 32453 ), $20.00

66. La Cour, Tage (with six title-pages designed by Viggo Naae), EX BIBLIOTHECA HOLMESIANA: THE FIRST EDITIONS OF THE WRITINGS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Danish Baker St. Irregulars, Copenhagen, 1951, ill. by Viggo Naae, 29pp, very good, gray boards (hardcover) faint edgewear, An annotated bibliography of Sherlock Holmes's literary production based on such notes by M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department, John H. Watson, as those found in the compiler Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's four long stories and fifty-six short stories about the renowned master-detective. OF THIS BOOK THREE HUNDRED COPIES WERE PRINTED IN MAY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-ONE BY J.H. SCHULTZ, COPENHAGEN., (Order No: 46099 ), $100.00

67. Lambert, Gavin, THE DANGEROUS EDGE: AN INQUIRY INTO THE LIVES OF NINE MASTERS OF SUSPENSE, Grossman Publishers, New York, 1976, 272pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0670255815 In this brilliant biographical investigation of the world's most popular tales of crime and detection, the author searches for motive, for what it was that caused each man to cross the line, to go beyond the edge, to devote creative ability and energy to the world of criminality., (Order No: 19013 ), $4.50

68. Lathen, Emma, SOMETHING IN THE AIR, Simon and Schuster, New York, (1988) 1st ptg, 270pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), "In this, his twentieth appearance in an Emma Lathen mystery, John Putnam Thatcher, now an executive vice-president of the Sloan Guaranty Trust, must help apprehend the culprit who is committing sabotage (and worse) on a small communter airline.", (Order No: 32013 ), $10.00

69. LeBlanc, Maurice (translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos), THE SECRET OF SAREK, The Macaulay Company, New York, (1920), 372pp, good+, bright red cloth (hardcover) some wear SEE NOTE, ARSEN LUPIN, MASTER MIND VERSUS VORSKI, MASTER CRIMINAL. Very nice clean tight and bright copy, with the following FLAWS: previous owner's name torn from top of front free endpaper, and wear to cloth on foreedge of rear board, and some on the bottom rear board., (Order No: 39099 ), $150.00

70. Lehman, David, THE PERFECT MURDER: A STUDY IN DETECTION, A GUIDE TO THE BEST MYSTERIES EVER WRITTEN, The Free Press, New York, (1989), 242pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0029197708 A look at the best American and British detective fiction., (Order No: 18982 ), $5.00

71. Lindsey, David L., IN THE LAKE OF THE MOON, Atheneum, New York, 1988 1st ed, 341pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0689116268, (Order No: 9724 ), $7.00

72. Lovesey, Peter, WAXWORK, Macmillan London Limited, London, (1978), 240pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0333234553 By her own confession Miriam Croomer is a murderess. She is sentenced to death. The public hangman, James Berry, prepares to travel to London to earn his fee. And by a gruesome tradition he has a way of supplementing his pay. He writes a letter to Madame Tussaud's., (Order No: 29337 ), $15.00

73. Mano, D. Keith, TOPLESS: A NOVEL, Random House, Inc., New York, (1991), 240pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0679402756, (Order No: 10167 ), $5.00

74. Marshall, William, INCHES - A YELLOWTHREAD STREET MYSTERY NOVEL, The Mysterious Press, New York, (1994) 1st ptg, 287pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0892963689, (Order No: 8610 ), $7.00

75. Mayor, Archer, THE MARBLE MASK - A JOE GUNTHER MYSTERY, The Mysterious Press, New York, (2000) 1st ed, 309pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 0892967234 "Towering high about the Vermont ski country, Mt. Mansfield's arctic crags have doomed many a soul - but none more hideously than the man found stone-cold dead and frozen stiff, wedged into the mountain ice. This, Gunther's first assignment as head of the new Vermont Bureau of Investigation, is a tough one.", (Order No: 48173 ), $10.00

76. Mayor, Archer, ST. ALBANS FIRE - A JOE GUNTHER MYSTERY, Mysterious Press, New York, (2005) 1st ptg, 310pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0892968168 "Called to the scene to investigate, Joe Gunther instantly recognizes arson. But by Whom? And for what possible reason?, (Order No: 48377 ), $12.50

77. Mayor, Archer, TUCKER PEAK - A JOE GUNTHER MYSTERY, Warner Books, New York, (2001) 1st ptg, 295pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) inscr. by author, ISBN 0892967242 Inscribed by the author on the title page and dated 10/28/01., (Order No: 51361 ), $14.50

78. Menendez, Albert J., THE SHERLOCK HOLMES QUIZ BOOK, Drake Publishers Inc, New York, (1975), B&W illustrations, 127pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 087749732X These quizzes will awaken the detective in everyone!, (Order No: 21861 ), $8.50

79. Meyer, Nicholas (as edited by), THE CANARY TRAINER: FROM THE MEMOIRS OF JOHN H. WATSON, M.D., W. W. Norton & Company, New York, (1993) 1st ed, 224pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 0393036081 Holmes, master sleuth, was also an accomplished violinist. Following his discharge from therapy with Sigmund Freud (see THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION), we now learn that he journeyed to Paris and there found employment as a pit musician at the Paris Opera., (Order No: 21707 ), $3.00

80. Mitchell, Gladys, WATSON'S CHOICE, Penguin Books, Middlesex, UK, (1957), 190pp, very good, wraps (softcover), First published in 1955., (Order No: 50296 ), $7.50

81. Montgomery, James (cover design after Beeton's by Bruce Montgomery, MONTGOMERY'S CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, 1954: A STUDY IN PICTURES, International Printing Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1954, B&W illustrations, 64pp, very good+, wraps (softcover) postcard signed by author laid in, Being a "Trifling Monograph" on the Iconography of Sherlock Holmes. Containing also two reference Tables and an Index, as well as thirty-two Illustrations from the Canon. NOTE - very small bump top corner., (Order No: 45820 ), $125.00

82. Montgomery, James, MONTGOMERY'S CHRISTMAS ANNUAL 1955 - A CASE OF IDENTITY, published by the author, Philadelphia, PA, 1955, B&W illustrations, 12pp, ill., fine, wraps (softcover), Limited to 300 copies, with note from author's widow that he died suddenly on November 9th, but wanted her to mail this booklet in the envelopes he had already addressed. In this holiday annual, the author traces to and photographed many of the places made sacred by Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion., (Order No: 46123 ), $100.00

83. Moore, Margaret, FORESTS OF THE NIGHT: A WALKER MYSTERY, Walker and Company, New York, (1987) 1st ed, 191pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0802757073, (Order No: 9531 ), $7.00

84. Morley, Christopher (edited by), SHERLOCK HOLMES AND DR. WATSON: A TEXTBOOK OF FRIENDSHIP, Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, (1944), 366pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), This book is a new edition of five of the best-known Sherlock Holmes stories, selected to support Christopher Morley's thesis of studying Holmes and Watson as if they were actual people., (Order No: 46086 ), $30.00

85. Muller, Marcia and Pronzini, Bill (edited by), THE WEB SHE WEAVES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE STORIES BY WOMEN, William Morrow and Company, New York, 1983, 514pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, ISBN 068802453X Including Stories by Marie Belloc Lowndes, Edith Wharton, Katherine Mansfield, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy L. Sayers, Agatha Christie, Margaret Millar, Shirley Jackson, Patricia Highsmith, Joyce Carol Oates, P. D. James, and Many Others., (Order No: 22504 ), $5.00

86. O'Connell, Jack, WIRELESS - A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE, The Mysterious Press, New York, (1993) 1st ptg, 402pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0892965460, (Order No: 10717 ), $7.00

87. Odell, Robin (with a foreword by W. Lindesay Neustatter), JACK THE RIPPER: IN FACT AND FICTION, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, (1965), B&W illustrations, 275pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), In a new and well-documented study, Robin Odell first gives a careful, factual reconstruction of the crimes and then describes each murder from the contemporary evidence. After this, he makes a critical analysis of some of the better known theories put forward in books over the years., (Order No: 46447 ), $85.00

88. Oppenheim, E. Phillips, GABRIEL SAMARA PEACEMAKER, Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, MA, 1925 1st ed, 323pp, very good+, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 20010 ), $7.50

89. Orczy, Baroness (retold by), CASTLES IN THE AIR: BEING THE ADVENTURES OF M. HECTOR RATICHON, George H. Doran Company, New York, (1922), 252pp, good+, black cloth (hardcover), CONDITION NOTE CONTINUED - Front panel of dustjacket laid in. Previous owner cut their name from the top of the front free endpaper., (Order No: 26196 ), $30.00

90. Palmer, Frank, UNFIT TO PLEAD, Constable & Company, Ltd., London, (1992) 1st ed, 204pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 009471150X, (Order No: 9723 ), $15.00

91. Pelecanos, George P. (signed by the author on the title page), NICK'S TRIP: A NICK STEFANOS MYSTERY, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1993) 2nd ptg, 276pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) - exceptional unread copy, Author's elusive second book. Last two lines on copyright page read: First edition: March 1993 -- 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 --- Signed by the author on the title page., (Order No: 31274 ), $400.00

92. Peterson, Robert Storm and la Cour, Tage, TOBACCO TALK IN BAKER STREET - A PIPE OF TOBACCO AND STORM P., PIPES AND SHERLOCK HOLMES, The Baker Street Irregulars, New York, 1952, 26pp, fine, wraps (softcover) in very good+ slipcase, UNCOMMON !!!, (Order No: 46453 ), $200.00

93. Phillips, Mike, POINT OF DARKNESS, Michael Joseph, London, (1994) 1st ed, 311pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0718135989, (Order No: 11262 ), $8.50

94. Pronzini, Bill and Muller, Marcia, 1001 MIDNIGHTS, Arbor House, New York, (1986), 879pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0877956227 This book is comprised of 1001 plot summaries, author biographies, and critical evaluations of classic and important crime and espionage novels, as well as short story collections seminal to the genre. Important addition to the library of the mystery reader, and SCARCE!, (Order No: 24295 ), $175.00

95. Pronzini, Bill (introduction by Ed McBain), GUN IN CHEEK - A STUDY OF "ALTERNATIVE CRIME FICTION", The Mysterious Press, New York, (1987) 1st ptg, 264pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0892969008 "A unique crash course in the worst English and American crime fiction of the twentieth century.", (Order No: 50749 ), $5.00

96. Queen, Ellery, QUEENS FULL: 3 NOVELETS AND A PAIR OF SHORT SHORTS, Random House, New York, (1965) 1st ptg, 173pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), The titles are: The Death of Don Juan; The Wrightsville Heirs; The Case Against Carroll; E = Murder; and Diamonds in Paradise., (Order No: 21629 ), $14.50

97. Queen, Ellery (edited by), ELLERY QUEEN'S CRIME CRUISE ROUND THE WORLD: 26 STORIES FROM ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, 35TH MYSTERY ANNUAL, The Dial Press, New York, (1981) 1st ed, 286pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385271913 Stanley Ellin, Edward D. Hoch, Julian Symons, Brian Garfield, Janwillem van de Wetering, Ruth Rendell, Peter Lovesey, Georges Simenon, Donald E. Westlake, and others. In this book, circumnavigate the globe and discover a new world of excitement, wonder, suspense, and surprise--a world trip featuring 26 adventures and excitements you will never forget., (Order No: 22673 ), $12.50

98. Queen, Ellery (edited by), ELLERY QUEEN'S SECRETS OF MYSTERY: VOLUME 38, The Dial Press, New York, (1979), 285pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0803730705 Contained in this book is Erle Stanley Gardner's "lost" short novel, THE CLUE OF THE SCREAMING WOMAN, never included in any Gardner book. You will also find exciting and baffling novelets and short stories by Edward D. Hoch, Robert Bloch, Victor Canning, Hugh Pentecost, Lawrence Treat, Barry Perowne, Lawrence G. Blochman, Brian W. Aldiss, Ellery Queen and others., (Order No: 22675 ), $10.00

99. Queen, Ellery (edited by), ELLERY QUEEN'S WINDOWS OF MYSTERY: VOLUME 40, The Dial Press, New York, (1980), B&W illustrations, 285pp, fine w/very good++ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0803723687 3 Extra-Specials by Eric Ambler, Ross MacDonald, Ed McBain, 1 short novel by Hugh Pentecost. Plus 16 novelets and short stories by Ruth Rendell, Edward D. Hoch, Phyllis Bentley, Lord Dunsany, Ellery Queen, Michael Gilbert, Robert L. Fish, Lawrence Treat, Lillian de la Torre, and others., (Order No: 22677 ), $10.00

100. Queen, Ellery (edited by), ELLERY QUEEN'S NAPOLEONS OF MYSTERY: VOLUME 36, Davis Publications, Inc., New York, (1978) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 283pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0803722583 In this collection Ellery Queen offers you some of these Napoleons of detection--Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe, Michael Gilbert's Inspector Petrella, Isaac Asimov's the Black Widowers and Henry, Michael Innes' Sir John Appleby, Ellery Queen's EQ, Edward D. Hoch's Captain Leopold--and some Napoleons of mystery--Hugh Pentecost, Ruth Rendell, Patricia McGerr, and Edmund Crispin., (Order No: 22755 ), $9.50

101. Queen, Ellery (edited by), ELLERY QUEEN'S MASTERS OF MYSTERY: ELLERY QUEEN'S ANTHOLOGY, VOLUME 30, The Dial Press, New York, (1975) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 318pp, fine w/very good dustjacket+ (hardcover), ISBN 0803753985 This is the 30th Anniversary Volume in the series of semiannual anthologies derived from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine., (Order No: 22756 ), $10.00

102. Queen, Ellery (edited by), ELLERY QUEEN'S GIANTS OF MYSTERY: STORIES FROM THE MYSTERY MAGAZINE, Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1977, B&W illustrations, 316pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0575023899 Three novels and eleven stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine., (Order No: 22758 ), $10.00

103. Queen, Ellery (edited by), ELLERY QUEENS ACES OF MYSTERY: ELLERY QUEEN'S ANTHOLOGY, VOLUME 29, The Dial Press, New York, (1975) 1st ptg, 318pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 080374515X Contains 2 short novels, 1 novel, 2 novelets, and 9 short stories by such masters in the genre as Charlotte Armstrong, Earl Derr Biggers, Michael Gilbert, Robert L. Fish, Berkely Mather, and Robie Macauley, as well as exciting detection by Ed McBain's 87th Precinct, Lawrence G. Blochman's Dr. Coffee, Edward D. Hoch's Captain Leopold, Helen McCloy's Dr. Basil Willing, Michael Collins' Dan Fortune, Jon L. Breen's "Philo Vance," and, Michael Harrison's "C. Auguste Dupin.", (Order No: 22826 ), $14.50

104. Queen, Ellery (edited by), ELLERY QUEEN'S MURDERCADE: 23 STORIES FROM ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE - 29TH MYSTERY ANNUAL, Random House, New York, (1975) 1st ed, 338pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394496744 For his twenty-ninth annual mystery-story collection from the pages of a magazine acknowledged by readers and authors to be Number One of its kind, Ellery Queen has coined a new word--murdercade--denoting a parade of people in murders., (Order No: 22830 ), $8.50

105. Queen, Ellery (edited by), ELLERY QUEEN'S CROOKBOOK: 25 STORIES FROM ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE - 28TH MYSTERY ANNUAL, Random House, New York, (1974) 1st ed, 338pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394488504 The stories range from pure detection to suspense, horror, humor and psychological grue., (Order No: 22831 ), $12.50

106. Queen, Ellery, CALENDAR OF CRIME: 12 NEW DETECTIVE STORIES - ONE FOR EACH MONTH, Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1952, 222pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Stories include: The Inner Circle; The President's Half Disme; The Ides of Michael Magoon; The Emperor's Dice; The Gettysburg Bugle; The Medical Finger; The Fallen Angel; The Needle's Eye; The Three R's; The Dead Cat; The Telltale Bottle; and, The Dauphin's Doll., (Order No: 23001 ), $30.00

107. Queen, Ellery (edited by), ELLERY QUEEN'S THE GOLDEN 13, The World Publishing Co., New York, (1970), 347pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) BCE, Contents include: A Star for a Warrior; The President of the United States, Detective; Justice Has No Number; Blessed are the Mee; The Gentleman from Paris; The Enemy; The Cold Winds of Adesta; My Brother Down There; Double Image; The Moment of Decision; The Black Kitten; The Necessity of His Condition; One Drop of Blood., (Order No: 48486 ), $10.00

108. Queen, Ellery - Sullivan, Eleanor (edited by), ELLERY QUEEN'S PRIME CRIMES, The Dial Press, New York, (1983) 1st ptg, B&W illustrations, 287pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 038527954X Featuring THE HOLLY WREATH, a short novel by Patricia Moyes, and 15 short stories by Christianna Brand, Seicho Matsumoto, Edward D. Hoch, Joan Aiken, Robert Twohy, William Bankier, and others., (Order No: 22515 ), $25.00

109. Queen, Ellery; Sullivan, Eleanor and Prince, Karen A. (edited by), ELLERY QUEEN'S PRIME CRIMES 2: VOLUME 51, The Dial Press, New York, (1984), B&W illustrations, 288pp, very good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 038519644X A short novel by William Banker, 20 stories by Clark Howard, Tim Heald, Antonia Fraser, Hillary Waugh, Edward D. Hoch, and others. A field of opium poppies in the countryside outside Mexico City. The teeming streets of Jakarta, Indonesia. The Governor's palace in the Lima, Peru, of Conquistador days. The ancient temples of Karnak and Luxor beside the Egyptian Nile. There are the settings for just a few of the stories in this collection., (Order No: 22674 ), $12.50

110. Rendell, Ruth, AN UNKINDNESS OF RAVENS: A NEW INSPECTOR WEXFORD MYSTERY, Pantheon Books, New York, (1985) 1st Amer, 245pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0394546032, (Order No: 9534 ), $8.50

111. Rendell, Ruth (edited, with an introduction by), THE REASON WHY: AN ANTHOLOGY OF THE MURDEROUS MIND, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1995) 1st Amer, 244pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517703475 One of the world's most acclaimed mystery writers presents a fascinating collection of writings about murder that delve into the human passions, terrors, and foibles that incite it and linger in its wake., (Order No: 22877 ), $10.00

112. Roberts, S. C., HOLMES & WATSON: A MISCELLANY, Oxford University Press, London, 1953, 138pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), Recreates the intimate details of life at 221B. A collection of essays about the famous pair., (Order No: 46088 ), $20.00

113. Roberts, S. C., DOCTOR WATSON - CRITERION MISCELLANY - NO. 28, Faber & Faber Limited, London, (1931), 32pp, very good, wraps (softcover), "Prolegomena to the study of a biographical problem, with a bibliography of Shelock Holmes.", (Order No: 46432 ), $25.00

114. Rohmer, Sax, THE BRIDE OF FU MANCHU, Cassell & Co., Ltd., London, (1957) 5th ed, 256pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket with bright colors (hardcover), First published in 1933, this is the 5th printing of the "Cheap Edition." Exceptionally clean, bright and tight copy from estate of original owner., (Order No: 40150 ), $60.00

115. Rohmer, Sax, THE ISLAND OF FU MANCHU, Cassell & Co., Ltd., London, (1956), 282pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket with bright colors (hardcover), First published in 1941, this is the 1st printing of the "Cheap Edition." Exceptionally clean, bright and tight copy from estate of the original owner., (Order No: 40151 ), $65.00

116. Rohmer, Sax, PRESIDENT FU MANCHU, Cassell & Co., Ltd., London, (1957), 346pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket with bright colors (hardcover), First published in 1936, this is the first printing of the "Cheap Edition." Exceptionally clean, bright and tight copy from estate of the original owner., (Order No: 40152 ), $75.00

117. Rohmer, Sax, THE TRAIL OF FU MANCHU, Cassell & Co., Ltd., London, (1957), 256pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket with bright colors (hardcover), First published in 1934, this is the first printing of the "Cheap Edition." Exceptionally clean, bright and tight copy from estate of the original owner., (Order No: 40153 ), $65.00

118. Rohmer, Sax, DAUGHTER OF FU MANCHU, Cassell & Co., Ltd., London, (1955), 280pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket with bright colors (hardcover), First published in 1931, this is the first printing of the "Cheap Edition." Exceptionally clean, bright and tight copy from estate of the original owner., (Order No: 40154 ), $75.00

119. Rohmer, Sax, THE DRUMS OF FU MANCHU, Cassell & Co., Ltd., London, (1956), 308pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket with bright colors (hardcover), First published in 1939, this is the first printing of the "Cheap Edition." Exceptionally clean, bright and tight copy (small chip on rear of dustjacket - hard to see) from estate of the original owner., (Order No: 40155 ), $65.00

120. Rohmer, Sax, THE MASK OF FU MANCHU, Cassell & Co., Ltd., London, (1955), 314pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket with bright colors (hardcover), First published in 1933, this is the first printing of the "Cheap Edition." Exceptionally, clean, bright and tight copy from estate of original owner., (Order No: 40156 ), $45.00

121. Rohmer, Sax, THE DEVIL DOCTOR: HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED ADVENTURES IN THE CAREER OF THE MYSTERIOUS DR. FU-MANCHU, Methuen & Co., Ltd., London, (1955) 18th ptg, 253pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket with bright colors (hardcover), First published in 1916. Exceptionally clean, bright and tight copy from estate of the original owner., (Order No: 40157 ), $45.00

122. Rohmer, Sax, THE SI-FAN MYSTERIES: BEING A NEW PHASE IN THE ACTIVITIES OF FU-MANCHU, THE DEVIL DOCTOR, Methuen & Co., Ltd., London, (1956) 16th ed, 210pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket with bright colors (hardcover), First published in 1917. Exceptionally clean, bright and tight copy from estate of the original owner., (Order No: 40158 ), $45.00

123. Rohmer, Sax, EMPEROR FU MANCHU, Gold Medal Book, Greenwich, CT, (1959) 1st ptg, 190pp, very good++, wraps (softcover), Early mass-market paperback with 35 cent cover price. Exceptionally nice, clean copy which may not have been read. From estate of original owner., (Order No: 40162 ), $12.50

124. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Gardner, Erle Stanley; Hughes, Rupert; Adams, Samuel H.; Abbot, Anthony; Van Dine, S.S., et al, THE PRESIDENT'S MYSTERY PLOT, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1967), ill. by Arnold Roth, 157pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) review slip laid in, "A 'chain' mystery novel in which each chapter is written by a different author of the day. But like Roosevelt, none of them was able to solve 'the President's mystery plot; and so it remained unsolved until Perry Mason entered the case.", (Order No: 50643 ), $7.50

125. Smith, Edgar W. (card signed by author laid in), BAKER STREET AND BEYOND TOGETHER WITH SOME TRIFLING MONOGRAPHS, The Baker Street Irregulars, Morristown, NJ, 1957, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good+, wraps (softcover) embossed spine title label, A new edition, done for Baker Street Irregulars everywhere in a limited edition of 350 copies, of which this is copy number 106. Contents include: FORWARD, BY CHRISTOPHER MORLEY; INTRODUCTION, BY VINCENT STARRETT; URBI ET ORBI; A SHERLOCKIAN GAZETTEER; ENVOY., (Order No: 46093 ), $100.00

126. Smith, Joan, WHY AREN'T THEY SCREAMING?, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1989) 1st Amer, 200pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684190281 A Loretta Lawson Mystery., (Order No: 10156 ), $6.00

127. Smith, Joan, DON'T LEAVE ME THIS WAY, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1990) 1st ed, 218pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0684192330 A Loretta Lawson Mystery., (Order No: 10157 ), $5.00

128. Solomita, Stephen, A GOOD DAY TO DIE, Otto Penzler Books, New York, (1993) 1st ed, 297pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 1883402034, (Order No: 8565 ), $7.50

129. Solomita, Stephen, DAMAGED GOODS: A STANLEY MOODROW CRIME NOVEL, Scribner, New York, (1996) 1st ed, 380pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) signed by author on title pg., ISBN 0684815842, (Order No: 8619 ), $15.00

130. Soracco, Sin, EDGE CITY, Dutton, New York, (1992) 1st ptg, 217pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0525935207, (Order No: 11263 ), $4.00

131. Swain, James, THE MAN WHO WALKED THROUGH WALLS, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1989) 1st ed, 260pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) stamp on front pastedown, ISBN 031203394X All the illusions and escapes in this volume are real and based on tricks that Harry Houdini and his brother, Theodore Hardeen, performed., (Order No: 43345 ), $45.00

132. Swanson, Jean and James, Dean (preface by Nancy Pickard), BY A WOMAN'S HAND: A GUIDE TO MYSTERY FICTION BY WOMEN, Berkley Books, New York, (1994) 1st ptg, 254pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0425141438 Over 200 profiles of: acclaimed authors; book plots and titles; popular mystery characters; and more., (Order No: 35505 ), $7.00

133. Symons, Julian, A THREE PIPE PROBLEM, Collins, London, 1975, 223pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 00023137802 The life of actor Sheridan Haynes has been transformed by his immense success as TV's Sherlock Holmes. Sher, as his friends call him, has been a passionate Sherlockian from his youth, and he's delighted when the studio suggests that he should live in Baker Street, in rooms that contain many relics of Sherlock's famous cases., (Order No: 39118 ), $15.00

134. Taibo II, Paco Ignacio, NO HAPPY ENDING, The Mysterious Press, New York, (1993) 1st ptg, 175pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0892965177, (Order No: 8316 ), $8.00

135. Valin, Jonathan, SECOND CHANCE: A HARRY STONER MYSTERY, Delacorte Press, New York, (1991) 1st ptg, 278pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385299125 A talented, deeply troubled young woman named Kirsten Pearson, daughter of a well-known Cincinnati psychiatrist, diappears, and Harry Stoner is hired to find her., (Order No: 21847 ), $6.50

136. Van Liere, Edward J., A DOCTOR ENJOYS SHERLOCK HOLMES, Vantage Press, New York, (1959) 1st ed, 141pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), An eminent physician brings Sherlock Holmes and his friend Doctor Watson to us in a new, engrossing light, in a series of essays on the medico-biological aspects of the Conan Doyle tales., (Order No: 45772 ), $22.50

137. Various Hands (edited by Vincent Starrett), 221B: STUDIES IN SHERLOCK HOLMES, The Macmillan Company, New York, 1940 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 248pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) - bright colors, CONTENTS INCLUDE: EXPLANATION; THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES; THE FIELD BAZAAR; WAS SHERLOCK HOLMES AN AMERICAN?; NUMMI IN ARCA; ON THE EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY OF BAKER STREET; DR. WATSON'S SECRET; THE CARE AND FEEDING OF SHERLOCK HOLMES; THREE IDENTIFICATIONS; THE OTHER BOARDER; SHERLOCK HOLMES AND MUSIC; SUSSEX INTERVIEW; THE ADVENTURE OF THE UNIQUE HAMLET; MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES AND DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON; SHERLOCK HOLMES IN PICTURES; THE CREATOR OF HOLMES IN THE FLESH; APPOINTMENT IN BAKER STREET; A SHERLOCK HOLMES CROSS-WORD., (Order No: 45776 ), $100.00

138. Vickers, Roy, DOUBLE IMAGE: AND OTHER STORIES, Herbert Jenkins, London, (1955), 190pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Contents include: Double Image; Murderers Always Do; The Pedestal; The Twelve Minute Grave; and, Find The Innocent. EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN AND BRIGHT COPY!, (Order No: 23219 ), $47.50

139. Vickers, Roy (with an introduction by Ellery Queen), THE DEPARTMENT OF DEAD ENDS: CRIME STORIES, Faber and Faber, London, (1949), 254pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover) SEE NOTE, Here, in one volume, Roy Vickers has selected the best ten of his celebrated Department of Dead Ends detective stories. Contents include: The Rubber Trumpet; The Lady Who Laughed; The Man Who Murdered In Public; The Snob's Murder; The Cowboy Of Oxford Street; The Clue Of The Red Carnations; The Yellow Jumper; The Case Of The Social Climber; The Henpecked Murderer; and, Blind Man's Bluff. Red on dustjacket bright as new. CONDITION NOTE - Minute chips top/bottom of spine of dustjacket, red color of jacket very bright and uniform!, (Order No: 23221 ), $175.00

140. Vickers, Roy, MURDER WILL OUT: NINE DEAD ENDS STORIES, Faber and Faber, London, (1950), 238pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), Contents include: The Clue of the Imaginary Typewriter; The Knitted Silk Scarf; Kill Me, Kill My Dog, The Crocodile Dressing-Case; A Mean Man's Murder; The Gambler's Wife; The Patchwork Murder; The Nine-Pound Murder; and, The House-In-Your-Hand. DUSTJACKET COLORS BRIGHT AND UNIFORM., (Order No: 23223 ), $85.00

141. Vickers, Roy, MURDERING MR. VELFRAGE, Faber and Faber Ltd, London, (1950), 256pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover) SEE NOTE, In this fascinating detective novel Mr. Roy Vickers starts by pulling off the impossible--creating an entirely new and convincing way of getting both his victim and his hero in the story, not to mention his detective. CONDITION CONTINUED: Some old tape repairs on the inside of the jacket at top/bottom of spine, and a closed tear along the foreedge - overall a nice copy., (Order No: 23224 ), $40.00

142. Vickers, Roy, EIGHT MURDERS IN THE SUBURBS, Herbert Jenkins, London, (1954), 188pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), An exceptionally nice "one owner" copy., (Order No: 36796 ), $150.00

143. Vickers, Roy, BEST DETECTIVE STORIES OF ROY VICKERS, Faber and Faber, London, (1965), 256pp, fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), An exceptionally nice "one-owner" copy. These stories are generally based on the assumption that the important character in a murder story is the one who commits the murder., (Order No: 36797 ), $75.00

144. Voien, Steven, BLACK LEOPARD: A NOVEL, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1997 1st ed, 287pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release laid in, ISBN 0679440724, (Order No: 11851 ), $2.00

145. Wainwright, John, HANGMAN'S LANE, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1992) 1st ed, 184pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0312077718, (Order No: 10211 ), $7.50

146. Walters, Minette - signed by the author, THE SCULPTRESS, St. Martin's Press, New York, (1993) 1st ed, 308pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) review press release, signed, ISBN 0312099096 Signed on title page by author 29 April 1994. Winner of Edgar Award 1993., (Order No: 8883 ), $25.00

147. Warrack, Guy, SHERLOCK HOLMES AND MUSIC, Faber and Faber Ltd, London, (1947), 56pp, very good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), We all know Holmes as concert-goer, as composer, and as executant. In the career of no other criminologist has music played such a large part: we may even say that a study of Holmes as a musician is essential to a full understanding of the man., (Order No: 46446 ), $50.00

148. Watson, John H. (unearthed by Randall Collins), THE CASE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS' RING, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, (1978), B&W illustrations, 156pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517535300 AMID THE DRUGS AND CULT MYSTICISM OF THE EDWARDIAN UNDERWORLD, SHERLOCK HOLMES ENCOUNTERS THE WORLD'S MOST EVIL GENIUS, AND HIS PLAN TO DESTROY WESTERN CIVILIZATION., (Order No: 22910 ), $8.00

149. Watson, John H. (edited by W. Lane), SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE WOOD GREEN EMPIRE MYSTERY, Magico Magazine, New York, (1985), 90pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), Was it murder, suicide (the most cold blooded ever), or an accident? The Wood Green coroner brought in a verdict of "death by misadventure." But Sherlock Holmes (lured from his bee-keeping retirement), knew better., (Order No: 39163 ), $85.00

150. Winn, Dilys, MURDER INK: THE MYSTERY READER'S COMPANION, Workman Publishing, New York, (1977), B&W illustrations, 522pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0517347857, (Order No: 1112 ), $5.00

151. Wolff, Julian (compiled by), PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF SHERLOCKIAN HERALDRY, New York, 1955, B&W illustrations, 27pp, very good, wraps (softcover) with punches on frontis as usual, WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS UPON THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE SCREENED AND WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES., (Order No: 46132 ), $50.00

152. Wright, L. R., A TOUCH OF PANIC: A KARL ALBERG MYSTERY, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1994) 1st ed, 271pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), review press release laid in, ISBN 0684196727, (Order No: 9727 ), $7.00